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Absinthium

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Wormwood · Artemisia Absinthium · "The Epilepsy Remedy"
absin.PlantUncommonPsoric
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🎯 It acts primarily on the nervous system to produce epileptiform seizures, tremors, and states of cerebral irritation.
📖 Boericke writes:
A perfect picture of epileptiform seizure is produced by this drug. Nervous tremors precede attacks. Sudden and severe giddiness, delirium with hallucinations and loss of consciousness. Nervous excitement and sleeplessness. Cerebral irritation, hysterical and infantile spasms come within range of this remedy. Poisoning by mushrooms. Chorea. Tremor. Nervousness, excitement, and sleeplessness in children.
👤 Constitution
•Typically indicated for individuals suffering from nervous tremors, hysterical tendencies, or those prone to sudden, violent spasms and cerebral irritation.
⭐ Key Symptoms — Give When You See
Vertigo, with tendency to fall backward.
head
Spasmodic facial twitching.
head
🩺 Systems & Indications
🧠Mind
Useful for mental states involving hallucinations, memory loss, and aggressive or antisocial behavior.
Hallucinations.
Frightful visions.
Kleptomania.
Loss of memory.
Forgets what has recently happened.
Wants nothing to do with anybody.
Brutal.
🔑 Modalities
↓Worse from
Evening
congestive headache
fever
↑Better from
Open air
headache relief
💊 Dosage & Potency
First to sixth
Other
🕒As directed
Primary Dosage
🌿 Remedy Relationships
🔄 Compare With
Alcohol →Hydrocyanicum Acidum →Cina Maritima →Cicuta Virosa →Artemisia Vulgaris →
📚 Sources & References

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