Kent's - Classical Homeopathy Online

Aethusa has convulsions in children. Sometimes the brain trouble does not affect the stomach,but the child goes into convulsions, with clammy hands, deathly countenance, and the sweat,exhaustion and sleep. "Convulsions, great weakness and prostration, with sleepiness. Dosing of thechild after vomiting and after stool, with convulsions".In the Aethusa patient there is much in the face and aspect to indicate a remedy; so much can beseen and comes within the observation, and so little questioning is necessary, that a sort of snap-shotprescribing can be done, but it is not to be recommended. A busy physician, one who really and trulystudies his Materia Medica, and has learned the principles, will in time do a great deal of what seems tobe snap-shot prescribing, but he really does not so, because he puts together many things that outsiderswould not think of. Aethusa then shows itself upon the surface, whereas in many remedies there isnothing seen upon the surface, because they manifest themselves in inner or deeper sensations. Let melay a case before You to illustrate this. For instance, take a robust looking fellow, who declares himselffairly well. out to lunch with you. You have noticed for some time that his nose is all the time peelingoff; at once there is a star. He never talks about his health. Pretty soon, while lunching, the door slamsand he jumps. That is the second point.Then he tells you how much he eats, how well it affects him, how good he feels after eating, andyou have noticed yourself that he eats a good deal. You have not said one word about his health to him.You have not asked him to tell you any symptoms. Finally you shove the pitcher of milk over to him,band he says, "Oh, I can't drink milk, if I take milk it gives me diarrhea; I never think of taking it".Who could not proscribe for that fellow without taking him into the office? Who would think ofanything but Natrum carb. for such a case? Sometimes you can find out the whole story by getting astubborn patient to go and dine with you.AGARICUS MUSCARIUS [agar] [Kent’s]The most striking things running through this medicine are twitchings and tremblings. Jerkingsof the muscles and trembling of the limbs; quivering and tremors, everywhere these two features arepresent in all parts of the body and limbs. The twitching of the muscles becomes so extensive that it is awell- developed case of chorea. It has in its nature all that is found in chorea and has cured many cases.This is a general belonging to all parts. To all muscles. Throughout the body there is a sensation ofcreeping and crawling. It is hardly confined to the skin, it is felt as if in the flesh, a sensation as if ofants.Itching of the skin all over which changes place from scratching.No place is exempt from this. There are strange sensations here and there upon the skin or inparts, cold sensations, sensations of cold needles and of hot needles, stinging and burning where thecirculation is feeble, about the ears, nose, back of hands and fingers and toes, red spots with itching andburning as if frostbitten. It is a great remedy for chilblains. The patient is extremely nervous andsensitive to cold. Itching. pricking, tingling, etc., come on from mental exertion and are relieved fromphysical exertion. All the symptoms of Agaricus are also aggravated after sexual intercourse. especiallyin the symptoms of the spinal cord. It is useful for the symptoms which come on after coition in young,nervous married women, hysterical fainting after coition.The mental symptoms are such as you would expect. Great change-ability, irritability, mentaldepression and complaints which come on from over exertion of the mind and prolonged study.The brain seems to be developed tardily. Children are late in learning to talk and walk, thuscombining the features of two remedies, Natrum muriaticum, which has the symptom "late learning totalk", and Calcarea carb., which has the symptom "late learning to walk". It will be noticed in Calcareathat this is due to a defect in bone weakness. In Agaricus it is a mental defect. a slowly developingmind. Children with twitching and early fainting, nervous girls prior to puberty who have convulsionsfrom being scolded, from excitement and shock, late in mental development. Children who cannotremember, make mistakes and are slow in learning. Nervous patients who on going over theirmanuscripts find out their mistakes in writing and spelling. The condition of the mind is one in whichthey are slow to grasp ideas; wrong words float in kaleidoscopically. When we read in the book "thewhole psychological sphere as if paralyzed", we must read between the lines. The whole mind andsensorium seem paralyzed; the patient is sluggish, stupid, at times seems to be delirious; there isconfusion of the mind so nearly like delirium that it is not unlike intoxication. A delirium such as isproduced by alcohol. He also becomes silly, says foolish and silly things, sings and whistles at aninopportune time, makes verses and prophesies; or he lapses into an opposite state, becomes indifferentto his surroundings. One who is mild and placid becomes self-willed, obstinate and conceited.Difficulty in co-ordinating the movements of the muscles of the body. Incoordination of brainand spinal cord. Clumsy motion of the fingers and hands. In handling things she drops them.