🧬 Remedy Miasm: Psoric Miasm
The Psoric miasm is considered the mother of all chronic diseases. It primarily manifests as functional nervous weakness, allergies, skin itching, eruptions, and hypersensitivity.
▲GENERAL
Source: Derived from the seeds of Physostigma venenosum, commonly known as the Calabar bean,.
a plant native to West Africa, prepared for homeopathic use through triturationGrinding raw substance into powderThe process of grinding an insoluble dry substance with milk sugar (lactose) in a mortar to prepare the base of a remedy. and serial dilutionPotentized liquid homeopathic medicineA solution prepared by repeatedly diluting and shaking (succussing) a substance to enhance healing power while removing toxicity. to enhance therapeutic action while eliminating material toxicity, in accordance with homeopathic pharmacopeia standards.
Traditional Context: Historically employed in homeopathy for neurological, ocular,.
psychological, musculoskeletal, and cardiovascular disorders, particularly those involving muscle spasms, visual disturbances, and nervous excitability.
It is noted for symptoms such as trembling, dim vision, anxiety, and heart palpitationsSensation of rapid or irregular heartbeatA noticeably rapid, strong, or irregular heartbeat due to agitation, exertion, or physical conditions., often aggravated by heat, motion, or emotional stress, and ameliorated by rest, cold applications, or quiet environments.
Modern Context: Indicated for neurological conditions (e.g., myasthenia gravis, tremors), ocular conditions (e.g., glaucoma, myopiaNearsightednessA vision condition in which you can see objects near to you clearly, but objects farther away are blurry.), psychological conditions (e.g., generalized anxiety disorder,.
adjustment disorder), musculoskeletal conditions (e.g., muscle spasms, fibromyalgia), and cardiovascular conditions (e.g., palpitations, tachycardiaAbnormally rapid heart rateA condition that causes the heart to beat faster than normal while at rest (usually over 100 beats per minute).).
It suits patients with acute or chronic symptoms characterized by trembling, dim vision, anxiety, muscle spasms, or palpitations,.
typically exacerbated by heat, motion, emotional stress, or mental exertion, and often seen in individuals with sensitive, nervous constitutions.
The remedy is particularly relevant for those with neurological or ocular conditions, often presenting with symptoms like muscle weakness or blurred vision, commonly observed in patients with myasthenia gravis, glaucoma, or generalized anxiety disorder triggered by stress, heat, or overexertion
night, reading, bright light, exertion, morning, solitude, lying down, cold (in some musculoskeletal symptoms)
▲MIND
The mind is active even during sleep.
Nothing was right.
Too many things in the room, continually
counting them.
Paralytic state of mind and body from grief.
▲VERTIGO, DIZZINESS
VertigoSensation of dizziness or spinningA feeling of movement or spinning of oneself or the surroundings when there is no actual movement., stumbles on ascending or descending steps.
Vertigo with constrictive feeling of head.
COMMENTS - According to Brunton, the tetanusBacterial disease causing lockjaw and muscle spasmsA bacterial disease marked by rigidity and spasms of the voluntary muscles, especially of the jaw. properties of the bean belong to the alkaloid calabarine.
The
paralysisLoss of voluntary muscle functionThe loss of the ability to move (and sometimes to feel anything) in part or most of the body., to eserine, or as it is now called, physostigmine.
In cases of poisoning, people experience a speedy general paralysis.
Death occurs from failure of respiration,
although the heart may be poisoned both directly and through its nerves.
The paralysis is seated in the spinal cord.
The muscles are affected by fluttering tremors.
Involuntary muscles
are excited to active movements and expulsive efforts.
The intestines are often twisted up in knots.
All the
secretions are somewhat increased.
Many provings have been made with Phys., among which a provingTesting a remedy on healthy volunteersThe systematic method of administering a substance to healthy subjects to observe and record the symptoms it produces. made by Christison on himself is
remarkable.
Simpson and Douglas MacL agan were sent for to attend to him in his collapsed state.
Simpson
could only compare it to the state produced by severe flooding, though Christison's only sensation was one of
“extreme but not unpleasant faintness.” MacLagan thought it a lot like aconit e poisoning.
Christison could not
get his will into his muscles except by a tremendous effort.
Warmth to Christison’s feet and a mustard plaster to his whole abdomen gave great relief and he was then
able to turn on his left side, but only remained there a very short time on account of the tumultuous action of
the heart it caused.
He became drowsy and slept, but his mind was so active in sleep that on awaking he did not know that he had
slept.
The tumultuous
Physostigma venenosum action of the heart continu ed on waking, but strong coffee quickly restored the
whole condition and made the heart regular.
Indigestion was observed by Christison and many other provers, “as if large pieces of food had been suddenly
swallowed.” It began under the upper sternum, desc ending and increasing in intensity until it reached the
epigastrium.
Belchings then occurred and a reversal of direction followed, the sensation ending where it began.
With other
provers, there was a sensation of weight and hardness.
Christison also experi enced giddiness and dimness
of vision.
Phys., and its alkaloid eserine, are best known in old school practice for its action on the eye, especially of
contracting the pupil.
The effects are more definite when the drug (tinctureConcentrated liquid raw extractA mother tincture prepared by soaking botanical, animal, or mineral raw materials in alcohol and water., extract or solution of alka loid) is
applied to the eye directly, but one myopic prover had his myopia much diminished.
Dudgeon related the case of A E., 26, struck by the cork of a soda -water bottle on the inferior and outer part
of the left eyeball.
Intense burning pain and effusionFluid accumulation in a body cavityThe escape of fluid from blood vessels or lymphatics into a surrounding body cavity (e.g., pleural effusion). into the eyeball followed.
Engall, the effusion disappeared and later the pain and inflammation subsided
under Aeon, and Merc -c.
The pupil was now egg -shaped, the long diameter perpendicular, smaller end
downwards, vision extremely myopic.
Bell, dilated the pupil, but it had no ef fect on the vision.
Engall sent the patient to Dudgeon, who found the
pupil was sluggish and a book had to be held within four inches of the eye to be read.
Phys.
3x, every three
hours, was given.
After the first dose, objects could be seen at a considerable distance and the next day sight was nearly as
good as ever.
Dudgeon believed that the lens was tilted by the blow and that Phys, restored the over-stretched
or paralyzed portion of the ciliary muscle.
Woodyatt stated that Phys, produced corneal astigmatism in a young woman who found any attempt at close
work caused redness of tarsal edges and a hot, sandy feeling
in conjunctiva.
Lil-t.
30c cured.
For ocular tension, especially when glaucoma has been the result of injury.
Eye injuries (Calen., Hyper.).
Conjunctivitis with sharp, shooting pains.
Pinpoint pupils (Op.).
Paralysis of certain eye muscles.
Astigmatism.
Double vision, severe blurry vision, worse in the right eye.
Holes in the field of vi sion.
The eye
feels full of fluid.
Eye problems associated with extreme insomniaPersistent inability to fall or stay asleepA sleep disorder marked by difficulty falling asleep, waking up too early, or unrefreshing sleep..
Muscae volitantes.
Paralysis and tremors predominate, but also cramps, twitchings, stiffness and tension.
Tetanus.
Paralysis and
numbness is more apparent on the left side, especially in left arm.
Nervous disease with extreme tremors or
trembling.
Paralysis of the spinal cord and respiratory failure.
Parkinson's.
Guillain -Barre syndrome.
Muscular prostrationExtreme physical weakness or exhaustionA state of extreme physical weakness, collapse, or exhaustion, often accompanying severe illness..
Pa ralysis with an inability to get
the will into the muscles.
Paralytic state of mind and body from grief.
Ataxic gait, shooting pains down limbs.
Locomotor ataxiaLoss of full control of bodily movementsA neurological sign consisting of lack of voluntary coordination of muscle movements that can include gait abnormality..
Spinal, sacral and coccygeal pains, with numbness
of the womb.
One prover noted a feeling of levitation on stepping.
Dread of cold water, aversion to bathing.
Weakness on change of weather and on cold, bracing days.
Sleeplessness.
Nash cured with Phys.
12c and 30c persis tent sleeplessness in a patient who had been in an insane asylum
and feared she would have to go again.
Her symptoms were “If we chanced to get a nap she awoke suddenly
as if in a fright and felt no better from what she had slept.”
H.
L.
Chase, another prover, had a “very severe pain in the right popliteal space,” and he afterwards cured a
patient who came to him with pain in the same region two years later
▲HEAD
Headache unbearable, worse atnight.
Constant pain on vertex.
Pain over orbits.
Headache, cannot
bear to raise eyelids.
Pain from forehead down nose.
As of a band about the head, as of a tight cap on head.
Heartbeats felt in head on lying down.
Cerebro -spinal meningitis, general tetanic rigidity.
Brain, falls to side
lain on, wavering in Tremors in head.
▲EYES
Bloodshot eyes with burning.
Muscae volitantes, flashes of light.
Glaucoma, especially afterinjury.
Contraction of pupils.
Visiontiembhng.
Increasing myopia.
Accommodation affected, astigmatism.
Night-
blindness, photophobiaExtreme sensitivity to lightAn abnormal intolerance to light, causing eye discomfort, squinting, or pain in bright environments..
Profuse lachrymation.
Exophthalmus.
Spasm of ciliary muscle with irritability after
using eyes.
Post-diphtheria paralysis of eye and accommodation muscles.
Twitching of eye muscles.
Pain
over orbits, cannot bear to raise eyelids tense, cannot close or open them
▲EARS
Sharp, shooting pains in the ears.
Sudden pain from throat to middle ear, worse eructationBelching or burpingThe act of expelling gas from the stomach through the mouth..
NeuralgicRelating to sharp nerve painDescribe symptoms or pain that radiates along the path of one or more nerves. pain in right side of
face.
Spastic conditions of the face muscles.
Sensation of cramps or spasms in face
▲MOUTH
Bad taste in mouth.
Profuse salivation, thick, leathery saliva.
Tongue feels sore on tip.
Tongue feels
oily, scalded, swollen in chorea.
Feeling of loose skin on roof of mouth.
Teeth feel rough.
Dentition stressful in
nervous children.
Neck - Pain at base of brain.
Inclination to stretch out neck.
Stiffness in neck.
RheumaticRelating to joint or muscle painDescribe pain, stiffness, or inflammation affecting joints, muscles, or connective tissues. pains in left neck.
Nose - Fluent coryzaCommon head cold with nasal dischargeAcute inflammation of the nasal mucous membranes, producing sneezing, congestion, and watery discharge., burning and tingling of nostrils, nose stuffed and hot.
Fever blisters around nostrils.
Small boil inside right nostri l.
Nosebleed while at supper.
Smarting at end of nose.
Twitching of muscles of
nose.
Tension in skin of nose and forehead.
Perspiration - Easy sweat with excitement.
Copious, cold sweat in drops over whole body.
Strong -smelling
sweat around genitals
▲THROAT
Tonsils enlarged, swollen.
Elongated uvula.
Feeling as if a ball came up throat.
Strong heartbeats felt
in throat
▲CHEST
Palpitations or irregular heartbeat, with a sensation of fluttering or oppression,.
resembling tachycardia, worse with emotional stress, heat, exertion, or lying down,.
often with anxiety or faintness.
Chest tightness or discomfort, with a tendency to pressure or burning, resembling anginaChest pain from reduced heart blood flowA condition marked by severe pain in the chest, often also spreading to the shoulders, arms, and neck, caused by an inadequate blood supply to the heart.-like symptoms, aggravated by heat, motion, or stress.
Weak pulse or circulatory instability, with a sensation of faintness or coldness,.
resembling orthostatic hypotension, worse with heat, exertion, or morning.
Tendency to cardiovascular sensitivity, with aggravationWorsening of symptomsAn increase in severity or intensity of symptoms, often caused by environmental factors or after taking a remedy. in stressed or heated states
▲ABDOMEN
Great pain immediately after eating.
Sensitive to pressure in epigastric region.
Pain extends into
chest and down arms.
Gastralgia, chronic constipationInfrequent or difficult bowel movementsA condition where stool is dry, hard, and difficult or painful to pass..
Hiccough with short break, better from sleep.
Temperature - Cold, clammy skin.
Hands and feet cold.
Every movement and draft causes shuddering.
Creeping, chillyHypersensitive to cold temperaturesA constitutional state of feeling exceptionally cold, lacking vital heat, and needing warmth or heavy blankets. sensation in back.
Colicky pains, worse diarrheaFrequent, loose, and watery stoolsA state of having three or more loose or liquid bowel movements per day., better extending legs.
Hunger but can find nothing to sat isfy it.
Food has a flat taste.
No appetite, disgust for food, tobacco
and coffee, and especially for cold drinks
▲GENITALS ETC
Frequent erections with but slight desire.
Emissions without dreams or excitement.
Strong -smelling
sweat about genitals.
Pain as if menses were coming on Menses are irregular with palpitations.
LeucorrheaWhitish or yellowish vaginal dischargeA whitish or yellowish discharge of mucus from the vagina, often indicating congestion or mild infection. worse during
the day, when exercising.
Sighing, worse when leucorrhea is worse.
Metrorrhagia.
Rigid muscles.
Numbness
of womb with pain in back
▲EXTREMITIES, LIMBS
Muscle spasms or cramps, with a sensation of tightness or jerking, resembling muscle cramps, worse with motion, heat, morning, or stress, often with soreness or stiffness.
Physostigma (Calabar Bean) 1536.
Stiffness or aching, with a tendency to rigidity or fatigue, resembling fibromyalgia,.
aggravated by heat, exertion, or cold, often with joint pains or twitching.
Weakness or heaviness, with a sensation of dragging or prostration, resembling chronic fatigue syndrome, worse with motion, heat, or evening.
Tendency to musculoskeletal irritability, with aggravation in active or heated states.
Cardiovascular:.
Palpitations or irregular heartbeat, with a sensation of fluttering or oppression,.
resembling tachycardia, worse with emotional stress, heat, exertion, or lying down,.
often with anxiety or faintness.
Chest tightness or discomfort, with a tendency to pressure or burning, resembling angina-like symptoms, aggravated by heat, motion, or stress.
Weak pulse or circulatory instability, with a sensation of faintness or coldness,.
resembling orthostatic hypotension, worse with heat, exertion, or morning.
Tendency to cardiovascular sensitivity, with aggravation in stressed or heated states
▲BACK AND NECK
Sensitive spine.
Cramp -like stitc hes up and down the spine.
Drawing on turning head.
Creeping
numbness from occiput down spine.
Chilly, creeping sensations up back.
Dull pain in back.
Backache in kidney
region.
Back very weak, unable to stand erect.
Breasts - Stitches in left breast, unable to draw in breath.
Causations - III effects of emotions, grief.
Injuries, falls, blows, and bathing
▲SLEEP
Attacks of overpowering sleepiness with feeling as if to lose consciousness
▲GENERALITIES
Sensations of contraction and tension.
Wavering in brain.
As if she will lose her mind.
Tongue
as if burnt, swollen and paralyzed.
As if a ball were coming up throat.
As if stomach were full.
Weak feeling in
stomach.
Back as if paralyzed.
Lower limbs as if asleep
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This clinical profile is compiled from: Robin Murphy, MD — Lotus Materia Medica, 3rd Edition; Samuel Hahnemann — Materia Medica Pura; William Boericke — Pocket Manual of Homeopathic Materia Medica; and Hazrat Mirza Tahir Ahmad — Homeopathy: Like Cures Like. Compiled in accordance with classical homeopathic provings and clinical practice.
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