AMETHYST

AMETHYST

(Gemstone)

PHARMACY - ameth. Amethyst. Gemstone.

Historical dose: Tincture and all potencies.

CLINICAL - Amblyopia. Ataxia. Backaches. Headaches. Insomnia. Migraines. Tinnitus. Trembling.

HOMEOPATHIC - Affects the nervous and endocrine systems, useful in states of nervous tension where the five senses (especially hearing) are overtaxed. Helpful when the hormonal system is affected by excessive adrenalin, creating mood swings and nervous excitation followed by exhaustion.

Profoundly affects sleep patterns, can soothe troubled sleep or induce somnolence in the insomniac. Has been found effective in easing mental disorders where there is too much excitement of the senses.

Nervous tension with an inability to relax. For damaged nerves in the spinal column, especially where the neural pathways are interrupted causing difficulties in relaying sensations or when nerve pains become all consuming, causing the patient to be unable to function normally.

Internal trembling, especially felt in the legs. When exhaustion has set in and nerves no longer respond as efficiently as they should. In low potency. follows well after Mag. Carb. For those who feel the need of stimulants to revive them or to" steady their nerves," bringing them to the point of addictiveness. Addiction rooted in nervous tension and psychic fears. Fear of addiction.

Deeply syphilitic. Nervous diseases such as motor neuron disease, MS and ataxia. Likely to make an improvement on the quality of life in patients suffering these conditions. Arthritic conditions.

MIND - Anxiety and tension. Fear of not being able to achieve all that one sets out to do. Lack of confidence in ability to complete allotted tasks, especially true in those who feel called to a spiritual or caring profession. Sense of thwarted mission where the difficulties seem to be self-generated and self-perpetuated. Sense of having" done all

Dreams - Dreams of being held down or held back, of struggling against the odds. Dreams of floating or drifting away but this can be into nothingness, of intoxication.

Ears - Hardness of hearing, but hears soft noise, and things that are not there. Tension in the inner ear. Tinnitus, worse intermittently, after emotional stress.

Eyes - Feels he cannot trust what he sees and needs to look again. Floaters. Amblyopia. Wants to rub the eyes to clear the vision. Sees things that are not there, out of comer of eye, causes anxiety.

Food - Desires alcohol and stimulants. Either over-interested in food or have no appetite, only eating out of necessity. Forgets to eat. Will drink rather than eat.

Head- Headaches and migraines. Pains felt in the occiput and frontal region, brain feels muzzy. Light-headed with a need to sit down in case they faint. Wants to hold a cool flannel to the forehead or rub the temples gently. Brain feels a bit loose, worse jarring of footsteps. Headaches and backaches.

Limbs - Arthritis. Stiffening of joints with difficulty and pain on moving them in the early morning. Stiffness temporarily better alcohol, sunshine and warmth.

Liver - Sluggish and over-loaded.

Lungs - Easily out of breath, especially rushing around. Chest feels tight and restricted, sense of tension between the front and back ribs as if there is an anterior/posterior compression. Cannot take a full breath, feels as if the top part of the lungs does not expand fully.

Modalities - Better spring and summer. Better sun and warmth. Worse alcohol, except the joints. Worse emotional up-sets, contradiction. Worse lifting heavy weights, it aggravates the joints and nervous tension.

Rectum - Constipation with stasis in the lower bowel. Tendency to hemorrhoids, which bleed passively with dark blood.

Sleep- Difficulty getting to sleep either from worry or hormonal imbalances, especially during menopause. Lies in bed feeling tens ear. stiff. Wakes at 3 a.m. and cannot go back off to sleep. Must get up to urinate and have a drink, usually not water but tea or juice. Restless, tosses and turns. Wakes up unrefreshed. Wakes feeling tense and full of expectations of the worst.

Stomach - Tension in the stomach. Indi-gestion.

Throat - Sense of drawing or tension pulling downwards internally. Voice becomes higher pitched from tension or from over-use in stressful situations. Difficulty in expressing emotions with the throat center as it tends to close up (Lach.). Recurrent sore throats in tense situations, especially in those requiring cool judgment and quick decisiveness.

COMMENTS - Amethyst can be used as a blood purifier in alcoholics.

REFERENCES - Murphy.