AETHUSA CYNAPIUM

Scientific / Botanical Name AETHUSA CYNAPIUM Common Name Fool's Parsley Abbreviation Source
Materia Medica AETHUSA CYNAPIUM
Origin
Medicine Type
Family

Keynote / Introductory Description

Brain and nervous symptoms with gastrointestinal disturbance and intolerance of milk, especially in children.

Modalities

Worse 3–4 am, warmth and summer. Better open air and company.

Dose / Potency

Third to thirtieth potency.

Relationship

Compare: Athamantha, Antimonium, Calcarea, Arsenicum, Cicuta.

Compare

Athamantha, Antimonium, Calcarea, Arsenicum, Cicuta

Complementary

Calcarea

Mind

Restless, anxious, crying. Hallucinations. Delirium. Poor concentration.

Head

Feels bound or in a vise. Occipital pain. Vertigo with drowsiness.

Eyes

Photophobia. Rolling eyes. Pupils dilated.

Ears

Obstructed feeling and hissing.

Nose

Thick mucus and ineffective sneezing.

Face

Puffed, red-spotted, collapsed.

Mouth

Dry. Aphthae. Tongue long. Burning throat.

Throat

Burning and pustules with difficult swallowing.

Stomach

Milk intolerance with vomiting in curds. Frothy vomiting. Nausea. Hungry after vomiting.

Abdomen

Cold aching abdomen with colic and inflation.

Rectum

Undigested green stools, cholera infantum, constipation.

Urine

Bladder and kidney pain.

Female

Lancinating pains and watery menses.

Respiratory

Anxious constricted respiration.

Heart

Violent palpitation.

Back

Back feels in a vise.

Extremities

Weakness, clenched fingers, numbness and spasms.

Sleep

Dozing after vomiting or stool.

Skin

Cold clammy skin, eruptions, ecchymosis, anasarca.

Fever

Great heat without thirst; cold sweat.

General Description

AETHUSA CYNAPIUM
Fool's Parsley

The characteristic symptoms relate mainly to the brain and nervous system, connected with gastro-intestinal disturbance. Especially useful in children during dentition and summer complaint with inability to digest milk.

Mind.--Restless, anxious, crying. Sees rats, cats, dogs. Unconscious, delirious. Inability to think or fix attention. Brain fag. Idiocy may alternate with irritability.

Head.--Feels bound up or in a vise. Occipital pain extending down spine; better lying and pressure. Hair feels pulled. Vertigo with drowsiness and palpitation.

Eyes.--Photophobia. Swelling of Meibomian glands. Rolling eyes on falling asleep. Eyes drawn downward; pupils dilated.

Ears.--Obstructed feeling. Hot sensation from ears. Hissing sound.

Nose.--Stopped with thick mucus. Herpetic eruption on tip. Ineffectual desire to sneeze.

Face.--Puffed, red-spotted, collapsed. Anxious painful expression.

Mouth.--Dry. Aphthae. Tongue seems too long. Burning and pustules in throat.

Stomach.--Intolerance of milk; vomiting immediately or in curds. Hungry after vomiting. Regurgitation after eating. Frothy vomiting. Nausea at sight of food. Stomach feels turned upside down.

Abdomen.--Cold and aching abdomen. Colic followed by vomiting, vertigo and weakness. Inflated and sensitive.

Stool.--Undigested green stool with colic and exhaustion. Cholera infantum. Obstinate constipation.

Urinary.--Cutting bladder pain with urging. Kidney pain.

Female.--Lancinating pains. Watery menses. Mammary swelling.

Respiratory.--Difficult anxious breathing with constriction. Patient speechless.

Heart.--Violent palpitation with vertigo and restlessness.

Back and Extremities.--Back feels in a vise. Weak lower limbs. Clenched fingers. Numbness and spasms.

Skin.--Cold clammy skin, swollen glands, itching eruptions, ecchymosis, anasarca.

Fever.--Great heat without thirst. Cold sweat.

Sleep.--Dozing after vomiting or stool.

Modalities.--Worse 3-4 am, warmth, summer. Better open air and company.

Compare: Athamantha, Antimonium, Calcarea, Arsenicum, Cicuta. Complementary: Calcarea.

Dose.--Third to thirtieth potency.