Ambra grisea

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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)
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