Asarum europaeum
Remedy of extreme nervous oversensitivity. Every scratch of pen or rustle of paper is unbearable. Cold feeling in stomach. Desire for alcohol. Ear symptoms with diminished hearing.
Source
Prepared from the whole fresh plant of Asarum europaeum (Aristolochiaceae) including root.
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Keynote Symptoms
Extreme nervous oversensitivity — every little noise (scratching on paper, silk, linen) is unbearable, sets teeth on edge. Cold feeling in stomach not relieved by warmth. Desire for alcoholic drinks. Sensation of hovering in air. Ears feel plugged. Nausea and vomiting. Better from cold washing.
Mind & Emotional Symptoms
Oversensitive to all impressions — touch, noise, scratching sounds. Nervous excitability. Dullness, gradual vanishing of thoughts. Anxious. Restless.
General Symptoms
Extreme auditory oversensitivity. Cold feeling internally. Worse from cold dry weather, penetrating sounds, evening, scratching noises. Better from cold washing, damp wet weather, cold bathing.
Physical Symptoms
Head
Compressive headache. Feels as if hovering in air. Tension, pressure.
Ears
Feel plugged. Diminished hearing. Every sound penetrates painfully. Scratching sounds unbearable.
Stomach
Cold feeling in stomach — not relieved by warmth. Nausea with clean tongue. Vomiting. Desire for alcohol. Eructations.
Abdomen
Cold sensation. Flatulence.
Respiratory
Short, hacking cough. Asthmatic.
Modalities
Better From
Cold washing, damp wet weather, cold bathing
Worse From
Cold dry weather, penetrating sounds, evening, scratching sounds on paper/silk
Constitutional Type
Oversensitive, nervous individuals. Alcoholics. Those with extreme sound sensitivity.
Clinical Indications
Sound hypersensitivity, nausea with cold stomach, alcohol craving, diminished hearing, nervous oversensitivity
Comparative Materia Medica
Theridion has extreme noise sensitivity but with nausea and bone-penetrating quality. Coffea has oversensitivity but with sleeplessness and euphoria. Nux vomica has irritability from noise but with more GI symptoms.
Safety Information
Camphora, Coffea, Vinegar.
Contains aristolochic acid — nephrotoxic and carcinogenic with chronic use. Traditional emetic. Use only potentised forms.
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