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.
Source
Nitroglycerin (glyceryl trinitrate), highly diluted
Kingdom
Mineral
Abbreviation
Glon.
Home acute kit
Usually prescribed by a homeopath
The classic picture
(a remedy is chosen when the whole picture fits the person, not from a single symptom)
Throbbing, bursting headache; the head feels too large and every heartbeat is felt in it
Comes on from sun or heat on the head; cannot bear heat about the head and wants it uncovered
Pulsation felt all through the body, down to the fingertips
Hot flushes around menopause, and a confused feeling where familiar places seem strange
Tends to feel better
Uncovering the head
Cool air
Tends to feel worse
Sun and heat on the head
Jarring and stooping
Having the hair cut
Lying down
How it compares
(remedies that are often confused with Glonoinum)
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Belladonna
(Atropa belladonna)
Both throb with heat in the head; Belladonna adds redness, dilated pupils and fever, while Glonoinum's surges come in waves with sun and heat.
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Lachesis
(Lachesis mutus)
Both have hot flushes and can't bear tight collars; Lachesis is talkative and worse on waking, Glonoinum dominated by pounding congestion.
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Side-by-side comparisons
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From the classic texts
“Head heavy, but cannot lay it on pillow. Cannot bear any heat about head. Better from uncovering head. Throbbing headache.”
“Brain feels too large, full, bursting; blood seems to be pumped upwards; throbs at every jar, step, pulse.”
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