Author: Urenus

The attenuations are prepared from cis-aconitic acid, COOHCHC(COOH)CH₂– COOH, MW: 174.2.

As with all catalysts of the citric acid cycle, aconitic acid too shows an affinity for internal respiration. Asthmatic attacks “out of the blue”, with no warning, are typi- cal. The patient is easily chilled and sensitive to the wind and to changes of temper- ature, linked with facial neuralgia, toothache, lesions of the scalp such as eczema and urticaria, with frequent changes of mood, irritability and violent temper-out- bursts.

In asthma and eczema, also in hay fever, it works well in combination with Na- trum Pyruvicum. In emaciation of the young it may be combined with Pituitary and Thyroid gland sarcodes. It is also effective when combined with Succinicum Acidum and Natrum Oxalaceticum.

Pains in the bones at night, also in the spine between T3 and T4, also in C7 and in the sacrum (and in Scheuermann’s disease). Old fractures are painful, even after many years.

It is also indicated in disturbances of the Citric Acid cycle, impregnation phases, also in asthma, angina pectoris, pruritus, skin diseases, psoriasis, precancerous states, and in neoplasm phases (especially in the early stages) to improve cell-respi- ration.

The drug picture of cis-Aconiticum Acidum was composed in September 1996 by David Riley, M.D., Santa Fe (New Mexico), USA.

The most important symptoms from David Riley’s drug proving were:

Essential Characteristics

Dryness of the lips and throat but increased secretions in the eyes and nose. Dreams of being murdered or shot. Aversion to sweets. Pain in the forehead behind the eyes. Constant head pain. Aching ear pain. Coryza with thin watery discharge. Chapped and cracked lips. Pimples on the forehead or nostrils. Increased appetite. Abdominal distention. Offensive flatus. Cutting chest pain.

Mind

Difficult concentration. Confusion on waking. Dullness and boredom. DREAMS: of death of relatives, discolored teeth, swimming in water. Dreams of dying or being murdered or being shot. Unremembered dreams. Restlessness. Sensitive. Procrasti- nating. Procrastinating. Agreeable mood.

Generalities

Food desire of cheese, meat, cold milk, soup, and spices. Aversion to sweets. Sen- sation of heat at night. Weariness in afternoon. Internal restlessness. Tense muscles. PAIN ON WAKING.

Head

Pain at base of head. Constant and continued pain. Pain in evening, on waking, and with vomiting. Pain better external pressure. Pain in forehead behind eyes and above or extending to head. Temple pain that extends to eye or to neck. Sharp pain. Pulsating pain. Throbbing pain in the left occiput.

Eye

Lachrymation as if crying. Sensitivity to light.

Vision

Blurry like looking under water.

Ear

Aching ear pain especially the left ear. Pain on waking or in the evening. Right sided ear pain like pressure.

Nose

Coryza. Cracks in corners of nostril. DISCHARGE that is watery and thin , or clear, from posterior nares. Eruptions inside nose. Itching inside nose or improvement of that allergy symptom. Sinus pain. Obstruction improves. Pressing pain at root of nose. Sneezing.

Face

CHAPPED LIPS. Cracked lips especially at the right corner. Discoloration under eyes or makes the face red. DRYNESS of lips or around nose. ERUPTIONS of acne or pimples on the forehead or nostril.

Mouth

Aching gum pain. Inflamed palate.

Teeth

Sore pain from wisdom teeth.

Throat

Dryness not better from drinking. Pain in the cervical glands.

Stomach

Appetite is increased and ravenous, or decreased appetite. Distension. Nausea dur- ing the headache. Thirsty at night. Indigestion.

Abdomen

Distension. Painful flatulence. Sharp pain on the sides. Shooting pain.

Rectum

Straining at stool. FLATUS that is offensive flatus improves, or flatus during stool. Frequent urging during urination.

Stool

Scanty. Soft. Stringy.

Genitalia, Male

Incomplete or erections difficult to maintain.

Genitalia, Female

Pain at menses improves. Sensation as if menses would come on.

Chest

Cutting pain around the heart. Pain on waking.

Extremities

Dryness of hands. Aching of the shoulder. Bilateral dry, circular patches below each elbow.

Sleep

Sleepiness in the afternoon. Sleeplessness from headache.

Skin

Dryness of skin or in patches.

The attenuations are prepared from acetylsalicylic acid, 2-Acetoxybenzoic acid, CH₃COOC₆H₄COOH, MW: 180.2 (Potentized allopathic compound).

Retoxic ill-effects of treatment for acute and chronic rheumatic polyarthritis, and of primary chronic polyarthritis. General damage to connective tissue. Acute glomeru- lonephritis and nephroses. Myocarditis, heart defects. Disturbed sleep (from damage to the mid-brain).

The German Monograph-Preparation Commission for the Homoeopathic Field of Therapy has, under the Preparation Monograph for Acidum acetylosalicylicum, pub- lished the following indication(s) in the German Bundesanzeiger (German Federal Gazette) for acetylsalicylic acid: gastrointestinal disorders; haemorrhages; tinnitus.

The attenuations are prepared from acetylcholine chloride, 2-Acetoxyethyltri- methylammonium chloride, CH₃CO₂(CH₂)₂N(CH₃)₃Cl, MW: 181.7 (Potentized allo- pathic compound).

Vagotonia. Duodenal ulcer. Bronchial asthma. Angina pectoris. Generally in im- pregnation phases.

The attenuations are prepared from glacial acetic acid, CH₃COOH, MW: 60.1.

The principal symptoms are as follows:

Oedematous swellings. Waxy appearance. Diabetes. Anaemia. Thirst.

Also typical of this remedy are rapid emaciation with fainting, despondency, irri- tability, attacks of anxiety and respiratory problems. These may be accompanied by great debility or rushes of blood to the head with nervous headaches, great weak- ness, confusion of thoughts and a kind of stupor.

There may be aversion to salty and cold meals; also stomach pains, heartburn, sour eructation and abdominal distension with diarrhoea and swelling of the legs. Steatorrhoea and intestinal bleeding.

Typical symptoms are large quantities of light-coloured or cloudy urine with sed- iment of phosphates, escape of seminal fluid during bowel movement, and copious menstruation.

Aceticum Acidum is helpful in diabetes mellitus and can also be employed in can- cer of the stomach, as well as in chronic gastric catarrh, especially in children and the elderly.

The German Monograph-Preparation Commission for the Homoeopathic Field of Therapy has, under the Preparation Monograph for Acidum aceticum, published the following indication(s) in the German Bundesanzeiger (German Federal Gazette) for acidum aceticum: diarrhoeic disorders; anaemia; feverish conditions; general weakness and debilitation.

The mother tincture is prepared from the fresh young leaves and flowers of the plant Artemisia absinthium. N.O. Compositae.

Gastric catarrh. Heartburn. Distension. Worms. Nervous irritability. Delirium. Restlessness (constantly walking about for no reason). Also recommended in cholera.

The German Monograph-Preparation Commission for the Homoeopathic Field of Therapy has, under the Preparation Monograph for Artemisia absinthium, published the following indication(s) in the German Bundesanzeiger (German Federal Gazette) for absinthium: condition of excessive excitement and spasmodic contrac- tion (cramps); inflammation of the gastric mucosa.

The mother tincture is prepared from the fresh young shoots and leaves. The plant is native to Southern Europe and Asia Minor, and is cultivated in Germany: Artemisia abrotanum. N.O. Compositae.

The tincture of this plant, also known as Lady’s Love, contains volatile oil, bitter principles and abrotanin.

Abrotanum acts on the autonomic sphere, especially the endoderm, when – in spite of a good appetite – emaciation occurs, particularly in children. This emacia- tion proceeds upward from below, starting with the legs. Growth may be stunted, with weakness of the muscles and joints, an appearance as of old age, and possibly haemorrhoids, blood being passed with the stools.

There is a typical vicariation between rheumatic pains and diarrhoea. If the diar- rhoea is suppressed, rheumatic pains recur. There are also gouty tophi in the hands and feet, as well as pains and weakness in the neck and back, e.g. in Scheuermann’s disease. Abrotanum can also be of service in chronic (tuberculous) peritonitis, pleurisy with effusion, and other exudative processes.

These also include the after-effects of chest surgery for hydrothorax or empyema. In boys, hydrocoele is said to be an indication.

The face is characteristically wrinkled and pale, with dry skin, and the eyes are dull with blue rings around them, the so-called “halo” of the eyes, such as one finds after retoxic treatment of acute illnesses such as influenza. Greasy facial skin with

comedones and possibly facial naevi can be helped. In boys there is often epistaxis. Stomach pains are worse at night, with a sensation as if the stomach were floating in water. Diarrhoea alternates with constipation and there may be steatorrhoea. Vom- iting occurs, with large quantities of offensive fluid and flatulent distension of the

abdomen.

Difficult respiration and a dry, persistent cough with a raw sensation and sensitiv- ity to cold air, which causes a rough feeling in the air-passages, are characteristic of this remedy, as are pains in the ribs after pleurisy.

The patient is so weak he can scarcely hold up his head. Abrotanum is generally suitable in marasmus and in retoxic phases after the suppression of symptoms, in gout and rheumatism, in pleurisy with effusion, osteochondrosis and emaciation, especially when the acute symptoms have subsided. (Follows Bryonia, Benzoicum, Acidum and Aconitum.)

Summing up the symptoms, the following characteristic picture of the remedy emerges:

1. Emaciation proceeding upward from below. Marasmus in spite of eating well. Blue rings around the eyes. General problems arising in retoxic phases.
2. Pains in the stomach. Ravenous hunger at night. Steatorrhoea. Diarrhoea alternat- ing with constipation.
3. Pleurisy with or without effusion. Scrofula. Tuberculosis of the mesenteric or hilar glands. Persistent cough at night. Feeling of roughness in the air-passages from cold air.
4. Rheumatic polyarthritis. Osteochondrosis. Gouty tophi in hands and feet. Rheumatism vicariating with diarrhoea.
5. 5.   Greasy skin, purple discoloration (after suppressed skin eruptions). Itching chilblains. Comedones.
6. Hydrocoele in boys.

The German Monograph-Preparation Commission for the Homoeopathic Field of Therapy has, under the Preparation Monograph for Artemesia abrotanum, published the following indication(s) in the German Bundesanzeiger (German Federal Gazette) for abrotanum: excessive loss of weight and abnormal growth or develop- ment among children, also as a result of chronic inflammation; skin disorders; gout.

The mother tincture is prepared from the gum of the tree, which is a native of North America: Picea mariana [Miller]. N.O. Pinaceae.

Its main action is on the digestive and respiratory organs. Main symptoms are as follows:

Depression, inability to think. Pressure as of a hard object behind the sternum.

May also be used where the following occur: Lack of appetite in the morning but ravenous at noon and at night. Violent stomach pains after a hearty meal. Contractive pain in the pit of the stomach with retching, sour eructation, vomiting. Constipation, especially after abuse of tobacco, tea and coffee. Sensation as of a hard object lodged at cardiac end of stomach.

Becomes easily short of breath.

The German Monograph-Preparation Commission for the Homoeopathic Field of Therapy has, under the Preparation Monograph for Resina piceae, published the following indication(s) in the German Bundesanzeiger (German Federal Gazette) for abies nigra: gastric digestive insufficiency.