|
Remedy Name/s: |
Common Name/s: |
Latin, Zoological, Botanical and mineralogical name/s: |
| Veratrum Album |
False Hellebore, White Hellebore,
Yellow pheasant's eye |
Adonis autumnalis,
Adonis vernalis |
General description and domicile:
The False Hellebore is a very poisonous plant that is native to Europe and
northern Asia where it grows wild in damp sites on the sides of mountains. It is
a perennial foot-high plant very similar to the Anemone.
The pale green leaves are smooth on top but hairy underneath and has a pretty
cluster of bright red buttercup-like flowers on short spikes that grow from the
leave joints.
Warning: Extreme care must be taken when handling this
plant as very little contact with Veratrum can be fatal.
Part used and extraction:
The root is used, harvested before the flowering season.
Remedy preparation:
Chopped and steeped in alcohol to obtain mother tincture
History:
The Gauls used the poisonous sap of this plant to coat their arrows for
hunting and the war against the Romans.
Proved by Hahnemann
How to use these pages:
What follows below is a profile of the homeopathic remedy. This profile must
be compared with the profile of the person to be treated in great detail before
treatment can be commenced. See
How to Use
these Pages
Remedy profile:
Veratrum people are hyperactive, restless, haughty and aloof. They are very
critical of others and tend to reject any opinion other than their own.
When ill they become withdrawn and melancholy, restless and may tent to easy
tears and self pity.
Physical symptoms are: a weak immune system (catches colds easily), are easily
chilled, anemic, always thirsty and suffer from cold sweats.
Key Symptoms:
Cold sweat, hyperactive, withdrawn, melancholy.
Used for treatment of:
Nausea (cold, clammy sweating)
Vomiting
Diarrhea
Cough
Fatigue
Fevers
General Symptoms Worse for:
Factors/Conditions that make the symptoms worse
Movement
Bowel evacuation
Cold drinks
General Symptoms Better for:
Factors/Conditions that improve symptoms
Warmth
Lying down
Resting
See also our
Herbal page on Veratrum.
* Statements made
have not been evaluated by American Food and Drug Authority or similar board
or authority of any other country.
The content of
this website, products offered on the website and any correspondence that we
may enter into with you have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug
Authority. The information and products offered on this website and any
website or publication that we may refer to or link to are not intended to
diagnose, treat, cure, prevent or in any way improve or ease any conditions,
disease or symptoms. The content of the website, products and documentation
provided is for your entertainment and enlightenment only. None of the
content of this website, packaging and documentation provided with products
offered on this website or any correspondence entered into is intended or
should be construed as a substitute or augmentation of advice from your
physician or medical practitioner. You should not use any information
provided by us in any form to diagnose or treat any condition or disease.
You must consult your healthcare practitioner or doctor before commencing
any dietary change, taking or ceasing to take any medication, starting or
stopping a treatment of any suspected or diagnosed medical condition or self
improvement plan. |
Warning! |
Read our detailed warning and disclaimer |
|
|
