hellebore and arnica

[Joy Lucas]

Dear Mary Ann,

you wrote recently about a concussion case where Arnica and Hellebore came
into the picture - where a previous ailment had been ameliorated by the
concussion....

Teste writes about Hellebore by illustrating a case of epilepsy, "during the
paroxysm the child remained so perfectly sensible that a slight shock, as
the shutting of a door, arrested the paroxysms at once, and then shortened
them a good deal." And Hellebore cured.

With a certain amount of stretching the imagination this isn't too far
removed from how you described your case - a shock or trauma actually
ameliorating.

Aligned with this is another keynote of Hellebore which is very similar -
and that is where the past is forgotten or little is remembered (Clarke).

This is also very similar to the Arnica state where they say there is
nothing wrong with them - that some trauma has actually happened in the past
but it has been suppressed or forgotten and a new part of the diseased state
has emerged.

The head symptoms of Hellebore are very important and I do not know why it
doesn't appear more in the injury/concussion rubrics. Certainly worth
reading up on.

Perhaps you will present the case for us.

Best wishes, Joy Lucas.