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| Hpathy Ezine - March 04 | ||||
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Spotlight on Agaricus - Elaine Lewis |
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I decided to sing the praises of Agaricus after reading the following message at the Homeopathy Cafe (http://com1.runboard.com/bhomeopathywellnesscenter): "[Nancy] - my dear lady - your frostbite article [Feb. issue, "Homeopathy 4 Everyone"] came in handy today when the neighbor-where my oldest daughter was playing-let the kids go outside without boots or hats...her ankles... and her wrists were very red - at first, and then the center area began to turn pale with a dark red outline. The area was very itchy, stinging and burning a little. I went to get my repertory but then just checked your article. - She responded immediately to agar. So cheers."-Barb I was elated! Our ezine had actually made a difference, thanks to Nancy's very timely article on winter woes, and Barbara M's ability to make use of it! In honor of this heartwarming story, I decided to devote an entire article to our hero, Agaricus Muscarius. Agaricus is a poisonous mushroom. It has a red top, which may help you think of this remedy when you see red discoloration of the skin in your patient. Another thing you should associate with this remedy is twitching! Twitching, jerking and spasms are big keynotes for this remedy! When you see facial twitching, think of Agaricus first. Think of spinal diseases with twitching, or arthritis of the spine or injury to the spine with twitching. Here's a keynote: twitches all day, but not during sleep! Twitching and jerking of the eyes, but not during sleep. (Especially the left eye. Agaricus has left sided symptoms.) This is an alcoholic remedy. Alcoholics who have twitching, jerking, convulsions, DT's, incontinuity of speech, disordered speech and foaming at the mouth. (Sounds charming, doesn't it?) Actually, incoherent speech in general, not limited to alcoholism, is another grand indicator for this remedy. You may be confused with Lachesis because they are very talkative and jump from one subject to another. Spinal disease--arthritis of the spine, the spine is very stiff. Burning up and down the spine as if on fire, tingling, formication, shooting/burning pains. (As you can see from the above frostbite case, burning is a very big indicator for this remedy.) There may be cold spots along the spine or very tender spots that cannot be touched. Slipped disc with spasms, numbness of extremities with spinal problems, paralysis cases with a history of twitching. Very awkward people. They may be socially awkward. They drop things. In the Repertory, under Nerves: incoordination, limbs--Agaricus is a "2". (Meaning, a 2 on a scale of 1-3.) Under Generals: gait, reeling, staggering, tottering, wavering--Agaricus is a 3; so, therefore, locomotor ataxia. Let's go now to another big indicator for this remedy: night time ameliorates. At night they come alive; they are actually vibrant at night; they feel grand, powerful, like conquerors. They wake feeling terrible--sluggish, stupid; their problems are
at their worst during the day, especially from waking until noon--energy
low, spaced-out, awkward, clumsy, confused, sad, foolish--until
the setting of the sun. I had a client like this once. He kept repeating
how much better he felt at night, how different he felt, his social
phobias, etc., gone! Medorrhinum was an obvious choice, but it couldn't
be confirmed--no burning hot feet, no heat in general (Agaricus
is a very chilly remedy), nor any other confirmatories for
Medorrhinum. Because this person had been a user of psychedelic
mushrooms, I looked up Agaricus in Kent's Lectures, and found this: |
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