Anantherum muricatum
Chrysopogon zizanioides · Cuscus grass, vetiver,Anantherum,Vetiveria zizianoides · Plant · Poaceae
Anantherum is best suited to people who seem overexcited or even drunk. Their behavior may be restless and manic.
The remedy is typically prescribed for skin disorders, and for hard, glandular swellings, especially in the neck. It is used for itchy skin eruptions, notably on the scalp and eyebrows, and particularly if accompanied by herpes or warty growths. Anantherum may also be given to ease neuralgic headaches with a sensation of the facial bones being crushed.
Key symptoms
- A skin remedy of high order
- Painful swelling of various parts going on to suppuration
- Glandular inflammation
- Pains pierce brain like pointed arrows; worse in afternoon
- Herpes, ulcers, and tumors on scalp
- Turbid thick urine full of mucus with constant urging
- Abscesses, boils, and ulcers
- Erysipelas and pruritus
- Diseased and deformed nails with offensive foot-sweat
Worse (aggravation)
Better (amelioration)
Cuscus-An East Indian Grass (ANATHERUM)
A skin remedy of high order.
Painful swelling of various parts, going on to suppuration. Glandular inflammation.
Head
Pains pierce brain like pointed arrows; worse in afternoon. Herpes, ulcers, and tumors on scalp. Wartlike growth on eyebrows. Boils and tumors on tip of nose. Tongue fissured, as if cut on edges; copious salivation.
Urine
Turbid, thick, full of mucus. Constant urging. Bladder cannot hold smallest quantity. Involuntary. Cystitis.
Sexual
Chancre-like sores. Scirrhus-like swelling of cervix. Breasts swollen, indurated, nipples excoriated.
Skin
Diseased and deformed nails. Offensive foot-sweat. Abscesses boils, ulcers. Erysipelas. Pruritus, herpes.
Relationship
Compare: Staphisag; Mercur; Thuja.
Dose
Third potency.
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