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Description of aconite

Aconitum Napellus (Monkshood) A state of fear, anxiety; anguish of mind and body. Physical and mental restlessness, fright is the most characteristic manifestation of Aconite. Acute, sudden, and violent invasion, with fever, call for it. Does not want to be touched. Sudden and great sinking of strength. Complaints and tension caused by exposure to dry, cold weather, draught of cold air, checked perspiration, also complaints from very hot weather, especially gastrointestinal disturbances etc. First remedy in inflammations, inflammatory fevers. Serous membranes and muscular tissues affected markedly. Burning internal parts; tingling coldness and numbness. Influenza. Tension of arteries; emotional and physical mental tension explain many symptoms. When proscribing aconite remember aconite causes only functional disturbances, no evidence that it can produce tissue change - its action is brief and shows no periodicity. Its sphere is in the beginning of an acute disease and not to be continued after pathological change comes.

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