Delirium

Belladonna

Violent delirium with bloodshot eyes. The patient tears the clothing, bites, strikes, kicks, howls, shrieks and wants to get away from some imaginary persons. Extremities cold, head hot; heat and burning all over the body; wants to run away; wants to jump out of window on account of violence. Disposed to bite with convulsions; in congestion; fever; sees monsters; with distortion of face in dentition; grinding of teeth; disposed to strike; difficulty in swallowing; on disappearance of tumor. Visions of rats, mice, etc.

Hyoscyamus

After being harshly accused of theft; with glistening eyes, with great physical activity; talking from jealousy; from hysteria; of imaginary wrongs; wants to unclothe himself. Hyoscyamus is in between Belladonna and Stramonium in intensity of the disease. Sings obscene songs. Delirium accompanied by periods of stupor. Talking to himself.

Stramonium

This is the third remedy in the trio for deli­rium. The first two remedies are Belladonna and Hyoscyamus. Calls for someone to console; full of the fear as if dogs were attacking him; furious delirium, but not so furious as in Bell, or Hyosc. Talks to spirits of departed chums who are not present. Sees ghosts or hears their voices. From joy; queer with sexual excitement, shy and wants to hide himself. Laughs incessantly, absurdly, claps hands and opens . eyes. Noisy with hallucinations. Incoherent murmuring. All hallucinations are fright and terror producing. Sees things black instead of red.  Urine suppressed.

Agaricus M

Great menial excitement, cheerfulness, courage, loquacity, incoherent talk, melancholy. Delirium with inclination to make verses and to prophesy and to kiss companions.

Lachesis

Muttering delirium; In erysipelas of scalp, on shutting eyes; in afternoon or after sleep; delirium tremens. Stupor on account of suppression of measles. Pale, anaemia of the face with expression of sadness in diphtheria; vision of snakes and other hideous objects, choking sensation in threat and springing out of sleep suddenly as if in dream.

Bnfo

Delirium with dysentery.

Plumbum:

Delirium alternated with colic. Delirium due to the idea that his life is in danger from assassination or poisoning and that everyone around him is a murderer.

Cuprum Met

Delirium in cholera, desires to escape. Deli­rium due to suppression of discharges or eruptions.

Veratrum Viride

Delirium during child birth, fever or puerperal delirium. Uraemic convulsions. Abdomen bloated, and eyes staring and wild, both hands in constant motion; pulse weak; violent paloitation of the heart.

Arsenicum Alb

Delirium with depression, restlessness, fear of death, fear of being alone, suicidal tendencies. Anaemia of the brain and of the whole body.

Actea Racemosa

Delirium tremens, sees all sorts of objects of various colours and of many forms; rats, snakes, lions, bugs, flies, etc. Is talkative and changes cons­tantly from one subject to another. Irritability, rest­lessness and sleeplessness are marked.

Nux Vom

Delirium tremens, when the patient is cross, irritable, ugly, all due to use of alcohol.

Baptisia

With deafness, in diphtheria.

Opium

For old sinners who destroyed their constitution by excesses. Visions of animals springing up from various parts of the room. They see ghosts, devils, etc. with whom they converse.

Cannabis Ind

Ideas of granueur and errors of perception as to space and time.

Cantharis

Violent delirious state intermingled with sexual ideas and talks; sings lewd songs and talks about human genitals, urine and faeces.

Calcarea Carb

The moment the patient closes his eyes he sees fearful visions which compel him to open them again. Sees and plays with animals (due to nervousness).

China

Sees objects and people when closing the eyes and they disappear when opening. Great debility, loss of appetite with irresistible desire to sleep after eating, or sleeplessness alternately. Anaemia.

Zincum Met

Delirium with high temperature, unconscious, jerking of the limbs.

Cocculns

Delirium at onset of menses with mental symp­tom of delusion as if something alive is rolling on the walls, floors, chairs etc. and would roll on her.