Asarum Europaeum
by H. C. Allen
Asarum Europaeum suits for Nervous, anxious people; excitable or melancholy.
Imagines he is hovering in the air like a spirit ( Lac caninum ); lightness of all the limbs.
Cold “shivers” from any emotion.
Asarum Europaeum has Oversensitiveness of nerves, scratching of linen or silk, crackling of paper is unbearable ( Ferrum, Tar. ).
Sensation as if ears were plugged up with some foreign substance.
When reading, sensation in eyes as if thy would be pressed asunder or outward; relieved by bathing them in cold water.
Cold air or cold water very pleasant to the eyes; sunshine, light, and wind are intolerable.
Nausea: in attacks or constant ( Ipecac. ); < after eating, tongue clean ( Sulph. ); of pregnancy.
Unconquerable longing for alcohol; a popular remedy in Russia for drunkards.
Asarum Europaeum has “Horrible sensation” of pressing, digging in the stomach when waking in the morning (after a debauch).
Great faintness and constant yawning.
Asarum Europaeum Relation. – Similar: to, Causticum in modalities; to Aloe, Argentum nitricum, Mercurius, Podophyllum, Pulsatilla, Acid Sulphuricum in stringy shreddy stools.
Followed: by, Bismuth, Causticum, Pulsatilla, Acid Sulphuricum
Aggravation. – In cold and dry, or clear, fine weather ( Causticum ).
Amelioration. – Washing face or bathing affected parts with cold water; in damp, wet weather ( Causticum ).