Comparison: Acon. + Ars. + Bell. in akute Phase

[Dr. Ajit Kulkarni]

Acon: The storm a remedy for the 1st stage (1st few hours of inflammation).

1. Suddenly, 2. fierce, 3. goes to the peak where choice of remedy can be made more clearly. Fear - fright - anxiety + restlessness and a degree of panic comes into play strongLY. Almost paralyzed with fear.

Acon and Bell: Stormy Cognates acting on the circulatory system.

Acon. = like Bell. - raving, grizzling, grumpiness, violent temper and excitability.

Bell. = like Acon. - anxiety, restlessness and fear of death.

Both represent the overwhelming state where the patient may become critically ill in a few hours but they differ in presentation.

Acon:

· Congestive erethism manifested in flushing of face, hard and rapid pulse, etc.

· Febrile erethism.

· Sudden heat ohne inflammation (can feel cold externally), which often starts off with bouts of shivering.

· Restless/not > rest

· Red, dry skin without perspiration. [> (foul) perspiration]

· Intense thirst for large quantities of cold water (bitter drinks).

· One cheek red, the other pale.

· < 22 h.

· clairvoyant dreams and sustains shock due to fright as a cause/< music.

Look for a different remedy then Acon. if

• The symptoms are not sudden/not intense

• There is a lingering state

• Patient is quiet and relaxed

• No aversion to touch

Bell: has a congestive erethism/red skin/wide pupils.

Both have redness and dryness, Bell more intensely than Acon. + hot perspiration + not > + thirstless (eventually desires lemon drink). < 15 h.

All senses are heightened and easily < in Bell and Acon.

Bell senses acute/hyperesthesic/hypersensitive to sensory stimuli (light/noise/touch/jolts/sun/cold air)/> rest

Bad taste and offensive breath/everything tastes bitter/bites.

The sensitivity pattern is exhibited in Bell more at CNS level. + mental disturbances (delirious state different from Aconite). It is the tubercular miasmatic activity, which develops heightened sensitivity and susceptibility, bringing all sense organs into play. Hence ample stimuli and expressions!

Look for different remedy then Bell. if

• Slow onset

• The symptoms are not intense

• Ongoing, chronic condition

• Fear of death

• Calm with quiet mental state

Comparison: Acon. and Bell.

Acon. Acute/sudden/unbearable pains # feelings of either numbness or ‘pins and needles.’ Pain + Feels heat and redness

Acon. approaches with an anxious and panicking face/agitated/restless/impatient/tossing.

Bell. throbbing/pulsating/burning/bursting types of pain (abrupt beginning and abrupt ending + STRONG feeling of heat and redness).

Bell. approaches with anger and irritability/intolerable to others/eyes fierce and dilated. Can be abusive. can’t tolerate sensory input.

Bell. follows Acon. when the shift has occurred from anxiety - fear - panic - restlessness to anger - irritability - violence. Physically, once the sweating has begun after Acon. it is better to switch over to Bell. Acon. goes for more general/overall reaction while Bell accentuates on early localization.

Acon. and Ars: Tossing, prostrated cognates + thirsty

Both suddenness, fear-fright-anxiety-restlessness and acuity (= Schärfe in mehrere Hinsichten)/FEAR of death/Erschöpfung.

Acon predicts the time of his death from shock (panick reacTION/convinced about own death)/restless in early stage/after first shock find peace again.

Ars. does not/comprehends the seriousness of the disease/anxiety much deeper, coupled + restless and prostration. Restless in later stages when the patient loses strength out of prostration/internal sense of insecurity, which he tries to remove through seeking security outside/dictatorial with controlling nature/more critical and fretful and he drives everyone to do his bidding.

Ars. much more prostration than Acon. and this is definitely out of proportion to the present condition. Pathology deeper due to strong miasmatic activity. With prostration there is desire to move or be moved constantly/exhausted from slightest exertion and this exhaustion is not felt while lying still. Has avarice.

Fastidious/dreams of sadness, of dead people and of embarrassment.

Thirst:

Acon.: THIRST for large quantities of cold water

Acon. Robust/plethoric with sedentary habits.

Ars. frequently repeated small sips of cold water (longs for hot water that gives relief)

Ars. lean/weak/cachectic.

Ars. appears pale and is suffering horribly.

Look for a different remedy then Ars. if:

· Calm, quiet and relaxed patient

· Suffering without complaints

· Thirstless

· Passive picture of illness

· Desire and tolerance for cold drinks (this is mostly in the acute condition where there is a craving for lemonade and cold drinks which are tolerated or vomited)

Component	Acon	Bell	Ars
Onset	Sudden	Sudden	Sudden
Sensivity	+	+	+
Tissue susceptibility	Less	More	More
Miasm	Psora	Tubercular	Syphilis
Zone of illness	Functional	Structural	Structural
Affinity	Mind	Head	Mind
Pathology	Inflammation +	Inflammation ++	Destruction
Pattern of response	Erratic	Erratic	Periodical
Pace of disease	Rapid	Rapid	Rapid
Phase of disease	Developing	Fully developed	Fully developed
Body language	Panicky	Angry	Panicky
Discharges	Non-offensive	Non-offensive	Offensive
Thirst	Large quantities	Thirst less	Small quantities

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