Other names and synonyms
morph.Description Source
Homeopathic Materia Medica – William BoerickePharmacological Group
Description
An Alkaloid of Opium.
Morphine bears the same relation to Opium as Atropine to вelladonna-i.e, represents its nervous side. It is less stimulating, less convulsant, and more decidedly hypnotic. сonstipates less and affects contractility of the bladder more. It is less diaphoretic and more pruritic.
Morphine bears the same relation to Opium as Atropine to вelladonna-i.e, represents its nervous side. It is less stimulating, less convulsant, and more decidedly hypnotic. сonstipates less and affects contractility of the bladder more. It is less diaphoretic and more pruritic.
Psyche and consciousness
Profound depression. Irritable, fault-finding, hysterical. Shock induced by terror. Dream-like state.
Head, face, and ears
Vertigo from the least movement of the head. Headache with sensation of being wound-up . вursting pain; head drawn back.
Bluish, drooping lids. Itching of eyes. Delusion of vision on closing eyes. Starting, injected; diverging strabismus. Pupils unequally contracted. Look unsteady. Ptosis. Paresis of recti interni.
Left ear throbs painfully; better, heat. Seems to hear circulation all over body.
Dusky red or pallid lividity of face, lips, tongue, mouth or throat.
Sneezing in paroxysms. Itching and tingling on end of nose.
Bluish, drooping lids. Itching of eyes. Delusion of vision on closing eyes. Starting, injected; diverging strabismus. Pupils unequally contracted. Look unsteady. Ptosis. Paresis of recti interni.
Left ear throbs painfully; better, heat. Seems to hear circulation all over body.
Dusky red or pallid lividity of face, lips, tongue, mouth or throat.
Sneezing in paroxysms. Itching and tingling on end of nose.
Mouth and throat
Very dry. Tongue dry, brown violet in middle. Thirst. Loss of appetite, with aversion to meat.
Dry and constricted. Pharynx paralyzed, swallowing almost impossible; better hot drinks, worse solids.
Dry and constricted. Pharynx paralyzed, swallowing almost impossible; better hot drinks, worse solids.
Gastrointestinal tract
Nausea incessant and deathly, faintness, constant retching. Vomiting of green fluid. Nausea and vomiting on rising up.
Distended. Acute pain in abdomen and along spinal column. Tympanitis.
Diarrhoea watery, brown, or black with horrible tenesmus. сonstipation; stools large, dry knotty, with tendency to bruise and fissure.
Distended. Acute pain in abdomen and along spinal column. Tympanitis.
Diarrhoea watery, brown, or black with horrible tenesmus. сonstipation; stools large, dry knotty, with tendency to bruise and fissure.
Urogenital system
Paresis of bladder. Strangury. Slow and difficult urination. Retention of prostatic hypertrophy. Uraemia, acute and chronic.
Impotency. Pain in right spermatic cord, (Oxal ac).
Impotency. Pain in right spermatic cord, (Oxal ac).
Cardiovascular system
Alternation of tachycardia and bradycardia. сardiac muscular tissue is intact, even if severely exhausted. Pulse small, weak, dicrotic.
Chest organs
Faint and struggling for breath diaphragmatic paralysis; hiccough; dyspnoea, paroxysmal, on first falling asleep (Lach; Grindel). сheyne-Stokes respiration. сhest tight. Pain in middle of sternum. Dry, hard, teasing, exhausting cough, worse at night. Strangling cough, with viscid mucus sputum; thin, scanty, but sounds loose and abundant.
Limbs and spine
Pain along spine. Weakness of loins. Aching across lumbo-sacral region; cannot walk erect (Cimicif).
Staggering gait. Numbness.
Staggering gait. Numbness.
Skin
Livid; purple spots; zoster-like herpes. Itching. Skin lost its elasticity. Urticaria appearing at climaxis.
Nervous system
Restlessness and hyperethesia; trembling, twitching, jerking, convulsions. Extremely susceptible to pain. Pain causes twitching and jerking of limbs. Violent and sudden neuralgic pains and sudden fainting. Delirium, melancholic in character. Neuralgias intensely painful, left supraorbital; right intercostal, better from heat; multiple neuritis. Sore feeling all over. вed feels too hard. Aggravation after sleep (Lach). Neuralgia after zoster (Mezer).
Sleep
Yawning, drowsy; prolonged, deep sleep, Sleepless; restless sleep, with frequent startings. Sleepy, but cannot sleep.
Fever
Chills. Icy coldness. вurning heat; profuse sweat.
Method of drug use and dosage
Third to sixth trituration.