Upas tieute
Remedy of tetanic spasms and lockjaw. Tetanus-like rigidity. Opisthotonos. Trismus. Sensation of tightness and stiffness throughout body. Used for effects resembling strychnine poisoning.
Source
Prepared from the sap of Antiaris toxicaria (Moraceae), the upas tree.
Available Potencies
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Keynote Symptoms
Tetanic spasms — rigidity, opisthotonos, trismus (lockjaw). Sensation of tightness and stiffness. Resembles strychnine poisoning effects. Spasms triggered by touch or noise. Jaw clenched. Back arched.
Mind & Emotional Symptoms
Anxious during spasms. Clear mind despite body rigidity.
General Symptoms
Muscular spasm and rigidity. Worse from touch, noise. Better from rest, quiet.
Physical Symptoms
Face
Trismus — lockjaw. Jaw clenched.
Back
Opisthotonos — back arched. Rigidity.
Extremities
Tetanic spasms. Rigidity. Stiffness.
Modalities
Better From
Rest, quiet
Worse From
Touch, noise, movement
Constitutional Type
Not constitutional. Tetanic spasm states.
Clinical Indications
Tetanus, lockjaw, opisthotonos, tetanic spasms, rigidity
Comparative Materia Medica
Nux vomica has tetanic spasms from strychnine. Angustura has trismus. Hypericum has tetanus from wounds.
Safety Information
Curare (physiological).
Upas tree sap (antiarin) is a potent cardiac glycoside — extremely toxic, used as arrow poison. Fatal in tiny crude doses. Use ONLY potentised forms.
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