Hydrophobia

Lyssin

The treatment should be started with this remedy. One dose of 200 dilution may be given and should, after 4 hours, be followed by other indicated remedies mentioned below.

Belladonna

Most violent delirium. The patient is furious, he strikes, bites, tries to escape, and, if opposed, fights like a demon. Throat dry, red, glazed and painful. Aggravation from cough, light and jar. A remedy for the first stage.

Stramonium

The same symptoms as in Bell, but in a milder form. Stramonium has an aggravation from not only attempting to drink but even from the sight of water. It is the characteristic symptom of this medicine. A low muttering delirum. A remedy for the second stage. Hydrophobia due to the bite of rabid animals.

Hyoscyamus

When there is persistent insomnia and constant choreic movements of the muscles of the throat.

Cantharis

Furious delirium; frenzy: excitement. Furious paroxysms of rage; barking; anxious; restlessness ending in rage, acute mania; all aggravated by touching the larynx and drinking cold water. Swallowing difficult; constriction with pain; burning, dryness. High fever.