# Atropinum

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

## Keynote Indications
Atropine, as the most ac tive principle in Belladonna, produces most of the char acteristic 
effects of that drug, but at the same time the two are not identical. Atropine has shown an affinity for the 
pancreas, which relates it to lod., Kali-i. and Iris. It can produce a hypersensitivity of the sensory nerves. 
Numerous eye symptoms. AU kinds of illusions of vision. Motes seen over every thing. All kinds of illusions of 
sight. Everything appears large (Plat, opposite). On reading, words run together, double vision, all objects 
seem to be elongated. 
Clarke once cured with Atro. a woman who had an appearance of shadows passing over whatever she looked 
at. 
Difficulty of speech. Frequent stuttering. especially at difficult to pronounce words. Indistinct articulation, rapid 
and chattering. 
Great dryness of throat, almost impossible to swallow. Chronic stomach disorders with great pain and vomiting 
of all food. Peritonitis. Hypochlorhydria, heartburn. Eustachian tube and tympanic congestion. Affinity for the 
pancreas. Hyperacidity of stomach. Paroxysm of gastric pain, ovarian neuralgia.

## Symptoms by System

### Mind
- Sad and morose, prefering solitude and a dark room to society of friends.
- Fear of her condition being 
observed.
- Meddlesome.
- Mistakes in localities, in time.
- Rambling speech.
- Speech embarrassed, loud, slow, 
unintelligible in sleep.
- Wandering thoughts.
- Mirthful.
- Frightful delirium.
- Delusions, sees fright ful images.
- Delusions sees people in room at bedside.
- Delusions 
familiar things seem strange.
- Answers to imaginary questions.
- Refuses obstinately to swallow anything or to 
answer questions in any way than by a grunt.
- Sad and morose, prefering solitude and a dark room to society of friends.
- Fear of her condition being 
observed.
- Meddlesome.
- Mistakes in localities, in time.
- Rambling speech.
- Speech embarrassed, loud, slow, 
unintelligible in sleep.
- Wandering thoughts.
- Mirthful.
- Frightful delirium.
- Delusions, sees fright ful images.
- Delusions sees people in room at bedside.
- Delusions 
familiar things seem strange.
- Answers to imaginary questions.
- Refuses obstinately to swallow anything or to 
answer questions in any way than by a grunt.

### Vertigo
- Vertigo on rising in morning.
- Vertigo on turning head suddenly.

### Head
- Periodical headache, coming on sud denly, increasing rapidly, until intensely severe.
- Dull pain in 
temples.
- Sticking pain in back of skull and over eyes, worse every motion, stepping.
- Severe headache 
beginning in occiput, passing over right side, locating over eyes.
- Headache with flushing of face and head.
- Headache with rush of blood to head.
- Sensation as if head were screwed up.
- Headache of epileptics.
- Headache with great weakness.
- Kidneys - Congestive states of kidneys.
- Chronic albuminuria.
- Involuntary urination, but scanty discharge of 
urine.
- Periodical headache, coming on sud denly, increasing rapidly, until intensely severe.
- Dull pain in 
temples.
- Sticking pain in back of skull and over eyes, worse every motion, stepping.
- Severe headache 
beginning in occiput, passing over right side, locating over eyes.
- Headache with flushing of face and head.
- Headache with rush of blood to head.
- Sensation as if head were screwed up.
- Headache of epileptics.
- Headache with great weakness.
- Kidneys - Congestive states of kidneys.
- Chronic albuminuria.
- Involuntary urination, but scanty discharge of 
urine.

### Eyes
- Sharp neuralgic pains in and about eyes.
- Neuralgic pain.
- Eyelids heavy and difficult to keep open.
- Corneal ulcers with spasmodic winking.
- Irritability of eye.
- Conjunctivitis with lachrymation.
- Dim vi sion with 
dilated pupils.
- Vertical diplopia, apparent object below real one.

### Ears
- Morbid sensitiveness to sounds and objects.

### Face
- Deep red distorted face.
- Deathly pallor.

### Mouth
- Pappy taste.
- Dryness of mouth and throat.
- Unability to speak from dryness of mouth, tongue nearly 
adherent to roof of mouth.
- Dryness of mouth after two hours suddenly gave way to a viscid, acrid secre tion, 
very highly offensive odor.

### Throat
- Burning from coughing.
- Dark red, husky hue.
- Difficu lt swallowing from great dryness.
- Voice husky.
- Dryness of larynx causes dry cough and difficult swallowing.
- Tongue - Tongue seems partially paralyzed, speech indistinct, rapid and chattering.
- Tongue hard, parched 
and cracked.
- Tongue coated white.

### Chest
- Burning under sternum.

### Stomach & Abdomen
- Constant burning under stomach.
- Constant retching and empty eructa tions, immediately after 
eating.
- Nausea with pressure at stomach.
- Vomiting of food.
- Fluttering in stomach.
- Vomiting seldom with 
nausea.
- Vomiting at times extremely violent.
- Stomach very sensitive to pressure.
- Teeth - Grinding of teeth.
- Appetite often considerable, sometimes absent.
- Thirst after vomiting.

### Urinary & Genital
- Severe cutting or drawing pains, in left ovary, extorting screams, must bend double.
- Left ovary 
swollen and tender during menses.
- Puerperal convulsions.

### Extremities
- Throwing about limbs.
- Spasms worse when disturbed.
- Gouty affection of right wrist, with stiffness.
- Clenching of thumbs.
- Involuntary movements of hands towards head.
- Locomotor ataxia.
- Edema of legs.

### Neck & Back
- Constant burning in back.
- Large portion of spine so sensitive that she cried out on pressure.
- Painful 
affections from spinal irritation.

### Sleep
- Drowsiness with tendency to quiet dreams and delirium.
- Somnolence with nervous startings.
- Prolonged yawning.
- Restless sleep, sleeps only towards morning.
- Sleep much disturbed by gastric 
pains.
- Starting as if frightened on falling asleep.