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Veratrum viride (Verat‑v.)

Veratrum viride (Verat‑v.) appears in 187 rubrics in the Repertory. Of these, 9 are single-remedy rubrics in which only this remedy is listed, and 13 are small rubrics with at most two other remedies. The emphasis lies on Delirium, Delusions, Children, Insanity, Gestures and Mania. Together they form the picture of a severe mental illness, especially in the puerperium, with refusal of any treatment.

Puerperium

The single-remedy rubrics link several states to childbirth: half-conscious state after excitement during labor, mania with convulsions after childbirth, fear of being poisoned in puerperal mania. A small rubric lists weakness of memory after puerperal convulsions.

Refusal of medicine

In insanity the person refuses medicine and evades every strategy to make her take it. She refuses to get up and dress without giving a reason, and is repellent. Some patients are quiet and silent.

Delirium and the body

Delirium follows smallpox; fleeing occurs in cerebrospinal meningitis, shrieking in erysipelas. The hands are restless in delirium, and the person strikes the chest. Speech is unintelligible, with open eyes. Among the Delusions are that clothes do not fit and that everything is understood; a single-remedy rubric records a clear mind for past, mysterious things.

Summary

Verat‑v. shows a severe state of delirium and mania related to the puerperium, with refusal to be treated.

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