Absinthium
as Ernest Albert Farrington recorded it in Clinical Materia Medica, being a course of lectures delivered at the Hahnemann Medical College, Philadelphia, 1908
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Lecture
Lecture XXII — Compositae — Arnica montana, Artemisia vulgaris, Absinthium, Millefolium, Taraxacum, Eupatorium perfoliatum, Artemisia abrotanum
Absinthium.
Absinthium, another form of wormwood, is of interest to you not only as a medicine, but also because you will meet with cases of its abuse in those who indulge in it as a drink. The first effect of Absinthe is an exhilaration of the mind, soon followed by damaging results, among which is horrible delirium and eventually epileptiform spasms. In this delirium the patient is obliged to walk about. You will note this symptom running through all the remedies of the order. Chamomilla and Cina have relief from moving about ; Artemisia has desire to move about ; and here under Absinthium the patient walks about in distress, seeing all sorts of visions. The use we may make of Absinthium is in the sleeplessness of typhoid fever when there is congestion at the base of the brain.
What the other books say about Absinthium
The same remedy read by a different author. They disagree, and the disagreements are where the remedy becomes recognisable.
- Absinthium in Boericke — The concise clinical Materia Medica that most Indian colleges teach from, in full.
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Create a free accountCite this page. Ernest Albert Farrington. Clinical Materia Medica, being a course of lectures delivered at the Hahnemann Medical College, Philadelphia. 4th edition, revised and enlarged by Harvey Farrington (1908). Philadelphia: Boericke & Tafel. Absinthium — Lecture, p. 243. HomeopathyWorld, https://homeopathyworld.in/materia-medica/books/farrington/absinthium. Published 1908: public domain in the US (before 1931) and in India (author died 1885). Reproduced as the author wrote it; a historical reference for students and practitioners, not medical advice.