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Agaricus Emeticus

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Agaricus Emeticus · Fungus (Emetic Mushroom) · "The Lesser Fly Agaric"
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🎯 It acts primarily on the stomach and nervous system, producing intense burning pain and severe vertigo.
📖 Clarke writes:
A small acrid species, found in woods in Europe. N. O. Fungi. Tincture of fresh fungus.
👤 Characteristics
Sphere of Action & Core States
Symptoms resemble those of other Agarics
Violent burning pains in the stomach
Sudden and violent longing for ice-cold water during worst attacks of anxiety
Ice-cold water causes gradual relief
Violent vomiting
Anxious sensation as if the stomach hung on threads which would be momentarily torn in two
Ice-cold sweat of face
Faintness aggravated by moving head
Vertigo so severe one must be carried to bed; unable to sit or stand
Key Characteristics & Modalities
Cold water speedily and permanently relieves symptoms (unlike Agar. musc. where cold water aggravates)
Aggravated by smelling vinegar, which is unbearable
Aggravated by moving head
Key Symptoms — Give When You See
Violent burning pains in the stomach.
Clarke
Sudden and violent longing for ice-cold water during anxiety.
Clarke
Sensation as if the stomach hung on threads about to be torn in two.
Clarke
Severe vertigo requiring the person to be carried to bed.
Clarke
Ice-cold sweat of the face during vomiting.
Clarke
Inability to sit or stand due to dizziness.
Clarke
Faintness triggered by moving the head.
Clarke
Unbearable aversion to the smell of vinegar.
Clarke
🩺 Systems & Indications
🧠Mind
 
Main
🔑 Modalities
Worse from
Moving head
faintness
Better from
Cold water
stomach symptoms
📚 Sources & References
Kent's Materia MedicaClarke's DictionaryAllen's EncyclopediaBoericke's Materia MedicaHering's Guiding SymptomsHahnemann's Materia Medica PuraPhatak's Concise MM

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