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Aethusa Cynapium, if truly analogous to the disease complex, works wonders. In allopathy, there is no match for this Homoeopathic
remedy. This is the best remedy for wasting disease of the children
(marasmus). The child cannot digest milk; he throws up as soon as
he drinks milk. The vomiting renders him very weak. He feels
hungry, takes milk-feed and imme diately vomits again. The
constipation is severe. If diarrhoea ensues, the stools are small.
Firstly, they are yellowish in colour and then, turn greenish (bile-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
rare. The child is usually drowsy and steadily goes on getting weaker. Once a marasmic child was brought to me who looked terrible. His head was large, his face drawn a nd shrivelled, and his body was just a
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 his constipation was relieved, he co uld digest milk and his condition
started improving. Within a week, th e child became hale and hearty.

Marasmus is also found in Abrotanum. In Abrotanum, the wasting
begins in the legs and then spreads upwards towards the chest and neck. In Aethusa, wasting involv es the entire body simultaneously.
Another sign of Aethusa is that with heat, the sickness migrates
towards the head. For a child with some mental deficiency and a
tendency to throw up milk immediately after feed, Aethusa is the
remedy. Aethusa will cure his mental as well as abdominal problem.
With conventional allopathic treatmen t, if the child is treated for his
abdominal problem, he will become me ntally ill, even insane. Clear-
cut symptoms of Aethusa warrant the use of Aethusa alone. In Aethusa Cynapium, the illness comes on with full force followed by mental and physical exhaustion, drowsiness and deliriumAcute state of confusion and disorientationA sudden, severe state of mental confusion, anxiety, and disorientation, often accompanied by hallucinations. . The
patient is extremely superstitious and hallucinates about cats, dogs and
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

Aethusa Cynapium 40 radiates down the neck, shoulders and upper back. This pain is
relieved by pressure or lying down, as well as after passing stools and
wind (flatus). Hairs feel stretched. There is drowsiness, dizziness and
palpitation. When dizziness ends, th e 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
ache , with a feeling of discharge of warm fluid with hissing sounds.
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.
Red marks appear on the face. The jaws hurt and feel stiff. The 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 feels tight. 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
movements (peristalsis), vomiting soon after eating without nausea,
along with some other peculiar symp toms of Aethusa Cynapium, they
will all respond to Aethusa. The symptoms of Aethusa intensify ear ly in the morni ng, at about 3 to
4 a.m., with cold water and in warm bedding. All the symptoms,
except mental, subside in the open air. Aethusa is very good in teething diarrhoea of children . In Aethusa patients, there may also
be numbness of the arms and feet , and developing cramp. The elbows
are spastic. Fingers and thumbs clench. There is numbness in the
hands and the feet. Aethusa is useful in epilepsyNeurological disorder causing seizuresA neurological disorder marked by sudden recurrent episodes of sensory disturbance, loss of consciousness, or convulsions. too. The limbs feel
cold and tight along with frothing from the mouth. The child cannot
hold the head up, vomits immediat ely after milk feed and then
demands milk soon after. Aethusa is considered useful by some homoeopaths for students who get confused and very apprehensive in the examination hall. One dose of Aethusa Cynapium 2 00 taken on the morning of the exam is found
very useful.
Adjuvant: Calcaria Carb.
Potency: 30 to 200