Homeopathy - the plant families

Themes from the Synonym database: Asar: Light (euphoric), Sensitive
fam. Aristolochiaceae	Rx: [Aristolochia Cl.][Asarum][Camphora] Family Sensations of Pressure vs. Exhilaration. Top (core) Aristolociaceae Rubrics ... Mood alternating; Anger. Aversion, everything to, OR husband to Senses acute Slowness Repertory Work A search for PRESSURE in Kingdoms > Aristolochiacea gives ... Urine; BLADDER PRESSURE IN:, acon[1], asar[1], camph[1] Asarum (wild ginger) Image: Euphoria vs. Numbness. Extremely oversensitive patients with mood swings. They push themselves to breaking point and become unstable. The mood swing appears to be between a light, floating and euphoric state, which is almost like flying and a state of oversensitivty, where everything grates on the nerves. She is easily upset by contradiction, and becomes sad, (Incosolable) and is irritable and quarrelsome, then she resorts to alcohol, to dwells upon these things. Sex is out of the question! The euphoria almost feels like a spiritual trance, and there is a desire for genuine understanding, coming from the feeling that the state is too etherial. The sadness comes with a state of fragility, prostration and despair which results in aversion to everything. There is not enough energy to bring anything to completion. Rubrics: Exhilaration. Delusions, floating, walking, while. Euphoria, alt. quietness, desire for. Prostration. Loathing, general. Aversion, everything, to. Succeeds, never. Light, desire for. Sensitivity: Senses, acute. Noise, scratching on linen silk. Sensation: Pressing together. Def: crush. force. Stitching, tearing (muscles). Miasm: Sycotic and Syphilitic. Ringworm (means: exertion vs. prostration) Cross the Miasm and Sensation: Pressed down by something. Put under pressure. Then released. Therapeutics: Longing for alcohol. Nausea. Sensation of digging in stomach the morning after. Mineral analogue : Phos :[Silicon series, Row 15: Ego/Connection]. Tubercular. can be very sensitive and excitable, susceptable to prostration, yet anxious and morose. Clematis (below) appears to be a close analogue of Phos-ac. Aristolochia Clematis (Birthwort) A remedy for ripening puberty, when there is physical of emotional immaturity. The depression of Arist. seems deeper than that of Asarum. Arist sometimes makes an effort to overcome her problems, but there is a sense of Isolation: She feels that she is disgusting and wants to be alone. Rubrics: Fear, alone, of being. Forsaken, isolation, sensation of. Company, aversion to, presence of others agg. Anxt, future. Industrious, mania for work Image: Forsaken, Fearful, Rejecting. Sensations: Tearing (joints) Def: Tear: A rent or split. Theraputics: PMS. Lacerations (bites). Miasm: Leprosy (means: defeat) Cross the Miasm and Sensation: Torn away from something, e.g. other people.
fam. Hydnoraceae
fam. Lactoridaceae
fam. Piperaceae	Rx: [Piper nigrum, Cubeba, Matico, P-meth, P-nig, P-sarnentosum] Family Sensations: Blandness (Boredom) Top (core) Piperales Rubrics are ... EXCITEMENT, (excitable) MEMORY, active MEMORY, weakness, of Trembling runs through all the Piperales. Burning is found in the generals. The mental theme is escape from burning pain through excitement. In the strongest member of the family the feeling of being unfortunate turns to envy and malice. Pip-n: (Black Pepper) Rubrics: Occupation, diversion amel. > Thinking of complaints agg. Sensations: Trembling. Shocks (abdomen). Burning (uterus, bladder). Piper Methysticum (Kava) Boericke Life could be such a bore without entertainment! The drink produces talkative and euphoric behaviour, followed by restful sleep. A stronger drink sends you to sleep! When do we feel bored?? Could it be when we are stuck in a rut? With only one inevitable outcome life becomes one dimensional. Rajan notes that Piper-meth can be love-struck. His client would enjoy playing Ragas but also, especially, lighter and romantic tunes. Rubrics: Cheerful. Amusement, desires. Dancing. Jumping Ennui, tedium entertainment amel. > Excitement agreeable. Ideas abundant, clear. > Exhaltation of fancies > Industrious. Silent, taciturn. Fear, daytime > apprehension, dread > Suffering of. Generals: Catalepsy. Paralysis. Weakness, nervous. Miasm: Cancer++! Highest perfection in Indian Ragas takes a thousand years! To experience pleasure in this art requires such mastery and control (it is just like Mahamudra meditation, in fact). Therapeutics: Cystitis. Burning during micturition, gonorrhoea. Cubeba An aggressive and ill-humoured state, with extreems of debauchery, cruelty and malice. There is no spiritual dimension. Nothing is left but the extreems of lamentation and excessive pleasure. Rubrics: Speech Incoherant. > Obscene, lewd, talk. > Shameless. Eccentric. > Desire increased. Starting. > Excitement, feverish > Restless, anxious, irritable. Delusion unfortunate. > Feels unfortunate. Malice. [Dreams of cruelty.] > Envy. Sensations: Trembling and shaking. Cutting (ovaries). Burning (abdomen). Desires: Almonds. Therapeutics: Cystitis. Urethritis with mucus, burning or cutting. Prostatitis with yellow discharge. Miasm: Cubeba has anti-Syphilitic and anti-Leprotic layers.
fam. Saururaceae	[Rx: Saururus cernuus: Lizards tail]
Discussion	There are several Leprous Rx in the plant kingdom [lact, led, aloe, cic, cur, grat, hura]. How do you differentiate between these? Rajan uses the sensation. Paul Herscu uses a closely related idea - psychosomatic segments. A segment is a conceptual representation of part of a remedy picture that pervades both the menatal/emotional sphere and the generalities. Combine this with Rajan's thinking and you have a chair with three (or more!) legs. [Print Dhtml Window]

Themes from the Synonym database: Laur and Camph: Apprehensive.
Lauraceae	Laurel or avacado family, e.g. Laurus nobilis spp. # Cinnamomum: Cinnamon, Camphor Laurel # Laurus: Bay Laurel # Lindera: Spicebush # Persea: Avocado # Sassafras: Rx: Camph, Cinnam, Pers, Benzo, Coto, Nect, Oreo, Sass. Repertory Work A search for FORSAKEN in Kingdoms > Lauraceae locates camph. and laur. in a large rubric. The forsaken rubric is common to many remedies, but these do include members of the Lauraceae! Mind; forsaken feeling: allox[1], camph[1], laur[1], [+80] Top (core) Laurales Rubrics are ... Anxiety (in general) Forgetful Hysteria Irritability Laurus Cinnamomum Boericke Like Camphora, Cinnamomum cases tend to experience a sense of mystification and withdrawal. They carry on by pretending its not happening (Herrick). Rubrics: Things are diminshed. Discontented, displeased with herself. Tearful mood. Therapeutics: Miscarriage threatened from strain. Hysteria alt. Vomiting. Camphora Feels isolated and alienated. The image of the Steppenwolf, the ranting philosopher who is forsaken, out in the cold. He alternates from vexation to rage. Choudary: It is an important remedy in mania with melancholy. Violent rage is characteristic of Camphor. In poisonous dose you feel so cold you turn blue. Coldness, frenzy and heat intermingle. Rubrics: Refuses to answer. Abusive, insulting. [Destructive.] [Rage.] [Aversion to everything.][Kill, (desire to).] Clinging, aversion to solitude. Delusions, hell, is in. Delusions, visions, has wonderful. Prophesying. Fear death of, evil of. Gestures, convulsive. [Generals: Convulsions, epileptic.] Suicidal, throwing himself, windows, from. [or knife with.] Therapeutics:Cystitis, bladder in spasm. The collapse stage of Asiatic cholera, with cramps in calves, coldness of body, anguish, great weakness, tongue and mouth cold. Mineral analogue: CARB-V [Based on: Anxiety and want of self-confidence, horrible and frightful visions, Shrieking and Collapse] There is a hypothesis that the Magnolids (Piperales, Laurales, etc) correspond to the very early stages of life. CARB-V is indeed found on the Identity row of the periodic table, and like Camphora, suffers visions of the Bardo realm. In the Piperales there are pleasurable floating (womb-like?) euphoric states [Asar, Kava, Cub] which look like Phos. Does this correspondence hold throughout the Plant/Mineral Kingdoms? Yakir and Desai assert that this is so! Asiatic cholera: Is gastroenteritis caused by Vibrio cholerae which colonises the small inestine. Its toxins stimulate the cells of the mucosal epithelium to secrete fluid, hence the main symptom is rice-water stool. Dehydration and electrolyte depletion occur rapidly. The patient becomes hypotensive (very low blood pressure) within an hour of infection, and soon goes into shock, so oral rehydration must be given promptly. The Sx are: Weak pulse, Cold skin, sunken eyes, reduced urine, thirst, shock, cramps.
Family Monimiaceae	Many tropical spp. e.g. Hortonia Monimiaceae Rubrics ... Delusions, hearing, illusions of [Bold]
Family Atherospermataceae	e.g. spp. Laurelia.
Family Calycanthaceae	e.g. spp. Calycanthus
Family Gomortegaceae	one spp. Gomortega
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Themes from the Synonym database: Iris and Vanil, Cheerful, Amative. Croc: Religious.
family Alliaceae	Rx: All-c, All-s, All-u. Now Includes the Amaryllidaceae, (spp. Amaryllis, Galanthus: Snowdrop, Narcissus, Leucojum.) Family sensation: Sinking Top (core) Alliaceae Rubrics ... Anxiety Sadness Fear Allium cepa (Onion) Therapeutics: Excoriating coryza. Acute hay fever. Allium Sativum (Garlic) Boericke A feeling of restlessness with impatience, worse when alone. Fear, alone, of being. Weeping in sleep. Fear, death, of. Menorrhagia. > Menses, acrid, excoriating. Urethra:Pain, burning. > Urine: Albuminous or Dark. Eye: Agglutinated > Nose: Coryza > Larynx: Scraping Therapeutics: Affinity for mucous membranes. Sensations of :Ailments: gluttony! Incarcerated flatus. Distension.
family Asparagaceae	e.g. Aparagus. Agavaceaea (e.g. yucca), Hyacynthaceae sometimes included. Asparagus Prooving: A peculiar anxiety, with palpitation of the heart, and ill-humor. Rubrics: Anxiety.> Irritability. Restlessness. Morose.> Carried, desires to be. Excitement. > Cheerful. Hydrophobia. Sleepiness Cutting and burning in urethra. Miasm: Sycotic. Similars: Ferr ph-c pic-ac. Shared Sx: Sycosis. Weakness and heaviness. Taciturn averse to company. Sexuality. Hyancinthoides non-script (Agra or Scilla nutans - Bluebell) It relaxes the whole system. Chill from exposure to cold winds. Sleeplessness Therapeutics: Catarrh. Yucca Thoughts, wandering. > Fancies, lascivious. Mood, changeable, variable. > Irritability. Therapeutics: Pain in the liver. Gonorrhoea: Erythematous redness of the genitals.
family Iridaceae	spp. Crocus etc, Rx: Croc. Iris-t, Home, Iris-fa. Top (core) Iridaceae Rubrics ... Mania Morose (peevish) Anger (easily) Crocus Sativus (Saffron) Boericke A capricious and impressionable state. They are sexually attractive, exhuberant and extravegant. She loves music and laughter. Intense affection which doesn't last. The excitement transforms into vexation and hysteria. Ailments, from joy, excessive. > Anger, alternating with repentance quick > Anger, trifles. She can be a bit spaced out, and counfuses past and present. The dreams are anxious, full of striving. Her Ladyship may have difficulties of a financial nature! Theme: Rapid change. Neglect vs. Belonging. Miasm: Sycotic. Iris Versicolor (Blue flag) Boericke An aristocratic and showy flower, which reflects in the patients dress sense. Moods alternate from dipleasure and irritability to livliness (parties, joking, laughing). They care for others, but keep thier existential maliase to themselves. They feel that life is useless. They are afraid of growing old and death (dreams of digging, graves and autopsies) ... the Greek goddess Iris leads the souls of dead women and lays Irises on their graves. (Joy Lucas) Nervous fretfulness. Irritable. > Suicidal, thoughts. Amourous Affinities: Liver. Thyroid. Burning (GI tract). Therapeutics:Headache or periodic Migrane with blurred vision. Vomits bile. Miasm: Syphilis or Malaria.
family Orchidaceae	e.g. Vanilla. Rx:[Vanil. Cypr. Spira. Corh.] Top (core) Orchidaceae Rubrics ... Hysteria Ennui or Ecstacy Vanilla Known as an aphrodisiac. Material Perfection, like the Steptford Wives, bland, normal, but sensual. Therapeutics: Anemia. Corallorhiza (Crawley root) Restless fever. Cypripedium (Ladies slipper) Restlessness and irritablity (hysteria) then debility and profound indifference. Amenorrhoea. Spiranthes (Ladies tresses) Complaining mood with melancholy thoughts. Affinity: Eyes, liver, kidneys. Sexual desire increased or wanting Leucorrhoea.
family Ixioliriaceae	spp. Ixiolirion. (formerly Amaryllidaceae).
family Blandfordiaceae	spp. Blandfordia.
family Asteliaceae	spp. Astelia.
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Themes from the Synonym database: Aloe: Anguish, Contempt.
fam. Bromeliaceae	spp. Alcantarea, Bromelia ...
fam. Cyperaceae (Sedges)	spp. cladium, Eriophorum, Lepidosperma, Rhynchospora
fam. Eriocaulaceae (Pipeworts)	spp. Eriocaulon, Lachnocaulon
fam. Juncaceae (Rushes)	spp. Juncus, Luzula, Rx: Junc, Junc-p. Top (core) Juncaceae Rubrics ... Anxiety, sleep, partial slumbering in. Laughing, sleep, during. Juncus Boericke Sx: Vertigo with nausea. Coated tongue. Dysponoea. Sensations: Swollen or Bubbling (jaw & occiput). Itching & Sticking pains. Therapeutics: Catarrh. Asthma. Arthritis.
fam. Poaceae or Gramineae (Grasses)	spp. Barley, Maize, Oats, Rice, Rye, Millet, Bamboo, Marram-grass, Sugarcane, Fescue, Meadow-grass Rx: Anan, Arund, Lol, Aven, Stigm, Zea-i. Repertory Work A search for SOCIETY in the Poales reveals ... Mind, hypochondriasis, dread of society, with: anan[1] (Anantherum - Cuscus Grass). Other Poales (below) share this feeling of dread. A search on SEX opened up a new family-wide theme: INSANITY, sexual excesses, from, anan[1], [+2] THOUGHTS, intrude, sexual, aloe[1], arund[1], [+4] Female; SEXUAL DESIRE, increased, arund[1], [+50] Male; SEXUAL DESIRE, diminished, excesses after, aven[1], [+8] Male; SEXUAL DESIRE, erections without, anan[2], [+20] Male; SEXUAL DESIRE, increased . midnight, satisfy, anan[1] Top (core) Poaceae Rubrics ... Deliruim (in general) Dullness (sluggishness) Anxiety Excitement. Themes: Nutrition. Empty energy, weakness and needing support. Saccharum off. (sugar cane) Unstable behaviour associated with the sugar rush, which causes 'hunting' of insulin levels. This can be associated with phenonema such as anxiety, emotional upset and bad temper, especially where sweets are given instead of love. Similars: Arg-n calc mag-c. Avena sativa (wild oats, porridge oats!) Boericke Rubrics: Exhaustion, mental Prostration of mind, mental exhaustion, brain fag. Therapeutics:Debilitation from alcohol, D.T. Avena as a herb increases libido and is known as an energising nutrient. Similars: Phos Ph-ac pic-ac. Bambusa Arundinacae Bamboo, a strong upright cane, suits those who are overwhelmed, fear failure and poverty, and generally need help to get throuh life. As with other Gramineae there are feelings of having no emotional foundation. There is a degree of irritablity. The strength of bamboo can manifest as a strong work ethic, whilst the person who needs bamboo may suffer from indifference. These things occur naturally in old age, but also during some depressions, e.g. a prolonged berevement. Therapeutic affinity: Spine. Neck. Sciatica. Cold hands. Anantherum (Cuscus grass) Monomania: Likes to frequent the same place in a promiscuous and "grotesque" manner. Probably drunk! Is jelous, narcissistic, and dreads society. Loves to travel. Rubrics: Anger. Suicidal when debilitated. Sensations: Coldness or Burning. Therapeutics: Suppurations. Tonsilitis. Misam: Sycosis. Aloe Socotrina Rubric study: He hates noise. He lacks confidence and there is monomania with an aversion to change. Aloes patients enjoy routine. Irritability. Disgust. Loquacity. Complaining. Starting, anxious. Starting, noise, from. The acute mental state is impatient, angry and quarrelsome Fear, people, of. Contradiction, is intolerant of. Contemptuous. Hatred repels everyone. There is a deep level of despair in the remedy ... Discouraged. Despair. Death, presentiment, predicts the time. There can be exhaustion and laziness alternating with sudden activity. Vivacious. Laughing. Jesting. Activity, mental, alternating with exhaustion. Thoughts, wandering. Thoughts, intrude, sexual. The Aloe patient can a real loner, but at times can be quite lively, so one might venture to say that he has not given up. Could the miasm be Malarial? or if he is trying to stay in control of his social-life could it be Cancer? Physical indications ... Menses, protracted. > Heaviness, uterus. > Leucorrhoea, white. Pain inguinal; > ... pressing, liver. Discoloration, tongue, yellow, white. Prostate: enlargement; > Urethra: Discharge, gonorrhoeal Urine: Bloody. Cloudy. Yellow. Ammoniacal. Sediment granular. Therapeutics: Burning and Bleeding Piles, like a bunch of grapes. Watery diarrhea. Dullness (forehead). Miasm: Malarial or Cancer. Similars: kali-bi mur-ac phos sul-ac. Arundo mauritanica (Reed) Lascivious. Lots of sexual thoughts and fancies. Hilarity. Indifference to pain. In females there can be Leucorrhoea, painful early menses or Metrorrhagia. Rubrics: Allergy, sensitive to pollution. Sensations: Pricking, burning, itching. As if bandaged. Therapeutics: Pain in the liver. Sandy urine. Hayfever. Eyes: Itching, pricking, burning. Metorrhagia is bleeding between periods; it can be a sign fibroids or of endometriosis (when endometrial cells are attatched outside of the uterus e.g. in the Fallopian tube). Leucorrhoea is a whitish discharge. It may be excessive prodution of normal secretions at some stage of the cycle or an infection. Allen says: The leucorrhoea of Psora is whitish, albuminous, odorless, and usually bland; that of Sycosis is thin, watery, greenish-yellow or dark, like dirty water and usually acrid, and excoriating, producing pruritus of the parts passed over. The odor is pungent, musty, like fish-brine. ... Candidiasis - infection caused by a yeastlike fungus, Candida albicans: Sx: Curdy discharge, burning urine, red and itching parts. ... Trichomoniasis - a contagious infection caused by Trichomonas. It can multiply if resisitance of low. Sx: The discharge smells, it is yellow or white. Redness of labia, etc. Urine burns if it touches affected parts. A yellow, burning discharge is also a sign of G.O.
fam. Sparganiaceae	spp. Sparganium	[Print Dhtml Window]

Themes from the Synonym database: Symph: Appreciated, Fear. Nux-m: Abstraction. Stupor
Boraginaceae	Rx: [Borago. Myostosis (Forget-me-not). Symph. Onosmodium. Heliotropinum.] Repertory Work A search for SEX in Kingdoms > Boraginaceae found Bor. and Onos. Female; SEXUAL DESIRE, wanting, bor[1], onos[1], v-a-b[1] [+16 Others] Male; erections, troublesome; wanting, impotency; sexual; excitement, during and after:, onos[1] The search shows the sexual performance is one of the important issues in the Boraginaceae. Symphytum (Comfrey) Boericke A brooding state with a tendency to complain. Rubrics: Ailments, sexual excess. Dwells on past disagreeable occurrences. Therapeutics: Cartilage and Periostium. Amenorrhea. Sensation: Pricking pains in fractures. Onosmodium (False Gromwell; Borage family) Anshutz: We find marked in the mental sphere a drowsiness of mind and confusion of thought, dullness of intelligence, a dazed feeling of the mind. The party wants to think and not move, so absorbed in thought as to forget all else and where she is. Image: Slowing down. Weakness of memory or sexual function. Drowsy with heaviness of limbs as if dazed. Minutes pass by slowly. Abstraction of mind is an important keynote. They can be taciturn or talkative but the talk is disconnected. Answers slowly or keeps changing the subject. Mind drifts off when trying to read. They forget what they are doing. Rubrics and key words... Confusion: Time exaggeration of; Distances, enlarged. Abstraction. Slowness. Forgetful, words while speaking, of, word hunting. Thoughts, rapid, quick. Loquacity They are also anxious and afraid ... Apprehension: something horrible. Fear, evil, of. Uneasy feeling, causing nervous hunger all day. The sexual sphere is affected ... Ailments from sexual excess Females, desire sexual destroyed ( Sexual debility like Picric Acid. Sensation: Dazed. Nervous trembling. Therapeutics : Aphasia. Migraine. Mineral analogues: Phos/Ph-ac or Calc. Photo
family Annonaceae:	Rx: [Asimina, Annona Squamosa, Guat.] Annonaceae Rubrics ... Thoughts tormenting OR persistant. Asimia (Pawpaw) The seeds contain asimitrin which has an affinity for prostrate cancer. Thoughts persistant, occurences of the day, night Conversation, averse to. Miasm: Sycotic. Guatteria There is loss of memory and irresolution, along with obscessive ideas. Rubrics: Thoughts tormenting Memory, weakness. Irresolution Sadness [Irritability] Therapeutics: Liver.
family Magnoliaceae	Rx: [Anet-g, Art-tri, Balsa, Cent-u, & Magn-gr] Magnoliaceae Rubrics ... Sadness, climaxis, during Fainting or Weakness. Magnolia Grandiflora (Magn-gr) The chest feels stiff and constricted. Difficulty expanding the lungs (c.f. Cactaceae) Delusions, seasick. Delusions, about to die. Delusions, distances. Therapeutics: Rheumatism. Angina pectoris. Endocarditis and pericarditis.
family Myristicaceae:	spp. Nutmeg and Mace. Rx: Myristica sebifera [Myris][Ol-myr] and Nux Moschata [Nux-m] Top (core) Myristicacae Rubrics are ... Concentration, difficult Starting, sleep during Stupifaction. Myristica sebifera. (Virola seb.) The remedy is obtained from the red gum obtained from the bark. It contains DMT. The smoke from the bark is used by shamans in Venezuela for driving out evil ghosts. The seeds smell like Nutmeg (a close relation). Thoughts persistant - a song. Concentration, difficult. Heedless - business. Dreams - disconnected. Neglected business. Therapeutics: Abscesses (hastens suppuration). Lymphangitis. Lymphangitis is a streptococcal infection in the lymphatic system. When bacterial growth in is too rapid for the immune system the bacteria can follow along a lymphatic vessel - the inflammation causes red streaks. It can result in tissue destruction (abscesses), and Cellulitis. If the bacteria invade the bloodstream there is danger of septicemia. Sx: red streaks from the site of infection towards the lymph nodes. Fever, chills and aching. Photo Nux Moschata (Nutmeg) Nutmeg causes dowsiness and stupor. The homeopathic state is absent-minded, dreamy, and spaced out, possibly with clairvoyance. Things seem distorted or unreal, like a dream, this may be the cause of the state indifference which has been noted. These patients are drowsy or half asleep, and go for a nap when they are worried. This state could easily occurr in old age, and Kent notes its use in the weakness of typhoid. Compare the drowsiness with Op. For a superbly documented Case: ^{Myalgic Encephalitis} Abstraction > Clairvoyance > Ecstacy > Laughing, silly. Anxiety, fear with. > Answers slowly. > Absent, minded, periodical attacks short lasting Pain, liver, menses, before. > Leucorrhoea, acrid (excoriating). > menses instead of. Menses: irregular. > painful. > protracted. > Dryness; Menses, absent (amenorrhoea). > Menopause. Kidney: Pain, cutting, ureters. Sensation as if floating. Therapeutics: Alcoholism. Leucorrhoea. Wheezing. Miasm: Typhoid. See also: Onos. (above). Similars: Phos, Ph-ac, Sil, Graph.
family Degeneriaceae	Spp. Degeneria.
family Eupomatiaceae	Spp. Eupomatia.
family Himantandraceae	Spp. Galbulimima.
Rajan's sensation for the Magnolianae is Foggy, implying Confusion or Bewilderment. This may apply to all the magnolids
Ord Nymphaeales, which contains the Nymphaeaceae (Water Lilies) is closely related to the Magnoliales. [Print Dhtml Window]

Themes from the Synonym database: Cact: Abandoned, Company. Anh: Light. Phyto: Shame. Dros: Couragous, Suicidal.
Cactaceae	spp. Optuntia (Prickly Pear) Rx: Cactina (Alkaloid), Carn-g (Cereus g.), Cere-b, Anh (Peyote), Cere-s, Optuntia v. Family Sensation as if: Constricted Contracted Bound Trapped. Cereus-p. Mescaline a psychedelic alkaloid is found in several members of the cactus family including the peyote cactus (Lophophora williamsii), the San Pedro cactus (Echinopsis pachanoi) and the Peruvian Torch cactus (Echinopsis peruviana). It can also be found in Acacia berlandieri (Fabaceae). The effects include arousal of the sympathitic nervous system and intensifications of perception with synasthesia, especially of colour and sound. Top (core) Cactaceae Rubrics ... Mistakes, time in; writing Music agg. Preying Vivacious. Anger, trifles at; violent. Adaptability, loss of [anh] Repertory Work A search for CRUSH in cactaceae show the sensation pervades ... Head; pain; crushed, as if shattered, cact[1], [+30] Generals: pain crushed as if: anh[1] [+3] Other shared rubrics: CONCENTRATION, difficult: op, chel, morph, sang, cod, narcot. CONFUSION (of mind): op, chel, morph, sang, cod, narcot. Cactus Grandiflorus Boericke The state is melancholy and sad, with a love of solitude. Cact. is a slow and deliberate person, but yet he feels as if he can't keep up, or make progress, even though he hurries. One proover reported: Crystal clear serenity. Rubrics: Slowness, behind hand, always. Mind, activity, creative enhanced. Mind, delusion, forsaken is Mind, confusion, identity as to his, duality sense of Mind, delusion, separated, soul; body is separated from Anger, (irascibility) > Consolation, sympathy agg. > Dreams, killing Delusions, injury, injured, is being. Sensation of:Headache and neuralgia. Constriction and twisting tighter and tighted (as if chest or throat is caught in wires). Therapeutics: Angina. Painful dysmenorrhoea. Miasm: Malaria. Anaholium (Mescaline) Boericke The state can arise from extreem isolation (i.e. left with little glory but his memories) or experiences of extreem violence. There is a different awarness of the body, with hallucinations of shapes and dimensions decomposing. The She feels that she is dissolving. The senses are very acute. It is regarded as a mystical state by many. They may be excessivly focused on their inner life. There can be feelings of depersonalization and disorientation and erosion of identity. They can experience either great energy or extreme fatigue. Awareness, of body, heightened. Confusion, identity, depersonalization. Decomposition, space, of. > shape of. Reality, flight, from. Fear, death, of. Death, desires. Thoughts, rapid, quick. > ... vanishing of. Sensations:Shooting and stitching pains. "Generals, pain, crushed as if" Sensation of thoracic constriction with pricking in the heart. Miasm:Psora. Cancer. Cereus Bonplandi Can be assertive, giving, and passionate, loves to be busy, and to be doing something useful. Every minute must be meaningful. He has a feeling of being influenced by God. Rubrics: Generous. Industrious. [Desire to be useful.] Praying [Delusion: being under a poweful influence] Being weighed down by an Incubus Insanity [Loathing of life before menses] Sensation: Expansion (Chest). As if heart is transfixed. A clinical situation viewed through Cereus Bon Rubrics Delusions, incubus, being weighed down by. Client had councelling to help with the terrible guilt ... Spiritual delusions; thinks she has committed the unpardonable sin. She tries to kill herself, (which is a sin in most religions) and is afraid of doing so. Loathing, life, menses, before. Insanity When she is pushed she can respond quite violently. Irritability. Throws things. She works in a charity shop, and knits baby clothes. Deeds, useful, desire to be. UNIQUE . Dreams: Of the dead, in visions of wisdom light, being cared for by her deceased husband .. People, assembled. Tranquillity, (serenity, calmness). Opuntia vulg. (Prickly pear) Busy. Religious feelings alternate between praying and swearing. Ideas, abundant, clearness of mind. Morose, (cross, fretful, ill-humor, peevish). Praying. Therapeutics: Nausea and diarrhea. Sensations: Sticking pains. Carnegiea Gigantea (Saguao) There is an alternation between a state of philosophical detatchment and anxieties about intrusion. Sensation: Headache, pounding, with needles. Notes: If there is heartburn the case may resemble Gastro Esophageal Reflux Disease ... Pain in chest, trouble swallowing, breathing difficult. Asthma patients often say their chest feels tight or constricted.
Caryophyllaceae	Caryophylloideae: Silene capensis (African Dream Root) The Xhosa tribes sacred plant, used to induce vivid (and according to the Xhosa, prophetic) lucid dreams, classifying it a naturally-occurring oneirogen similar to the more well-known dream herb Calea zacatechichi. Other oneirogens include: Artemisia vulgaris ("Mugwort"), Calea zacatechichi (the "dream herb"), Entada rheedii ("African dream herb"), Silene capensis ("African dream root"), Tabernanthe iboga, and Salvia Divinorum.
Aizoaceae or Ficoidaceae	spp. Mesenbryanemum (Ice Plant), Astridia, Bijla, Lithops
Amaranthaceae	spp. beet (Beta-a) goosefoot, quinoa, spinach, tumbleweeds. Atriplex. Chenopodium (Jesuit's Tea) The fruit smells like eucalpyptus, it tastes bitter and pungent. Symptoms include apoplexy (i.e. ruptured aneurysm) with hemiplegia and aphasia. Rubrics: Aphasia. Desires conversation, but repeats the same thing. Forgetful; words, hunting. Striking at bystanders Therapeutics: Meniere's disease and tinnitus (roaring in the ears). Salsola tragus (Tumbleweed) A shrub with a globose growth habit that allows the plant to spread its seeds by rolling across the Arizona desert. The plant disconnects from its stem before it can roll, so the proving had a theme of being tied down and then disconnecting or breaking away. Connection can mean a sensation of being rooted and grounded but may extend to a sense of dependancy and a subsequent wish to get away. The disconnection felt like dying in one case. The rolling movement came through as a sensation of buoyancy. There were drug themes such as euphoria and clairvoyance in the proving. Therapeutics : It contains Salsolin which can regulate blood pressure. Its action resembles papaverine.
Droseraceae	spp. Dionaea muscipula (Venus fly trap) Themes: Senisitivity to Malice. Easily Offended. "Delusions, criticised." Sensations: Tickling, Rough and Scraping. Therapeutics: Asthma, whooping cough.
Phytolaccaceae	Phytolacca (Pokeweed). Boericke A state lacking personal shame. Rubric: Indifference to exposure of her person Therapeutics: Sinusitis. Tonsilitis. Teething Sensations: Soreness. Stitching, like electric shocks. Miasm: Syphilis or Ringworm.
Plumbaginaceae	Leadworts
Polygonaceae	Knotweeds (Docks) spp. Rheum, Polygonum (Knotweed)), Eriogonum, Fagopyrum (Buckwheat), Rumex. Anthraquinones are found in aloe (Ord. Asparagales) senna (Ord. Fabales), rhubarb (below), and Cascara buckthorn (Ord Rosales), they have laxative effects. The family sensation is of a dry and tickling irritation. The mental state can be irritable or weary of life and indifferent. Theme: Oppression: Irritation vs. Indifference. Top (core) Polygonaceae Rubrics ... Excitement Talk, indisposed to Sadness Fear, death. Rheum (Rhubarb) Capricious and irritable (indisposed to play). May be dull, as if half asleep (says nothing). Rubrics: Averice Capricious. Discontented. Full of desires. Delusions: imiginations, illusions. Fear, apprehension, dread death of. Sensations: Bubbling. Therapeutics: Colic. Rumex (Curly Dock) Rubrics: Thinking, Mental work, aversion to. Fancies, unpleasant. Disposed to frown. Fears, misfortune of Suicidal disposition Sensations: Itching Therapeutics: Cough. Watery nasal catarrh.
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Themes from the Synonym database: Cann-i, Cann-s: Abstraction. Visionary.
Hamamelidaceae	spp. Corylopsis (Winter-hazel), Hamamelis (Witch-hazel) Rx: [Ficus indicus (Banyan), Cann-s, Myric, Fagu, Cann-i, Ulm, Ham, Cast-v, Jug-r.] Family Sensations as if: Pressing Heavy Compressed Hamalidaceae Rubrics ... Fancies, confused. Delusions, insane she will become. Repertory Work A search for HEAVINESS in the family shows that the sensation pervades ... Locomotor; Upper extremities-heaviness, cann-i[2], ham[2], [+3] Hamamellis (Witch Hazel) Boericke Witch Hazel likes to sit and think; She feels that her vision and her wisdom is unappreciated ... Tranquillity, (serenity, calmness) .> Sit, inclination to, muse and. > Conversation, desire for, sublime to hear. Because her talent is unrecognised she is regretful and irritable; (feels that her opinions should be venerated). Haughty. > Opinions, expects others to pay respect to her. vs. Reverence, for those around him. She can become dull, morose and irritable. Her memory becomes her weakest link. Memory, weakness, read, for what has. Therapeutics: D.V.P. with varicose veins. Haemorrhages from injury. Sensation: Painful bursting or fullness. Miasm: Syphilis or Cancer.
Cannabaceae (hemp family)	spp. Humulus lupulus (Hops). [Rx: Cann-s, Cann-i, Lup] Cannabis Indica Boericke A state full of exhalted ideas and theories, but very forgetful. Loquacious, but unable to fix on one subject. Fixed ideas. Great apprehension. Delusions, deserted, forsaken is > existence, without form in space. > Death, presentiment of. Sensations:Thirst. Expansion. Floating. Time seems interminable, space illimitable. Miasm: Sycotic. (Cann-s is malarial). Cannabis Sativa Proving (Allen): State of mind cheerful, serenely self-contained. Depressed, out of humor. Absent-minded. Afternoon and evening, his thoughts are confused, so that he can no longer distinguish truth from imagination, with a kind of forgetfulness. Thus, he does not know all the evening what remedy he has taken, and is not certain the following day that it was cannabis. He writes something in an entirely wrong place, and is not conscious of it till the next day.
Crassulaceae (Stonecrop family)	spp. Crassula, Echeveria, Rosularia, Sedum (Wall Pepper), Sempervivum Sed-ac: "Delerium, exhaltation of strength, with" Sempervivum (Leek) Therapeutics: Shingles. Breast Cancer. Suppression of menses. Cotyledon umb. (Pennywort) Boericke Cot has nightmares and is averse to solitude. Ther's a sensation of being lost or not being quite there. She is cheerful, elevated and careless and desires excitement. Likes to sing. Forgetful - has difficulty collecting her ideas. The exhilaration alternates with depression, she can be quite tearful (Ign.) Rubrics: Delusion, some part of the body is absent. Therapeutics : Palpitation. Tickling cough.
Grossulariaceae (gooseberry family)	spp. Ribes alpinum - Alpine Currant, Ribes uva-crispa (syn. R. grossularia) - Gooseberry
Paeoniaceae	Paeonia officinalis (European Peony) A state of deep insecurity and fear of change ... Apprehension with anxiety; [afraid to talk with anyone] [of bad news] A Paeonia child would be terrified of being sent to boarding school. The first day would be very scary! They have nightmares of loosing their family. An older person might be heavily nostalgic. Sensations: Burning. Therapeutics: Hæmorrhoids. Varicose veins.
Saxifragaceae	spp. Saxifraga aizoides (Yellow Saxifrage), Chrysosplinium. Hydrangea (now placed in Ord. Corniales) Boericke Therapeutics: Prostate. Kidney stones. [Print Dhtml Window]

Themes from the Synonym database: Melal: Devil.
Fam. Melastomataceae	spp. Acanthella, Lithobium, Orthogoneuron, Oxyspora. [Rx: Cuph. Gran.] Punica granatum (Pomegranite) Confusion. Anxiety. > Haughty. Censorious. Reproaches others. Leucorrhoea, yellow. > Face discolouration, yellow. > Pain, stitching hypochondium, left. Sensations: Stitching. Therapeutics: Jaundice. Specific for Tapeworm (cestode) infection. Cuphea (Flux weed) Therapeutics: Constipation with tenesmus. Cholera infantum. Cholera infantum: gastroenteritis with cholera-like Sx, e.g. restlessness and fever - from inflammation of the mucous membranes of the G.I. tract.
Fam. Myrtaceae	Spp. Myrtle, clove, guava, feijoa, allspice, and eucalyptus Rx:[Angophora. Eucalyptus. Luma. Myrt-c. Pimenta. Syzygium.] Myrtaceae Rubrics ... Weakness or Exhilaration Sadness. Impotency. Company, aversion. Hysteria Eucalyptus Boericke States swing between being inert and being active ... Rubrics: too lazy to move. Dull, sluggish, difficulty thinking. vs.Bouyancy; Industrious, mania for work. Desire, exercise for. Cheerful. Miasm: Syphilis. Myrtus Communis Discouraged. Melaleuca leucadendra (Cajuputum) White Tea Tree. The oil itself is antiseptic. Prover had dreams of being rowdy. Rubrics: [Company, aversion.] [Walks alone.] [Sadness.] [Cry, he could.] [Thoughts rapid.] [Ideas abundant.] [Indolence] Therapeutics: Spasms - Hiccouch. Sensations: Swelling. Uncomfortable heat. Melaleuca Alternifolia (Tea Tree) Proving Themes: Cured: Frome Restless (over-stimulated), to energized and impatient. Indifference or Aversion to company. Anger at criticism. Claustrophobia. New Sx: Clarity vs. Unmotivated. Cant focus. Vague, hazy, with random thoughts ... and clumsy. Spelling mistakes. Ending it. Giving up.
Fam. Onagraceae	spp.evening primroses (Oenothera), fuchsias (Fuchsia), willowherbs (Epilobium), Fireweed. Onagraceae Rubrics ... Dullness (sluggishness, difficulty of thinking) Epilobium Palustre. (Willow Herb) Poisoning with the flowers causes epileptiform convulsions Therapeutics: Fever; larynx. throat affections. Œnothera (Evening Primrose) A source of GLA which precursor of prostaglandin E1 (an anti-inflammatory). The oil is used by many arthritis sufferers. It may also ease eczema. Homeo' Sx: Poisoning produces Mild paralysis of mental and bodily forces, with diarrhœa. Sensations: Weary with mental and physical oppression. Half-unconscious; unable to think, raise head, move or speak. Light-headed.-Violent vertigo with swimming sensation. Prickling of skin. Therapeutics: Watery diarrhoea.
Fam. Lythraceae	spp. Ammania, Galpina, Haitia, Lawsonia, Lythrum Cuphea Viscosissima (Fluxweed) Boericke The plant has a clammy, sticky feel, and contains tannin. Therapeutics: diarrhœa.
Fam. Combretaceae	spp. Combretum (Leadwood) [Print Dhtml Window]

Themes from the Synonym database: Aya: Abandoned. Salix: Appreciated, Abstraction. Viol-t and Hyper: Touchy. Coca: Amusement, Visionary. Hura: Suicidal.
Euphorbiaceae	Rx: Crot-t, Manc, Casc, Euph-pi, Acal, Hura, Still, Lath. Farrington: The members of this family contain an acrid principle which is usually a milky fluid, when it escapes from the plant it dries into a gum. On contact with the skin it produces redness and then vesicles. This milky sap is poisonous in the Euphorbioideae, innocuous in the Crotonoideae (Wikipedia). The Euphorbiaceae act as purgatives, producing watery diarrhoea, associated with colic, tenesmus, flatulence, burning, nausea and vomiting. Family sensation as if: Constricted, Tied or Bound. Wants to feel free. Euphorbiaceae Rubrics ... Death desires. Ennui, boredom, tedium. Laughing. Singing Fear, insanity. Repertory Work A search for EVIL in the Euphorbiaceae shows that the rubric pervades the family ... Mind; Fear; evil, of:,manc[2] [+30] Mind; Fears, death, impending evil: still[1] [+4] Ricinus communis (Castor oil beans) - Subfamily Crotonoideae Ricin: The seeds from the castor bean plant, Ricinus communis, are poisonous to people, animals and insects. The oil produces violent diarrhea. Richard Pitt says: "In this vein, it shares similar symptoms with some other remedies from the same botannical family, especially Jatropha curcus, Jatropha urens and Croton tiglium." In Richards prooving there was depression and irritability. Depressed, hopeless, sad, inertia, sluggishness vs. Easy going and buoyant There were dreams that remind us of Mancinella, another Euphorbian spp, such as delusions of seeing a devil or being taken by the devil. Richard suggests that the theme of danger links these two spp. Ricin is certainly linked to biological warfare, a classic example was the dissident who was 'shot' on a London street (by 007?) with a modified umbrella using compressed gas to fire a tiny pellet contaminated with ricin into his leg. The KGB denied any involvment. Blackness, (of external parts). > Collapse, diarrhea after. > vomiting after. > Convulsions. Sensations: Constriction, (sensation of external). Therapeutics: Dysentery and cholera. Helps mothers produce milk. Jatropha curcus (Purging nut) - Subfamily Crotonoideae Sx reported: Head confused, with heat and Giddiness or dizzyness. Sore throat. Nausea with salivation, then vomiting. Tearing pains in umbeliacal region, and severe purging. Much micturation. Palpitation. Bell adds: Coldness of the body with cold clammy perspiration (c.f. Camphora: Cholera). Miasm: Syphilis. Croton eleuteria (Cascarilla) - Subfamily Crotonoideae Clarke: Cascarilla has a family resemblance to the other Euphorbians. It acts prominently on the digestive tract. Symptoms include: Sensation of swelling deep down in throat. Hunger after meals and feeling of emptiness. Movings about in abdomen as if hot water undulating there. Croton Tig. (the seeds) - Subfamily Crotonoideae Farrington: This remedy produces a diarrhoea with yellowish watery stool pouring out like water from a hydrant. There is also nausea and faintness (Cholera). Image: Children who accumulate grievances then explode in anger (Grangeorge). Provers described a feeling of being hide-bound, being unable to think ouside the box. Sadness, (despondency, dejection, depression) > Despair > Hysteria. Therapeutics:Cholera. Colic with explosive diarrhea. When Croton tiglium is applied to the skin it produces an erythema, soon followed by a group of vesicles which are almost confluent, and which burn and itch intolerably. Sensations: Hide-bound (skin). Miasm: Sycois. Manihot esculenta - Subfamily Crotonoideae (Cassava root) Tapioca is made from Cassava root. Cassava leaves contain cyanogenic glucosides, precursors of Hydrogen Cyanide, which is also found in the Rosales (in almonds and apple pips). Mancinella tree: Hippomane Mancanilla - Subfamily Euphorbiodeae One of the most poisonous trees in the world. It will secrete a white milky substance during rainfall. Allegedly, standing beneath the tree during rain may cause blistering of the skin from mere contact with this liquid. As a form of torture the Caribs would tie victims to this tree and leave them exposed to the elements (Wikipedia). Image: Gollum! :- Can't keep evil thougts out of his mind! Self-torture. Feels like he's loosing control, with a fear of injuring someone. Wants to keep out the evil. The sexuality comes with feelings of evil. Fear night. ... devil, of being taken by the. Sentimental. Discontented. Weary fo life. Homesickness. Company, desire for, aversion to solitude Sadness, sexual excitement, with. > Insanity, erotic. Sensations:Electric shocks. Noise is painful. Head feels empty. Therapeutics: The vesicles of Scarlet fever. Burning eyes. Miasm: typhoid. Similars: sul-ac. Hura crepitans (Sandbox tree)(latex) - Subfamily Euphorbioideae Prooving: There was a flow of sadness, with feelings of being alone in the world, abandoned by relatives and that she had lost the confidence of her friends. She contradicts everyone and everyone hates her. There is a frightening vision of loss of hope, ureality and detachment from the world in the rubrics... He often thinks of death, but does not fear it; he even feels as though he could die without regret. Rubrics: Forsaken feeling [sensation of isolation] > Delusions, confidence in him, friends have lost. Love, perversity Despair [Death, desires] [Religous affectations] Anger [Irritability during contradiction] [Hysteria] [Breaks things] [Bites] Delusion: Floating Delusion: spectres [sees someone hanging.] Miasm and Therapeutics: Leprosy. Sensations: Floating vs. falling. Stillingia Sylvatica - Subfamily Euphorbioideae This remedy is indicated in affections of a syphilitic origin esp. aching bones in secondary syphilis. Ailments, from anticipation, foreboding. > Suspicious, (mistrustful). Leucorrhoea, copious. > purulent > Urethra: Discharge, gonorrhoeal. Miasm: Syphilis. Euphorbia off. (Spurge) - Subfamily Euphorbioideae Therapeutics: Long standing ulcers. Hamilton noted: Affections of the rectum and bladder, with tenesmus, and painful sensations. Vomiting of mucus and water. Pain in the back then shortness of breath, with palpitation and throbbing, bursting headache. Miasm: Syphilis or Cancer. Similar: CALC Phos nit-ac iod Shared Sx: Dread. Thoughtful (anxiety about the future). Mania for work. Averse to company. Euphorbium resinifera Note: Euphorbium resinifera is a resin from several spp. The nomenclature is misleading. Sx: Busy. Serious and earnest. Likes to be quiet, even in company. Rubrics: Fear, dread, [poisoned] [evil] Tranquility [thoughtful] [reflecting] [reserved] [stupor] Starting - electric shocks Sensations: Burning (bones)(throat)(chest/lung)(eyebrows!) Therapeutics: Erythematous and vesicular eruptions. Colic. Burning pain in bones. Miasm: Syphilis. Euphorbia pulcherrima (Poinsettia) It is called "star flower" by the Aztecs. They used it as an antipyretic. It became associated with Christmas by the Franciscans, when a child placed weeds before the alter and they blossomed into beautiful flowers.
Malpighiaceae	Banisteriopsis (Ayahuasca) Summary of Proving by Kees Dam Van Walbeeckstr. Quote: Ayahuasca is used as a sacriment in the Santo Daime doctrine. It is a vehicle for the Force - the Divine Being that is present in the rainforest, (Ayahuasca is regarded as the mother and Tobacco as the child). Visualise: A thick twisted climbing vine like an umbilical cord. Its issues are of emotional entanglement with mother. The remedy can give us the strength go into the shadows of our childhood and bring them into consciousness. Ayahuasca Words and Themes: Light, bright, sudden, fast vs. Heavy, grey, dark. Entangled, trapped, cannot pass. Grief, forsaken, alone. Persecuted, need to escape. Numb indifference, no feelings. Confusion, loosing way. Mother, caring, guilt or anxiety about others.
Violaceæ	Rubrics: Viol-t and Viol-o: Loquacity, Irritability, inclination to scold. Disobedience. Amorous. Eruptions. Itching. Sleeplessness and yawning. Viola tricolor [Viol-t.] (Pansy) Sadness respecting domestic affairs. Tendency to shed tears. Introspection, clarity and great sensitivity. Sensations as if: Cutting Stabbing Stitching Themes: Rush and Chaos vs. Apathy Therapeutics: Eczema. Impetigo. Viola Odorata (Violet) Mild, controlled persons - ruled by their intellect Emotions, predominated by the intellect. > Ideas, abundant, clearness of mind. Viola - the shrinking violet is so sensitive that she becomes highly intellectual to protect herself. Offended, easily, takes everything in bad part. They expericence disconnected thoughts and vertigo - a whirling out-of-control sensation - when stressed.
F. Salicaceae (Willows)	spp. Crack Willow Shared Rubrics: Dullness and irritability. Salix Fragilis Boericke Previous Theme: Letting go and moving on, seems to be born out. Proving: Expressions from different proovers ... A state of irritability and tearfulness. Emotions flooding out. A state of excitability and bossiness. rt Suddeness and decisivness in a cautions person. [Change]][Speed - moving house] Spectres, sees. Stuck: Wants to change focus Cutting off: Feels she doens't belong anymore. Resolution of Buried Issues: [Protective love for her child] Populus Tremuloides (Aspen Poplar) General nervous excitement. Therapeutics: Nausea and vomiting Sensations: fierce burning sensation in stomach.
Fam. Linaceae	Spp. Linium p. (Perennial Flax), Linium catatharticum (Purging Flax) Shared Rubrics: Convulsions. Linium catatharticum Theme: Dullness, "Perseverance, irksome duties" vs. Torpor. Therapeutics: Bronchitis. Linum usitatissimum. (Flax) Perfectly conscious, but only able to express herself by signs. Tongue is paralysed. Therapeutics: Asthma. Hay fever. Herpes.
Erythroxylaceae (Coca family)	Coca Boericke Choudary: "It produces a constant desire to do something and generates a sort of excitability that tends to good people on to enterprises demanding strength and a rich fund of courage". Also: "They lose all sense of right and wrong". Delusions, beautiful. > Delusions, space, carried into, he was > Delusions, visions, has beautiful. Elated. > Ecstacy > Fancies, exaltation of. > Ideas, abundant, clearness of mind. Mania. > Restless. > Irritability.> Gestures, impatient.
Hypericaceae	Hypericum (St John's wort) Boericke The ancient Greeks and Romans used Hypericum to treat many ailments, including sciatica and snake bites. It was also used to ward off evil spirits. The name Hypericum is from Greek: "over an apparition". In the 19th centuary hypericum was used in the treatment of melancholia. It is now widely used as an anti-depressant. The Rubrics show it is useful in depression when there is injury accompanied with frightening dreams ... Ailments, from injuries, accidents (mental) > Sensitive, (oversensitive). > Sadness, injuries, from Fear, (apprehension, dread) > Delusions, specters, ghosts, spirits, sees. > Hydrophobia. Excitement > Lascivious > Rage Dreams: Business > Anxious > Amorous
Passifloraceae	spp. P. edulis (Passion-fruit)
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Themes from the Synonym database: Robin: Religious, Anguish. Bapt: Hysteria, Collapse.

Fam. Fabaceae (legumes)

Rx: [Meli, Bapt, Rob, Chrysar, Cop, Bals-p, Phys, Caesal, Lath.]
Family Theme: Wandering and Disorientation,
Sensation as if: Scattered or Divided, E.g. "Delusion, divided he is."

Fabiaceae Rubrics ...
Anguish
Death, desires
Escape (attempts to)
Religious (affections)
Loquacity.
Thoughts persistant or wandering.

Robinia

Proving:

Mental alienation with laughter, buffoonery, jumping, and dancing.
Love and excited passions, leading him into the grossest excess, even to homicide.
Strong disposition to be obscene.
Anxiety to seek honors; excessive pride.

Rubrics:

Discontented, displeased, dissatisfied. > Death, thoughts of.
Haughty > Fanaticism (religious) > Dancing > Insanity, erotic.

Sensations: Head: Bubbling or boiling. Stomach: cramp squeezing.
Keynotes: Acridity and Acidity. Distension. Waterbrash. Sour vomit. Comments: A very old proving.

Melilotus

A state of fear, especially paranoia ...

Delusion: watched, she is being
Delusion: pursued he was - enemies, by

In this state she mistakes her friends for enemies. Everyone is against her, even her doctor (who may wish to section her!)

Astralagus exscapus

Changable moods, ecstasy then tormenting thoughts and sadness (symptoms alternating with physical).

Indigofera Tinctoria (Indigo - the juice)

Clarke: Indigo was introduced into medicine as a remedy for epilepsy. Where Homopathic use was successful there had been great melancholy which the patient has sought to hide, spending many nights crying alone; or a furious excitable disposition before the attacks and mild and timid after.
Rubrics:

Melancholy, sadness.-Discontented, retired in himself.

Sensations: Pressure. Shooting and tearing pains (head). Heat and rushing, like boiling water (occiput).

Baptisia Tincoria (Wild Indigo - tincture of root and bark) Boericke

A dull and gloomy state of confusion, with strange sensations such as a sense of duatility, with parts scattered about, separated, or too large. Dreams about fighting and swimming.
Therapeutics:Early stages of Typhoid. Acute influenza with fever. Falls back into a stupor after answering. Swollen tongue. Dark haemorrhages.
Sensations:Heavy. Bruised.

Lathyrus sativus (Chick-pea)

A case of Poisoning: Nausea, vomiting, giddiness. Legs heavy with vague pains, formication and sense of cold. Tremor. The remedy itself produces a depressed and hypochondriacal state.
Rubrics:

A sensce of imprisonment. Can't go forward or back.

Therapeutics: Paralysis.

Copavia (Copiafera off.)

Copaiva is an old-world remedy for gonorrhœa. States of periodical sadness and sensitivity (Sep.). The whole nervous system is sensitive. Becomes irritable and intolerant of contradiction. Recriminations about forgotten trifles. Loaths life and fears death.
Rubrics: Misanthropy. Contemptuous of self. Delusions he is talll.
Miasms: Sycosis and Syphilis.
Therapeutics: Catarrh. Patches of Urticaria.

Physostigma venosum (Calabar bean)

It is a climber and can reach 50ft and the stem can be an inch or two in thickness. The pods can be up to seven inches in length. The beans were used by of the people of Calabar to try persons accused of witchcraft. They beans contain calabarine which has atropine-like effects on the parasympathetic nervous system (c.f. Atropa Belladonna) and physostigmine, which can aid glaucoma. (Wikipedia).

Rubrics and key words:

Ailments, from grief.
Taciturn. (It felt like an effort to speak to anyone.)
Starting. Hysteria. Loquacity
Thoughts, wandering, frightful. persistant. Counting things.
Laziness. Difficulty concentrating or fixing attention.
Delusions, specters, ghosts, spirits, sees.
Sexual desire-excessive (or decreased).
Vision blurred (myopia: distant objects blurred).
Pain, lancinating, hypochondria.
Palpitation, heart.

Therapeutics: Kidney. Leucorrhoea. Menopause. Cramps. Convulsions.

Cassia (Senna tree) [Subfamily Caesalpinioideae]

Wants to be alone. Very forgetful. Loses his way home. Anxiety about the future, fears to sleep in case his heart stops.
Therapeutics: Vertigo. Constipation. Pains in the Knees.
Sensations: Heaviness. Heat and Bursting pains (forehead).

Derris Pinnata (Tuba root)

A liana. Contians rotenone which is used in insect poison e.g. against scabies. It affects their nerves causing paralysis. In this unstable state there is a flow of ideas which cause alternations of weeping and singing. Rubrics:

Fear, killing her mother; [with a knife]

Death desires. [suicidal disposition]

Sadness [alt. despondancy]

Mania [anguish]

Delusion : Seasick [will fall if he turns]

He perceives celestial odours

Sensation: of needles or pins driven into her head. That her heart is beating in water. Electric shocks and cramps.
Therapeutics: Asthma. Dysentery.

Laburnum

Stupifaction. No anxiety; remarkable indifference to all around
When aroused by a shake and asked a question, he answered by a nod.

Therapeutics: Convulsions.

Dolichos puriens. (Cowhage)

The seed powder contains levodopa, and is used for Parkinsons and as an aphrodisiac in Ayurvedic medicine. The hairs of the pods cause severe itching.
Rubric: Despair or suicidal thoughts from unbearable itching. Psora!
Therapeutics: Herpes zoster.

Entada rheedii (African Dream Herb)

Its leaves are dried and smoked to induce vivid dreams. The seeds can survive immersion in sea water, which aids dispersal across the Indian Ocean.

Griffonia simplicifolia (the seeds)

The herbal suppliment, 5-HTP, a serotonin precursor, is a natural plant extract from the seeds. It helps hyperactive children calm down and get to sleep. It is one possible alternative to Prozac.

Fam. Polygalaceae

(milkwort family)

Ratanhia

Irritable, peevish, and quarrelsome humour.
Apprehensive depression when alone, > in company

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Themes from the Synonym database: Urtica: Rush.
Moraceae (mulberry family)	spp.Artocarpus (Breadfruit). [Rx: Fic, Upa-a] Ficus R. (Sacred Fig)(The Bodhi Tree) A banyan fig from Nepal, known as Arali or Ashvastha tree. Rubrics: Sadness, gloom. mental depression. Restlessness Presumably the opposite polarity must exist ... Buddha Shakymuni meditated there!
Rhamnaceae (buckthorn family)	spp. Frangula. Karwinskia. Ceanothus. Rhamnaceae Rubrics ... Anxity, unfit for work Sadness Ceanothus (Red Root) Boericke Indians used the root to treat venerial sores. Rubrics: Aversion to bed. Dreams of the dead. Restlesness. Nymphomania. Therapeutics : Periodic Migraine. Neualgia. Sensations: Neuralgia like fire. The parts feel enlarged. Rhamnus Frangula (Alder Buckthorn) Boericke Depression of spirits. Therapeutics: Flatulence. Urethritis. Vomiting. Rhamnus purshiana, Casc sa. (Cascara Bark) The dried, aged bark of this tree has been used by Chinook Indians as a laxative since time out of mind. It aids digestion and may be of use in rheumatism, cirrhosis and jaundice.
Rosaceae (rose family)	spp.[Rx: Pyrus-a, Prun-s, Amyg, Rosa-c, Laur, Crat.] Hydrogen cyanide (HCN) is a colorless gas with a faint bitter almond-like odor. In plants, cyanides are usually bound to sugar molecules in the form of cyanogenic glycosides and serve the plant as defense against herbivores. It is found in Laurococerasus, almonds and apple seeds (Ord. Rosales), mangoes (Ord. Sapindales), and Cassava roots (Ord. Euphorbiaceae). Cyanide disrupts the ATP cycle (cellular respiration). At low dose there is general weakness, giddiness, headaches, vertigo, confusion, and difficulty in breathing. This is followed by coma, seizures, pulmonery edema and cardiac arrest in higher doses. Theme: moving to avoid pinching or pressing. Roseaceae Rubrics ... Morose Ennui Sadness and Cheerfulness Hydrophobia Speech hesitating. Crategus (Hawthorn) Boericke A well know heart tonic. Rubrics: Ailments from grief and sorrow. Sensations: Coldness after exertion. Darting pains. Cerasus laurocerasus. Laur. (Cherry Laurel) Laur contains Hydrocyanic acid (Prussic acid. Hydrogen cyanide in water). It was used in gas chambers. In homeopathic use there is depletion of the VF; Hardworking until work suddenly becomes a burden and he looses heart. His strength sinks, leaving a state of mental dejection and irritation. Gasping for breath from the least exertion. Great anxiety, apprehension, and agitation, which do not allow a moment's rest Repugnance to intellectual labour [Inability to collect one's ideas] Disgust with everything Fear and anxiety about imaginary evils [Dreams of fire] Liver Large. Induration. > Frothy, acrid urine. > Thick, reddish sediment in urine. Leucorrhoea, acrid (excoriating). Menses, copious (menorrhagia). Sensations: Coldness (and blueness). Pressing headache. Heaviness. Cloudiness. Therapeutics:Liver. Dysponea. Asthma. Palpitations. Prunus Spinosa (Blackthorn) A state of sadness, indifference, moroseness, and ill-humour. Pacing about. Sensations: pains pressive and out-pressive, and out-shooting (Head, Eyes). Therapeutics: Eyes, Neuralgia. Herpes zoster. Miasm: Sycotic or Malarial. Fragaria Vesca (Strawberry) Clarke: Faintness; suffocation like apoplexy; convulsions and death have resulted in persons sensitve to strawberries. Therapeutics: Convulsions. Erysipelas. Gonorrhœa.
Ulmaceae (elm family)	spp. Ulmus (Wych Elm). [Rx:Ulm.] Ulmus Fulva (Slippery Elm) Therapeutics: Hæmorrhoids. Herpes. Syphilis.
Urticaceae (nettle family)	spp. Urtica disica and Stinging Nettle [Rx:Urtica-u.] Urtica Urens (Stinging nettle) Boericke Rubric: Restlessness Sensation: Stinging and burning. Therapeutics: Burns. Gout. Parietaria officinalis (Pellitory-of-the-Wall) Therapeutics: Calculi. Nightmares (being buried alive in a ruin). Miasm: Sycosis. [Print Dhtml Window]

Themes from the Synonym database: Bry: Battles, Apprehensive.
Cucurbitaceae (gourd family)	spp/Rx: [Bry. Elat. Coloc. Luffa.] Farrington: Of the medicinal substances obtained from this order we may say that they all the act prominently on the alimentary tract. They seem to have in common a cathartic action. They probably act paralyzingly on the vaso-motor nerves of the abdomen. They produce gripping pains, gushing watery diarrhoea. Family Sensations of: spasms: cramping, clutching. Theme: Stasis. Anger. Rubrics: (mostly Bry, Coloc and Elat) Weakness and faintness. Sadness. Indifference. Irritability. Pain cutting or pressing Menorrhagia. Vomiting. Bitter taste. Dysentery. Chill and perspiration. Violent, Morose and obstinate. Air agg. Constriction Cramps, jerking and convulsions. Heaviness or Numbness Sprains. Pain biting. scraping or stitching. Cucurbita, Cuc-c (Watermelon). An extreemly irritatable and even violent state, despite a lack of energy (compare with the rage of Bry). He is so depressed that he desires death. Sensations: Internal heat (with perspiration.) Therapeutics: Colds, Suppurations. Bryonia (Wild hops) Boericke Farrington: We find Bryonia indicated first of all in changes in the blood; in changes affecting its quantity, its quality and its circulation. For example, its indicated in febrile conditions; in fevers of an intermitting type, and also in rheumatic gastric, bilious, traumatic and typhoid fevers, in all of which, gastric symptoms are prominent. Symptoms develop slowly. The main action is on parts which have to do with motion. It inflames membranes such as the pleura, the menininges, tendons and connective tissue causing sharp stabbing pains. The membranes become dry and you feel extremely thirsty. Image: The dryness of Bryonia is seen in his personality, the free flow of emotions is blocked and repressed. He is usually pragmatic, down-to-earth, hard working and independant. They are not much fun, and without much loving response they are often loners. They never joke, "life is a serious matter". They are often Security Gaurds .... their insecurities are a big issue and make them feel quite vunerable. Reconstruction of Bryonia from rubrics: The mind is so dull and slow, in stasis (liverish), that any disturbance is avoided, standing, being touched or motion, cause so much suffering that the point of rage is easily reached. Irritability, wishes to be alone on waking Fear, suffering of, chooses the lesser evil There is an insecure feeling ... of being lost and homesick, which manifests as clinging. Clinging, want of self-confidence It can manifest as avarice (ungrateful, avarice from) when there is anxiety and insecurity about the future, business (delerium business is doing), health, or even life itself (Death, presentiment of). The fear of poverty is way out of proportion. All these fears add up to a strong sense of persecution in the remedy Delusions, soliders, sees > flight, as if persued > escape, attempts to. The anxiety, a subconcious search for security. They worry about their financial situation (they become materialistic), "Fear of poverty". Often businessmen and stock brokers, "economic man". Possessions are very important, they get a sense of well-being from collecting things. To the "carpet slipper brigade" home represents the only safe haven (Delusions, injury, injured, is being.) The only place where he won't be disturbed, Delusions, home, away from, must get there. The plant itself tries to cling onto a safe position. Theme: Stiffness of mind &am; rigid ideas. Sensations: Cannot or will not, move. Stinging pains. Therapeutics: Dry spasmodic cough. Rheumatic pains that come on slowly. Bruising headache with stabbing behind eyes and sensitivity to motion (even moving the eyes). Miasm:Sycotic. Typhoid. Elaterium (Squirting cucumber) A prover went wandering in the woods at night! Rubrics: Fear of disaster. Homesick, Sad, Depressed. Therapeutics: Urticaria. Explosive diarrhoea. Colocynthis (Vine of Sodom) Farrington: Like the other members of this group, Colocynthis causes violent intestinal irritation, first of watery evacuations and later of mucus and blood. The pains are atrocious; griping, cutting, etc. The drug also affects the nervous system powerfully, whence comes its beneficial effects in the treatment of neuralgia. Image: Male Staphy! Feels vexed and unfortunate. There is great pain. Ailments from anger, silent grief, with > from business failure, from embarrassment, from indignation, from scorn. Anger is swallowed and suppressed - felt in gut ("gutted"). Emotions come out with the pain, great anger and anguish. Indignant. Speechless with rage. > Beside, oneself, being. > Anguish. Upset by trifles, even friends irritate, but she needs comfort and someone to see to he wishes, so being alone is not right either - so she is capricious! Company, aversion, friends of intimate. > Carried, desires to be. > Company, desire for, aversion to solitude. > Capriciousness. Therapeutics: Colic, pains cramping and clutching. Anger can bring on the pain. Ovaries. Miasm: Malaria Types of diarrhea: Fast transit: Watery stool has passed through the GI tract too quickly. Osmotic: Some foods may cause water to remain in the intestine due to osmosis. Secretory: Toxins produced in cholera cause the intestine to secrete salts. Inflammatory: In Inflammatory diarrhea the lining of the intestine is inflamed or ulcerated and releases proteins, blood and mucous. E.g. in ulcerative colitis, Chron's, and Tb. If the rectum is inflamed it is more sensitive to expansion, so there will be more urging.
F. Datiscaceae	spp. Datisca.
F. Coriariaceae	Coriaria Ruscifolia Clarke: Coriaria produces intoxication very like that of alcohol. Therapeutics: Delirium tremens. [Print Dhtml Window]

Themes from the Synonym database: Myric: Disgust. Amative
Betulaceae Birch family	spp./Rx: [Quer-r. Aln. Betu]]
Casuarinaceae	spp. Casuarina (Ironwood - She-oak).
Fagaceae Beech family	spp./Rx: [Querc. Fagu. Cast-v. Oak-b. Sw-ch-b;] Fagaceae Rubrics ... Dipsomania Hydrophobia Wildness. Quercus (Oak) (Bach Centre) The Bach Flower Remedy is used for strong, determined people who do not give up. Therapeutics: Gout. Alcoholism (enlarged liver and spleen).
Juglandaceae Walnut family	Spp. Juglans (Walnut), Carya (Pecan). Juglandaceae Rubrics ... Concentration, difficult. Pulse fast. Motion agg. Eruptions Juglans Cinerea (White Walnut or Butternut). Rubrics: Want to be alone, want to do nothing but eat and sleep Confusion so that I could not study [forget what I am about.] Therapeutics: Acute disorders of digestion followed by skin affections. Angina. Juglans Regia (Walnut) Boericke Walnuts are high in antioxidants and an excellent source of omega-3 fatty acids, which is helpful in lowering cholesterol. In TCM they are used as a kidney tonic. Excited p.m. as if intoxicated, as if the head were floating. Peevish, discontented mood in the evening Disinclined to talk Inattention when reading Therapeutics: Violent headache (frontal/temples). Haemorrage. Black menses. Purpura. Ringworm. Scurvy. Herpes. Chancre. Miasm: Syphilis. Carya Alba (syn. Carya tomentosa - White hickory) It can reach an age of 500yrs. It has a hard flinty bark. The main fungus of hickory is Poria spiculosa, a trunk rot. Sx: Shortness of breath. Hæmorrhages! Provers body covered in spots! Limbs swollen. Therapeutics: Swelling. Purpura. Scurvy.
Myricaceae Bayberry family	Myrica Cerifera (Bayberry) The wax (Myrtle Wax) consists of glycerides of stearic, palmitic and myristic acids, and some oleaic acid. In herbal medicine it is useful in diarrhoea and jaundice. Censorious > Delusion, better than others. Loathing. > Great despondency; dejected; irritable. Cannot concentrate mind on any subject Exhilaration, then depression and pressure in head; Discoloration, tongue, yellow, dirty. > face, yellow. Urethra: Discharge, gonorrhoeal, chronic. Urine: Albuminous. Frothy. Sexual aversion. > Dreams amorous. Therapeutics: Heart affections (chest constriction, stitching). Liver affections (Jaundice). Leucorrhoea. [Print Dhtml Window]

Conceptual Kingdom mine	Index
Macro Personality Concepts Chakra Themes	Categories Perfection Pride Vanity Averice Faith Truth Love Categories Trust Desire Esteem Intimacy Others Insight Faith

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Abandoned
Abusive
Abstraction
Apathy
Amative
Affability
Appreciated
Affectation
Antisocial
Anguish
Anxiety
Arrogance
Assaulted
Aversion
Apprehensive
Answers
Amusement
Amorous
Breakdown
Bashful
Backward
Beautiful
Battles
Bothered
Brooding
Betrayed
Clairvoyance
Chagrin
Complaining
Contemptuous
Capricious
Confined
Couragous
Control
Cowardice
Clear
Coquettish
Childish
Cruelty
Dwells
Discontented
Dreamer
Dread
Death
Devil
Dullness
Estranged
Enervation
Exhaustion
Egotism
Forsaken
Fright
Future
Fancies
Fastidious
Fragility
Fussy
Helpless
Hurt
Homesick
Hysteria
Hatred
Hydrophobic
Inconsolable
Incoherant
Indifference
Irresolution
Impulsive
Insular
Identity
Isolation
Kill
Light
Loathing
Love
Loquacity
Malicious
Misfortune
Nervous
Purpose
Peevish
Persecuted
Pride
Religious
Restless
Revulsion
Rush
Security
Senility
Shameless
Shock
Stability
Stupor
Stuck
Scattered
Slowness
Strange
Sexual
Suicidal
Sensitive
Starting
Time
Thoughts
Tedious
Tormented
Taciturn
Touchy
Vexation
Visionary
Vitality
Undertakes

Themes from the Synonym database: Asar: Light (euphoric), Sensitive

Repertory Work

Asarum (wild ginger)

Aristolochia Clematis (Birthwort)

Pip-n: (Black Pepper)

Piper Methysticum (Kava) Boericke

Cubeba

Themes from the Synonym database: Laur and Camph: Apprehensive.

Repertory Work

Laurus Cinnamomum Boericke

Camphora

Themes from the Synonym database: Caladium Dread

Repertory Work

Fam. Araceae:

Arum-triphyllum

Caladium.

Dracontium

Ictodes Foetida (Skunk cabbage) Boericke

Themes from the Synonym database: Iris and Vanil, Cheerful, Amative. Croc: Religious.

Allium cepa (Onion)

Allium Sativum (Garlic) Boericke

Asparagus

Hyancinthoides non-script (Agra or Scilla nutans - Bluebell)

Yucca

Crocus Sativus (Saffron) Boericke

Iris Versicolor (Blue flag) Boericke

Vanilla

Corallorhiza (Crawley root)

Cypripedium (Ladies slipper)

Spiranthes (Ladies tresses)

Dioscorea balanica (Wild Yam) Boericke

Themes from the Synonym database: Aloe: Anguish, Contempt.

Juncus Boericke

Repertory Work

Saccharum off. (sugar cane)

Avena sativa (wild oats, porridge oats!) Boericke

Bambusa Arundinacae

Anantherum (Cuscus grass)

Aloe Socotrina

Arundo mauritanica (Reed)

Themes from the Synonym database: Symph: Appreciated, Fear. Nux-m: Abstraction. Stupor

Repertory Work

Symphytum (Comfrey) Boericke

Onosmodium (False Gromwell; Borage family)

Asimia (Pawpaw)

Guatteria

Magnolia Grandiflora (Magn-gr)

Myristica sebifera. (Virola seb.)

Nux Moschata (Nutmeg)

Repertory Work

Zingiber (Ginger)

Curcuma (Tumeric)

Platanus acer. (Plane Tree)

Themes from the Synonym database: Cact: Abandoned, Company. Anh: Light. Phyto: Shame. Dros: Couragous, Suicidal.

Repertory Work

Cactus Grandiflorus Boericke

Anaholium (Mescaline) Boericke

Cereus Bonplandi

Opuntia vulg. (Prickly pear)

Carnegiea Gigantea (Saguao)

Caryophylloideae: Silene capensis (African Dream Root)

Chenopodium (Jesuit's Tea)

Salsola tragus (Tumbleweed)

Phytolacca (Pokeweed). Boericke

Rheum (Rhubarb)

Rumex (Curly Dock)

Santalum (Sandalwood)

Okoubaka

Viscum album – European Mistletoe. Boericke

Themes from the Synonym database: Cann-i, Cann-s: Abstraction. Visionary.

Repertory Work

Hamamellis (Witch Hazel) Boericke

Cannabis Indica Boericke

Cannabis Sativa

Sempervivum (Leek)

Cotyledon umb. (Pennywort) Boericke

Paeonia officinalis (European Peony)

Hydrangea (now placed in Ord. Corniales) Boericke

Themes from the Synonym database: Melal: Devil.

Punica granatum (Pomegranite)