VERATRUM ALBUM

Action of Medicine:

This remedy is indicated in those at the extremes of life, who are always chilly, and in diseases that are characterized by a rapid sinking of the vital forces, when there is complete prostration and collapse. There is extreme coldness and a cold perspiration on the forehead. It is of service in cholera infantum and diarrhoea, when there is a copious, vomiting, and sweat, with diarrhoea. There is burning internally, while the body is blue, cold, and the face collapsed. The vision is obscured and the nervous powers are depressed. The vomiting is violent and forcible and consists of food, mucus, b bile and blood, while the stools are copious, watery, and may be involuntary.
It is useful in gastralgia and colicodynia when there is nausea and vomiting, and a sensation as though the bowels were tied up in a knot. The pain causes a cold perspiration to appear upon the forehead.
It should be remembered in puerperal mania and convulsion with cerebral congestion; the face is bluish and bloated, and the eyes protruded. She gives wild shrieks and has a disposition to tear and bite. The blood rushes to the head on stooping. The headache is intense. It is beneficial in Capillary bronchitis when the face is blue; there is spasmodic, loose cough, but the expectoration is difficult. The respirations are increased in frequency, while there is palpitation of the heart and dyspnoea. It is indicated in fevers, when there is great coldness, with violent heat of the internal parts. The pulse is thread - like, there is a craving for cold drinks with coldness of the surface, and profound nervous prostration.

References:A Manual Of Materia Medica, Therapeutics And Pharmacology By Blackwood, Alexander Leslie, Dictionary Of Practical Materia Medica By Clarke J. H.