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AGARICUS MUSCARIUS
Toadstool
Clinical Picture:Hangover headaches; ill effects following excess of food and alcohol (Lobelia inflata, Nux vomica, Ranunculus bulbosus).
Chilblains and dermatitis that; itch and burn intolerably; frostbite and other complications of exposure to cold, especially in the face area.
Involuntary movements while awake, which cease during sleep; chorea, varying from simple motions and jerks of a single group of muscles, to dancing and trembling of the whole body; twitching of the muscles of the face (Mygale lasiodora).
Complaints appear diagonally (upper left and lower right side: Antimonium tartaricum, Stramonium; upper right, lower left: Ambra grisea, Medorrhinum, Phosphorus, Sulphuricum acidum).
Jerking, twitching, trembling; frostbites, paralysis of facial muscles, yawning followed by involuntary laughter. Coughing ends in a sneeze.
Epilepsy caused by suppressed eruptions (Psorinum, Sulphur). Strange, rare and peculiar sensation as if pierced by needles.
Modalities:
Worse:
After eating.Better:
After coitus.
Cold air.
In ice cold weather.
Mental work.
Before a thunderstorm (Phosphorus, Psorinum).
Moving about slowly.
Relations:
Similar to Actaea spicata, Calcarea acetica, Canchalagua, Indigo, Hyos-cyamus niger, Kalium phosphoricum, Lachesis, Nux vomica, Opium; to Stramonium in delirium of excessive alcoholism; to Mygale lasiodora and
Zincum metallicum in chorea.
Inimical to Borax, Causticum and Nux vomica.
Summary of Indications:
Alcoholism - chorea, epilepsy - disorders due to exposure to cold and inclement weather.
Antidotes:
Calcarea carbonica
Pulsatilla nigricans
Rhus toxicodendron
Wine.