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 ).