Hyoscyamus Niger – The Homeopathic Remedy for Delirium, Mania & Nervous Disorders

• Common Name: Henbane
• Family: Solanaceae
• Source: Tincture of whole plant, especially leaves and seeds
• Miasm: Syphilitic
• Temperament: Nervous, hysterical
• Thermal: Hot patient

Sphere of Action

Acts predominantly on the cerebrospinal nervous system, causing motor and mental disturbances. It primarily affects the brain, nerves, muscles, and mucous membranes, especially the urinary and reproductive systems.

Key Clinical Indications

Nervous & Mental Disorders

• Delirium with jealousy, suspicion, talkativeness, lewdness
• Mania with nakedness, indecent behavior, restlessness, laughing and crying alternately
• Hallucinations, sees imaginary things or people
• Delirium tremens, epilepsy, spasms, chorea
• Talks nonsense, picks at bedclothes, tries to escape or hide

Convulsions & Spasms

• Epileptic fits with violent jerking of limbs, especially after fright
• Twitching, grimaces, and jerky movements of muscles
• Convulsions during pregnancy, puerperal convulsions

Sleep Disorders

• Sleeplessness from nervousness, delirium, or fear
• Talking during sleep, moaning, snoring

Urinary Complaints

• Involuntary urination, especially during convulsions or sleep
• Paralysis of bladder after delivery or during nervous diseases

Heart & Circulation

• Palpitation from nervousness, fear, or emotions
• Pulse rapid, intermittent, or irregular

Characteristic Symptoms

• Jealousy, suspicion, talking nonsense, wants to be naked
• Fear of being poisoned, watched, or being harmed
• Restlessness, changes position frequently
• Twitching of muscles, spasms, jerks, especially at night
• Cough worse lying down, better sitting up
• Involuntary stools and urine

Modalities

Worse From	Better From
Lying down, night, jealousy, emotions	Sitting up, motion, warmth
Mental excitement, fright	Quiet and darkness

Potency & Dosage

• Lower potencies (3x–30C) for physical symptoms like cough, involuntary urination
• Higher potencies (200C–1M) for mental symptoms and acute mania

Relationships

Complementary	Similar Remedies	Antidotes
Belladonna, Stramonium	Opium, Lachesis, Veratrum album	Camphora, Belladonna

Mnemonic for Hyoscyamus

“NAKED MADNESS”

• Nudity with indecent gestures
• Anxiety, restlessness
• Konvulsions after fright
• Envious, suspicious behavior
• Delirium with talking and gesturing wildly

One-Line Summary

Hyoscyamus is a remedy for delirium, convulsions, and mania marked by lewdness, jealousy, and restless nervousness with twitching and spasms.