Gentiana lutea
Anhang
[Ralf Jeutter] shares a summary of the main
points of his proving of Gentiana lutea,
including its botany, history in the medical literature, medicinal use, pharmacology, toxicology and provings.
The remedy Gentiana lutea
has been around for a long time, but has only been used in a very limited way
due to the sparse homeopathic information which was gathered about this remedy.
As part of the MMPP (Materia Medica
Pura Project) https://mmpp-saine.org/ (German
version) and http://www.homeopathy.ca/research-development/materia-medica-pura-project-and-repertory/
(information in English) I researched the remedy in more detail, collected
information which was scattered in the literature, and conducted a proving,
which led to a much fuller and interesting picture of this remedy. The Materia Medica Pura Project has been in operation since 2005 under the
guidance of André Saine and the help of many
colleagues from around the world. Its remit is to update the two most important
tools used by homeopathic practitioners, namely the material medica and the repertory, and to make sure that the materiamedica work of Samuel Hahnemann, Constantine Hering and TF Allen is continued today.
This monograph on Gentiana lutea
is a summary of the main points regarding this remedy as to botany, its history
in the medical literature, its medicinal use, pharmacology, toxicology and provings. Since it is still a manageable amount to study
for the reader, the proving(s) have been given in their entirety. A so-called
genius of the remedy has been provided in order to highlight the main points of
this remedy.Currently, additions to the repertory are
being prepared.
Gentiana lutea
(Great Yellow Gentian) is a species of gentian native to the mountains of
central and southern Europe. Other names include ‘Yellow Gentian’, ‘Bitter
Root’, ‘Bitterwort’, ‘Centiyane’,
and ‘Genciana’.
Gentiana in history and medical literature:
Theophrastus and Hippocrates were not familiar with Gentiana
lutea. However, Dioscorides,
Plinius, Celsius, Scrobinius
Largo and Galenus have written extensively on this
plant. To them it was a remedy against bites of poisonous animals, against
pains in the sides, liver and stomach complaints, cramps, inner tearings and injuries from falls. Externally: ulcers,
haemorrhages and wounds. Plinius reported that the
best Gentian grows in Illyria; one can assume that he means Gentiana
lutea in this case. Galenus
recommends Gentiana lutea
especially in gout. Also the herbal books of the Middle Ages had high praise
for this plant. Bock and Matthiolus dealt with it in
great detail, and Leonhart Fuchs writes: ‘[…] to
summarise, the root of Gentian and the juice thereof […] cures constipation. It
is a remedy for a whole range of poisons and is very good for the stomach.’ The
old literature (Siemering, Gesenius,
Lenhardt) reports the use of Gentiana
lutea in cases of intermittent fever. Before the
introduction of China, Gentiana lutea
is, according to Gesenius, the best remedy for this
condition.
Medicinal use The Modern Herbal states: ‘All the known species are
remarkable for the intensely bitter properties residing in the root and every
part of the herbage, hence they are valuable tonic medicines. That most
commonly used in Europe is Gentiana lutea, the Yellow Gentian. The root of this species is the
principal vegetable bitter employed in medicine, though the roots of several
other species, including our native ones, are said to be equally efficacious. Before
the introduction of hops, Gentian, with many other bitter herbs, was used
occasionally in brewing.’
Pharmacology The root is anthelmintic,
anti-inflammatory, antiseptic, bitter tonic, cholagogue,
emmenagogue, febrifuge, refrigerant and stomachic. It
is taken internally in the treatment of liver complaints, indigestion, gastric
infections and anorexia. It should not be prescribed for patients with gastric
or duodenal ulcers. The root, which can be over 5 cm thick and has few branches,
is harvested in the autumn and dried for later use. It is quite likely that the
roots of plants that have not flowered are the richest in medicinal properties.
Caution should be exercised as to its use because it is endangered, and the
closely related Centauriumerythraea shares many of
its constituents and actions.
Amarogentin and gentiopicrin,
the bitter glycosides from gentian root
Extracts of gentian root can be found in the Americansoft
drinkMoxie, and its unique flavor
is attributed to that fact. It is also used in France to produce a Limousin speciality liqueur and aperitif, with plants
gathered from the Auvergne area. (Wikipedia)
Chemical constituents‘The dried Gentian root
of commerce contains Gentiin and Gentiamarin,
bitter glucosides, together with Gentianic
acid (gentisin), the latter being physiologically
inactive. Gentiopicrin, another bitter glucoside, a pale yellow crystalline substance, occurs in
the fresh root, and may be isolated from it by treatment with boiling alcohol. The
saccharine constituents of Gentian are dextrose, laevulose, sucrose and gentianose, a crystallizable,
fermentable sugar. It is free from starch and yields from 3 to 4 per cent ash.’
(A Modern Herbal)
Poisonings
There can now be little doubt
that genito-picrine, the true active principle of G.,
is a bitter closely allied to quinine, alike in physiological and in
therapeutic action.
The effects of an overdose of G. itself are dullness, weight in head,
oppression of forehead, and slight giddiness; symptoms, in fact, much
resembling those induced by Cinchona.
The face becomes flushed, and the conjunctivae are injected.
The bowels are relaxed, and the stools have a bilious character.
It is probable that, besides the genito-picrine,
there is some volatile ingredient in G. which has a slightly inebriant action,
since Planché states that water distilled over pure
G. possesses the latter quality. (PHILLIPS, op. cit.) [source not found]
When searching for poisoning reports of Gentiana
Lutea, one finds also poisoning reports of Veratrum Album, because they can be confused with each
other.
Genius of Gentiana lutea
Depression
Disinclination to talk
Anger
Irritability
Weeping easily
Difficulty concentrating
Desire to be alone
Confusion
Vertigo
Sensation of heaviness
Sensation of heat
Sensitivity (general, skin, emotional)
Pressing pains
Constricting pains
Pulsating pains
Stitching pains
Violent nausea
Sensation of warmth and heat.
Itching.
Soreness.
Burning sensations.
Irritability (physical as well as mental).
Raw sensation.
Redness.
Dryness (mouth, skin).
Bitter taste.
Increased mucus production.
Swelling of mucous membranes.
Thickened, tough mucous.
Ravenous hunger. Increased appetite.
Eructations. Violent eructations.
Stomach pains with nausea.
Faintness in stomach.
Weakness.
Sensation of a stone lying in the stomach.
Sensation of lump in stomach.
Bloating, distention of stomach, abdomen.
Hardness, tightness of stomach.
Thirst for cold water.
Sudden dizziness with weakness.
Pains immediately after eating.
Eating aggravates.
Pains (sore, pressing inward, sensitive to touch and pressure) in
umbilical region.
Rumbling, gurgling in abdomen.
Violent, cutting colic.
Urging for stool.
Sudden urging for stool.
Diarrhoea.
Evacuations mushy, watery, yellow, soft, pasty.
Shortness of breath.
Sensation of fullness and pressure.
Motion aggravates (headache, back pain, pain in limbs).
Coldness (on back, lower legs, hands, feet)
Provings
There are both, Gentiana lutea
and Gentianacruciataprovings. The symptomatology
is so similar that it is warranted to conflate the information.
The following sources have been found:
Kleinert, G.O., Quellennachweis
der physiologischen Arzneimittelpruefungen, Leipzig
1863. (Record of sources of
the physiological provings). In them he mentions Gentiana-l., and the sources Buchner, Watzke
and Wibmer.
Buchner, Hygea, 14, 1; “D., ” a young man,
took repeated [this is where the text in the EH stops. In the book edition it
continues:] doses of tincture, 150 drops, first day, 250 second day, 350 third
day, 450 morning at 2,3 and 4pm, fifth day.
“E.” took repeated large doses of tincture, ibid.;
T. took a tablespoonful of
tincture, ibid.;
Watzke, Oest. Zeit. f. Hom., 1, pt. 3, p. 140,
took 12 drops of tincture, afterwards doses of 12 to 50 drops, afterwards one
dose of 100 drops.
Wibmer: Die Arzneimittel,
V. 2.
Villard, J.C., Schmidt, P., Gentiana-l.
proving, GHL 1984; 21:269-271. (Original: J.C.Villard:
Une experimentation medicamenteuse,
de type homeopathique, a titre d’experienceindividuelle).
R.Jeutter: Proving of Gentiana-l.
in 2016 (11 provers, potencies 30C, 200C and 1M). (Abbreviation
RJ)
Mind
Inclination to cry and disinclination to talk. 38
Emotionally a bit depressed and low in motivation. (RJ 4, day 3)
I want to know why I am getting up. Otherwise I’d much rather stay in
bed. (RJ 5, day 5)
A bit depressed and lonely, especially in the afternoon. Feeling there
is no aim or direction in my life. (RJ 4, day 13)
Bad mood. 38
Irritated and angry about the stupidity of others. (RJ 6, day 2)
I am incredibly irritated in the evening. Everything bothers me. Bad
mood. (RJ 6, day 2)
I have strong emotional outbreaks and am very angry. I can hardly
restrain my anger, and want to ideally leave my family, especially the
children. These strong feelings throw me off balance. Feeling as if I have left
my track, and I can’t get back anymore. (RJ 11, day 4)
After an outburst of anger I eat meat which I don’t want, nor do I like
the taste and it makes me feel worse. (RJ 11, day 4).
Beautiful long day and evening. Out of the blue I am in a very bad mood.
My partner sits at the table, and looks at his mobile phone. I am cooking in a
rough, uncaring kind of way. The food looks like garrison food or stuff one
eats in schools in America. I just slop
it on the plate. I put the food on the table and my partner still looks at his
mobile phone. I am immediately in a very bad mood. I am very angry, cutting und
hurtful. I say ‘bon appetit!‘, eat quickly, get up
immediately and leave to have a shower. I can’t get out of this state, I feel
distanced. I can’t let it go. I am biting (mood-wise). Later on I am deeply sad
about my actions and my heart hurts as if gripped and it burns. (RJ 6, day 8)
In the evening I am in a bad mood. A similar state as the last fit. Dominance
is repugnant, all men are repugnant. It feels very strong, it’s not bearable. The
anger comes from deep down, and I want to beat it out of me. Most of the time I
can’t speak. In-between ugly sentences come out. I can’t stand myself and I go
to bed. Crying, thoughts of suicide. The world is a better place without me.
Violent crying. I can hardly catch my breath. Deepest despair. I cry until I
can’t breathe anymore. Dry mouth. My partner holds me tight and it feels good. It
is the feeling as if something really bad happened and one cannot speak about
it. Violence, abuse. It is being suppressed and then comes out really badly. Again
I feel reminded of the parents of my mother. They have experienced heavy stuff.
Violence, death, abuse and they were nasty to each other. (RJ 6, day 26).
Sensitive to noise and light. I try to sleep, and my partner irritates
me making noises. (RJ 6, day 2)
Hyperideation, mental excitation with insomnia.
Villard
Horrible night awake at 1:15 and 3am; tired most of the day with feeling
of not being fully in the body — everything just happens not to me but to
someone else. Quiet and do not care just to sit and look uninterested and
feeling detached. (RJ 4, day 10)
Found it difficult to spell properly. (RJ 1, after 1.5 hours)
Relaxed but feeling feistier. (RJ 1 day 1)
Feeling more assertive. (RJ 1, day 1)
Have had low levels of anxiety and feeling spacey for several years,
which have been alleviated. (RJ 1, day 7)
Altogether I am very relaxed. (RJ 5, day 4).
Anxiety and spacey feeling returning. (RJ 1, day 10)
Broke a fear barrier enabling me to move on – I say what is in the heart
which I did not manage to say before out of fear. (RJ 4, day 1)
More power but seemed a bit detached from my body and emotionally. (RJ
4, day 5)
When something unpleasant or unexpected happens, I just wait and
observe, without any thoughts. (RJ 5, day 2).
I listen to conversations without thoughts. (RJ 5, day 4)
Had fight with my ex and was quite aggressive and nasty – felt bad and
with a cloud of negativity around me afterward. (RJ 4, day 8)
Worse in energy level and ability to concentrate. (RJ 4, day 13)
I can’t remember when I started the proving. I am forgetful. (RJ 5, day
2).
I can’t concentrate. (RJ 5, day 7).
I am forgetful, and at times I can’t concentrate at all. (RJ 5, day 5)
The remedy gives me a good focus, allows me to do things calmly and
effectively (RJ 7, throughout the proving).
Strange feeling in head, something ‘draws’ through my head, great
tiredness during the day, arrive at home in the evening and can work in a very
focussed and concentrated way (which wasn’t the case recently). This state
lasts for the next few days. (RJ 9, day 1)
Inner tension, and yet I have to giggle. (RJ 5, day 1)
I don’t want to sort something out and talk. I want to concentrate. I
make a mistake when transferring money, and can’t get to grips with the
figures. (RJ 5, day 2).
In the evening, my husband comes up to me and kisses me, he wants to
cuddle. I say: ‘Leave me alone, I want to sort this out. And our son may wake
up.’ (RJ 5, day 2).
I like to be on my own, and sort things out by myself. (RJ 5, day 7).
I don’t want to see anyone but my partner. (RJ 6, day 4)
Sensitive to criticism. (RJ 6, day 8)
(Very deep process, as in a family constellation: I realise through
talks that I feel reminded of my family. My father, if he was there at all for
dinner, often read the newspaper or something else during the meal. There was
often a tension between my parents, hardly any conversations, and if so, what
we achieved at school. My mother’s mother was together with an alcoholic, even
when their children were already adults, until she couldn’t bear his drinking
and his beatings anymore. Later in life she took him back, but on her
conditions. From then on she was the boss. Began to beat him down. My own tone
reminded me of my grandmother, and the tension of the silence between my
parents). (RJ 6, day 8)
We are expecting guests, who will arrive very soon, and I am totally
organised. Ironing, stitching. I can get a lot of things done. No, I say to my
partner, I have no time to organise the holiday, there are more important
things to do! (RJ 6, day 22).
Organising things is easy. I find it remarkable how easily I complete
the tasks. Packing the suitcase is done quickly, without stress, the house is
being tidied up completely. That is important for me. Rubbish is being put
outside, vacuum cleaning is done, I water the flowers, and everything is washed
and tidied up. (RJ 11, day 2)
Wake up in a fragile state. Cleaning the house feels good, spring
feelings. This remedy asks me to keep things together. Keep on trucking. Company
of friends is beneficial, fire, billiards, singing. I have the feeling that the
crying in the night before has resolved a lot. This is the way out. To go into
the heart, to feel, to cry. (RJ 6, day 27).
Period comes after 26 days, 2 days later than normal. In comparison to
how it normally is I feel good, and can do lots of things. I feel clear and organised.
When I have my period I can often not walk on the second day and can hardly
stand. This time it wasn’t like that. Abdominal cramps, but not as violent as
usual. (RJ 6, day 31).
Cheerfulness and lightness during the day, calmness. (RJ 7, day 1)
Rhyming without end. (RJ 7, day 1).
Before taking the remedy again, the desire to make everything beautiful,
tidy up, air the rooms. (RJ 7, day 1).
I am gentler to myself and others. (RJ 7, day 7)
It is as if the remedy brings me to myself, to my abilities, to my
internal self, to my joy, my creativity, or to put it another way: it brings my
inner child together with my adult self together with my current creativity. (RJ
7, day 7).
In the evening feeling of total happiness. (RJ 8, day 8, 3rd dose)
Striking topic for me this week: How much do I give of myself? Do I give
more than is appropriate? ‘Yes, all of you, just take, because I am fine’. I
carry out dental treatments and ask little money for it. My most preferred
option would be to simply give my work away. And then there is a tick on my
leg! On the first day after having taken the remedy I was in the forest. I
thought about ticks, but didn’t take that topic seriously. Or rather, I
dismissed it internally. Since taking the remedy I cry easily. Resonance with
others when singing, harmonies of voices, and immediately my tears pour down. At
times I can’t sing because I am so touched. (RJ 10, day 1, 200C).
My husband and I have a row over a parking space, and I am willing to
get divorced. It pains me in my heart (but I can’t get back on track). I can
feel my heart as an organ and also its exact location. I cry for more than an
hour and can hardly get out of this state. Everything seems hopeless, and I
could simply throw it all away and leave. I can only calm the kids down with
great effort. My head tells me that I don’t want to leave, but everything feels
so dead, that it becomes totally real that I want to leave the family. A talk
with my husband is not at all possible. He is like a stranger. (RJ 11, day 4)
My thoughts are: I can’t do it anymore, I don’t want to do it anymore,
it is too much for me. I have the feeling of having failed. Also when waking up
again stomach pains and slight nausea. It is too much for me! In this kind of
state life is no fun anymore and I can’t cope with all the work anymore. The
dishes stack up and the clothes for ironing accumulate, and I seem to play
catch-up all of the time. I tell the kids if they don’t help I would ideally
leave everything undone and simply walk out. (RJ 11, day 13)
Vertigo
Confusion and emptiness of the head, especially dull pressing outward in
the frontal region (first day). 36
Confusion and heaviness of the head, with tensive,
pressive pain in the forehead (second day). 36
Confusion in the forehead (second, fourth, and fifth days). 36
Confusion of the head. 38
Slight vertigo (fifth day). 38
Vertigo. 38
Some dizziness of the head (second day). 36
Since three days vertigo, especially when getting up from squatting. (RJ
5, day 4).
Suddenly dizzy, while sitting, sudden perspiration with weak feeling in
stomach. (RJ 8, day 1, after two hours)
I wake up at night from the pain: again intense stomach pains and nausea
and slight vertigo. (RJ 11, day 13).
Head
Head feels as after intoxication (second day). 36
Head feels dull, heavy, and full, as if enlarged (fourth day). 36
Heaviness and confusion of the head when writing (after two hours, first
day). 36
Still a horrible headache, with slight right nostril bleeding. The
headache got better by about 11ish but I still have heaviness in my head. (RJ
2, day 2, on waking up)
Heat and confusion of the head (fifth day). 36
In bed the headache disappeared. 38
Painful tearing at the mastoid process behind the ear; sensitivity of
whole head and brain, worse during strong movement of head. 38
Right side of head behind ear pain to right temple. (RJ 1, after 1 hour)
Pressure pain on skull behind left ear on chewing. (RJ 1, day 1)
Headache worse on exertion of eyes and continuous thinking. 38
During the period headache as if the head was too full, and sensation as
if the skull is driven apart, better at rest, worse motion, preventing falling
asleep. 38
I have terrible headaches as if the head is being pressed from outside
and at the same time explodes from inside. When I sleep nausea and headache are
gone, as soon as I wake up they come back. (RJ 2, day 2)
When he compelled to sit still for a longer period of time he
experienced a constriction in the head. 38
Fullness and dull pressure, like a heavy throbbing in the head,
especially a pressure from within outward in the forehead (fourth day). 38
Pulsating headache in forehead, temples, violent nausea with the desire
to throw up, but it’s not possible. Lay down to sleep in afternoon, woke up at
9pm, worked a little, then slept again, woke up at about 3am, an hour awake,
then slept again. (RJ 7, day 7)
Pressing pain on right side of head and ear and neck better from
pressure. (RJ 1, day 2)
Slight headache like a pressure from the middle of the head (crown) with
a tender neck. (RJ 4, day 8)
End of the day headache (pressure from top with weakness felt around the
eyes). (RJ 4, day 11)
Pressure on back of skull better from change of position. (RJ 1, day 1)
Dragging and pressure in the forehead (fifth day). 36
Pressure in the forehead after 12 o’clock (fourth day). 36
Sticking in the middle of the forehead (fourth day). 36
With that pressure in forehead and pulsating carotid arteries.38
Pressing in forehead. 38
Pressing pain in the temples. 36
Pressing pain in the occiput in the afternoon
(third day). 36
Pressing in both temples. 38
Sensation of pressure in the temples. 38
Right temple shooting pain for a second. (RJ 1, day 1)
Pain on left side of the back of my head. (RJ 1, day 1)
After 7 hours, about 5:30pm I felt so sleepy that I could not keep my
eyes open and if I did not sleep I would suffer from headaches. I usually never
have headaches. The headache was mostly behind my eyes. Especially on my right
side. I slept from 6:30pm to 9:00pm but still did wake up with headache. 11:30pm
headache moved to the back of my head and also my forehead. (RJ 2, day 1)
Pain in the forehead, stitching, boring, between the eyes. (RJ 9, day
21).
Sudden stitch through left temple. 38
Pulsating headache in forehead, temples, violent nausea with the desire
to throw up, but it’s not possible. Lay down to sleep in afternoon, woke up at
9pm, worked a little, then slept again, woke up at about 3am, an hour awake,
then slept again. (RJ 7, day 7)
Stitching headache, right side of brain, next to temple. It’s difficult
to tie my shoelaces (bending aggravates) (RJ 8, day 1).
In the morning, after getting up headache, which lasts all day with
extreme tension in neck. Headache disappears in evening. (RJ 8, day 3)
Strange feeling in head, something ‘draws’ through my head, great
tiredness during the day, arrive at home in the evening and can work in a very
focussed and concentrated way (which wasn’t the case recently. This state lasts
for the next few days). (RJ 9, day 2)
For a short time, in the afternoon I got headaches, as if two plugs are
being applied to the back of my head. With conscious breathing it disappears
after roughly 15 minutes, and does not recur after that. (RJ 11, day 2)
Headache, it already starts shortly after taking the remedy. Pain starts
at the back of the head, only on the left side, it then moves to the right,
then it moves to the front (area forehead), right side, then to the front on
the left side (into the forehead). Then it moves to the back again, first left,
then right. I never had this before. (RJ 9, day 1, second dose).
Later irritating tension and transitory twitching in the vertex area. The
tension passed over into a sensitive, permanent pressure. 38
Eye
Pressure in the eyes (fifth day). 36
Pressing in sensation in the right eye. 38
Pressure in the eyeballs (second day). 36
In the eyes she had a sensation as if they were lying deeper in the orbita. 38
Sticking in the left upper lid (fourth day). 36
Conjunctiva slightly red, with pain in the eyes, at 4 P.M. (fourth day).
36
Obscuration of the vision, so that he could not see the person with whom
he was talking, disappearing after a few moments (after three hours). 36
When reading the writing seemed blurred as if overlain by gauze. 38
Within seconds warm feeling from nose to corner of left eye. (RJ 1, day
1)
Right eye twinges. (RJ 1, after 1 hour)
Left eye twitching. (RJ 1, after 45 minutes)
Sore eyes. (RJ 1, day 2)
Itching of both eyelids, more left. The whole face burns and itches,
especially around and under the eyes. (RJ 6, day 3).
Ears
Ringing in ears, like mild tinnitus for 2 minutes. (RJ 1, day 1)
Tinnitus for a few seconds. (RJ 1, day 1)
More tinnitus, which faded to the sensation of disturbance in the air. (RJ
1, day 1)
Pain in left ear. (RJ 1, day 1)
Left outer ear slight dull pain. (RJ 1, day 1)
Pressing pain on right side of head and ear and neck better from
pressure. (RJ 1, day 2)
My right ear is slightly fuzzy as well. (RJ 2, day 1)
Suddenly something changes in my ear. I hear less clear (loud), instead
of that a continuous beeping tone. Goes away after a short time. These noises
are still there after 9 days. I only notice them when still, when lying down,
in the evening or morning in bed. There is a small, quiet continuous beeping
tone, which sometimes changes or disappears with swallowing. I never had this
before. (RJ 9, day 2).
Nose
Stoppage of the nose (fourth day). 36
Frequent sneezing. 38
Frequent sneezing, sometimes three times in a row. (RJ 6, day 1)
Irritability of the nostrils, as if he had been suffering from coryza, soon followed by watery discharge from the nose,
which obliged him to sneeze (soon after 600 drops). 36
Within seconds warm feeling from nose to corner of left eye (RJ 1, day
1)
Mucus in back of nose. (RJ 1,
after 45 minutes)
Back of nose still got a lot of mucus (RJ 1, day 1)
Back of the nose and uvula raw. Sore feeling with mucus. (RJ 1, after 45
minutes)
Itchy on right frontal area of the nose, and right and left base of
skull at neck area. (RJ 1, after 1 hour)
Inside left nostril, sharp needle-like pain for a second. (RJ 1, after
1.5 hours)
Still a horrible headache, with slight right nostril bleeding. (RJ 2,
day 2)
Woke up with right nostril bleeding. (RJ 2, day
3)
Again woke up with a nose bleed right side. But it was very little. (RJ 2, day 4)
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Pressure pain between left index and middle finger. (RJ 1, day 1)
Pain on palm on right hand beside the thumb. (RJ 1, day 1)
Cold feet. (RJ 1, day 1)
Pain in left hip – sharp and constrictive. (RJ 1, day 1)
Cold feet. (RJ 1, day 1)
Small explosion in front, right thigh followed by twitching in blood
vessels. Same sensation in right ankle at the front. (RJ 1, day 1)
Feet still cold, as if they were wet. (RJ 1, day 1)
Throbbing in left foot at base of little toe for 10 seconds.
Cold hands. (RJ 1, day 1)
Bubbling in legs in blood vessels, like small explosions. (RJ 1, day 4)
Sore finger joints – left index finger dull intense pain, worse on
movement 2pm – 4pm. (RJ 1, day 5)
Pain better in left index finger, but still there (RJ 1, day 7)
Left index still sore, but only on movement, as if the muscles are sore.
(RJ 1, day 8)
Finger joint OK, pain on bending.
Area of sensitive skin along left arm from elbow to wrist on inner right
hand side for 1 hour. (RJ 1, day 10)
11am -4pm finger sore. Shooting pain in finger joint, slight pain on
bending. (RJ 1, day 15)
Finger clicked on bending and felt better. Slight muscular pain around
joint. (RJ 1, day 16)
Finger still the same. (RJ 1, day 19)
Finger OK – no pain at all. (RJ 1, day 26)
Very slight discomfort in index finger. 3.50pm finger ok.
Small explosion-like feeling in right leg from ankle to knee. Spasms
erratic. Gone by 6pm.
10 am to 5 pm Spasms in left under arm, spasms in middle, left side of
back.
Midday to 5pm spasm in left arm, triceps. (RJ 1, day 32)
Palpitation on chest and fingers following exercise – strong heart beats
felt strongly
BO X 2 precise with pressure on the abdominal. (RJ 4, day 1)
2:30 am awoke in panic with left hand completely numb. After a little
movement it relaxes (RJ 4, day 2)
Woke up in the morning with heavy legs. (RJ 5, day 4)
I need to warm my feet in bed. (RJ 6, day 1)
Pain in limbs. (RJ 6, day 3)
Painful limbs, movement aggravates. (RJ 6, day 4)
Adductor magnus hurts. It is difficult to lift
up the legs and put shoes on, especially on the left side. The left side is
painful and weak. (RJ 6, day 24).
Pain right lower arm, while writing. (RJ 7, day 1)
I notice a small spot on my left arm, which has been there a long time,
slight itching and pain. (RJ 7, day 1)
During the day, pain in ankle, right foot, as if sprained. (RJ 7, day
1).
Pulsating pain in left tibia (an old injury). (RJ 7, day 3)
Pain in left ankle, as if sprained (reminds me of injury 30 years ago).
(RJ 7, day 4).
Pain in left shoulder, then 10 minutes later, pin in left ilio-sacral joint, in shoulder gone (felt this while
walking after work). (RJ 7, day 6)
Left leg, stitching pain, legs give way for a short moment, fear of
falling. (RJ 8, day 1)
Left knee, injured, ran against metal chair (comment: after 3 weeks
injury has still not healed, painful on pressure). (RJ 8, day 1)
Hip joint, stitching pain, with fear of falling. (RJ 8, day 2, 2nd
dose).
Pain in left big toe. (RJ 8, days 8-21, 3rd dose)
Pain in right index finger, in carpal-phalangeal
joint. (RJ 8, days 8-21, 3rd dose)
A small blister forms on the right lower arm, which I scratch open.
After that it burns out of proportion and for a long time. The burning pain
only disappears the following day. (RJ 9, day 3)
Left index finger, in the most distal joint, lateral dorsal, a spot
which is sensitive to pressure (I never had this). I can do everything with the
finger, but pressing on it hurts. Sometimes the joint becomes bigger (but I am
left-handed and I use this finger more often). I still have this symptom (time
not specified). (RJ 9, day 6)
Sleep
Yawning (fifth day). 36
Restless sleep (one night). 38
Sleep uneasy (sixth day). 36
Sleep uneasy for several days. 36
After going to bed he was unable to sleep for a long time; awoke about
midnight with aggravation of the heat, with tormenting cutting pains in the
abdomen and rapid respiration; constant pains prevented sleep and obliged him
to toss about the bed; felt better when lying on the back with the feet drawn
up; constant passage of wind upward and downward without relief;the
abdomen remained full and distended even above the transverse colon, except the
epigastric region, and painful to touch; after two 2
P.M. he was able to slumber, the pains in the abdomen alone disturbed the
sleep; there was great weakness and exhaustion after the sleep;he
was unable to sleep really, although he attempted it in every position; the
next morning the abdomen was still painful, with cutting pains when touched,
especially from the pubic region to the transverse colon; he was obliged to
walk slowly because the abdomen was painful on motion or a hard step (sixth
day). 36
Short awake in 02:00 or so to drink
Bad night’s sleep.
Good sleep without dreaming (first time). (RJ 4, day 9)
Horrible night wake in 1:15, and 3am tied most of the day with feeling
not being fully in the body — everything just happen not to me but to someone
else. (RJ 4, day 10)
Sleeping not great hard to feel asleep (like more days recently could
not sleep until after midnight (1:00) due to too many thought about people. (RJ
4, day 12)
Went back to bed at 12:00 absolutely sleepy and drowsy. Like I was
unconscious through the night (considering the fact that I usually wake up
couple of times through the night). (RJ 2, day 1)
Little sleep (not more than 6 hours). (RJ 8, day 8, 3rd dose).
Woke up at 3am, lay awake, lots of mulling over things. (RJ 7, day 2)
After taking the remedy in the morning, laid down again and fell asleep.
Ringing sound in left ear, high-pitched, the sound wakes me up, last for about
20 minutes. (RJ 10, day 1).
Dreams
Dream that there is an obstacle in the shape of a rope that I must
cross. I go above it and feel great as
usually in the dream, I said to myself, I will go below. (RJ 4, day 3)
Second dream: I call a girl to ask her out, but she could not pick up
the phone as she is busy in the hospital, but still I feel that she will say
yes so awake with a smile and a feeling of achievement. (RJ 4, day 3)
Have dreams again about people (RJ 4, day 5)
Emotionally more stable although found it hard to wake up especially as
I dream that I am part of a great project in business. However, like previous
dreams it does not feel like I am the hero in the dream. I feel and know what
the person feels but it is not me. (RJ 4, day 6)
Dream that I was part of a great project. (RJ 4, day 7)
I run along the sea, along a coast and look into the sea. I then get to
a beach, where young people jump into the waves and are happy about ever higher
waves. Then a giant wave comes, which slops over a transparent disc, which
keeps me at a distance from the waves. I run into a gorge for safety, so that I
remain dry all through the dream. (RJ 5, day 5)
Two young men come into the practice and work on something technical. My
partner is in a consultation, and they go without an invitation into the
pharmacy, and open their computers. I invite them to work in the kitchen. The
remedies need to be protected from the radiation. They look at me as if I am
crazy. (RJ 6, day 3)
Dream about my partner’s former wife, she is alive and back. It is
beautiful and then confusing – what does that mean? Am I then still together
with my partner? She appears very easy, and says ‘ take your seat.’ But I feel
very strange. She is, after all, his wife. I wake up, feeling really sad. (RJ
6, day 4).
I was too late and missed a flight. The plane flies over beautiful
islands and suddenly there is a problem. The plane comes down, gets destroyed
on the beach, and is suddenly a smaller plane, old-fashioned, open cockpit,
with an old man inside it, but unconscious. I take him out of the cockpit and
lay him down on the beach. (RJ 6, day 5).
Dreamt again of my partner’s former wife, nearly the same dream. She is
alive again. The question arises again in the dream: ‘What does that mean for
my partner and myself.’ There is a big party. (RJ 6, day 6).
I am being driven in a car. Somebody has been forgotten. I am knocking
at the window which separates me from the driver and the driver stops. I get
out, open the door, but the driver is not in the driver’s seat. Somebody comes
up to me from behind and touches me, puts his hand over my eyes. I am terrified
to death, I am being raped. (RJ 6, day 28).
I am going on a long journey, through different countries, I arrive at a
beach at the ocean and my parents are there. We go into the water and our
clothes drift away, we are naked. We say good-bye to each other. I embrace my
mother, my father, again my mother. I could feel her skin precisely. Then I
turn around and swim into the ocean. (RJ 6, day 31).
Dream at night that I two people row about two beautiful red laced
dancing shoes – who will get them? (RJ 11, day 4).
For two days I dreamed at night in English and I wake up with the
thought of it. (RJ 11, day 5)
There was a group of people, also members from the homeopathy group and
also some Indians. It was my own funeral and I was present, but being alive.
The group and myself went one way.
I knew that I had done it like this in an earlier life and it feels
right like this. There was a clarity that my life had now ended and so I went
with the group to my own funeral. I wondered for a little while why my teacher
Annalisa didn’t lead this group, but then I remembered that she died a while
ago.
A tall man with brown skin and short white hair and a bandana around his
head, picked me up. I arranged cups so that everybody could take one in order
to drink from it later – in any case the cups were then to be thrown away, the
way they do it in India.
The man tells me that he had just arranged another funeral, and the man
who died was 2,40m in height when he picked him up, but the next day he was
1,60m. What had happened? The person
said: what do you think how much energy it takes to be that tall. And then he
reminded me of Buddha.
I went towards the head of the group and it was strange feeling to go to
my own funeral and it became clear to me that the way is so long and that I
have to pass through all my fears and I have to let go off everything, until I
am ready. And then I asked myself, when I am at the right place, do I then
simply fall down dead or will I be killed? (RJ 11, day 13, 1M)
Skin
I notice a small spot on my left arm, which has been there a long time,
slight itching and pain. (RJ 7, day 1)
Fever
Increased warmth over the whole body; immediately (third day). 36
Increased warmth of the head, especially of the cheeks (fifth day). 36
Febrile excitement, transient, starting from the back, like a shivering,
and rapidly spreading over the whole back like an electric shock; this symptom
was repeated three times at short intervals, followed by exhaustion (first
day). 36
Feverish feeling. (RJ 6, day 1)
Heat flush (RJ 8, day 2, after second dose)
Perspiration
I sweat at night. (RJ 5, day 5)
The daily, strenuous activities were accompanied with outbreaks of
sweat, roughly every half an hour, esp. on forehead and under arms. I feel like
as if I have a fever, internally very hot, externally rather cool. (RJ 11,
before taking remedy)
Everything unchanged, pains in stomach, weakness, outbreaks of sweat,
nausea. (RJ 11, day 2)
Generalities
Desire for tobacco. Villard
Weakness and prostration (sixth day). 36
Trepidation/nervousness. 38
The complaints got better in fresh air. 38
Restlessness, weakness. 38
Evening tinglingover the body as from fleas.
38
A general diffused dullness of the whole body (fourth day). 38
Dull feeling of the whole body and morose mood (first day). 36
Felt that my whole body was affected, nerves felt very tense, so that I
found walking difficult. All symptoms improved after drinking a hot soup. 38
Feeling cold. (RJ 1, after 45
minutes)
Relaxed and sleepy. (RJ 1, after 1 hour)
Feeling heavy. Not cold. (RJ 1,
after 1 hour)
Feeling heavy and lethargic for several minutes. Intense relaxation. (RJ
1, after 1.5 hours)
Desire cheese (RJ 1, after 1.5 hours)
Extreme tiredness, nearly falling asleep, while washing dishes. (RJ 1,
after 1.5. hours)
Restless, had to go out spontaneously. (RJ 1, day 2)
Feeling as if I had not got enough fresh air. (RJ 1, days 5 and 6)
Very tired in 16:00 lay in bed and just feel asleep do not have power to
do anything. (RJ 4, day 1)
Still very tired, worse16;00-18:00 (RJ 4, day 1)
Exhausted and out of power most of the day — usually I am tired but
today it seemed worse. (RJ 4, day 3)
Weighed myself and gained about 3 kg since last time. (RJ 4, day 3)
Emotionally more connected but still weak physically. (RJ 4, day 5)
Exhausted but much better than last week. (RJ 4, day 11)
Tiredness and feeling of suffocation with nausea. (RJ 4, day 11)
Worse in power level and ability to concentrate. (RJ 4, day 13)
After 7 hours about 5:30pm I felt so sleepy that I could not keep my
eyes open and if I did not sleep I would suffer from headaches. I usually never
have. (RJ 2, day 1)
Desire for fresh orange juice. (RJ 5, day 1)
On the way home I feel tired, but at the same time light and supple, as
if I dance along the pavement and float above it, like a cloud or as if one a
cloud. (RJ 5, day 1).
I feel very cold before going to sleep, so that I need to sleep with an
extra duvet. (RJ 5, day 3, 4 and 5).
Desire for sweet things, a little coffee (RJ 5, day 4).
I feel tired. (RJ 5, day 5)
I feel very cold this morning, even after a shower. (RJ 5, day 5).
I feel feverish, everything hurts. Pain in the limbs. I feel rather
cold, and I don’t like drafts. (RJ 6, day 3).
Feverish feeling. (RJ 6, day 1)
I have been sleeping nearly nine hours during the day, because I feel
ill. (RJ 6, day 4)
In the afternoon, after food, very tired, but it feels good to work and
to talk to people. (RJ 6, day 9).
Unexpected desire to smoke a cigarette, when passing a smoker in the
street. (RJ 6, day 10).
Doing sports is beneficial, to cycle quickly with the bike through the
forest. To study and to stitch and to be creative is beneficial. (RJ 6, day 28)
Desire for fresh air. (RJ 7, day 1).
Extremely tired, want to sleep. (RJ 8, day 1)
Desire for milk coffee. Strong desire for coffee (RJ 8, day 2, 2nd dose)
In the morning desire for cold cola. (RJ 8, day 2, 2nd dose)
Feel strong and persevering. (RJ 8, day 8, 3rd dose).
During the proving I drank a cup of coffee daily (unusual). And I really
like it, because of the bitter taste. (RJ 8, days 8-21, 3rd dose).
The daily, strenuous activities were accompanied with outbreaks of
sweat, roughly every half an hour, esp. on forehead and under arms. I feel like
as if I have a fever, internally very hot, externally rather cool. (RJ 11,
before taking remedy)
Weakness and sensations of fainting reoccur. My feet are as heavy as
lead and the knees are wobbly, shaky. I have to lie down flat on my back, in
order not to faint. Permanent this feeling of fainting. (RJ 11, before taking
remedy)
Everything unchanged, pains in stomach, weakness, outbreaks of sweat,
nausea. (RJ 11, day 2)
Conditions
Aggravation
(Afternoon), the symptoms; towards evening, tension in abdomen. 36
(After eating), attacks of nausea. 36
(Motion), the symptoms; pressure upon chest; pains in back, etc. 36
(Stepping), pain in hips, etc. 36
(When writing), heaviness, etc., of head. 36
Amelioration
No ameliorations mentioned (R.J.)
Matthew Wood adds the following information on Gent-l.
In this we have another remedy for Bee stings and allergic
reactions. The shade of difference
between Apis andGentiana
make the study worthwhile. With Bee
stings, the more emphasis there is on swelling and redness the more appropriate
is Apis. In Gentiana the swelling is not severe, but the reactions
is. The symptoms resemble Anaphylaxis or
acute allergic reaction.
The leading symptoms are:
Panic, alarm, confusion. Lack of
connection to people and feelings. Waves
of anxiety and panic through the stomach, stomach acidity. Heart rate accelerated, pain extending from
the heart to the top of the left shoulder. Panic attacks in ulcer patients,
accompanied by excess secretion of
Hydrochloric acid.
(Mathew WOOD, HOM. 1/89)
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