Materia Medica (Boericke)

Aconitum ferox

Aconitum ferox [Acon-f.]

General.

Indian Aconite. Rather more violent in its actions than A. Napellus. It is more diuretic and less anti-pyretic. It has proved valuable in cardia dyspnoea, neuralgia, and acute gout. Dyspnoea. Must sit up. Rapid respiration. Anxiety, with suffocation from feeling of paralysis in respiratory muscles. Cheyne-Stokes breathing.