Agaricus Muscarius

AGARICUS MUSCARIUS (OR AMANITA). [Agar.] Fly Fungus. Schreter and Stapf. Nat. order : Fungi.

► Cannot find the proper word, uses wrong words ; worse after exertion ; sleepless nights. ► Confusion of the head, heaviness, as after intoxication. ► Ecstasy ; fancies excited ; makes verses. ► Delirium, tries to get out of bed. ► Great exertion of power with delirium. ► Great loquacity, convulsive motions of facial and cervical muscles, mostly right side, drawing head down to shoulder, merry, incoherent talk ; followed by malaise. ► Sings, talks, but does not answer questions. ► Disinclined to answer questions. ► Indisposed to perform any labor, especially mental. ► She is indifferent, though naturally very solicitous. ► Very much out of humor. ► Protracted mental applications or exciting debated bring on vertigo.

► Vertigo : when walking in the open air, reeling as if drunk ; long-lasting, with great sensitiveness to cold air ; momentary, from strong light of the sun. ► Great weight in the head, it constantly falls backwards.

► Dull headache, especially in forehead ; must move head to and fro and close the eyes as for sleep. ► Dull, drawing headache in morning, extending into root of nose, with nosebleed or thick mucous discharge. ► Tearing and pressure in left half of the brain. ► Pressing in right side, as if a nail were thrust in, worse sitting quietly ; better moving slowly about. ► Pain as though sharp ice touched the head or cold needles pierced it. ► Violent oppressive pains, chiefly in forehead. ► Headaches of those who are subject to chorea, or who readily become delirious in fever or with pain ; twitching or grimaces.

► Sensation of coldness on right side of frontal bone, though warm to the touch. ► Icy coldness in region of coronal suture after scratching. ► Twitching of head and cervical muscles, worse on right side. ► Drawing or stitching pains in head, shifting from side to side.

► Feeling of weakness in eyes without having exerted them. ► Indistinct sight ; focal distance changes while reading ; first grows shorter, then longer. ► Dim sight ; things look obscured, as from turbid water ; muscae volitantes ; vibrating spectra, with vertigo. ► Reads with difficulty, type seems to move. θ Diplopia. ► Flickering before the eyes while writing. ► Black spot before left eye. ► Pupils dilated. ► Viscid yellow humor gluing the lids ; gum in canthi. ► Burning in canthi ; inner angles itch, burn and are red ; worse from touch. ► Frequent slight twitching in eyelids. ► Twitching in eyeballs ; while reading, frequent twitching and pressing in left eyeball. ► Spasms, with aching in left eyeball. θ Myopia. ► Narrowing of space between eyelids. ► Clonic spasms ; lids open and close in quick succession. ► Swelling of tear gland.

► Redness, burning-itching of the ears, as if they had been frozen.

► Smell sensitive ; vinegar unbearable. ► Frequent sneezing. ► Nosebleed when blowing nose early in the morning. ► Profuse fetid discharge from the nose. ► Mucous membrane very sensitive. ► Frequent dropping of clear water from nose, without coryza.

► Puffy, pale, blue under eyes, nose and lips blue. ► Redness, with itching burning, as from freezing. ► Twitching of facial muscles. ► Tearing in face and jaw-bones.

► Trembling vibration in lips and muscles of lower jaw ; convulsive shaking of lower jaw. ► Pricking in the chin, as from needles.

► Tearing in lower molars, worse from cold air. ► Swelling and bleeding of the gums. ► Shooting from right lower teeth up to right side of head.

► Left side of tongue numb. ► Tongue : dry ; coated white, mornings ; sore ; smarting ; burning tip, as from pepper. ► Tremulous propulsion of the tongue ; inarticulate speech. θ Chorea.

► Smell from mouth ; offensive, like that after eating horse-radish.

► Feeling of dryness of fauces and pharynx, causing contraction, as when drinking an astringent. ► Great difficulty in swallowing, with ravenous appetite. ► Throws up some flocculi or solid lumps of phlegm, almost without cough.

► Much hunger, but no appetite early in the morning. ► Burning thirst. θ Typhus.

► Better for an hour after eating, while he is so exhausted ; but great sleepiness remains. ► After meat, heartburn.

► Eructations : taste of rotten eggs or of apples ; empty. ► Nausea, vomiting.

► Cardialgia lasting three hours after a meal ; burning changing into a dull pressure, like from a foreign body, with nausea. ► Heavy sensation in the stomach.

► Liver enlarged, congested. ► Sharp stitches, as from needles, in the region of the liver ; dull stitches during breathing. ► Stitches under short ribs, left side. ► Pulsation deep in the spleen.

► Loud rumbling in the bowels.

► Grass green, bilious ; thin, yellow, fecal, slimy ; pappy, with cutting in the abdomen and much wind ; bloody, dysenteric. ► Diarrhoea mostly in the morning, after rising and eating, with much rumbling ; crampy colic and passing of wind. ► Passes much inodorous flatus.

► Urine : profuse, colorless ; clear, lemon-colored. ► Viscid, glutinous mucus from the urethra. ► Weakness of sphincter vesicae, with dribbling.

► Great desire for an embrace, the penis being relaxed. ► Voluptuous itching of the genitals. ► After coitus : great debility ; profuse night-sweats ; burning, itching of the skin ; tension and pressure under ribs. ► Spermatorrhoea, with pains and weakness in the thighs. ► Complaints after sexual debauches.

► Prolapsus uteri after cessation of menses. ► Bearing down pain almost intolerable. ► Itching and irritation of the parts, with strong desire for an embrace. ► Menses too profuse, with tearing, pressive pains in back and abdomen.

► Nipples itch, burn, look red.

► Scratching in throat when singing.

► Oppression and constriction of the larynx ; he fears suffocation. ► Frequent deep inspiration. ► Difficulty in breathing, as if the chest was too full ; he must breathe more deeply ; also from muscular constriction.

► Violent coughs in isolated attacks, ending in repeated sneezing. ► Convulsive, hacking cough, with oppressive sweat. ► Sudden convulsive coughs, worse forenoons. ► Violent spasmodic cough at night. ► Expectoration of small transparent lumps, almost without cough, relieving the lungs.

► Jerking stitches through right lung. ► Oppression of the chest, in the region of the diaphragm, with drawing pains. ► Tension in the lower part of the chest during motion and when sitting, taking away his breath.

► Burning, shooting pains in region of heart, extending to left shoulder-blade ; caused by deep inspiration and much worse from coughing, sneezing, hiccough. ► Anxious sensation of pressure in heart, oppression on bending body. ► Palpitation violent, strongly felt, worse evenings, with redness of face ; on sitting down, some irregular strong beats ; anxious oppression. ► Constant feeling of a lump in the epigastrium, with pain under the sternum ; drawing in region of diaphragm, sharp pains in left side. ► Pulse : feeble, scarcely perceptible ; becomes slower ; small, irregular.

► Twitching of the cervical muscles. ► Stiffness in the nape of the neck. ► Peculiar sensation of weakness and stiffness between shoulders ; extends to the neck. ► Pain in the back, as after continued stooping. ► Muscles feel bruised ; on bending forward, feel short. ► Spasmodic, pressive, drawing pain starts from back, extends to middle of chest and into oesophagus. ► Violent shooting, burning pains, deep in the spine. ► Aching along spine and limbs. ► Pain in lumbar region and sacrum ; a sort of crick in the back ; extends along to the nape of the neck. ► Sensation of ants creeping along spine. ► Spine sensitive to touch ; worse mornings. ► Every motion, every turn of body, causes pain in spine. ► Sudden stitch in sacral region while walking in open air.

► Violent laming pain in left hand and arm after palpitation commences. ► Drawing pain from left upper arm to forearm ; drawing in muscles of left forearm and down over the elbow. ► Burning, itching pimples on the arms. ► Burning itching on both hands, as if frozen ; parts hot, swollen, red. ► Trembling of the hands. ► Right hand unsteady while writing ; arm feels paralyzed from much writing. ► Stiffness in fingers from gout.

► Twitching of the gluteal muscles. ► Heaviness of the legs ; languor. ► Pains in legs, especially in region of right hip-joint, like from fatigue. ► Violent pains in limbs, especially left hip under gluteal muscles. ► Drawing, pressive pains in legs ; especially in ankles. ► Pains in legs most marked, standing or sitting ; better when walking or from motion. ► Dull pain along the tibia ; drawing pains. ► Toes itch and burn ; are red and swollen, as if frostbitten. ► Cramp in the soles at night.

► Frequent jumping of muscles. ► Feels as if her limbs did not belong to her. ► After repeated and severe epistaxis, great soreness and bruised feeling of joints of limbs. ► Limbs cold, blue.

► Debility after coitus. ► Tremor of whole body. ► Paralysis of lower limbs, with slight spasms of arms. ► Spasmodic motions, from simple involuntary motions and jerks of single muscles, to a dancing of the whole body. ► Twitching of eyelids and eyeballs ; trembling of legs and hands, debility ; soreness of spine ; worse at approach of thunder-storm. ► Involuntary movements while awake ; ceasing during sleep. ► Coma following the febrile excitement of dentition ; eyes half open, showing the white ; breathing not hurried, but often a deep inspiration, followed by a sigh and slight convulsive twitching of extremities. ► Cramps in the hands and feet ; body convulsed, as if a galvanic battery were applied to the spine.

► Frequent yawning ; before spasms, or paroxysms of headache. ► Unusual sleepiness. ► Uneasy, restless sleep, from violent itching and burning of the skin. ► On falling asleep ; starts, twitches ; sudden complete awaking. ► Awakes often at night, is wide awake.

► Great chilliness in the open air, strikes through the whole body. ► Chilly on slight movement, or from raising the bed clothes. ► Shiverings over the body, running from above down wards. ► Heat slight, chiefly on upper part of body. ► Sweat : greasy, but not offensive, all night, during sleep ; from slight exertion ; often only on front of body ; at night, especially about legs ; cold, on face, neck, chest.

► Symptoms often appear diagonally (right arm, left leg, etc.). ► Right : 3, 4, 10, 28, 33. Left : 3, 5, 11, 18, 29, 32, 33, 44.

► Burning itching and redness of various parts : ears, nose, face, upper and lower limbs, like chilblains. ► Pricking as from pains, burning. ► Sensation in various parts, as if ice touched or as if ice-cold needles were piercing the skin. ► Corrosive biting now and then on the skin. ► Formication, crawling. ► Cramp-like pain in muscles, erratic, when sitting.

► Makes the blood thin. ► Veins swollen, with cool skin. ► Muscles feel bruised from touch ; better from walking. ► Pains in long bones, as if bruised after motion. ► Pains in bones morning and forenoon, especially left tibia, condyle of left elbow (like syphilitic pains, but better rather than worse in warmth of bed). ► Joints feel as if dislocated. ► Obesity.

► Body sensitive to touch or pressure ; burning in canthi ; pain in spine, between vertebrae, muscles feel bruised ; pricking in left thumb. ► Worse from touch : 5, 31. After scratching : 4. ► Slight blows cause ecchymoses.

► Burning itching, redness and swelling, as from frost-bites. ► Miliary eruptions close and white, with intolerable burning itching. ► Itching stitches in various parts. ► Violent itching between thumb and forefinger, left hand.

► Light hair ; skin and muscles lax. ► Old people with indolent circulation. ► Venous erythism.

► Similar to : Act. rac. (delirium of alcoholism) ; chorea ; spinal irritation ; Bellad. (cerebral excitement, but more in chorea) ;

Calc. ostr. (alcoholism ; icy-cold feeling on head) ; Cannab. Ind.

(alcoholism ; extravagant fancies) ; Cicut. (spasms of eyes) ; Codein.

(eyelids twitching, etc.) ; Coffea (ecstasy) ; Hyosc. (typhoid of drunkards ; loquacity, dancing muscular twitchings, and with all tremor, tendency to stupor and feeble pulse) Ignat.

(hysterical or emotional chorea ; sighing ; convulsive cough ; twitches ; laughing and crying) ; Laches. (loquacious delirium ; alcoholism ; typhoid of low type, tremulous protrusion of tongue tremor feeble pulse, livid extremities) ; Mygale (chorea) ;

Nux vom. (chorea alcoholism ; spinal irritation ; convulsions ; tremor paraplegic symptoms ; enlarged liver) ; Opium (alcoholism ; chorea with spasmodic, angular jerks of flexors ; hands tremble slow pulse) ; Pulsat.

(spinal irritation ; chorea ; chilblains, etc.) ; Sepia (icy cold feeling on head ; jerks of head and tongue, etc.), Sticta (chorea with jumping and dancing) ; Stramon. (delirium tremens ; singing laughing dancing ; extravagant recitals ; loquacity ; chorea, with gyratory motions, etc.) ;

Tarant. (chorea, one arm and leg constantly in motion) ; Thea (verbose ; spinal irritation) ; Ver. alb.

(icy cold feeling on head) ; Zincum (chorea). ► Vinegar and Eau-de-Cologne induce fainting. Sal. Ammoniae also aggravates it ; t. ► Mushrooms will not grow in ground containing either iron or coal. ► Antidoted by : charcoal ; coffee ; wine ; brandy ; camphor ; fat or oil (relieves stomach) ;

Calc. ostr. (relieves icy-coldness) ; Pulsat., Rhus tox. (nightly backache). ► Atropine is said to be antagonistic to Muscarine, but they both, when topically used, dilate the pupil. ► Muscarine is very similar to Pilocarpine (Jaborandi), since both cause arrest of heart's action : profuse sweat, salivation, lachrymation ; contracted pupils, etc.

Muscarine acts more on the lachrymal glands, less on sweat and salivary glands ; Pilocarpine causes more urging to urinate. Muscarine, given internally, contracts the pupil more than Pilocarpine ; used topically only the former dilates the pupil. Gelsem. is here similar to Muscarine. ► Follow well : Bellad., Calc. ostr., Mercur., Opium, Pulsat., Rhus tox. and Silicea. ► Acted well after Dulcam., Phosph. ac., Pulsat. and Cuprum had failed. θ Chronic diarrhoea. ► Cured where Bellad., Stramon. and Hyosc. failed. θ Clonic spasms of eyes. ► Compare in irritable weakness of accommodative apparatus of eye : Physostigma (pain after using eyes, muscae volitantes, flashes of light, twitching of lids and around eyes ; myopia) ;

Jaborandi ; (spasms of accommodation, vision continually changing ; eyes tire easily, are irritable).