SBL Aconite Napellus Common name: Monkshood Causes and symptoms for SBL Aconite Napellus Aconite Napellus is indicated for symptoms associated with anxiety, fright, physical and mental restlessness, fear and nervous excitement. There is suddenness of all complaints, result of shock or fright. Aconite Napellus has fear of death, fear of darkness, fear of bed, fear of ghosts, and fear of going out in crowd. The patient also predicts the date and even hour of death. The patient is very much restless and does everything in great haste. Mental anxiety, tension, worry and fear accompany most of the trivial ailments. Aconite Napellus is a wonderful nerve tonic and also useful shock absorbent. Aconite Napellus is also useful in cold and flu caused by exposure to dry, cold weather, draught of cold air, checked perspiration, also complaints from very hot weather, especially gastro-intestinal disturbances,etc. First remedy in inflammations, inflammatory fevers. Tension of arteries; emotional and physical mental tension explain many symptoms. When prescribing Aconite remember Aconite causes only functional disturbance, 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. Aconite Napellus also helps in treating bad effects of checked perspiration, fear, fright, heat of sun, shock, and excitement. There is sudden attack of fever with high rise of temperature. There is no periodicity what so ever. During the fever the face of the patient is red or pale and red alternately. The patient feels much thirst during fever. There is burning thirst for large quantities of cold water. It is also useful for sudden inflammatory condition in any part of the body. Mind Fear and predicting death. Convinced they will die, predict the time. Fear of death during pregnancy, labor. Fears: Crowd, Narrow places, open spaces, darkness, elevator, tunnel, heart-disease, heart will stop, brainstroke, fainting, air plane, earthquake. Fearful restlessness. Panic states: Sudden, violent. Like internal earthquake with palpitations, red face, vertigo, one sided numbness, faintness, perspiration, trembling, dyspnea. Generalities Extreme excitability of nervous and vascular system. Desire open air. Agg. cold dry weather, dry cold wind, east wind. Agg. becoming cold when overheated. Agg. Motion; lying on affected side; touch (especially during fever). Agg. fright, shock; experience of imminent death. Agg. Twilight. Amel. Discharges (vomiting, diarrhea). Plethoric (excessive) local congestions. Epilepsy or convulsions. Numbness, tingling agg. left side. Intolerable pains; stinging, burning. Protects painful part with hands. Vertigo During panic. On rising, on attempting to sit up in bed. Head Tormenting headaches, agg. occiput and forehead, with fear of death;after fright; exposure to cold. Congestion and fullness, agg. evening; as if enlarged. Sensation of boiling inside. Eye Intra-ocular hemorrhage, agg. trauma (Arn, Ham). Nose Conjunctivitis from cold, dry wind, reflection of snow. Inflammations from injury (Symphytum). Hot and dry. Red conjunctiva of lids. Profuse lachrymation. Lids hard and swollen. Photophobia from sunlight. (description exceeds maximum possible length)