{"id":11909,"remedy_name":"Physostigma Venenosum","remedy_type":"Homeopathic Remedy","alternative_names":[""],"miasm":"Psoric Miasm","temperament":"Chilly","aggravation_time":"Morning","keynote_indications":"Source: Derived from the seeds of Physostigma venenosum, commonly known as the Calabar bean,. a plant native to West Africa, prepared for homeopathic use through trituration and serial dilution to. enhance therapeutic action while eliminating material toxicity, in accordance with homeopathic. pharmacopeia standards. Traditional  Context:  Historically  employed  in  homeopathy  for  neurological,  ocular,. psychological,  musculoskeletal,  and  cardiovascular  disorders,  particularly  those  involving. muscle spasms, visual disturbances, and nervous excitability. It is noted for symptoms such as. trembling,  dim  vision,  anxiety,  and  heart  palpitations,  often  aggravated  by  heat,  motion,  or. emotional stress, and ameliorated by rest, cold applications, or quiet environments. Modern Context: Indicated for neurological conditions (e.g., myasthenia gravis, tremors), ocular. conditions (e.g., glaucoma, myopia), psychological conditions (e.g., generalized anxiety disorder,. adjustment  disorder),  musculoskeletal  conditions (e.g.,  muscle  spasms,  fibromyalgia),  and. cardiovascular conditions (e.g., palpitations, tachycardia). It suits patients with acute or chronic. symptoms  characterized  by  trembling,  dim  vision,  anxiety,  muscle  spasms,  or  palpitations,. typically exacerbated by heat, motion, emotional stress, or mental exertion, and often seen in. individuals with sensitive, nervous constitutions. The remedy is particularly relevant for those with. neurological or ocular conditions, often presenting with symptoms like muscle weakness or blurred. vision, commonly observed in patients with myasthenia gravis, glaucoma, or generalized anxiety. disorder triggered by stress, heat, or overexertion.\nCOMMENTS - According to Brunton, the tetanus properties of the bean belong to the alkaloid calabarine. The \nparalysis, to eserine, or as it is now called, physostigmine. \nIn cases of poisoning, people experience a speedy general paralysis. Death occurs from failure of respiration, \nalthough the heart may be poisoned both directly and through its nerves. \nThe paralysis is seated in the spinal cord. The muscles are affected by fluttering tremors. Involuntary muscles \nare excited to active  movements and expulsive efforts. The intestines are often twisted up in knots. All the \nsecretions are somewhat increased. \nMany provings have been made with Phys., among which a proving made by Christison on himself is \n \n \nremarkable. Simpson and Douglas MacL agan were sent for to attend to him in his collapsed state. Simpson \ncould only compare it to the state produced by severe flooding, though Christison's only sensation was one of \n\u201cextreme but not unpleasant faintness.\u201d MacLagan thought it a lot like aconit e poisoning. Christison could not \nget his will into his muscles except by a tremendous effort. \nWarmth to Christison\u2019s feet and a mustard plaster to his whole abdomen gave great relief and he was then \nable to turn on his left side, but only remained there a  very short time on account of the tumultuous action of \nthe heart it caused. \nHe became drowsy and slept, but his mind was so active in sleep that on awaking he did not know that he had \nslept. The tumultuous \nPhysostigma venenosum action of the heart continu ed on waking, but strong coffee quickly restored the \nwhole condition and made the heart regular. \nIndigestion was observed by Christison and many other provers, \u201cas if large pieces of food had been suddenly \nswallowed.\u201d It began under the upper sternum, desc ending and increasing in intensity until it reached the \nepigastrium. \nBelchings then occurred and a reversal of direction followed, the sensation ending where it began. With other \nprovers, there was a sensation of weight and hardness. Christison also experi enced giddiness and dimness \nof vision. \nPhys., and its alkaloid eserine, are best known in old school practice for its action on the eye, especially of \ncontracting the pupil. The effects are more definite when the drug (tincture, extract or solution of alka loid) is \napplied to the eye directly, but one myopic prover had his myopia much diminished.  \nDudgeon related the case of A. E., 26, struck by the cork of a soda -water bottle on the inferior and outer part \nof the left eyeball. Intense burning pain and effusion into the eyeball followed. \nUnder Arn., prescribed by Mr. Engall, the effusion disappeared and later the pain and inflammation subsided \nunder Aeon, and Merc -c. The pupil was now egg -shaped, the long diameter perpendicular, smaller end \ndownwards, vision extremely myopic. \nBell, dilated the pupil, but it had no ef fect on the vision. Engall sent the patient to Dudgeon, who found the \npupil was sluggish and a book had to be held within four inches of the eye to be read. Phys. 3x, every three \nhours, was given. \nAfter the first dose, objects could be seen at a considerable distance and the next day sight was nearly as \ngood as ever. Dudgeon believed that the lens was tilted by the blow and that Phys, restored the over-stretched \nor paralyzed portion of the ciliary muscle. \nWoodyatt stated that Phys, produced corneal astigmatism in a young woman who found any attempt at close \nwork caused redness of tarsal edges and a hot, sandy feeling \nin conjunctiva. Lil-t. 30c cured. \nFor ocular tension, especially when glaucoma has been the result of injury. Eye injuries (Calen., Hyper.). \nConjunctivitis with sharp, shooting pains. Pinpoint pupils (Op.). Paralysis of certain eye muscles.  \nAstigmatism. Double vision, severe blurry vision, worse in the right eye. Holes in the field of vi sion. The eye \nfeels full of fluid. Eye problems associated with extreme insomnia. Muscae volitantes. \nParalysis and tremors predominate, but also cramps, twitchings, stiffness and tension. Tetanus. Paralysis and \nnumbness is more apparent on the left side, especially in left arm. Nervous disease with extreme tremors or \ntrembling. Paralysis of the spinal cord and respiratory failure. Parkinson's. Guillain -Barre syndrome. \nMuscular prostration. Polio, diaphragm paralysis (Con.). Labored respiration. Pa ralysis with an inability to get \nthe will into the muscles. Paralytic state of mind and body from grief. \nAtaxic gait, shooting pains down limbs. Locomotor ataxia. Spinal, sacral and coccygeal pains, with numbness \nof the womb. One prover noted a feeling of levitation on stepping. \nDread of cold water, aversion to bathing. Weakness on change of weather and on cold, bracing days. \nSleeplessness. \nNash cured with Phys. 12c and 30c persis tent sleeplessness in a patient who had been in an insane asylum \nand feared she would have to go again. Her symptoms were \u201cIf we chanced to get a nap she awoke suddenly \nas if in a fright and felt no better from what she had slept.\u201d \nH. L. Chase, another prover, had a \u201cvery severe pain in the right popliteal space,\u201d and he afterwards cured a \npatient who came to him with pain in the same region two years later.\nTemperature - Cold, clammy skin. Hands and feet cold. Every movement and draft causes shuddering. \nCreeping, chilly sensation in back. Heat in head and face, flushed and  hot. Dry burning in hands. Perspires \nvery easily. Navel, sore, bloated, red. Hy - pogastrium sore, bloated worse standing. Gripe in right \nhypochondrium. Groins pain alternately. Colicky pains, worse diarrhea, better extending legs. Hunger but can find nothing to sat isfy it. Food has a flat taste. No appetite, disgust for food, tobacco \nand coffee, and especially for cold drinks.","modalities":"Worse from: Heat (weather, rooms, drinks), motion, emotional stress, mental exertion,. night,  reading,  bright  light,  exertion,  morning,  solitude,  lying  down,  cold  (in  some. musculoskeletal symptoms).","symptoms_by_system":{"Mind":"The mind is active even during sleep. Nothing was right. Too many things in the room, continually \ncounting them. Paralytic state of mind and body from grief. The mind is active even during sleep. Nothing was right. Too many things in the room, continually \ncounting them. Paralytic state of mind and body from grief.","Vertigo":"Vertigo, stumbles on ascending or descending steps. Vertigo with constrictive feeling of head.","Head":"Headache unbearable, worse atnight. Constant pain on vertex. Pain over orbits. Headache, cannot \nbear to raise eyelids. Pain from forehead down nose. As of a band about the head, as of a tight cap on head. \nHeartbeats felt in head on lying down. Cerebro -spinal meningitis, general tetanic rigidity. Brain, falls to side \nlain on, wavering in. Tremors in head. Headache unbearable, worse atnight. Constant pain on vertex. Pain over orbits. Headache, cannot \nbear to raise eyelids. Pain from forehead down nose. As of a band about the head, as of a tight cap on head. \nHeartbeats felt in head on lying down. Cerebro -spinal meningitis, general tetanic rigidity. Brain, falls to side \nlain on, wavering in. Tremors in head.","Eyes":"Bloodshot eyes with burning. Muscae volitantes, flashes of light. Glaucoma, especially afterinjury. \nContraction of pupils. Visiontiembhng. Increasing myopia. Accommodation affected, astigmatism. Night-\nblindness, photophobia. Profuse lachrymation. Exophthalmus. Spasm of ciliary muscle with irritability after \nusing eyes. Post-diphtheria paralysis of eye and accommodation muscles. Twitching of eye muscles. Pain \nover orbits, cannot bear to raise eyelids. Eyelids tense, cannot close or open them.","Ears":"Sharp, shooting pains in the ears. Sudden pain from throat to middle ear, worse eructation. Pain in the \near when writing. Painful pressure on tympani. Crawling in left ear. Sensitive to every sound. Hissing, buzzing, \nringing in the ears. Fullness. Stopped feeling. Partial deafness.","Face":"Face pale, flushings of the face, heat. Lips numb, licks them. Lockjaw. Neuralgic pain in right side of \nface. Spastic conditions of the face muscles. Sensation of cramps or spasms in face.","Mouth":"Bad taste in mouth. Profuse salivation, thick, leathery saliva. Tongue feels sore on tip. Tongue feels \noily, scalded, swollen in chorea. Feeling of loose skin on roof of mouth. Teeth feel rough. Dentition stressful in \nnervous children.","Throat":"Tonsils enlarged, swollen. Elongated uvula. Feeling as if a ball came up throat. Strong heartbeats felt \nin throat.","Chest":"Palpitations  or  irregular  heartbeat,  with  a  sensation  of  fluttering  or  oppression,. resembling tachycardia, worse with emotional stress, heat, exertion, or lying down,. often with anxiety or faintness. Chest tightness or discomfort, with a tendency to pressure or burning, resembling. angina-like symptoms, aggravated by heat, motion, or stress. Weak  pulse  or  circulatory  instability,  with  a  sensation  of  faintness  or  coldness,. resembling orthostatic hypotension, worse with heat, exertion, or morning. Tendency to cardiovascular sensitivity, with aggravation in stressed or heated states.\nBreasts - Stitches in left breast, unable to draw in breath. \nCausations - III effects of emotions, grief. Injuries, falls, blows, and bathing.","Stomach & Abdomen":"Great pain immediately after eating. Sensitive to pressure in epigastric region. Pain extends into \nchest and down arms. Gastralgia, chronic constipation. Hiccough with short break, better from sleep.","Urinary & Genital":"Frequent erections with but slight desire. Emissions without dreams or excitement. Strong -smelling \nsweat about genitals. Pain as if menses were coming on. Menses are irregular with palpitations. Leucorrhea worse during \nthe day, when exercising. Sighing, worse when leucorrhea is worse. Metrorrhagia. Rigid  muscles. Numbness \nof womb with pain in back.","Extremities":"Muscle  spasms  or  cramps,  with  a  sensation  of  tightness  or  jerking,  resembling. muscle cramps, worse with motion, heat, morning, or stress, often with soreness or. stiffness. Physostigma (Calabar Bean) 1536. Stiffness or aching, with a tendency to rigidity or fatigue, resembling fibromyalgia,. aggravated by heat, exertion, or cold, often with joint pains or twitching. Weakness  or  heaviness,  with  a  sensation  of  dragging  or  prostration,  resembling. chronic fatigue syndrome, worse with motion, heat, or evening. Tendency to musculoskeletal irritability, with aggravation in active or heated states. Cardiovascular:. Palpitations  or  irregular  heartbeat,  with  a  sensation  of  fluttering  or  oppression,. resembling tachycardia, worse with emotional stress, heat, exertion, or lying down,. often with anxiety or faintness. Chest tightness or discomfort, with a tendency to pressure or burning, resembling. angina-like symptoms, aggravated by heat, motion, or stress. Weak  pulse  or  circulatory  instability,  with  a  sensation  of  faintness  or  coldness,. resembling orthostatic hypotension, worse with heat, exertion, or morning. Tendency to cardiovascular sensitivity, with aggravation in stressed or heated states.","Neck & Back":"Neck - Pain at base of brain. Inclination to stretch out neck. Stiffness in neck. Rheumatic pains in left neck.  \nNose - Fluent coryza, burning and tingling of nostrils, nose stuffed and hot. Fever blisters around nostrils. \nSmall boil inside right nostri l. Nosebleed while at supper. Smarting at end of nose. Twitching of muscles of \nnose. Tension in skin of nose and forehead. \nPerspiration - Easy sweat with excitement. Copious, cold sweat in drops over whole body. Strong -smelling \nsweat around genitals.\nSensitive spine. Cramp -like stitc hes up and down the spine. Drawing on turning head. Creeping \nnumbness from occiput down spine. Chilly, creeping sensations up back. Dull pain in back. Backache in kidney \nregion. Back very weak, unable to stand erect.","Sleep":"Attacks of overpowering sleepiness with feeling as if to lose consciousness.","Generalities":"Sensations of contraction and tension. Wavering in brain. As if she will lose her mind. Tongue \nas if burnt, swollen and paralyzed. As if a ball were coming up throat. As if stomach were full. Weak feeling in \nstomach. Back as if paralyzed. Lower limbs as if asleep."},"schema_version":"1.0","api_provider":"Allahshafi"}