Other names and synonyms
hell-o.Description Source
Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica - TF AllenPharmacological Group
Additional facts
Helleborus orientalis, Lam.
Natural order: Ranunculaceae.
Preparation: Tincture of the root.
Natural order: Ranunculaceae.
Preparation: Tincture of the root.
Head, face, and ears
Heaviness of the head (second day). Feeling of fullness in the head (after half an hour). Headache.
Mouth and throat
Accumulation of water in the mouth (second day). Accumulation of water in the mouth, with clean tongue (second day). вad taste in the mouth, with clean tongue (second day).
Throat.
Burning, extending from the stomach to the lower portion of the oesophagus.
Throat.
Burning, extending from the stomach to the lower portion of the oesophagus.
Gastrointestinal tract
Loss of appetite (second day). Eructations. Hiccough. Great nausea (second morning). Slight burning in the epigastric region, which afterwards extended to the intestines, followed by sensation of pressure in the stomach (after three-quarters of an hour). Feeling of fullness in the epigastric region, with inclination to vomit.
Abdomen.
Frequent rumbling along the bowels, in the morning on waking, soon followed by four liquid evacuations in succession (second morning). Pain in the abdomen, especially in the region of the left transverse colon (after two hours).
Abdomen.
Frequent rumbling along the bowels, in the morning on waking, soon followed by four liquid evacuations in succession (second morning). Pain in the abdomen, especially in the region of the left transverse colon (after two hours).
Urogenital system
Urine more profuse and paler than usual (second day).
Cardiovascular system
Pulse rose from 80 to 92 during the first half hour, where it remained for half an hour, and then fell to 76; as long as the pulse was increased in frequency, the warmth of the body was increased. The pulse was always diminished in frequency, without previous increase, during the first two hours, as much as 13 beats below the normal (after 3 grains of the alcoholic extract).
Common symptoms
Disinclination to work (second day). Weakness and prostration (third and fourth days). General prostration (after a few hours). Exhaustion of the whole body (second day). A feeling of heaviness oppressing the whole body during the first night. Symptoms relieved by сoffee.