Cannabis indica
Remedy of altered perception, time distortion, and theorizing. Everything seems exaggerated — space, time, sensation. Opens and shuts, loses thread of conversation. Dual nature — observer and experiencer simultaneously.
Source
Prepared from the flowering tops of female Cannabis indica plants, dried and potentised.
Available Potencies
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Keynote Symptoms
Altered perception — time passes too slowly, distances seem enormous, sounds seem distant. Dual consciousness — observes themselves from outside. Loses train of thought, begins sentences and forgets the point. Laughing fits. Exaggeration of sensations. Opens and shuts — starts a thing then abandons it. Stammering.
Mind & Emotional Symptoms
Uncontrollable laughter. Theorizing, philosophizing. Dual consciousness — watches self from outside. Exaggeration of time and space. Fear of darkness, approaching death, insanity. Ecstasy followed by depression. Forgets what he is saying mid-sentence. Fixed ideas. Hallucinations — hears sounds and voices.
General Symptoms
Altered perception of everything. Worse from darkness, coffee, liquor, tobacco, morning. Better from fresh air, cold water, rest.
Physical Symptoms
Head
Sensation as if top of head is opening and shutting. Heavy pressure on brain. Shaking and trembling. Aches during suppressed menses.
Eyes
Fixed, glassy stare. Letters run together when reading. Colors appear more vivid.
Ears
Throbbing, buzzing. Sounds seem distant.
Stomach
Increased appetite. Nausea, vomiting. Burning in stomach.
Urinary
Burning during urination. Has to wait for urine to flow. Stitching, biting pains in urethra. Urine dribbles after urination.
Male Genitalia
Increased desire. Gonorrhea with burning.
Chest
Oppression. Palpitation that wakes from sleep. Stitches in heart. Has to breathe deeply.
Extremities
Numbness. Pain in joints. Cracking on stretching. Trembling.
Back
Pain across shoulders and spine. Stooped.
Sleep & Dreams
Sleepless from worry. Vivid, prophetic dreams. Pleasant dreams. Wakes with nightmare.
Modalities
Better From
Fresh air, cold water, rest, quiet
Worse From
Darkness, coffee, liquor, tobacco, morning, urinating, opening eyes
Constitutional Type
Intellectual, theorizing types. Those who live in their head. Artists, writers with altered perception. Not primarily constitutional — used for acute states matching the picture.
Clinical Indications
Urinary tract infections, stammering, time distortion, dissociative states, depersonalization, prophetic dreams, gonorrhea, palpitations from cannabis use
Comparative Materia Medica
Anhalonium (Peyote) has similar perceptual distortion and hallucinations. Stramonium has terror and violence with hallucinations. Opium has stupor and altered consciousness but without the theorizing.
Safety Information
Camphora, Lachesis, Mercurius, strong coffee.
Cannabis indica contains THC and other cannabinoids. Not physically lethal but causes intoxication, altered perception, anxiety, paranoia, cognitive impairment. Controlled substance. Use only potentised forms.
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