Aethusa cynapium
as Cyrus Maxwell Boger recorded it in A Synoptic Key of the Materia Medica, 1931
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Keynotes
Violent onset, profound exhaustion and lack of reaction, even speechless; as in cholera infantum, convulsions, etc. Can't stand or hold head up. Weak, nervous and prostrated; from over-work. Can't fix attention. Parts feel screwed together. Lancinating pains. Distress in occiput and nape. Violent convulsions. .................... Weepy; < as disease progresses. Dizzy and drowsy (Gel.). Squeezing headache, > passing flatus. Eyes turn down. Face sunken. Deathly aspect; blue white palor about lips. White linea nasalis. Tongue feels too long. Nibbling appetite. Regurgitates food long after eating (Kre.). Violent sudden vomiting of milk. DEATHLY NAUSEA. VOMITS LARGE, HARD CURDS, THEN LIMPNESS AND DEEP SLEEP. Retching. Digestion ceases from brain exhaustion. Stomach seems turned upside down. Bubbling at navel. Yellow-green, slimy diarrhœa. Watery menses. Lymphatics swelled, like a string of beads. Eruptions that itch from heat. Ecchymoses. Cool, clammy skin. Heat without thirst. Sweat (cold) with aversion to uncovering.
Worse
MILK. Hot weather. Dentition. Frequent eating. Over-exertion.
Region
BRAIN. Nerves. Digestion. Occiput. Neck. Glands. Liver.
Relationships
Complementary: Calc-c. Related: Ant-c. Cic.
What the other books say about Aethusa cynapium
The same remedy read by a different author. They disagree, and the disagreements are where the remedy becomes recognisable.
- Aethusa cynapium in Boericke — The concise clinical Materia Medica that most Indian colleges teach from, in full.
- Aethusa cynapium in Allen's Keynotes — The few symptoms that, when genuinely present, point at one remedy and not its neighbours.
- Aethusa cynapium in Farrington — Lectures that teach remedies in families, by comparing them with each other.
- Aethusa cynapium in Kent — Kent teaching a class, one remedy at a time — fewer remedies, far more on each.
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Create a free accountCite this page. Cyrus Maxwell Boger. A Synoptic Key of the Materia Medica. 1931. Aethusa cynapium — Keynotes. HomeopathyWorld, https://homeopathyworld.in/materia-medica/books/boger/aethusa-cynapium. Author died 1935: public domain in India. The catalogue records 1931; a 1931 edition is public domain in the US from 1 Jan 2027 at the latest — the edition this transcription follows is not stated in the file. Reproduced as the author wrote it; a historical reference for students and practitioners, not medical advice.