Moschus moschiferus. Musk Deer. *N. O. Mammalia. Trituration of inspissated secretion contained in preputial follicles.
Clinical
Angina pectoris. *Catalepsy. *Croup. Diabetes. Dyspnoea. Epilepsy. *Fainting. *Heart, failure of. Herpes, mercurial and venereal. *Hiccough. Hypochondriasis. *Hysteria. *Hysteroepilepsy. Impotence. Laryngismus. Lungs, paralysis of. Pregnancy, complaints of. Rage, fits of. *Stings. Typhoid. Vertigo. Whooping-cough.
Characteristics
The well-known power of Musk _ the perfume _ to produce fainting in some by the mere smelling of it, gives the chief keynote for its use in homoeopathy: Faints easily, faints dead away from the least excitement, scolds and rages till she falls unconscious, globus hystericus ending in unconsciousness, faints while eating, during menses, faints from heart disease. All complaints which have easy fainting as a leading accompaniment may want *Mosch. *Coldness in another keynote. “In nervous or spasmodic complaints where the patient feels very cold: in epileptic fits where there is rigor or chilliness, or shuddering as though the patient was very cold ” (***H. N. G.). The coldness may be general or it may affect single parts as one cheek or one foot. Pallor accompanies it. Sensation as if cool wind blowing on parts. Coldness in tibia. Allied to the chill is another feature in *Mosch. *Tension: tension in muscles, in skin, in mind. Tension in back or before menses, tension in limbs, they feel too short. Pressure outward, in heart. Spasms and twitches. Subsultus tendinum of fever. Laryngeal spasm. Spasm of chest, of heart, general convulsions. Sexual desire is much excited in both sexes, even in the aged. Diabetes with impotence has been cured by *Mosch., which has excessive thirst and other symptoms of diabetes. *Mosch. is *suited to spoiled, sensitive natures and hysterical women and men. Among the *peculiar sensations are: As if falling from a height. As of being turned about so rapidly he perceived the current of air produced by the motion. As if cold, wet poultices on head. Headache as if from a heavy weight. As if a cord were frequently drawn and tightened so as to cut head in two. As if a nail pressed on occiput, the point piercing the brain. Rushing in ears as from strong wind or from the wing of a bird. As if facial muscles too short. Movement of lower jaw as if chewing. As if everything in abdomen constricted. Part lain on feels dislocated or sprained. As if larynx closed on breath. As if cold air blowing on him. There is worse from pressure. Motion worse, must lie down, and lie still. Vertigo worse stooping, better or rising. Burning heat in bed. Getting warm better tension in head. Sitting in a room worse tension in head, causes headache and nausea, causes pain in occiput. better In open air. Becoming cold worse tension in back of head, causes cramps, cramp-like and suffocating constriction of chest. Wants to uncover. worse After coitus (vomiting). worse After a meal, during a meal. worse On side lain on.
Relations
*Antidoted by: Camph. (unconsciousness and coldness), Coffea *Antidoted to: Therid. (headaches). *Compare: In neuralgic pains and functional diseases from taking cold, Ammonium, Ignatia, Mag-m., Valer. One and cold, the other hot, Chi., Digitalis, Pul., Ip. Nausea at sight of food, Colchicum, Lycopodium, Phos-ac., Saba, Spi. (at *smell of food, Colchicum, Eup. per.). worse After coitus, Kali-ca. Pain before menses better by flow, Lachesis (Mosch. has drawing pulling at beginning of menses ceasing with flow, Zincum met. has burning in left ovary ceasing with flow.) Hysteria, Platina Scolding, Pallad. (but Mosch. keeps it up till falls unconscious), Therid. Faints easily, Ignatia Non reaction from irritable weakness, Ambr., Agaricus, Asafoetida, Camph., Cast., Chi., Cocc., Coffea, Cypr. Scutel., Tarent., Val., Zn. (Castor. has pains better by pressure, Nux moschata error of perception, drowsy, faints, tympany. Val. nerves irritated, can’t keep still, better moving, taste tallowy, slimy. Asafoetida reversed peristalsis, rancid eructations. Mag-m. faints at dinner, better eructations, headache better pressure and wrapping up, palpitation better moving, crumbling stools.).
Causation
Chill.
SYMPTOMS.
Mind
Excitement as from alcohol. Great absence of mind, sometimes with confused speech. Preoccupation, during which the patient talks to himself, and gesticulates, as if bereft of reason. Bustling activity, with weakness, so that everything falls from hands. Fretful mind, _ Cries one moment, uncontrollable laughter the next. Complaints and lamentations on account of excessive sufferings, with inability to indicate the part affected, when questioned, patient complains still more urgently, but without saying where he suffers. Apprehension of death, and excessive timidity about dying. Hypochondriacal anxiety, sometimes with palpitation of heart. Exceedingly quarrelsome humour and great irascibility, with passion, proceeding even to fury. Very violent anger, raves and scolds till mouth dry, lips blue, eyes staring, face deathly pale, and she falls unconscious. Loss of memory.
Head
Vertigo and wavering before eyes, on least movement of head or eyelids. Vertigo worse stooping, better rising. Vertigo, even to loss of consciousness, or with fainting. Vertigo, with sensation of falling. Vertigo, with nausea and vomiting, want to lie down, and desire for coffee. Dizziness, as from intoxication. Headache, with nausea and vomiting, which compels lying down. Heaviness in head. Compressive and stunning headache, especially just above root of nose, with nausea in evening better moving head, and in room, better in open air. Cramp-like and tensive drawing in head, and especially in occiput, extending nearly to nape of neck, with nausea, worse in evening, when sitting in room, and when becoming cold, better in open air, and when getting warm _ Congestion in head. Congestion of blood to head, heaviness of head. Aching and boring pain in occiput, as if a nail were driven into brain, worse sitting in a room.
Eyes
Eyes dull, with pressive pain in canthi. Lachrymation. Eyes fixed, sparkling, with a sort of dizziness and absence of mind.
Sudden obscuration of eyes. Eyes turned upwards, fixed and glistening. Pressing, itching and pimples on eyes. Small red pimples on upper eyelids. Itching in canthi.
Ears
Eruptions on ears, with burning pain after being scratched. Crepitation and cracking in ears. Roaring before ears. Detonation in (right) ear like report of a cannon, accompanied with discharge of a few drops of blood. Singing tinnitus. (Noise in ears for four years, like a shrieking steam-engine, stops and changes its character, dates from parturition and occurs at menstrual period. (R.T.C.) Hardness of hearing. Discharge of cerumen from ears.
Nose
Epistaxis. Tingling in extremity of nose, as if from insects.
Face
Heat in face, sometimes without redness, and with eyes dull. Heat in one (left) cheek, without redness, while the other (right) is red without heat. Pale face, with perspiration. Movement of lower jaw, as if he were chewing. Earthy pale complexion. Tension in muscles of face, as if they were too short.
Mouth
Desquamation of lips. Great dryness in mouth.
Stomach
Putrid taste of food. Great desire for beer or brandy. Thirst. Aversion to food. Faints while eating. Spasmodic hiccough. Violent eructations, sometimes which nausea. Sudden attacks of nausea, at sight or thought of food. Nausea, which mounts from epigastrium, with retraction of navel, and cramp-like pains. Violent vomiting, especially in morning, and often accompanied by pain in stomach and chest, and distension of epigastrium. Aching in stomach. Sensation of fulness and obstruction in region of stomach and epigastrium, sometimes with uneasiness, worse after a moderate meal. Smarting, burning sensation of excoriation, in region of stomach, after a meal.
Abdomen
Hysterical abdominal spasms. Attacks of painful contraction in umbilical region, with suspended respiration. Sensation of tension in abdomen, as if clothes were too tight, accompanied by an anxiety which neither permits attention to any kind of labour, nor continuance in one place, but compels constant running from side to side. Incarceration of flatus.
Stool & Anus
Constipation, especially after taking coffee. Stools soft, smell sweetish. Diarrhoea (involuntary), especially at night, and sometimes during sleep. Diarrhoea, with violent cuttings. The loose evacuations are always mixed with faecal matter. Faeces of the colour of sepia. Urgent and ineffectual want to evacuate. Stitches in the anus, extending to the bladder.
Urinary Organs
Copious watery urine.
Male Sexual Organs
Great increase of sexual desire, sometimes with insupportable tickling in the parts, or tensive pains in penis. A small retracted penis in an old man suddenly attains its former size, an impotent man became natural. Impotence occasioned by a cold, preceding diabetes. Painful involuntary pollutions without erection. Erection, with burning pain in urethra. Erections with desire to urinate. Nausea and vomiting after coition.
