- Common Name: Thorn Apple / Jamestown Weed
- Family: Solanaceae
- Type: Polychrest
- Acts on: Cerebrospinal nervous system, Mind, Eyes, Throat
Sphere of Action
- Profound effect on the nervous system: convulsions, spasms, mania
- Also affects throat, eyes, and skin
- One of the main remedies for violent delirium, night terrors, fear
Mind
- Violent mania, delirium with laughing, singing, praying, and swearing
- Great loquacity, but speech may be incoherent
- Fear is the keynote: fear of dark, being alone, monsters, water
- Hallucinations, sees ghosts, animals, horrible faces
- Desires company, clings to others
- Night terrors in children with screaming and convulsions
- Sudden violent behavior, destructiveness
- Religious mania, excessive praying or preaching
Eyes
- Pupils dilated, eyes staring, prominent
- Photophobia, pupils insensible to light
- Sees visions, things moving rapidly
- Squinting or jerking eyes
Mouth and Throat
- Dryness of mouth and throat, extreme thirst but cannot swallow
- Throat feels constricted, swallowing impossible
- Choking, spasms from attempting to drink water (but no hydrophobia)
- Voice hoarse, talking difficult
Respiratory
- Dry, suffocative cough, worse lying down
- Spasm of glottis; respiration short and difficult
- Hoarseness and oppression
Convulsions
- One of the chief remedies for convulsions
- Body becomes rigid, jerking, twisting
- Convulsions with distorted face, eyes roll back, froth at mouth
- Epileptic attacks after fright or sunstroke
Sleep
- Disturbed, restless, shrieking during sleep
- Frightening dreams, wakes up terrified
- Sleeplessness due to overactive brain
- Somnambulism
Skin
- Hot, dry skin; rash resembling scarlet fever
- Suppressed eruptions cause internal brain symptoms
Modalities
|
Worse From |
Better From |
|
Darkness, solitude, shiny things |
Light, company |
|
After fright, bright light |
Warmth, talking to someone |
Miasmatic Background
-
Psora, Sycosis, Acute miasm
Keynotes
- Violent mental symptoms: fear, mania, hallucinations
- Loquacity with religious or obscene speech
- Desires light and company
- Dryness: mouth, throat, skin
- Convulsions and night terrors
- Marked fear of darkness, water, and being alone
Relationship
|
Compare With |
Complementary / Follows Well |
|
Belladonna (also violent, flushed face) |
Hyoscyamus, Opium, Aconite |
|
Hyoscyamus (less violent, more obscene) |
Ignatia, Sulphur |
|
Veratrum album (mania, religious) |
Cuprum, Zincum |
Potency & Dosage
- Mental symptoms: 200C to 1M, as needed
- For acute convulsions or mania: higher potencies with longer gaps
- Lower potencies (6C–30C) for milder nervous or respiratory symptoms
Clinical Conditions
- Mania, delirium tremens, epilepsy, night terrors
- Scarlet fever, rabies-like symptoms, fear-related hysteria
- Insanity after head injury or fright
One-Line Summary
"Stramonium is the chief remedy for violent mental disturbances, fear, and convulsions—especially after fright."
Tags
MATERIA MEDICA