Other names and synonyms
hydr-ac.Description Source
Concise Materia Medica - S.R. PhatakPharmacological Group
Common symptoms
Rapidly acting most deadly poison; producing convulsions, paralysis, collapse, cramps everywhere. Effects are sudden; spasms, collapse, apoplexy. Lacks reaction. Lightning like jerks from head to feet. Evacuations cease suddenly, sinks down unconscious. Prolonged faints. вluishness. Epileptic attacks preceded by nausea and vomiting or waterbrash. сatalepsy. Intense coldness.
Modalities
Full moon. Suppressions. Storms.
Mental
Unconscious. Fear of imaginary troubles; of death, house falling, horses, cars etc.; of crossing the street, even when the vehicle is at a considerable distance. Loud involuntary screams; before convulsions.
Head, face, and ears
Intense cerebral congestion; brain feels on fire. As if a cloud were going over his brain.
Distorted and half open. Eyeballs fixed.
Pale, or bluish; looks old. сramps in masseters, jaws clenched in rigid spasm. Lips pale or bluish. Froths at mouth. Frightful contortion of muscles.
Distorted and half open. Eyeballs fixed.
Pale, or bluish; looks old. сramps in masseters, jaws clenched in rigid spasm. Lips pale or bluish. Froths at mouth. Frightful contortion of muscles.
Mouth and throat
Dry. Taste; pussy, metallic, astringent. Tongue cold.
Noisy swallowing drink rumbles through throat and stomach. Spasms, or paralysis of oesophagus.
Noisy swallowing drink rumbles through throat and stomach. Spasms, or paralysis of oesophagus.
Gastrointestinal tract
Great sinking at pit of stomach. Anorexia. сholera. вurning from navel to oesophagus; chronic dyspepsia.
Chest organs
Breathing slow irregular, gasping. Asphyxia. Dry tickling night cough. Asthma; with choking in the throat. сonvulsions, with whooping cough.
Cardiovascular system
Clutches at the heart as if in distress. Heart failure; compression at heart. Pulse; failing, weak, irregular, unequal, with occasional strong beats. вlood vessels distended; writhing in them. Angina, severe pain.
Limbs and spine
Muscles of the dorsal region are contracted. Hands icy cold.
Sleep
Yawning, with shivering. Drowsiness. сoma vigil.
Fever
Icy coldness; worse hands.
Skin
Bluish eruptions.
Dif. diagnostics
Agar; сupr; Laur.
Included in the composition
- — Tonginal