Zizia aurea
Plant · Apiaceae
A nervous, restless constitution prone to hysteria and spasmodic affections. The mind passes through phases — first exhilarated as if intoxicated, then depressed, finally indifferent and low-spirited. Laughs and weeps alternately. Especially suited to uterine affections with increased nervous and vascular excitement. Craves acids and stimulants.
Key symptoms
- Chorea with movements continuing or worsening during sleep (distinguishing symptom)
- Hysteria, epilepsy, and convulsions with spasms of face and limbs
- Laughing and weeping alternately; mood rapidly alternating
- Migraine over right eye connected with uterine congestion
- Intermittent neuralgia of left ovary; acrid leucorrhoea
- Exhilaration followed by depression, then indifference
- Fidgety restless legs; lameness in arms with spasmodic twitching
- Rush of blood to head with sensation of fullness
- Dry cough with stitching pains in chest; oppressed breathing
- Whole body white and puffy; surface paler than natural
Worse (aggravation)
- During sleep (chorea and spasmodic movements)
- Touch and contact
- Lying down
- Stooping
- Motion and movement
- Coughing
- Evening
- Noise and light
Meadow Parsnip (THASPIUM AUREUM - ZIZIA)
Hysteria, epilepsy, chorea, hypochondriasis, come within the sphere of this remedy.
Mind
Suicidal; depressed; laughing and weeping moods alternate.
Head
Pressure on top, in right temple, associated with backache.
Male
Great lassitude following coitus. Sexual power increased.
Female
Intermittent neuralgia of left ovary. Acrid, profuse leucorrhœa, with retarded menses.
Respiratory
Dry cough, with stitches in chest. Dyspnœa.
Extremities
Unusual tired feeling. Chorea, especially during sleep. Fidgety legs (Tarant). Lameness in arms and spasmodic twitching.
Modalities
Worse, during sleep.
Relationship
Compare: Agar; Stram; Tarant; Cicuta; Aethusa.
Dose
Tincture, to third potency.
Zizia aurea. Thapsium aureum. Carum aureum. Meadow Parsnip. N. O. Umbelliferæ. Tincture of root.
Clinical
Asthma. Brain, affections of. Catarrh. Chorea, in sleep. Convulsions. Dropsy. Epilepsy. Hypochondriasis. Hysteria. Influenza. Leucorrhœa. Menses, suppression of. Migraine. Ovary, intermittent neuralgia of. Pleurisy. Stye.
Characteristics
The Meadow Parsnip is a common plant indigenous to the United States on the moist banks of streams and in open wet woods, where it flowers in June and July. Rafinesque speaks of it as vulnerary, antisyphilitic, and sudorific (Millspaugh). Marcy proved Ziz. on himself and some others, and symptoms of poisoning have been added. Exhilaration with increased physical strength was noted; but a slight amount of exercise caused fatigue. The spasms and convulsions of the Umbelliferæ were elicited. The generative organs in both sexes were excited. Ziz. is indicated in uterine affections characterised by increased nervous and vascular excitement. The menses are profuse, and …
Classical texts are in the public domain. Educational reference only — not medical advice.
