Author: Urenus

Aethiops Mineralis – Hydrargyrum Sulphuratum Nigrum

Equal quantities of Antimonium crudum and Aethiops mineralis are triturated to produce “Aethiops antimonialis”, and a mixture of mercury sulphide and sulphur are triturated to produce “Aethiops mineralis”. The attenuations are produced from these preparations.

Scrofulous inflammations, skin eruptions and discharges. Scrofulous conjunctivi- tis with marked photophobia and keratitis. Offensive discharge from the ears. Cra- dle-cap on the face. Mucous colitis. Oozing anal eczema.

The German Monograph-Preparation Commission for the Homoeopathic Field of Therapy has, under the Preparation Monograph for Hydrargyrum sulfuratum ni- grum, published the following indication(s) in the German Bundesanzeiger (German Federal Gazette) for aethiops mineralis: crusty inflammation of skin and the eye- lids.

The mother tincture is prepared from the fresh ripe nut, not including outside shell. The tree, a native of northern and central Asia, is planted for decorative pur- poses in Europe and North America. N.O. Hippocastanaceae.

The principal indications are as follows:

Venous stasis, also in the portal system. Haemorrhoids. Varices. Paraesthesia. Lumbo-sacral pain.

Other noteworthy symptoms are: great sleepiness by day, and dull, heavy sleep with irritable mood.

Complaints are aggravated on waking from sleep, and ameliorated by movement in the open air.

There are headaches with a heavy sensation, as if numbed, especially above the eyes, with vertigo and especially with occipital pain, also accompanied by flickering of vision.

There is a typical constant pain in the sacrum and the hips, particularly pro- nounced on bending down and on rising from sitting. Ameliorated after walking. There is a paralytic sensation in the left hand and left arm, as well as pains in the knees and lower legs.

Burning and stabbing pains in the praecordium. Constriction in the chest. Fever with hot, dry hands.

Violent fluent coryza with burning discharge and excoriation of the nostrils. In- halation of cold air causes discomfort. Tickling in the larynx and air-passages with coughing and expectoration.

The tongue is coated with a yellowish-white mucus. Bitter taste. Nausea, retching, eructations, pains in the epigastrium and right hypochondrium, extending to the right shoulder. (Cholangitis.) Blind, knotty haemorrhoids.

Irritation of the male and female genito-urinary organs. Seminal emissions. Leuc- orrhoea. Contraction – like pains, radiating from the sacrum to the uterus.

The German Monograph-Preparation Commission for the Homoeopathic Field of Therapy has, under the Preparation Monograph for Aesculus hippocastanum, pub- lished the following indication(s) in the German Bundesanzeiger (German Federal Gazette) for aesculus: venous congestion with sequelae; haemorrhoids; sacroiliac distress.

The attenuations are prepared from epinephrine C₆H₃(OH)₂CH(OH)CH₂ NHCH₃, 4-(1-Hydroxy-2-methylaminoethyl)pyrocatechin, MW: 183.2 (Potentized allopathic substance).

Autonomic dystonia. States of exhaustion. Addison’s disease. Geriatrics. May be tried experimentally in diabetes mellitus.

The German Monograph-Preparation Commission for the Homoeopathic Field of Therapy has, under the Preparation Monograph for Epinephrinum, published the following indication(s) in the German Bundesanzeiger (German Federal Gazette) for adrenalinum: angina pectoris.

The mother tincture is prepared from the fresh plant, gathered when in flower, without the roots. N.O. Raununculaceae.

This remedy has action similar to that of Digitalis, without the cumulative effects. It energises the auditory muscle. Arrhythmia. Endocarditis. Exophthalmic goitre. Rheumatism with cardiac involvement.

Adonis Vernalis was proved by Gisevius. The characteristic symptoms from the proving are: irritability, difficulty in falling asleep, restless at night with terrifying dreams; in the evening coughing and violent left-sided headache with cold feet and hands, heat in the head and perspiration.

Spinal irritation with pains in the nape of the neck, in the back and sacrum, stiff- ness along the length of the spine, pains in the left shoulder and especially in the left upper arm, aggravated by turning movements of the arm, and also in the elbow-joint with loss of sensation in the hands. Tearing pains in the hips, thighs and left knee, less so on the right. Bones feel as if beaten. Weakness and pains in all the limbs.

In the heart, sensation of pressure, palpitations, pains, air-hunger and anxiety, pressure towards the sternum; pulse is changeable, decelerated or accelerated, or ir- regular. Pains in the left arm with crawling sensation.

In the upper abdomen there are eructations, nausea, periodic shooting pains and distension.

The urine is increased, with stabbing pains on urination, strong urging, and in women a feeling of heaviness in the lower abdomen.

The German Monograph-Preparation Commission for the Homoeopathic Field of Therapy has, under the Preparation Monograph for Adonis vernalis, published the following indication(s) in the German Bundesanzeiger (German Federal Gazette) for adonis vernalis: cardiac insufficiency.

The attenuations of this sarcode are prepared from pork lard of pharmaceutical quality (Adeps suillus).

Complaints arising after consumption of animal fats (e.g. lard, beef suet, also but- ter). Hypercholesterolaemia. Scorification of connective tissue. Adiposity. Acne vul- garis. Seborrhoea. Acute and chronic eczema. Biliary colic. Blepharitis. Styes. Cha- lazion. Complaints from homotoxins which are released through loss of weight. (In- termediate toxins of dissimilation).

Adeps suillus is especially indicated in patients in agriculture, living almost en- tirely on pork, and is effective in a wide variety of phases.

The attenuations of this nosode are prepared from the surgically-removed prostate gland.

This nosode is used in prostatitis, hypertrophy of the prostate gland, and in other courses of antihomotoxic therapy including carcinoma of the prostate gland.

The attenuations of this nosode are prepared from surgically removed tumours of the human mammary glands.

The indications for this nosode are as follows:

Breast-tumours of various genesis and type. It may also be tried experimentally in neoplasms, and – at least as an intermediate remedy – in fibrocystic disease of the breast, as well as in women who complain of drawing pains in the breast area, dur- ing or after menstruation, and also especially during ovulation.

The attenuations are prepared from corticotrophin, the hormone from the anterior lobe of the pituitary, which has stimulating action on the adrenal cortex.

Dysfunctions of the pituitary and the adrenal cortex; also in iatrogenic damage.

The mother tincture is prepared from the roots, gathered in May before flowering of the plant Actaea spicata L. N.O. Ranunculaceae.

Indicated in primary chronic polyathritis (fingers and toes). Heberden’s nodes. Ancillary remedy in carcinoma of the stomach.

The German Monograph-Preparation Commission for the Homoeopathic Field of Therapy has, under the Preparation Monograph for Actaea spicata, published the following indication(s) in the German Bundesanzeiger (German Federal Gazette) for actaea: rheumatism afflicting the small joints.

The mother tincture is prepared from the whole fresh plant and root, gathered when beginning to flower. Aconitum napellus L. N.O. Ranunculaceae.

The active ingredients of the mother tincture are aconitic acid and aconitin, one of the most toxic of vegetable substances. Milligrams of it are capable of killing a horse.

Aconite is one of the most important homoeopathic fever-remedies, especially when the patient displays hot skin, great anxiety, rapid, tense pulse, strong and pos- sibly irregular heartbeat, alternating fever and chills, possible hyperthermia (temper- atures up to 41 °C) and with aggravation of all fever-symptoms in the evening. There are surges of blood towards various organs, with a tendency for the capillaries to rupture with consequent petechial haemorrhages in the nasal and respiratory mu- cosa. There may be cramping, gouging, burrowing pains in the praecordium, with stitching pains in the chest, coryza, catarrh of the mucosa, tickling in the larynx causing coughing which in turn leads to soreness of the larynx. The heart complaints

of Aconite may also occur without fever symptoms, as for example in angina pec- toris or in acute myocardial infarction.

Apart from great motor restlessness and fear, the remedy also has a characteristic sensation of internal freezing, as if ice were running through the arteries, and paraes- thesia, which may occur in neuralgia (e.g. in sciatica, after sitting on a cold surface), as well as other neuralgic pains.

Formerly in general medicine, Aconite was frequently used in the form of oint- ment. However, this practice was abandoned because of the difficulties of control over the dosage, the preparation being highly toxic with the possibility of acute poi- soning.

Through the whole picture of Aconite there run the sudden onset of symptoms and the violence of the complaints, which often arise as feverish chills from exposure to cold east winds. The restlessness and anguish are always to be seen, as are also the redness of the mucosa, the sensation of distension, heaviness, pressure and tension in the gastro-intestinal tract. Stools contain mucus and bile. There is flatulent disten- sion with small, frequent stools, and an urging to defaecate – all characteristic of the remedy. So is congestion of the kidneys with blood, with scanty and painful urina- tion and haematuria, or dark-coloured urine due to precipitation of salts.

Aconite symptoms may not necessarily occur as a consequence of chill; they may also arise from shock, localising at the point of least resistance.

Low potencies are normally given in pyrexia and organic complaints, catarrhs, neuralgic symptoms with paraesthesia etc., hyperthermia, encephalitis with very high temperatures (e.g. post-vaccinial encephalitis or meningo-encephalitis which may be activated by the implantation of living cells, e.g. in a child with a history of chronic middle-ear infections); however, in angina pectoris higher potencies (i.e. above 6!) should always be given.

Nash sees in Aconite not only an outstanding fever-remedy, but also a great pain- remedy in neuralgias with sensations of numbness, crawling or formication, and also in fear of death. (Aconite and Arsenicum album are the two most important remidies for anxiety.)

If we sum up the most important symptoms of Aconitum, we have the following remedy-picture:

1. Fever with dry, hot skin, coughing and stabbing pains in the chest. Internal freez- ing in influenza and chills. Hyperthermia.
2. Consequences of chill from exposure to dry, cold winds; (cystitis, acute gastroen- teritis, etc.).
3. Paraesthesia, neuralgia with formication.
4. Restlessness, fear/anguish, consequences of fright. Angina pectoris and myocar- dial infarction. Violent, acute complaints.

The German Monograph-Preparation Commission for the Homoeopathic Field of Therapy has, under the Preparation Monograph for Aconitum napellus, published the following indication(s) in the German Bundesanzeiger (German Federal Gazette) for aconitum: hyperacute inflammatory disorders; painful nervous disor- ders; hyperacute cardiac sensations with anxiety.