Aethusa Cynapium
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General EN
Aethusa.
Aethusa cynapium. Fool's Parsley. (Europe.) N. O. Umbelliferae. Tincture of whole flowering plant.
Clinical EN
Brain-fag. Cholera infantum. Convulsions. Cough. Delirium. Diarrhoea. Dyspepsia. Ear, discharge from. Epilepsy. Excoriation. Eyes, affections of. Glands, affections of. Headache. Herpes. Hiccough. Idiocy. Infantile paralysis. Mind, weakness of. Sleeplessness. Stomach, disorders of. Trismus. Vomiting.
Characteristics EN
The symptoms of Aethusa are particularly clearly defined, in fact violence is one of the notes of its action—violent vomiting, violent convulsions, violent pains, violent delirium. On the other hand there is prostration and somnolence. "Fool's parsley" has not received its name for nothing—it is indeed a medicine for "fools." There is great weakness of mind or body. One very characteristic symptom is: Inability to think or fix the attention.
Guided by this symptom I once gave it to an undergraduate preparing for an examination, with complete success. He had been compelled to give up his studies, but was able to resume them, and passed a brilliant examination. To a little waif in an orphan home who suffered from severe headaches and inability to fix his attention on his lessons I sent single doses of Aethus. at rare intervals, with very great relief. The little boy asked for the medicine himself subsequently on a return of the old symptoms.
Other mental symptoms are: Idiocy; in some cases alternating with furor. Hallucinations. Delirium; sees cats and dogs; wants to jump out of bed, or out of the window. Irritability, especially in open air.
Guernsey says: "The mental symptoms peculiar to children, and frequently of adults, are, great anguish and crying. As the disease progresses the patient becomes more and more retired in his disposition, and more inclined to weep." Somnolence. Dotage. Another marked characteristic is: Intolerance of milk; vomiting of everything taken, especially milk, which is ejected in yellowish or greenish curds.
There is great weakness and exhaustion after vomiting; the child is so exhausted it falls asleep at once. It awakens hungry, eats, and vomits again. "Hungry after vomiting" is the keynote here. There is also griping, with diarrhoea, vomiting, crying.
For adults who complain of regurgitation of food an hour after it has been taken Aethus., says Guernsey, is invaluable. Also copious vomiting in adults, with a great feeling of distress; can't tell what the distress is about but still it exists. Adults complain of a sensation as though the stomach was turned upside down, accompanied by a burning feeling up to the chest. Tearing pains in stomach extending into oesophagus; abdomen tense, inflated, sensitive.
There is an herpetic eruption on tip of nose. Along with the gastric symptoms there is a peculiar expression of great anxiety and pain (Linea nasalis), a surface of pearly whiteness on upper lip bounded by distinct lines from wings of nose to angles of mouth. Other symptoms are: Sensation of swelling in head and face on entering a room. Sunken cornea.
Eyeballs convulsed and directed downwards. Sleep after attacks. Sensation of swelling in hands after walking. Convulsions, with cold limbs.
The pains are lancinating. Swelling of mammary or axillary glands, with lancinating pains. Prostration; stupid. All symptoms < 3 to 4 a.m.
Heat = all eruptions to itch intolerably. As with Bovist. and Aster. r. symptoms are < by coffee, wine, drunkenness, cold water, and warmth of bed; > by a walk in the open air, and by conversation. > In open air (except mental symptoms).
The remedy is suited to teething-children and choleraic affections in old age.
Relations EN
Compare: Cicut.; Coni.; Oenan. croc.; Ant. crud. and Calc. c. (vomiting of milk); Ars.; Asar.; Cupr.; Ipec.; Op. It antidotes Opium; and is antidoted by vegetable acids. Teste places Aethus. in the Sulphur group with Cicuta, Con., Aster., Bov., Lobel., Merc., Kreas.
Mind EN
Incapacity to think; confused
Loss of comprehension; as if a barrier between the senses and external objects
Idiocy, in some cases alternating with furor
Great anxiety and restlessness, followed by violent pains in head and abdomen
Bad humour; irritability
Irritability, esp. in the afternoon, and in the open air
Delirium: sees cats and dogs; tries to jump out of the window
Loquacious gaiety.
Head EN
Head confused; brain feels bound up
Vertigo, with sleepiness, can't raise the head
Headache in whole front part of head
Heaviness in the forehead
Sensation, as if both sides of the head were in a vice
Distressing pains in the occiput, down nape of neck, and spine
Heat rises to the head; the body becomes warmer; the face becomes red and the giddiness ceases
Stitches and pulsations in the head
Can't hold head up, or sit up
Sensation as if constantly pulled by the hair
The head symptoms are > by expelling flatus.
Eyes EN
Looking up < headache and vertigo
Dilated pupils
Pupils dilated but sensitive to light
Eyes brilliant and prominent
Cornea sunken
Pustules on cornea
Scrofulous ophthalmia; edges of lids inflamed and agglutinated at night; swelling of Meibomian glands
Chronic photophobia.
Ears EN
Stitches in the ears, esp. in the r. ear, as if something hot were streaming from it
Yellow discharge from r. ear, with stitching pains
There is great > by inserting the finger and drawing the parts asunder.
Nose EN
Herpetic eruption at tip.
Face EN
A drawn condition beginning at the alae nasi, and extending to the angles of the mouth, giving the face an expression of great anxiety and pain
Tearing in the face, in the malar bones
Jaws spasmodically fixed
Face pale, puffed, and spotted red
Chin and corners of mouth feel cold.
Mouth EN
Sticking and tearing in gums
Taste: bitter; like cheese; like onions sweetish in morning when awaking
Tongue: moist; white coat; black feels too long
Speech slow; embarrassed
Aphtae in mouth and throat
Copious salivation which > poisoning symptoms.
Throat EN
Sensation of constriction, preventing deglutition
Stinging in the throat, between the acts of deglutition
Soft palate red, swollen
Pungent heat in mouth and throat
While eating, sudden heaviness in forehead
Spasmodic hiccough.
Stomach EN
Intolerance of milk; it is forcibly ejected almost as soon as swallowed; then weakness causes drowsiness; in nursing children
Violent vomiting of curdled milk and cheesy matter
Violent vomiting of a frothy matter, white as milk.
This we may find in men, children, or pregnant women
Violent vomiting of green mucus
Violent vomiting, with diarrhoea, of green mucus, or (in children) bloody substances
After vomiting, cold and clammy.
Abdomen EN
Coldness of the abdomen and lower limbs, esp. l., with aching in bowels;
> by warm wet applications
Sensation of coldness in the abdomen
Swollen and tense abdomen
Cutting, with distension
Cutting, with violent vomiting
Black-bluish swelling of the abdomen
Colic, followed by vomiting, vertigo, and weakness.
Stool EN
Diarrhoea: stools bright yellow, or greenish, watery, and slimy, with violent tenesmus
Undigested stool or partly so
Loose stools, preceded by cutting in the abdomen, with tenesmus in the morning, after rising
Diarrhoea: discharges green, thin, bilious, with violent tenesmus
Bloody stools
Most obstinate constipation, with feeling as if all action of the bowels had been lost.
Respiratory Organs EN
Sufferings of patient render him almost speechless
Respiration very difficult and short
Sensation as if chest were encircled by a band, causing difficult breathing
Stitches in l. side of chest
Cough, producing stunning pain in head.
Heart And Pulse EN
Violent palpitation of the heart, with headache.—Pulse full and rapid; hard, small, and rapid; small and frequent; irregular; imperceptible.
Neck And Back EN
Distressing pain in occiput and nape of neck, extending down the spine, > by friction with hot whisky
Swelling of glands round neck like a string of beads
Sensation as if the small of the back were in a vice
A feeling as if pain in back could be > by straightening out and bending stiffly backward.
Limbs EN
Eruption round the joints, esp. knee, elbow, and ankle
Axillary glands swollen
Stiffness of elbow joints
Swelling of forearms and hands
Thumb and fingers bent inwards
Excoriations of thighs from walking
Paralytic pains in lower extremities; formication in feet.
Generalities EN
Epileptiform spasms, with clenched thumbs; red face; eyes turned downward; dilated, staring, immovable pupils; foam at the mouth; teeth set; pulse small, hard, accelerated.—Spasms, with stupor and delirium.—Cold limbs and body convulsed.—Great weakness; children cannot stand; cannot hold up their heads.
Skin EN
Tettary eruptions, which bleed easily
Black and blue spots, sometimes like ecchymoses all over body
The whole body may be of bluish-black colour
Anasarca.
Sleep EN
Dozing of child after vomiting spells, or after the stool
On falling asleep, rolling of the eyes, or slight convulsions
Sleepiness all day; sometimes > in open air
Sleep prevented by pains in limbs.
Fever EN
Complete absence of thirst, though there is great heat
Cannot bear to be uncovered during the sweat
Fever, esp. in morning, with shuddering; shuddering, weariness in extremities, internal coldness with hot and flushed face; malaise; disposition to delirium during cold stage; sweat, after the breaking out of which the previous symptoms disappear
Sweat on least exertion.