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Helleborus niger

The Medical Genius · Stacy Jones

Open remedy: Hell.

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SECTION 39.

CHRISTMAS ROSE.

GENERAL INDICATIONS for Helleborus niger

Hot head, rolling upon the pillow - Eyeballs rolled up - sudden shrieks (Apis) - greedy drinking - constant gagging (Podo) - twitching during sleep - motion of jaws as if chewing - scanty dark urine with floating black specks; or red urine with sediment like coffee grounds - Hair and nails fall off - ailments worse in evening from 4 to 8 o'clock (Lycopo), and from thinking of the pains.

Minute Dose

Section 56, B.

Officinal Dose

Adult, 5 to 20 grains - Fluid extract, 5 to 20 drops - Tincture, 1/2 to 1 drachm. Child, see Section 56, B.

Hellebore, in minute doses, is especially demanded in the treatment of Acute and Chronic Hydrocephalus - Meningitis - Fever with alternating chills and heat (Chamomile) - Epilepsy of infants at the breast - Insanity - Apoplexy - Paralysis - Hydrothorax - Sudden dropsical swelling.

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