Kent's - Classical Homeopathy Online

OPIUM [op] [Kent’s]Among the striking features of Opium is a class of complaints marked by painless, inactivity,and torpor. Many of the provers taking small doses had torpor, inability to realize or feel theirsurroundings, or to take in the nature of states and judge of things. Deception in vision, taste, touch;deception of the state he exists in; in his own realization; a perversion of all the senses with muchdeception.The general characteristic is painlessness, but now and then an alternate state is produced, inwhich a small dose of Opium will cause pain, sleeplessness, inquietude, nervous excitability; the veryopposite state from that produced in the majority of cases. The majority are constipated, but in somethere is dysentery and tenesmus. The patient is sleepy, yet at times the drug is characterized bysleepless nights, anxiety, increased sensitiveness to noise, so that he says he can almost hear the flieswalking on the wall, and hears the clock striking in the distant steeple.It is generally supposed that in these opposite conditions one is primary and the other issecondary. This is true. , those exhibiting stupor and painlessness will go into a state of increasedinsensibility, inquietude, anxiety, and irritability, and also one who has a state of increased sensibilityfirst will have a docile state following. Some oversensitive provers will get a basilar headache in thefirst hour after taking a dose, so that they cannot raise the head from the pillow; they are paralyzedfrom it; the pain holds them down. This does not come on in most provers until the waning of a largedose. This has been debated over as the primary and secondary actions. What is the action in one is thereaction in another, but all are the effects of the drug, and all the actions that follow are the symptomsof the remedy.The sluggishness and painlessness are most striking. The inaction is shown in the lack ofreaction to the properly selected homeopathic remedy. It here completes with .On studying the case you may find many Opium symptoms, and when given thus indicated, itrouses the system out of the state of sluggishness and causes reaction.Ulcers which are perfectly painless, which do not granulate, and do not eat or spread, withnumbness or lack of sensibility in the ulcer that ought to be sensitive; Opium will often heal.Insensibility in parts that are in a high grade of inflammation.Paralytic conditions or paresis, partial paralysis, inactivity, sluggishness. Such a condition isfound in the bowels so that they do not move, and the rectum fills with round, hard, black balls, whichcan be dug out with the finger or spoon.There is no activity, no ability to strain at stool.The bladder is in a similar state. There is no ability to use the abdominal muscles; he cannotstrain to urinate; retention of urine; accelerator muscles are in a state of paresis.When drinking the esophagus seems to have no action and the fluid does not go down butpasses out through the hose; a paresis, fluids go down the wrong way or out through the nose.Weakness of limbs and muscles; weakness and paralysis.Often there is a state of peace. Wants to be let alone. She tells you she is not sick; and yet shehas a temperature of 105'- 106', is covered with a scorching hot sweat, has a rapid pulse; is delirious.You ask her how she is and she says she is perfectly well and happy; no pains or aches; wants nothingand has no symptoms. But the nurse tells you that the patient has passed no stool or urine. The facelooks besotted, bloated, purple; the eyes are glassy and the pupils contracted. The brain is in a state ofconfusion, yet she can answer questions. Or the mental symptoms may be more marked and thephysical condition less prominent; there is confusion of mind, delirium, loquacity, but this is rare, morecommonly only talks when aroused; a condition of stupor in which the patient will say nothing and donothing. Delirium with a happy turn of mind.The stomach is in a state of undue warmth, sinking, all-gone, hungry, and this is not relieved byeating. He fills the stomach full and yet the faint feeling remains. The food sours in the stomach and isvomited. He can take no more food. He becomes covered with a cold sweat; great exhaustion; nausea,retching and the vomiting continues. This nausea is a trouble some symptom following theadministration of Opium or . It is a prolonged vomiting and nausea. He can take nothinginto the stomach and nothing will stop the vomiting for him. The homeopath knows the use of and one dose will give wonderful relief at once and stop the deathly sinking and nausea.There is never any use for the crude Opium in the sick room.In surgery at times it is admitted that something seems necessary, and we will not quarrel withthe surgeon. But in disease, in sick people, it is not necessary. It performs no use and in the end it is aninjury; it prevents finding the homeopathic remedy. It has masked the symptoms and spoiled the case,and you cannot do anything for days.