Helleborus: That Dazed Feeling & Monotony

Individuals who represent the homeopathic Helleborus remedy picture are typically monotonous and listless. They often feel dazed, or bewildered. They have a laid-back mental energy; their emotional energy is slow and soporific too.

- Dr Mukesh Batra

Hellebore is native to the rocky terrains, across Europe. It was Pliny, the celebrated Roman naturalist and philosopher, who documented the use of black hellebore [Christmas rose] for treating emotional problems in 1400 BCE. It is also believed that ancient Roman and Greek philosophers used to drink a decoction of Hellebore, prepared from the plant, to supplement their attentiveness and focus before debates and discourses.

The homeopathic remedy, Helleborus Niger, prepared from Hellebore, was first proved by Dr Samuel Hahnemann, MD, the founder of homeopathy. He published his research and findings of the remedy in his magnum opus, Materia Medica Pura.

Individuals who represent the Helleborus remedy picture are typically monotonous and listless. They often feel dazed, or bewildered. They have a laid-back mental energy; their emotional energy is slow and soporific too. They frequently experience emotional distress, touchiness, indifference, and hopelessness. They feel that ‘their brains are in disorder,’ so much so they can’t fathom as to what is going on around them. They need help. They seek help too. But, no help is of any avail, because they tend to remain terribly upset for extended periods of time. This is precisely the reason why Helleborus was prescribed by pioneering homeopaths for emotional and mental issues that highlighted both sluggishness and bewilderment.

From the physical point of view, Helleborus individuals report that they feel worse between 4:00pm and 8:00pm. Most things improve for them when there is warmth and/or while lying down in bed, all covered up. The presence of nervous conditions, as also headaches, digestive disorders, and depression are part of the Helleborus remedy profile. Most symptoms related to the remedy are, in more ways than one, the sequel of concussion, or injury to the brain, meningitis, or encephalitis, and surgical procedures as well.

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