Cannabis indica
as H.C. Allen recorded it in Keynotes and Characteristics with Comparisons of Some of the Leading Remedies of the Materia Medica, 1899
Hashish
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Keynotes
Cannabis Indica
Indian Hemp. Cannabinece.
Very forgetful : forgets his last words and ideas;
begins a sentence, forgets what he intends to speak; inability to recall any thought or event on account of other thoughts crowding his brain (Anac., Lac c.). Constantly theorizing.
Laughs immoderately at every trifling word spoken to him.
Full of fun and mischief, then perhaps moaning and crying.
Great apprehension of approaching death.
Delirium tremens; excessive loquacity; exaggeration of time and distance.
Time seems too long (Arg. n.) ; a few seconds seem ages.
Distance seems immense; a few rods seem miles.
Sensation as if the calvarium was opening and shutting (Act.).
Sensation of swelling in the perineum or near the anus, as if sitting on a ball (with great quantities of ropy mucus in urine, Cinch.).
What the other books say about Cannabis indica
The same remedy read by a different author. They disagree, and the disagreements are where the remedy becomes recognisable.
- Cannabis indica in Boericke — The concise clinical Materia Medica that most Indian colleges teach from, in full.
- Cannabis indica in Kent — Kent teaching a class, one remedy at a time — fewer remedies, far more on each.
- Cannabis indica in Boger — A compressed key — the generals and the characteristic modalities, with very little narrative.
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Cite this page. H.C. Allen. Keynotes and Characteristics with Comparisons of Some of the Leading Remedies of the Materia Medica. 3rd edition (1910). Philadelphia: Boericke & Tafel. Cannabis indica — Keynotes, pp. 77–78. HomeopathyWorld, https://homeopathyworld.in/materia-medica/books/allen/cannabis-indica. Published 1910: public domain in the US (before 1931) and in India (author died 1909). Replaces B. Jain's 2005 "rearranged and classified" edition (© the publisher), per the owner's decision of 13 Sep 2026. Reproduced as the author wrote it; a historical reference for students and practitioners, not medical advice.