Moschus
Remedy of hysteria and fainting. Sudden fainting from the least excitement. Hysterical spasms with unconsciousness. Everything feels too tight. Extreme coldness with aversion to open air. Hiccough. Nausea and vomiting that is nervous.
Source
Prepared from the dried secretion of the preputial gland of Moschus moschiferus (the musk deer).
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Keynote Symptoms
Fainting — sudden, from least excitement, emotion, or pain. Hysteria — spasms, trembling, laughing and crying alternately. Everything feels too tight — collar, waistband, chest. Extreme coldness — one cheek hot, the other cold. Violent hiccough. Globus hystericus. Nervous vomiting. Sexual excitement uncontrollable.
Mind & Emotional Symptoms
Hysterical — laughing and crying by turns. Scolds until lips turn blue, then faints. Malingering. Anxious. Hypochondriacal. Uncontrollable laughter.
General Symptoms
Hysterical and nervous. Worse from excitement, cold, touch, sexual excess, suppressed emotions. Better from warmth, rubbing, open air (sometimes).
Physical Symptoms
Head
Sensation of tightness, constriction. Headache from excitement.
Throat
Globus — sensation of a ball rising. Choking. Everything feels too tight around neck.
Stomach
Nervous nausea and vomiting. Violent hiccough. Distension.
Chest
Feels too tight. Palpitation. Suffocative attacks. Spasmodic asthma.
Female Genitalia
Nymphomania. Sexual desire uncontrollable. Menses too early.
Extremities
Trembling. Coldness. Numbness. One cheek hot, the other cold.
Skin
Cold. Extreme coldness of whole body. Clammy.
Modalities
Better From
Warmth, rubbing, open air, eructation
Worse From
Excitement, cold, touch, sexual excess, suppressed emotions, coition
Constitutional Type
Hysterical individuals. Those who faint from excitement. Cold, nervous types.
Clinical Indications
Hysteria, fainting, hiccough, globus hystericus, nervous vomiting, nymphomania, asthmatic spasms
Comparative Materia Medica
Asafoetida has globus but with reversed peristalsis and offensiveness. Ignatia has globus and hysterical symptoms but from grief. Valeriana has hysterical symptoms with changeable pains. Coffea has nervous excitability.
Safety Information
Camphora, Coffea.
Musk is non-toxic. Historically used as a perfume and stimulant. The musk deer is endangered. Synthetic musk is now used. Safe in all potencies.
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