Ambra grisea

Ambra grisea
Dr. Mohinder Singh Jus – SHI Homoeopathic College Switzerland – www.shi.ch -
www.facebook.com/SHI.Haus
Ambra grisea
Dr. Mohinder Singh Jus, MD(Hom), Director SHI Homoeopathic College,
Switzerland, www.shi.ch
Ambergris
Proven by Hahnemann and his students
Miasms
- psoric, tubercular, sycotic
Indications
- sleeplessness
- nervousness, nervous breakdown
- depression, hysteria, jerking
- nymphomania
- vertigo
- epilepsy, hysterical epilepsy
- multiple sclerosis, neuropathy
- disorders of the autonomic nervous system, with numbness
- memory problems, commencing Alzheimer’s disease
- pruritus vulvae
- bronchial asthma, cardiac asthma
- good remedy for old people suffering from nervousness, emphysema, asthma
Exciting factors
o too much responsibility
o loss of assets (Arn, Psor, Nux-v, Aur), disputing on inheritance
o family quarrels, arguments
o business worries or “annus horrribilis” (several strokes of fate one after the other
leading to a breakdown)
o too much mental work
o death, loss of love
o problems in puberty
Appearance
Mind
- lean, tendency to eating disorder, tired, pale
- nervous, bashful, blushing easily, tics, icy-cold hands, trembling
- much more relaxed in familiar surroundings, all symptoms < in presence of strangers
- talks much, fast and chaotic, loses the thread from nervousness
- flirting, superficial (show-person), “modern society girls”; easily disappointed, easily hurt;
fault finding; lacks tolerance and capacity; begrudging and egoistic
- nervousness; nervous breakdown; sleeplessness; sensitiveness; weeping for days without
reason; impulsive (always quick, quick); time passes too slowly
- aversion to company; this being a very distinct symptom of Ambra; firstly she does not enjoy
company, this mounting to a clear aversion and aggravation in company and can result in an
anxiety neurosis
1
1

Dr. Mohinder Singh Jus – SHI Homoeopathic College Switzerland – www.shi.ch -
www.facebook.com/SHI.Haus
Ambra grisea
- wants to be alone, but < alone; in a depression she is unable to tolerate strangers, irritated,
when others talk; she does not like when other people laugh (atmosphere of a cemetery)
(Lil-t)
compare wants to be alone:
Ign: shy; after she has overcome that, she enjoys company
Kali-c: wants to be alone, but is afraid of being alone; especially towards evening and night,
when dark
Mang: prefers to be at home alone; his physical complaints are > when he is in own home
Coca: very shy, blushes instantly; indicated in shy, impotent men with diabetes mellitus;
sensation that he does not have a penis; looks dirty, psoric; also very useful remedy for
altitude sickness or complaints during flying: dyspnoea, hypertension, headache, vertigo,
diarrhoea; headache > after eating; also useful for loss of voice in people who have to talk a
lot (e.g. politicians)
- does not want to talk; does not like others talking either; is irritated, when she has to talk,
but then talks a lot, fast and chaotic; everything < talking (Cocc)
- mood swings; never in really good mood; mostly only alternating between being little and
very depressed or between angry and sad phases; not talking at all or talking too much; after
much talking < than before
compare Lach: also < morning, but > talking
- nervous persons, middle or old age, hysterical and full of inhibitions
cannot pass stool or urine when others are present; of all types of the Materia Medica
Ambra has this symptom the most distinctive
compare Con, Plat, Sep: during menstruation
compare Lach, Lyss: during pregnancy
- nervous cough at stranger’s places (Alum, Ign, Lyc, Phos)
- trembling from anger (Arg-n, Aur, Chel, Nit-ac, Phos, Sep)
- course manners, no manners
compare Hep, Graph, Bell, Lac-c, Nux-v, Staph, Stram, Verat
compare Arn: fear of being touched and does not want help; sends everybody away, is rude
compare Lyc: rude at home, polite and adjusted in company
- sensitive to noise
- irritated by music, also physically < music; even cough < music
compare < music: Nat-c, Cham, Nat-s, Acon
compare Sep: < music when headache
compare Nux-v: music is noise and a waste of time
compare Graph: music makes him cry, but > after crying
- confused, lost, like dazed; < in new situations and morning on waking up
- dreamy; drops everything
- feeling as if being in a dream, < after eating, walking
compare > walking: Sulph, Asar
- does not comprehend a question; one has to repeat the question or he repeats it silently to
himself
compare Kali-br, Cocc, Zinc, Phos, Sulph, Caust: repeats the question before he answers
- weak memory; becomes tired quickly from mental exertion; forgets what she has just read
- difficulties in expressing herself, almost imbecile; when sleepless or with nervous breakdown
- thinking of past unpleasant events (Arg-n, Chin, Cocc, Con, Lyc, Nat-m, Nit-ac, Plat, Sep, Sil)
- worried, restless, anxious in the evening (Ars, Calc, Kali-c, Sulph, Cocc, Ferr)
- weak, worn-out ;so tired, she can hardly walk; as soon as she goes to bed, she wide awake
- unable to switch off; constantly moving ideas in her head, either several ideas or only one
compare too many ideas: Calc, Thuj, Med
compare Med: before sleeping
Fears
o becoming insane (Med, Cann-i, Lil-t, Sep, Sulph, Syph, Puls, Dig, Graph, Lac-c, Kali-br,
Nat-m, Nux-v, Arg-n, Cimic; Iod especially with hyperthyroidism; Phos later in life,
when he becomes forgetful and senile)
2
2

Head
Eyes
Ears
Dr. Mohinder Singh Jus – SHI Homoeopathic College Switzerland – www.shi.ch -
www.facebook.com/SHI.Haus
Ambra grisea
o of poverty; for instance someone goes to India, sees the poverty, returns depressed
and fears to become poor himself: Ambra can develop fear of poverty without
reason
compare fear of poverty: Calc, Puls, Sep, Calc-f, Nux-v, Ars, Sulph
o of men (only in women)
compare Puls, Plat, Sep, Nat-m
compare Con: fear of opposite sex
compare Nat-c: men too are afraid of men
o claustrophobia; faint feeling in narrow room with many people
compare Phos-ac: faint feeling when alone
compare Mosch: faint feeling in open air
compare Calc, Alum, Nux-m: faint on seeing blood
compare Ars: fainting after diarrhoea
Delusions
- -sees distorted faces
- sees ghosts, monsters, figures
Vertigo
Exciting factors
o death (Ign), sleep disorders, strange places, intellectual excessive demand (school),
pressure, stress, business failure, grief
o vertigo in old people
o Symptoms
o sensation as if head were cold internally; weakness and cold feeling in brain, numb
feeling
o sensation as if brain were loose in skull; as if brain were moving in skull
o vertigo with empty feeling in occiput and confusion
o vertigo with pressure on vertex and weak feeling in stomach, has to lie down, <
after sleep
Headache
o weak feeling in head, empty feeling
o brain feels loose, external shivering
o drawing in upper part of the brain
o confusion in head and cold feeling in abdomen at the same time
o headache: dull pressure, radiating from neck to forehead
o wakes up in the morning with sprained feeling, then numbness which spreads over
the entire body
o sensation of becoming insane with headache and vertigo
o headache and vertigo < music
o chronic headache with loss of hair
- heavy eyelids, can hardly open eyes or keep them open; < morning on waking up (Kali-c,
Cocc), > firm pressure with hands; homoeopathic provings described it as heavy or feeling of
pressure, not as ptosis
compare ptosis of eyelids: Gels, Ars, Nux-v
- constant irritation, as if a sty were being formed
- weak vision, like mist, a veil or flies before eyes
- deafness of one ear, tinnitus in the other; with cold feeling in stomach; < music
3
3

Nose
Face
Dr. Mohinder Singh Jus – SHI Homoeopathic College Switzerland – www.shi.ch -
www.facebook.com/SHI.Haus
Ambra grisea
- compare tinnitus > music: Aur
- sensitive to noise
- music provokes cough (Calc, Asar, Kali-c, Kreos, Phos-ac)
- nosebleed in the morning on waking up or waking up early from it
- nosebleed during menstruation (Nat-s, Puls, Sep, Sulph)
- twitching of the muscles (reminding of “petit mal”, though nothing shows in EEG)
- lock-jaw in new born
Mouth
- numbness of mouth, tongue and lips in the morning on waking up (Mag-c, Bov, Bar-c)
compare Kali-i: with gout or polyarthritis
- offensive breath in the morning on waking up
- offensive breath every time on coughing (Dros, Lach)
- tongue coated white or greyish-yellow
- wandering toothache in healthy teeth
- toothache < music, warmth, warm drinks; momentarily > cold drinks
- sour taste from drinking milk
Throat
- from cold wind ????
- sensation of plug in throat, with difficulty of swallowing
- on swallowing pain extends to right ear
- sore throat < moving of tongue, talking
- nervous or inflamed dry cough with itching in throat
- laryngitis with itching and sensation as if a feather were lodged in throat < talking, night and
morning on waking up, music, lifting weight
Stomach
- thirstless, no appetite
- sensation as if food were in stomach for a long time
- empty feeling in stomach
- eructation after coughing (Sang, Verat, Sul-ac)
- difficult, strenuous, exhausting eructation (Asaf)
- heartburn from drinking milk, < warm milk
- paroxysms of cough after eating, until suffocating
- sensation as if food were stuck, causing dyspnoea
- hiccough from smoking
- vomiting from slightest exertion, > cold drinks
Abdomen
- pain in liver > lying on that side (Bry, Chel)
- sensation of coldness as of menthol or ice in abdomen, < night, when unable to belch or pass
wind
- painful, sore abdominal muscles, < coughing; or sensation as if muscles were torn
Rectum/Stool
4
4

Dr. Mohinder Singh Jus – SHI Homoeopathic College Switzerland – www.shi.ch -
www.facebook.com/SHI.Haus
Ambra grisea
- unable to pass urine or stool when others are present
- constipation during pregnancy (Coll) or after birth
- constipation from sedentary habits
- fruitless urging for stool
- soft, brown stool
- pressure in abdomen and itch at anus after stool
Urinary Tract
- urging to urinate produces urging to pass stool (Cycl)
- irritable bladder, urinates more than he drinks
- frequent urination at night and in the morning on waking up for 1 – 2 hours
- cystitis with burning and itching in bladder, urethra and vulva during micturition
- brown sediment like coffee
- sensation in urethra, as if some drops passed out
- unable to urinate in presence of others
Female
Male
Heart
- nymphomania; bluish white mucus, and extreme itching in vulva
- cervicitis, cervical ulcers with bluish-white leucorrhoea; at first she has shooting pains in the
cervix, then flow of leucorrhoea
- intermenstrual bleeding form fear, stress or grief, at every little accident; bleeding from
physical exertion or from lifting heavy weights
Menstruation
o every three weeks, profuse bleeding
Premenstrual
o profuse perspiration, sexually aroused (not at other times), frequent urination
Menstrual
o pain in varicose veins, itching in genitals, sleeplessness
Pregnancy/Delivery
o sleepless during pregnancy
o delivery: restless, bashful because of presence of strangers
o childbed: constipation, abdominal cramps, fruitless, painful urging to stool,
incarcerated flatus
- extreme itching in genitals
- voluptuous itching, gets an erection from it
- strong erection, no desire in the morning on waking up, numbness of genitals
- palpitation
- sensation of lump in region of the heart, constriction; as if a heavy ball was lodged on heart,
leading to dyspnoea
- hears his pulse in the whole body
Respiratory Tract
- nervous cough in presence of strangers (Alum, Ign, Lyc, Phos); dry cough, cramp-like; cough
alternating with eructation; cough < music, talking loud
- nervous asthma, cardiac and bronchial asthma < in men during intercourse (due to exertion
and excitement)
compare Nat-p: urging to stool during intercourse
compare Lac-c: fainting with orgasm
5
5

Dr. Mohinder Singh Jus – SHI Homoeopathic College Switzerland – www.shi.ch -
www.facebook.com/SHI.Haus
Ambra grisea
- everything unexpected affect the respiration; starts coughing
- deep, barking cough; cough followed by loud eructation
- asthma with hoarseness after coughing
- when coughing sensation as if something were torn in left lower chest
Musculoskeletal System
- burning pain in left shoulder blade
compare burning pain between shoulder blades: Phos, Lyc, Sulph
- tension and stiffness in lower back
- writer’s cramp on fine needle work
- cramp in fingers, drops things
- left hand ice-cold with headache
- cold feet
- cramps in calves, especially at night
- blue spots on legs during menses
- poor circulation, with hands, legs, one finger or one hand going to sleep; numbness of the
entire body, < morning on waking up
- numbness of parts, e.g. of upper arm, lip, two fingers etc.
- urging to stretch, is relaxing
- twitching in entire body, followed by feeling cold
Sleep
Sleep disorders in adults
o sleeplessness from business worries
o sleeps mostly on back
o sleepy after eating, falls asleep in chair or on couch; as soon as he goes to bed, he is
wide awake (“bed allergy”)
o fear of sleeplessness; thus afraid of going to bed
compare Ign: fear of never being able to sleep again
o frequent yawning, stretching for hours; unable to sleep; can sleep anywhere else,
but not in bed
o sleeplessness of girls in puberty; they are hysterical and introverted, they swallow
everything and are grudging; they appear to be in trance, half asleep, still they talk a
lot, argue about minor things, have weak nerves, nervous asthma etc.
o when he cannot sleep, he stays in bed, fighting the sleeplessness and complains
“Why is it me out of all who cannot sleep?” He is cold, has cramps in the calves,
twitching. The testicles are itching, so are the insides of his thighs (Crot-h)
compare Carb-v: itching of the testicles, when he scratches it oozes fluid, which
smells like honey (he sniffs at his fingers)
o sleeplessness < lying down, especially in bed; < warm room
o talking in sleep
o mentally > when walking up and down in room
o almost everything is < during sleep or when falling asleep and in the morning on
waking up
o in the morning on waking up sensation as if entire body were numb
Sleep disorders in children
o bundle of nerves; frightened by slightest noise (squeaking bed, rustling of paper)
(Asar, Coff)
o child is sleepy, but cannot fall asleep
o child sleeps in the mother’s arms, when she is watching TV; as soon as she put the
child down, he is wide awake
o angry on waking up
o coldness of body
Dreams
6
6

Skin
Dr. Mohinder Singh Jus – SHI Homoeopathic College Switzerland – www.shi.ch -
www.facebook.com/SHI.Haus
Ambra grisea
o exhausting dreams, tiring and frightening
- eruptions, especially on thighs, in groins, in bends of knees
- itching and burning; numbness after scratching; < night
Modalities
Relationships
Aggravation
o night
o on falling asleep, during sleep
o morning on waking up
o music
o loud talking, noise
o talking (mentally, sore throat)
o with strangers, in company
o alone
o thinking of
o excitement
o strong physical exertion
o warm room (cough, sleep)
o warmth
o warm drinks (toothache)
o milk, especially warm milk (heartburn)
o after eating (confusion)
o reading
o cold wind (throat)
o coughing (pain in abdominal muscles)
o before menstruation (perspiration, sexual arousal, polyuria)
o during menstruation (pain in varicose veins, itching in genitals, sleeplessness)
Amelioration
o in familiar surroundings
o lying down in cool room
o cold drinks (toothache, vomiting)
o coldness (toothache)
o lying on painful side
o pressure of hands with hands (heavy eyelids)
- compare: Ars, Cimic, Ign, Asaf, Coca, Mosch, Coff, Chin
- antidotes: Camph, Nux-v, Puls, Staph
- Ambra is antidoted by coffee
7
7