Bell, Belladona

Core theme

• King remedy of Inflammation (Heat + Redness+ Severe/ Neuralgic pain)
• Rapid/ Severe / Sudden Attacks / Changes
• Anger + Fright: There are both Fear / Anxiety and anger in their eyes
• Alternative heat and cold
• A frightened person who wants to Escape / Hide himself
• Protruding eyes (Of course, not like hypothyroidism exophthalmos)
• Kent: Consider Zinc, Bell, Nux-v for severe side effects of chemical drugs.

Mind

Real illusions

• Intense and completely real emotions, irritability, sudden anger
• Illusions that seem completely real
• Brutal and severe deliriums: An angry person with a red face, who may bite others, throws everything into the fire.
• He is crazy, fiery and delusional

• Full of fears (Animals esp dogs)

Aggressive impulses

• Wants to hit others, pull their hair or bite
• Knocks his head against the wall
• Wants to escape or stand up
• Wants to throw everything in the fire
• Impulses of madness, psychosis, mania
• An angry person with a red face, who may bite others, set everything on fire. He is crazy, fiery and delusional

General

Severity of symptoms

• Throbbing, shooting, stabbing, gripping and sharp pains that drive the patient crazy.

Inflammation

• Heat and burning, severe pain, dryness, bright red
• Little but hot secretions
• Fullness/ Swelling / Congestion of head
• Swollen vessels of head skull.
• His mouth and throat are hot and dry. (Phos, Rhus-t)

Lively face

• Congestion, flushing, throbbing pain, high blood pressure
• His face that is completely alive, violent, pletoric (a completely memorable face)

Neuralgic pain

• Coming and going suddenly
• Beating, shooting, Stitching, grabbing and sharp pains
• Pains drive the patient crazy
• Generally he has Sharp senses: Sensitivity to sound, light, shaking, etc.
• Convulsions, twitches
• Right-sided sign/symptoms

Modalities

Agg

• Wind blowing (on the head), drying sweat, cutting hair (Glon), washing the head, cold
• Heat (sun heat or artificial heat) (Nat-m)
• Noise (Ferr, Asar, Ther), being in a crowd
• Move (Bry), Shaking or being shaken
• 3 PM
• Hanging down his limbs
• Pains agg by bending forward
• The horizontal position
• Touching/ Pressure / Tightness (Lach)
• Light: photophobia, dilated pupils
• Exacerbation with hormonal changes and period period

Amel

• Bending backward
• Lying on stomach and pressure
• Covering the head
• Semi-standing position

Heat & Cold

• Heat and cold are accompanying or alternative
• Internal cold feeling + Hotness / Burning in touching the skin
• His head is hot and dry and his limbs are cold (Bell ₳ Sul)
• His skin is hot and sometimes dry and sometimes moist
• His face becomes hot and red and then cold and pale

Paralysis

Paralysis of one side + Twitching on the other side

Limbs - PARALYSIS - paralysis, hemiplegia - twitching of one side, the other is paralyzed

Nerves - CONVULSIONS, general - one-sided - paralysis of the other

Spasm, Rigidity

• Voluntary and involuntary muscle spasms
• Intentions: Face, mouth, limbs and back
• Right sided

• Spasm of Face, Mouth, Head and tongue muscles causes speech disorder

FACE - CONVULSIONS, spasms: Chin

FACE - CONVULSIONS, spasms – right: Agar

FACE - CONVULSIONS, spasms - chill, during: ars, calc, cham, cic, ign, op stannstram.

FACE - CONVULSIONS, spasms - Jaws

FACE - CONVULSIONS, spasms - Mouth: ant-c, cham, dulc, ign, p, Lyc, merc, nit-ac, olnd, op, stram.

FACE - DISCOLORATION - bluish - spasm of glottis: Coff, LACH, Mosch

MOUTH - CONTRACTION – spasmodic

MOUTH - SPASMS: acon, carb-v, lau, mosch, naja, sep

MOUTH - SPASMS - Tongue

MOUTH - SPEECH - difficult - spasms; from: Canth, cic, con, cupr, HYOS, lach, laur, OP, ruta, sec, STRAM, Verat

HEAD - MOTIONS of head - rising from the pillow, spasmodic: stram

• Back, Extremities

  BACK - SPASMODIC drawing - Cervical region

  BACK - SPASMODIC drawing - Lumbar region: sil, sul-ac

  BACK - SPASMS - Dorsal region

  EXTREMITIES - CONTRACTION of muscles and tendons - Fingers - spasmodic

  EXTREMITIES - EXTENSION - Thumbs - spasmodic: Camph

  EXTREMITIES - EXTENSION - Legs - spasmodic - waking, on

Acute gastroenteritis

• It is used in acute and febrile gastroenteritis.
• Typical state: the child screams frequently when he has a stomach ache and throws his stomach on the chair and puts his arms down and legs up.
• Bad general mood / Very irritable / Nervous with inflamed eyes
• Very similar to Dios (Bell ₳ Dios)
• Cough due to Acid-Reflux (Bell ₳ Phos)

Miasmatic view

• Bell is high grade remedy of six viral miasms: ADV, RSV, RBOL, RBS, NVCJD, PLV
• Bell is the best first stage inflammation remedy esp in
  • Upper respiratory tract (ADV)
  • Lower respiratory tract (RSV)
  • Polymyelitis (PLV)
• Bell it is NOT Lympahtic (EBV)
• Bell it is NOT Catarrhal (HMPV)
• Bell it is NOT Phagedenic (HSV-1, 2)
• It is delirious manic remedy (RBS)

Inter-current remedy

Bell is a good inter-current and is the best choice after many remedies including:

• Med in inflammation
• Tub in َAcute/ Inflammatory/ Congestive diseases (Bell ₳ Tub)
• Calc: Excellent complementary medicine and follow well (Bell ₳ Calc)
• Merc: In the field of Upper Respiratory Tract and eyes, Merc is the most similar remedy. Both are best ADVand complementary remedy(Bell ₳ Merc)
• Nat-m: Acute headaches of Nat-m constitutions need or Spig or Bry or Bell or Iris
• Sul
• Ars

Other complementary remedies

• In the neuropsychological field, the most similar drug is Lach, followed by Stram, followed by Phos, Hell, Sul, and Op. This arrangement is concluded from the sharing of three miasms PLV, RBS, NVCJD
• In the field of ENT and eyes, I got help from RBOL and ADV, and Bell's partners are Merc, Rhus-t, Sul, Kali-bi, Stict respectively.
• In the field of respiratory/sinus problems (shared between RSV, RBOL), the two drugs Kali-bi and Kali-i are Bell's reliable counterparts.

Sehgal rubrics

DELUSIONS, sensations, misrepresents his

Sensations (n) = Experience, feelings.

Misrepresents (v) = To represent incorrectly.

Infer. —

Unable to communicate one’s feelings correctly.

Vers. —

1. While telling of my sickness, I feel I am unable to explain what exactly I feel like telling.
2. From the way the patient was talking I gathered that he was not in a position to correctly say what he felt.

DELUSIONS, business ordinary they are pursuing

Business (n) = An occupation or profession.

Thought (v) = Opined, considered.

They (pron) = Persons concerned.

Were (v) = In the past.

Perusing (v) = Carrying on.

Ordinary (adj) = Somewhat inferior or below average.

Infer. —

1. That the person is engaged in an occupation which is inferior in status, quality, and quantity i.e. position and income.
2. The earning is good but is below standard.

Vers. —

‘sir, no doubt I am earning a lot but I am not happy. Because I am a coal merchant and the people do not treat me as a respectable person. I am looked upon just as an ordinary person.

DELUSIONS, possessed, being

Alum, Anac, Ars, Bell, Canth, Carb-v, Hydrog, Hyos, Lach, Lyss, Manc, Op, Plat, Sil, Stram, Sul, Verat

Possessed (adj) = Is under the control of some other power.

Is owned by something or someone else and has forfeited the right for independent existence.

Infer. —

Feels that the person is under the occupation of some other power and has to live and act according to its wishes.

Vers. —

I feel as if my disease is occupying my mind and controlling every movement of mine all the day. I am not able to think or divert my attention towards anything else except my health. I am occupied with the thoughts of disease all the time and do nothing else than serving myself.

QUIET, wants to be, repose and tranquility, desires

Quiet (adj) = Making no disturbance or trouble; peaceful; free from disturbing thoughts or emotions; free from activity, to attain a state of stillness; by stopping every activity, no movement.

Repose (n) = The state of being at rest; sleep.

Tranquility (n) = The state of being free from or unaffected by any sort of disturbing emotions.

Desires (v) = Craves; expresses a wish to obtain.

Infer. —

A person needs rest and is preferably craving for sleep which he feels he can achieve by suspending all activities and work.

Vers. —

Whenever I get tired, I feel like taking rest. To recoup lost energy which I can achieve only in a peaceful atmosphere without any sort of noise.

DELUSIONS, surrounded by friends, is

Surrounded = Encircled, enclosed on all sides.

Friends (n) = Persons attached to one another by feeling or affection or personal regard; a person who is on good terms with another; not hostile.

Is (v) = At the present.

Infer. —

Everyone around him seems to be friendly and without any bad design.

Vers. —

I don t see anything bad in any person. All are respectful and affectionate to me. They seem very near me without discrimination.

POMPOUS, important

Pompous (adj) = Pretentious show of dignity; importance. Person tries to pretend that he is dignified and important.

Vers. —

From the gestures of the patient I noticed that he was trying to pose that he deserves and desires to be treated as a man of dignity and importance.

EXUBERANCE

Exuberance (n) = A state of extreme joy and vigour.

Infer. —

The person remains over joyous which also exhibits his stamina to live within.

Vers. —

I never find him tired of his sense of humor and joy. Whenever he meets you, you will find him full of fun and frolic.

NAIVE, intelligent but very

Naive (adj) = Having or showing natural simplicity of nature.

= Unsophisticated.

= Having or showing lack of experience.

But (conj) = On the contrary.

Intelligent (adj) = Sharp in understanding and comprehending.

Infer. —

Worldly unwise but good in understanding.

Vers. —

He has topped in the university so far as his studies are concerned but is so simple in practical dealing that even a child can cheat him.

CREDULOUS

Credulous (adj) = Unduly willing to believe or trust without proper or adequate evidence.

Infer. —

Unsuspicious.

Vers. —

I never disbelieve anyone. I trust even a passerby. Many times people try to take advantage of my weakness in this sense. But I cannot change.

MAGNETIZED, desires to be; mesmerism am

Magnetized (adj) = Wants to acquire the quality of a magnet i.e. the power of attraction.

Mesmerism (n) = The act of inducing an extraordinary state of the nervous system in which the operator is supposed to control the action and thoughts of the subject.

Infer. —

Both the rubrics are opposite in sense. Wants to be magnetized, (to be attractive) so as to be able, to attract (charm) others (mesmerism amel.) because it gives satisfaction. The desire is to be the centre of attraction.

Vers. —

The person is fond of adopting such characteristics as are dignified, mannerly, pleasant and impressive. This gives him mental satisfaction and happiness.

BOASTER, braggart

Boaster (n) = A person who speaks about himself with excessive pride and vanity.

Who speaks with exaggeration and pride especially about oneself or something connected with oneself.

Infer. —

1. One who is excessively proud of one’s personal achievements and possessions and speaks about them with excessive air of self praise.

Vers. —

I can boastfully say that the intensity of pain which I could bear, nobody else could do.

COMPANY, aversion to, friends, of intimate

Company (n) = Companionship. Association.

Aversion (v) = Keeps away from.

Intimate (adj) = Associated in close personal relation.

= A personally close or familiar association or feeling.

Friend of = A person attached to another by feeling of affection.

Infer. —

Why should one avoid the company of closely related person? It seems he has to hide something which he feels he will not be able to, if he comes closer to anyone.

Vers. —

I don t visit people who are closely known to me because they ask probing questions about my sickness, which I don t like.

ANXIETY, company, when in

Anxiety (n) = Discomfort.

Company (n) = Association.

When in (adj) = During period of.

Infer. —

(same as of 114)

Vers. —

As long as I remain in the company of others. I am uncomfortable for fear of being asked unpredictable questions especially regarding my sickness.

RUBRICS 116 & 117

COQUETTISH, not enough

Bell, Lyc, Puls, Staph, Sul

COQUETTISH too much.

Coquettish (adj) = A male or female who mixes up with the opposite sex freely without any feeling of guilt or shame or serious intentions for marriage etc.

Not (adj) = Used to express negation.

Enough (adj) = Sufficient for the purpose.

Too (adj) = To an excessive extent.

Much (adj) = Being of great quantity, amount, measure, or degree.

Infer. —

To indulge with the opposite sex innocently without knowing its consequences, but to a negligible extent.

– Is or much (in measure) than needed.

Vers. —

The inclination of my elder child towards the opposite sex is not sufficient as it should be and that of the younger is more than the normal.

PLEASURE, lascivious ideas, only in

Pleasure (n) = The enjoyment or satisfaction derived from what is to one’s liking.

Lascivious (adj) = Arousing or inciting sexual desires.

Ideas (n) = Conceptions existing in the mind as a result of mental understanding.

Only (adj) = With no other one.

In (prep) = Out of denoting source.

Infer. —

There is no other source of enjoyment except concentrating one’s mind on the perceptions exciting sexual desire.

Vers. —

Whenever I come across a beautiful girl I start viewing the attractive organs of her body which ultimately leads me to visualize her sexual organs which arouse my desire for sex. This is the only thing which gives me happiness.

UNRELIABLE, promises, in his

Bell, Calc, Con, Lyc, Op, Sil, Sul

Unreliable (adj) = One who cannot be depended upon.

Promises (n) = The act of honoring one’s words.

In (prep) = Concerning.

Infer. —

Cannot stick to words once said.

Vers. —

I cannot keep my words, not to take any other medicine because I cannot bear pain and delay in relief.

WEEPING, remonstrated, when

Weeping (n) = The act of shedding tears to express grief.

Remonstrated (adj) = One who gets pleadings, protests, objections or disapprovals of his argument. Defeated in arguments.

When (prep) = At the time of.

Infer. —

When one fails in arguments starts weeping to assert or defend himself.

Vers. —

He cannot stand opposition to his conception of things. When he fails to impress his point he starts weeping to stop others from pressing their views.

CALCULATING, inability to

Calculating (v) = Assessing the extent of anything.

Inability (n) = Lack of ability, power or capacity.

for (prep) = Purpose of.

Infer. —

Unable to assess things properly and accurately like mathematical calculations.

Vers. —

I have to educate you about my problem in details so that you should be able to find out a correct remedy for me. Because if you will depend on me for any specific information about my progress I shall not be able to give it to you.

Destructive rubrics

• WEEPING, refused, when anything
• BREAK, things desire to
• DESTRUCTIVENESS
• MANIA, spit and bite at those around him, would
• MANIA, scratching themselves
• RAGE, medicine, from forcible administration of
• Tormenting, himself
• NOISE, inclined to make a

Other remedies are Tarent, Tub and Verat

Break (v) = To injure so as crack or divide.

Destructiveness (n) = The tendency to destroy, having faith in the principle of destruction.

Mania (n0 = Excessive excitement in action like an insane person.

Scratching (v) = Rubbing harshly something rough over a surface of anything producing scratching sound.

Rage (n) = Excessive anger beyond limits.

Self (n) = By oneself.

Torture (n) = The act of inflicting sever pain.

Noise (n) = A disagreeable loud sound.

Infer. —

All these rubrics (122 to 129) convey, the person’s sense of resentment for something which went against one’s request or the events taking shape as not desired. The tendency to destroy things may be as a matter of habit under the influence of an impulse or faith.

Vers. —

My child will do anything or everything like breaking things; spitting at and biting those around him, refusing to take the medicine, (any other mode of consolation adopted to pacify him) scratching his own body, giving pain to self, making noise etc, if he is refused anything and his wish is withheld.

Sehgal

	Sehgal Rubrics
First stage This group of rubrics represent the basic nature of Bell He himself is not worried about his Disease / Treatment. Therefor his relatives / Friends bring him to the doctor treatment. Others have to persuade him.	DELUSIONS, floating in air DELUSIONS, wealth imagination of FRIVOLOUS UNRELIABLE, promises in his DELUSIONS, sensations, misrepresents his Gambling, passion for gambling DELUSIONS, flying sensation of
Why come to doctor at This (First) Stage? They are sensitive to others judgment: Not the disease, but what other people Think/ Talk about them Looking nice: He want to be beautiful / Attractive. Esp on their face. Bell patient does not care about the disease, the only thing is its effect on their attractivity. (Gels is sensitive to causation and profound pathology but Bell is frivolous.) Interestingly they do not care about it, until others comment them He is joking with you about his disease	Del, Objects, glittering Vanity Feigning, sick to be Noise, inclination to make (Cham ₳ Cina), (Ars ₳ Cina) Pompous: They do not want spend their money, but only for Show of Benevolence: He is kind and give his money to others Del, Wealth
Second stage When something seems to be taking away his tranquility. He gradually passes on to the next stage of abnormality which is moving from milder to harder in stages.	DELUSIONS, poor thinks he is DELUSIONS, now well now sick LIGHT, desire for Feigning, sick to be
Third stage	DELUSIONS, business ordinary they are pursuing DELUSIONS, engaged ordinary occupation in

Sehgal Rubrics

		Related Rubrics
Calculating, inability	Mathematic inability When did your disease starts? How much your disease has been increases? Their reasons are not logic. They do not care it until it become so serious	They think God has given them a lot. So They are happy. They have every thing they should have
Fight, wants to Delusion, war being at	He wants to visit you by a recommend He is so Credulous, and want to be cured fast. So he comes to visit even without making an appointment	Quarrelsome, anger without Carried, Desire, fast
Naïve Credulous: Bar-c, Bell, Puls, Staph Childish behavior	If someone betrayed him, He forgive him simply. He is not malicious. He could forget problems and start again and again Credulous: He does not search about what he has heard. He is never suspicious about others (Opposite to Hyos/ Gels). They behave like child when they have disease Frivolous (Careless) or Superficial fears: They do not like medicine / Doctor / Treatment Naïve: You should not save your money. You should Spend/ Enjoy it Naïve: He accepts your word easily Naïve: I cannot not understand sickness, since I have not ben sick yet	Sensitive, Alternating with indifference Benevolence Squandering, money FRIVOLOUS
Sensitive, alternating with Indifference only Bell	They are Light-minded people Their reaction is a mixture of Fear + Frivolous
Enjoyment is the axis of their life	When they have no pleasure. The cannot enjoy and this is alarm for them He does not like to be restricted. He dose not like to leave desirable things. He does not like Homeopathy because of his desire for Coffee, Alcohol, smoking etc. I have a lot of thing but Ii cannot enjoy. NO fear of future, health or poverty. He is not Jealous or Avarice	Gambling, passion, make money to: Bell, Calc, Lyc, Mag-m, Merc, Nat-c, Plat, Puls, Staph, Sul NO worry, NO fear, NO anxiety. He lives NOW / Present time
Benevolence	Doing charity He does not care about himself He is very kind It is different from Care. He is not sacrifice like care.	FRIVOLOUS Gambling Squandering money (Bell ₳ Calc)
Hiding, desire	First they want to hide their problem but if their disease hurt their Enjoyment / Freedom, they present their illness. He does not like permanent restriction He lives in today and does not have fear about future or his maladies	Laughing speaking when They are always smiling to hide their maladies. Frivolous No fear, Not showing tear. He is hiding his fears/ Weak points Timidity He slowly reveals her sickness since he is timid.
Light desire for	First he want to know about his disease. He wants to know something about his disease, but not in details. He like Light (Small light) when he is in disease
Light	Light music / Not heavy metal / Complex Small light/ Lamp , Romantic light Little information about his disease Comedic not Serious/ Philosophic matters: He does not like serious matters when he has disease He like light music when he has diseased	He want joking. Tell me a nice name for my disease
Del, Poor	MIND - FEAR - approaching; of - others; of - starting; with Carried, desire to be Carried, desire, to be, fast He desire to get ride of his maladies as fast as possible (Desire, not Want)	I Know I am cured fast He does not confirm the recommendation. Even they does not fix a time for visit.
Del, Poor + Del wealth	Bell is the only remedy who has Del, Wealth and Del, Poor simultaneously. It means that he thinks he is wealth but now he is poor in some items that make him to come to a doctor. His life equals to enjoyment, so if he cannot enjoy it, he feels poor.	Benevolence: Because he has Del wealth andFrivolous Sensitive, alternating with Indifference: He is in constant change
Live should move without restrictions	He is afraid of stopping. He likes to move always He does not like restrictions (Limits)	His logic is: Is something bad is going to happen, there is NO way to control it. So take it easy and enjoy it. So they desire to Hide dad issues
Manic stage	Del, war being at Fight wants: They are in fight with you Quarrelsome, anger without Noise, Inclination to make (Bell ₳ Op)	Rage, Delirium, Desire, Mania, Delusions, Mood
Timidity	He can not tell his wishes immediately Hesitation to tell his demands They cannot open up quickly He answers briefly in the first , but when he warms up he become too loquacious	He is a nice child at first. But after two min, he start . Curiosity: Asking so many question Noise, inclination to make, Touching, Impelled every thing When you tell him do not do that, He obey only for one min but soon he try to do that forbidden thing.
He cannot tell his disease directly	Timidity Frivolous Calculating inability Hide desire
Unreliable on his promises: Bell, Calc, Con, Lyc, Merc, Op, Sil, Sul	He is not cheating you, he is only frivolous (Bell ₳ Op) He hides his bad habits because he is afraid of restriction. He like to enjoy	He makes funny stories to justify his lies.
Admonition agg: Bell, Calc, Kali-c, Nit-ac, Nux-v, Plat	He does not like restriction for his enjoyment
Objective, reasonable: Alum, Bell, Hep, Lach, Merc, Nat-m, Nit-ac, Plat, Sil	He has always has objection He asks you for the reason for the restrictions

Bell child

• Bell dose not like to answer you
• Pompous feeling / Desire for attention of others. He makes noise to Get your attention.
• Carried desire to be but not clinging

Bell / Hyos/ Stram	Hyos	Bell	Stram
Bed remain	+++: He understands the secure situation and tries to remain there	---: He does not have such Insecurity feelin, also is frivolus and does not distinguish between insecure or secure positions	---:
Carried	---: He is suspicious to every one, so dose not trust	+++: He is not also suspicious, but only Credulous. He wants to be carried fast, since he thinks that he could get rid of his disease fast	+++: In first stage he is affraid of something, not terrified, so he desire to be carried
Cling	---: He is fearful but suspicious	---: He is afraid of something, not terrified	+++: He is terrified and light desire, so he cling the light (his parents) until he feels better
Escape attempt, delirium during	+++: He is affraid of virtual dander, and escape. He told her mother: let's go home	+++	+++: When he fee the real danger He does nor cling, he only escape alone from there.
Well, says he is	+++	+++	+++
Calm	+++: Since he is affraid and does not want to loose his security	+++	Aggressive, Wild
Dependent	+++	+++	Affectinate, He shows he is dependent
Affectation	+++	---	+++

Good rubrics

			Remedies
FEIGNING sick	Desires attention	Wants someone lying by her side in the bed
UNCONSCIOUSNESS, interrupted by screaming		Remains calm or normal with short intervals of loud moaning	only Bell
QUIET, wants to be, rest and tranquility, desires.			Bell, Sul, Nux-v
DELUSIONS, well, feels she is, alternating with the feeling of extreme sickness LOOKS, now well, now sick