25/08/2025
❤️ Aconitum Napellus ❤️
Rare, Peculiar & Keynote Symptoms (with Rubrics)
1. Sudden, violent onset of complaints
All acute diseases come suddenly, after exposure to dry cold wind.
Generalities → Exposure → cold, dry wind → agg.
Compare: Bell., Bry., Hepar
Ref: Kent, Allen, Boericke
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2. Fear of death, predicts the time of death
Says: “I will die at this hour / this night.”
Mind → Fear → death, of → predicts the time
Compare: Arsen., Lyc.
Ref: Kent Lectures, Hering
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3. Restlessness, tossing about in agony
Cannot keep still, anxious, fearful, restless.
Mind → Restlessness → anxious → tossing about
Compare: Ars., Rhus-t.
Ref: Kent, Nash
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4. Intolerable pain with anxiety and fear
Pain always accompanied with restlessness & fear.
Generalities → Pain → with anxiety
Compare: Ars., Cham., Coffea
Ref: Farrington, Nash
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5. Complaints after fright or shock
Sudden acute complaints after fright, shock or fright of death.
Mind → Fright → after
Compare: O***m, Ignatia, Gels.
Ref: Kent, Allen
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6. One cheek red, the other pale (Aconite face)
Characteristic appearance in fever.
Face → Redness → one cheek
Compare: Cham., Ipecac.
Ref: Boericke, Hering
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7. Burning heat, dry skin, no sweat
High fever, dry hot skin, pulse full & bounding.
Fever → Heat → burning, dry, with thirst
Compare: Bell., Sulph., Ars.
Ref: Kent, Allen’s Keynotes
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8. Intense thirst for cold water during fever
Stomach → Thirst → cold water → for
Compare: Bry., Phos., Sulph.
Ref: Nash, Boericke
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9. Numbness & tingling in parts
Numbness, formication, tingling sensations in extremities.
Generalities → Numbness / Tingling
Compare: Platina, Agaricus
Ref: Hering, Kent
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10. Sensation of impending doom
Feels as if something terrible will happen; “as if death is near.”
Mind → Anxiety → presentiment of death
Compare: Ars., Gels.
Ref: Kent Lectures, Farrington
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11. Eye symptoms – red, dry, inflamed after cold wind
Eye → Inflammation → exposure to cold wind → after
Compare: Bell., Euphr.
Ref: Boericke, Allen
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12. Sudden croup at midnight after exposure to cold air
Larynx → Croup → midnight → after exposure to cold
Compare: Spongia, Hepar
Ref: Hering, Nash
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📊 Synoptic Table
Rubric / Characteristic Aconite Compare Remedies
Sudden onset after dry cold wind +++ Bell., Bry., Hepar
Fear of death, predicts the hour +++ Ars., Lyc.
Restlessness with anxiety +++ Ars., Rhus-t.
Complaints after fright/shock +++ O***m, Ignatia, Gels.
One cheek red, one pale +++ Cham., Ipecac.
Burning heat, dry skin, no sweat +++ Bell., Sulph., Ars.
Numbness, tingling ++ Platina, Agaricus
Eye inflamed after cold wind ++ Bell., Euphr.
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📚 References
1. Kent – Lectures on Homœopathic Materia Medica (Aconite)
2. Kent – Repertory of the Homœopathic Materia Medica
3. Boericke – Pocket Manual of Homœopathic Materia Medica
4. Allen – Keynotes & Characteristics with Comparisons
5. Hering – Guiding Symptoms
6. Nash – Leaders in Homœopathic Therapeutics
7. Farrington – Clinical Materia Medica
Dr. Masum Billah Azadi
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