1. Constipation, sometimes obstinate, mostly from inactivity of the rectum, and often accompanied by heat and headache. 2. Stool hard, and of too large a size. 3. Unsuccessful urging to stool. 4. Constipation of nursing infants.─Violent and painful diarrhśa, often with the tension of the abdomen, prRead more
1. Constipation, sometimes obstinate, mostly from inactivity of the rectum, and often accompanied by heat and headache.
2. Stool hard, and of too large a size.
3. Unsuccessful urging to stool.
4. Constipation of nursing infants.─Violent and painful diarrhśa, often with the tension of the abdomen, preceded and followed by gripings.
5. Fainting during stool.
6. Burning sensation in the anus, during evacuation.
7. Pain, as from excoriation in the anus.
8. Pressure towards the anus, with blind hćmorrhoids.
9. Verminous symptoms.
Symptoms of Veratrum album in Diarrhoea Physical Characteristics - Profuse, watery, gushing stools, often rice-water in appearance - Stools are greenish, odourless, acrid, sometimes mixed with flakes - Violent simultaneous vomiting and purging, with great prostration - Cutting, colicky pains in theRead more
Symptoms of Veratrum album in Diarrhoea
Physical Characteristics
– Profuse, watery, gushing stools, often rice-water in appearance
– Stools are greenish, odourless, acrid, sometimes mixed with flakes
– Violent simultaneous vomiting and purging, with great prostration
– Cutting, colicky pains in the abdomen as if “knives” twisting intestines
– Sensation of sinking and emptiness in the stomach after stool
– Extreme coldness of skin and extremities, with pale or bluish, sunken face
– Cold, clammy sweat on the forehead accompanying collapse
Modalities and Concomitant Features
– Cramps and tonic spasms beginning in hands and feet, spreading over body
See less– Intense, unquenchable thirst for large quantities of very cold water (often vomited immediately)
– Profound weakness and rapid sinking of vital forces after each stool
– Sensation of a lump of ice on the vertex or across the scalp
– Worse from cold, damp weather and slightest motion; better from warmth and firm pressure
– Mental collapse: anxiety, fear of death, possible delirium during bouts of diarrhoea