Also known as Monkshood from the Ranunculaceae Family
GENERAL
Aconite is mainly used for sudden acute complaints especially in young people particularly young women with a strong build who live a quite , indoor lifestyle. It is suited for those who are easily affected by change in weather particularly cold , dry air or cold winds . These people may have dark hair , dark eyes and firm muscles . Complaints often arise after exposure to cold dry air , cold winds or drafts especially when sweating
MENTAL AND EMOTIONAL SYMPTOMS
Aconite is known for causing intense fear and nervousness . The person will be scared to go outside , be in crowd or even cross the street . They may feel constant fear and worry , convinced the illness is fatal even predicting when they will die there is a fear of dying , also during pregnancy . They feel restless and anxious moving quickly and need to change position often small things startled them and they have a lot of mental anguish and very over minor problems even music can upset them and around menstruation
PHYSICAL SYMPTOMS
Dizziness : When standing up their face may turn pale and they might feel dizzy or even faint fearing to stand up again . They may experience temporary blindness and even faint.
Menstrual Complants : For young girls with no periods i.e Amenorrhoea after a fright or shock , to help prevent Suppression of menses
Inflammation : Useful at the early stage of inflammation before it has fully sets
Fever : The skin is hot and dry , face meter turn red or switch between pale and red , they are very thirsty for cold water and they experience intense restlessness and anxiety that gets worse in the evening and at bedtime
Convulsions : For children who are teething and show symptoms like twitching , jerking muscles , high fever and irritability
Cough and Croup : Cough is dry , rough and suffocating getting , often with a croaky ringing or whistling sound (Caust – on Inhalation , Spongia) especially when breathing out . Symptoms often appear after exposure to cold , dry winds or drafts .
Important note : Aconite should not be used just to reduce fever and should not be alternate with other medicine for this purpose. if Aconite is the right medicine it will be effective alone .
Aggravation : In the evening and at night
when pains are unbearable
in a warm room
when getting out of bed
when lying on the affected side (Hep , Nux-m )
Amelioration : In fresh air (Alum , Mag-c , Puls , Sab )
Relation with other remedies
Works well with coffee ( for fever , sleeplessness and pain intolerance )
Arnica (For injuries) and Sulphur (in acute inflammation )
Not often helpful for fevers that bring out rashes
Aconite acts as the acute counterpart to sulphur and can be used before or after it in inflammatory conditions.
