Athamanta
Athamanta cretensis (commonly) · Plant · Apiaceae
Athamanta suits patients with a dull, befogged brain state resembling that of Aethusa, where confusion and stupefaction rise from the occiput especially on motion. They experience icy coldness of extremities, bitter taste, and deep prolonged sleep, with gastric and digestive disturbances.
Key symptoms
- Stupefaction and confusion rising like a vapour from the lower occiput on motion and walking
- Vertigo reduced by lying down; dragging pains from side to side in brain
- Pressure and numbness of head and upper teeth
- Bitter taste chiefly after every meal; bitter mucus in air passages
- Icy coldness of feet and hands with shivering of whole body
- Heavy, profound sleep prolonged unusually late into the morning
- Sudden stools that cannot be retained, preceded by cutting pains
Worse (aggravation)
- Motion and walking (stupefaction and vertigo worse)
Better (amelioration)
- Lying down (vertigo improved)
- Touch (burning sensation disappears when part is touched)
A. oreoselinum, L. Peucedanum oreoselinum, Munch. "Grundheil." N. O. Umbelliferæ. Tincture of fresh plant.
Clinical
Head, confused. Headache. Indigestion. Vertigo.
Characteristics
This medicine has been very little employed. It was proved by Franz, and has produced some peculiar symptoms. There is a dull, befogged condition of brain, recalling., Æthusa, "Fool's parsley." A stupefaction and confusion rises like a vapour from the lower part of the occiput; on motion and walking. Vertigo > lying. Pressure and numbness of head and upper teeth. Pressure on one eyeball from below upward. Bitter taste and bitter mucus in air passages. Icy coldness of feet and hands. Sleep heavy and profound, prolonged in the morning to later period than usual.
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