Other names and synonyms
acon-c.Description Source
Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica - J.H. ClarkePharmacological Group
Additional facts
A. cammarum, Linn. (includes A. neomontanum, Willd. A. intermedium, D. с., and A. stoerckianum, Reich. N. O. Ranunculaceae. Tincture of root.
Nosology
Catalepsy. Eruption. Headache. Neuralgia. Pollutions. Salivation. Tongue, paralysis of. Vomiting.
Typical features
The main symptoms, of Aconitine are reproduced in A. camm. Formication begins on tongue and lips and spreads to face and thence over whole body; with this are distortion of features and dry skin. There is headache.
A. Neomont. produced: Peculiar sharp taste followed by violent shooting pains from lips to stomach. The eructations and rumbling in bowels of the alkaloid were reproduced, but in addition the mucous membrane of the mouth was red, studded with small whitish yellow vesicles surrounded with bright red areola; salivation came on. Pupils, at first mobile, became persistently dilated; vision dim; unable to look at highly illuminated objects without winking; near and distant objects seem to swim. Extreme restlessness; it seems as if it were a tickling which impels him to constant movement; in equable temperature, all symptoms.
A. Neomont. produced: Peculiar sharp taste followed by violent shooting pains from lips to stomach. The eructations and rumbling in bowels of the alkaloid were reproduced, but in addition the mucous membrane of the mouth was red, studded with small whitish yellow vesicles surrounded with bright red areola; salivation came on. Pupils, at first mobile, became persistently dilated; vision dim; unable to look at highly illuminated objects without winking; near and distant objects seem to swim. Extreme restlessness; it seems as if it were a tickling which impels him to constant movement; in equable temperature, all symptoms.
Mental
Rage. Fear. Apathy and indifference. Thought and power of concentration disturbed. Memory weak.
Head, face, and ears
Blackish blue colour of face; blue swollen lips. Most remarkable sensation of contraction of face.
Mouth and throat
Paralysis of tongue. Salivation. Fuzzy sensation where the crawling was. Taste and sensation diminished.
Gastrointestinal tract
Burning in abdomen and sensation of ants crawling round in it.
Chest organs
Voice hoarse and rough. Respiration slow, difficult, with sensation as if chest and throat constricted.
Cardiovascular system
Pulse frequent; afterwards depressed; slow; irregular; intermittent.
Common symptoms
Subsultus tendinum. Twitchings. - сatalepsy.