Aethusa cynapium
- Blue white pallor about lips.
- White linea nasalis. (A drawn
condition, beginning at the alae nasi, and extending
to the angle of the mouth),
giving the face an
expression of great anxiety and pain.
- 4.
Lymphatic glands swelled, like a string of beads - round the neck, swelling of meibomian glands, axillary glands,
with lancinating
pain.
- 5.
Complete absence of thirst though there is great heat.
Mind
- Weak,
nervous and prostrated; from over-exertion of mind.
- Inability
to think, to fix attention (in students from over-exertion of mind before
exams.).
- Great
anxiety and restlessness.
-
Discontented; stupefied.
Objective
- Deathly
nausea, vomits large, hard curds, then limpness and deep sleep.
- Sudden
violent vomiting of milk.
- Lymphatics
swelled like a string of beads.
- Cool,
clammy skin.
- Epileptiform spasms with clenched thumbs.
- Eyes
turned downwards.
-
Intolerance of milk.
- Inability
to think or fix attention; Brain fag.
- Hungry
after vomiting; eats and vomits again.
- An
expression of great anxiety and pain, with a well-marked Linea nasalis.
Causation (a.f. )
-
Over-exertion of mind.
-
Gastrointestinal disturbances.
- Improper
feeding of babies.
Modalities
- Agg.
- During
dentition.
- Milk.
- Hot
weather (summer).
- Frequent
eating.
-
Over-exertion of mind, 3 to 4 a.m. and evening.
- After
vomiting; after stool; after spasm.
- Amel.
- Walking in
open air.
-
Conversation.
Food &
drinks
- Appetite,
Thirst, Cravings, Aversions : Appetite nibbling. Thirstlessness marked.
- Aversion
-
Intolerance of MILK, vomits it as soon as swallowed, in large curds.
- Hungry
after vomiting.
-
Regurgitation of food long after eating.
- DEATHLY
NAUSEA; retching.
- Then
exhausted sleep; wakes up hungry, drinks milk and vomits again (Ant.c. does not want to nurse again).
- Averse to
wine.
Female
- Menses
watery.
-
Lancinating pain in mammary glands and sexual organs.
Child
-
Intolerance of milk which is vomited immediately in large curds; then exhausted
and falls asleep.
- On waking,
takes milk and vomits again.
- Constant
nibblers.
- Stools
either curdled milk or light yellow and greenish.
- Inability
to stand or hold head up with no particular ailment.
- Epileptic
spasms with clenched thumbs and eyes turned downwards.
Peculiar,
uncommon, grand characteristics
- 1. Head
- Head
symptoms relieved by passing flatus.
- 2. Mouth
- Speech
slow, embarrassed; even speechless from suffering.
- 3. Mouth
- Taste
bitter - of onions, of cheese. Sweetish in morning.
- 4. Mouth
- Tongue
seems too long.
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- 5. Stomach
- Hungry
after vomiting - sensation as if stomach was turned upside down.
- 6. Stomach
-
Regurgitation of food an hour after it has been taken (Kreos.).
- 7. Stool
- Stools
undigested or obstinate constipation as if all action of the bowels has been
lost.
- 8. Gen.
Male
- Right
testicle drawn up with pain in kidney.
- 9. Back
- Sensation
as if pain in the back could be amel. by straightening out and bending backwards.
- 10. Skin
- Heat makes
eruptions itch intolerably.
- But cannot
be uncovered during sweat.
- 11.
General
- Parts feel
screwed together.
Cases
- 72. Aethusa :
- Fear on
closing eyes (KR. 43); fear before sleep, to close the eyes, lest he should
never wake (KR. 47);
Respiration
difficult in the dark (KR. 769).
- (Rajan Sankaran - H.H. 1990/306)+