MEZEREUM
Common
Name: Daphne Mezereum
Mental:
ANXIETY
arising from the STOMACH (Kali-c).
Apprehension in
stomach.
Causeless
anger.
Anxiety when alone
(Ars, Phos).
Confusion
of mind from interruption; knows not where he is, cannot distinguish objects
around him.
Deficient of ideas
from overexertion.
Vanishing thoughts
while speaking.
Dullness - after
eating ameliorates.
Indifference,
everything seems dead to him.
Physical:
ERUPTIONS
and ULCERATIONS.
Internal burning with external violent itching in small areas as in single parts.
Produces VIOLENT, burning, darting pains, like fire in the muscles.
CHILLY,
AGGRAVATED BY COLD – “Cold to the bone”.
Sudden pains of
various kinds followed by chilliness, numbness and soreness.
Affected
parts become cold. (Skin becomes cold after being scratched).
Violent headaches
through sides of the head, feels as if head would be crushed.
Irritation, burning itching on the skin.
Scabs and
crusts on head are thick with white pus beneath. Hair sticks together.
Eczema on back of
hand.
Skin burning from
perspiration.
Aiments from suppressed eruptions (Graph, Sulph,
Zinc).
Eruptions change
location after pressure, rubbing or scratching.
LEATHER-LIKE
THICK CRUSTS on scalp, which crack and ooze a purulent discharge.
Modalities:
Agg: Cold (itching < warm); washing (eruptions).
Amel: Wrapping up; eating; open air; radiating heat.
Craving: Fat, ham.