Aethusa Cynapium (HMT)

Aethusa Cynapium, if truly analogous to the disease complex, works

wonders. In allopathy, there is no match for this Homoeopathic

(marasmus). The child cannot digest milk; he throws up as soon as

hungry, takes milk-feed and imme diately vomits again. The

Firstly, they are yellowish in colour and then, turn greenish (bile-

rare. The child is usually drowsy and steadily goes on getting weaker.

Once a marasmic child was brought to me who looked terrible. His

bony skeleton. His parents told me that they had tried many

medicines but to no avail, since the child was constipated for over a

month, and threw up after every milk feed. I gave him Aethusa. Soon

tendency to throw up milk immediately after feed, Aethusa is the

With conventional allopathic treatmen t, if the child is treated for his

cut symptoms of Aethusa warrant the use of Aethusa alone.

In Aethusa Cynapium, the illness comes on with full force followed

wind (flatus). Hairs feel stretched. There is drowsiness, dizziness and

Thick nasal secretions causes blocka ge of the nose. The tip of the

nose feels sore. An ineffective desire to sneeze is typical of Aethusa.

feels tight.

along with some other peculiar symp toms of Aethusa Cynapium, they

will all respond to Aethusa.

demands milk soon after.

Aethusa is considered useful by some homoeopaths for students who

very useful.

Adjuvant: Calcaria Carb.

his constipation was relieved, he co uld digest milk and his condition

Another sign of Aethusa is that with heat, the sickness migrates

relieved by pressure or lying down, as well as after passing stools and

palpitation. When dizziness ends, the head starts feeling warm.

ache, with a feeling of discharge of warm fluid with hissing sounds.

movements (peristalsis), vomiting soon after eating without nausea,

The symptoms of Aethusa intensify early in the morning, at about 3 to

4 a.m., with cold water and in warm bedding. All the symptoms,

cold and tight along with frothing from the mouth. The child cannot

of Aethusa Cynapium 2 00 taken on the morning of the exam is found

towards the head. For a child with some mental deficiency and a

remedy. Aethusa will cure his mental as well as abdominal problem.

by mental and physical exhaustion, drowsiness and delirium. The

patient is extremely superstitious and hallucinates about cats, dogs and

mice. He lacks concentration. He is sad and feels uneasy. The head

except mental, subside in the open air. Aethusa is very good in

get confused and very apprehensive in the examination hall. One dose

head was large, his face drawn a nd shrivelled, and his body was just a

started improving. Within a week, the child became hale and hearty.

towards the head. For a child with some mental deficiency and a

abdominal problem, he will become me ntally ill, even insane. Clear-

mice. He lacks concentration. He is sad and feels uneasy. The head

feels tied up in a vice. There is pain at the back of the head , which

palpitation. When dizziness ends, the head starts feeling warm.

The eyes are very sensitive to light. The margins of the eyelids

swell. The eyeballs roll around duri ng sleep. The eyes are drawn

downwards. Things appear larger than their actual size. The ears

Red marks appear on the face. The jaws hurt and feel stiff. The

The symptoms of Aethusa intensify early in the morning, at about 3 to

hold the head up, vomits immediat ely after milk feed and then

head was large, his face drawn a nd shrivelled, and his body was just a

started improving. Within a week, the child became hale and hearty.

towards the head. For a child with some mental deficiency and a

abdominal problem, he will become me ntally ill, even insane. Clear-

mice. He lacks concentration. He is sad and feels uneasy. The head

feels tied up in a vice. There is pain at the back of the head , which

palpitation. When dizziness ends, the head starts feeling warm.

The eyes are very sensitive to light. The margins of the eyelids

swell. The eyeballs roll around duri ng sleep. The eyes are drawn

downwards. Things appear larger than their actual size. The ears

Red marks appear on the face. The jaws hurt and feel stiff. The

The symptoms of Aethusa intensify early in the morning, at about 3 to

hold the head up, vomits immediat ely after milk feed and then

begins in the legs and then spreads upwards towards the chest and

palpitation. When dizziness ends, the head starts feeling warm.

ache, with a feeling of discharge of warm fluid with hissing sounds.

tongue is dry and feels too long. Burning and blisters of the throat

make swallowing difficult. At time s, due to difficulty in breathing

and feeling suffocated, the patient may not even speak. The chest

4 a.m., with cold water and in warm bedding. All the symptoms,

be numbness of the arms and feet, and developing cramp. The elbows

are spastic. Fingers and thumbs clench. There is numbness in the

he drinks milk. The vomiting renders him very weak. He feels

constipation is severe. If diarrhoea ensues, the stools are small.

coloured). There is intense gripin g in the abdomen. In addition to

diarrhoea, there is a tendency to repeated vomiting of clotted milk.

The majority of the children are se verely constipated. Diarrhoea is

his constipation was relieved, he co uld digest milk and his condition

movements (peristalsis), vomiting soon after eating without nausea,

teething diarrhoea of children . In Aethusa patients, there may also

Aethusa is very useful in diseases of the women . During

menstruation, if there is excessive wa tery bleeding and painful

swelling of the breasts, uterine di scomfort and sluggish intestinal

begins in the legs and then spreads upwards towards the chest and

neck. In Aethusa, wasting involv es the entire body simultaneously.

feels tied up in a vice. There is pain at the back of the head , which

radiates down the neck, shoulders and upper back. This pain is

Red marks appear on the face. The jaws hurt and feel stiff. The

be numbness of the arms and feet, and developing cramp. The elbows

hands and the feet. Aethusa is useful in epilepsy too. The limbs feel