Aragallus lamberti
Oxytropis lambertii · Plant · Fabaceae
The Aragallus Lamberti patient is profoundly debilitated mentally and physically, with bewilderment, apathy, inability to concentrate, and aimless restlessness. Locomotor ataxia requiring conscious effort to walk, desire to be alone, and morning tiredness are characteristic. The remedy suits persons whose nervous system resembles the intoxicated state produced by Loco Weed poisoning.
Key symptoms
- Great depression worse in morning or evening
- Mental confusion, bewilderment, and apathy
- Difficulty concentrating with absent-mindedness and lack of ambition
- Defective expression in writing with restlessness and aimless wandering
- Must concentrate mind consciously on walking (locomotor ataxia)
- Diplopia with burning in eyes
- Weakness of limbs with pain in left sciatic nerve
Worse (aggravation)
- Worse in the morning (depression and tiredness)
- Worse in the evening (depression)
White Loco Weed-Rattle Weed
Acts principally on nervous system, producing a bewildered, confused state. Symptoms of incoordination and paralysis. Locomotor ataxia. Tired in the morning.
Mind
Great depression; worse in morning or evening. Cannot study. Cross, irritable, restless. Bewildered. Mental confusion and apathy. Desires to be alone. Difficulty in concentrating mind, absent-minded. Lack of ambition. Defective expression in writing. Restlessness and aimless wandering. Must concentrate his mind on walking.
Head
Diplopia. Burning in eyes. Cracking of lower lip.
Throat
Aches. Feels dull. Sore with nausea. Pharynx dark, swollen, glazed.
Respiratory
Weight on chest in region of ensiform cartilage. Constriction as of a wide band. Soreness of chest under sternum. Oppression.
Extremities
Weakness of limbs. Pain in left sciatic nerve. Cramps of muscles on front of leg while walking.
Relationship
Compare: Astragallus and Oxytropis, two varieties of Loco Weed; also Baryta.
Dose
Sixth and two hundredth potencies.
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