Stramonium looks for somebody to cling on to, seeking light and company, whereas the main action in Belladonna is reacting violently to save himself, e.g. The difference between Belladonna and Stramonium is that in Belladonna, the specific situation is like that of one who is about to be taken to the gallows, while in Stramonium it is like that of a person lost in a jungle. There is a feeling that he will be pursued, killed. – Delusion, gallows with fear of, vision of.And he reacts with violence, impulse to set things on fire, attempts to escape and run away.There is a need to escape, to run away. The delusions, dreams and fears of Belladonna have to do with sudden threat, for example: His interpretation is that the Belladonna patient remains unconscious of his problems and they come up suddenly to his consciousness and make him very excited. Sehgal points to the rubric: “Unconsciousness interrupted by screaming”. One of the Belladonna patients that I had disappeared from treatment suddenly and after months suddenly called me up from some part of the world and then disappeared for months again. But when the attack comes, he becomes crazy with fear and anxiety, with excitement, with throbbing of the carotids, palpitation of the heart and a feeling of imminent threat or danger.
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In fact, he can be dancing, laughing, singing and can have a generally light-hearted feeling and exuberance. But while it lasts, there seems to be a very intense and life threatening situation the person is beside himself and wants to escape.Īlso, there is a certain degree of violence in his sensations and actions.īelladonna can be quite cheerful. Everything comes in paroxysms with suddenness, and goes with equal suddenness. The suddenness is one of the main characteristics of Belladonna. The main feeling of a Belladonna person is of a sudden threat from outside from which he has to escape in order to survive. Belladonna is a plant remedy of the acute miasm.