Homeopathic Mind Maps of the Plant Kingdom 9780473179991

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©Alicia Lee 2010 All rights reserved. No part of this book shall be reproduced, copied, scanned, transmitted or translated into any language in any form, in part or in full, adapted, published, issued or sold, nor may any person authorize another to do any of the restricted activities listed above, without express written permission from the publisher- Moozoonsii Publishing and the author- Alicia Lee- as the entire contents, including pictures, illustrations, and formats are subject to International Copyright Law.

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The information included in this book is intended as a reference for homeopaths. Homeopathic remedies are recommended to be prescribed by a qualified practitioner. This book is not intended nor implied to replace the advice of your qualified homeopath, nor to be a substitute for professional medical advice. The reader should always consult his or her healthcare provider to determine the appropriateness of the information for their own situation or if they have any questions regarding a medical condition or treatment plan.

Moozoonsii Publishing Auckland, New Zealand www.moozoonsii.com Email: [email protected]

First edition October 2010 2nd edition December 2010 3rd edition (revised) June 2011 4th edition (revised) November 2011

Cover design ©Regan Hay 2010 Moozoonsii logo designed by Meagan Bennell ©Alicia Lee

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National Library of New Zealand ISBN 978-0-4 73-17999-1

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Dedicated

To my eleven siblings in celebration of our shared memories of McKenzie Lake and making popcorn and making fudge and

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swimming in the river and playing baseball and discovering deserted houses and skating on the pond on moonlit nights and singing together and big feasts and a million other treasured times

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I split open like a milkweed pod And out burst most brilliant light And I knew then that, in essence, I was the light

Acknowledgements

I would like to thank all of those people who encouraged me: Derek and Pat Briggs who were the Founders and Directors of the Auckland College of Classical Homeopathy from 1984- 2009, my tutors Brigita Biondic, Ann Gulley, Ros Lyall, Mary Tonner, Wendy Rapp-Gathercole, who taught me how to create a mind map, and most especially my mentor, the principal of the college, Jeannette Bennett. Also thanks, and my deepest affection, to Sophie Ganley and my teacher Pratibha Dalvi for their support and meticulous proof-reading.

To Ary Bakker who became navigator to make sure that the books "should not go wrong in sight of the harbour," my heartfelt gratitude. Voor Ari Bakker, die de helm aannam, zodat de boeken niet, met land al in zicht, nog zouden kunnen zinken. Heel, heel hartelijk bedankt, van mijn hart!

You can see, even at a quick glance that I am deeply indebted to that great teacher Rajan Sankaran. The mind maps in this book are based entirely on his work and most especially his work on the sensations of plants: An Insight into Plants, Volumes I, II & Ill, Homoeopathic Medical Publishers, India, 2002. Much is also drawn from Dr. Sankaran's other writings including his books Provings, The Soul of Remedies, and the Substance of Homoeopathy, as well as lecture notes. Furthermore, Rajan Sankaran and Divya Chhabra are the patrons of our college - another great privilege for me. Dr. Sankaran's work is the basis of almost every mind map and he was exceptionally generous in allowing me to publish this work. I can't thank him enough.

The mind maps stand alone but it is very much recommended that to use this book to best advantage you read Dr. Sankaran's work beginning with his first formative book and moving through them systematically: The Spirit of Homoeopathy, The System of Homoeopathy, An Insight into Plants vol. I, II, III and The Sensation in Homeopathy. This way you are fully informed and able to use these mind maps to full advantage.

I must also thank the incomparable Frans Vermeulen, his Concordant Materia Medica is one of the primary reference texts used in these mind maps, along with Prisma and Synoptic 2. His work is so thorough and impeccable that one feels one can have huge confidence in it. I'm also very grateful for his generosity with his time and patience with my many questions. Thank you also to his publisher Emryss, especially to Jenni Tree who gave me support, encouragement and advice in this endeavour.

Thank you to all the provers who aU owed me to use their provings -so much generosity, thank you so much.

And to the amazing authors who researched and wrote the non-homeopathic texts included on many mind maps goes my admiration as well as my thanks. So much of this work was fascinating to me and often lead me down channels of interest which I would never have otherwise gone down.

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There is no doubt about it- this book would be much impoverished by the lack of photographs. Permission was often given with best wishes and occasionally with the offer of unlimited access to a gallery of photos. In some cases the photographer would actually go out into the garden, paddock, moors or wilderness and take another photograph that they felt was more worthy of publication. Many of the photographs are works of art - as with the non-homeopathic texts and provings please bear in mind that every photograph is copyrighted to the photographer, please respect that with integrity and do not copy the mind maps. I'm most humbly grateful to the contributors who come from all over the world. May each and every one of them be blessed. Loving gratitude to my teacher Suzanne Vesty who helped me find the way.

Thanks and inexpressible love to my family, who allowed, supported, waited patiently, encouraged, assisted, proof-read, and believed in me for all the years it took to produce my books. Feel my love. Alicia Auckland 2010

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This book was originally meant for my own personal use having been a required assignment at college. It wasn't until my tutors and my fellow students began to request copies that I came to realize that these mind maps might also be of some value to other practitioners. By the end of my third year, with the encouragement of my tutors, as well as continuing to create new mind maps I had begun revising and updating to the best of my ability in preparation for publication. However, because they were originally written for my personal use there are some idiosyncrasies, punctuation in particular which was reduced to the minimum so as not to add to the busyness of the page.

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Because these mind maps are entirely built around the methods of Raj an Sankaran I would strongly recommend that, if you are not already a student of Dr. Sankaran's work, you read all of his books and gain a full and deep understanding of his methods and follow, from the beginning, his development- The Spirit of Homoeopathy, The Substance of Homoeopathy, The Soul of Remedies, The System of Homoeopathy, An Insight into Plants vol. I, II, III and The Sensation in Homeopathy. Also, these mind maps are in no way meant to replace the study of the materia medica; it's best to refer to the mind maps once you have read, and wish to differentiate, the materia medica and the proving of the remedy you are considering. Then come to the mind map and see how the character might present. My work is just one persons' view of how the remedy unfolds; so obviously you must not rely on just these mind maps - research your remedy thoroughly and come to know it from all its perspectives and be aware that a remedy has many degrees of presentation, or depth of intensity of experience.

The remedies included in this book are what I was required to do by my college, created to assist me with analysis of a case, requested by a colleague, or simply remedies that I was particularly interested in. The way to read the mind map is to start at the top and work downwards. They begin with the deepest mental beliefs and delusions, and then move down to the emotions that arise out of those beliefs, and then down to the physical pathology that arises out of those emotions. One thing leads to another. When you come to an arrow that goes off to one side or the other you follow that trail of arrows until it runs out and then go back to the centre line, or the top, and move downwards again. The idea is that the picture unfolds as you move towards the bottom, one symptom arising out of another.

As you begin to use the mind maps more frequently you will become very familiar with the pattern of the layout and they become very easy to follow and understand. I have grouped the mind maps in a way that made sense to me, generally using Families as a guide. Please note that the mind maps don't re-connect rubrics as they were in the proving- they are a portrayal as I see it of how they fit together to form the picture. I have collated information from many sources, and from separate provings into the mind maps.

I have no doubt that there will be mistakes in this book, I've tried very hard to ensure that there aren't, but human error is inevitable; if you find any please contact Moozoonsii Publishing so I can rectify them. The taxonomy of plants is an ever-evolving process; I have tried to also give the correct or updated name, spelling and family alongside the common homeopathic name. The plant mind maps are grouped according to the categories Dr. Sankaran has used in his works on the "Sensations", as the sensations clearly match up well.

I've tried to be diligent in acquiring permission to use material but I have no doubt that I will have overlooked some of the authors who ought to be credited on the mind maps. I received much of the information verbally in lectures, by tutors in class or guest speakers at seminars who may not always reference each point, also it was gathered from diverse sources and, as often happens in these situations, important sources go unacknowledged. If so I'm very sorry indeed. Please advise Moozoonsii Publishing of this so that credit may be given where due.

Sx =Symptom; Av. =Aversion to; Des.= Desires; Amel. =Ameliorates the symptom; Agg. =Aggravates the symptom; P.A. =Pain; = better; L. side= symptom on the left side of the body; R. side= symptom on the right side of the body; Accomp. =Accompanies; Alter. or#= Alternating; Del.= Delusion; Sens. = Sensation as if or Sensitive to; => = Leading to; Ext. = Extending to; SRR = Single remedy rubric

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Plant kingdom Anacardiaceae family Anacardium orientale Rhus toxicodendron Anacardiaceae differential chart Araceae family Arum dracontium Arum triphyllum Berberidaceae family Berberis aquifolium Berberis vulgaris Caulophyllum thalictroides Podophyllum peltatum Cactaceae family Anhalonium Carnegia gigantea Compositae family Abrotanum Absinthium Arnica montana Artemisia vulgaris Carduus marianus Chamomilla Cina Erigeron canadensis Gnaphalium polycephalum Helianthus annus Wyethia helenioides Compositae differential charts Euphorbiaceae family Croton tiglium Euphorbium Mancinella Iridaceae family Iris versicolor Lamiaceae (Labiatae) family Agnus castus Collinsonia canadensis Ocimum sanctum Origanum marjorana Rosmarinus officinalis Leguminosae (Fabaceae) family Baptisia tinctoria Erythina lysistemon Genista tinctoria

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Lathyrus sativa Medicago sativa Melilotus alba Phaseolus nanus Phaseolus vulgaris Physostigma venenosum Robinia pseudacacia Leguminosae differential charts Liliaceae family Aloe socotrina Colchicum autumnale Crocus sativus Helonias dioica Lilium tigrinum Paris quadrifolia Sabadilla officinarum Sarsaparilla officinalis Veratrum album Liliaceae differential charts Loganiaceae family Curare Gelsemium sempervirens Ignatia amara Nux vomica Spigelia anthelmia Upas tieute Papaveraceae family Chelidonium majus Morphinium Opium Sanguinaria canadensis Succinum Papaveraceae differential charts Polygonaceae family Rheum officinale Rumex crispus Primulaceae family Anagallis arvensis Cyclamen europaeum Ranunculaceae family Aconite napellus Actaea spicata Cimicifuga racemosa Clematis erecta Helleborus niger

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Hydrastis canadensis Pulsatilla pratensis Ranunculus bulbosus Ranunculus sceleratus Staphysagria Ranunculaceae differentials Rubiaceae family China officinalis China sulphuricum Coffea cruda Ipecacuanha Scrophulariaceae family Digitalis purpurea Euphrasia officinalis Verbascum thapsus Solanaceae family Belladonna Capsicum annuum Dulcamara Hyoscyamus niger Mandragora Stramonium Solanaceae differential charts Theaceae family Thea Umbelliferae (Apiaceae) family Aethusa cynapium Asafoetida Cicuta virosa Conium maculatum Hydrocotyle Sumbulus moschatus Umbelliferae (Apiaceae) differential charts Violales family Bryonia alba Cistus candensis Colocynthis vulgaris Viola odorata Viola tricolor Volales differential charts Trees Conifer family Conifers list Tree Products Tree Products- Fruits, Nuts, Berries, Seeds Agathis australis

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Now, then, you will find that drugs hold certain relations to each other... The first I have called the family relation, derived from their similarity of origin. When drugs belong to the same family they must of necessity have a similar action ... Take for instance, the family Arum triphyllum belongs. There you find drugs which resemble each other from their family origin. Nature's laws in no way dispute the known relations and actions of drugs. They rather harmonize with them.

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The kingdom Plantae is the 2"d largest kingdom with more than 350,000 species. There are 6 kingdoms for living things on earth: Anima/ia for animals, Plantae for plants, Protista for certain one-celled animals like protozoan, Monera for other simple-celled plants and animals like bacteria and blue-green algae (Eubacteria and Archaebacteria), Fungi for moulds, mushrooms, and yeasts and Archaea, once thought to be odd bacteria but now considered fundamentally different.

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Plants cannot run away, they must adapt

Dreams: of days' occurrences, plants, greenery, nature, music, art

\ Emotional Intensity

Moods can .change abruptly

Survival

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. -t . . Sens. sinking, -----downward motion So many thmgs affect plants: sun, wmd, ram, moon, birds, insects, animals, humans, minerals, soil, air A.flected by virtually everything

... Fear: hu rt, pain - - - - Vulnerability, Soft, Emotional Anger, Pain, Being excluded, Constriction

... Unsteady Abrupt mood swings Handwriting often irregular, flowery , rounded, disorganised & this is reflected in their manner of speaking

Response to something said/done Need to be ve1y careful so they can ' t be banned

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ARACEAE FAMILY Araceae is also called the Arisaraceae, Dracontiaceae, Arum or Aroid plant family and comprises about 109 genera and about 3750 species, commonly with calcium oxalate crystals (raphides) in its leaves, Histamine-release stimulators and a milky or watery sap. The raphides can, ifbitten, cause terrible irritation and numbness of the mouth and throat making speech impossible and can lead to suffocation. This is a huge and very diverse plant family with plants ranging from free-floating aquatics to scrambling shrubs, climbers with aerial roots, herbs with corms or tubers and many epiphytes or hemiepiphytes. It also ranges from the largest unbranched inflorescence (the flowering structure of the plant) - that of Amorphophallus titanum (3 - 4 metres), to the smallest flowering plant with the smallest fruit - Wolffia (smaller than a grain of salt). The inforescence (which is not a flower) is most commonly one spadix with a cluster of small flowers at the base of it. Many of the plants have a characteristic heart-shaped leaf, e.g. the well-known Alocasia macrorhiza, Elephant's ear. The plants can be huge and bold, or small and insignificant. Some that are very acrid when unripe can be eaten when fully ripened, e.g. Monstera deliciosa (Mexican breadfruit). Many species are edible, but even species that are not normally eaten are consumed in times of scarcity or famine - rendered palatable by peeling, pounding, soaking and rinsing or boiling for long periods to make broth or flour. Some species are employed as medicine by herbalists or healers, and are also used as dyes , glues, construction of light buildings, etc. According to Schultes and Raffauf, some species contain various alkaloids including codeine, berberine, 5-hydroxytryptamine, liridenine as well as saponines, polyphenols and cyanogenic compounds. lntemational A raid Society, hup:l!www.aroid. org/genera/index.html; Famine Foods, Araceae, Compiled by Robert Freedman , http ://www. hort.purdue.edulnewcrop!faminefoodslffJamilies/araceae. html; The Healing Forest: Medic inal and Toxic Plants of the No rthwest Amazonia, His torical, Ethno-& Economic Botany,R.E. Schultes, R.F. Raffaur; Dioscorides Press, 1990: Photo © Alicia Lee

"The order of plant we shall study today is the Araceae, or, more correctly speaking, the Aroideae. The plants in this group all contain, in more or less quantity, an acrid principle in their juices. The Dieffenbachia, when taken into the mouth, produces a perfectly frightful stomacace; the mouth is covered with a yellowish-white membrane; ulcers form upon the lips, tongue and fauces. This drug was proved by one of the students of this college. Since then, it has been used in the treatment of violent forms of stomacace (disease of teeth & gum, ulcerative stomatitis] ." Dr. Ernes t A. Farrington. Clinical Materia Medica. 1887 Acorus calamus (Calamus aromaticus, Sweet flag, Sweet sedge, Acor-c.); Amorphophallus titanium (Amor-t.); Arum dracontium (Green dragon, Arum-d.); Arum dracunculus (Black arum , Dragonwort, Dragon lily, Devil's-tongue, Voodoo lily, Snake lily, and Stink lily, Arum-dru.); Arum italicum (Arum-i); Arum maculatum (Cuckoo pint, Lords and ladies, etc., Arum-m.); Arum triphyllum (Arum-t.); Caladium seguinum (American arum; Dieffenbachia seguinum; Arum sequinum, Cala.); Calla aethiopica (Richardia aethiopica, Zantedeschia aethiopica, Calla-a.), Pothos foetidus (lctodes foetida, Symplocarpus foetidus, Spathyema foetida, Dracontium foeti dum; Skunk cabbage, Ictod.); and Dieffenbachia (Dumb cane - because it causes loss of voice if ingested, [see: Caladium seguinum]; Dieffenbachia seguine; Arum seguine; Arum seguine). Kingdom Subkingdom Division Class Subclass Order Family Genera Species

Plantae: plantes, plants Tracheobionta: vascular plants Magnoliophyta: angiospermes, angiospenns Liliopsida: monocotyledons Arccidac Arales Araceae 106 549

Lynden Swift of Wild Arum explains that "A common suggestion as to the derivation of this name is that Arum is derived from the Arabic word ' ar' meaning 'fire', due to the caustic taste of the leaves of many of the Arum plants. Aron is the ancient Egyptian name for the plant but the word Aron in Egyptian is often used to signify 'Light' (in a sacred sense). As light and fire are often mythologically and linguistically linked it is possible that from the Egyptian name the use of the word Arum eventually evolved . ... the word 'Arum' itself is simply the Anglicized version of the Greek ' Apov ' . It was the generic term used by the ancient herbalists to describe many different but visually similar plants including some now no longer classified as part of the Araceae family."(!) The name Arum (Apov in Greek, Arod in Saxon) was probably so named from its arrow-shaped leaves. And this idea has been retained in the English term for this and similar plants, viz. Arrow-root. And in 1846, Fox Talbot wrote, "Now, if we suppose that an arrow was anciently called arond, we obtain, by omitting (as frequently happens) one of the two fmal consonants, either aron or arod, the names of the plant in Greek and Saxon." (2) "Many are overtly sexual in their nature, even if that it not so obvious to us today when the original meaning of the words has faded away. The hooded green cowl embracing an upright red poker has such obvious sexual symbolism that it would be remarkable if the plant (Arum maculatum) had not garnered such a collection of salacious titles. Pintle, Pint and Point are all derived from the Anglo Saxon word for penis, cuckoo from cucu meaning lively, robin from the French for cock and the various dog ' s type names are equally obvious in their phallic reference. Stallions and Mares, Bulls and Cows as well as Lords and Ladies allude to its male/female nature. Some names contain a warning, such as Adders Meat or Adder 's Victuals; infonning of its worthlessness as a food plant. In all, over I 00 names have been found in the course of the writing of this book; a number which must be the highest for any British plant." (I) (I) Lynden Swift, 2010; http://www. wildarum.co.uk/Names/; (2) Eng lish Etymologies, William Hemy Fox Talbo t. Esq., John Murray , Albemarle Su·eer. London. / 846

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ARUM DRACONTJUM Ari saema dracontium, The green dragon, Dragon-anm1, Dragom·oot Araceae family Arum-d.

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Throat raw and tender

Symptoms move side to side, esp. I. to r.

Flushing of face & hands , Burning in so les of feet

Aching along spine, most between scapulae & in lumbar

Great weakness across loins; as of extreme prostration continuing to increase; had to retire early

Shooting, down r. thigh ; aching, along outer aspect of!. foot , immediately followed by a similar pain in corresponding part of I. hand P A. shooting in I. anterior and inferior triangle of neck, near clavicle

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Acrid sensation in mouth and throat; Bad taste in morning, Aphthous ulcer on tongue; next day mouth and throat very sore, Tongue and mouth coated with ~ a foul, slimy mucous, having a putrid taste ~

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Hoarseness; excess of mucus in larynx

Throat dry, sore,< swallowing Cough: loose & dry soreness of throat, like catarrh; < at night lying down From laryngeal irritation , < at night and when lying down Hoarse, croupy, & sore throat, rattling in larynx and swelling of air passages, threatening suffocation Sputum: thick, heavy, yellowish-white

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Irresistible desire to pass urine; burns and smarts, Tenderness and slight smarting or burning at orifice of urethra, esp. during micturition. Frequent and copious emissions of watery urine Urine increased to four or five times normal amount

Relationship: Arum t.; Caladium; Arum italicum: Brain fag with headache in the occipital region. Arum maculatum: Inflammation and ulceration of mucous membranes. Nasal irritation with polypus Not to be confused with: Arum dracunculus (Dracunculus vulgaris), nor with Pinellias which are sometimes called 'Green dragon '; Arum dracontium is called ' The green dragon' 8

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Asthmatic at night; from cold About midnight great oppression of breathing, soon passing off; leaving considerable rattling of mucous in larynx and upper part of trachea

Expectoration thick, heavy Rattling of mucous in larynx curing expectoration, > rising Rattling of mucous in larynx at every full expiration, which disappears on moving

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Arums contain salts called "oxalates" which are derived from the toxic oxalic acid present as calcium oxalate crystals. They are needle-shaped crystals predominantly within the leaves and are held in "bundles" called raphides, in "idioblasts". The idioblasts are specialized cells capable of expelling the double-pointed, sharp raphides when damaged, e.g. when eaten or picked. They lodge in the lining of the mouth, throat and gastro-intestinal tract and cause intense burning and irritation, swelling of the mucosa and violent choking, even in very small amounts. They can sometimes pass through to the stomach urmoticed but are then converted back to calcium and oxalic acid which is potentially even more irritating, corrosive and damaging internally. Large doses can cause severe stomach upset and respiratory difficulties , suffocation may occur if the oesophagus is blocked by swelling of the tissues of the tongue and throat. A very high dose taken internally is lethal. "And Collyries [salve] are made of it effectuall for Fistulas, but being either put in, or applyed thereunto, it doth destroy the Genitall of any living creature." Dioscorides Ref Simon Gerrard; http://www.clnn.bris.ac.uk/webprojects2001/gerrardloxalates.html

ARUM TRIPHYLLUM A•·isaema tripbyllum, Jack-in-the-Pulpit, Rats and Mice (because of its smell), Snakemeat, Cuckoo pintle (pintle= penis), Priest's pilly, Dog's dilly, \¥illy lily Araceae familv A1·um-t.

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Voice hoarse, uncontrollable Voice changeable; low, high, failing, hoarse, squeaky breaking, all in alternation Of speakers, actors, singers Clergyman's sore throat; laryngitis Chronic hoarseness < talking or continuous speaking Complete loss of voice after exposure to cold wind

Copious tough mucous Glands of neck or throat swollen Stiffness of neck & intolerable pressing headache Lungs feel sore Raw feeling in chest Chest and head feel obstructed, full of mucous, without expectoration Nose feels blocked up in spite of the watery discharge Heat of face and head during coryza < left side Sneezing < night Diphtheria, malignant fonns of Scarlet Fever, and also other fevers having a typhoid form. Farrington

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Forgetful Absent-minded; with giddiness Light-headed, sleep

Restlessness Tosses about in bed Starting during sleep Nightmares

Sleepless from soreness of mouth and throat, or from itching of skin Sens./Del. smothering on falling as leep Generals < talking or continuous speaking < Hot coffee (pressing headache) > Hot coffee (scratching in throat) < After midnight and towards morning; in morning on waking < Cold, wet; cold wind, heat, lying down > Warmth Sneezing < at night

Child is sleepless when ill : constantly bores into nose : constantly picking until it bleeds : refuses to eat or drink :no appetite : does not want to play Eczema of scalp in children suffering from catarrhal affections of eyes, nose and throat (Mathur) Child puts hand on back of head and cries during headache; bores head into pillow Convulsions during dentition Skin: Scarlet rash; raw bloody surface anywhere Impetigo contagiosa Itching of fingers and toes Eruptions leave a brilliant red stain Pemphigus Exanthema, like scarlet rash & itching; skin peels off afterwards Little round, red, hard pimples all over body Eczema of scalp Photo © Lori Ciszewski; home.wi.rr. com/lorisphoto © 2007

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BERBERIDACEAE FAMILY

j Changeable; Shifting symptoms on all levels

Berberis aquifolium Oregon grape, Mahonia aquifolia, Mahonia nervosa, Mountain grape

Gastro-intestinal tract

Berberis vulgaris Barberry

Urinary

Caulophyllum thalictroides Blue Cohosh, Squawroot, Blue ginseng, Yellow ginseng, Papoose root

Pregnancy

Podophyllum pel tatum Wild Lemon, May apple, American Mandrake

Gastrointestinal; Urogenital

This fami ly of some 575 species of herbs and shrubs in four genera is of great horticultural importance. The species are natives of northern temperate regions, of South America, and of mountainous regions in the tropics. Many species, varieties, and cultivars ofMahonia and especially of Berberis have been widely introduced for use in landscape gardening and for ornamental hedges. Occasional specimens may be grown as bonsai - a Japanese art fonn produced by artificiall y stunting growth. The most likely hazard is mechanical irritation caused by the spiny branches and also the spiny leaves of the plants in the genera Berberis and Mahonia. The wood of some species has also been described as irritant, but the nature of the irritant material is unknown. Cases of sporotrichosis (an infection of the skin caused by a fungus, Sporothrix schenckii) contracted from Berberis species have been described. Schmidt RJ (1994- 2010) Berberidaceae: http:I!IVIVW.botanical-dermatology-database.info/BotDermFolder/BERB.htl111; accessed February 20 10

Berberis is the Arabic name of the fru it, signifying a shell, and many authors believe the name is derived from this word, because the leaves are glossy, like the inside of an oyster-shell. Among the Italians, the Barberry bears the name of Holy Thorn, because it is thought to have formed part of the crown of thorns placed on the head of Lord Jesus at his crucifixion. Mrs Maud Grieve, A Modern Herbal, Jonathan Cape, 1931 Photo © 2007 Peter and Nancy Spader; wwlv.pbase.com/pspader/profi/e

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BERBERIS AQUIFOLlUM Mahonia a exercise

Pain: transitory and re-occurring Pain like an iron band surrounding head above ears gradually increas ing compression Bilious headache Pain right side pressing like a weight Pain right temple goes to teeth

Dull stupidity Drowsy in daytime

Sens. as if a film before the eyes, eyes look hollow, weak, as if tired Eyes blurring, aching as from a strain

Tremulous nerves

Throat choked with mucus Dry, irritative cough in throat Voice rough, hoarse, lacks timbre Bilious cold; yellow-green expectorant Oppression & weakness in respiratory tract with burning in I. lung Nose stuffy; itches with a desire to sneeze Tongue thickly coated, yellow-brown or pasty-white Sens. tongue is blistered; soreness goes to teeth and saliva glands Bilious taste after eating

Gastrointestinal Tract

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Biliousness with a waxy jaundiced hue on skin Burning in stomach and spleen Straining to vomit with nausea Hunger soon after eating without des. for food (possibly eating to relieve G.l. symptoms?) The origins of the word ' Berber' date back to the Romans - it comes from the name ' barbarians' which is what they called the peoples they conquered. In northwest Africa the Arabs changed the name of the people from 'Barbers ' to 'Berbers '. Berberis is the Arabic name of the fruit, (thought to be derived from a Phoenician word, barbar, meaning ' glossy '), and many authors suggest that it was given this name in reference to its glossy leaves. Perhaps it was simply given the name because it is native to northwest Africa, (although it is also native to central and southern Europe, western Asia; and is also naturalised in northern Europe, including the British Isles, Scandinavia and North America.) Named Berberis aquifolia by Pursh, and Mahonia aquifolia by Nuttall the Mahonia/ Berberis argument continues. While professional botanists insist upon Berberis aquifolium, professional horticulturists affirm Mahonia aquifolium. The flowerbuds, flowers, tender young leaves and immature berries are edible raw. The berries can be eaten green and young or when they ripen and turn blue. They can be used to make jelly, brandy and wine. The juice from the berries can make the world's most nutritious popsicles. The inner bark of the roots and stems is a distinctive bright yellow from berberine, an alkaloid useful in herbal medicine for treating skin problems, dysentery, sore throats, diarrhoea, syphilis, cholera. Use of any plant containing berberine should be done in moderation, as excessive quantities may be hannful. http://www.arthurleej.comla- OregonGrape. html

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BERBERIS VULGARIS

Malarial Miasm

Jaundice-berry, Bm·betTy made ft·om the bark not the berry Berb. Berberidaceae Fam ily

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Meditation; sits absorbed in thought Reflecting on answers Unconscious conduct

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Rapid change of symptoms; pains change from place to place Pains rapid ly change their locality and character Pains radiating from one point outward Pains shooting outward, as in urethra, toes, etc. Pains wandering

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Work impossible for least inten·uption

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Ecstasy Loquacity Sentimental

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URINARY

Complaining Lamenting Moaning in children

Renal colic (stones in ureter) Kidney pain extending along ureter; Morose goes to the liver, spleen, stomach, Cross groins, Poupart's ligament Melancholy Fretful Sens. as if some urine remained Sadness Ill-humoured after urinating Depression Discontented Bubbling, sore sens. in kidneys with Inclination to weep Mood repulsive - - Indisposed to talking burning, tearing, lancinating Dislike of conversation Sulking Aversion to talking sleeping on painful side >sitting erect Active, restless, always on my toes

Saguaro cactus do not grow close together, they need a lot of space to grow, and a large area for water

Sens. someone is holding him

Untidiness-> Irritability

! Obsessive tidiness Pain intense, shooting toe to waist, sudden, jerk

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Sits in a corner when unhappy with atmosphere Child rolled himself up in the curtain d.d. Euphorbiaceae =des . to break free, feels bound Tied with a string untied Have no great need for solitude The cactus feeling is far more intense

Saguaro (closest to Anhalonium) They have grooves, which fill and expand like an accordion when it rains = tiny huge

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The saguaro begins its life as a shiny black seed no bigger than a period/full stop. But what it lacks in size it more than makes up for in numbers. One saguaro produces tens of thousands of seeds in a year, and as many as 40 million in a lifetime of 176 to 200 years. From the start, the odds against survival are great. Out of all the seeds that a saguaro produces in its life, probably only one will survive to adulthood. Seeds and young saguaros have the best chance for survival if they are "cared for" by nurse trees such as paloverde and mesquite. Saguaro seedlings that grow under these sheltering plants are shaded fi·om the desert's intense sunlight, blanketed from winter cold, and hidden from rodents , birds, and other animals that eat them. Rocks provide similar protection for young saguaros. Saguaros do best on bajadas- gently sloping outwash plains at the foot of desert mountains. A saguaro's growth is extremely slow. Growth occurs in spurts, with most of it taking place in the summer rainy season each year. By the end of a year the saguaro seedling may measure only 1/4 inch. After 15 years, the saguaro may be barely a foot tall. At about 30 years saguaros begin to flower and produce fruit - they flower for only one night. By 50 years the saguaro can be as tall as 7 feet. After about 75 years it may sprout its first branches, or "arms." The branches begin as prickly balls then extend out and upward. By 100 years the saguaro may have reached 25 feet. Saguaros that live 150 years or more attain the grandest sizes, towering as high as 50 feet and weighing 8 tons, and sometimes more, dwarfing every other living thing in the desert. These are the largest cacti in the United States. Their huge bulk is supported by a strong but flexible cylinder-shaped framework of long woody ribs. Saguaros may die of old age, but they also die of other causes. Animals eat the seeds and seedlings, lightning and winds kill large saguaros, and severe droughts weaken and kill all ages. The saguaro is vulnerable during every stage of its life. hup:llwww.nature.nps.gov/geologylparks!sagul 17

COMPOSITAE ASTERACEAE

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Compositae: Latin = composed of many Asteraceae: Greek 'Aster' = star

Themes of childhood D.D. Carbon Seri es

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Some homeopathic Asteraceae remedies Abrotanum (Artemi sia abrota num) Absinthium (Artemi sia absinthium) Ambros ia artemisiaefoli a Anthemi s cotula Anthemi s nobilis (Chamaemelum nobile) Arnica montana Artemisia tridentata Artemisia vul gari s Bellis perennis Brachyglottis repanda Calea zacatechichi (Calea ternifolia) Calendula offic inalis Carduus benedictus (Centaurea benedi cta, Cnicus benedictus, Ca rbenia bened icta) Ca rduus marianus (Silybum marianum) Centaurea cyanus Centaurea tagana (Rhaponticoides afri ca na? C. africana?) Chamomilla matricaria Chrysanthemum coronarium (G iebionis coronari a) Chrysanthemum leucanthemum (Leucanthemum vul gare) Chrysanthemum parthenium (Pyrethrum parth enium) Chrysanthemum vulgare (Tanacetum vul gare) Cichorium intybus Cina maritima (Artemisia contra, Artemisia sa ntoni ca) Dahli a (source: Remedia Pharmacy) Echinaceae angustifolia Echinaceae purpurea Erechthites hieracifolia (Erechtites hierac iifolius) Erigeron canadensi s (Conyza canadensis) Eupatorium aromati cum (Ageratina aromatica)

Eupatorium perfo liatum Eupatorium purpureum (Eutrochium purpureum) Gnaphalium polyceph alum (G naphalium obtusifolium) Grindeli a rob usta Guaco (Mi ka ni a scandens, Climbing hemp weed, Guaco-do-jardim, Guaco-do-quintal) Helianthus annus Hierac ium pilosella lnula helenium Lactuca virosa Lappa Majora!is (Arcticum Lappa) Lapsana communi s L iatris spicata Matri caria di scoidea (Artemis ia matricari oides, Chamomilla suaveolen) Mi ll efolium (Achillea mill efolium) Nabalus serpentarius (Prenanthes serpentari a) Parthenium hysterophorus Polymnia uvedalia (S mallanthus uvedalia) Pyrethrum parthenium (Tanacetum partheniwn, Chrysanthemum parthenium, Leucanthemum parthenium) Senec io aureus (Packera aurea, Senecio grac ilis, Senecio aureus) Senecio cineraria (Cineraria maritima, Jacobaea maritima) Senecio vul garis (Senecio dunensis, Senecio radiatus) Solidago virga aurea (Solidago virgaurea) Tanacetum vulgaris (Tanacetum vu lgare, Chrysanthemum vulgare) Taraxac um officinale Tuss ilago farfara Tuss ilago fragrans (Petas ites fragrans) Tussilago petas ites (Petas ites hybridus) Wyethia helenoides (Aiarconia helenoides) Ref Complete Dy namics : Edwin van Grinsven & Roger van Zandvoort Photo 2010 ShenJ• White; hllp:/!www.jlickr.com!plwtosi8545275@N06

Daisies are associated with th e planet Venus, their element is water, and they are considered feminin e. The daisy deri ved its English name fro m the Anglo-Saxon term ' daes eage', or ' days eye,' referring to the way thi s flo wer opens and closes with the sun. According to Roman legend, the nymph Belides, as she danced w ith the other nymphs at the edge of the fo rest, caught the eye of Vertumnus, the god of the orchards. To escape his unwanted attention, she transfonned herself into the fl ower Bellis. The Michaelmas daisy is commonly used for decoration at Mi dsununer's Night fes tivities (24th June) as well as the Feast of Michael and All Angels (9th of September). St Michael is celebrated as a pro tector fro m darkness and evil, just as the daisy fights against the advancing g loom of Autumn and Winter. The act of giving a Michaelmas Daisy symbolises saying fa rewell, perhaps in the same way as Michaelmas Day is seen to say farewell to the productive yea r and welco me in the new cycle. www. his toric-uk. com- The Histmy and Heritage Accommodation Guide

They have been used to signify the southern po rtion of a circ le, a nd to decorate an altar. An embl em of fidelity, they were used in love spells and divination: "She loves me, she loves me not. " Also, with eyes closed ti ght, a girl pulls a handful of grass; the number of dais ies in her fi stful of greens tells her how many years until she is marri ed. It was al so beli eved that you increased the chances of a wayward lover's return if you slept with a daisy root under your pillow. Daisies were once dedicated to Artemis, the Goddess of women, and considered useful in treating women's ailments. But the assoc iati on was removed and bestowed upon St. Mary Magdalene when Christianity began- hence "Maudlin Daisy." (Magdalene _, Maudelen _, Maudlin) Myth and Folklore: Daisies, Gregg Pasterick, 2004

Folklore: Bitter I Sweet Angu ish/Sweetness of love, Happiness, Honour, Repose, Gentleness, Cheerfulness and Beauty , Loya l love, I'll never tell, and Purity. A white da isy is a symbol of innocence or chi ldlike innocence. According to an ancient Celtic legend, daisies came fro m the spirits of children who died at birth. To comfort their parents God sprinkled the fl owers all over the ea rth. This legend may be the reason why daisies are assoc iated wi th childlike innocence. In Shakespeare 's time da isies meant premature death. Daisies were scattered on graves in order that death would quickly bring forth new life : "Pushing up daisies" . A flower which blindly fo ll ows the sun, sunflowers have become a symbol of infatuation or foo lish pass ion. Daisy chains should always have their ends j oined when fini shed as they represent the s un, the earth, and the circ le of life. 18

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ABROTANUM

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Artem isia abrotanum, Artemisia procera, Southe.-nwood Abrot. Asteraceae family (Compositae)

Tubercular Miasm

Malicious; feels as if she would like to do something + - - Individuals who become something of a cruel (no humanity) vampire to those around them, taking

energy from others and leaving them literally "sucked dry" (Didier Grandgeorge)

Sens. Pressing, Sharp, Neuralgic

t Prostration of mind MARASMUS . _ _ Appearance of a famine victim Exhaustion (distended bell y, emaciated limbs) Agg. from mental exhaustion Failure to thrive; as if th ey never get enough from life Thinking difficult; loss of comprehension as if all bodily and mental power were gone

Fear: he has softening of the brain

Fear; apprehension, dread

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Taciturn Rheumatism - - Feels oppressed & suffocated because of the injury, hurt, insult Exceedingly peevish (Tubercular) Rage, Violence, Wildness P A. Press ing, Numb, Weak, Tremulous

Anxious Depressed, despondent, morose Weakness of memory Des. to be silent Answers in monosyllables

Schizophrenia Paranoid, Persecuted

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Weak sickly feeling

Hears voices Hears vo ices in bed; cease when listening intently Starting from sleep Frightened easily

Indolence; aver. to motion

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Sleepless and restless Dreams: restless, frightful & trembling on awakening

Hysteria ........_

Excitable

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Cheerful, gay, mirthful, jesting, vivacious Feels like shouting Mental sy mptoms alternating with physical symptoms

Physicals Generals lll effects of suppressed conditions esp. in gouty subjects Blue rings around eyes Thin hair Great weakness after influenza Post surgery on chest; pressing pain Sharp pains in ovaries and joints Primary action on the nervous system

Marasmus esp. of lower limbs but only with good appetite Emaciation first noticed in lower limbs True metastases; change in form or location of pathology Mumps; shifting to mammae or testes Rheumatism metastas is; moving to heart or spine etc. lll effects of suppressed conditions, esp. in gouty subjects Cardiac disease after suppression of rheumatism, etc. Rectal haemorrhage from suppressed menses Respiratory infec tions from suppression of eruptions

< during diarrhoea, cold air, from getting wet, checked secretions; esp. di arrhoea, night, fog

Rheumatism alternating with haemorrhoids Rheumatism alternating with diarrhoea Rheumatism following checked diarrhoea Rheumatism; painful inflammation before swelling; paretic Generally > diarrhoea; Anxiety from suppressed diarrhoea

> motion, loose stool

Unhealthy looking umbilical cord; oozing blood, moisture

Grandgeorge, Didier. The Spirit of Homeopathic Medicine: Essential insights tu I 00 Remedie~;, North Atlantic Buuks, Berkeley, California, 1998, pg 17

Tuberculous peritonitis Exudative pleurisy Epistaxis in children Hydrocele in boys (circumscribed collection of fluid in the testes)

Modalities

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Abrotanum represents the virtue of fidelity and was often included in country bouquets given to sweethearts. Country names for southernwood include Lad 's love, Boy's love and Old man. Uses: When dried, the leaves can be added to sachets to keep away moths. Medicinal: Southernwood is said to ward off infection and was once widely used as an antiseptic. A hair tonic including southern wood was said to cure baldness, while an ointment made with its ashes was reputed to encourage the growth of a beard. 19

ABSINTHIUM Artemisia absinthium, Common wormwood, Wormwood, Annual wormwood, Sweet wormwood, Sweet sagewo1·t, Sweet Annie (Compositae) Absin. Asteraceae family sens: Lnjured, Hurt, Insulted, Shocked, Burnt or Scolded Fear to be touched, hurt, approached

Restlessness Fruitlessly busy

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Absinthium Sensation:

ANARCHY

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Exaltation of fancies

t Brutal Insane Idiotic Sens : weight on chest

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Hallucinations; Frightful visions Del: grotesque animals; rats of all colours Kleptomania, Schizophrenia Loquacity Dread of assassination, Fear of being murdered Del: pursued by enemies; soldiers

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Fear of killing Indifference to life/ Desires death

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Nightmares Horrible dreams

Beautiful dreams Hysteria Shrieking, screaming, shouting

/ Chorea; Tremm·, Trembling of tongue, Trembling of hands, Trembling of limbs, Tremor of heart Paralysis of inner organs Cerebral irritation, hysterical & infantile spasms Opisthotonos Face blue; jaws fixed, Spasmodic facial twitches Pain in eyes with itching eyes & eye lids Generals Poisoning by mushrooms Chlorosis (a form of anaemia named for the greenish tinge of the skin of a patient) Loss of appetite, Loathing of food Food lies heavy as if not digesting Constant desire to urinate; very strong odour (like horses' urine); deep yellow or orange colour; albuminous Feet very cold

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Epileptiform seizure Nervous tremors precede attack; convulsions preceded by trembling, frightful images Sudden and severe giddiness (Vertigo with tendency to fall backward) Delirium & hallucinations and loss of consciousness Delirium followed by exhilaration Convulsions; large number, follow each other rapidly; usually preceded by screaming, followed by loss of mind, and idiocy Bites tongue, foams at mouth, makes grimaces Pupils dilate unequally; whites become yellow Eyes brilliant; eyelids heavy; lids droop Tongue as if swollen; too large Pain in limbs with swelling; paralytic symptoms Limbs flail during epileptic seizure

Congestion of brain and spinal cord Liver and spleen as if swollen; Jaundice, Cough with liver complaint Autumnal swollen liver and spleen Bowels inactive; extreme flatulence, Constipation, Haemorrhoids Wonns: vermifuge Spermatorrhoea Premature menopause Darting pain in right ovary Irregular, tumultuous action of heart can be heard in back; through chest Pain in sacrum, Sciatica, Pain in shoulders Photo © Diego; wwwjlickr. com/photoslthe_weed_one/; ww1v. weedyconnection. com

Absinthe " The green fairy" was once an expensive and popular drink amongst the upper classes in Europe. Its popularity eventually trickled down to the lower classes where, over time, an urban myth developed, possibly generated by the rather volatile artists who indulged in absinthe in Paris at the end of the 19th century, which attributed to Absinthe a reputation of being both a highly addictive, destructive hallucinogenic drug and a glamorous drink , in a bohemian, shabby-chic kind of fashion , with the potent mystique of having an aphrodisiac quality. At the beginning of the 20th Century it was widely banned due to the belief that it caused hallucination, epilepsy and madness (Absinthism) . However, research by an international team {I) showed conclusively that samples of both modem and vintage absinthe do not contain enough of the active ingredient thujone to cause the attributed aphrodisiac, mental disorder and psychotropic effects nor epilepsy. The detrimenta l effects of absinthe addiction are simply those of alcoholism, regardless of the type alcohol used. However, the pure essential oil of Wormwood is high toxic to the body and is said to cause renal failure. Medicinal Properties & Uses: Traditional ly, it has been used as a vermifuge. Clinical studies have proven that Wonnwood effectively increases bile, stimulates and restores poor appetite, and effectively treats a wide range of digestive problems. As a tonic, it stimulates and helps prevent liver and gallbladder problems. It can be used as an external compress to alleviate pain from rheumatism and to stimulate poor circulation. Wormwood has also been used as a mild sedative to treat anxiety and nervous disorders. hup:/lwww.altcancer. com/phywl wo rmwood. htm; (/)Chemical Composition of Vintage Preban Absinthe with Special Reference to Thujone, Fenchone, Pinocamphoue, MethDI IO I, Copper, and Antimony Concentrations; Dirk W. Lacheumeier, David Nathan-Moister, Theodore A. Breaux, EvaMaria Sohnius, Kerstin Schoeberl and 71w mas Kuballa; J. Agric. Food Chem., 2008. 56 (9). pp 3073- 308 1, DO/: I 0. 102 I ljf703568f Publication Date (Web): April I 8. 2008

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ARNICA MONT ANA Leopard's bane, Mountain tobacco Mountain snuff, European arnica Arn.

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Pain: insufferable; drives him crazy < every motion or noise; changes quickly from part to part; scratches at the wall or bed apparently for relief

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ARTEMlSlA VULGARIS Mugwot·t, Felon herb, Green ginge•· Art-v. Asteraceae (Compositae) sens. Injured, hurt, insulted, shocked, bumt ot· scolded

Fear to be touched, hurt, approached

COMPLAINTS FROM FRIGHT AND OTI-IER EMOTIONS Ailments from bad news, fright, grief, menses, excitement, blow on head

EXCITEMENT AND IRRITABILITY BEFORE EPILEPSY

Prodrome (what happened before onset)

Sadness before attack of ep ilepsy

Vision Dizziness from light coming through stained glass Asthenopia: errors in focus of eye when changing distance Weak eye muscles, Pain & blurring vision, > rubbing, < using eyes During epi lepsy: Left pupil dilated more than right; eyes turned upward, half open; lacrimation during attack

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Petit Mal epilepsy

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Somnambulism

Attacks close together, repeated, frequent attacks Accompanied by and followed by: Profuse, offensive, foctid perspiration with the odom· of garlic

Prostration of mind Catalepsy Right-sided convulsions I left-sided paralysed Stupor after convulsion (asymmetrical sx) Trance state Convulsions in children, infants, newborns, Unconsciousness, Coma during dentition, in amenorrhoea, Delirium: look fixed on one point, staring from emotions, after exhaustion, Imbecility laughin g, memory loss, mischievous with or after sleeplessness Hysteria

Shrieking (b:cry) before convulsions, during epileptic seizure

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Restlessness Depressed, morose, cross, fretful , peevish, sulking, anger, irritability, contrary esp. before convulsions Physicals Female: Vio lent cramps during irregular, insufficient menses; Profuse menses V iolent uterine contractions during pregnancy Spasms during delivery from fright Ec lampsia of sucklings, Retained afterbirth Spasms during menses Suppressed menses or amenorrhoea Chest: breath rattling during spasms; breath checked, sudden deep inhalation ends the attack Cough: dry, painless, disturbing sleep

Mugwort: Muggins, Muggert kail , Fat hen, Sailor's tobacco, Motherwort, Smotherwood, Ga ll wood, Docko, Felon herb, St. John's herb; Planet: Venus; Deities: Artemis I Diana; Magical Properties: Astra l projection, StTength, Protection, Healing, Divination, and Clairvoyance. History: In medieval times this herb was called Motherwort. (IJ Witches used mugwort as a medicine. It was believed that rubbing the leaves over the body prevented hauntings and wearing it around the neck prevented dreaming of ghosts and possession by evil spirits. It was added to scrying, clairvoyance and divination incenses. In the Middle Ages it was considered one of the strongest protective plants. Hanging it in the house is reputed to protect against lightning, while putting it under the doorstep ensures that no unwelcome person wi ll enter. (2} It was also used to flavour beer before hops were used. Medicinal Uses: Mugwort can be used as a digestive stimulant in cases of constipation. A compress of the tea can be used to speed the healing of bruises. It can promote menstruation and uterine circulati on and is used to prevent labour. Mugwort tea can be used to promote a ca lming effect before bedtime, as an aid for motion sickness and as a vermifuge. Use as a gargle for a sore throat- the leaves have an antibacterial action . When made into a poultice the leaves can be put over small wounds to aid in healing. Also used as an insect repellent. Put into the shoe fo r protection and to prevent fatigue on long journeys. Magical Uses: Put into a dream pillow, it can invoke prophetic dreams. When steeped in water to make a tea it is used to wash crystal balls, scrying mirrors and scrying bowls. Set a few leaves under a crystal ball to enhance visions. Hang a sprig over doorways or windows to keep evil spirits away. Growing and Cultivation: Viable seeds are rarely produced in North America. Mugwort is propagated mainly by rhizomes or the root system. Once planted it spreads rapidly, is difficult to control, and can tum the area into a desert. So if you want this one in your garden and you don't want it to take over, it's important to have deep sound borders around it. Once they start they will grow rapidly, and can be difficult to control even burning won't kill them. (I) Some say they were the first plants to emerge after the ice age. The name, Artemisia, refers to the goddess Artemis, goddess of the hunt, wild an imals (especially dogs and bears), wi lderness, childbirth, virginity and young gi rl s, bringing and relieving di sease in women. (I) www.realmagick. com/articles/73122 7 3. html; (2) www.angeljire.com/mo3/p aganfllesll ibrmylpagw lism/herbs/herb _andylant_lore. txt

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CARDUUS MARIANUS Silybum madanum, St Mary's thi stle; St Mary's milk thistle, Chardon-Marie, Mariana lactea, Blessed milkthistle, Gundagai thistle, Holy thistle, Kanger, Lady 's thistle, Maria-Azami, Mat·iana Mat·iana, Meryemanadikeni, Ma.-iendistel, Milk thistle, Variegated thistle, Bull thistle, Sow thistle, Snake milk Card-m .

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Does not ask for help Wants to do everything for himself Never gives in Will travel alone for miles, will not ask for help Great thirst but must drink small quantities ....____ \otherwise vomiting & diarrhoea ~ Fatigue +- GRIT

Hypochondria ...._ Discouraged . - - - - ,/ Sadness, Grief - - - . . _ . Agg. from asking for help Tendency to weep Despondency, Dejection, Gloom Melancholy, Depression Drawing sens. in entire Forgetful; for what he was about to say or do lower back, followed Apathy by fatigue

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PORTAL CONGESTION Venostasis (blood pools somewhere in body)

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At Bethlehem, the manger in which the Infant Jesus was laid after His birth was filled with Our Lady's Bedstraw (Galium verum). Some few drops of the Virgin's milk fell upon a Thistle, which from that time has had its leaves spotted with white, and is known as Our Lady's Thistle. {I) In old Saxon tradition if this herb was sprinkled around the house, or worn close to the person, it would 'Setteth snakes to flight'. (2) Carduus marian us was associated with the Teutonic god Thor, power incarnate, god of thunder. (3 ) Wearing the thistle was said to bring the protection of Thor and to offer the gift of invisibility from your enemies. Several royal houses have adopted the thistle as their emblem because it was a symbol of power. Not to be mistaken for the Scotch thistle (Onopordum acanthium), badge of the House of Stuart and the national emblem of Scotland, that is also used in heraldry. (1) Plant/ore, lege nd~. and lyrics: Embracing the my ths, traditions by Richard Fo/kard Richard Folkard, 1884; (2) A A1odern Herbal by Mrs Grieve, 1931; (3) Quarterly Review, cxiv, 1927

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CHAMOMILLA

Sleep: Dreams: frightening , Everything anxious, vivid, fanciful Horrid nightmares , thinks goes too slow Impatience there is a beast under the bed, about fatal accidents

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Anger alternating with indifference Moaning or weeping with s leepiness Speech confused at night Lassitude & staggering on waking Absent-minded, unobserving Abstraction of mind Numbness of extremities Absorbed in thought Paralysed feeling in legs, Diminished power of concentration pain down limbs as if Omits word when writing or speaking beaten, cramps Dullness of senses, Confusion Spasms of face, arms, legs Cramps & bilious vomiting

Faintness, sickness Excessive sensibi lity of nerves Over-sensitivity from abuse of coffee and narcotics Ailments from coffee Sensitive to wind in ears; Fear· of wind Sensitive to air and cold; Desires plenty of clothing Music agg.; Av. to music

Delus ions :at night : frightful, of animals : unable to collect senses : is holding a council : illusions of fancy :with groans : his head seems too heavy : illusions of hearing - Hem·s voices : sees faces, phantoms, linages, figures etc. : people seem too large : converses with people : of vexations, insults and offences

Chamomilla : screams with pain, hypersensitive; Make it stop! One cheek red, one cheek pale d .d. C ina: Screams with anger, irritability (Where were you when I wanted you?) (I'm not getting enough attention from my parents) Both cheeks pale - pallor'

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Generals: Child is restless, pale, weak, wants to be carried; but not> for it May lie on back and kick & strike with hands and feet, and bite Affections of digestive tract: esp. worms 200C 2x/day for 3 days. Sx of worms: irritability, nervous, jumping, energy low/high, appetite diminished/increased, restless sleep, Itching of the anus: scratch or boring with finger Itchiness of nose; picking nose, grinding teeth Yellow vomit, Nausea with white diarrhoea. Cough: Knee to chest position> Emaciation from impaired nutrition, the greater the emaciation, the greater the hunger Gets hungry soon after eating; great feeling of emptiness; Craves sweets, bread Irritability during dentition. Both cheeks pale, dark circles around eyes Febrile convulsions below the age of five (with high fever) clenching teeth Yellow vision; Optical illusions in bright colours: blue, violet, yellow or green Digging & scratching in ears, Nose itching: rubs it, picks at it, digs in nostril, rubs it on shoulder or pillow. Epistaxis & P A in forehead. Urine stains yellow Gurgling from throat to stomach after coughing, Helminthemesis (vomiting of worms) Chorea commences with a shriek, tongue extended, Convulsions Symptoms concomitant to yawning 25

ERIGERON CANADENSIS Conyza canadensis, Edger·on cascadensis, Butterweed, Canada Ilea bane, Prideweed, Canadian ho.-seweed, Cascade Ilea bane, Colts tail, Fleawort, Blood staunch The old books call it Erigeron canadense Ed g. Asteraceac (Compositae): Sensitivity to hurt

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bloody lochia Profuse leucorrhoea, comes in gushes, between periods Leucorrhoea with urinary irritation Abortion from over-exertion Placenta praevia, Prolapse of uterus Clu·onic gonorrhoea, with burning micturition AIF gonorrhoea; spontaneous abortion

Epistaxis, Bleeding gums, Vomiting blood, Ecchymoses Bloody sputum & pain in lungs Persistent haemorrhage from bladder Chronic gonorrhoea & burning micturition; continual dribbling Vicarious bleeding (bleeding from sites other than norn1al) e.g. nosebleed instead of menses Dysentery & soreness & burning bladder Stool small, streaked wiili blood; tormina (colic, griping in the belly); burning in bowels and rectum; hard lumps of faeces mixed with the discharges, Haemorrhage from the bowels Bleeding haemorrhoids; with hard lumpy stools; burning in margin of anus; it feels as if torn Tympanites (distension due to gas or air in intestine, or peritoneal cavity) Violent retching & burning in stomach with vomiting of blood

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Spondylitis (inflammation of vertebrae) Whiplash, Falls on coccyx, Rheumatism Rheumatism in old labourers Breast and uterus engorgement Varicose veins in pregnancy Inability to walk during pregnancy Abdominal muscles lame Breast cancer after injury to breast Boils Acne

Wounds, ulcers, wounds that won't heal, abscesses, throat injuries; scalds of throat, uterus, cervix, perineum during childbirth Caesarean operation Haemostatic after tooth extraction Catarrhal conditions Neuroma (tumour in nerve cells) Eye injuries, styes, conjunctivitis Erysipelas Inflammation & lacerated hymen Varicose swellings and ulcers

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Drinks much; at night; & heat Avers. to drinks; Shivering and shaking chill from drinking Crawls on back from cold drinks

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Intestinal irritation esp. Worms Affections of digestive tract, eyes, nerves, abdomen; cerebrospinal Convu lsions & consciousness, spasms Chorea; commence with a shriek renewed from touch Chorea complicated by worms

Great thirst, must drink water, but can only drink small quantities, otherwise vomiting & diarrhoea Agg. beer, alcoholic drinks

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Soreness in region of liver on moving or coughing Hoarseness and cough & sore chest, < night All conditions accom. by pain in bones Eruptions develop tardily, esp. measles Ringworm Herpetic eruptions Fever: dengue, typhoid, remittent, bilious, malarial, first stage yellow fever

Exhaustion Nerve symptoms; sciatica, with excruciating pain; alternates with numbness; or formication Neuralgia intense along sciatic nerve; < lying down, Neuralgia face (maxilla); upper area; intermittent Numbness of lower part Chronic backache in lumbar region; > resting on back, Chronic muscular rheumatism of back and neck Dysentery watery, with more faecal matter, yellowish or Diarrhoea painless, watery, white Dysmenorrhoea, Cholera

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ERIGERON CANADENSIS Canada fleabane Very intelligent, Lots of grit Very strong in big things- weak in small things Sadness & great languor Difficulty concentrating Mistakes; omitting letters, words Weeping during micturition Cheerful after micturition Irritable in the morning Indolence aversion to work

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Empty eructations, nausea, hiccough Appetite wanting; in children/babies

Agg. night Cold bathing arne!. (head) Pressure agg. (abdomen) Back > lying on back Sciatica < damp weather Restlessness at night, Unrefreshing Dream: Is in a coffin and people are walking over it, as if he is still alive

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Old cases of intermittent fever Coryza Catarrh Nasa l haemorrhage with thick scabs in nose Rheumatic pain in left knee Congestions & dryness of mouth & pharynx Injuries; blows, falls, bruises One-sided, Left-sided

Profuse, painless, bright red haemmThages, without fever, also without anxiety (affects capillaries); from exetiion, over-lifting, injury Entire right side feels as if screwed together (contracted tightly) Piercing thrusts of pain; strikes head against bedpost or wall Use before extraction of tooth Toothache from warm drinks Pain from blind haemorrhoids

Face pale, depressed appearance, weary, wants to lie down Wounds are greenish in colour Excitement during menses Indisposed to talk during menses Ailments from homesickness Unconsciousness after exertion Tightness in nose & throat Muscles drawn into a knot Sensitive to open air Tendency to catarrhs (profuse) Dropsy from anaemia Tears= itching

En largement of spleen > wannth Fever: Very high with red cheeks < external warmth Nausea & vomiting Diarrhoea Black stools

Haemorrhages; Uterine, Blood in urine Epistaxis; blood pulses with heart (spurting) Haemorrhages with atony Haemorrhages esp. of nose area Difficult dentition; haemorrhage after tooth extraction, Tooth pain tearing Convu lsions, falls from a height, overexertion, over straining Suppressed discharges (menses, lactation, lochia - afterbirth)

Female genito-urinary, bladder, mucous membranes (nose, lungs, lumbar spine Haemorrhage ending in dropsy, Coryza & epistaxis, amenorrhoea, leucorrhoea Lumbar backache, as if would break Oedema Acute inflammatory conditions of upper respiratory tract, respiration as if greatly fatigued Rheumatism

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Mouth dry; thirsty Violent thirst in even ing Confusion after coffee, wine, dullness after wine

Dryness of mouth

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Want of appetite, sluggish appetite Ears as if stopped up after dinner

Aversion to all food , esp. sweets, coffee before onset of condition Faint before mea ls Full after eating very little

> drawing limbs up < lying down, at night, motion, stepping, during menses, walking One-sided

< slow motion, injury, after violent exertion, stopping, bending double, coffee, evening and night, 4 p.m. , suppression of habitual discharge > when taking violent exercise, bleeding, wine, during the day, re-establ ishment of discharges, Nausea > lying down Vertigo > violent exercise

< sitting, must move about, puberty, sexual excitement, dampness, cold open air, afternoon >Menses

Yawning without any weariness Falls asleep late Unrefreshed in morning Dreams: wind raised him in bed; stonn howled through head

Great drowsiness; esp. during day Nervousness & sleeplessness: during climaxis; in women with female conditions. Dreams : many, erotic, vivid, unp leasant, of intellectual character, memory very active

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Sleep restless, disturbed, unrefreshing; with waking; confused on waking Sleepiness in day

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GENTST A TJNCTORIA Dyer's broom, Dyer's greenweld, Greenwood, Common woadwaxen, Dyc•·'s weed Fabaccae (Leguminosac) family Gcnist.

Av. beans

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Skin : a peculiar eruption of dark red confluent spots, scarcely elevated above the skin, which itch, become scarlet red, then pale and disappear in 25 hours; on feet to knees and hands to elbows

Ears: sens. as if sharp instrument were thrust into ear

Dreams: Hunted by wolves; fleeing and jump under cover; wolves are circling around

1 Fatigue: "I can ' t enjoy my life or work any more

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Head: vertigo & headache on rising, or shaking head; > after dinner, open air Frequent sharp pain in right temple, from within outwards Piercing pain in left temple Sharp, piercing pains in head and ear Sens., feeling in brain, eye, throat; < rising, turning quickly, shaking the head, walking

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Sensitive scalp or brain

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Agg.: sun, motion, touch, turning Brain pain when shaking head Head sore, bruised Sens; darting, cutting, stabbing Vertigo; on turning, on rising, shaking head, during headache, > open air

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All parts of the plant, but especially the flowering tops , yield a good yellow dye, and from the earliest times have been used by dyers for producing thi s colour, especially for wool: combined with woad, an excellent green is yielded, the colour being fixed with alum, cream of tartar and sulphate of lime. In some parts of England, the plant used to be collected in large quantities by the poor and sold to the dyers . A Modern Herbal, Mrs . M. Grieve, 193/ 51

Lathyrism: "It seems to consist in a weakness and irregular motion of the muscles moving the knees, which are bent and moved with a tremulous i1regular motion, somewhat as in the chorea, but not so violent. When the disease has lasted some time, and has become confirmed, the legs suffer emaciation. It is not accompanied by fever, but in the commencement is often, though not always, attended with pain." (!)

LATHYRUS SATIVUS Chick pea Fabaceae (Leguminosae) family Lath.

Sens. coldness uncovering, esp. legs

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LOWER LIMBS & MOVEMENT Knees knock against each other when walkin; - - Tremulous tottering, staggering, uncertain gait Loss of proprioceptive control (a sensory receptor, found chiefly in muscles, tendons, joints, and the inner ear, that detects the motion or position of the body or a limb by responding to stimuli arising within the organism) Cramps in legs < cold Can't extend or cross legs when sitting Legs emaciated Legs blue, swollen if hanging down Legs blue and cyanotic; cold or burning Stiffness, lameness of ankles, and knees Toes don't leave the floor; heels don't touch the floor Lifted feet with difficulty, often dragged them, put them down suddenly and forcibly as if they were heavy weights Can ' t walk backwards Muscles of calves very tense Has to bend forward , has difficulty straightening up Movement< with eyes shut; he felt as if standing between two abysses Reflexes [patellar and Achilles] increased Misplace feet, bringing them too close to median line, sometimes crossing it, causing legs to tangle

Generals After influenza and wasting, exhaustive diseases After diseases where there is much weakness & heaviness & slow recovery of nerve power Symptoms often sudden, and follow a cold damp night More frequently indicated in men Girdle sens. as if a cloth wrung out in cold water around his waist Continuous yawning and sleepiness Modalities < cold damp weather < touch < motion > uncovering legs when bot at night > lying down

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Lathyrus has a high level of manganese

Split up or Feeling unified

STANDING BETWEEN TWO ABYSSES Destroyed because of the split

Does not produce pain

Vertigo; when standing with eyes closed; and staggering Must keep the eyes on floor as the floor seems inegular

Syphilitic Miasm

Physicals Affects the anterior and lateral columns of the spinal cord : paralytic affections of the lower extremities : spastic paralysis : infanti Je paralysis : rheumatic paralysis :sudden paraplegia, esp. of young persons (often men) : lateral sclerosis : gluteal muscles & those of lower limbs emaciated, upper appear normal : atherosis :lumbago :myelitis Bladder affections; Sudden urging, must hasten to urinate or urine will escape Beriberi - a disease caused by Jack of Thiamine (Vitamin B I). It is often seen in alcoholics since heavy alcohol use interferes with the break down and absorption of thiamine but can also be genetic. People with genetic beriberi gradually lose the ability to absorb thiamine from foods. Symptoms occur when the person is an adult.

(1) Physician and surveyor Francis Buchanan ([ J 936]: 1, 274); Disabling Conditions in Sowh Asia: The Hidden Factors, With implications For Leprosy by M. Miles; ht tp:l/www.di.sabil i ty world.org/09- 10_ 03/ne ws/southasia.shtm/ Photo © Dr. Giancarlo Marconi; http://www. isofcnr. it/

MEDICAGO SATIVA Alfalfa, Lucerne clover, Alfalfa Spanish clover, Glandular alfalfa, Blue alfalfa, Sickle alfalfa, Sickle medic, Bastard medic, Yellow lucerne, Yellow-flower alfalfa, Pm·ple medick, Purple medicle, Buffalo herb, Sand lucerne, Variegated alfalfa Fabaceae (Leguminosae) family AI f.

Fabaceae: Split up or Getting things together Acute threat of being split up

Ailments from disappointed love

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Food The appetite is greatly increased Sometimes ravenous Hungry all the time Must stop and have something to eat in the middle of the morning Desire for sweets

Increased urine Abdomen distended with flatus in the intestines, pain in the line of the colon Diarrhoea; painless, yellow, accompanied with flatus and attended with burning Stools loose and more frequent than usual; two or three times daily There were sharp pains; which would come and go generally about three hours after a meal; did not have passing of gas up or down

d.d. Psorinum (no energy) Acids (prostration) Iron series (no money), esp. Manganum (no resources , lack of everything) Lac remedies (feeling of deprivation; eating disorders)

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Sycotic M iasm D.D. Stramonium

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MELILOTUS ALBA

Thought that the business of the country had gone to rack and ruin

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Is going to the almshouse

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Of being in acute danger Not safe in own hou se

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Situation of li ving in an occupied country under a repressive miHtary regime (I)

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Hurried, Impatient, Impetuous, Restless

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Insanity Madness Persecution Mania

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Wants to go home Doesn't recognise her own home Does not recognise her relatives Wanders around unconsciously through streets by day or night during attacks of congestive headache

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Thinks there is a devil in his stomach contradicting all he says t Thought there was something supernatural in always waking for a few minutes before 3 a.m.

! Mesmerized by an absent pastor Everyone is possessed of a devil Doubt of salvation Praying Religious loquacity

! Unable to fix mind Mental work impossible Loss of memory, forgetfu l Omits words and letters at end of word in writing Confusion of mind Apathetic, Indifference -

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Fear of talking too loud As if ta lking too loud would kill her

! Del: thinks everyone is looking at her

Suspicious Irascible, Irritable Impatient Discontented, Fault-finding Quarrelsome Wildness, Violence, Rage

Dreams: Unpleasant; of bickering Indolence __. A version to work Fear of work Loathing of work Irresolution

Drowsy Sleepy Stupid

\ Suicidal Anguish Anxiety; jumps out of bed Suicidal during drunkenness Des. to injure himself Inconsolable Loathing of life Weary of life

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Sadness, Despondency Depression, Gloom Discouraged Melancholy

Ph ysicals CONGESTLON - Headache; periodical (weekly or 4 weekly) Sens. head enlarged, as if a vessel would burst; Sens. waving, pulsating, but·sting Sleep Bright red haemotThages which arne!., Sens. a raw fee ling Wakefulness through night < hot weather, getting wet, getting feet wet, before stonn, rain , winter, bleeding, Sleepless after 3 a.m. urination, topical vinega r Sleep prevented by unpleasant > open air, epistaxis, profuse urination, walking, change of weather things (unconnected, Flushing heat during menopause with redness of face; face feels full ,< menopause (climacteric) meaningless) coursing Sens. heaviness in ovaries labia. Ovarian neuralgia through brain C hest: Congestion; diffic ult breathing, as if weight on chest, sore, oppressed; Sens. smothering < clothing Infantile spasms during dentition Contains coumarins and, as the plant dries or spoils, these Epilepsy ft·om blow on head become converted to dicoumarol, a powerful anticoagulant (/) Rajan Sankaran Appetite increased 10 a.m. Photo © 2010 Juan Carlos Delgado; http:llwww.jlickr. com/plzoroslweedgto/

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PHASEOLUS NANUS Common bush bean, possibly a varia nt of Phaseolus vulgar is Fabaceae (Leguminosae) famil y Phase.

Tube rcular miasm

Split up or Remain bound

Headache (See below)

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Soreness; to touch, eyeballs, epigastrium, right humerus

Sugar in urine, irregular cardiac action

Diabetes, Urinary organs; diabetic urine

Heart Symptoms Sick feeling about heart, & weak pulse Pulse rapid Palpitation Ectopic heartbeat The heart gives an occasional unpleasant throb and then omits a beat; < night & prevents sleep

Pupils dilated Eyeballs painful to touch, insensible to light Sensitive to light and noise

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When the heart skips a beat and gives 2 quick beats in succession trying to 'catch up' it' s called an Ectopic heartbeat. Alternative names : PVB (premature ventricular beat); Premature beats; PVC (premature ventricular contraction); Extrasystole Photo © http://wwwjliclcr. com/photos/kramerhawks/

Phaseolus nanus taxonomy: Phaseolus vulgaris L. var. nanus (L.) Stem erect = Phaseolus nanus Stem twining = Phaseolus vulgaris dd: Crataeg; Lach. Materia medica: Boericke

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This mind map is based entirely on a case study submitted by Jan Scholten to Homeopathic Links; Millenium edition, Volume 12, with the addition of Dr Sankaran 's sensation.

PHASEOLUS VULGARIS C ommon bean, Wild bea n, Red kidney bean Fabaceae (L eguminosae) fa mily Phase-v.

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Dizziness; Vertigo: as if drunk / She is awkward; falls easily, esp. on going upstairs Drops things; walks mto furniture Menses: on first day has d1zzmess; foggy viswn; can't see depth

Hyperventilation with shortness of breath and fatigue, but with no fear or panic

With anger and restlessness < having to do things in a short time

Angry with people who don 't keep their appointments

Rage Destructive Violent

Rage with red face; sens. rage ascending from hands, chest and throat to her head

Generals ley cold hands and feet; worse wet weather and change of weather Times:< 8 till 10 a. m.; > autumn Des. meat, cheese, vegetables, fruit, melon, mango Avers. Peas and beans , sour, sweet Des. or avers. fat, bacon, cheese, all kinds of proteins Menses irregular, every three to six weeks Sleep: good; on abdomen. Dreams: active, funny, parachuting from a mountain, go ing to the woods with her family and then a witch came to eat them The red kidney bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) contains phytohemagglutinin (PHA), a protein that binds to white blood cells. PHA triggers the T- lymphocytes in the immune system to undergo mitosis (cell divi sion) and interferes with cellular metaboli sm. The body responds as if invaded by an infectious agent. When raw or undercooked kidney beans are consumed, this toxin causes nausea, vomiting, and severe diarrhoea. But PHA is a toxin easily destroyed (boil for at least 1 1/2 hours before eating). PHA and its class of chemicals called lectins are useful. Lectins are prevalent in the legume or bean family, but are also found in other plant species as well as a number of bacteria and animals. Lectins are necessaty for legumes to form symbiotic relationships with nitrogen-fixing bacteria called rhizobia. Each species of legume produces a lectin. Each lectin is specific; attaching and binding only certain rhizob ia to the root system. (Roots that are inoculated with rhi zobia form nodules.) Rhizobia recycle atmospheric nitrogen back into the soil keeping it fertile. Without the legume-rhizobia relationship, most of the earth's soil wou ld have become depleted. Lectins are also anti-herbivory devices, preventi ng the seeds and seedlings from being eaten. Lectins are a boon to science and medicine. PHA extracted from kidney beans is used to stimulate weakened immune systems. In the last forty years, there have been hundreds of uses for lectins discovered. Because each lectin "recognizes" and attaches to on ly a specific receptor on a cell; they are used to type blood, induce the destruction of tumor cells, determine cellular structures, and study biological processes. Without lectins, we would know little of how the body functions . But for all we have learned, we remain mostly ignorant about the fu ncti ons oflectins in nature. hllp:!/www.killelyJ!anfs. com/herbal:fo/k/orel2001091 7.asp 56

Want to enjoy the world , but the world isn 't always pleasa nt

Just want a pleasant life but when th ere is a crisis symptoms begin

! Asthmatic bronchiti s Short of breath on climbing stairs Pains in chest in region of sternum Difficult respiration, < fo ggy weather, changing to wet weather, warm humid weather, the first day of the menses and in the morning between 8 and I 0 a.m. > on bending shoulders backwards Dry cough

Possibly Sycotic miasm

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome possibly caused by viral infection

/ Recurrent influenza for one week eight or nine times a year Low-grade fever Throat painful, red, itching Feels ill , weak and fatigued

Allergic reaction s to: some cosmetics, cleaning chemicals, paint fumes, spices, elm trees, beech and beans Allergies < February and March With irritation and redness of eyes A feeling of sand in eyes Red upper lids Pain in eyes Outward pressing pain at root of the nose (Sensitivities, intolerances and allergies to chemicals and many other things is very common in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome)

Allergy to paint solvents; affect skin; red, itchy, esp. backs of hands , front of knees , outside of elbows, in front of ears Skin on back of hands can become very thick as if there's a layer on it

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PHYSOSTIGMA VENENOSUM

Cancer Miasm Greek: Physa or phusa "bladder" + stigma "mark on the skin"

West Af.-ican Calaba•· bean, Faba calabarica Esere, Doomsday plant, Chop nut, Ordeal bean, (used for trial-by-m·dcal to identify witches)

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Eye Remedy; Visual disturbances Incorrect judgement of size Size of frame seems lessened Things appear smaller Night blindness Partial blindness Astigmatism, Myopi a Glaucoma following injury Dimness, esp. when descending stairs Nearsightedness from a blow Slight sens. of diplopia, as if images of objects would be multipli ed Spasmodic affections of eye lids Flashes oflight, Bright marks when looking at an object, Flitting long wonns, or snakes, both dark & li ght Blurred, hazy, misty, Film over eyes

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Exhaustion

Nervousness Unconunon mental acti vity Can't stop thinking, esp. during headache Too many things in room, can' t stop counting th em Active mind, even during sleep

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! Fear he might do mi schi ef at night on waking

Hysteria Continually counting M ental activity, ideas abundant Exhilaration; in a.m., Loquac ity Cheerful, gay, mirthful, jesting Foolish behaviour, Nervous gestures Loquacity during climacteric period Forgetful during climacteric period Del: senses would vanish, snakes in and around her, spectres, ghosts, sp irits, he is drunk Ailments from emotional excitement Anxiety about friends at home Restlessness from uneas iness about the heart during night Impulse to run Horror of cold water (d r ead, aversion) (It is interesting to note that this bean was used for the same purpose as ' trial by ordeal' in England where suspected w itches were sa id to have been tied up and thrown into a river to see if they survived) Genc•·als Discomfort after bathing Slightest draught of air renews spasm Headache; can ' t bear to raise eyelids, Brain falls to side lain on; constant desire to move head from side to side Dislike of open air from fear of getting a headache Irritability after using eyes Hearing; sens . to every sound Smarting on tip of tongue Great pain in stomach immediately after eating Sens. as if a large piece of food suddenly swallowed ....... indigestion

! Constriction/lump in throat No app etite; Disgust for food, tobacco & coffee, and esp. for cold drinks Tremor of heart from emotional disturbance Neuralgia of limbs, Pain in hollow of right knee Chilly creeping sens. in back Hands and feet cold Face red di scolouration during clirnaxis; on rising Photo: Tracey Slott a @ USDA -N RCS PLANTS Database USDA Systematic Mycology and Microbiology Laboratmy

! Awakening from sleep with a start Terrible thought on waki ng

1 Fear of insa nity

Irritability, Anger, Contrary Del: of being alone Del: of being a castaway Del: that he is separated from the world

! Del : he is hovering in the air like a spirit : brain is wavering when walkin g Sens. looseness in the brain Sens. wavering vertigo Sens. on rais ing foot momentary fee ling as if he were floating upward, when foot touches ground an unpleasant shuddering sensation all over Gradual loss of motion of limbs Locomotor ataxia, Staggering ga it Unsteadiness from knees downward when walking, esp. when eyes c losed Trembling of legs Feeling of all power going out of legs Stiffness in neck, back very weak, unable to stand General para lys is of the insane

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Nervous , can' t endure the pain Paralytic state of mind & body from grief Moaning, Groaning, Whining Ailments from grief Difficult thinking Can't remember anything Avers ion to reading Lamenting, Sadness As if in a dream Sighing with laboured breathing Stupefaction as if intox icated Music agg. Gloomy towards noon Can 't concentrate the mind __...... -.....___. Indisposed to talk Indi fference to business affairs Des. to be si lent Modalities < change of temp erature, eye strain, bathing, N. B. Researchers are studying it heat & cold, descending, motion, stepping, for the treatment of memory loss, jar, misstep, morning, mental activity esp. in Alzheimer's disease > lying on abdomen or with head low, exerting the will , closing eyes, sleep, open air, walking, rest, warm room, draughts Physostigma roots in river banks and sends its twining vine 30 metres or more into the tree canopy. The flowers are big purpl e hanging blossoms simil ar to wisteria. The fruit are around 17cm long, large dark brown pods containing two or three brownish-black or maroon co loured kidney-shaped seeds about 2.5 - 3cm long ca lled 'Ca labar beans' . These notorious beans were historically used as judge, jury and executioner in West Africa. " The accused was given a paste of the bea ns to eat; if he recovered he was declared innocent if he died, he was guilty. It is sai d that if enough cattle were made over to the priests they were prone to mi stake harmless seeds for the Calabar in mak ing the paste."(/) " In native parlance this ordeal is designated as ' chopping nut' ." (2) When the 1 British colonized the area in the mid-19 h century they tried to prohibit the practice but as th e plant grew wild it was impossible to administer the law and the practice continued.(J) Physostigmine or eserine is a nacetylcholinesterase inhibitor which helps prolong the activity of acetylcholine, a neurotransmitter that stimulates gastric secretion, contracts smooth musc les, and dilates blood vessels. It is used to treat myasthenia gravis (muscu lar weakness) , glaucoma, Alzheimer's disease and gastroparesis (delayed gastric emptying). It has been shown to improve the short term memory (Krus et al. 1968). However, by contracting the heart, diaphragm, and pulmonary musc les to the point of paralysis it can cause death. Herbalist use: tetanus, tonic convulsions, severe neuralgia, phantom tumo urs, muscular rheumatism, spasmodic conditions and

Strychnia poisoning.(4) (/) Materia Medica: Pharmaco logy: Therapeutics Prescription Writing For Studems and Practirioners", by Walter A. Bastedo, 191 8, W. B. Saunders Company; (2) W. F. Daniell, On the Natives of Old Co /Iebar, West Coast of Africa, The Edin burgh New Philosophical Journal, Apri/1 846, (3) Myanmar Medicined Plant Database www.ttminst.net/MyanMedPiants; (4) Practitioners Handbook of Materia Medica and Therapeutics, T. S. Blair, M.D., J. J. Taylor, 1907 57

ROBINIA PSEUDOACACIA False acacia, Black locust, Locust tree /

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Physicals Hyperchlorhydria; acridity and acidity; esp. if the time of aggravation is at night Gastric acridity accomp. by frontal headache Intensely acrid eructations Acrid, sour greenish; vomiting, colic, flatulence, stools Nightly burning pains in stomach, & constipation & urgent desire

Tried to write but could not Can hardly tell what she is doing

Irritable Discontented, Dissatisfied Lamenting Sadness, despondency, dejection Depression, gloom, melancholy

Frequent sneezing; dull, profuse nasal discharge Wax-like tumour on nose Neuralgia of jawbones Herpes on vagina & vulva ,/ Ulcerative in vagina Combination of gastric & head symptoms As if he had committed a crime

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Burning in gall bladder Haughty Although Robinia, from North America, is called 'the noble tree' and is very beautiful when it's flowering the remedy is very dark and gloomy Generals Relieved by taking food Regurgitation of acid and foetid substance Agg. lying down Restless all night on account of frequent sneezing and/or indigestion Burning pain in stomach; < night Acidity with fronta l headache; red face

After wasting exhaustive disease Continuous hopelessness Caught by circumstances Insurmountable situations without any emotional compensation Imprisoned Can't go forward Can't go back Inability to escape from the situation Depression Hypochondria

Sens. of duality, Sens. as if there was a second self outside of him, Sens. someone has touched him on both sides, Feels as if sinking away, Parts feel numb or too large Numbness, prickling, paralytic feelings

Sens. brain is too loose & very sensitive Piercing Sharp Explosive

Standing between two abysses Destroyed because of the split Girdle-like sens. as if a cloth wrung out in cold water around hi s waist

Thinks he is broken or double and tosses about on the bed trying to get the pieces together. Body parts & limbs are scattered about the bed; can't sleep because he can't get the pieces together; Body parts are taken away/in two/double/swollen; Thinks two body parts are holding a conversation; Arms and legs are cut off; Arms do not belong

Must keep the eyes on floor as the floor seems irregular

Vertigo; the world turns around; < ris ing, motion, turning quickly, shaking head > open a ir, accom. by headache Nausea Eyes: sensitive to touch in forenoon Ears: sens. as if sharp instrument were thrust into ear Throat: dry, sensitive Skin: a peculiar eruption of dark red confluent spots, scarcely elevated above th e skin, which itch, become scarlet red, then pale and disappear in 25 hours; on feet to knees and hands to elbows Sens: feeling in brain, eye, throat, < rising, turning quickly, shaking the head, walking

Vertigo when standing with eyes closed After influenza & wasting exhaustive di sease; After diseases where there is much weakness & heaviness & slow recovery of nerve power Symptoms often sudden, and follow a cold damp night More frequently indicated in men Knees knock against each other Tremulous tottering, staggering, uncertain gait. Can 't extend or cross legs when sitting; Legs emaciated; blue, swollen, blue and cyanotic, cold or burning Stiffness, lameness of ankles, and knees Toes don ' t leave the floor; heels don 't touch the floor. Muscles of calves very tense; Has to bend forward , has difficulty straighten ing up; Misplace feet, bringing them too close to median line, sometimes crossing it, causing legs to tangle

Sudden rapid fevers (typhoid) with much pain, prostration, too sick to move; with besotted, or stupid, or frightened expression; dark red face, Influenza with dark red discoloration in throat, as well as face Sepsis; offensive discharges & odours Throat; contraction/constriction of oesophagus can't eat, only drink water Haemorrhages; dark; Epistaxis Chronic intestinal toxaemias of children After inoculation with anti-typhoid serum Limbs: paralysis => painlessness

Head: verti go & headache on ri sing, or shaking head > after dinner Frequent sharp pain in ri ght temple, from within outwards Piercing pain in left temple Sharp, piercing pains in head and ear Stool: urgent des. for stool , expelled suddenly, large explosive stools

Affects the anterior and lateral columns of the spinal cord: Paralytic affections of the lower extremiti es; spastic; infantile; rheumatic paralysis; sudden paraplegia, esp. of young persons - often men Lateral sclerosis; gluteal muscl es & those of lower limbs emaciated, upper appear normal Blueness of lower limbs Atherosis (lipid deposits in the intima of arteries), Lumbago, Myelitis Bladder affections. Beriberi

No appetite, Constant des. for water, mouth and tongue very dry. Des. milk. Agg. beer

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Chilly, av. to open air; < cold air, humidity, fog, pressure, on waking, walking, autumn, hot weather, mental exertion, during sleep; for thinking about pains > Drinking liquids, open air, motion

Chilly Des. sun, Av. cloudy Warmth of sun agg. Radiated warmth agg. < shaking head, turning head, on rising

Sleepless & restless. Fears going to sleep on account of nightmare and sense of suffocation. Sleeps well till 2 or 3 a.m. then restless till morning. Nightmares and frightful dreams unabl e to remember them: chained to the bed, swimming in a river, undergoing some ordeal as makes a great demand on his strength, business of the day

Dreams: Hunted by wolves, fleeing and jump under cover, wolves are circling around

Vertigo; confused, swimming sens; with nausea. Stupor; returns quickly after answering; with bewildered look Dullness < breakfast; at night Can't get herself together, feels scattered about the bed Delirium at night on closing the eyes; busy, loquacious, muttering Pains all over the body; soreness, heaviness Weakness of extremities Restless, but too sick, too lifeless to move Weak and tremulous. Slides down bed Intolerant of pressure feels as if bedsores would form ; must change posi tion often, but too sick to move All secretions are offensive: breath, stool , urine, sweat etc. Intermittent pulse esp. in the aged Insensible to pain Restless; rubs hands all the time

Cramps in legs; < cold < cold damp weather; touch ; motion > uncovering legs when hot at night > lying down

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Ve1y insecure in my relationship Want of self- confi dence Feel partner isn 't attracted to me Del. partner is having an affair Del. forsaken Fear of fa ilure Irritability and frustrati on Abrupt, Rough Mood swings; hi ghest hi gh to the lowest low, as if bi-polar Restless; des. activity; exercise; to run An ger; from conversation; violent Very irritable with children Aversion to children But enj oy adult company Spaced- out fee ling Senses dull, blunted Stupefacti on Prostration of mind

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Too ti red to eat, or to socia li ze Want to enj oy life, but it's all too much I don 't have enough for me, and I can ' t give any more I can' t do it on my own Fear of not having enough Must conserve energy and go deep into her resources Confusion Du lln ess Apathy Averse to work Depressed Hopeless Perfecti oni sts Anti cipation anxiety

Survive by becoming anonymous Situation of living in an occupied coun11 y under a mi/itmy regime Fear of danger and of being arrested Confusion of mind, Apatheti c, Indifference Attacks of weeping w/o much depression Sadness, despondency, depression, gloom Discouraged, melancholy, sui cidal, angui sh Anxiety; jumps out of bed. Loquacity Suicidal during drunkenness Des. to injure himself; Vicious Inconso labl e, Loathing of Life, Weary of life Doubt of sa lvation, Praying, Religious Hurried, impatient, impetuous, restless Fear of poverty; Avarice Thought that the business of the country had gone to rack and ruin Apprehension that personal fin ancial di saster had overtaken him Stupor; Mental prostration

Sens. tension; as of a build up of energy in body that needs to be vented

Sluggishness

A raw feeling. Head enl arged, as if a vessel would burst. Waving, pulsating, bursting

I can' t do it on my own I don ' t have enough for me, and I can ' t give any more

Is doomed. Is going to the almshouse Threatens to kill herself and those who approach/Thinks everyone is the enemy Thinks there is a devil in hi s stomach contradicting all he says Thought something supernatural in always waking for a few minutes before 3 a. m. Mesmerized by an absent pastor Everyone is possessed of a devil Del. watched, pursued, persecuted, of being in great danger, not safe in own house Wants to run away and hide Mani a to escape and kill himself & insomnia Insanity; eats only refuse

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Vertigo on moving Must talk in whispers, Timid Wants to go home Doesn' t recogn ise her own home/relatives Wanders around unconsciously through streets by day or ni ght during attacks of congestive headache

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome assoc. with Epstein Barr Virus Miscarriages

Congestion; headache; periodical Bright red haemorrhages wh ich arne!. Flushing heat during menopause with redness of face; face fee ls full ; < menopause Sens. heav iness in ovaries labia Ovarian neuralgia Chest: congestion; difficult breathing, as if weight on chest, sore, oppressed Sens. smothering < clothing Infantile spasms during dentition Epilepsy from blow on head

Tea amel, Avers. fruit

Appetite increased I 0 a.m.

Abdomen: > relaxing stomach < pulling stomach in

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< hot weather, getting wet, getting feet wet, before storm, rain, winter, bleeding, urinati on, topical vinegar > open air, epistaxis, profu se urination, walking, change of weather

Dreams: Fee ls like running, or working the whole ni ght

Drowsy, sleepy, stupid Wakefulness through ni ght Sleepless ajier 3 a.m. Sleep prevented by unpleasant things (unconn ected, meaningless) coursing through brai n Dreams: Unpleasant, of bickering

Del: mind and body are separated Del: something foreign in his body Sens. as if something alive were creeping under skin Sens. as if drugged Sens. of lightness as if intoxicated

D es. to clench teeth together Bitterish- sour taste in mouth Qui vering; accomp. by weakn ess Des : apples, chocolates, coffee, water, cold drink, cold water, fat, onions; fri ed, salt Sinuses : Catarrh; Postnasa l; congestion Discharge; a. m., blood-streaked, clear Head: pain; noise agg. , Pain in eyes; dark room amel, Eyes: agglutinated, di scoloration ; red; margins of lids, dryness, excori ation, heaviness, infla mmation, itching, lachrymation, avers. to opening the eye lids; fears it will agg. the headache, itching; burning: from dryness. Throat: Catarrh of throat, Sens. of a lump in throat, Difficult swallowing, Rawness, Scratching, Amel. warm drinks. Cough; Itching in throat, Loose, Tickling Stomach: nausea; in throat, Abdominal pain, Flatus, Diarrhoea

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Gout In heel, can 't bear to have it touched Gout symptoms go left to right Comes on with cold, damp weather Rheumatism Pain paralytic in arms, so violent that he can't hold the slightest thing firmly Lower limbs muscular weakness or paralytic feeling which interferes with motion; thinks he shall lose use of his limbs Paralysis from suppressed sweat A1·thritic pain in joints; patient screams with pain on touching a jo int, esp. small joints - fingers, toes, wrists, ankles Imaged used with kind permission of Ricardo www.jlickr.com/photos/brookeil

d.d. Cocculus: Nausea, vomiting, retching Nausea at mere sight of food, thought or smell of food Extreme aversion to food, esp. acid Bulimia Nausea rising to head or fell in head

CROCUS SA TIVUS

Sycotic Miasm

Saffron crocus (Greek krokos meaning "saffron") Formerly classed Liliaceae, now lridaceae, subfamily Crocoidcac Croc. Lilaceae famil y scns: Excluded, Left out, Fm·ced out, Squeezed, Extruded, Oppressed, Constrained, Constricted

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Del: she is pregnant At night fee ls kicks in I. side of abdomen as from a foetus

Cho•·ea; Ne•·ves; tingling in various parts Parts of body fall asleep, esp. at night Chorea every seven days & great hilarity, singing and dancing

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Haemorrhages; black, stringy, tough; hanging fro m orifice; nose; epistaxis etc. Threatened abortion esp. when haemorrhage is dark & stringy Metronhagia when discharge is dark, black, viscid, stringy; it smells bad, and is < motion Pregnancy; motions of child are felt too violently; painful Stools contain dark stringy blood Obstinate constipation (portal stasis) Constipation in infants from venous disturbance Intolerable writhing in anus; crawling; as from wonns

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Quarrelsome Contrary, Irritable Abusive, Tnsulting Violent altern. with mildness Des. to bite, Wildness Hard-hearted Cruelty, Inhumanity Want of moral fee ling

Easily offended Del : insulted Bitter; Sulking

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HELONIAS Chamaelirium luteum, Helonias dioica, Melanthium dioicum False unicom root, Fairy wand, Star grub root, Devil 's bit, Blazing star, Stanvort Helon.

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Weeping No des. to be comforted Discouraged Depression

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Can trace outline of kidneys by their burning Burning, scalding when urinating Urine very light, albuminous, red Nephritis Nephritis of pregnancy & obstinate vomiting Congestion of kidneys with albuminuria from amenorrhoea Diabetes Constant aching and tenderness over kidneys

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Generals Women worn out with hard work, mental or physical Unduly exhausted women, Tired females with backache Sense of profound debility lost upon exercising Tired, strained muscles burn and ache Useful in debility following exhausting disease Palpitation on going up stairs Chest sens. to air Skin pale, yellowish

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PARIS QUADRIFOLIA

Typhoid Miasm

Herb paris, One-berry, True love•·'s knot, True love, Raven's eye Par.

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Plays antics Laughing; ludicrous, silly Silly smiling Ridiculous j esting Bubbling sens. Ridiculous thoughts in head at night Ridiculous gestures Foo lish speec h; foolish answers Selfishness expressed childishly

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Pleasure in his own talking - - Indiscreet; reveals secrets Changing quickly from one Loquacity with jealousy - - - - Gossiping subject to another Disposition to slander Mischievous Prattling Mocking Childish boasti ng Malicious jesting Great dryness of tongue and mouth on Vivacious Malicious, Spiteful , waking from sleep at any time; tongue Garrulous Vindictive coated white, with roughness of the Disposition to utter abs urdities Rudeness surface, bitter or altered taste, no thirst with complacency Hoarseness in morning Loquacity during drunkenness, delirium, insanity Haughtiness Contemptuous Speech incoherent, wandering Scornful

Vertigo on reading aloud, or when sitting, & diffic ult speech & dim eyes Weak sight, < excitement, using the eyes ,/ Diplopia Sens. of a ball lodged in throat; constriction when Scns. Heaviness, talking or swa l~ N umbness Disorder of sense of touch Painful skin Objects feel rough Illusions of being touched Shooting pains Twinges Whole body painful esp. when touched Contractive sens. in skin; all body parts during chill Numbness; left side of head, of upper limbs, of fingers Heaviness; in al l limbs Lilies: Great sensiti veness to offensive odours Imaginary foul smells Nose: Stuffed condition & fullness at root of nose & constant hawking of tenacious, white tasteless mucous; red and greenish mucous blown from nose Frequent coryza# with stopped coryza Face seems drawn into root of nose Great dryness of tongue & mouth when waking from sleep at any time

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Headaches of spinal origin; pain comes up over the head from occiput; Sens. as if pulling a string f•·om eyes to occiput Sens. head feels too large; & scalp too ti ght & fee ling as if temples and eyes were pressed out Constrictive pressure < motion, excitement or usi ng eyes < evening

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Bread & milk smell like putrid meat; esp. fish Hungry soon after eating Hiccough after eati ng Voracious appetite Toothache,< cold things Burning in throat when eating & drinking

Internal restlessness & headache on waking at ni ght Broken sleep & many dreams ; yawn ing & sleepiness Dreams: voluptuous & erections and pollutions

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SABADILLA OFFICINARUM Sycotic m iasm

Schoenocaulon ofticinale, Veratrum officinale, Cevadilla; once known as Semina sabadillae mex icanae Saba d. Lilaceac family sens : Excluded, Left out, Forced out, Sq ueezed, Extru ded, Oppressed, Co nstr ained C onstricted

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Restless - - Guilt - Del: she is pregnant Itch ; Scalp => scratch til it bleeds Sens. vermin crawling on vertex Anus: alternating itch of anus with itch of nose, alae nasi (wings of nostrils), or auditory meatus Worms, Pinworms, Lice (Sabadilla is used as an insecticide, it's very toxic to bees) Loves honey Crawli ng itch at anus Del: he smells mice Lilales; Family: Melanthiaceae Also placed in Liliaceae. Placed here in Liliaceae according to Sankaran 's Sensations

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Lacrymation; < going into open air, bright light, coughing, yawning

Fear of the future

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SARSAPARILLA OFFIClNALIS Spanish: zana for "shn1b" and parrilla for "little grape vine" Smilax oflicinalis, Smilax regclii; Smi lax ornata, Honduran sarsaparilla, Brown sarsaparilla, Jamaican saraparilla, Sar·saparilla, Zarzapar-illa, Smilacaceae family Sars. Lilaceae family sens: Excluded, Left out, Forced out, Squeezed, Extruded, Oppressed, Constrained, Constricted - Del : is alone in the world / \ Del: is going to be assaulted Feels left out and neglected

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Reserved , doesn ' t make friends easily

Apathy Introspection Like to do things Indifference ~ on their own Indifference to pleasure Irresolution Sadness Fear of Feels unfortunate undertaking anything Postponing No pleasure in anything Discouraged Disgust with everything A version to everything

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Depression

Unconsciousness; during menses, while standing, during vertigo

Vertigo with nausea when looking long at one object

As if in a dream

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Del : sees dead persons, sees frightful images, spirits, ghosts, spectres

Boils; sting with touch ~ Itch Starting; Skin: Eczema Following hot weather, vaccinations from a dream, as from Itching & moist eruption on fright, evening on falling forehead & burning Genito-ur inary: Bladder; Cystitis asleep, with sleepiness Itchy scaly spots become crusty Very painful urination , esp. last drops; < before menses, > standing < spring, washing, any hot Incontinence < sitting. Child screams before and while passing urine stimulating food e.g. soup When awake could only pass urine when standing (little girl) Renal colic and dysuria in infants; renal colic; pain from Scns. bound down to Generals r. kidney downward . Sore gouty nodes bed by a sort of suction Right-sided Jerking sens. along urethra in males < close of micturition, Spring, Cold, FEMALE: Dysmenorrhoea; with retracted nipples, extreme pain in wet, damp weather, Mercury, Night, back and lower abdomen , extending down thighs & faintness , cold Suppressed gonorrhoea, Yawning, Sleepless wakes sweat, vomiting and diarrhoea & very acute mammar·y sensitiveness, During menses frequently at night often one-sided, esp. I. side; nipples small, withered, retracted > uncovering neck or chest Rheumatic pains < at night, damp weather; bone pains < night Urine flows better while standing Limbs immovable as if paralysed Aver. Cooked food Concomitant: yawning Photo © Court Noxon,· www.pec. on. ca Des. Cold drinks, fruit fresh and Order Lilales; Family: Smilacaceae. Place here in Liliaceae according juicy, refreshing things to Dr. Sankaran's Sensations > cold food . < bread, alcohol, cold Several other species of Smilax are also called Sarsaparilla drinks, dry food, hot/warm food

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Acute Miasm

Del: he is ruined

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Sadness; on waking, during chill, during eli maxis, during labour, before menses, puerperal Indisposed to talk Lamenting; Feels unfortunate Inconsolable over fancied misfortune Difficult respiration; with tightness and constriction of the chest Fain ting· from emotions, least exertion, retching, stool, slight injury

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Religious delusions; Thinks he is the Christ, or appointed by God to convert other people She is the Virgin Mary Is talking with God Religious fanaticism

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Del: she is pregnant Feigns pregnancy

Vertigo from abuse of alcohol or tobacco Craves ice water, or sour drinks Craving for fruit , juicy, cold things ice, salt Aversion to warm foods Copious vomiting and nausea < drinking Great appetite, but must vomit immediately after eating--> bulimia Choking sens. when swallowing food/drink

Reproaches himself Feels as if separated Despair, Suicidal (from delusions) by throwing himself from window

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Chorea, Nerves Chorea every 7 days with laughing, singing, dancing Haemorrhages; black, stringy, tough; hanging from orifice Stools contain dark stringy blood Threatened abortion Metrorrhagia

Asthma Heart Gout Rheumatism Urinary: no salt; urine pale, watery, bloody

Prolapse and malposition of womb, Dysmenorrhoea Breasts swollen, nipples painful and tender Menses suppressed and kidneys congested, Nephritis, Enfeeb led by loss of blood; loses more blood than is made in the inter-menstrual period

Sleeplessness Dreams : of soiling himself, oppressive, of danger, cou ld not cry out, of being crazy, everyone is watching him

Narcoti c sleep Singing in sleep, Sleepiness; daytime, after mea ls Dreams: confused, frightfu l, of daily occurrences

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Headaches of spinal origin Sens. head feels too large; & scalp too tight & feeling as if temples and eyes pressed out Neuralgia; beginning I. intercosta l region --> I. arm; of coccyx Violent both sides neck

Congestive or pernicious intermittent fever, with extreme coldness, thirst, face cold and collapsed; skin cold, clammy, great prostration, cold sweat on forehead and deathly pallor on face. Heart; Pulse irregular, feeble, thready, Angina pectoris. Gastro-intestinal; violent vomiting, purging, cramps in limbs

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Sleeplessness, awakens frequently. Sx urination, for indigestible foods, arne!. in the rain Fear of intimacy EXTREMELY COMPETITIVE Fear of marriage Gastro: Peptic ulcers, Addictions: alcohol, Fear of humiliation with marriage nausea, car-sickness, drugs, tobacco sea-sickness, cramps Hepatitis Achievi ng their goal is the most important thing - - Fastidious, Compulsive Constipation, ulcerative . . Ardently rehg10us colitis, baemmrhoids Headaches < noise, light, Pyelonephritis, k i d n e / ~ Tries to force things - menses, thinking stones, renal colic, Anxiety for others to go his way Sens. brain turns in circle, urmary retention, 0 bruised, immensely large c stitis . . r y Becomes md1fferent to others

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Generals Very chilly with chills during fever Very bad PMS Coryza in a.m., obstructed at night Stomach pains < tight clothes,> warmth Perspires on upper lip Babies with tempers; arch back with colic Desire: spicy, fat, coffee, alcohol/any stimulant Photo © Moadh Bukhash; http://www.jlickr. com/photoslmoadhl

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Modalities < cold, dry wind, dry weather, eating > wannth Ulcers < addictions/abuse Convulsions < anger, < touch Faintness < odours < work, eating Headaches < noise, li ght, menses, thinking

Fear medical books & become loquacious about their health

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SPIGELIA ANTHELMIA

Malaria Miasm

Demerat·a pinkroot, Pink root of Demerara, Wonngrass, \ Vormbush, West Indian pinkroot, Wunnk.-aut Spig. Del: about pins Loganiaceac famil y sens: Shocked, Let down , Ruined, Disappointed, Torn to pieces, Shattered

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GENERALS Left-sided. Skin pale, wrinkled, yellow, earthy < stooping, touch, motion, jarring, periodically, tobacco, coition, raising arms, after eating, blowing nose, expiration, washing, cold, damp , rainy weather, tea, noise, turning eyes > lying on r. side with head high, inspiration, steady pressure, while eating, dry air, about 3 or 4 p.m. , warmth Contact and pressure of clothes unbearable Chill on slightest motion; spreading from chest Anxiety with chill Sleep restless, frequent waking, late falling asleep Dreams: confused; cause him to awaken wearied (1) Vithou/kas, Prof George, Materia Medica Viva, San Francisco 1992

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UPAS TIEUTE

Miasm : Leprosy

StJ·ychnos tieute, Ignatia amara, Strychnos ignatii Made from the bark of the root; used as an an·ow poison (Often misspelled : Upas T~'cnte) Loganiaceac family Up a.

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Native to dense, fores ted, tropical Asia, extending into warm temperate China, Strychnos ignatii (Strychnos Tieute) is a Iiana, or woody climbing vine. It climbs sunounding trees, reaching a max imum height of around 20-30 m. The bark of its root yields a dangerous poison called Upas tieute, tshettik or tjettik or upas radja. Well known in Malay and Indonesia as a poison useful for arrow tips and for poisoning fish. Qupas, or Upas (Malay), Poison [Upas Tieute- Strychnos Tieute ofLeschenault]; Upas is a COITllllOn Malay name for any mortal poison ... Upas tshettik, is a large creeping shrub ... it is from the bark of its root that the poison is got, and which is infi nitely more powerful than the first mentioned [Antiaris toxicaria/Upas antiar, Moraceae family]; so much so, that it destroys animal life in a very short time (see Crawfurd's History of the Indian Archipelago, also Horsfield's account of the upas poison in the Transactions of the Batavian Society, vol. vii). These two poisons have both been examined by Pelletier, who discovered, that the active ingredient of the up as tshettik appeared to be strychnia, united with igasuric acid, and two colouring matters; and that the upas antiar is composed of a peculiar elastic resin , a gu1Tlllly principle, and a bitter ingredient, concentrating in itself all the noxious qualities of the poison (See Ann. de Chim. et de Phys., Mai, 1824.) ....the first, upas tieute (tshettik), which was brought to France from Java, was by Leshenault, and that it was scientifically examined by Magendie and Delille in 1809. Eight drops of a solution of the upas, injected into the jugular vein of a horse, killed him in three minutes, acting, apparently, chiefly on the spinal marrow. Materia indica; or. some account of those articles which are employed by the Hindoos and other eastern nations, in their medicine, arts, and agricullllre; comprising also formula e, with practical observations, names ofdiseases in various eastern languages, and a copious list of oriental books immediately connected with general science, etc. & etc. by Sir Whitelaw Ainslie, A1.D. late of The Medical Staff ofSowhernlndia, Vol. 11, London, Longman, Rees, Onne, Brown, and Green, Paternoster Row, 1826: Pharo ©201 1 Julyndra Anis: hJtp://www.flici.T.Comlphotos/elandraphotosl

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PAPAVERACEAE FAMILY Papaver somnifcrum Fossil remains of poppy-seed cake and poppy-pods have been found in Neolithic Swiss lake-dwellings dating from over 4,000 years ago. It was being cultivated in Mesopotamia by 3400 B.C. In Ancient Egypt priest-physicians used opium medicinally and it was mentioned in the Ebers Papyrus of 1550 B.C. And it could be readily bought in the street-markets of Rome. Such remedies were called "opium thebacium" after the capital city of Thebes. The Arabs both used opium and organised its trade. The Prophet had prohibited the use of alcohol, not hashish or opiates. The Soporific Sponge (Spongia somnifera: sponge soaked in opium) was the first known use of an anaesthetic, first prepared by the Arabs as documented in The Canon of Medicine by Ibn Sina (Avicenna) I 025 A.D. Physicians commonly believed that the poppy plant was of divine origin; opium was variously called the Sacred Anchor of Life, Milk of Paradise, the Hand of God, Destroyer of Grief and today: the Mother of all Drugs. Thomas Sydenham, the 17th-century pioneer of English medicine, wrote, "Among the remedies which it has pleased Almighty God to give to man to relieve his sufferings, none is so universal and so efficacious as opium. " Paracelsus claimed: "I possess a secret remedy which I call laudanum and which is superior to all other heroic remedies" [universal panaceas]. He concocted laudanum [literally: " something to be praised"] by extracting opium into brandy, thus producing, in effect, tincture of morphine. His original alchemists ' brew contained extra ingredients such as crushed pearls, henbane and frog-spawn. Paracelsus called opium itself "the stone of immortality". Thomas Sydenham, however, went on to standardise laudanum in the now classic fonnulation: 2 ounces of opium; I ounce of saffron; a drachm of cinnamon and cloves - all dissolved in a pint of Canary wine. By the nineteenth century, vials of laudanum and raw opium were freely available at any English phannacy or grocery store. In both Britain and North America, opium was mixed with everything imaginable: mercury, hashish, cayenne pepper, ether, chloroform, belladonna and whisky, sherry, wine and brandy. Thousands became addicted and many famous artists and authors were users. Wilkie Collins declared: "Drops, you are darling! If I love nothing else, I love you." A user called 'an English gentleman' quoted in Jim Hogshire's Opium for the Masses (1994), enthused that opium felt akin to a gentle and constant orgasm. Youngsters were introduced to the pleasures of opiates at their mothers' breast. Harassed baby-minders and overworked parents found opium-based preparations were a dependable way to keep their kids happy and docile; this was an era before Ritalin. Sales of Godfrey's Cordial, a soothing syrup of opium tincture effective against colic, were prodigious. But Godfrey's Cordial had its competitors: Street's Infants' Quietness, Atkinson's Infants' Preservative, and Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup. Opium was viewed as a "medicine", not a drug. Contemporary medical theory didn 't allow that one could become addicted to a cure. In 1874, English pharmacist C.R. Alder Wright had boiled morphine and acetic acid to produce diacetylmorphine which was synthesized and marketed commercially by the Gennan pharmaceutical giant, Bayer. In 1898, Bayer launched the best-selling drug-brand of all time, Heroin, named after the German word for 'heroic', 'heroisch '. Heroin mimics the action of natural chemicals, endorphins, produced by the body in response to pain. Endorphins are small-chain peptides that activate our endogenous opioid receptors. Opioid receptors are proteins embedded in the cell membrane; opioid agonists bind to the receptors to initiate their effects. The highest density of opioid receptors is found in the limbic system. Their activation produces feelings of happiness, re laxation, fearlessness and tolerance to pain. Endorphins are also involved in respiration, nausea, vomiting, pain modulation, hormonal regulation and itching. Opioid drugs also act in these limbic brain regions. Yet except at very high doses, the opioids don't block the pain messages themselves. Rather, they change the subjective experience of the pain. This is why people receiving morphine for pain-relief may say that they still feel the pain but that it doesn't bother them any more. http://www.opiates. com, (Opium: A Histmy, Martin Booth, 1996; Opium for the Masses, Jim Hogshire, /994, The Chemislfy ofMind-Altering Drugs, Daniel M Perrine, 1996, Opium and the Romantic Imag ination, Alethea Hayter, 1968, Opium: A Portrait of the Heavenly Demon, Barbara Hodgson, 1999)

"Arrived at my lodgings, it may be supposed that I lost not a moment in taking the quantity prescribed. I was necessarily ignorant of the whole art and mystery of opium-taking: and, what I took, I took under every disadvantage. But 1 took it: and in an hour, oh! Heavens! what a revulsion! what an upheaving, from its lowest depths , of the inner spirit! what an apocalypse of the world within me! That my pains had vanished, was now a trifle in my eyes : this negative effect was swallowed up in the immensity of those positive effects which had opened before me - in the abyss of divine enjoyment thus suddenly revealed. Here was a panacea, a pharmakon nepenthe ['pharmakon' means: medicine or cure; 'nepenthes ' means: ne-, not+ penthos, grief} for all human woes: here was the secret of happiness, about which philosophers had disputed for so many ages, at once discovered: happiness might now be bought for a penny, and carried in the waistcoat pocket: portable ecstasies might be had corked up in a pint bottle, and peace of mind could be sent down in gallons by the mail coach. But, if I talk in this way, the reader will think I am laughing: and I can assure him, that nobody will laugh long who deals much with opium: its pleasures even are of a grave and solemn complexion; and in his happiest state, the opium-eater cannot present himself in the character of II Allegro: even then, he speaks and thinks as becomes Jl Penseroso." (II Allegro (idealisticjo)~ and II Penseroso (pensive melancholy) are poems by John Mi lton.) Confessions of an English Opium-Eater, Thomas De Quincey 1821 The image of the Poppy Goddess is represented as a female figurine with raised hands in a gesture of greeting or blessing. Her face expresses a kind of meditation or ecstasy. Just above her forehead at the centre of her diadem, three poppy heads are carefully modelled. Discovered at Gazi west of Knossos in Crete, it is dated to the 13th century B.C. Dr Alena Trckova-Flamee, Ph.D, http://www.pantheon.org/articles/dldove_goddess.html accessed March 2010 © MCMXC V - MMV! Encyclopedia MythicaTM

'Common sense tells us that the things of the earth exist only a little, and that true reality is only in dreams.' Charles Baudelaire ' ... an old and terrible friend, and, alas! like them all, full of caresses and deceptions. ' Baudelaire, comparing opium to women 'Junk is the ultimate merchandise. The junk merchant does not sell his product to the consumer; he sells the consumer to the product. He does not improve and simplify his merchandise; he degrades and simplifies the client. ' William S. Burroughs

'I'll die young, but it's like kissing God' Lenny Bruce

N.B. William S. Burroughs died in 1997 whilst on a methadone programme. De Quincey also wrote of " the pains of opium". Baudelaire began to smoke opium around 1864; he had a stroke in 1866 and died 1867. Lenny Bruce died of a drug overdose at the age of 40. 'Field of Dreams ' Photo © Scm·body; www.jlickr.com/photoslscarbody/

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Malarial Miasm

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Papaveraceae usually have milky or coloured sap, as in Sanguinaria canadensis, appropriately named bloodroot, which oozes a toxic orange-red sap. Escharotic, the sap was used as a wart tincture, hence the common name for the plant "Tetterwort"

Papaveraceae sens: Intense pain, Pain of any sort, but with great intensity, Torture, Intense suffering Punished, Wat·, Murdered, Executed, Violence

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Feeling as if surrounded by rapid, confused chatter Sens. as if hot water were poured from chest into abdomen

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SUCCINUM

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Asthma Whooping cough Pain in chest Bronchitis

Tubercular Miasm (Amber has been buried underground for millions of years)

Succinicum acidum (Amber) Succ.

Papavcraccae famil y sens: Intense pain Torture, Inten se suffering, Punished, War, Murdered, Executed, Violence

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Tension Vertigo; at night esp. on turning head, wh il e lying down , on getti ng up in a.m.

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Craving for spicy and pungent Aversion to butter, which leaves a disagreeable aftertaste

Craving for sour and pungent

Warm blooded

Great chilliness Cold perspirati on; fore head, hands, feet

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< even ing, twilight Sensitive to music < cold, damp weather, draft of air, catching cold Pale face Red spots on excitement & irritation Irritating dryness of skin Hair and facial skin greasy Craving for stimu lants; alcohol, smoking, < alcohol, Des. or aver. to cigarettes

Vasomotor Nerves Pain right deltoid/shoulder Bursitis r. shoulder, Arm hangs by si de Polyps; nose, ears, larynx, rectum, uterus Mucus membranes; esp. respiratory tract; severe dyspnoea & constriction of chest; inclination to take deep inspirations Sudden stopping of catarrh of respiratory tract followed by diarrhoea Asthma & stomach disorders

Asthma Whooping cough Pain in chest Bronchitis Affections of the Spleen Lacrymation Sneezing Hay fever Dropping of watery mucus from nostril s Excoriating discharges

Dreams: of dissecting bod ies, of disasters, of sailing at sea with sens. of being rocked, of busi ness matters, frightful, of fa lling

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Diarrhoea; during inflammatory rheumatism, when exercising, in first days after confinement & colic Tenesmus, prostration, restlessness and fear of death Stools watery, offensive Stools thin , pasty, sour-smell ing stools; curdled, pea-green faeces misted with green slime Chronic diarrhoea; sour, frothy , & moist tongue, thirst, loss of appetite Diarrhoea after delivery, in infants who have not cut any teeth, during exertion, after magnesia, after nursing, < standing Jaundice from eating unripe fruit & white diarrhoea Urging on motion Stools < hot weather Yellow stools, tuming green on standing Drawing np of limbs ot· stiffening of body during stool; in teething infants Shivering during stool Much saliva during colic or diarrhoea Thirst with chronic diarrhoea Muscle sx: of bile ducts, duodenum, intestines Liver sx d.d. Chamomilla; Belladonna Magnesium carbonicum; Cina In any feverish illness where there is an extremely intense menta l state: if it's not Cham. and it's not Bell , it's probably Rheum (I) (/) Derek Briggs, Auckland College of Classical Homoeopathy Photo ©Karin; http:l/wwwjlickr.com/p/wtos/20940 162@N07I

RUMEX CRJSPUS Yellow dock, Curly dock, Sour dock Polygonaceae family Rumx. Sens. Dry, raw, burning - - - . Irritability; at noon; in children Gestures, covers mouth with hand ............

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Fear of misfortune

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Indifference to external things, to surroundings Apathy Alcoholism

Not > hawking or swallowing; it descends on swallowing but returns immediately Stomach feels empty < talking Throat Throat feels hollow Excoriated scraping feeling in throat & secretion of mucous in upper part of throat; < evening Soreness in throat < empty swallowing, but not < swallowing food Pain: larynx on bending head backward, while talking, on touch Mucous membranes: Hawks much tenacious mucous & burning soreness Secretions decreased => Stickiness & burning Sens. oflump sometimes behind sternum

j Soreness behind sternum, esp. I. side, in region of shoulder blade; pain, rawness or burning Sternum feels sprained Raw, under clavicle, as if air penetrated there,< hawking Pain under sternum; under I. nipple Pains seem to be in centre of lung & rawness, burning, < inspiration oflying on back or r. side, >lying on I. side Aching over anterior portion of both lungs Burning, shooting in r. chest Advanced phthisis PA left side of chest I cardiac region Sharp pains Dull pain; & heaviness in I. upper arm & elbow Burning, stinging pain near the heart, < lying on the back or on the right side, > lying on left side Sens. as if heart suddenly ceased beating; followed by a heavy throbbing through the chest Pain, rawness or burning under left clavicle

Des. to escape Jumps out of bed

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Obesity Indolence A version to work Nose sensitive to cold air, to inhaled A version to mental work air=> tickling in pit of throat Aversion to thinking Epistaxis when sneezing; from slight Stagnation of thoughts in evening change of temperature Constant desire to pick nose Sneezing at night Sudden, sharp tingling, followed Cough by sneezing

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Exalted sensibility of the mucous membranes of the larynx and trachea Caused by incessant ticking in pit of throat < Every b1·cath of cold air Tickling runs down to the bifurcation of the bronchial tubes Touching pit of throat brings on cough < least cold air; all cough ceases by covering up all the body and head with bedclothes Tickling as from a feather or dust Dry, teasing cough preventing sleep < talking Continuous cough > closing or covering mouth or head; covers head with bedclothes Dry, frequent, spasmodic, Long paroxysms Much affected by changing 1·hythm of - breathing, talking, cold air, irregular motion of larynx and trachea, lying on left side, fmm changing rooms, going from warm to cold Coldness of hands during cough Originating in a sense of great accumulation of tough mucous in chest Lymphatics enlarged & secretions perverted Hoarse barking; coming in attacks; every night at I I p.m., at 2 & 5 a.m.

! Abortion from cough Generals Cold people who shiver and sit by a heater, wear lots of clothing, cover head to keep it warm, constantly taking cold Pains numerous and varied, neither fixed nor constant anywhere A version: to fruit < fruit , apples, bananas, coffee, cold food, frozen food , tea Meat causes eructations, pruritus

Intense itching of skin from cold ail·; esp. lower limbs < undressing > warmth of bed, heat of stove Itching after eating meat < undressing > becoming warm Change of voice, hoarse from cold, wet weather, lost from exposure to cold

Refuses to speak or even listen to conversation, lest his attention be withdrawn from the supervision of his respiration, which he performs with most careful uniformity and deliberation

~ Asthmatic, from slight change of temperature

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All docks being boiled with meat, make it boil the sooner. .. yet such is the nicety of our times, forsooth, that women will not put it into a pot, because it makes the pottage black; pride and ignorance (a couple of monsters in the creation) preferring nicety before health. All docks are under Jupiter. Culpeper's Complete Herbal, Nicholas Culpeper, I 653

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PRIMULACEAE FAMILY Prim.-ose family: name stems from the Latin 'primus ', 'first' in refet·cnce to its early tlowe.-ing

Devotion and Service to Others Self- sacrificing people -

Autoimmune diseases (Massimo Mangialavori)

Also known as the Primrose family, with about 22 genera, including some favourite garden plants and wildflowers and about 1000 members found in the temperate areas of the world, mainly in the northern hemisphere most often grown for ornament. They are all perennial or annual herbs, not trees or shrubs(!). For hundreds of years these plants have been grown for medicinal qualities: it was believed that stem juice rubbed onto the face removed spots and freckles and they have been used to treat: spasms, cramps, paralysis and rheumatic pains. Some of the plants contain salicylates which are the main ingredient of aspirin, and an infusion of the roots is a good remedy against nervous headaches. Romans used primrose to treat malaria. In Hampshire, woodsmen boiled Primroses in lard to make an ointment to treat injuries. Rubbing a toothache with a primrose leaf for two minutes would give relief from the pain, the plants are also used as a cme for jaundice as well as a tincture for restlessness and insomnia. Contrary to popular belief, (which tells that the name 'Lysimachia' may come from the Greek: lusi , from luein, 'to loosen', and mache, 'strife' 'alleviating strife') Lysimachia is actually named after the herbalist who identified its healing properties - Lusimakbos {2) . It was said that both cattle and horses could be calmed by the plant, and the young leaves were bound around a wound to staunch the bleeding. Lysimachia nlllmnularia (Creeping Jenny, Moneywort) is so effective at healing wounds that it was said that injured snakes seek it out to curl up on its leaves and thereby heal themselves. It is likely that Moneywort's serpentine way of creeping along the ground accounts for this folk belief (3) . Lysimachia vulgaris (Yellow loosestrife) dyes the hair yellow and kills flies and gnats in the house (Dioscorides). According to Wren ( 1975), preparations of the plant have been used in folk medicine for their haemostatic activity. Primula veris (Cowslip) is used for bronchitis as an expectorant, and for palsy. It was also said to cure wrinkles, insomnia, migraines and convulsions. (Although it is called 'primrose' Evening primrose is from the Onagraceae family) The Primrose is the 'prima rosa' , first flower of the year. It is no rose, to be sure, any more than is the evening primrose a primrose, but is possibly named through a twisting of the Italian 'jiore de prima vera' (first flower of spring) {4). Or perhaps from the Old English 'primerole' , all stemming from the Latin 'prime ' - ' first ' . Although usually attributed to the pomegranate, which has 5 petals (a pentacle) (5) the five petals of the Primrose are also seen to represent the symbolism of the Pentacle: birth, initiation, consununation, repose and death. It is a well-known symbol of spring and especially of Easter. It is thought to have been one of the flowers used during the Eleusinian Mysteries, a ceremony held in Ancient Greece celebrating Demeter, goddess of agriculture and fertility and the return of her daughter Persephone from the underworld. Greek mythology has it that Primroses sprang from the body ofParalisos (the Pri1mose's ancient name) son of Flora and Priapus, who died of a broken heart over the loss of his sweetheart and was changed by the Gods into this yellow flower of spring. Primrose Day is the 19th April, a day set aside to commemorate the anniversary of the death of Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli. The custom began after Queen Victoria had a wreath of primroses laid on Disraeli's coffin with the simple words "His favourite flowers: from Osborne: a tribute of affectionate regard from Queen Victoria" (6). It was also alleged that if children ate the flowers they would see the fairy folk- it's interesting to note that Primula veris is said to be a mild narcotic. It was lucky to bring 13 Primroses indoors but unlucky to bring in only I . Victorians used to plant Pri1moses on the graves of children. They were also associated with hens, ducks and the laying of eggs. If eaten they were said to give the ability to see fairies , indeed Primroses bloomed in Tir na n6g and people returning from there in the old Irish legends always brought primroses as proof that they had been there. If you touched a fairy rock with the right number ofPri1moses in a posy you will be shown the way to fairyland and fairy gifts. The wrong number would lead to certain doom. A German legend tells of a little girl who found a doorway covered in flowers and touched it with a Primrose- it opened up into an enchanted castle. Gennans also believed that Primroses could reveal the way to hidden treasure and called the plant 'Key Flower' ('Schliisselblume'). Posies would be left on doorsteps so that fairies would bless the house and the people in it. As well, scatter Primroses outside doors to keep fairies away as they won't cross this barrier. Carry a Pri1mose flower and peer over the petals in order to see fairies. Leave a Primrose on the doorstep on May Day eve to prevent witches entering {3) . Hanging a spray of primroses on your door is said to be an invitation to the fae to enter your home, and to draw fairy blessings. In by-gone days the Irish would hang balls of primrose on their cows' tails to ward off witches, and bunches would be left in the cowshed to guard against fairies stealing the milk. At the onset of butter-making season, May eve, primroses were rubbed on the cows' udders to ensure good production. The Irish and Welsh considered the pri1mose a fai1y flower which gave the fairies their power of invisibility so if you would like to attract fairies to your garden plant primroses. But take good care of them for the fairies are offended if you neglect them and you will attract the enmity of fairy (7) . Ariel, the mysterious sprite in Shakespeare's The Tempest, claimed to sleep within the bell shaped flower of the cowslip. Nicholas Culpepper says that they are under the dominion of Venus . (1) BoDO (Botanical Dermatology Database) http://bodd. cfa c.uk/BotDermFolder!PRJM.html; accessed FebruGJy 2010; (2) A Garden of Words by Martha Barnette, Times Books 1992; (3) http://www. englishplants.co.uklprimrose.html; (4) A.fyths and Legends of Flowers. Trees, Fruits, And Plants, Charles M Skinner Philadelphia & London, J. B. Lippincotl Company, 1896; (5) Alchemy Key, Stuart Nettleton ; (6) Elizabeth Stanforth-Shm]J, www.stanforth-sharpe.co.uk; (7) http :l/ww~t~.plantlife. org. ukluklplantlife -dis covering-plants -gro w- wild-primrose.html

And 1 serve the fairy queen, To dew her orbs upon the green. The cowslips tall her pensioners be: ln their gold coats spots you see; Those be rubies, fairy favours, In those freckles live their savours: I must go seek some dewdrops here And hang a pearl in every cowslip's ear. A jai1y in A Midsummer N ig ht's Dream William Shakespeare

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ANAGALLIS ARVENSIS

Syphilitic miasm

Scarlet pimpernel, Red pimpernel, Red chickweed, Adders eyes, Bird' s eye, Tom Pimpernowl, John-go-to-bed-at-noon, Wink-a-peep, Poonnan's baromcte1·, Shepherd's weather glass, Shepherd's clock (the flowers close when atmospheric pressure decreases and bad weather is app•·oaching) Primulaccae (also placed in Myrsinaceac family) Anag.

" A gallant Solar herb" Culpepper

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Night: dull pain in occiput, neuralgia in cheek, tickling at palate, erections Morning: burning in urethra when urinating, pain in feet Towards evening: spells of chilliness Evening: glittering before left eye, trembling, anxious feeling in chest, toothache Heat rising to head, slight sweat on forehead, followed by pressing stitching in eyeballs and a tickling pricking in urethra, inclining him to coition Pressive aching in forehead and occiput from a current of air blowing on him Chilly sens. on right frontal protuberance Violent pain as if occasioned by external pressure on occiput behind left ear, tickling and itching in left ear Obstruction and pain in right ear following pressure in eyes Teeth pain as from cold, < from touch, chilly sensation in teeth Sensation on tongue as if something cold was placed upon it; also near frenum (the little flap of skin under the tongue) Tickling at soft palate; at night; as from touch of something cold Itching in rectum, pressure in sacrum, piles Chilly trembling, trembling all over

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' Anagallis' may come from the Greek ana, ' again', and agallein, 'to glorify, to adorn' due to its use among the ancient Greeks for depression

Scns. of d•·y ncss in throat, with scraping

Hypochondriasis

Great hilarity

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Tickling and itching in I. car Itching of palms of hands >rubbing

early, feeling unrefreshed \ Agitation disturbs rest at night Sleep troubled by tearing or stitching pains Lascivious dreams

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Fever; trembling with chills Frenzy in continued fever; A kind of restlessness in chest Crawling and trembling febrile delirium Soreness on chest with fever Spells of chilliness towards evening and in bed Pressure on right lung after a meal Chilliness penetrating teeth Sensations: Too tight, Obstruction, Itching, or when walking fast Fever with headache and sore chest Tickling, as if something cold Stitches in left side in region of Heat rises into head, with sweat on forehead , Restlessness, as if brush was brought in fourth and fifth ribs followed by sens. in eyeballs and tickling contact with epiglottis Pulsations in right side of chest in urethra. Bloody sweat; murrain of calves Pins: as if struck with a cushion full of pins Pains in lungs felt in front and in chest, as if a pin was thrust into palm in back up to scapula of right hand Intense headache and nausea, with pains Suddenly a sens. internally Lameness, Swollen throughout body, Headache relieved by ' in chest, as if struck with a Pain as from cold, Violent pain coffee, Stitches on several places on scalp, cushion full of pins Stitches, Lancinations, Pricking, Neuralgic, chiefly over left ear and on occiput Consumption Tearing, Drawing, Pressing, Scratching, Skin of forehead feels too tight; when closing Bluish red spot on condensed lungs Scraping, Soreness, Cold or chilly eyes or wrinkling brows, < on left side Aching, Dull pain, Tension, Weakness, Vehement itching on vertex and occiput Pulsations, Cramp, Burning, Heat, Dryness Scratching and scraping in throat, especially after meals Physicals Hoarseness proceeding from trachea Eyes: Amblyopia, Cataract, Glittering; evening by candlelight. Ears: Pain in right ear Cough dry; scratching sensation when as if meatus auditorius externus was obstructed. Nose: copious secretion of yellow reading aloud; yellow phlegm from nose; phlegm, Violent sneezing. Pains in facial muscles, Bran-like, ring-shaped tetters on with spitting of saliva face, Itching on cheek bones. Dull pain in gums, accompanied by very hard stools Once a Universal Panaceae; also said to ward Eructations, nausea, inclination to vomit and rumbling in bowels, with headache off"evil designs of malevolent beings" Inflammation of stomach. Hepatitis and indurated liver Visceral obstructions, Inflammation of rectum, Diarrhoea watery, Stool hard like stone, knotty, Itching at anus after evacuation of bowels, Haemorrhoids Inflammation of kidneys, Burning in urethra when urinating, mostly in morning, Orifice seems agglutinated; presses to urinate; urine escapes in a divided stream, Tickling, prickling along urethra, inclining to coitus, Urine dark, sometimes strawcoloured. Male: Desire for coition, Tearing pains in testicle and cord, Gonorrhoea, Syphilis, An old medicine for hydrophobia and dropsy. Female: Cancer of mammae Given to cows if they fail to become pregnant Violent trembling of heart, with trembling & weakness, preceded by aching in a carious tooth and anxiety in chest in evening in bed, Palpitation Skin itches all ovc•·; of palms; > rubbing. Skin of hands and fingci'S very dry, sticky and dirty looking, Tetter on hands dry, bran-like, squamous; or groups of small vesicles, or in rings; smarting and itching, oozing a yellow brown lymph when scratched, Dry, bran-like, squamous letters on hands and fingers , on fore and middle PhoiO ©201 0 Bron Praslicka www.jlicl..-r.com/plwto:;/bronpras licka/ fingers of right hand, Rough , dry, Favours expulsion of splinters, destroys warts 93

CYCLAMEN Leprosy Miasm Cyclamen europaeum, Cyclamen pm·purascens, Sowbread Primulaceaea (also placed in the Myrsinaceac) Conscientious about trifles Cycl.

/ Wishes for a pe.-l'ect unstained earthly life

Slavishly & conscientiously dedicated to his family, his work or an individual in his life (2)

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Sens. unable to move because of paralytic, pressu~·e and sens. lame ~ren attached to the father

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Fault-finding . - Always a defect somewhere that mins everything Hearing impaired as if cotton in ear

Cynicism

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Taste for black humour

Fear: misfortune during chilliness . - - - - Sees eve•·ything out of proportion Exaggerates the picture, makes everything darker

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Sad weeping in children who blame themselves for the divorce of their parents

Mocks sad incidents in the most cynical manner (1)

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SELF REPROACH - - - Self-importance, thinks everything

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Absorbed in deep thought Seeks solitude Thinks about his future

Del: condemned to a restricted space (Sankaran)

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Thinks she is alone in the world And persecuted by everyone (Kent) Forsaken feeling Sens. Paralysis, Pressure, Lame

in the world depends on them Preoccupied with themselves (2)

Sens. as if the room was too small, but reluctant to go into open air Av. to going out; Av. to open air (Puis. : amel. open air) < becoming heated Sens. cold and cold air Coryza & Sneezing < open air

Hidden grief Depression, weeping & des. to be alone Silent weeping "' Hiccoughing Sadness > menses ".., Nasal catarrh & loss of taste and smell Weeping > symptoms Sneezing & itching in ears Suppressed menses > alone Ailments from suppressed weeping Mental sx during menses Allergy to cats > copious flow I

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Headache; mental incompetence to describe own symptoms (from pain) Prolonged migraine Sens. brain is moving or wobbling about Head feels bound; Sens. a cloth about brain, which would deprive him of his senses One-sided, Left-sided

Alternating moods

Sleepy Serene humour Peevishness, Seriousness Joyful , exuberant feeling Irritability Great flow ideas Weak memory - Activity Dullness Pupils of eyes dilate and then contract; associated with rhythm of breathing

Menses: profuse, black, membranous, clotted, too early Labour-like pains from back to pubes Flow less when moving about < evening when sitting Menstrual irregularities & migraine & blindness, or fiery spots Loathing & nausea in mouth and throat during pregnancy Mammae swollen, tension and stitches therein Mammae hard & painful discharge of milky fluid Swelling of breasts after menses Milk in breasts after menses, in non-pregnant women Menstrual disorders in puberty & acne Sens. of air streaming from nipples

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Motion >, Walking > Generals Diarrhoea < coffee, pork Hiccough while reading aloud Nausea after sweets Salty taste in mouth; salty saliva Pain > motion. Chilly < cold, evening, fresh air, sitting, fat food , port, butter, at night in bed, being overheated, exertion, standing, before menses > motion, during menses, weeping, open air (coryza), walking about (pain in heels), indoors, warm room, rubbing parts, cold water (headache)

Vertigo; as if descending a hill; > motion Vertigo & dim vision Visual disturbances: diplopia, convergent strabismus, dim vision, flickering, glittering, black spots, sparks, stars, glittering needles Objects turn in a circle, or about her, or make a see-saw motion Before and esp. during semilateral headache, may be connected with menstrual or gastric disorders

(I) Didier Grandgeorge, The spirit of homeopathic medicines: essential insights to 300 remedies. ©Edicomm. North Atlantic Books 1998 (2) Robin Logan, Cyclamen ; Journal of the American Jnstilllte of Homeopathy, Vol. 84, Dec. 1991

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Confusion as to his identity Sens. of duality Confusion > excitement; > washing face

D.D. Puis . - physicals Nat. m, Aur, Brom - mentals

RANUNCULACEAEFAMILY Butte1·cup family: Rana =frog, Unculus = little; ' Little frog ' likely refers to the plant's affinity for bogs and other moist places Commonly ca lled the 'Buttercup' , or ' Crowfoot' fami ly The Ranunculaceae fami ly contains approx. 56 genera and 2,000 species, which are distributed through temperate and cold regions but occur more especially beyond the tropics in the northern hemisphere. The plants are mostly herbs, rarely shrubs, and are sometimes climbers. Most members of the Ranunculus fami ly contain irritating compounds which make them unfit for internal use and can cause skin irritation. There are few flowers more reminiscent of childhood than buttercups. Along with the daisy they are amongst our first outdoor ' toys'; buttercups have the magical ab ility to tell us whether we like butter or not. So it seems very fitting that the buttercup is the symbol of childlike cheerfulness. It ' s also a symbol of neatness and humility. The Meadow crowfoot symbolizes unfaithfulness , an unfaithful lover or friend , as well as wealth - its rich gold colour may explain that. An old tale says that Ranunculus was a young boy who lived many, many years ago, and he always dressed from head to toe in gold and green silk. He spent his days, from dawn to dusk, running round the trees of the forest singing in a beautiful, clear, highpitched voice. This was lovely to hear for a short time, however he never stopped running and singing. The wood nymphs, realizing this was disturbing the peace of the forest and all the creatures in it, turned him into a buttercup and sent him out into the open meadow to live; thereby restoring peace and hannony to the forest. The Apothecal)'· mvw.s implesite.comltheapothecmy l In the Pacific Northwest the pop-sil-ow (buttercup) is also called 'Coyote's eyes ' . Natitayt legend has it that, having insisted that Rabbit teach him how to send his eyes up into a tree, and although having been told not to continually repeat doing so, coyote was tossing his eyes up in the air and catching them again when an eagle snatched them. Unable to see, coyote picked two bright buttercups and put them in to his replace his lost eyes - that ' s why coyote has yellow eyes. hllp:llwww.ramastslikt.org/ Ranunculus acris or Crowfoot: This cheery yellow flower from Illyria has its counterpart in the buttercup, or, if you like the old English names better, the king's cup, gold cup, gold knobs, leopard's foot, and cuckoo bud. These ranunculi are acrid, and cattle avoid them, as a rule; but the crowfoot is alleged by Pliny to have this merit: that it stirs the eater into such a gale of laughter that he scarce contains himself; in fact, unless he drinks pineapple kernels and pepper in date wine, he may guffaw his way into the next world in a most unseemly manner. With one species of the plant the ancients smeared their arrows, to poison them, yet the root of another kind, the double crowfoot, or St. Anthony, would cure the plague if rubbed on the spot most affected, and was good for lunacy if applied to the neck in the wane ofthe moon, when it was in the sign of the bull or the scorpion. Buttercup flowers seem more golden than they actually are because the orange colour of the pollen reflects on the shiny inside of the petals. In folklore it was thought that the rich yellow of the buttercup provided better butter from cows grazing in buttercup-rich meadows. This is unlikely since cows avoid the acrid plants. The flowers tend to track the daily movement of the sun in the sky. It is the emblem of Ares (Mars). My ths and Legends of Flowers, Trees, Fruits, and Plants: in all ages and in all climes, 3rd Edition, by Charles M. Skinner, 191 J

Applied for only a little time, they take away scabby nails and parasitic skin diseases, and they remove marks, as well as taking away abscesses, hanging warts and alopecia [baldness]. The dried root pounded into small pieces and applied to the nose causes sneezing. Applied to the teeth it eases toothache but breaks the teeth. De Materia Medica ofDioscorides (1655) translated by John Goodyer and edited by Robert T. Gunther 1934

Clematis vitalba: ... once called love, for its clinging habit, also traveller's joy, because it afforded shade for inn porches and at roadsides where the wayfarer might refresh himself. Wild vine, smoking cane, tombacca, devil's cut, devil's twine, Bohemian plant, ladies bower, virgin ' s bower, old man's beard, and beggar' s plant are other and puzzling names. Tombacca and smoking cane indicate the use of its stems as filling for pipes and substitutes for cigars, as boys occasionally smoke rattan. The gray, insubstantial down .. . justifies the comparison with an old man's beard, and the apparently insulting name of beggar's plant came from the practice of professional mendicants abroad, who rub its leaves on cuts made for the purpose till they have created ulcers of hideous aspect. ... an invented affliction of this nature appeals to the charitable as strongly as do pretended lameness and assumed blindness. On the one hand, traveller's joy was associated with the devil and witches, because it was thought to choke other plants to death. On the other hand, it was associated with the Virgin Mary, and God, because of its white and mystical feathery fruits. My ths and Legends of Flowers, Trees, Fruits, and Plants: in all ages and in all climes, Charles A1. Skinner; www.naturegrid.org. uklbiodiversity/plants/fpbuttcup.html

Ranunculus recurvatus: Blisterwort, Hooked crowfoot, Hooked buttercup. Was used by the Ojibway to produce a red dye by boiling in water, then immersing fabric in the tepid water. Ranunculus bulbosus: Acrid crowfoot, Bulbous buttercup, Cuckoo buds, Crowfoot, Frogwort, King's cup, Meadowbloom, Pilewort, St. Anthony's turnip. Contains: Protoamemonin, derived from the chemical ' ranunculin ' , which causes gastrointestina l symptoms which can range in severity depending on the amount consumed, the plant is really acrid and unpalatable so poisoning is rare . It also contains: anemon in which can be used in treating aseptic inflammations

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Once I had a lover bright like running water, Once his face was laughing like the sky; Open like the sky looking down in all its laughter On the buttercups, and the buttercups was I.

Ballad of Another Ophelia D.H. Lawrence (1885-1930)

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ACONITE NAPELLUS

Acute Miasm

Aconitum napellus, Aconitum linnacanum, Monkshood, Wolf's bane, Granny's nightcap, Iron hat, Captain over the guard, Blue rocket, Staggenvecd, Cuckoo's cap, St Dunstan's herb, Friar's cap, Poison aconite, Venus' chariot Aeon.

Ailments since a certain moment or situation in the past, esp. fright or sudden confrontation with death Fear (can have been held in body or mind for a lifetime) Fear of earthquakes, thunderston11S

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Ranunculaceae fami ly sens: Raw nerves as if there is no insulation mentally, emotionally or physically Excessive ir..-itability of the nervous system Shock-like pains, Insu lted

ACUTELY AND SUDDENLY VEXED

Ideas haunt him, can't get rid of them

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Foreboding, Prophesying Clairvoyance

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ACTAEA SPICATA

Ringworm Miasm

Baneberry, He•·b Christopher, Bugbane, Toadroot Act-sp.

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Helplessness

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Alone, forsaken Desire company

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Irritability Anger

Capriciousness

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Undertakes nothing

Like a child 's feeling of dependency & need for comfort and support They need others for protection Growing into adulthood; leaving daily parental care

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Fear of death

Des. to be watched Fear of solitude; in bed at night

Mental enjoymynt ~ while exercising Menses suppressed from fear

Anxiety ~ Singing alt. with weeping Anxiety; Angmsh /self-d;ception Trilling During rest Bargaining

Deception causes grief - - Deceitful + - - Fla! erer \\Extroverted and mortification Dishonest Servile Suspicious Obsequious

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Irritab ility - - - - - ........_ Abrupt, Rude On waking in morning, In children, in open air, during chill , during heat, before menses, with sadness, Extremely touchy, Will not answer questions unless pressed hard

Sour Manipulative to get attention

YIELDING; can' t refu se anything

Fear of being alone

Del: he had committed a crime

Demanding; can place severe demands on the time, solicitude and emotional reserves of friends , relatives, and acquaintances

Del: she is alway:::ne, Forsaken , Deserted

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Anxiety; as if in hot air, About her heart in the evening; even to suicide Jealousy betw een Want of self-confidence Fears : Fear of i nsanity children If mother is not present Capricious ___. Fear of Fear of high places, crossing a bridge, the dark , Irresolution death, disaster, of impending disease, the name < birth of a sibling may suck thumb , or hug undertaking teddy bear, or cling to a Indecision of the disease, apoplexy, having a stroke, comfort-blanket Grandgeorge suffocation, with desire to escape, constant fe ar, Sick child has rosy cheeks of everything, dogs, ghosts, insects, If C hangeable, shifting symptoms: of narrow places --> claustro phobia --> > open air Oversensitive to pain symptoms change in an erratic of people, the opinions of others, being neglected Respiration: Pains cause fashion; patient may be mild and With palpitation dyspnoea, As if air passages were pleasant one minute, peevish and Fear to lose his lucrative position, of poverty, work, internally constr icted by an tearful the next, cheerful and undertaking anything, being humiliated , excessive amount of tenacious apparently quite well, only to begin homosexuality and finn mucous that could not weeping copiously because she be loosened, Broncho-pneumonia feels so miserable M uco us membranes Pneumonia during hepatic < changes; puberty, climax is, Dischuges thick, bland, yellowish-green troubles or during measles moody teens. Stools vary with each Bland, thick, bitter, greenish, sweet, slimy, salty, yellow, Heart: Palpitation, obscuration motion, Chills run up the back, are lumpy mucous < mornings, Pieces of dark, coagulated blood of sight & trembling of limbs; confined to one side, or constantly Eyes: Lacrymation, Yellow discharges (measles), Tearful , change location. Inflammation, from chagrin , fri ght, joy, talking Photophobia, Sens. pressure from sand in eyes pa in and swelling suddenly cease in at night, Heaviness, pressure or Biting, burning, itching in lids and canthi < evening; Lids sens. of fulln ess about heart one joint, only to appear in another inflamed. Co ugh: loose & vomiting of mucous, Dry in after midnight, pains

ST APHYSAGRIA

Cancer miasm Knight of the Round Table: Pride, Honour, Dignified and Noble

Delphinium staphisagria, Stavesacre, Knight's spur Staph.

Ranunculaceae family: Raw nerves as ifthere is no insulation mentally, emotionally or physically Excessive irritability of the nervous system Shock-like pains; Insulted

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Austere childhood environment Too strict teacher Too much emphasis on ' glorious' martyrdom

Anxiety about salvation Del: doomed

' ... his survival depends upon maintaining a very high reputation and self-control , of being a very superior, calm and dignified person who wins the respect of all by his noble actions; a person who is much above the ordinary.' Sankaran Must maintain this dignity & honour despite being beaten down, humiliated & insulted or abused

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Violent outbmsts of passion Serial killers Dwells on sexual matters A/F sexual excesses, Libertinism, Lascivious Throws things, Always angry, Des. to strike

Fear of financial loss Fear of being killed

Black teeth; decayed teeth; cough from cleaning teeth Pains go to teeth (nerves); pain in teeth during / menses; < cold air, cold drinks Pains: squeezing; stinging; smarting; burning (even of palms and soles) Genito-urinary sx: < after urination; < not urinating Sens. as if a drop were rolling continuously along urethra Cystitis; has to sit at urinal for hours Amenorrhoea from chagrin with severe indignation Haemorrhage after climaxis Male: prostatic troubles; enlarged prostate and haemorrhoids & constipation; Burning in urethra when not urinating Sankaran, The Soul of Remedies, pg 186 Photo used with kind permission of' A1ark Rutter; http://www.pbase.comlmruller

Shame, Guilt, A/F embarrassment

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Glands: swollen, hard; induration & hypertrophy of tonsils, Chronic tonsillitis; tonsils not large, but hard from previous attacks. Stitches flying to ear on swallowing, esp. left side, Constriction and pressure in throat-pit after anger < swallowing. Orchitis from mumps Painful swelling of inguinal glands; inguinal hernia Joints/Limbs: PA: worse in a.m. before rising Rheumatic drawing, pressure & tension in neck & stiffness ; in lumbar region as if over-lifting or sprained,< at rest, at night, in a.m., rising from seat, turning in bed. Back feels broken > walking Paralytic drawing in joints < motion, or when parts in false position Crural neuralgia (fibre tracts descending from cerebral cortex) Exostosis (formation of new bone on the surface of a bone) Suppuration of periosteum of bone Generals: Des. stimulants, wine, brandy, Av. to milk, cheese Craving milk, sweets, soup. Chill at 10 a.m. , debility & musty sweat at 4 a.m., Very sens. to smell of tobacco smoke > wannth, breakfast 105

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Every 6 weeks anorexia & hypochondria & pressure and tension, & tympanites of epigastrium; constipation & disgust & impatience of exertion; attacks preceded by nausea & tendency to diarrhoea

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NAUSEA; persistent, continuous with no relief from vomiting (e.g. in morning sickness) Clean tongue (but it can become red and raw) Vomiting of much slimy, white mucus Can't hold anything down; Nausea comes on quickly and is spasmodic Vomiting worse for bending forward; cutting, clawing, cramping pain around naval Projectile vomiting Stomach ailments accomp. by weak pulse, excessive saliva With headache (d.d. Iris, Meli, Puis, Sang) Abdominal cutting pain, Clutching; worse at navel Itching of the skin with nausea (scratches until he vomits) Vomiting => sens. as if all the bones in body were being torn to pieces Amoebic dysentery, stool is slimy, dark and grassy green or like frothy molasses with lumps of mucus; with cramping pains Shortness of breath accompanies most complaints Dry spasmodic cough ending in vomiting, accomp. by nosebleeds, blue face Desire to cough and vomit at the same time Cough incessant & violent with every breath Hoarseness; after a cold; may lose voice Asthma with spasmodic coughing, great difficulty breathing (Asthmatic Bronchitis), Sudden onset, Chest feels constricted; Wheezing, suffocating cough, Gasping, Must sit up to breathe Rattle in chest; unable to bring up any mucus Respiratory complaints with nausea, croup, asthma, bronchitis, with coughing until retching Respiratory problems with vomiting especially in children Haemorrhage, bright red, gushing, slow to clot, gushes in a pulsing manner, accompanied by nausea, Uterine haemorrhage with nausea & diarrhoea Epistaxis; bright red blood Tetanus and Lockjaw Episthotonos (body flexed backwards) Emprosthotonos (body flexed forward) as in Meningitis Releases suppressed eruptions e.g. chickenpox, where spots don't erupt d.d. Chamomilla - but Chamomilla is rude, Ipecac is not.

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SCROPHULARIACEAE FAMILY Snapdragon fa mily, Figwort fam ily T he flowe rs fa ll off ve ry easily There are about 4,000 species 222 genera; 18 with aquatic species, of Scrophulariaceae distributed worldwide. Most members of this family have bitter juice; and several have medicinal, narcotic or poisonous properties . The common names of plants are often chosen due to their resemblance to some other thing or creat11re and this is playfully apparent in this plant family with charming, colourful and fanciful names such as Snapdragon, Parrot's beak, Beardtongue, Emu Bush , Turtlehead, Monkeyflower, Little Elephant, Bull elephant, Elephant head, Owl's clover, Beartongue, Pelican flower, Foxglove, Toadflax and Butterfly bush. " Worts" are plants which have healing qualities and "figs" were an ancient name for haemorrhoids; hence "figworts" are herbs which are especially healing for haemorrhoids. These plants were also known as a treatment for scrofula (a form of tuberculosis affecting the lymph nodes, especially of the neck - and from which the botanical name is derived); it is contracted from the unpasteurized milk of infected cows. Haemorrhoids were called " figs of Saint Fiacre" or "the curse of St. Fiacre" after the 7th century Irish monk who lived among the Franks near Meaux, not far from Paris. St Fiacre was a skilled healer and after his death pilgrims began to visit his tomb hoping for a miraculous healing. He specialized in urology and proctology - hence his association with "figs". Even Cardinal Richelieu, in the 17tl' century, made a pilgrimage to the tomb praying for relief from his haemorrhoids, begging that the reliquary be opened and the saint' s bones be applied directly. It was said that he requested some bones to take away with him to apply as needed. (I) Digitalis: the common names give a good indication of how many tales are associated with this plant: Witches' gloves, Witch 's thimbles, Bloody fingers, Dead men's bells, Gloves of Our Lady, Virgin's glove, Fairy's glove, Fairy caps, Folk's glove, Little folks glove, Fairy petticoats, Fairy thimbles, Floppy-dock, Floptop, and The great herb. The Foxglove derives its common names from the shape of the flower resembling the finger of a glove. The earliest known form of the word is the Anglo-Saxon foxes glofa (the glove of the fox). It is mentioned in a list of plants in the time of Edward III. Folksglove meant the glove of the 'good folk' or fairies, whose favourite haunts were supposed to be in the deep hollows and woody dells, where the Foxglove delights to grow. There is a northern legend that bad fairies gave these blossoms to the fox that he might put them on his toes to soften his tread when he prowled among the roosts. One legend told that the marks on the Foxglove were a warning sign of the baneful juices secreted by the plant, which, in Ireland, gained it the popular name of 'Dead Man's Thimbles'. Digitalis from Latin Digitabulum, ' glove ' . (2) Digitabulum is the diminutive of digitus meaning ' finger, toe'. The Gern1an name for the foxglove is Fingerhut meaning ' thimble ' or literally translated ' finger hat'. Leonard Fuchs (150 1-1566) named the plant Digitalis in his book De Historia Stirpium comentarii ins ignes (Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants, 1542) recommending it for "the scattering of dropsy". George Mossman refers to prescribing it in The Medical and Physical Journal, Volume 2, 1799. However, it was brought into mainstream medicine by William Withering; "In the year 1775 my opinion was asked concerning a family recipe for the cure of dropsy. I was told that it had long been kept a secret by an old woman in Shropshire who had sometimes made cures after the more regular practitioners had failed. I was inforn1ed also that the effects produced were violent vomiting and purging; for the diuretic effects seemed to have been overlooked. This medicine was composed of twenty or more different herbs; but it was not very difficult for one conversant in these subjects to perceive that the active herb could be no other than foxglove. " In 1785, he published ' An Account of the Foxglove and some of its Medical Uses; with Practical Remarks on Dropsy and Other Diseases'. (3) The potency of digitalis extract had been known since the dark ages, when it had been used as a poison for the mediaeval 'trial by ordeal'(4J, and also used as an external application to promote the healing of wounds. Even today, drugs based on digitalis extract, such as Digitoxin and Digoxin, are some of the best known treatments to control the heart rate- increasing the intensity of the heart muscle contractions but diminishing the rate, and doses as low as 0.3mg daily are all that is needed. Since digitalis purpurea contains a mixture of several cardiac glucosides and also several saponins in amounts and proportions which vary with locality and with season, digitalis preparations vary considerably in potency and quality. Because of this, and the fact that the therapeutic dose is so small, it is very easy to exceed the safe dosage (5) . (I) (2) (3) (4) (5)

hup://harvardmagazine. com/1998/0 7/vita. html Mrs. M. Grieve, A Modern Herbal, Jonathan Cape, 1931 William Withering; his work, his health, his friends, by Le wis J. A1oorman, M.D .. Oklahoma City , Published / 942 by .Johns Hopkins University Press in Ba ltimore The Pharmacology of the Digitalis Dmgs, E.B. C. May rs M.D. , Ulster Medical Journal, 1936 October; 5(4): 214- 2 19.0, Belfast, 1936 http:llwww. bristol.ac. uk/D epts!Chemisuy/MOTM/dig italis/digta/is. htm Snapdragon Photo: Frank Paris © 200 7

Figwort: the common name for most members of the Scrophulariaceae, a family comprising chiefly herbs and small shrubs and distributed widely over all continents which includes a few climbing types and some parasitic, hemiparasitic, holoparasitic and saprophytic fonns. Saproph ytes: an organism, especially a fungus or bacterium that grows on and derives its nourishment from dead or decaying organic matter Facultative pa rasites: a plant or animal that lives upon or within another living organism at whose expense it obtains some advantage but it can eat, sleep and reproduce elsewhere. More than 500 species of the family Scrophulariaceae are facultative parasites . Hcmipar>~ s itc s : A plant that obtains some nourishment (chlorophyll) from its host but also photosynthesizes. It can live either independently or as a parasite. Several species in the Scrophulariaceae family are root hemiparasites -the plants rob nutrients, water, and even organic compounds from their hosts through haustoria! root connections. Also called semi parasite.

Holopar·a sitcs: plants that are completely parasitic on other plants and have virtually no chlorophyllare. They are also common in the Scrophulariaceae family . 114

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Bonds can be: Emotional/ Physical Sexual / Spiritual

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Typhoid Miasm

Euphrasia rostkoviana, E yebright Euph.-. Scrophulaceac family sens: Bonds and connections arc not strong, so they want to hold on very tightly and when that connection breaks then fem·, fright, and delusions start

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VERBASCUM Verbascum thapsus, Great mullein, Common mullein, Woollen blanket het·b, Woolly mullein, Aamn's rod Bullock's lungwort, Flannelllower, Shepherd's club, Hare's beard, Pig taper, Witch's taper, Cow's lungwort Also called "Grandmother's flannel" for its thick, soft leaves Verb .

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Indifference

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Industrious mania for work Distraction of mind, different trains of thought and fantasies throng upon him Thoughts intrude and crowd around each other Thoughts, persistent Rush, flow of thoughts

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Physicals/Gene.-als Aching stupefying, more external pain, especially in the forehead, in all positions Sens. both temples were pinched together with forceps Stupefying, deeply penetrating shooting in the right temple, while eating; < by external pressure; it extends as a tearing into the upper teeth of that side, after some hours Pressive, long drawing stitch through the left half of the brain, from behind forwards Obtuse pressive shooting sensation on the left zygomatic arch In the morning on rising and in the forenoon the root of the tongue is brown, without bad taste in the mouth Painful hard pressure, as from a stone, on the navel, aggravated by bending the body forwards He must urinate very often and very copiously Some obtuse stitches in the joint where the carpal bone of the thumb is joined to the radius, like a kind of paralysis or sprain When walking in the open air a cramp-like pain in the muscles of the right thigh Sudden pain through the right knee when standing, sitting, and walking When standing a cramp-like pressure on the right sole, disappeared when walking Frequent hiccough. All day hunger without appetite; he relishes nothing and yet he will eat Photo © 2008 Mark Birkle; http:!!wwwjliclo·.com!photos/42613470@NOO!

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Solanaceae, also called the Tomato, Potato or Nightshades family, is one of the largest and most diverse plant families and contains some of the most poisonous plants known to mankind. The family has 94 genera and about 3000 species, about half of which are indigenous to South America. Many evolved in the Andean/Amazonian regions of South America in habitats that vary dramatically and include rain forests that receive more than 3 metres of rainfall annually to deserts with virtually no rainfall and high mountains with regular snowfall and subfreezing temperatures. The centre of divers ity of the Solanaceae is near the equator and thus species were undisturbed by the ice ages and have had time to accumulate adaptive genetic variation for extreme ecological niches (1) . Solanaceaous crops have been subjected to intensive human selection, allowing their use as models to study the evolutionary interface between plants and people. The ancient mode of Solanaceae evolution, coupled with an exceptionally high level of conservation of genome organization at the macro and micro leve ls make the family a model to explore the basis of phenotypic diversity and adaptation to natural and agriculhiral environments (I) . Solanaceae plants have been used for centuries in a variety of ways: as ornamental plants, edible vegetables, medicines and as poisons. The name derives from the Latin 'solanum ' from which comes the word 'solace', meaning comfort in sorrow, misfortune, or trouble; alleviation of distress or discomfort, which is very fitting as plants from this family were often used for their anaesthetic qualities. Also, of course, we have the Latin root word 'sol' , the Roman name for the sun, [which is, perhaps, less appropriate as, even though they are equatorial, many of these plants have very dark associations- several of them are cmmnonly called 'Deadly nightshade', ' Black nightshade' and 'Mandragora' or 'Mandrake' - names often associated with witchcraft, devilry and magic]. Many of the plants in this family contain, along with hyoscyamine and hyoscine, tropane alkaloids which are responsible for the toxic effects. The word 'tropane ' comes from ' Atropa ' which is derived from the name of one of the three Greek fates; Atropos cuts the thread of life. The symptoms of tropane poisoning are well known: dilated pupils, impaired vision, dryness of skin and secretions, extreme thirst, disorientation, nausea, vomiting, relaxation of the smooth muscle in the gastrointestinal tract, the urinary bladder, and the bronchial trees (by preventing the effects of the nonnal background discharge of parasympathetic neurons to these organs), seizures, restlessness and mental excitement, hallucinations and loss of consciousness and, if the dose is high enough, death. Queen Cleopatra is said to have considered them as a possible means of suicide but rejected the idea after experimenting on several of her slaves and deciding it was too painfi.1l a death. The plants were believed to have been used throughout history as a poison with Belladonna, Mandragora, Hyoscyamus and Datura being historically the most well documented of these poisons. Tobacco (wild tobacco which was a parent species ofNicotiana rustica) was used in shamanistic practices in South America as was/is Brugmansia (Angels trumpets), Hyoscyamus was a very important component in witches balms and unguents - the hallucinations included a belief that one was flying. German folklore claims that witches used plants like mandrake and nightshade to sunnnon werewolves, a practice known as lycanthropy. The common Gennan name for tomatoes translates to 'wolf peach' . In Europe the Eggplant (Solanum melongena) was believed to induce insanity and was called 'Mad apple' until only a few centuries ago. But the Spaniards had great respect for the Eggplant and believed its fruit to be a powerful aphrodisiac; hence they referred to them as 'Berengenas' or the 'Apple of love' . Because so many of the Solanaceae are poisonous, even lethal, it's no wonder that, as food, tomatoes, peppers, potatoes and eggp lants were initially regarded with suspicion. The earliest mention of the tomato in European literature is found in an Herbal written by Matthiolus in 1544 (his 'Commentary on Dioscorides'). He described tomatoes, or as they were called in Italy, Pomi d'oro (Golden apple), and wrote that they were "eaten in Italy with oil, salt and pepper". " This provides evidence that the first tomatoes to reach the Old World were a yellow variety, and that they were introduced via the Mediterranean. Red tomatoes were said to be introduced to Italy by two Catholic priests many years later." Sam Cox. The French called the tomato Pomme d'amour (Apple of love). Before that, in pre-Columbian times, the Nahuatl people of Mexico named the tomato 'Xicotomatl ' . Most likely due to French influence, the Creoles of New Orleans were the first in the United States to use tomatoes in cooking. Although it ranks only 16th as a source of Vitamin A among fruits and vegetables, and 13th as a source of Vitamin C, it rises to third as a provider of both, because we consume so much of it. And although the average tomato is 93.5% water, it also contains magnesium, niacin, iron, phosphorous, potassi um, riboflavin and thiamine. Overall, the tomato is rated number one among fruits and vegetables as a source of vitamins and minerals in our diets. It is also easy to digest and low in calories- only 35 in a fiveounce tomato (2). Cancer: Lycopene is the compound that gives tomatoes and certain other fruits and vegetables their colour. People who have a diet rich in tomatoes, which contain lycopene, appear to have a lower risk of certain kinds of cancer, especially cancers of the prostate, lung and stomach. -American Cancer Society. In a Harvard University study conducted from 1986 - 1992 with 47,894 men, researchers found that eating ten or more servings a week of tomato products was associated with a significantly reduced risk of prostate cancer. (1) Bohs L. , Olmstead R. G. (1997) Phylogenetic relationships in Solanum (Solanaceae) based on ndhF sequences. Syst. Bot. 22:5- 17. (2) hup://www. lawrence.comlblogs/foodways/2005/jul/09/toml ; Photo ©201 I Wren Hans1een: http://www.jlicJ..T.com/photos/42772729@N08/

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BELLADONNA At.-opa belladonna, Deadly nightshade, Death's herb, Dwale, Witch's berry Bell.

Acute Miasm

Solanaceae family: Sudden fea1· of death

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Religious affectations, eccentricity, despair, remorse, insanity, loquacity, praying; Anxiety of salvation, Superstitious, Des. to be magnetized, Sympathetic, Compassionate, Weeping, lamenting for others

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Physicals I Generals Acts upon every part of the nervous system Also vascular system; skin and glands & thyroid Children's fevers ; Very hot, dry, temp. < 3 p.m. Does NOT want to be touched Plethoric, eyes glisten, pupils dilate Feet and hands are cold, Hot head, cold feet Usually given at onset of illness +- Onset is sudden, but illness rarely lasts long Inflamed area will have intense heat; deep red when symptoms are most May not be thirsty (except for lemonade) violent and then not continued Dryness of mouth & throat with avers. to water Loss of appetite Emprosthotonos to opisthotonos Scarlet Fever, Tonsillitis, Colic, Cholecystitis Chronic Pneumonia, Mastitis, Cystitis, Seizures, Appendicitis, Acute vertigo, ringing in ears, Acne Boils, Exanthems (measles etc.), Flu ', Bacterial Earaches, Colic, Constipation, infection of Kidneys, Conjunctivitis, Migraine, Haemorrhoids Dysmenorrhoea, Sinusitis, Arthritis, High blood pressure, Bleeding Metrorrhagia, Cystitis from inner parts,< around menses, Right-sided Amenorrhoea, Labour-like pains, Uterine complaints. Flushes of heat, Acute senses, White line haemorrhage, Right-sided ovarian pain on skin after running fingernail along red skin Lower back pain; sciatica, Conjunctivitis Photo: Markus Biirki; www. boga.unibe.clz © 2006

Dark I Devil When sick: insufferable, irritable, rude, wild, complaining, undisciplined, obstinate, wicked, suspicious, Des. to spit, Overactive, Restless Violent, strikes, bites, kicks, pulls hair o1· is terrified and tries to run away Delusional with violence, Violent delirium, Mania, Psychosis, Sudden explosive anger, furious , rages, Oblivious to surroundings In a world of his own

Want of moral feeling Lascivious, Shamelessness Nymphomania; Puerperal

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Ma larial Miasm

Capsicum Annuum, Spanish pepper, Cayenne pepper Caps.

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Solanaceae family sens: Sudden fear of death; Desit"e for compa ny

Contemptuous Irritability Pessimistic Mistrustful, Suspicious Contrary, Quarrelsome Censo riou s Reproaches others Indignation

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Hypersensitive Eas ily offended Persons who are jovial , but get very angry at trifles Del : she has been insulted Fear of reproaches

A/F emotional excitement, grief, homesickness Homesickness with ennui

Lack of reaction Tired of daily routines, fed up, sick of it Always looking for new thrills, stimulants; food , experiences Daredevils, Reckless, Rashness

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Exhaustion Opposed to physical exertion Shuns all motion Seasickness Prostration of mind Weakness of memory for words Slow learning in school Indolence, Av. to work Confusion of mind Concentration difficult Thoughts disconnected

Idiocy Stupefaction as if intoxicated Unconsciousness during chill, during fever

For Paradise Lost

Always looking back at what has been left behind Haunted by and longing for past events Homesickness; with heat in throat and red cheeks < Departure from daily routine A/F change of; home, routine, country, employment Kids who get sick when mother goes away for weekend /

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Cough Cough with pain in distant parts; pain in head, bursting, splitting on coughing, Offensive breath during cough, Pungent eructations during coughing, Sneezing after coughing from tickling in trachea, Se ns. crawling, tickling, Chronic sore throat of smokers & drinkers Nausea felt in throat Choking on stooping Nausea after coffee,< coffee (I) Mathur. K. N. . Systematic Materia

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Av. to jesting Can't ' take a joke' Del: has been insulted Always on the lookout for insults Reproaches others Indignation

~ Explosive; Red face and nose, but cold to touch Affinity Blood: Face has a fine network of cap !Ilanes (!)

Physicals: Se ns. of constriction Sore throats with high fever, flushed face, thirsty for cold drinks Mucous memb.-ancs: burning of mucous membranes, Dark red, spongy or oozing bloody mucous; fissures Blood: haemoptysis, bleeding piles, blood from urethra, uterine haemorrhage at menopause, circu lation sluggish Thmat: very painful when coughing (&stitches in neck of bladder) Kidneys : escape of urine during cough, burning in urethra, urine red or bloody Bones: of face; Inflammation ofpetrous bone (in temple); Head ; enlarged sens. during stool; Inflammation of mastoid; Joints crackling

DULCAMARA Ringworm Miasm Solanum dulcamara, Bittersweet, Bitter nightshade, Woody nights hade, Blue bindweed, Climbing nightshade, Fellenwot·t, Felonwood, Poisonberry, Poisonllowet·, Scarlet berry, Snakeberry, Violet bloom Dulc. Hall ucin ations Possessive esp. of family Weeping after hallucinations Solanaceae family sens: Sudden fear of death Del : bed was sinking Fea r : narrow spaces; Desire for company Toss about weeping vaults, cellars, churches Picks at clothes, or the air Fearfully confused. Dreams Chilly Sens. coldness which make her jump out of bed Alternation of avoiding and in painful parts Full of worries at midnight succumbing to rage and violence

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Waking from vertigo

Rheumatism < change of weather Rheumatism after exposure to wet; parts as if beaten, severe pains when remaining in one position, subside only when moving about Limbs sens. as if going to sleep Cold feeling in bones during catarrh Stiff, numb, aching in all muscles; loins & back (urina ry sx) Rheumatism alternating with diarrhoea; after acute eruptions Stiffness of neck, backache, aching in bones Skin agg. cold, wet weather Warts large, smooth, fleshy, Urticaria, Shingles Cold sores, Lesions, Herpes, Adenitis, Pruritus > cold, < sour stomach Thick scaly, moist, crusty, eruptions (d.d. Oleander)

Mucous membranes

CATARRAH Bronchi; oppression on inspiration & expiration Excessive secretion of mucous Copious, & loose cough, Cough after physical exertion Epistaxis; clear blood; hot blood Must cough a long time to expel phlegm; esp. in infants and old people Easy expectoration of tasteless mucous, often streaked with blood Pleuro-pneumonia & tough, difficult, discoloured sputa Bronchitis & offensive smelling night sweat Moist asthma & dry blocked nose Tuberculosis > change from warm to cold, tough, green sputa Every cold settles in eyes or affects bladder Complete stoppage of nose Nose stuffs up when there is a cold rain; wants nose kept warm Thick yellow mucous, bloody crusts Summer colds, discharge from eyes, Paralysis of eyes Hay fever; sens. to new mown grass; < August Coryza, > motion, walking, warm room, < rest, > seaside Tonsillitis; must hawk up tough mucous with rawness

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HYOSCYAMUS NIGER Typhoid miasm Black henbane, Henbane, Common henbane, Foetid nightshade, Hen bell, Jupiter ' s bean, Hog bean, Symphonica In mediaeval Latin: Symphoniaca ='a ringing of bells' Hyos. 'Bean of the hog' ; hogs were said to be able to eat this Solanaceae famil y sens: poisonous plant with impunity Sudden fear of death -> Desire for company _....-..- Del: he is being watched

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Preventing s leep Someone co ming to arrest/murder him Assembled things: swarms, crowds, etc. Things look beautiful Sees phantoms, frightful images; preventing s leep Everything is moving in all directions He is seasick Small things grow smaller Has horrib le visions at night

Fear of narrow spaces, vaults, ce llars, churches, at night, of ev il < before a storm

Impending death Evil To be alone lest he injure himself Of reproaches Of slightest draft

After food From noi se; > weeping Extreme terror of death Someone were rapidly approaching Of a disaster; Presentiment of death

Parts as if beaten Limbs sens. as if going to sleep Cold feeling in bones during catarrh Stiff, numb, aching in all muscles Rending pains ; upward < bending backwards

Of constriction Sens. or dream as if falling from a height Head: enla rged sens. during stool

Pain: neural gic, shooting, burn ing red hot, tearing, throbbing, sharp, pressure Burning, Tingling (nose) Crawling in nostrils Roughness, Dryness Stomach: sinking feel, fluttering, or shocks

Catarrh; copious, & loose cough, Summer colds, Hay fever; < new mown grass, < late summer Paralysis (CNS); hemi/one-sided; of a single part; tongue, vocal chords Neuralgia, Bladder, Rheumatism; < change of weather; getting wet Skin; warts, urticaria, shingles, cold sores, les ions, herpes

Burning of mucous membranes Dark red, s pongy or oozing bloody mucous. Fissures Throat: very painful when co ughing, tonsillitis, diphtheria, hoarseness Kidney: escape of urine during cough, urine red or bloody Bones: of face; infl ammati on of mastoid, joints crack ling Cough with pain in distant parts

Angina pectori s with coronaritis Epilepsy Collapse. Paralytic conditions Gastralgia, Enteralgia, Seasickness Chol era infantnm Headache & deathly nausea; periodica l < light, noise; increases with rising of sun, decreases sunset; lasts one or two days Skin itching as if fleabites

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Dreams: sad, of things long passed, on awaking did not know if it was reality, or not, full of contrari eties; Shrieking Starti ng from s leep or a dream

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Ku Yen-Wu, an eminent scholar of the early Qing period, reported that the first cultivation of tea began in Szu (Szechwan) before the Ch'in dynasty conquered the Szu kingdom in the 4th C. B.C. (1) And a legend has it that tea was first made into a beverage by the Chinese emperor Shen Nung- the Divine Husbandman [agriculturalist and herbalist] and author of the earliest extant Chinese pharmacopoeia (2) around the year 280GB C. The story goes that some leaves fell from a tea plant into the water his servants were boiling for him. We know that the Turks were trading for tea with traders on the border of Mongolia around 480 A.D. In 780 A.D. the Buddhist scholar Lu Yu wrote his beautiful and poetic 'Cha Ching' ('ChajTng', 'The Classic of Tea'), the definitive book on cultivation, brewing and ceremonial drinking of tea. The ceremony was further developed in Japan about 800 years later. (3) From around the 1Oth Century tea was pressed into embossed moulds in the shape of bricks and used as currency - this practice went on until the end of the Second World War (4). Mongols traded salt for tea which they used as currency. (5) White tea is made from the bud of the plant- picked shortly before the buds have fully opened and are still covered with a silvery down which turns white when dried and is left unoxidized. Green tea is sometimes steamed, or heated, dried and unoxidized. Green tea that has been allowed to lightly ferment is called post-fermented tea. Black tea is fully fermented (enzymatic oxidation by allowing the freshly picked tea leaves to dry); Oolong tea, the connoisseur's tea, is partially oxidized. Tea quality or variety is shown with letters that indicate the grades, size of the leaf, and which part of the leaf was used. Leaves are sorted by size; those that are young and tender are superior to older, mature leaves. Yellow tea is rarest of all and is processed in a unique way: it is lightly dried in a wok and then laid on bamboo covered in straw for one day making it lightly fermented; the leaves are then rolled into long thin 'needles' and dried. Tea bag patents can be found as early as 1903 and were made as a means of sending samples of tea to customers in silk muslin bags rather than tin cans. Tea is said to have antibacterial powers against cavities and gum disease. It is a source of caffeine & theophylline: Theophylline has been a popular asthma medication for over 50 years; it is toxic and may cause numerous side effects. Ti Kuan Yin the famous oolong tea with leaves as black and as rich as iron, is named in honour of the Chinese Goddess of Mercy, Kuan Yin. How the two became synonymous with one another began, like many stories, with a legend. In Fujian's Shaxian Province there was a dilapidated stone temple, sadly neglected for many years. Inside the temple was an elegant iron statue, of Kuan Yin the Goddess of Mercy to whom Buddhists pray for enlightenment. One day a local farmer came to pray, as was his custom since the area had been plagued with drought and poverty and every calamity. The suffering grew worse as the weeks went by. As usual, the farmer swept the floor of the temple, ridding it ofleaves, dust, and twigs. He lit some incense he thought would please Kwan Yin and asked, as he had every day, for relief from troubles for the whole village. On this day, however, as the local farmer backed away from lighting the joss stick, the iron goddess appeared to come alive. Shocked, the local farmer fell to his knees, at which point the goddess whispered, "The key for your future is just outside this temple, nourish it with tenderness, it will support you and yours for generations to come." Then instantly the goddess reverted back to her rigid iron pose, beautiful, elegant, her face emanating kindness and mercy. The farmer stood in shock. Was it a dream he had? Or, had the goddess really spoken to him? Unable to contain his curiosity he went outside the temple and all that he found there was a withered and forlorn straggly bush. The farmer watered it, brushed away the grass and weeds at its roots, and said, "You are a gift from Kuan Yin, I shall treasure you." The next day and every day for weeks afterwards, the farmer cleaned the temple, lit a joss stick and then watered the plant. Soon it was rich and full, its glossy green leaves healthy and thick. The farmer discovered that the leaves, when mixed with hot water, made a refreshing beverage. As the bush grew, he cut away branches for his neighbours to plant and nourish, and soon all ofFujian was full of these magical bushes. Experimenting, the farmer dried the leaves in a stone wok; they soon turned smooth charcoal black, just like his lovely Kuan Yin. The drink produced from leaves fired in this way was ambrosial, fragrant like the finest blossoms, delicious like no other drink that ever touched lips. The farmer called his drink Ti Kuan Yin (Tea of the Iron Goddess of Mercy) Today, the province ofFujian in mainland China, and throughout Taiwan (formerly known as Formosa) grow and process the finest oolongs, of which Ti Kuan Yin remains the most beloved and well know. Diana Rosen, Order: Theales Family: Theaceae - tea Direct Children: Genus: Camellia: 7 sub-levels Genus: Cleyera: 2 sub-levels Genus: Eurya: 3 sub-levels Genus: Franklinia - Franklin tree Genus: Gordonia Genus: Laplacea Genus: Stewartia: 2 sub-levels Genus: Ternstroemia: 5 sub-levels (Some botanists include the family Ternstroemiaceae within the Theaceae while others do not)

(!) The Origins of Chinese civilization, by David N. Keightley, Noel Barnard, Berkeley, University of California Press, 1983 (2) http://www.nlm.nih.gov/exhibition/chinesemedicine/emperors.html (3) Dina Modianot-Fox, Smithsonian.com, February OJ, 2007, http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeologyltea.html#ixzzOozEjcC5X (4) Marc Jason Gilbert, World History Connected, www.historycooperative.org(iournals! (5) Studies on the Secret History of the Mongols, by Kuo-yi Pao

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The best quality tea must have The creases like the leather boots of Tartar horsemen, Curl like the dewlap of a mighty bullock, Unfold like a mist rising out of a ravine, Gleam like a lake touched by a zephyr, And be wet and soft like Earth newly swept by rain. Lu Yu, Chti Ching, 480 A.D

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Sick headache; radiating from one point; at menses; pain begins at left ovary and stomach and goes to head Pain excessive & throbbing of carotids & great acuteness of smell Scalp tender; on vertex; can scarcely comb hair Head pain from tea Diarrhoea; < beer,> port wine

Moda lities < night, walking in open air, cold water, after meals, alcohol, tea > warmth, warm bath, wine, eating

In some older literature Camellia sinensis is also referred to as Thea chinensis. One of the few plants that absorbs fluorine in amounts that could be toxic

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APIACEAE (UMBELLIFERAE) FAMILY Common uses Anti-wrinkle creams Detergents; soaps Drinking water testing Dyeing Earwig traps Executions, suicide Fish, rat, mole poisoning Food I medicine Flavouring Furniture polish Perfumes Potpourris Snuff Toothpaste

H emlock family, Pa rsley fa mily, C aiTot family

Plant looks very inviting and entices you to eat it, but many plants in this family are very poisonous

Cunning Subtle

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Highly conservative, insular; Dislikes strangers and new environments

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Often grows beside water Sensa tion as if: water in various parts

Bitter, pungent, persistent flavour

Have difficulty adapting to new things; prefer the status quo, structured, bend to conformity F. Vermeulen

Suspicious; Mistrustful

The Umbelliferae, or to use it's more current name, Apiaceae, has an estimated 614 genera over 3000 species, making it one of the largest families of flowering plants on earth. They are mainly herbs, but a number of shrubby species and woody members occur in Africa, the largest being Steganotaenia araliacea (the Carrot tree) a tree growing up to 8 m high. They share the common characteristic of umbrella shaped flowers (an 'umbel ' from which they take their name), often on tall, tubular stalks. Most of its members are confmed to northern temperate regions and high altitudes in the tropics. They provide us with many important root crops, animal fodder, vegetables, culinary herbs, medicines, herbal remedies, condiments, perfumes, gums and resins, fuel , cultivated ornamentals, etc., contributing hugely to the lives and health of entire ecosystems: plant, animal, human and soil. They are not plants to be trifled with, however; many are poisonous (resins or alkaloids), although there are few reports of deaths due to these plants nowadays. They can be almost indistinguishable from each other, but can be identified by habitat, flowering period, leaf shape and their scent. Massimo Mangialavori tells us that there are 33 Umbelliferae plants represented in our materia medica.

Many Umbelliferae plants have a long history of use by humans , both as food and as medicine, as evidenced by the works of the great botanists/herbalists Hippocrates, Theophrastus, Dioscorides, Pliny and Palladius. There is a great store of folklore and mythology concerning their magical, poisonous and curative properties. The most infamous of the Umbelliferae is, of course, Conium - Poison hemlock. Although it has no effect on the consciousness of the user, Coniine is a neurotoxin which depresses the nervous system leading to paralysis and eventual death. It was made famous by the Greek philosopher Socrates, who chose to drink a poisonous brew of Conium as his means of execution in 399 BC. The effects of the poison ascend up the body until the respiratory system no longer functions and death ensues. It can take hours for this process to complete. " Hemlock is very cold and very dangerous, especially to be taken inwardly. Saturn has dominion over it." (I) "It is the purple streaks on its stem rather than the scathe in its juice that gives a bad name to water hemlock . .. for these streaks are copies of the brand put on Cain's brow when he had committed murder. Hemlock -conium maculatum: not the tree we call hemlock - was prescribed instead of the gallows and the axe as a means of death for certain political offenders in the past, and was a common drug of suicide, since it was supposed to give a painless death. The plant was considered by the ancients as so deadly that snakes would wriggle away even from a leaf of it as fast as their ribs would carry them, lest they be chilled into a paralysis. It was mixed with the hell broths and ointments brewed and blended by witches for mischiefs, and in Russia and Germany it is still regarded as the devil's own property. It was by means of hemlock that the philosopher was put to death, after having annoyed Athens beyond endurance by exploiting his love for argument." (2)

Silphium cyrenaicum (extinct for hundreds of years) of the genus Ferula, Umbelliferae, was once a major source of trade from the ancient city of Cyrene for its use as a rich seasoning and as a medicine - a panaceae (heal-all). It was sold at an extremely high price and was so critical to the Cyrenian economy that many of their coins were embossed with an image of the plant and pots depicted it being weighed and measured. Both the Egyptians and Minoans had a glyph which symbolized Silphium. Soranus (I stl2nd c. Greek physician) tells us it was an effective contraceptive, and was probably an abortifacient as well. Being extinct, it is possible that the remedy known by this name is actually Thapsia garganica sold in 19th century Paris, for herbal use, as Silphion cyrenaicum.

Water hemlock "NPS Photo" JW Stockert; 1972

"The hemlock or the reed can thus make stalks of ample strength and at comparatively slight cost. There is romance in the fact that plants made tubular stems to their own private profit for unnumbered ages before the coming of man: the hollow reeds waiting all these aeons till Pan should come and make them musical." (3) "Many of the umbelliferous plants abound in an acrid, watery juice, which is more or less narcotic in its effects on the animal frame, and which, therefore, when properly administered in minute doses , is a valuable medicine. The old Roman name of Conium was Cicuta, which prevails in the mediaeval Latin literature, but was applied about 1541 by Gesner and others to another umbelliferous plant, Cicuta virosa, the Water hemlock, which does not grow in Greece and southern Europe. To avoid the confusion arising from the same name for these quite dissimilar plants, Linnaeus, in 1737, restored the classical Greek name and called the Hemlock (Conium mandatum) , the generic name being derived from the Greek word Konas , meaning to whirl about, because the plant, when eaten, causes vertigo and death." (4) (1) Culpepper, Nicholas, A Complete Herbal, 1816; (2) My ths and legends ofjlowers. trees, fruils, and plants: in all ages and in all climes, 3rd Edition, by Charles M Skinner, J. B. Lippincoll Co., Philadelphia, 1911 (3) The Pipe and Tabor, An Address to a Society of Morris Dancers, Otfo rd. Februmy 12, 1914. by Sir Francis Darwin (the son of Charles Darwin); (4) Mrs. Grieve. A Modern Herbal. 193 1

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ASAFOETIDA Gum of the Stinkasant, Ferula asafoetida, Ferula foetida, F. assa-foetida, As ant, Devil's dung, Stinking gum, Narthex, Food of the gods, Giant fennel, In go Asaf. Apiaceae (Umbelliferae) family t Faint eas ily in a closed room; from excitement Sudden unexpected violence ot· attack Faintness in a crowded street Stabbing wounds, Blows, Accidents, Riots, Abuse Del: he is pursued, Del: he is punued by enemies

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HYSTERIA Throat symptoms predominate, spasms, nervous irritability, with joy, laughter alt. anxious sadness Restlessness; Constantly changes position, Flushes in the face St Vitus' dance

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Suspiciousness, Mistrustfulness Desire for solitude A version to society; shuns the foolishness of society, Dread/fear of men Contemptuous Monomania Childish behaviours; Jumps from bed in a happy, childish state, Silly, foolish Objects are as attractive as toys Likes childish toys Feels he is not living under ordinary conditions Sadness from sad stories Horrible things, sad stories affect her profoundly Stupefied and heavy in the head

Anxiety from suppressed excessive sexual desire; Amorous, Lustful Lascivious , Tormenting sexual thoughts Erotic insanity, Jealousy, Abusive Swearing, Insulting, Quarrelsome Intolerant of contradiction Sadness from continence Anxiety of conscience Paroxysms of hysteria and hypochondriasis from abstinence; from suppression of sexual intercourse Excitement => depression Excitement altern. w. sadness Lack of discrimination, Heedless A verse to being near people, or hearing them talk (and the talk of passers by) Ambition for fame

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Del: of dead corpse of brother/child, see dead persons, is dancing on bed, will become insane, sees images, phantoms, frightful , floating in air, is a great person

Fear: narcosis; being drugged, stupor, insensibility

Fear: from a report of a cruelty, in children at night, in crowds, impending danger, of impending disease, a door opening, noises at doors, of misfortune

Sensitive to noise Frightened at night

Head feels bound up/in a vice Hair feels pulled As if there were a barrier between organs of sense and external objects

When walking: vertigo, as though he would fall forward to the left Stupid in the head, with rigor On stooping he feels as if he would fall head-foremost, Staggering and swaying; As if intoxicated. All objects appear to him round in a circle, esp. when seated

Vertigo as if things in the room were turning in a circle Temples were compressed as if lump in brain

Brain, nervous sx, Gastro- intestinal sx Convulsions, esp. during dentition ; begins with eyes turned downwards; pupils dilated; eyes fixed, thumbs clenched, red face, foam at mouth, Colic; infants who are overfed, mother nurses constantly Child cries constantly Into lerance of milk; vomiting as soon as swallowed, in large yellowish curds Can't bear milk in any fonn ; milk is forc ibly ejected, then weakness causes drowsiness in nursing children; Hungry after vomiting, Eats and vomits again Limpness, deep sleep after vomiting Des. for milk which agg.

Epilepsy Head thrown backwards Can come on after a trauma to the head Retarded after injury Convulsions followed by utter prostration Knows nobody Lies without recognising anyone, but when asked questions answers them correctly Has no recollection of what took place Catalepsy Blankness and staring even after IS minutes Dull, dreamlike state Blank memory for hours/days

Progressive, insidious paralysis & induration; ascending begins in thighs or legs -> arms -> mouth < right side As if death is creeping up from the feet Fainting as if the legs give out quickly Slowness of old people Cancerous growth of the cervix Cancer developing after a blow to the breast Confusion after sleeping, after siesta

Yell ow-green slimy diarrhoea Stool consisting of curds of milk Thin stool finishes headache. < milk, frequent eating, after eating, drinking, vomiting, stool, spasm, hot weather

Shrieking before epileptic convulsions AIF anticipation, foreboding, presentiment, bad news, injuries, accidents. Can be renewed by the slightest touch. < touch

Shuns light AIF reverse of fortune Avarice, Greed, Fear of poverty Materialistic Stony hardness of glands

On falling asleep, rolling of the eyes, or slight convulsions Child so exhausted that he sleeps after vomiting spells (Ant. tart.), or after the stool. (Nux m.), Amel. after sleep Disturbed by violent starlings; cold perspiration. Fear to close the eyes and sleep lest he never wake

Vivid dreams about events that occurred during the day, Vivid but unremembered, Many, confused with much restlessness Sleeplessness, all night; woke up hourly with a painful feeling of weight in the head. In a.m . feels has not slept enough, Frequent waking, in which he perspired, but from which he felt strengthened

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Nervousness, Hysteria Fidgety, Emotional, Morose, Despair Cross, General loathing, Unfeeling, Hardhearted Restlessness while reading Nervous, irritable and sleepless Vivacious, Nymphomania Confusion of mind from pollutions; < climaxis Weeping altern. w. laughing Sadness altern. w . exaltation Lachrymose mood altern. with mirth Excitement, arne!. from music Irritability from harsh music Sadness, faintness on hearing music Mental insecurity Frightened easily Want of self confidence A/F emotional excitement Happy di sposition

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Sens. of melting away < change, > recumbent position As if water dropped down spine As if hot water flowing through part Sens . hair or cobweb on face Clogged sens. in left chest; also head and stomach

Cirrhosis of liver Skin: Great thickening of epidermi s; exfoliating scales Psoriasis, Intolerable itching esp. of soles, Eczema, Acne Copper coloured eruptions Elephantiasis Lupus Leprosy; initial stage with tingling warmth going to intolerable warmth Ulceration of uterus Pains of cervical cancer Itching of vagina; insupportable Deep seated heat in vagina; head and redness of vagina and vulva; shooting and itching of orifice Tumours oflids Neuralgic affections of supra and infraorbital nerves Inflammation of neck of bladder Suppressed, acute & secondary gonorrhoea

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Bruised feeling in all the muscles General heaviness throughout system Syphilitic patches in mouth Flatulence Colic Constipation Difficulty ma intaining upright posture General weariness Vertigo Congestion & heaviness Profuse sweat Canine hunger warmth, gentle motion Smell of musk

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INDEX

Abrotanum ... 19 Absinthium ... 20 Aconite napellus ... 96 Actaea spicata ... 97 Aethusa cynapium ... 130 Agathis australis ... 151 Agnus castus ... 43 Aloe socotrina ... 63 Anacardiaceae differential chart ... 5 - 6 Anacardiaceae family ... 2 Anacardium orientale ... 3 Anagallis arvensis ... 93 Anhalonium ... 16 Araceae family ... 7 Arnica montana ... 21 Artemisia vulgaris ... 22 Arum dracontium ... 8 Arum triphyllum ... 9 Asafoetida ... 131 Baptisia tinctoria ... 49 Belladonna ... 119 Berberidaceae family ... 10 Berberis aquifolium ... 11 Berberis vulgaris ... 12 Betula pendula ... 152 Bryonia alba ... 139 Cactaceae family ... 15 Capsicum annuum ... 120 Carduus marianus ... 23 Carnegia gigantea ... 17 Caulophyllum thalictroides ... 13 Chamomilla ... 24 Chelidonium majus ... 82 China officinalis ... 110 China sulphuricum ... 111 Cicuta virosa ... 132 Cimicifuga racemosa ... 98 Cina ... 25 Cistus candensis ... 140 Clematis erecta ... 99 Coffea cruda ... 112 Colchicum autumnale ... 64 Collinsonia canadensis ... 44 Colocynthis vulgaris ... 141 Compositae differential charts ... 30- 35 Compositae family ... 18 Conifer family ... 14 7 Conifers list ... 148 Conium maculatum ... 133 Cordyline australis- Cabbage tree ... 153 168

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INDEX Crocus sativus ... 65 Croton tiglium ... 37 Curare ... 75 Cyclamen europaeum ... 94 Digitalis purpurea ... 115 Dulcamara ... 121 Erigeron canadensis ... 26 Erythina lysistemon (in Leguminosae section) ... 50 Erythina lysistemon (in tree section) ... 154 Euphorbiaceae family ... 36 Euphorbium ... 38 Euphrasia officinalis ... 116 Eupionum ... 155 Ficus macrophylla ... 156 Gelsemium sempervirens ... 76 Genista tinctoria ... 51 Gnaphalium polycephalum ... 27 Helianthus annus ... 28 Helleborus niger ... 100 Helonias dioica ... 66 Hydrastis ... 101 Hydrocotyle ... 134 Hyoscyamus niger ... 122 Ignatia amara ... 77 Ipecacuanha ... 113 Iridaceae family ... 40 Iris versicolor ... 41 Labiatae family ... 42 Lathyrus sativa ... 52 Leguminosae differential charts ... 59- 61 Leguminosae family ... 48 Liliaceae differential charts ... 72 - 73 Liliaceae family ... 62 Lilium tigrinum ... 67 Loganiaceae family ... 7 4 Mancinella ... 39 Mandragora ... 123 Medicago sativa ... 53 Melilotus alba ... 54 Morphinium ... 83 Nux vomica ... 78 Ocimum sanctum ... 45 Opium ... 84 Origanum marjorana ... 46 Papaveraceae differential charts ... 87- 88 Papaveraceae family ... 81 Paris quadrifolia ... 68 Phaseolus nanus ... 55 Phaseolus vulgaris ... 56 Physostigma venenosum ... 57

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Plant kingdom ... 1 Podophyllum peltatum ... 14 Pohutukawa ... 157 Polygonaceae family ... 89 Primulaceae family ... 92 Pulsatilla pratensis ... 102 Quercus robur ... 158 Ranunculaceae differentials ... 106- 108 Ranunculaceae family ... 95 Ranunculus bulbosus ... 103 Ranunculus sceleratus ... 104 Ratanhia ... 159 Rheum officinale ... 90 Rhus toxicodendron ... 4 Robinia pseudacacia (in Leguminosae section) ... 160 Robinia pseudacacia (in tree section) ... 58 Rosmarinus officinalis ... 4 7 Rubiaceae family ... 109 Rumex crispus ... 91 Sabadilla officinarum ... 69 Sabina ... 161 Sanguinaria canadensis ... 85 Sarsaparilla officinalis ... 70 Scrophulariaceae family ... 114 Solanaceae differential charts ... 125 - 126 Solanaceae family ... 118 Sophora microphylla- Kowhai tree ... 162 Spigelia anthelmia ... 79 Staphysagria ... 105 Stramonium ... 124 Succinum (in Papaveraceae section) ... 86 Succinum (in Tree section) ... 163 Sumbulus moschatus ... 135 Terebinthina ... 164 Thea ... 128 Theaceae family ... 127 Thuja occidentalis ... 165 Tree Products ... 149 Tree Products- Fruits, Nuts, Berries, Seeds ... 150 Trees ... 146 Umbelliferae differential charts ... 136- 137 Umbelliferae family ... 129 Upas tieute ... 80 Veratrum album ... 71 Verbascum thapsus ... 117 Viola odorata ... 142 Viola tricolor ... 143 Violales family ... 138 Volales differential charts ... 144- 145 Wyethia helenioides ... 29 170

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