Cicuta Virosa - Water Hemlock.
Indicated in convulsive and spasmodic affections (chorea, puerperal convulsions), with drawing back of the head and neck, even to opisthotonos (opisthognathous - retreating jaws). Particularly valuable in cerebro-spinal meningitis and in the sequels of concussion of the brain and spinal marrow.
Red face.
Pupils dilated, insensible, squinting.
When reading, letters seem to go up or down or to disappear.
Spasms of the oesophagus.
Sudden violent shocks in the head and in other parts.
Contraction of cervical muscles; cramps and spasms in the muscles of the back.
Eczema, with hard, lemon-colored crusts, whitish, moist scurf on the chin and upper lip.
Worse from touch; from concussion.
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