ARTEMISIA VULGARIS [Art-v]
ARTEMISIA VULGARIS uses [Art-v uses]
Note: Wherever it is found, "<" denotes aggravation (worse by), ">" denotes amelioration (better by), "<->" denotes alternation (alternates with) and A/F is an abbreviation of, "Ailments from"
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Convulsions
in children or at puberty, without aura.
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COMMON NAME
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Wormwood
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SOURCE
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Tincture
of fresh root.
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FAMILY
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Compositae.
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A/F
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| - | After masturbation, sexual excitement |
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MODALITIES
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| Chorea: < during day time, > at night |
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MIND
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| - | Irritability
and excitability before attack of epilepsy or convulsion.
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| - | Somnambulism - gets up at night and works, remembers nothing in the
morning.
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| - | Walks in the street, suddenly stops, stares into space, often mumbles a
few words, becomes normal and remembers nothing. |
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GUIDING INDICATIONS
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| - | Convulsive
attacks accompanied by profuse, offensive sweat, garlic-like odour, and
seminal emission.
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| - | Chorea during daytime > night.
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| - | Convulsions worse on becoming cool after exertion, worse from photic
stimulation.
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| - | Typical ABSENCE episodes.
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| - | Convulsion of right side, paralysis, in newborns and girls at puberty.
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| - | Tonic-clonic convulsions with biting of the tongue and grinding of
teeth.
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| - | Petit mal - attacks frequently repeated, then followed by a long interval
of rest.
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| - | After the attack, falling asleep, weakness, feeling of lethargy.
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| - | Chorea - swallowing difficult, hungry but cannot get food down.
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| - | Colored light produces dizziness. |
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KEYNOTES
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Epilepsy without aura.
- Profuse, offensive garlic odour of sweat, during or after convulsion.
- Convulsions of right side, left side paralysed.
- Excitability before convulsions, sleepiness after the convulsions.
- Petit mal - gets up in the night and works, remembers nothing in the
morning.
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NUCLEUS OF REMEDY
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Marked action of central nervous system
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| - | Right side of the body is convulsed, left side is paralysed.
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| - | Produces Petit mal type of convulsion - frequent attacks followed by
period of rest.
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CONFIRMATORY SYMPTOMS
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Absence of aura in epilepsy.
- Petit mal epilepsy.
- Profuse, offensive garlic like odour of sweat is a characteristic
concomittant.
- Right side convulsed, left side paralysed.
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CLINICAL
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| - | Seizure
disorder, Chorea, Petit Mal epilepsy, Grand Mal epilepsy. |
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REMEDY RELATIONSHIPS
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Follows
Well: Aur, Puls, Stram
Compare: Abrot, Absin, Cham, Cina
Similar: Apis, Bry, Bufo, Cic, Cina, Hell
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