Plant
Agaricus Muscarius
Bug Agaric -- Amanita
Repertory abbreviation: Agar.
Jerking, twitching, trembling, and itching are strong indications. Incipient phthisis; is related to the tuber- cular diathesis, anaemia, chorea, various forms of neu- ralgia and spasmodic affections, and neurotic skin troubles are picture in the symptomatology of this remedy. It corresponds to various forms of cerebral :xcitement rather than congestion. Thus, in delirium of fevers, alcoholism, etc. General paralysis. Sensa- 'ion as if pierced by needles of ice. Sensitive to pres- sure and cold air. Violent bearing-down pains. Symp- .oms appear diagonally as riglit arm and left leg. Pains are
Mind
Sings, talks, but does not answer. Loqua- :ity. Aversion to work. Indifferenre. Fearlessness. Delirium characterized by singing, shouting, and mut- ring; rhymes and prophesies.. Begins with paroxysm )f yawning.
Head
Vertigo from sunlight, and on walking. Head in constant motion. Falling backward, as if a weight in occiput. Lateral headache, as if from a nail. [Coff.; Ignat.] Dull headache from prolonged des- work. Icy coldness, like icy needles, or splinters. De- sire to cover head warmly. [Silica.] Headache with
Eyes
Reading difficult, as type seems to move, to swinl. Vibrating specters. Double vision [Gels.], dim and Aickering. Asthenopia from prolonged strain, spasm of accommodation. Tvitching of lids and eye- balls. [Codcin.] Margins of lids red; itch and burn and agglutinate. Inner angles very red.
Ears
Burn and itch, as if frozen. Twitching and noises.
Nose
bleed or thick mucus discharge. Nervous nasal disturbances. Itching inter- ally and externally. Spasmodic sneezing after cough- ing; sensitiveness; watery non-inflammatory discharge. Inner arigles very red. Fetid, dark, bloody discharge. Nosebleed in old people.
Face
Facial muscles feel stiff; twitch; face itches and burns. Lancinating, tearing pain in cheeks, as of splinters. Neuralgia, as if cold needles ran through * nerves or sharp ice touched them.
Mouth
Herpes on lips. Twitching. Taste sweet. Aphthx on roof of mouth. Splinter-like pains in tongue. Thirsty all the time. Tremulous tongue. [Lach.] Tongue white.
Throat
Stitches along eustachian tube to ear. Feels conitracted. Small solid balls of phlegm thrown up. Dryness of pharynx, swallowing difficult. Scratch- ing in throat; cannot sing a not.
Stomach
Empty eructations, tasting of apples. Nervous disturbanices, with spasmodic contractions, hic- cough. Unnatural hunger. Flatulent distention of stomach and abdomen. Profuse inodorous flatus. Burn- ing in stomach about three hours after a meal, hang- ing into a dull pressure. Gastric disturbance with sharp pains in liver region.
Abdomen
Stitching pains in liver, spleen and Stitches under short ribs, left side. Diar- rhoea with much fetid flatus. Fetid stools.
Urinary
Stitches in urethra. S Sudden and violent urging tc urinate. Frequent urination.
Female
Menses, increased, earlier. Itching and tearing, pressive pains of genitals and back. Spasmodic dysmenorrhcea. Severe bearing-down pains, especially after menopause. S Sexual excitement. Nipples itch, burn. Complaints following parturition and coitus. I.eucorrhoea, with much itching. Respiratory Organs.— Violent attacks of coughing that can be suppressed by effort of will. Spasmodic cough at night after falling asleep, with expectoration of little balls of mucus. Labored, oppressed breathing. Cough ends in a snecsc.
Heart
Irregular, tuinultuous palpitation, after to- bacco. Pulse intermittent and irregular. Cardiac region oppressed, as if thorax were narrowed. Palpitation with redness of face.
Back
Pain, with sensitiveness of spine to touch; worse in dorsal region. Lumbago; worse in open air. Crick in back. Treitching of cervical muscles.
Extremities
Stiff all over. Pain over hips. Weak- ness in loins. Uncertain gait. Trembling. Itching of toes and feet as if froseu. Cramp in soles of feet. Pain in shin-bone. Neuralgia in locomotor ataxia. Paralysis of lower limbs, with spasmodic condition of arms. Numbness of legs on crossing them. Paralytic pain in left arm followed by palpitation.
Skin
Burning, itching, redness, and swelling, as from frost-bites. J Pimples, hard, like fea-bites. Mili- ary eruption, with intolerable itching and burning. Chilllains. Angioneurotic cedema; rosacea. Swollen veins with cold skin. Circumscribed erythematous, papular and pustular and edcmatous lesions.
Sleep
Par.xysns of yazening. Restless from vio- lent itching and burning.( On falling asleep, starts, twitches, and awakcus often. Vivid dreams. Drowsy in daytime. Yawning, followed by involuntary laughter.
Fever
Very sensitive to cool air. Violent attacks of heat in evening. Copious sweat. Burning spots.
Modalities
Worse, open cold air, after eating, after coitus. In cold weather, before a thunder-storm. Worse, pressure on dorsal spine, which causes involuntary laughter. Better, moving about slowly.
Relationships
Compare : Cimicif.: Cann. ind.; Hyos.; Tarantula: Muscarine, the alkaioid of Agaricus (has much power over secretions, increasing lachrymal, salivary, hepatic, etc., but diminishing renal; probably neurotic in origin, stimulating the terminal bres of the secretory nerves of all these structures, hence sal- vation, lachrymation and excessive perspiration. Atropin exactly opposes Muscarine. Resembles Pilocarpin in action.) .1manita vernus - spring mushroom —a va- riety of Agar Phalloides; (vomiting and purging. Con- tinuous urging to stool, but no gastric, abdominal or rectal pain. Intense thirst for cold water, dry skin. Lethargic but mentally clear. Sharp changes from rapid to slow and from slow to rapid breathing, extreme col. lapse, suppressed nrine, but no culd extremities or cramps.) lgaric. emet. (severe vertigo; all symptoms better, cold water; longing for ice-zvater). Agar. Phal- loides (cholera, incessant cramps in stomach; prostra- tion). Tamus (chilblans). Antidote: Absinth.: Coffea; Camphor.
Dose
Third to thirtieth and two hundredth potency. In skin affections give the lower attenuations.