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(Ambergis – A morbid secretion
of the whale) Ambra Grisea is a useful homoeopathic remedy for thin, lean, short-
tempered, irritable and easily provoke d children as well as adults.
Over-sensitivity is its peculiar f eature. Vertigo and loss of balance
can manifest in early age, which nor mally happen in old age. So this
remedy can also be very useful in common old age ailments. The Ambra Grisea patient is usually very sad, even if there is no
specific underlying cause. Ambra Grisea is the correct treatment of the
patients who remain sad, like to sit aloof in the dark, become
depressed over trivial matters, lose all zeal to live, show total
indifference to their surroundings a nd start showing physical signs of
ageing prematurely. They feel dizzy. The head and the stomach feel
weak. The forehead feels heavy a nd the head hurts with variable
intensity. There is drowsiness too. The memory is weak. The hairs
on the scalp fall easily. When bleeding from the nose and gums
occurs, it is copious. Gas accumulate s in the stomach. Belching is
sour, but the feeling it produces in the stomach is that of soothing,
rather than burning. In Ambra Grisea, a lack of concentration is natural. The head feels
numb and this feeling spreads over the whole body. Ambra Grisea ailments tend to remain localized only on one side like
in Bryonia, Belladona and Spigelia. They are present and remain
strictly either on right or left side. Typically, the Ambra Grisea patient cannot tolerate music . The
music intensifies the headaches, mental anguish as well as the
physical symptoms. In other words, instead of comforting the person,
the music provokes mental and physical commotion. In Ambra Grisea, symptoms of old age, such as numbness of the
hands and feet , palpitation and flabby mu scles creep in rapidly.
Ambra Grisea is very useful in minimizing the effects of sudden
shock. I have often used Ambra Grisea on women who have been deeply grieved due to sudden emotional shock. In transient
emotional shock, however, Ignatia is the best. Antidotes: Camphor, Coffea, Nux Vomica, Pulsatilla,
Staphysagria
Potency: 30 to 200

The chemical compound Alumina is prepared from aluminium, a
metal from which numerous utensils are made. Most cooking pots
and bathroom appliances are made from it. Early on, this metal was
very costly, only the rich and the el ite could afford aluminium pots.
Now, due to industrial development, this metal is vastly available and
is quite cheap with the poor tending to use these utensils the most. Modern research has indicated that the prolonged use of aluminium
pots for cooking produces a very harmful effect on the health of the
users. This poison affects slowly, but becomes a permanent part of
the human body. The aluminium constricts the walls of blood vessels.
Cholesterol starts depositing its elf inside the blood vessels.
Progressive narrowing or even to tal blockage can ensue. Thus,
cholesterol can cause a heart attack due to the blockage of the arteries
leading to the heart. Similarly, it affects the blood vessels going to the
brain. This process of progressive hardening and narrowing of the
arteries is called “Art eriosclerosis”. The ag eing process starts to
manifest itself fast. The memory becomes weak. The blood pressure
fluctuates. Mental and physical deterioration sets in. Alumina, being
a slow acting remedy, should be us ed for long periods extending over
years. To achieve permanent cure , one should use Alumina in high
potency at long intervals, such as 1000 or 10,000 given once in a
month. A potency 200 will have to be given every ten days, extending
over many months or years. In th e beginning of th e treatment, no
beneficial effect will be noticed . Once the improvement begins, the
dead and dying fibres of the circular muscles start reverting to life.
The patient must be told to continue the treatment for at least a year or
two without fail in order to get relief from this long-established
disease. The Alumina itch does not exhibit lumps or bumps. At first, the
itching begins on apparently clean , healthy-looking skin. Itching
leads to inflammation which leads to formation of pimples or, on
scratching intensely, blister formati on. One may bleed as a result of
scratching. The affected part be comes insensitive and subject to
infection and further complication. In general, (unlike Alumina), in most of the remedies, the bumps over the skin appear first and the
itching comes on later. The eyelids swell and become thick and heavy. The eyelashes fall.
The vision becomes blurred. The eyes are very sensitive to light,
especially in the morning. The ey elids are sticky and the objects look
pale or yellow. The stomach fails to function. There is a complete loss of appetite and
dislike for meat. The patient craves to eat indigestible things like clay
and coal. The stomach becomes inflamed and goes into spasms. One
of the main features is marked acidity. Nothing tastes right. There is
frequent acidic belching. Alumina is useful in all these symptoms.
The dysfunction of the stomach is due to the narrowing and thickening
of its blood vessels. Alumina is very useful in acute hyperacidity, as well as the chronic
illnesses of the stomach. It relieves long-standing haemorrhoids. It
also relieves acidity in both men an d women. It is particularly useful
in the leucorrhoea associated with ac idic discharge. This discharge is
so acidic, that it may lead to other illnesses. Normally, women do not
get constipated during pregnancy, in Alumina however, they do.
Constipation associated with pregnancy , which is transient or of
long-standing, will respond to Alumina administration. Alumina is very important in a chronic cough originating from the
lungs, as are Bacillinum, Phosphorus, Arsenic, Iodide and Kali Carb.
If the other symptoms of Alumina are also present, this would be the
most appropriate remedy. In Alumina, typically, reasoning and decision-making deteriorate.
One may not easily decide one way or the other. The mind becomes
cloudy and suspicious. Whatever the pa tient sees or hears, it appears
to him as if somebody else is seeing or hearing it. He loses his self-
identity. Sometimes, he wishes to occupy someone else’s mind so
that he may observe things better. This slowly progressive trend of
his drives him insane. However, he is not dangerous to others, he
simply gets lost in himself. Mentally, the patient shows impatience. For him, time stands still, but
he likes it to pass quickly. At the sight of sh arp weapons, he is afraid, lest he may hurt himself. Such pa tients frighten others by pretending
to commit suicide, though actually they do not do so. Sometimes,
people look down from a height and ot hers get terrifie d, in case they
may leap to their death. The Alumina patient is very sad and sallow. He has the desire to
distance himself from hi s surroundings. He worries that he may be
going insane. Such negative thought s are at their climax in the
morning. Sometimes, the alumina affects the throat muscles , resulting in
difficulty in swallowing. Due to weakness of these muscles, the food
may enter the windpipe or nose. Paralysis may affect the sphincte r muscles of the bladder and the
rectum, resulting in difficulty in pass ing urine and stools. The patient
has to strain his abdominal muscles, even if the stools are soft.
Urinary symptoms resemble those of enlarged prostate gland. Many a
time, the stools resemble the droppin gs of a goat, camel and horse, in
the shape of small or large balls, which stick to each other. The stools
may be soft or thick but are difficult to pass. In Graphites and Plumbum too, stools are similar. The urine may leak
unknowingly due to the paralysis of the muscles of the neck of the
bladder. Involuntary defeacation can also occur due to weakness of
the sphincter muscles at the anus. The Alumina patient experiences dizziness and imbalance during
walking. The feet tend to be numb. Pain radiates from one point to
all directions, like the spokes of a wheel. When all these symptoms
are together, Alumina is the remedy. The movements of the limbs, lower as well as upper, may not remain
under voluntary control, thus resulti ng in a staggering gait. In this
situation, long term use of Alumina is beneficial. In Alumina, catarrhal and skin symptoms are very frequent. The
patient has chronic catarrh, which is full of dry encrustations with long
strings. The catarrh may result in the dimness of the eyesight. The
inner linings (mucus membranes) of the stomach, intestines and
kidneys become inflamed. Headache also, is common with the cold. Like the mucus membranes, the skin also becomes subjected to many
ailments. As a result of intense itching, the skin becomes thick and
sore and may even ulcerate. As in Sulphur, the warmth of the bed
intensifies the itching. The face feels as if a cobweb is spread over it.
The tip of the nose shows cuts. The eyes burn and trachoma may
develop. Alumina affects both flexor as well as extensor muscles (the
flexor muscles bend the joints, while the extensors stretch the joints). Salt, alcohol, vinegar, chillies, potatoes, and fizzy drinks aggravate the
symptoms of Alumina. P iles and anal fissuring are typical of
Alumina. Male sexual impotence and nocturnal emission are common. The
prostate gland enlarges along with the feeling of heaviness and
fullness around it. Sexual organs become partially paralyzed. The
man becomes sexually impotent in spite of being in good general
health. As a result of prolonged catarrh the women develop chronic
leucorrhoea. The uterus tends to sag downwards, much more so on
standing and walking. If gonorrhoea has merely been suppressed by
some kind of treatment, but not cu red, the residual inflammation of
the pelvic organs results in the se nsation of heat and discomfort.
Alumina may be of use in this situation. The cough of Alumina may be associated with sneezing and the throat
feels as if it is being gently tickle d with feathers. In Alumina, at the
point of backache, the patient feels intense heat, as if a hot iron has
been placed on the numbed part. The soles of the feet become soft,
swollen and tender. The side the patient sits or lies on becomes numb.
The legs tend to be numb also. The patient feels cold and likes to
wrap himself well, but he likes the face to be exposed to the cool
breeze. The patient likes the warmth of the bed for a while, but
intense itching begins when the bed becomes too warm. The hands
usually remain cold and warm up slow ly on retiring to bed. The skin
is dry and sweats only sparingly, or not at all. Adjuvant: Bryonia
Antidotes: Ipecac, Chamomilla

. Alumen is the common alum, which is used to control bleeding from
any wound. It is famous for cl umping together the suspended
particles in a solution (colloids). However, it cannot clump suspended
matter in air or in gas. The venom of several kinds of snakes acts
similarly on the blood. The clots/ clumps thus formed, precipitate
heart attack by blocking the blood vessels of the heart. If Alumen is directly added to the blood, it will clump the red and
white cells, but the fluid part of th e blood i.e. serum, which contains
the 12 salts in a properly balanced form, is not affected by it. The
alum is also used to clean dirty wa ter. The dust particles in colloidal
form precipitate to the bottom of the container and the clean water
comes to the surface. In this process, a slight amount of alum remains
in the water. Therefore, Alum en symptoms are not uncommon in
areas such as the Sindh province in Pakistan. In Alumen, the patients develop deep ulcers or abscesses. The
abscesses may gradually progress to cancer formation. Chronic
ulcers, as well as cancer of the tongue and throat can develop. The
lymph glands become swollen and i ndurate. The tonsils enlarge and
become firm. Hard nodules develop in the uterus, as well as in the
mammary glands (the breast). Like Sulphur, there is a feeling of heat and pressure on the scalp.
Being very sensitive, the patient of Sulphur cannot tolerate the
pressure of the hand or even the touc h of a cloth, while the patient of
Alumen feels comfort with pressure. In Alumen, the muscles are very weak as in Plumbum. In other
words, the paralytic features of Alumen and Plumbum are very much
similar. All these ill effects of Alumen, as already mentioned, are amenable to
the homoeopathic potency of Alumen, irrespective of the cause of the
symptoms. If these symptoms a nd signs are of Alumen and the
constitution of the patient is also of Alumen, then Alumen will offer
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cure. In addition, prolapsed uterus due to weaker pelvic muscles
will also get better with Alumen. One of the salient features of Alumen is persistent hoarseness of the
voice. Transient hoarseness is treatable with Borax, Coca or Arsenic.
However, as a matter of principle, one should not merely depend upon
hoarseness of the voice to establish the diagnosis. Other relevant
features of these remedies should also be sought. The illnesses of the
throat will benefit from this prope r constitutional remedy. Persistent
hoarseness is the nature of Alumen. Alumen acts profoundly and for long time. Nevertheless it can also
cure acute illnesses. It is very useful in diseases of the intestines ,
obstinate constipation and intractable bleeding tendency. It is of
great use in the breathing problems of the elderly. It is also very
beneficial in relieving the tightness of the air passages, difficulty of
swallowing liquids and the indurate glands under the tongue.
A severe headache associated with heaviness of the head is also a
symptom of Alumen. Pressure applied locally offers comfort. All the
muscles feel weak. The cold weat her aggravates all the symptoms
except the headache, which the cold relieves. Antidotes:
Potency:
Chamomilla, Nux Vomica, Sulphur, Ipecac
30 – 200

. This medicine is prepared from a plant called Kanwar Gandal in
Urdu. Its main characteristics ar e flatulence, diarrhoea and the
tendency to vomit. Hundreds of medi cines can be used in this kind of
symptom complex, but they have th eir own additional, distinctive
features as well. In Aloe an d Lycopodium, typically, one gets
diarrhoea after ingesting oysters. Aloe should also be considered
along with Lycopodium wherever a patient suffers from diarrhoea
after eating seafood. In the patien ts of Aloe and Lycopodium, the
abdomen is bloated in the right lo wer part. Generally, homoeopaths
suggest one of the three remedies for distension of the abdomen:
Carbo Veg for the fullness and distension in the upper part,
Lycopodium for the distension of the right lower abdomen and China
when the whole of abdomen is tense. However, distension of the
abdomen is also a symptom of other homoeopathic medicines, which
will need to be used as indicated. The above three have been
mentioned in most homoeopathic books as quick fixes for immediate
use. Prolonged abdominal distension may lead to colicky pains. In
emergency situations, especially if the condition of the patient is
deteriorating fast, the standard fo rmula as detailed above should be
adopted. Nevertheless, real, lasting relief wi ll only be offered by a
proper constitutional remedy. Nux Vomica is very useful when the intestinal movement is
sluggish. Carbo Veg will be more appropriate if the patient passes
offensive wind. In the Carbo Veg patient, there is a spasm at the
pyloric end of the stomach due to hyperacidity . The food becomes
stagnant and decays. The stomach becomes distended with foul
smelling gas. China is useful in abdominal dist ension only where other signs of
China are also present, i.e., pati ent has dryness in constitution and
generally displays signs of the ill effects of Malaria. Sometimes, the
wind or gas becomes trapped in th e intestines due to a lack of
digestive secretions from the stomach, liver, pancreas and the
intestines. China is especially useful in this kind of distension. .
Returning to the main subject of Aloe, ingestion of seafood,
especially oysters, is immediately followed by diarrhoea . Along
with nausea and vomiting , the patient suffers from headache,
starting from the forehead. The eyes are red, heavy and difficult to
open. The lips are dry. Chewing
produces an audible noise in the
ears. Sometimes, Aloe patients bleed from the nose as they wake up
in the morning. The mouth tastes bitter. Typically, there is pain under
the ribs on the right side. Loose mo tions are associated with gripe.
The piles hang in bunches and feel burni ng hot. Cold applications
offer relief. If the patient is constipated instead of having loose
motions, the lower part of the abdom en feels severely tense. Meat
does not bother the patient of Aloe, ye t the patient does not like to eat
it. Aloe women experience aggravation of their symptoms during
their menstruation period. Walking and standing becomes difficult.
The uterus feels full and heavy due to pelvic congestion. The periods
appear earlier than usual and are excessive (Menorrhagia). Another sign of Aloe is irritati on of the throat and coughing. The
joints ache. The symptoms are worse in the morning, more so in the
hot, dry weather. The cold weather and open air offer relief. Mostly
the symptoms start or intensify after food intake. Adjuvant: Sulphur
Antidotes: Sulphur, Opium
Potency: 30

Allium Cepa is prepared from the red onion and is very helpful in
nasal catarrh of the winter season. It s symptoms resemble those
caused during the peeling of onions. The throat becomes hoarse ,
nasal secretions are watery and acidic . The eyes water, but do not get
red or irritated. (Euphrasia cause s watering from the eyes with
burning type of itch an d redness.) The other point of difference in
Allium Cepa is that there is a persistent cough day and night. In
Euphrasia, as the nasal secretions pour out of the eyes during the day
the cough is less frequent, but at ni ght the cough gets aggravated due
to the dripping of the nasal secretions in the throat or into the lungs.
The patient wakes up and experiences severe bouts of coughing. The
cough steadily starts easing off in the morning. The eyes start
watering and redness occurs. Allium Cepa does not produce redness in the eyes, instead it involves
the ears which ache, discharge and become partially deaf. If it
happens as the result of a nasal cold, it can res pond favourably to
Allium Cepa, or other remedies like Chamomilla, Pulsatilla and
Ammonium Carb should be sought as indicated. In Allium Cepa, the symptoms tend to migrate from the right to the
left. This also happens in Lachesis, where the symptoms start on the
left side, and as the body defence responds, they migrate to the right
side. The venom of the majority of the snakes mostly affects the left
side of the body. It is strange but in teresting to know that snakes hate
onions. In the Sindh province of Pakistan, people spread onions
around their beds to keep the snakes at bay and this method works. In Allium Cepa, the symptoms of illness are aggravated by rest and
relieved by movement. At night, th e symptoms worsen. One catches
cold in cold and damp weather, an d feels relieved in open air. Along
with the cold, there is headache, especially on the right temporal area
to the forehead. The cold affects the left nostril before the right. Allium Cepa is very helpful in whooping cough and chicken pox .
Allium Cepa is very good in vomiting, indigestion and the passing of foul gas in the early co urse of chicken pox. It is also good in the
abdominal pain of children. In Allium Cepa, abdominal pain cau ses an urge to pass urine with
burning pain at the bladder . The urine is reddish in color. Along
with cold symptoms there is freque nt urination. The voice is hoarse,
the throat is irritated and the windpipe hurts. There is severe coughing
and repeated sneezing. The back of the neck hurts. The patient feels
chills from the back downwards at night. Consequently, the patient
has to pass urine frequently. Sometimes along with the nasal catarr h, tiny little red pimples appear
with a piercing sensation. Some ar eas of the body feel burning hot.
Allium Cepa is useful in neuralgic pains especially of the face, teeth,
head and neck. Adjuvant: Phosphorus, Thuja, Pulsatilla
Antidotes: Arnica, Chamomilla, Veratrum Album
Potency: 30 to 200

Agnus Castus is mostly related to diseases of women. After
childbirth, the muscles become weak, stretched and flabby . They
do not revert to their original tone and physical status. (This is just
like a stretched out piece of rubber which loses its elasticity.) The
uterus feels like it is sagging downwards. Menses are scanty.
Infertility and hatred towards conjugal relationship develops.
Leucorrhoeal discharge is yellow. The woman feels uneasy, sad and
depressed. She is usually sad and sallow. She may develop hysteria.
The uterus remains inflamed. The nose bleeds. Agnus Castus is a
treatment of choice in this symptom complex. The Agnus Castus patient thinks of committing suicide and is
indifferent to the world around her. She prepares herself for
impending death. In Arum Mur, the tendency to commit suicide and
depression are prominent features which become part of the patient’s
temperament. But in Agnus Castus , such tendency is transient and
short-lived. The patient has a weak memory, she is absent-minded and neurotic,
she lacks courage and lacks determination. She feels pain on the
temporal areas and forehead, aggravated by movement. The patient is hypersensitive to light (as in many other remedies) and
develops headache due to light-hypers ensitivity. In case the headache
is already present, it becomes unbearab le in light, so much so that the
eyes cannot be opened. Graphites is good in isolated light-sensitivity
without the symptoms of Agnus Castus.
The bony bridge of the nose is painful but feels better with pressure.
The patient can be unusually sensitive to certain kinds of fragrance.
The cheeks itch and tingle, this is specific in Agnus Castus. There is wind in the tummy . The stomach rumbles. The intestines
seem to be falling downwards, and the patient holds on to the
drooping belly. Agnus Castus is useful in certain male sexual disorders , such as
sexual weakness and impotence, secondary to the pubertal
misconduct. It also relieves nervous disorders (like Kali Phos). Adjuvants: Caladium, Selenium
Antidotes: Camphor, Nux Vomica
Potency: 30 to CM

The most salient sign of Agaricus Muscarius is shaking of the body,
secondary to mental stress and weakness of the muscles. The hands
are tremulous, the limbs display jerky movements and the whole body
quivers. Jerky movements are also a characteri stic of Actea Racemosa
(Cimicifuga), with the difference th at the violent movements are on
the same side as one lies on, while in Agaricus, the whole body
quivers. Tremors and spasms both exist. The eyes also shake and
sway. The eyesight is not focusse d. I once happened to see a young
man suffering from this ailment which was progressing with age.
Agaricus Muscarius significantly benefited him to the extent that he
could do his regular work normally. In Agaricus, eye symptoms are very prominent, such as double
vision, black spots dancing before the eyes, squinting, burning and
irritation of the eyes and a feeling of fatigue. It is difficult to focus
the eye on one particul ar point. Reading becomes difficult, the
eyeballs swing like a pendulum, a nd the discharge of the eye is
yellowish and sticky. The mind beco mes weak. Concentrated studies
and mental work cause fatigue. Su ch children are very stubborn in
nature, irritable and sensitive. If checked harshly , they may go into
mental shock and become unconscious (more so in the case of
Aesculus). Agaricus should be give n to children even if rolling
movements of the eyeballs are abse nt. Some children are basically
mentally weak, more so in the morning. They cannot understand any
new idea. They are sluggish, physica lly as well as mentally. As the
day passes, they become mentally alert, normal and cheerful by the
end of the day. These symptoms are very similar in Agaricus and
Aesculus, except for their timing. In Agaricus, weakness of nerves can induce deafness. Exposure to
cold causes earache, with redness and burning of the skin. The feet
burn, itch and become red. Sometimes in extreme cold, if one enters a
heated room, hands and feet start to itch and become red and swollen.
This condition is called Chillblain. Any condition in which the blood accumulates in one particular part of the body causing distension,
redness, itching and pain, will be relieved by Agaricus Muscarius.
Similar conditions can be found in some allergies (for example,
during the treatment of malaria). If associated with other symptoms
and signs of Agaricus, Agaricus Mus carius will cure these without the
help of any other anti-allergic treatment. One or at the most two doses
will suffice (by the grace of Allah) . Sometimes, Phosphorus may also
be helpful in such a situation. Some children happen to stammer.
Stammering is in fact due to some kind of fear. It should be treated
psychologically also. In general, St ramonium is very useful in deep
mental and neurological conditi ons, but has not been found
sufficiently effective in the treatment of stammers. So one must
carefully scrutinize the cause of the illness before suggesting any
remedy. Agaricus may be one possible remedy for stammering. In Agaricus Muscarius, the illness has fleeting tendency. Sometimes
women, during their nursing perio d, may have been subjected to
mental shock (due to some severe a ccident, grief or mental pressure),
causing the milk production (lactation) to be suppressed . If the
milk is insufficient due to the me ntal shock, Agaricus can be very
useful. Pulsatilla will be the right medication for Pulsatilla type
patient. Other remedies used for normalizing lactation are: Agnus Castus
Bryonia
Causticum
Lac Defloratum
Phytolacca
Silicea
Aconite
Asafoetida
Calcarea Carbonica
Chamomilla
Phosphoric Acid
Secale
Urtica In Agaricus, like Aesculus, the pa ins tend to radiate downwards.
Being related to the nerves, the pains are not dull and localised;
instead, they may radiate to one side and then to the other. In such a
case, Agaricus is more effective In Agaricus Muscarius, the abdomen is full of wind (or gas) due to
sluggish intestinal movements. In such cases, Nux Vomica is also
very promptly effective. It restores the intestinal mobility in transient
as well as established condition. Sulphur works for prolonged periods
and Aconite works temporarily. Nux Vomica is between the two. The Agaricus patient is usually ve ry quiet. Typically the facial
muscles twitch. The intestinal mu scles also fasciculate, but do not
have the propulsive power. In such a case, Agaricus is the remedy. In Agaricus Muscarius, one experiences hallucinations as a result of
blood poisoning due to the toxins produ ced inside the uterus. If the
uterus does not expel the placental membranes after the childbirth, it
can affect the mind. In this cond ition, Pulsatilla is a good general
remedy for the natural cleaning of the uterus. If the infection sets in
the uterus and Puerperel fever de velops, Sulphur 200 and Pyrogenium
200 should be given. If there are hallucinations and milk formation in
the breast is decreased, Agaric us Muscarius will be very
advantageous. In the case of infection, Silicia, Kali Mur, Ferrum Phos
and Kali Phos, all six 6X, should be mixed and given in addition to
Sulphur and Pyrogenium. In Agaricus, we see eczema also. It is recognised by the blisters
containing yellow exudate, which develop along the course of the
nerves. It is often seen that th e neurological conditions can transform
into eczema. In some other cond itions, vesicles develop along the
course of the peripheral nerves, such as in herpes. But Agaricus is not
the remedy for herpes. Herpes of different kinds is a very pa inful disease. It should be
clearly recognised and treated timely to avoid dangerous
complications. Previously, I used to prescribe Silicia, Kali Phos and
Kali Mur for herpes which helped to some extent. Later on, I found
that the best treatment for herpes was that as for snakebite, i.e. Arnica
200, Ledum 200 and Arsenic 200. This combination offered
unusually quick cure (when I used this formula on late Aftab Ahmad
Khan Sahib during a severe attack of herpes ). Due to the frequent
mutation of the herpes virus and ch anging pattern of the disease, in
my knowledge there is no one standard remedy which would be of use
all the time. The Agaricus patient does not ha ve full control on his limbs. Things
drop out of his hands . Crockery frequently falls and breaks. His
grip is not strong enough. Severe muscle pains and spasms occur in
the limbs. Hands and feet twist violently. In Agaricus, the symptoms aggravate after taking food, in the open
and in cold weather. Sleep fail s to improve the symptoms. The
patient feels drowsy all day. It ching and burning are conspicuously
present. Antidotes: Cinthium, Coffea, Camphor
Potency: 30 to 200

Aethusa Cynapium, if truly analogous to the disease complex, works
wonders. In allopathy, there is no match for this Homoeopathic
remedy. This is the best remedy for wasting disease of the children
(marasmus). The child cannot digest milk; he throws up as soon as
he drinks milk. The vomiting renders him very weak. He feels
hungry, takes milk-feed and imme diately vomits again. The
constipation is severe. If diarrhoea ensues, the stools are small.
Firstly, they are yellowish in colour and then, turn greenish (bile-
coloured). There is intense gripin g in the abdomen. In addition to
diarrhoea, there is a tendency to repeated vomiting of clotted milk. The majority of the children are se verely constipated. Diarrhoea is
rare. The child is usually drowsy and steadily goes on getting weaker.
Once a marasmic child was brought to me who looked terrible. His
head was large, his face drawn a nd shrivelled, and his body was just a
bony skeleton. His parents told me that they had tried many
medicines but to no avail, since the child was constipated for over a
month, and threw up after every milk feed. I gave him Aethusa. Soon
his constipation was relieved, he co uld digest milk and his condition
started improving. Within a week, the child became hale and hearty. Marasmus is also found in Abrotanum. In Abrotanum, the wasting
begins in the legs and then spreads upwards towards the chest and
neck. In Aethusa, wasting involv es the entire body simultaneously.
Another sign of Aethusa is that with heat, the sickness migrates
towards the head. For a child with some mental deficiency and a
tendency to throw up milk immediately after feed, Aethusa is the
remedy. Aethusa will cure his mental as well as abdominal problem.
With conventional allopathic treatmen t, if the child is treated for his
abdominal problem, he will become me ntally ill, even insane. Clear-
cut symptoms of Aethusa warrant the use of Aethusa alone.
In Aethusa Cynapium, the illness comes on with full force followed
by mental and physical exhaustion, drowsiness and delirium. The
patient is extremely superstitious and hallucinates about cats, dogs and
mice. He lacks concentration. He is sad and feels uneasy. The head
feels tied up in a vice. There is pain at the back of the head , which radiates down the neck, shoulders and upper back. This pain is
relieved by pressure or lying down, as well as after passing stools and
wind (flatus). Hairs feel stretched. There is drowsiness, dizziness and
palpitation. When dizziness ends, the head starts feeling warm. The eyes are very sensitive to light. The margins of the eyelids
swell. The eyeballs roll around duri ng sleep. The eyes are drawn
downwards. Things appear larger than their actual size. The ears
ache, with a feeling of discharge of warm fluid with hissing sounds.
Thick nasal secretions causes blocka ge of the nose. The tip of the
nose feels sore. An ineffective desire to sneeze is typical of Aethusa.
Red marks appear on the face. The jaws hurt and feel stiff. The
tongue is dry and feels too long. Burning and blisters of the throat
make swallowing difficult. At time s, due to difficulty in breathing
and feeling suffocated, the patient may not even speak. The chest
feels tight. Aethusa is very useful in diseases of the women . During
menstruation, if there is excessive wa tery bleeding and painful
swelling of the breasts, uterine di scomfort and sluggish intestinal
movements (peristalsis), vomiting soon after eating without nausea,
along with some other peculiar symp toms of Aethusa Cynapium, they
will all respond to Aethusa. The symptoms of Aethusa intensify early in the morning, at about 3 to
4 a.m., with cold water and in warm bedding. All the symptoms,
except mental, subside in the open air. Aethusa is very good in
teething diarrhoea of children . In Aethusa patients, there may also
be numbness of the arms and feet, and developing cramp. The elbows
are spastic. Fingers and thumbs clench. There is numbness in the
hands and the feet. Aethusa is useful in epilepsy too. The limbs feel
cold and tight along with frothing from the mouth. The child cannot
hold the head up, vomits immediat ely after milk feed and then
demands milk soon after. Aethusa is considered useful by some homoeopaths for students who
get confused and very apprehensive in the examination hall. One dose
of Aethusa Cynapium 2 00 taken on the morning of the exam is found
very useful.
Adjuvant: Calcaria Carb.
Potency: 30 to 200

Aesculus
Hippocastanum The most salient feature of Ae sculus Hippocastanum is mental
confusion. Physical and mental fa tigue can naturally result in some
sort of mental confusion and restle ssness but in Aesculus, the mental
confusion is aggravated by sleep. On waking up in the morning, the
patient is confused and disorientate d as to where he is and what is
going on around him. A healthy person ca n also feel lost in a strange
place following a journey, but this confusion is very short-lived. In the
Aesculus patient, the mental c onfusion is very prolonged. The
memory is weak , and there is feeling of a nger or grief along with a
dislike for every kind of activity. The Aesculus children have poor memory. They are angry by nature
and if they are startled in sleep, and if treated harshly, they can go into
mental shock and become unconscious. Sometimes, it can lead to
epilepsy. Aesculus is not only for children, but it can be used in
patients of all ages. Congestion of the eyes is a very salient sign of Aesculus
Hippocastanum. This is due to the weakness of the blood vessels of
the eyes. The eyes become red on s light increase of pressure. Some
Homoeopaths call it the piles of the eyes. The eyes feel heavy and
watery. The eyelids and the area be low the left eye exhibit twitching
of the small muscles and the eyeballs hurt. An Aesculus patient generally feels cold. Pain is al leviated by heat
application. Pains fleet around the whole body, as in Pulsatilla.
However, the Pulsatilla symptoms however are aggravated by heat,
and cold relieves them. The Pulsa tilla patient has the tendency to
remain grieved, but with a mild temperament. The Aesculus patient
also inclines to be in a state of grief, but is hot-tempered and feels
better by heat. In an Aesculus patient, the back constantly feels weak and tired .
The backbone also is weak . The patient stagge rs on walking due to the weakness of the back and legs . He finds it di fficult to stand up
after sitting down. There is pain be tween the shoulders and back of
the neck. The pain in the right shoulder and the chest gets worse
on deep inbreathing. Hands and feet burn and hands become red on
washing them. There is a fleeting t ype of stiffness and aching of the
joints. There are lightning spells of a piercing type of pain, which get
better with heat application. All these symptoms are in the domain of
Aesculus Hippocastanum. In Aesculus, there is a unique kind of piles consisting of large, bluish
warts, like bunches of grapes, asso ciated with severe burning. The
pain becomes worse on standing and walking. There is burning at the
anus and dryness and a feeling as if some small sticks are lodged in
the rectum. Stools are hard, dry an d are passed with difficulty and
after defecation, there is intense pain. In Aesculus, kidney pain is also very evident especially in the left
kidney. Urination is frequent, scanty and associated with burning.
Urine is dark-coloured.
Women experience severe backache, weakness during the menses
and a feeling of sagging of the uterus that is typical in Aesculus.
Leucorrhoea is dark yellow coloured and thick and sticky. In Aesculus, there are symptoms related to the heart also, such as
burning pain over the heart, rapid heartbeat, pulsating blood vessels,
and a feeling of heat over the chest. Other features of Aesculus are a feeling of constant discomfort,
burning and severe nausea after food intake. Digestion is weak. A
heavy feeling of the stomach as if there is a weight on it, food turning
acidic, excessive sour belching, a me tallic taste in the mouth, copious
sticky sputum and a thick yellowish-white coating on the tongue are
all characteristics of Aesculus Hippocastanum. The t hroat feels hot,
dry and sore. While swallowing, th e pain goes to the ears. In
Aesculus Hippocastanum, the symptoms aggravate with cold, walking
around, after eating and on getting up af ter sleep. The discomfort of
piles also gets worse in cold weather. Lying down in the open, and
rest relieve the symptoms. Aesculus Hippocastanum is also very useful in varicose veins .
Varicose veins commonly occur in women during pregnancy in the form of blue spider webs and distended tortuous veins which can
be really bothersome. Antidote: Nux Vomica
Potency: 30 to 200

Adrenalin is the secretion of the glands situated above the kidneys
called the Suprarenal Glands. It k eeps the function of other glands in
balance. All Adrenalin patients exhibit symptoms resulting from
anger, fear and terror. The heart beats faster and the blood pressure
rises. There is a feeling of suffo cation and tightness. The peristaltic
movements of the intestines become sluggish and the mouth is dry. It
has the property of constricting the muscles in the walls of the arteries.
In Homoeopathy, it is used to stop any kind of bleeding , whether it
be in the lungs, nose, intestines, uterus or somewhere else. In case the
signs and symptoms do not point to one particular medicine,
Adrenalin should be used right awa y. It has been especially found
useful in the control of bleeding from the nose. Some surgeons use it
before an operation to decrease the blood loss. One expert physician has described it to be useful in angina and
similar symptoms, like pain ove r the heart area and behind the
sternum (chest-bone), which gets worse on walking. Adrenalin is also
useful in the suffocating tightness of the chest . High blood
pressure, secondary to contraction of th e arteries can also be treated
with Adrenalin in Homoeopathic potency. This is not my own
observation; I have just presented the opinion of other physicians.
Adrenalin should be put to use w ith extreme care, after careful
evaluation of the patient. I have certainly found it usef ul in some illnesses like blood in the
urine, or if the urination is frequent and plentiful and associated with
scalding before and after passing the urine. These symptoms are also
found in Natrum Mur. Adrenalin is very useful in corns of the toes . The Adrenalin patient
complains of tiredness at the legs and feels pain and cramps in the
calves. Potency: 30 to 200