AGAVE TEQUILANA

AGAVE TEQUILANA

PHARMACY - agav-t. Agave tequilana. Agave rigida. N. 0. Amaryllidaceae. Agavaceae. Pulque and Tequila are drinks made from the plant. Tincture of whole plant.

Historical dose: Tincture and all potencies.

CLINICAL - Alcoholism. Anorexia. Cancerous conditions. Chronic invalid syndrome. Drug addictions. Emphysema. Hypopituitarism. Laryngitis. Memory, lost. Migraine. Silicosis. Tubercular conditions.

HERBAL - The agaves belong to the Amaryllidaccae family. Their appearance is reminiscent of aloes. The plant is used in the preparation of a popular drink, "'pulque," which is obtained by the fermentation of the plant and a liqueur, "Tequila," obtained by distillation. Roughly 170 varieties of agave are in existence and, for the most part, they originate from Northern and Central America.

HOMEOPATHIC - General fatigue, weakness and muscles pains. Anorexia. Insomnia. Erratic rheumatic pains. Impotence. Ovarian pain. Alcoholism and alcoholic polyneuritis

with mental troubles. Desire for alcoholic drinks. Migraine, notably alcoholic. Hypopituitarism, impotence or amenorrhea with genital and mammary atrophy. Laryngitis and bronchitis. Tuberculosis. Emphysema. Silicosis.

MIND - Sadness and pessimism. Desire for the unattainable. Unsatisfied, unrealistic desires. Alcoholism with mental troubles. Voluble state, excitable. Jokes, asks questions is humorous.

State of nervous irritation, stammers, shouts, becomes violent, even aggressive. Hypomania, a state of exaltation, exaggerated over-activity, followed often by a period of depression. Temporary amnesia following the excited state. Dazed state.

Back- Rheumatic pain in the lumbar region and lower limbs.

Ears - Itching of the auditory canal with the urge to scratch with the first object that comes to hand. Buzzing in both ears. Diminution of auditory acuity. Eczema of the auditory canal. Deafness.

Eyes - Conjunctiva congestion and itching of the eyelids. Diplopia and impeded vision, more intense in one eye than the other. Burning sensation in the eyes, resulting in rubbing. Blepharitis. Dacryocystitis. Choroiditis.

Face - Feeling of heat about the face, even though he is pale.

Female - Ovarian inflammation and pain. Acute bilateral pain in the ovaries. Weak, painful menstrual flow. Menstrual stomachache relieved by drinking alcohol. Painful Menstruation.

Food - Total lack of appetite. Desire for alcoholic drinks.

Head - Headache when turning the head from one side to the other. Heaviness and slight headache, eased by pressing the head between the hands.

Limbs - Leg cramps, especially when lying down. Rheumatic pains in different places, aggravated by movement. Short, frequent bouts of arthritis and periarthritis often accompanied by nodules both intradermal and beneath the skin.

Liver - Cirrhosis, alcoholic or atrophic.

Lungs - Dilatation of the bronchi. Cough with sticky, yellow-green sputum. Pro-fusion of glairy secretion, which makes breathing difficult. Forcing the subject to sleep almost upright in bed. Laryngitis with tracheitis.

Male - Intermittent pain in the testicles, as if result of contusion. Incomplete erection, but ejaculation in spite of the flaccidity of the penis. Low sexual desire. Impotence. Epididymitis with orchitis, tubercular or psychotic. Cyst, epididymis.

Modalities- Worse from movement. Worse alcoholic drinks.

Nose - Dryness of the nasal mucus mem-brane. Formation of sticky nasal scabs which block and are difficult to expel and which make breathing painful. Difficulty in wiping the nose, the scabs come off, causing great pain. Nose blocked at night, alternating from one side to the other. Ozaena. Sinusitis.

Sleep - Insomnia becomes worse after drinking alcohol. Disturbed dreams, having a bearing on the day's events and of an obsessive nature.

Stomach - Heartburn. hyperacidity of the stomach. Acid dyspepsia. Diffuse hyper-

Trophic cirrhosis from the alcoholic causes. Feeling of emptiness m the stomach. compulsion to eat, but no hunger.

Throat - Dry throat. Difficulty in swallowing as a result of constriction in the neck. Hoarse voice.

Vertigo - Slight vertigo and troubled vision.

COMMENTS - The Homeopathic proving was directed by De Legarreta using 3x, 15 drops three times a day In his first proving. he used the mother tincture, prepared from the plant itself. In the second proving, the remedy was prepared from Tequila liqueur.

The symptomatological table was the same in both cases. De Legarreta recommends 15 drops of 3x in the morning, fasting as a preventive treatment for alcoholism. causing aversion to alcoholic drinks.

RELATIONS –

Compare:

(I) Bryonia - Dry-ness of the mucus membranes, severe biting pains. better by pressure and rest, aggravated by the slight movement.

(2) Lachesis- Sad. melancholic in the morning, the sleep disturbed, cannot bear any constriction. Extreme loquacity, especially in the evening. Antidote against the bad effects of alcohol.

(3) Ran-b.- Antidote against the bad effects of alcohol. Stinging pain in the eyes. Vesicular eruptions which resemble herpes.

REFERENCES - Julian.