Hyoscyamus niger
as Cyrus Maxwell Boger recorded it in A Synoptic Key of the Materia Medica, 1931
Henbane
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Keynotes
Congested nerve centers; with pale face. Spasm, tremor, jerks, cramps, etc., or active mania; alternating with, or ending in depressive narcosis, with angular or clutching motions, CARPHOLOGY, subsultus, etc. Picks fingers. Zymoses. Eclampsia. .................... Many bewildering aberrations. Confusion. Delirium. MANIA, erotic, exposes genitals; riotous; laughing, singing, talking, babbling, quarreling, etc.; silly, with comical acts; plays with fingers. Fumbles the genitals. Lascivious (females). Jealousy. Suspicious; fears being alone, being pursued, water, etc.; wants to escape. Speaks each word louder. First, can't think, then can barely be aroused, then relaxation; with muttering, the lower jaw drops, he slides down in bed, has involuntary stools - bloody or yellow watery. Typhoid states. Vertigo, then spasm. Waves of pulsation in head. Pulsating headaches. Head shakes to and fro; < bending forward. Squint. Averse to light. Spasmodic closure of eyelids. Grimaces. Sordes on teeth. Stiff, dark, red, cracked tongue. Elongated uvula. Stools involuntary, although hard. Frequent, scanty, painful, nightly urination or retained urine. Spasms of dry, hacking, night cough; from a dry spot in larynx; < lying, eating or talking. Nervous wakefulness. Starts out of sleep. Low fever; with hot, pale skin. Warm sweat. Sexuality excited by Hyoscine is antidoted by Platina.
Worse
EMOTIONS: Fright. Jealousy. TOUCH. Lying. Cold. Sleep.
Better
Sitting up.
Region
MIND. Brain. Nerves. Muscles: Face. Eyes.
Relationships
Related: Bell. Pho. Stram.
What the other books say about Hyoscyamus niger
The same remedy read by a different author. They disagree, and the disagreements are where the remedy becomes recognisable.
- Hyoscyamus niger in Boericke — The concise clinical Materia Medica that most Indian colleges teach from, in full.
- Hyoscyamus niger in Allen's Keynotes — The few symptoms that, when genuinely present, point at one remedy and not its neighbours.
- Hyoscyamus niger in Farrington — Lectures that teach remedies in families, by comparing them with each other.
- Hyoscyamus niger in Kent — Kent teaching a class, one remedy at a time — fewer remedies, far more on each.
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Create a free accountCite this page. Cyrus Maxwell Boger. A Synoptic Key of the Materia Medica. 1931. Hyoscyamus niger — Keynotes. HomeopathyWorld, https://homeopathyworld.in/materia-medica/books/boger/hyoscyamus-niger. Author died 1935: public domain in India. The catalogue records 1931; a 1931 edition is public domain in the US from 1 Jan 2027 at the latest — the edition this transcription follows is not stated in the file. Reproduced as the author wrote it; a historical reference for students and practitioners, not medical advice.