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Anhalonium Lewinii

30CAnhalonium
Mescal Buttons · Peyote · Lophophora Williamsii · "The Colour Vision Remedy"
anh.PlantRarePsoric
🎯 A remedy primarily acting on the nervous system and brain, producing hallucinations, altered sensory perception, and muscular weakness.
📖 Boericke writes:
(ANHALONIUM)
Mescal is a strong intoxicating spirit distilled from Pulque fuerte. Pulque is made from the Agave Americana of Mexico, locally known as Maguey and is the national beverage of Mexico. Indians call it Peyote. It weakens the heart, produces insanity. Its most striking effects appear in the auditory nerve for it makes each note upon the piano a center of melody which seems to be surrounded by a halo of color pulsating to the rhythm of the music" (Hom. World).
Causes a form of intoxication accompanied by wonderful visions, remarkably beautiful and varied kaleidoscopic changes, and a sensation of increased physical ability. Also visions of monsters and various gruesome forms. A cardiac and respiratory stimulant. and . A remedy for brainfag, , , hallucinations, with colored brilliant visions. Motor inco-ordination. Extreme muscular depression; increased patellar reflex. .
👤 Constitution
Individuals experiencing brain exhaustion, mental confusion, or those prone to vivid, often frightening, sensory hallucinations and motor incoordination.
Key Symptoms — Give When You See
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head
🩺 Systems & Indications
🧠Mind
Used for mental states involving brain fatigue, , and distorted sensory perceptions.
Loss of conception of time.
Difficult enunciation.
Distrust and resentment.
Lazy contentment.
💊 Dosage & Potency

Historical record, not a prescription. Boericke published this in 1927. It is not medical advice — consult a qualified practitioner before acting on it.

Summarised from the passage below — Boericke’s own wording is the record.

Tincture
Mother Tincture
Primary Dosage
🌿 Remedy Relationships
⏭️ Similar
Cannabis IndicaOenanthe Crocata
🔄 Compare With
Agave Americana

Boericke's Materia Medica

In Boericke’s Repertory

About the repertory →

Anhalonium Lewinii is listed in 20 rubrics across 8 chapters — italicised by Boericke in 2 of them, marking the remedy as more frequently verified there.

Mind9Head4Nervous System2Locomotor System1Eyes1Ears1Generalities1Modalities1

See all 20 rubrics for Anhalonium Lewinii