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CALABAR BEAN
Physostigma venenosum
calabPlantRarePsoric✨ Exclusively from Hering
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Exclusively Documented in Hering
This remedy is documented exclusively in Hering's Guiding Symptoms. It does not appear in Boericke's Materia Medica or other standard texts.
🎯 A powerful agent acting primarily on the ocular muscles and the nervous system, causing profound disturbances in vision and muscular coordination.
About: Calabar Bean is primarily indicated for conditions involving the eyes, particularly those characterized by muscle weakness, myopia, and involuntary twitching. It is often used when there is a sudden onset of ocular dysfunction or intense pain around the orbits.
👤 Constitution
⭐ Key Symptoms — Give When You See
Inability of the internal rectus muscle to function correctly, causing the axes of the eyes to misalign.
Hering
Intolerable pain located over both eye orbits.
Hering
Myopia where objects appear larger than they are, particularly when viewed with the left eye.
Hering
Sudden onset of ocular muscle paralysis, such as the inability to open the eye upon waking.
Hering
Sensation of drawing or twisting within the eyes.
Hering
Sluggish pupil response that is not significantly dilated.
Hering
Smarting sensation in the eyes with soreness of the eyelids.
Hering
Considerable tenderness of the skin surrounding the eye.
Hering
Sensation of contraction and slight numbness on the left side of the face.
Hering
Lachrymation (tearing), specifically affecting the left eye.
Hering
🩺 Systems & Indications
✨ Hering Exclusive🧠Mind
Uncommon mental activity.
Hering Symptom Grade:
Keynote (Grade 3)
Important (Grade 2)
Minor (Grade 1)
🔑 Modalities
✨ Hering Exclusive↓Worse from
Afternoondizziness and faintness · stiffness and pain in arms · creeping numbness over back of head · nose feels like bleeding · quivering in teeth · leucorrhoea and weakness
↑Better from
Bending Forwardstiffness and pain down spine
🌿 Remedy Relationships
🚫 Antidotes
CHLORALUM HYDRATUM →
🔄 Compare With
PHYSOSTIGMA VENENOSUM →AMYLENUM NITROSUM →GELSEMIUM SEMPERVIRENS →NUX VOMICA →CAUSTICUM →
📚 Sources & References
Boericke's Materia Medica✓ Hering's Guiding Symptoms↗Hahnemann's Materia Medica PuraKent's Materia MedicaClarke's DictionaryAllen's KeynotesPhatak's Concise MM
Compiled from classical homeopathic texts in the public domain. Click any active source badge to open the original text. For educational and reference purposes only. Always consult a qualified homeopath for treatment.