- Source: Derived from the Southernwood plant ( Artemisia abrotanum ), a perennial shrub in the Asteraceae family.
- Traditional Context: Historically used in homeopathy for conditions involving wasting.
- (marasmus), alternating symptoms (e.g., rheumatism followed by diarrhea), and suppressed conditions shifting to other systems (e.g., joint pain resolving but leading to cardiac symptoms).
- Modern Context : Indicated for syndromes of progressive muscle wasting , post-inflammatory sequelae, and functional disorders with alternating clinical presentations.
- It addresses conditions where nutritional assimilation is impaired despite adequate intake, often linked to chronic inflammatory or autoimmune processes.
- Temperature-High fever, rheumatism.
- Hectic fever with chilliness, very weakening, and marasmus.
- COMMENTS-Characteristic metastasis and marasmus.
- “Metastasis” is an idea in homeopathy that's not limited to cancer.
- Metastasis means something disappeared and reappeared.
- Rh eumatic fever followed by sore throat is also known as metastasis.
- If the throat cleared up but was followed by joint problems, that's a case of metastasis.
- Keynote metastasis (Plat.), with a mental state alternating with a physical one.
- Me tastasis in hom eopathy is synonymous with “suppression” if there was outside interference.
- It's perceiving the alternation of states in the person.
- All the rubrics that say “alternation with...” are metastasis rubrics.
- Useful for suppression, can correct the .
- Suppress ion in some cases.
- Indicated when a disorder has moved from one area and then to another.
- Disorders often go to the intestines.
- Alternation of constipationInfrequent or difficult bowel movementsA condition where stool is dry, hard, and difficult or painful to pass. and diarrhea.
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- A very powerful children’s rem edy for malnutrition, malassimilation, failure to thrive, marasmus (Aeth.), colitis and rheumatism.
- May have a big appetite and still lose weight.
- Can be emaciated with poor food assimilation (lod., Cina🌿 CinaMateria Medica Clinical Profile: Click to explore Boericke keynotes, symptoms, modalities, and dosage guidelines.).
- Especially useful when failure to thrive is accompanied with muscular weakness.
- Loss of muscular strength, of muscle tone.
- Flaccid.
- Difficulty holding up head, in older children.
- Metastasis of mumps with a large swol len parotid gland, often metastasizes to the testicles or the breasts (Puls., Carb-v.).
- Clarke cured with Abrot indigestion with vomiting of large quantities of offensive fluid (in a middle-aged woman).
- Weak, sinking feeling in bowels.
- Hard lumps are felt in different parts of abdomen.
- Bloated and distended.
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- Blood and moisture oozing from navel of newborn.
- Gnawing hunger and whining.
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- The appetite is great, ravenous while emaciating.
- Emaciation progresses with good appetite.
- Marasmus.
- Loss of ap petite.
- Food passes undigested
