Anacardium orientalis Anhang
[Hedwig Pötters]
Anacardium occidentale,
Westindischer Elefantenlausbaum, Tintenbaum, Cajunierenbaum,
Cashew-Nußbaum.
KGSt (Keller, Greiner, Stockebrand:
Homöopathische Arzneimittel, Materialien zur Bewertung, Govi-Verl.,
ISBN 3-7741-0542-1 (6.
Lieferung 1995). – Bekanntmachungen über die Zulassungen und
Registrierungen von Arzneimitteln (Aufbereitungsmonographien für den
humanmedizinischen Bereich):
„Anacardium occidentale.
...
Verwendet werden die reifen, getrockneten Früchte von Anacardium occidentale L.“
Monographie: positiv +
GS (Hering, C.: The
Guiding Symptoms of Our Materia Medica.
B. Jain Publishers Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi- 110055, Reprint 1991.):
“Anacardium Occidentale. Cashew
Nut. Anacardiaceae.
The common cashew nut of the West Indies. It is
easily distinguished from our Anacardium which comes
from the East Indies, by its being kidney-shaped, while the Oriental nut, our
well-proved medicine, is heart-shaped. It was never proved and is only known by
the frequent cases of poisoning which occur from peeling or roasting the nut.
The kernel is edible, but it is advisable first to remove the germ between the
halves.
Leeser B II/167
f:
„Anacardium occidentale. Stammpflanze: Anacardium
occidentale L.; Fam. Anacardiaceae.
Westindischer Elefantenlausbaum, Tintenbaum, Cajunierenbaum,
Cashew nut tree (engl.),
Anacarde occidentale, Acajou á pommes (franz.).
...
Verwendete Ausgangsstoff für die Arznei sind die getrockneten Früchte
(ohne Stiel); in Amerika das Harz aus der Fruchtschale (Ø = D1). ...
HAB: Mittel nicht enthalten im HAB.
Gudjons: Das Mittel ist nicht in Gudjons’ Sortiment,
da es kein Homöopathicum ist.
Anm. d. Verf.: o.a. Herstellungsvorschriften
sind zw. Kenntlichmachung dick unterstrichen.
Das Mittel ist nicht
homöopathisch geprüft, wie Hering bereits sagt. Es wird als Phytotherapeuticum
verwendet. Zu Unrecht ist das Mittel beim Amt positiv monographiert
worden (Monographie +), d.h. als Homöopathicum
zugelassen worden. Der Grund für diese Fehlentscheidung ist nicht mehr
festzustellen.
Anacardium orientale,
Anacardium,
Anacardium officinale,
Semecarpus anacardium,
Anacardien-Herznuß,
Malakka-Nuß,
Ostindische Elefantenlaus, (Abk.
Bö.: Anac.).
KGSt: „Semecarpus anacardium
(Anacardium). ...
Verwendet werden die reifen, getrockneten Früchte von Semecarpus anacardium L.“ Monographie: positiv +
CK II/155 (Hahnemann, Samuel, Die chronischen Krankheiten, ihre eigenthümliche Natur und homöopathische Heilung. Dresden
und Leipzig: ab 1830:
AMP und Herstellungsvorschrift von Hahnemann:
„Anacardium, Anakardien–Herznuß, Malacka-Nuß. Die Frucht
des (zu der Araber Zeiten auf dem Aetna in Sicilien)
jetzt in dürren Waldungen Ostindiens wachsenden hohen Baums
(Avicennia tomentosa,
semecarpus Anacardium)
enthält zwischen der äußern, schwarz-glänzenden,
herzförmigen, harten Schale und dem mit einem dünnen braunröthlichen
Häutchen bekleideten, süßen Kerne, in einem Zell-Gewebe einen
dicklichen schwärzlichten Saft, womit die Indianer ihre Wäsche unauslöslich bezeichnen, und von einer Schärfe, daß Muttermäler damit weggebeizt werden können. Selten
bekommen wir diese Früchtenoch so frisch, daß dieser Saft noch etwas flüssig, von Honig-Weiche darin
befindlich wäre; gewöhnlich ist er trocken. Von diesem wird zur homöopathischen
Arznei-Bereitung ein Gran genommen und wie andre trockne Gewächs-Stoffe durch
dreistündiges Reiben mit dreimal 100 Gran Milchzucker zur millionfachen
Pulver-Verdünnung gebracht.“
GS:
“Anacardium
Orientale. Marking Nut. Anacardiaceae.
The nut of Semecarpus
Anacardium; not identical with Avicennia
tomentosa, as Hahnemann erroneously stated. It is
imported from the East Indies, and if Schwabe, in his
Pharmacopoeia, recommends the soft resin of the
seed for trituration, it is only to avoid too old and
dry ones.
The common tincture of the whole nut was proved
by Hahnemann and his original disciples, because it had been one of the most
famous medicines in the old Arabian school,
forgotten for nearly a thousand years.
The provings were
arranged and published by E. Stapf, in the second
volume of his Archives, in 1823. The next edition was made by Hahnemann, in his
Chronic Diseases, in 1835, where he condensed the 484 symptoms of the first
publication, and added (without having another prover)
158 new symptoms.”
Leeser B II/193
ff:
„Anacardium orientale.
Stammpflanze: Semecarpus anacardium L.f. (Syn. Anacardium officinarum Gaertner); Fam. Anacardiaceae. Ostindischer Elefantenlausbaum, Ostindischer Tintenbaum, Oriental Cashew-nut tree,
Marking nut tree, Ink tree (engl.),
Anacarde orient, Feve de Malac (franz.). ...
Verwendet werden die reifen, getrockneten Früchte, die sog.
Elefantenläuse (Marking beans),
zur Tinktur (Ø = D1). ...
Arzneimittelprüfungen: -Die erste Prüfung ist von Stapf, an der auch
Hahnemann teilnahm.
Die Versuche wurden teils mit dem feinzerriebenen
Pulver, teils mit der Tinktur der getrockneten Früchte ... angestellt.“ ...
Allen, TF (Allen, Timothy Field, The Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica, Jain Publishers, New Delhi, 1921, Reprint 1992.):
„Anacardium,
Semecarpus Anacardium, Linn.
Nat. order:
Anacardiaceae.
Common name: Marking nut.
Preparation:
Trituration of the
layer of the nut between the shell and the kernel . ...”
HAB 2006:
„Semecarpus
anacardium, Anacardium. Die
getrockneten reifen Früchte müssen der Monographie Ostindischer-Tintenbaum-Früchte
für homöopathische Zubereitungen (Ph. Eur.) entsprechen. ...
Herstellung der Urtinktur aus der zerstoßenen Droge (2000) und flüssige
Verdünnungen nach Vorschrift 4a mit Ethanol 86% ...“
HPUS (The Homoeopathic Pharmacopoeia Of
The United States, American Institute Of
Homoeopathy, 8. Ed., 1979:
“Anacardium orientale, Marking Nut.
Natural Order: Anacardiaceae.
Synonyms: Latin:
Anacardium latifolium, A. officinarum, Avicennia tomentosa, Semecarpus anacardium; English:
Marking nut;
French: Acajou à pommes; German: Caschunuss.
Description: Semecarpus
anacardium is an evergreen tree, 20 feet high, with
rough, ash-colored bark and numerous spreading
branches; the leaves are petiolate, alternate, about
18 inches long, and 4 or 5 broad.
The flowers are small, and of a green-yellow color.
The fruit is borne on a pear-shaped receptacle,
and ripens in January or February. It is a blackish-brown, heart-shaped nut,
with a somewhat reddish tinge, containing a corrosive, resinouis
juice in cells, between the hard outer shell and the sweet kernel. The juice is
at first of a light color, of the consistency of
honey, becoming blackish-brown and drying. It is not soluble in water, and only
so in alcohol after it has been made alkaline.
History:
The name signifies being without heart, as the
pulp of the fruit, instead of having the seed enclosed, has the nut growing out
of the end of it. This is not to be confounded with cashew nut (A. occidentale), which is lighter colored
and kidney-shaped, instead of heart-shaped. The juice produces an inflammation
of the skin, and hence should be carefully handled. Mentioned in homoeopathic literature,
Hahnemann’s Chronic Diseases. [Allen’s Encyc. Mat. Med. I. 312.]
Part used: The resinous juice contained in the
seed. ...”
Anm. d. Verf: die durchgestrichenen
lateinischen Synonyme bei HPUS konnte ich i. d. Literatur nicht finden. Sie
bezeichnen m. E. andere Arten, gehören also hier gestrichen.
Ph.Eur.:
“Anacardium” for
homoeopathic preparations(1) (SEE NOTE)
Semecarpus anacardium ad praeparationes homoeopathicas
DEFINITION:
Dried fruit of Semecarpus
anacardium L. (Anacardium orientale L.).
Content: minimum 6.0 per cent m/m of total
phenol derivatives expressed as eugenol (C10H12O2; Mr 164.2) (dried
drug).
IDENTIFICATION: A. The dried fruit is oval and
more or less heart-shaped; about 2 cm long, nearly 2 cm wide and 0.5 cm thick.
Its surface is smooth, shiny and blackish.
A transverse section shows a rather well
developed, tough pericarp riddled with rather wide
lacunae containing an abundant thick reddish-brown juice. The pericarp covers
a white kernel under a reddish skin. The fruit
may include the blackish, fleshy, wrinkled, cupuliferous
receptacle. ...”
Gudjons:
„Anacardium
orientale: Wir erhielten die ganzen Früchte aus dem Maharashtra Forest Department in
Indien über Dr. Naram. Nach eingehender makroskopischer Untersuchung im Labor Gudjons
und einer, von einem extern beauftragten Labor, erstellten
Dünnschichtchromatographie, konnte die botanische Identität der Früchte
sichergestellt werden. Um die Qualität der gelieferten Ware zu belegen, wurden zudem der
Trocknungsverlust, die Asche und der Gehalt an enthaltenen
Gesamtphenolderivaten bestimmt, sowie eine Untermischung mit Früchten von Anacardium occidentale L.
(Cashew Nuss) ausgeschlossen. Nach Vorlage
der entsprechenden Unterlagen über die durchgeführten Untersuchungen konnte
die Qualitätssicherung die
Droge freigeben.
Samuel Hahnemann beschreibt in seiner Materia
medica, dass er lediglich den dicklichen, schwarzen
Saft, welcher sich zwischen der äußeren harten Schale und dem Kern in einem
Zellgewebe befindet, verarbeitete. Die gültige HAB-Monographie
weicht dahingehend ab, als dass sie die ganzen, getrockneten reifen Früchte zur
Verarbeitung vorgibt. Daher wird die Arznei Anacardium
orientale der Firma Gudjons
auch mit „Hahnemanni“ /
„H.“ gekennzeichnet.
Um an den wertvollen Saft zu gelangen, wurde bei Gudjons eine
Frucht, zwischen einem Einmalhandtuch geschützt, mit einem gereinigten,
desinfiziertem Hammer vorsichtig geöffnet und ein Tropfen des frischen Saftes
direkt auf die Lactose der bereitgestellten
Reibschale getropft (der dickliche Saft fließt einem direkt entgegen). So dann
wurde umgehend die C1-Trituration hergestellt und darauf folgend die C2 und C3
Verreibung. Nach Freigabe der hergestellten C3-Verreibung durch den Leiter der
Herstellung konnte die dritte Verreibestufe aufgelöst
und die Flüssiglinie bis zur C 1000 potenziert werden. Mit den vorliegenden,
flüssigen Potenzen werden dann die Globuli
imprägniert, welche Sie bei Gudjons zu 1,5 oder 0,5g
abgefüllt, erhalten.“
DHU
(Homöopathisches Repetitorium, 1969):
Verwendet werden „reife, getrocknete Früchte“.
Anm. d. Verf.:
Die AMP (Arzneimittel-Prüfungs)-Vorschriften
sind nicht immer identisch. Es ist unwahrscheinlich, dass Hahnemann aus Indien
eine Lieferung frischen Saftes bekam. Viel eher erhielt er den getrockneten
Saft der Früchte, von dem er (in CK) sagt, er habe ihn verarbeitet.
[Philip
M. Bailey]
Anacardium orientale
Keynote: good versus evil
This is a rare constitutional type, and my observations must be
tentative, since they are based on only a few patients. However, the central
characteristic of the Anacardium personality is quite
dramatic, and
hard to miss, providing that the patient feels sufficiently at ease with
the homeopath to be open with him. The old materia medicas stress the divided nature of Anacardium's
will (Kent: 'Will-contradiction
of', 'feels as if he had two wills') In my experience this division is
between a normal, sensitive personality, and a sharply contrasting perverse or
'demonic' subpersonality, which attempts to possess
the individual and prompt him to commit obscene acts. (Kent: 'He is persuaded
by his evil will to do acts of violence and injustice, but is restrained by a
good will'.) The Repertory lists many of the characteristics of Anacardium's 'evil' side (malicious, paranoia, cruelty,
propensity to curse, unfeeling, rage). The Anacardium
patients that I have seen, however, were sufficiently in control of themselves
to
resist the promptings of their demonic side, although at times this
involved a great struggle between the two wills (the resemblance to classic
descriptions of demon possession was striking).
The most consistent compulsion
that I have seen in Anacardium patients is a
compulsion to curse at others in violent sexual language. One such patient was
a highly sophisticated young man, whose main
interests in life were spiritual. He practised meditation regularly, and
had a fine understanding of mystical philosophy. This spiritual side contrasted
starkly with his other side, which had been with him
since birth. Even as a small child it was clear to his family that he
was strange, since he used a potty to urinate until he was ten years old, and
still sat on the toilet to urinate after that age. Furthermore,
he had a fetish for watching women urinate, which was his principal
source of sexual arousal, and which he presumably did act upon sometimes. (He
was reluctant to talk about this). His main complaint, however, was that he was
tortured by the compulsion to say sexually obscene and violent remarks to those
around him. The effort of resisting his demonic side showed as a stiffness in
talking, his lips being pursed with tension, whilst his eyebrows were knit
together much of the time. This
particular man was sufficiently sophisticated intellectually to rationalise his
symptoms, and expressed no guilt about them. Another Anacardium
patient, however, was deeply ashamed of his alter-ego. He was far less intellectual
than the former, and had not managed to rationalise his obsessive thoughts and
impulses in the same rather clinical way.
[Frans Vermeulen]
The name Anacardium
derives from Gr. ana, up or without, and kardia, heart, referring to the fact that the pulp of the fruit,
instead of having the seed enclosed, has the
nut growing out at the end of it. The specific
name orientale refers to its eastern, Asiatic
habitat.
Anacardium orientale is a broad-leaved tree that is found growing on
the sub-Himalayan and tropical parts of India as far east as Assam, and is used
locally as a source
of timber. It has greenish-white flowers and
black, drupaceous fruits. The pedicel, which swells under the nut to form a
false fruit, is edible when ripe. Parts used include
the fruit [seeds], gum and oil [a black tarry
oil, known as bhilawan oil, obtained from the pericarp of the nut]. Bhilawan
oil, also known as bhilawa nutshell liquid, is
analogous in many aspects with cashew nut shell liquid from Anacardium
occidentale. The oil is inflammable, and at first of
a pale milky colour, but turning black on exposure to air.
It has been used in beauty culture to remove
the skin of the face in order to grow a new one.
The family is best known for its phenols and phenolic acids causing serious skin irritation - anacardol, anacardic acid and
relatives. The irritant substances may be distributed throughout the plant body
or concentrated in particular organs, e.g. in the fruit wall of the cashew or
marking-nut. Anacardic acid reportedly has anthelmintic activity.
Trade in the marking nut is very ancient. It
was the "golden acorn" of Galen and Avicenna. The kernel of the nut
contains a small quantity of sweet oil.
The oil is a powerful antiseptic and cholagogue. Ingestion of leaves and drupes [unripe ones]
can cause gastroenteritis, haemorrhoids, headaches, and even death.
Externally the nut enters into the composition
of caustic applications for warts and piles. The fixed oil is used in India as
an application to floors of houses, serving as a repellent to termites. The
shell liquid [oil] is used to mark laundry; hence its name. American servicemen
stationed in India experienced dermatitis around their necks and waistlines,
those places where a laundrymark had been placed in
their uniforms. Since boiling does not destroy the resin, the mark may continue
to provoke dermatitis for
the life of the garment. Indian natives employ
the oil for producing fictitious marks of bruises. These can be distinguished
from actual bruises caused by blows, by their deep bluish-black colour and from
their presenting small vesicles or minute blisters on their surface. Bruised
nuts applied to the os uteri can procure abortion.
Economic uses of the Anacardium
family include commercially important fruits - cashew nut [Anacardium
occidentale, and the fleshy peduncle,
'cashew-apple'], mango [Mangifera], Jamaica plum,
hog-plum, imbu [Spondias],
pistachio. Toxicodendron provides resins, oils and
lacquers. Species of Cotinus, Pistacia,
Schinopsis and Toxicodendron
are major sources of tannins for the leather industry. [All Rhus
species were formerly considered to belong to the genus Rhus,
but most taxonomists now group only non-poisonous species in this genus,
whereas the poisonous species, such as Rhus toxicodendron, are now in the genus Toxicodendron.]
Anacardium orientale
"Oleoresins of the Anacardiaceae
are generally mixtures of phenolic compounds which
vary with respect to length, branching, degree of saturation, and side chain
identity. Oleoresins are often called urushiols in
scientific literature. The human response to oleoresins is a cell-mediated,
delayed, hypersensitivity reaction. Dermatitis is induced when oleoresins act
as haptens that bind to skin proteins covalently. The
resulting protein-oleoresin complex is viewed by the body as foreign material
and is thus attacked by the body's Thymus-dependent cells. The skin erupts in
blisters because its cells are being destroyed by the immune system." Anacardic acids have been found to exhibit tyrosinase inhibitory activity [tyrosinase
is an enzyme that assists in converting tyrosine to melanin]. Extracts of the
nuts display a strong cytotoxic effect; a fraction of
the aqueous methanolic extract of the nuts has been
proven active against nasopharynx carcinoma cell
cultures. "Ayurvedic Indian medicine including
compounds of Semecarpus anacardium,
Anacardium rohitaka, and Gluta glabra was tested by Prasad
[1985] in a study of 250 cancer cases having different types and sites of
malignancy. The cases were divided into four different treatment groups. Ayurvedic drug and chemotherapy Ayurvedic
drug and radiation radiation chemotherapy. The
maximum response and longevity with minimum mortality was observed in those
patients who were treated with the combined treatment of chemotherapy and Ayurvedic drug. Notably, this combined therapy was most
effective in leukaemia and particularly those cases with splenomegaly
and breast cancer."
LIVER CANCER Various animal studies indicate
that the nut milk extract of Semecarpus anacardium counteracts hepatocellular
carcinoma induced by aflatoxin B in rats. The
observed anticancer property of Semecarpus anacardium is explained by its strong antioxidant capacity
and capability to induce the in vivo antioxidant system. There is evidence from
east African studies that aflatoxins cause liver
cancer in humans. The data from the studies were strong enough to prompt the
Food and Drug Administration to develop strict regulations to control levels in
food and animal food sold in the USA. Aflatoxin can
also cause acute poisoning, particularly acute liver damage, in people eating
highly contaminated food. Children exhibit symptoms similar to Reye's syndrome
[acute fever, recurrent vomiting, coma, intercranial
hypertension]. Aflatoxins are poisonous alkaloids
produced by the fungus Aspergillus flavus. The fungus invades poor-quality cereals, legumes
and nuts (corn, wheat, rice, barley, Brazil nuts, pistachios, peanuts, and
soybeans). The primary route of human exposure is by eating contaminated food.
Animal products as milk [powdered non-fat milk], eggs, meat [pig liver and
kidneys] are additional sources of human exposure because the animals have been
fed low-grade animal feed contaminated by the fungus.
PROVINGS •• Hahnemann - 8 provers;
method: unknown.
•• Herring - self-experimentation, 1885;
method: 1x trit., 22 doses over a period of 11 days.
•• Stübler - 19 provers [14 males, 5 females], 1966-68; method: daily doses
of 4x, 6x, or 12x for several weeks.
Affinity
Mind: Nervous
system. Stomach. Skin. Palms. Muscles. Joints. * Left side. Right side.
Modalities
<: MENTAL EXERTION/emotions [anger; fright;
worry]/stepping hard/motion/drafts/open air/cold/long after
eating/fasting/RUBBING;
>: EATING/during digestion/motion/hot water.
Main symptoms
Laughing at serious matters and serious over
laughable things.
Manners awkward, silly.
LACK OF SELF-CONFIDENCE. [feels helpless]
• "He is at odds with the whole world, and
has so little confidence in himself that he despairs of being able to
accomplish what is demanded of him." [Hahnemann]
Sees everybody's face in a mirror, except his
own.
TRIES TO PROVE HIMSELF.
• "Tendency to overcompensate for their
fearfulness or their real or imagined lack of capability. When they become
aware of their own feelings of insecurity, they overcompensate by acting
powerful, assertive, and controlling. The weaker they feel, the more they
compensate by acting aggressive." [Zaren]
Every possible means employed.
Inclined to bluster, but easily cowed.
Fastidious: Cannot rest when things are not in
proper place. [Ars.]
Anger from contradiction - could have stabbed
anyone.
Very easily offended, takes everything in bad
part.
• "Outbursts of extreme anger, with
cursing, from slight causes; noise [crying of children] evokes an indescribable
rage, with an impulse to kill. Goes wild; feels like a wild animal, roaring
like a lion." [Schmeer]
HATRED; UNFEELING, hard-hearted; want of moral
feeling; godless, want of religious feeling. ['Without a heart.']
[Compare: Anacardium
milky white oil turns black on exposure.]
"Countered by a conscious compunction to
do right." [Gibson]
TWO WILLS: one bad, one good; angel and devil.
[Compare: Sensation “As if the mind separated
from the body”.]
• "His external voluntary is continuously
excited by external influences, but his real will, in which is his conscience,
restrains that and keeps him from carrying the impulses
into effect. This can only be observed when its
action is on a really good man. He has a controversy when his external will is
aroused, but in an evil man there is no restraint and he will not have this
symptom." [Kent]
• "In my experience this division is
between a normal, sensitive personality, and a sharply contrasting perverse or
'demonic' subpersonality, which attempts to possess
the individual and prompt him to commit obscene acts. The Anacardium
patients that I have seen, were sufficiently in control of themselves to resist
the promptings of their demonic side, although at times this involved a great
struggle between the two wills [the resemblance to classic descriptions of
demon possession was striking]." [Bailey]
[The kernel of the Anacardium
fruit is sweet.]
WEAKNESS OF WILL.
FEEBLE-MINDED persons.
• "Anacardium
individuals gain security by adhering to the dictates of an authority figure,
but they are not completely compliant. One key to understanding Anacardium individuals is that they are ambivalent. They
have two distinct sides to their personalities: They oscillate between
aggressive and dependent behaviour. They feel, at the same time, both strong
and weak, dependent and independent, passive and aggressive." [Zaren]
• "This particular type of character
development can often be observed in people who are attracted to authoritarian
occupations - notably police officers, correctional officers, and members of
the military. The gaps in their ego development are filled by the strict rules
and regulations of their regimented profession. Their great need for the bonds
of family are filled by the acceptance and interdependence of their comrades.
They must obey the authority above them but can regain a sense of power by
dictating to those below them. They are secure in their niche within the rank
and file. These individuals will do anything required of them in order to
remain securely in the pack, even if this involves committing acts that go
against their own personal sense of right and wrong, but a conflict will arise
within them that cannot be resolved. Thus they become split or 'doubled'."
[Zaren]
Antagonism.
• "One striking feature of Anacardium individuals is the abundance of contradictory
tendencies. These people tend to be emotionally dependent on others, yet they
themselves remain closed, refusing to reveal much of themselves. They want to
feel close to other people, but they are naturally suspicious, testing people
before placing trust in them. They worship authority, yet they fear it. They
believe in traditional values but can live in opposition to these values. They
are obedient in some ways and, in other circumstances, they are disobedient.
They are fearful of aggression, yet they can be highly aggressive themselves.
They can be either likeable and endearing or mean and spiteful. They want to
avoid punishment, yet their behaviour may bring it upon themselves. These
people are full of these contradictions because their anxiety propels them from
one psychological state to the extreme of the opposite state." [Zaren]
• "Life is a series of choices. Children,
for example, must decide whether to stay little or grow up. Anacardium
cannot make decisions and thus is slow, constantly hesitating. This person has
a difficult character. Is it better to be an angel or a devil? Anacardium patients, victims of their indecision,
constantly change doctors, babysitters; even their address changes frequently.
They are always on the lookout for something better, but are never satisfied,
always sorry they didn't take the other option. ... It is a remedy for fits of
nerves in students who don't know what subject to choose, nor what answers to
give [the worst of all: multiple choice tests]. ... Anacardium
is a very useful remedy when twins run in the family." [Grandgeorge]
FEELING OF SEPARATION: From the
world/society/social laws/mankind/their family/reality/time/himself/own
emotions/morality/religion.
• [Ghegas]
"Separation of the function of the nerves resulting in the fact that the
patient hears colours and sees music. This event occurs in the use of LSD which
is one of the main causes which produces Anacardium
cases in our days."
NO REALITY in anything; all appears as in a
dream.
• "Individuals who are fighting the
establishment, not driven by the idea of justice, but because they live in
another world which they believe is better." [Ghegas]
Very forgetful; weakness of memory; SUDDEN LOSS
OF MEMORY; examination funk.
< Morning; > afternoon.
• "Recollections only come after the time
he is in need of them." [Tyler]
Anxious when walking, “As if someone were
pursuing him”.
Hypochondriasis and
haemorrhoids and constipation.
Diminution of senses. [smell; sight; hearing]
Or: Perversion of senses.
• "Constant smell before the nose as of
pigeon's dung or burning tinder."
• "They smell filth wherever they go
(smelling their own clothes or body)." [Pierce]
Objects seem too far off.
Hears voices; imagines whispers of blasphemy in
his ears.
Symptoms go from right to left.
Chilly.
Feels the cold excessively.
Very sensitive to draft of air.
Constant thirst.
If cold drinks are taken to relieve thirst the
pain is aggravated.
> Eating.
[headache; vomiting of pregnancy > constant
eating; hallucinations]
Symptoms DISAPPEAR WHILE EATING, and come back
some hours after eating.
Eats hurriedly.
Warm food is preferred for relief.
Cheerful while eating.
• "That's why you will often see that they
are obese, or that they just can't follow a diet. They sometimes say they are
not themselves any more when they are eating, or when they buy food in a
shop." [Ghegas]
PRESSING PAINS.
Sensation of a HOOP or BAND around parts.
Internal constriction.
Sensation of a PLUG in inner parts.
NUMBNESS EXTERNALLY; in single parts; in
suffering parts.
• "Any part which he leaves unmoved,
immediately goes to sleep." [Kent]
Injuries of tendons.
• "It should be noted that this is a
remedy with an affinity for the tendons [a word whose root in Latin, tendere, also gives us 'tend' and 'tendency', implying
movement in a particular direction, while our Anacardium,
indecisive, remains torn among several possibilities." [Grandgeorge]
Gastrointestinal tract.
• "All alimentary symptoms are aggravated
by emotional tension or upset." [Gibson]
Rectum.
• "Great desire for stool, but with the
effort the desire passes away without any evacuation. The rectum seems
powerless, as if paralyzed with a sensation as if it were plugged."
[Blackwood]
Legs become fidgety when sitting still for
long.
Eczema with excessive itching.
> External application of water as hot as
can be borne.
Rubrics
Mind:
Abusive, husband is insulting wife before
children or vice versa. Answers, reflects long; slowly. Antagonism with
herself. Anxiety, as if pursued when walking. Childish behaviour. Clairvoyance.
Disposition to contradict. Delusion, he is a devil; of being double; surrounded
by enemies; he is separated from the world. Destructiveness from suppressed
emotions. Dulness from mental exertion. Forgetful in
morning; > afternoon. Makes gestures with great perseverance. Lack of
reverence for those around him. Feels as though she must shriek. Unfeeling.
Weeping > symptoms. Feels as if he had two wills.
Vertigo: When
looking at moving objects. Objects seem too far off.
Head: Empty
sensation in morning. Boring pain above right eye > coffee; pressing pain in
forehead > breakfast;
Vision: Dim #
clear vision; > winking. Objects seem distant, on waking.
Face:
Twitching of lips during sleep.
Mouth:
Involuntarily bites lower lip and left cheek.
Teeth:
Sensation of elongation at night in bed
Throat: Dryness
> eating. Pain, rawness, after eating.
Stomach:
Contraction < raising arm, > stooping, < turning body. Nausea on
mental exertion. Abdomen Sensation of shortening of intestines.
Chest_
Oppression during expiration. Feeling of restlessness about heart. Sensation of
weakness in heart region > breakfast.
Rectum: Itching
after coition. Urging, great desire passes away with effort. Limbs:
Sensation as if knee were bandaged; while sitting.
Sleep: Must
rise on waking.
Dreams:
Excelling in mental work. Graves. High places. Threats.
Skin: Numbness
after scratching.
Generals:
Faintness, > continuing walking. Injuries, tendons. Weakness > resting
head on something and closing eyes.
Food and Drinks:
Aversion to: Beans and peas/cooked food;
Desires: Brandy/milk/salt/sweets;
<: Warm food (soup)/alcohol/coffee/cold
drinks;
>: Eating/cold drinks during heat/cold
water;
[homoeopathie-information.at]
Gemüt: UNsicher mit ausgeprägten Minderwertigkeitsgefühlen. Trauen
sich kaum eigene Entscheidungen zu treffen und ringen innerlich mit sich
selbst. Beleidigt durch Kritik, da ein geringes Selbstbewusstsein schnell einen
Angriff der eigenen Persönlichkeit befürchtet.
Bild: von Engel und Teufel auf den Schultern, die ihr zu beiden Seiten
einflüstern.
Leidet häufig unter Prüfungsangst, weil dem Erwartungsdruck nicht stand
hält und von sich selbst nicht überzeugt ist. Typischerweise treten auch „black outs“ auf.
Anac. = nicht unsicher und MISStrauisch. Da sie
sich selbst nicht vertrauen, können sie den Mitmenschen ebenfalls nicht
vertrauen und bauen einen Schutzwall um sich auf, den sie auf das Schärfste
verteidigen.
Oft fühlen sie sich unter Druck gesetzt und sind schnell gereizt. Dabei
zeigen sie eine ausgesprochen starke Neigung zu fluchen und Schimpfwörter zu
verwenden.
In schweren Pathologien spielt Depression, Gedächtnisverlust,
Wahnvorstellung und auch Aggressivität eine große Rolle. Es entsteht ein
Zwiespalt der Persönlichkeit, zum einen der nette, freundliche und schüchterne
Teil und der andere aggressiv verängstigte Teil, der jederzeit bereit ist, sich
zu verteidigen und anzugreifen.
Die Pathologie kann soweit fortschreiten, dass der Patient nahestehende
Familienmitglieder nicht mehr erkennt und glaubt, sie wollen ihn umbringen.
Dies geschieht vor allem bei sehr alten Anacardium-PatientInnen
(Demenz).
Sinne sind dabei so geschärft, dass die betroffene Person glaubt, die
Stimmen der Toten zu hören. Fühlt sie sich bedroht, wird die Person schnell
jähzornig, und die Hemmschwelle zuzuschlagen wird sehr gering.
Kind: reagiert auf Widerspruch und Verbote sehr zornig und beschimpfen
die Eltern/in Wut ausbrechen, endet das Ganze häufig in einem heftigen
krampfartigen Hustenanfall.
Körper: Hauptwirkungsort ist der Magen-Darm-Trakt.
Gefühl der Einengung und das Pflockgefühl treten überall am Körper auf
(Kopf/Augen/Ohren/Brust/Rektum).
Häufig nässenden Ekzemen und Lippenherpes.
Magen ist fast immer leer. Bereits zwei Stunden nach dem Essen treten
erneut Magenschmerzen auf. Nux-v., haltet Schmerz nur
solange anhalten, bis der Darm alles verdaut hat, muss Anac.
erneut etwas zu sich nehmen. Muss oft 2x nachts aufstehen, um etwas zu essen.
Kann der/die Patientin längere Zeit nichts zu sich nehmen, überwiegt
das Hungergefühl, und die betroffene Person muss erbrechen. Das Erbrochene ist
charakteristischerweise dunkelbraun und krümelig.
Schwäche zeigt sich im Anus. Es fällt schwer Stuhl abzusetzen. Es fühlt
sich an, als hätte man den Darmausgang zugestöpselt. Auch hier juckt und nässt
die Haut.
Leidet häufig Nächte lang an Schlafmangel.
Allgemein:
Beschwerden wandern von r. nach l.
Eine ganz wichtige Rolle spielt das Essen/alle Beschwerden > wenn
sie etwas zu sich nehmen.
> Seitenlage. Das Massieren von schmerzenden Stellen, z.B. der
Schläfe, mit sanftem Druck tut ihnen gut.
Jegliche Berührungen mit heißem Wasser unverträglich. Geistig
anstrengende Tätigkeiten sowie Aufregung und Ärger vergrößern den Missmut und
die Beschwerden.
Nur bei den Mahlzeiten fühlen sie sich besser und entspannen sich.
Der Missmut und die Beschwerden sind vor allem morgens AUSgeprägt, „Als ob mit dem falschen Fuße aufgestanden“.
Gegen Nachmittag beruhigt sie sich/Beschwerden werden erträglicher.
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