Moschus
as William Boericke recorded it in Homoeopathic Materia Medica, 1927
Musk
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Mind
Uncontrollable laughter. Scolding. Anxiety with palpitation; starting as if frightened. Sexual hypochondriasis.
General
A remedy for hysteria and nervous paroxysms, fainting fits and convulsions, catalepsy, etc. The characteristic condition being aggravation by cold; there is great sensitiveness to air. Much nervous trembling and frequent fainting. Great flatulence. Diseases do not follow a normal course. Coldness. Tension in muscles, skin and mind.
Modalities
Better, in open air, rubbing. Worse, cold. The open air is felt very, very cold.
Head
Compressive pain over root of nose. Pressure on top of head. Vertigo on least motion; sensation as if falling from a great height. Scalp sensitive. Sounds in ears as from the report of a cannon.
Stomach
Desire for black coffee, stimulants. Aversion to food. Everything tastes flat. With stomach symptoms, anxiety in chest. Distended. Faints when eating. Abdomen greatly distended. Spasmodic, nervous hiccough (Hydrocy ac; Sulph ac; Ignat; Cajap).
Urinary
Profuse urination. Diabetes.
Male
Violent desire; involuntary emissions. Impotence, associated with diabetes (Coca). Premature senility. Nausea and vomiting after coition.
Female
Menses too early, too profuse, with disposition to faint (Nux m; Veratr). Sexual desire, with intolerable titillation in parts. Drawing and pushing in the direction of the genitals; sensation as if menses appear.
Respiratory
Tightness of chest, is obliged to take a deeper breath. Sudden constriction of larynx and trachea. Difficult respiration; chest oppressed; hysterical spasm of chest; asthma. Spasm of glottis. Impending paralysis of lungs. Asthma, with intense anxiety, fear, and smothering sensation. Cough ceases, mucus cannot be expectorated. Globus hystericus.
Heart
Hysterical palpitation. Trembling around heart. Weak pulse and fainting.
Relationships
Compare: Nux mosch; Asaf; Valer; Sumbul; Ign; Castor. Compatible: Ambra. Antidotes: Camph; Coff.
Dose
First to third potency.
What the other books say about Moschus
The same remedy read by a different author. They disagree, and the disagreements are where the remedy becomes recognisable.
- Moschus in Farrington — Lectures that teach remedies in families, by comparing them with each other.
- Moschus in Kent — Kent teaching a class, one remedy at a time — fewer remedies, far more on each.
- Moschus in Boger — A compressed key — the generals and the characteristic modalities, with very little narrative.
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Create a free accountCite this page. William Boericke. Homoeopathic Materia Medica. 9th edition (preface dated San Francisco, June 1927). Moschus — Mind. HomeopathyWorld, https://homeopathyworld.in/materia-medica/books/boericke/moschus. 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.