Stramonium

Characteristic symptoms

Painful sensation, as if the joints were loose; spasmodic movements and convulsions, on looking at bright objects ; violent motions of the limbs; epileptiform twitchings ; epileptiform convulsions, with consciousness ; spasms after fright ; St. Virus' dance ; cataleptic immobility, with loss of consciousness; palsy of the limbs; tremors; inclination to keep the recumbent position ; debility, with vacillating gait ; fainting, with snoring, paleness of the face and loss of appetite ; drowsiness ; Awakes with a solemn air of importance ; deep, heavy sleep, with snoring, stertorous breathing, bloody froth at the mouth and dark brown face ; chilliness of the limbs and trunk ; melancholy, with desire for society, light, sunshine, aggravation of the symptoms by darkness and solitude ; melancholy, with fear of death, weeps all the time; believes all the time that he is alone and is afraid ; mania with great strength ; stupefaction ; stupefaction of all the senses and insensibility to all external impressions ; frightful fancies, such as shapes of dreadful animals ; loquacious delirium ; alternation of ludicrous demeanor and sadness ; mania, with pride and affectation ; violent headache, with obscuration of sight and hard heal ing ; glistening, staring eyes ; dilatation of the pupils ; optical illusions ; paleness of the face ; distorted features, as if by pain or fear and anxiety, with deep furrows and wrinkles on the forehead ; red face with staring eyes ; swelling of the face, as if turgid with blood, with friendly look ; blue and swollen lips; speech as if paralyzed, utters inarticulate sounds; spasmodic constriction of the fauces and impossibility of sal lowing ; fear and horror of water and every fluid ; violent singultus ; cadaverous stools ; suppression of urine ; lascivious disposition ; spasms of the chest.