Remedies – Aconite

Genus: Aconitum napellus

Common name: Monkshood, Wolf’s Bane, or Granny’s Nightcap

Family: Ranunculaceae (Buttercup)

Native to moist mountainous areas of western and central Europe, this perennial plant grows over 3 feet high. It blooms in July and August with lovely deep bluish purple flowers that are shaped like a hood. Its tuberous roots contain the poison aconitine, a powerful neurotoxin that can cause death within two – six hours after ingestion. In the past, wolves were killed by arrows dipped in the plant’s poison, hence the name “wolfsbane.”

As a homeopathic remedy, Aconite napellus is useful for intense symptoms that come on suddenly after being exposed to a cold dry wind or getting chilled, or from shock or fright. When used at the start of a sudden illness, Aconite can often halt the progression of symptoms common to colds, earache, coughs, croup, fever, headaches, teething/toothache, cystitis, and other painful symptoms. Although this remedy is usually used for acute symptoms, it is also useful when the start of chronic problems can be traced back to a sudden shocking event that left a deep imprint or was not sufficiently resolved. Aconite can help remove past traumas.

Keynotes:

• Ailments from fear and shock
• Fear, fear of death, believes that death is imminent
• Fear in a crowd
• Violent sudden panic attack, terror
• Shock from an accident or injury, childbirth with too fast labor
• Restlessness, shaking
• Anxiousness
• One cheek red, the other pale
• Bitter taste in mouth
• Great thirst for cold drinks
• Palpitations
• Frantic from intolerable pain, screaming with pain
• Oversensitive to noise, light, odors, pain, taste, touch
• First stage illness when complaints come on suddenly
• Conjunctivitis without pus
• Remedy for Croup
• High fever with dry, burning heat better when perspiration starts
• Worse at night, worse for touch, worse cold dry wind
• Better in fresh air

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