Absinthium

as William Boericke recorded it in Homoeopathic Materia Medica, 1927

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Mind

Hallucinations. Frightful visions. Kleptomania. Loss of memory. Forgets what has recently happened. Wants nothing to do with anybody. Brutal.

General

Common Wormwood A perfect picture of epileptiform seizure is produced by this drug. Nervous tremors precede attacks. Sudden and severe giddiness, delirium with hallucinations and loss of consciousness. Nervous excitement and sleeplessness. Cerebral irritation, hysterical and infantile spasms come within range of this remedy. Poisoning by mushrooms. Chorea. Tremor. Nervousness, excitement, and sleeplessness in children.

Head

Vertigo, with tendency to fall backward. General confusion. Wants head low. Pupils dilated unequally. Face blue. Spasmodic facial twitching. Dull occipital headache (Gelsem, Picric ac).

Mouth

Jaws fixed. Bites tongue; trembles; feels as if swollen and too large; protruding.

Throat

Scalded sensation; as of a lump.

Stomach

Nausea; retching; eructation. Bloated around waist and abdomen. Wind colic.

Urinary

Constant desire. Very strong odor; deep yellow color (Kali phos). Sexual.––Darting pain in right ovary. Spermatorrhœa, with relaxed, enfeebled parts. Premature menopause.

Chest

Sensation of weight on chest. Irregular, tumultuous action of heart can be heard in back.

Extremities

Pain in limbs. Paralytic symptoms.

Relationships

Compare: Alcohol; Artemisia; Hydrocy acid; Cina; Cicuta.

Dose

First to sixth potency.

What the other books say about Absinthium

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Absinthium in Farrington — Lectures that teach remedies in families, by comparing them with each other.

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Cite this page. William Boericke. Homoeopathic Materia Medica. 9th edition (preface dated San Francisco, June 1927). Absinthium — Mind. HomeopathyWorld, https://homeopathyworld.in/materia-medica/books/boericke/absinthium. Published 1927: public domain in the US (since 2023) and in India (author died 1929). Reproduced as the author wrote it; a historical reference for students and practitioners, not medical advice.