Belladonna

The remedy for sudden onset, heat, redness, throbbing and intense inflammation.

Overview

Belladonna is known for symptoms that appear rapidly and intensely: high fevers, throbbing pain, flushed faces, and heat radiating from the skin. Conditions needing Belladonna are typically bright red, hot, swollen and extremely sensitive. It is one of the top remedies for fever, headaches, ear pain, sore throats and acute inflammation.

When to Think of This Remedy

• Sudden high fevers with hot, red skin
• Throbbing headaches (especially right-sided)
• Red, inflamed sore throats
• Violent ear pain with sensitivity to noise or touch
• Sunburn or burns that are hot, red and shiny
• Early mastitis with heat and engorgement
• Colds with flushed face and pounding head

Mental & Emotional Picture

• Highly sensitive to light, noise, jarring or touch
• Agitated, restless or delirious with fever
• Frightened, confused or imaginative during illness
• May talk rapidly or have vivid hallucinations

Physical Indicators

• Bright red skin or mucous membranes
• Throbbing, pulsating pains
• Hot head with cold extremities
• Dilated pupils
• Sudden, violent earaches or headaches
• Sunburn or burns that are hot and painful
• Breast inflammation during breastfeeding

Modalities

Better: Rest, dark room, warmth (sometimes), gentle pressure
Worse: Touch, noise, bright light, jarring, cold drafts, lying down

Perfect For

• Fever with flushed face
• Throbbing headaches
• Ear infections
• Sore throats
• Sunburn
• Mastitis
• Sudden inflammation

Educational use only. Not medical advice. Please consult a homeopath for chronic or severe conditions.