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Belladonna vs Glonoinum
(Atropa belladonna · Glonoinum)
Both are reached for when the head throbs with heat and a rush of blood.
In short
Belladonna is sudden fever with a red face and dilated pupils; Glonoinum is a pounding, bursting head brought on by sun or heat.
Side by side
(the classic distinctions homeopaths look for)
| Feature | Belladonna |
Glonoinum |
|---|---|---|
| Onset | Sudden fever and heat | Surges after sun or heat on the head |
| Head | Throbbing, with a bright red face | Bursting; feels too large, every heartbeat felt |
| Other signs | Dilated pupils; sensitive to light and noise | Pulsation felt all through the body |
| Better for | Rest in a quiet, dark room | Uncovering the head and cool air |
| Worse for | Touch, jarring, noise and light | Sun, stooping and lying down |
Belladonna
Better
Sitting semi-upright, Rest in a quiet, dark room
Worse
Touch and jarring, Noise and light, Drafts, Afternoon
Glonoinum
Better
Uncovering the head, Cool air
Worse
Sun and heat on the head, Jarring and stooping, Having the hair cut, Lying down
From the classic texts
“Belladonna always is associated with hot, red skin, flushed face, glaring eyes, throbbing carotids, excited mental state, hyperaesthesia of all senses…”
“Head heavy, but cannot lay it on pillow. Cannot bear any heat about head. Better from uncovering head. Throbbing headache.”
Read the full profiles
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Belladonna
(Atropa belladonna · Deadly nightshade)
Heat, redness and throbbing. Belladonna is associated with sudden, intense acute states: a flushed hot face, dilated pupils and pain that comes and goes in waves.
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Glonoinum
(Glonoinum · Nitroglycerin)
The remedy of the pounding head. In the materia medica, Glonoinum is associated with a surging, throbbing rush of blood to the head, especially from sun or heat, with a full, bursting feeling and pulsation felt through the body.
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