AGARICUS CAMPANULATUS

AGARICUS CAMPANULATUS

PHARMACY-agar-cpn.- Agaricus campanulatus. Agaricusovalis. A rarespecies. found in Englandon dung.

N. 0. Fungi.

Historical dose: All potencies.

CLINICAL - Asthenopia. Backaches. Belching. Constipation. Delirium. Diarrhea. Flatulence. Hemorrhoids. Jaundice. Neuralgias. Palpitations. Spasms. Toothache Trembling Tw11chmg. Vertigo. Vomiting.

HOMEOPATHIC – Poisonous doses produce violent vomiting and diarrhea with numerous nervous phenomena, tonic contractions of smooth muscle fiber, increased glandular and mucus secretions, and persistent anemia of nerve centers from spasm of arterioles.

Chorea - like spasms. Vertigo and general intolerance of the sun. Heavy weight in occiput. A very irritable and sensitive spine. Asthenopia with flickering. Twitching of eyes and lids.

Gastro - enteric inflammation, with excessive, inodorous flatulence. Irritable bladder. A host of neuralgic pains everywhere, mostly splinter-like, burning and shooting. Particularly valuable in burning of the skin as from a frostbite, especially on the ears and feet.

Chorea-like twitching of various fibrillae and even groups of muscles. Trembling, external and internal. Flesh feels bruised, or as if frostbitten, sensitive to touch and to cold air.

General aggravation from walking in the open air, ameliorated when warm in bed. Pains in the limbs may disappear on motion, and return during rest. Symptoms often appear crosswise, as in right arm and left leg, etc. Shooting, splinter-like pains everywhere.

MIND - Delirium, attempts to escape. Incoherent talking. Aversion to mental work. Confusion and vertigo. aggravated by heat of sun.

Abdomen- Flatulent distention, rumblings, cutting, griping, stitches, and tension.

Back - Stiffness and soreness of nape. Backaches. Bruised and strained feelings. Deep stitches, burning, itching along spine and limbs. Spine sore to the touch and on stooping. Extreme pain and soreness in lower dorsal regions. becoming a pulsating on motion. Severe pains in the spine, boring, stitching. drawing, and soreness, mostly in lower dorsal region. Back pains, aggravated by walking in open air.

Bladder - irritable bladder. Sharp pains. Burning on urinating. Not profuse urine. Lemon colored urine. discharge of sticky mucus

Chest - Numerous pains, tearing, pinching, tensive, stinging, burning. Constriction, oppression, heaviness. Rawness.

Ears - External ear bums and itches, as if it had been frozen. Twitching of the auricular muscles. Numerous ringing and other noises within the ear.

Eyes- Twitching of lids and eyeballs. Margins of lids red agglutinating. Vision dim on attempting to use the eyes. Flickering, type wavers, with itching and burning.

Face- Pale. Twitching of the muscles. Pains lancinating, tearing in the cheek.

Female - Violent pressing, tearing pains in back and abdomen with the menses. Pruritus Pudendi.

Head - Drawing in bones of forehead, to the root of the nose. Shooting pains, mostly in the sides of the head or in small spots. Feeling of icy coldness on the head.

Heart - Palpitations. Tumultuous action. Irregular, intermittent pulse, ameliorated by coffee.

Limbs- Limbs weary and heavy. Trembling. Twitching. Shooting pains, shifting Pains often ameliorated by motion.

Male - Sexual desire without erections.

Modalities - Better by motion. Better by coffee. Worse by walking in open air. Worse from heat of the sun.

Mouth - Dryness on salivation. Sweet taste. Toothache, neuralgic, aggravated by open air. Splinter like pains in the tongue. Splinter-like pains through the jaws. Upper lip chapped, smarting, dry, with burning vesicles. Lips twitch.

Nose - Clear water runs from the nose, without inflammatory symptoms.

Perspiration - Profuse inodorous sweat, often localized to the chest. Oily sweat.

Rectum - Burning. Hemorrhoids.

Respiratory - Convulsive paroxysms of cough, sudden, ends with repeated sneezing. Expectoration of balls of mucus. Difficult respiration as if chest were full. Deep breathing and sighing. Noisy respiration at night.

Skin -Jaundice. Redness, stinging, burning as if frostbitten. Itching. White nodular elevations, with intense itching and burning.

Sleep - General sleepiness. especial!)' after eating.

Stomach - Unnatural hunger, in evenings. Belching. empty. Numerous sensations with spasmodic contractions. irritable spine. Pains, gnawing, boring, cramps. and fullness.

Stool - Emission of much inodorous gas. Watery diarrhea. Constipation.

Temperature- Chilliness on motion.in the air. Or on lifting the clothes. Burning heat on different spots, mostly local.

Throat - Constriction of larynx. Sharp pain extends through right eustachian tube to ear. General dryness. Contractions. Feels swollen externally, hands feel tight.

Vertigo - Vertigo, aggravated by heat of sun.

RELATIONS - Compare: Agar. Agar cps. Agar-cm., Agar-ph., Agar-st., Amamta vernus.

REFERENCES - Allen.