Opium
opiumDried Latex of the Poppy Papaver somniferum Hahnemann says that it is much more difficult to estimate the action of Opium than of almost any other drug. The effects of Opium as shown in the insensibility of the nervous system, the depression, drowsy stupor, painlessness, and torpor, the general sluggishness and lack of vital reaction, constitute the main indications for the drug when used homeopathically. All complaints are characterized by sopor. They are painless, and are accompanied by heavy,
Opium — Materia Medica
Opium — keynotes · Cyrus Maxwell Boger
Negative, torpid states; but little pain, secretion or reaction. Paralysis; painless; of brain, tongue, bowels, lungs, etc. Tremor. Twitchings; during sleep. Convulsions. Epilepsy, in sleep. Internal dryness. Hot, head; sweat; bed seems, hunts a cold place, etc. Stupid sleep, spasms, violent chills, etc., during. .................... PLACID; says nothing ails him. Dreamy. Sluggish. Dull. Stupid. No will power. Lying. Fears; after fright. Delirium; with terror; alcoholic. Wants to go home. Carphology. Cerebral congestion; intercurrent; apoplectic. Heavy occiput. Visual hallucinations. Inactive pupils. Red, bulging, staring eyes. Dark, turgid, sweaty or hot red face or red and pale alternatly. Old look; after cholera infantum. Mouth twitches or hangs open. Cravings, without appetite. Vomiting; in peritonitis. As of a weight in abdomen. Bowels feel obstructed. Paralytic atony of bowels and bladder; after laparotomy. Hard tympany. Colic; lead. Stools of hard, black balls. Constipation. Bloody mucus oozes from open anus. Retained urine. Lively fœtal motions. Rattling, unequal breathing. Sighing. Snoring. Stertor. Tickling cough. Pneumonia. Weak heart. Crawlings here and there. General itching. Skin rough and dirty. Painless ulcers. Tired and sleepless; drunkards. SOMNOLENCY. Heavy, stupid sleep; of the aged. Full, slow pulse (Dig.). Hot, sweaty (Samb.) and drowsy; with cold limbs. Sweaty, without relief.
Opium — mind · H.C. Allen
Delirium: Constantly talking; eyes wide open, face red, puffed; or unconscious, eyes glassy, half-closed, face pale, deep coma preceded by stupor. Thinks she is not at home (Bry.); this is continually in her mind. Picking of bed clothes during sleep (while awake, Bell., Hyos.). Delirium tremens: In old emaciated persons; bloated face, stupor, eyes burning, hot dry; with loud snoring.
Opium — general · James Tyler Kent
Among the striking features of Opium is a class of complaints marked by painlessness, inactivity, and torpor. Many of the provers taking small doses had torpor, inability to realize or feel their surroundings, or to take in the nature of states and judge of things. Deception in vision, taste, touch; deception of the state he exists in; in his own realization; a perversion of all the senses with much deception. The general characteristic is painlessness, but now and then an alternate state is produced, in which a small dose of Opium will cause pain, sleeplessness, inquietude, nervous excitability; the very opposite state from that produced in the majority of cases. The majority are constipated, but in some there is dysentery and tenesmus. The patient is sleepy, yet at times the drug is characterized by sleepless nights, anxiety, increased sensitiveness to noise, so that he says ho can almost hear the flies walking on the wall, and hears the clock striking in the distant steeple. It is generally supposed that in these opposite conditions one is primary and the other is secondary. This is true, e. g., those exhibiting stupor and painlessness will go into a state of increased insensibility, inquietude, anxiety, and irritability, and also one who has a state of increased sensibility first will have a docile state following.
Opium — black letter · Margaret Lucy Tyler
Fear of impending death. Expression of fright and terror. Complete insensibility. Impossible to excite any sign of un easiness by pulling the hair, or pinching the skin, or sudden affusion of cold water. Insensibility with complete apoplectic respiration. Unconscious : eyes glassy, half-closed, face pale, deep cotna. Mania a potu : senses dull ; sopor with snoring. Sees animals coming towards him. People want to hurt him : creeps under covers : wants to jump out of bed. Believe themselves murderers or criminals, to be executed. Want to run away. Staring look : facial muscles twitch. Lockjaw. Tremor. Ailments from excessive joy, fright, anger, shame. Ailments after fright, the fear of the fright remaining. Trembling limbs after a fright. Spasms from emotion, fright, etc. Face pale. Face flushed. Pupils dilated, insensible to light : or contracted and sluggish. Paralysis of tongue with difficult articulation. Great thirst : unquenchable thirst. Colic : transient : very violent : griping, with constipation, as if intestines cut to pieces. Painters' colic. Stools: involuntary after fright ; fluid,frothy ; burning in anus ; tenesmus. Hard, round, dry, black balls : like sheep dung : feels as if rectum were closed ; come down and recede. (SU.) A Inmost unconquerable chronic constipation. Cholera infantum: stupor, snoring, convulsions, contractedpupüs. Well selected remedy refuses to act. Want of susceptibility to drugs. Want of vital reaction. Painlessness in all ailments. Complains of nothing ; wants nothing. Paralysis : insensibility : after apoplexy—in drunkards—old people. Weakens expulsive power of bladder : which is unable to expel its contents : retention of urine. Frequent involuntary deep breathing. Respirations long, sigh ing! or stertorous respirations. Pulse show, with slow stertorous- respirations : exceedingly red face : extremely profuse perspiration. Convulsions. Whinittg in sleep.
Opium — introduction · Margaret Lucy Tyler
(Papaver somniferum, the white poppy) One of the ancient saws of medicine has it : “ Sine pafaverihus et sine medicamentis ex eis confectis manca et clauda esset medicina,'' which may be vemacularized, “ W ithout poppy and its derivatives, medicine would be a wash-out.” Nothing better than Opium exemplifies the difference between the two ways of medical practice. Opium and its most important alkaloid. Morphia * are a tremendous standby for the orthodox physician : and to the young and inexperienced doctor it m ay sometimes seem absolute cruelty to withhold them. True that, given in material doses they cure nothing. True that, the more they are given, the greater the need and the craving for the lying peace they bring. True, that one of the toughest problems of medicine is the cure of the Opium eater, and the rescue of the victim of morphia habit. At one period it was the fashion among the medicos of Paris to supply young girls with a morphia hypodermic, so that they might render themselves insensible to menstrual pain ; with shocking results. We used to be taught in our Insanity Course, that it might be worth while to attem pt to break the morphia habit once, but that, if the patient relapsed it was more merciful to leave him to his fate : the sufferings were too terrible to be inflicted a second time. The ultim ate effect of these, at once seductive and tyrannical drugs, is to utterly destroy all sense of right and wrong. Lying and thieving are the characteristics of Opium. Nothing that the Opium victim says can be trusted : more especially so when the drug-need is imperative and the drug difficult to obtain. One remembers well the tragedy of a young naval officer ; this was many years ago.
Opium — modalities · H.C. Allen
Aggravation: during and after sleep (Apis, Lach.); while perspiring; from warmth; stimulants. Amelioration: From cold; constant walking.
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