ABROTANUM
ABROTANUM uses [Abrot uses]
Note:
Wherever it is found, "<" denotes aggravation (worse by), ">"
denotes amelioration (better by), "<->" denotes alternation
(alternates with) and A/F is an abbreviation of, "Ailments from"
Marasmus,
especially of lower extremities only, yet with good appetite. Neck
weak, cannot hold the head.
Metastasis.
Tubercular peritonitis. Angioma of face.
Stomach feels as if swimming in water.
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SYNONYM
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Artemisia
abrotanum
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COMMON
NAME
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Southern
Wood, Lady's Love
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FAMILY
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Compositae
- Canymbiferae
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A/F
|
- |
Suddenly
checked diarrhoea or secretions |
- |
Defective
digestion or assimilation |
- |
Following
operations for hydrothorax or empyema |
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MODALITIES
|
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MIND
|
- |
Mental
symptoms alternate with physical. |
- |
Anxiety
from pain in stomach. |
- |
Irritability
in children with marasmus. |
- |
Sadness,
despondency, dejection, depression in marasmus. |
- |
Delusion
that he hears voices in bed, which cease when listening
intently. |
- |
Dreams
of biting a mad dog. |
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GUIDING
INDICATIONS
|
- |
Emaciation
from below upwards. [Emaciation from above downwards - Sanic, Lyc,
Nat-m]. Emaciation in children, pale, hollow eyed, old face, blue rings
around eyes. |
- |
Ravenous
appetite. Child eats well yet loses flesh. |
- |
Metastases
- Rheumatism joints to heart, to spine, to mumps, to
mammary glands or testes or pancreas. |
- |
Rheumatism
<-> Piles [Coll, Sabin] |
- |
Rheumatism
<-> Dysentery [Kali-bi] |
- |
Rheumatism
<-> Skin eruptions |
- |
Rheumatism
<-> Catarrh of nose |
- |
Diarrhoea
<-> Constipation [Ant-c, Ant-t, Chel, Podo, Nux-v,
Sulph, Verat]. |
- |
Headache
<-> Haemorrhoids |
- |
Cardiac
symptoms <-> Pain in joints |
- |
Exudations
into pleura, joints, from navel. Oozing of blood or moisture from
navel. [Oozing of urine from navel-Hyos] |
- |
Weakness
- after influenza, after hectic fever, cannot hold up head. |
- |
Perspiration
of whole body at night (F.V. Synoptic). |
- |
G.I.T.
- Tendency to loose stool after acute diarrhoea. |
- |
Walking
or stooping impossible from distension of abdomen. |
- |
Respiratory
system - Dry cough following diarrhoea. |
- |
Male
genitalia - Hydrocoele in children. |
- |
Extremities
- Rheumatism from suddenly checked diarrhoea. |
- |
Rheumatism
without swelling, but gout with swelling and inflammation. |
- |
Gout
of ankle and wrist joints. |
- |
Painful
contractions of limbs (Am-m) from cramps or following colic. |
- |
Gout
of ankle and wrist joints [Ruta]. |
- |
Skin
- Purplish after suppression of eruptions,
respiratory infections, after suppression of eruptions (Morrison). |
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KEYNOTES
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- Emaciation; in children ascending. Ravenous hunger but still does not
thrive.
- Alternating symptoms.
- Rheumatism.
- Metastases.
- Sensation of stomach floating or swimming in water [Bufo], with
coldness.
- Craving for bread boiled in milk.
- Intolerance of coffee (F.V. Synoptic).
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NUCLEUS
OF REMEDY
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- |
Marasmus
most pronounced in the lower extremities. |
- |
Metastasis
and alternating complaints. |
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CONFIRMATORY
SYMPTOMS
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- A/F checked eruptions, discharges.
- Marasmus of lower limbs.
- > diarrhoea.
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CLINICAL
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Inflammation
of the parotids, changing to testes or mammae is a generally cured by
Carb-v or Puls, but ABROTANUM has cured when these remedies have failed
- Dr. Kent.
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REMEDY
RELATIONSHIPS
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Follows
Well: Acon,
Bry, Hep
Compare: Absin, Agar, Bar-c, Bry, Cham, Cina, Gnaph, Nux-v
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