# Aconitum Ferox

## Remedy Classification
- **Type:** Homeopathic Remedy
- **Miasm:** Psoric Miasm
- **Temperament:** Chilly
- **Aggravation Time:** Neutral/Anytime

## Keynote Indications
Aconitum ferox is the most poisonous species known, containing the greatest proportion of 
Aconitine from the Himalayan Mountains. Rather more violent in its actions than Aeon, napellus.  
Acon-f. was proved by Dworzack, who also proved Aconitine. The Ferox devel-. oped burning pains in greater 
intensity than the alkaloid, more intense mental activity followed by greater depression. It is more diuretic and 
less anti-pyretic (fever). 
In Aconitum ferox, there was marked suf fering. Anxiety and fear of suffocation from paralysis of respiratory 
muscles, obliged to breathe half -sitting up with head rest ing on palms of hands. Rapid respiration. Cheyne -
Stokes breathing. Cardia dyspnea, neuralgia and acute gout. Dyspnea. Pain in occiput and neck.

## Modalities (Aggravations / Ameliorations)
Better cold drinks. Better sitting up. Better warm food. Worse coffee.

## Symptoms by System

### Mind
- Very active mind, sequence of ideas rapid, talked c onstantly, remembered easily.
- Incapable of any 
mental work, even the simplest addition, comprehension and understanding became confused.
- Very active mind, sequence of ideas rapid, talked c onstantly, remembered easily.
- Incapable of any 
mental work, even the simplest addition, comprehension and understanding became confused.

### Mouth
- Tongue almost insensible, feels like a piece of raw leather in month.
- Tongue covered with a thick 
yellowish-white fur.
- Violent burning in mouth (in two minutes), renewed by eating, better by drinking cold water.

### Throat
- Violent burning in pharynx.
- COMMENTS - The proving caused a for mication that spread over whole body, least noticea ble on parts that 
had been cold.
- Worse or excited by, change of temperature or mo tion.
- It caused a painful unrest so that he 
could not possibly lie quietly more than a few minutes.
- Getting up set up all the train of symptoms, which were better immediately on lying down.
- Benumbed sensation, 
as if he had on gloves, on pinching cheeks no pain felt, seemed to walk on woolen carpets.

### Chest
- Dyspnea increased to such a degree that he was obliged to breathe half -sitting up with head resting 
on palms of hands, constantly feared suffocation from respiratory paralysis.

### Stomach & Abdomen
- Pressure in stomach with pain.
- Wa rmth in stomach.
- Violentdrawingpain in region of stomach and 
sacral region, soon spreading over the abdomen, worse by pressure on epigastrium.
- On pressing in stomach, 
an internal, dull pressing pain.
- Temperature - Icy coldness of body, objec tive and subje ctive, no amount of wraps and external warmth 
relieved.
- Desire to get warm drove him to get out of bed and sit near stove.
- Tottered to stove, warmth was 
pleasant, but vertigo, trembling, op pression and nausea ensued and compelled him to return to bed.
- Fie rce 
heat on forehead, cheek and hands with sensation as if numerous glowing hot wires were stuck into him, better 
by perspiration.
- Rumbling in bowels, constant gurgling.
- Kidneys - Frequent and very copious evacuations of urine

### Extremities
- Gait tottering, remarkable weakness in lower limbs, especially right.

### Sleep
- Sleeplessness.
- On waking, violent burning in mouth and throat, warmth in stomach, dull sensation in 
head.