Oplopanax horridus = Devil's club;/= Alaskan ginseng
Oplopanax horridus
derived from 2 Greek words: hoplon = weapon and panakos = panacea
The First Nation in
BC used Devil's claws as teas or poultices or in steaming to treat
Tb., in the proving
there is a hint of the possible Tubercular miasm with the sensations of being
trapped, the need for
space and being better in open air. Further provers experienced a dry ticking
cough
that was intermittent
and there was blood in the sputum (hints towards Tb.).
Skin symptoms a red
rash - the First Nation used Devil's club for measles - and a vesicular
eruption that resembled Herpes zoster eruptions.
The spines of Devil's
club break easily and in bed themselves causing infection: local heat,
inflammation, pain, and redness, eventually a pimple is formed with a
green/whitish head that
eventually erupts.
The provers did not experience such symptoms but while preparing the plant
material got stung by the plant 3x and observed the symptoms reported. The
infection is supposed to be caused by Staphylococcus sp. If this plant is
capable in causing such infection by definition - Like cures like - it
might be able to cure
Staphylococcus sp. infections.
Positive: Calm;
Negativ: Oplopanax horridus
needs protection/a theme during the proving.
1. Deep sense of
calmness (no need for company, some want to be alone at peace), 2. Dullness or depression
(less vitality/crave company).
Effort, struggle and
limitations were experienced/once a “head of steam was built up” it was
possible to proceed. Another aspect is that the task continued despite the effort,
the struggle and the limitations, hence it was a double task and mastered.
I have to make an
effort to concentrate. Want to be free with no responsibilities.
Concentrating brings
me back to what I need to do for the day and my inner state is fighting
with the idea of
having to do chores things. I want to let my mind go to another world
and let it stay here
for a while and leave everyone else out
OVERwhelmed
at the thought of laundry, homework, journaling, ANYTHING. Just very lethargic
Feeling I am going
against the flow. Hard, tiresome, looked at the long road ahead, but you have
to make it all the way. Have to take a deep breath and keep going. Weighty,
carry a
burden.
Dullness was a common
sensation and a need for stimulants (craving beer/coffee).
Depleted, drained
(note the language of water) together with vertigo or being lightheaded was
often
experienced before
breakfast or a meal and > eating.
Difficult
concentration/slowness and difficulties in decision making and a deep sense of
calmness evolving into a sense of dullness/ennui/depression. Probably one of
the most popular symptoms experienced was the deep sense of confidence and the
“can do” attitude that came with it.
Physical symptoms:
nausea/loss of appetite/stomach problems/weight gain/constipation/vertigo and
lightheadedness/sudden
flashes of heat that
resembled the typical menopausal hot flashes.
Strong affinity for
mucus membranes with a number of symptoms + dryness and with swelling, with
pain in the extremities and in the kidneys.
Other sensations:
pinching, pulsating, cramping, like a pin prick, sore, stinging, dryness or
dust
in eyes, brain loose
and moving back and forth, bitterness, tingling, „As if burned“, numbness,
something stuck,
rawness, tickling, chilly.
>: cool water/cold
dry applications/movement/out of doors/lying
down/pressure/eating/stretching/warmth;
<: cold/dry
air/smell of food/open air/heat;
Desires:
coffee/garlic/prawns/asparagus/white bread/salami/sweet/crackers/mushrooms;
Potentially cured
symptoms:
Nose stopped running
during hay fever
My allergies don't
bother me anymore
My allergies are
pretty much gone although everything is blossoming outside. Especially the
Japanese plum tree in
front of my window always made me sneeze and made my eyes itchy
On my way home I wasn't
bothered by any trees or flying pollen
Hay fever symptoms
really much better
I had a touch of
itchy eyes when I woke up but nothing like I normally have at this time of
year. Now my eyes
don’t itch anymore
Had runny and stuffy
nose before start of proving, it disappeared after taking remedy
Ganglion disappeared
Oplopanax horridus
grows in moist but well drained soils. It is often found along streams in
British
Columbia, where it's
huge leaves shade the water. The salmon, an icon in BC, spawns in such shady
areas before dying. A
study from the University of British Columbia with the use of radioactive
traces placed on the
salmon was able to find nutrients from the decomposing salmons in the local
vegetation. As bears
eat salmon and Devil’s club berries, such traces of the radioactive salmon were
found inland. This
interesting finding was also experienced in the proving.
One of the prover
talked about water, as seeing water in front of her, to the extent that she is
looking
with fish eyes! She was
in the water. Note the provers at this stage did not know the substance. The
theme of water and
fish was so strong that during the extraction meeting some of the provers were
convinced that the
substance of either salmon or a stingy jellyfish!
The theme of water
and fish was also found in dreams, where there is also the struggle of the
salmon
as it swim up stream.
However, the water was not always benevolent, dreams of heavy flooding
were also
experienced.
Thinking about that
green water a lot. It’s like green phosphoressence and I see it in front of
my eyes/in my head a
lot since taking the remedy. It’s s fun, happy to see that.
Felt like I have fish
eyes
Dreamt last night
about a flood of a river. Lots of lots of water and swift and deep moving
river. Lots of green
around (trees, etc) despite gray skies. Reminded of the sense of the fish
fighting on the line
and greenish water
The theme of water,
swelling and dryness was also experienced in the body. As well as increased in
thirst and an
increase of urination despite being thirst-less
Extremities
I tripped on a stair
that petered out from a full stair to no stair, although it was marked
yellow. Because I had
my hands all full I couldn’t stop the fall with my hands and fell on my
L side. My right ankle
is totally sprained and swell to double its size.
I’ve definitely
noticed an increase in thirst today, having put back at least 7 glasses of
water between 17 h. and 22 h. (in 5 hours)
Once the Oplopanax
horridus is burned it produces a black ash that mixed with bear fat was used by
First Nation warriors for war markings. War marking has the function of scaring
the enemy away by making the warrior more fearsome and perhaps giving more the
warrior more confidence.
The theme of violence
and of protection is clearly seen in several dreams.
The concept of
protection is not limited to individuals but it extends to the protection First
Nation traditions,
of people's health,
of plants and the whole planet and is experienced in very vivid dreams.
Sexuality
Repertory: [Lucy De
Pieri]
Mind: Desires
acceptance
Anxious when
something is expected of him/Fear to become obese/of insanity
desires to remain in
bed - morning
cheerful - evening
Concentration
active/difficult
Confident
Content
<
Conversation/< company/aversion to company, desires solitude/desires
company/enjoys company
Delusions – being
alone/body looks ugly/body = weightless/standing on bubbles/concentration
difficult bubbles/ energy moving into opening heart/with swoosh lung/having
fish eyes/fish fighting on the line or hook thrashing about/fish fighting in
green water/being a fish/is forsaken/is loast in the wood/hard to pull myself
down to earth/belonging to the opposite sex/stabbed in the back/water in front
of my eyes/carry a heavy weight/being in a different world
Disappointed with
sadness
Postnasal catarrh
Feeling of easy
Just wants to enjoy
life
Ennui
Foolish behavior
Spontaneous feeling
of harmony
Hhatred of persons
who offended him
„As if heavy“
Feels helpless
Injustice is
unsupporteble
Intolerance
Irratable (during
pain)
Silly laughing
Makes mistakes
writing (wrong words/wrong letters)/typing
> Music
Positive
Suprised
Easier to meet
responsibilities (wants to give up responsibilities)
Thoughts go rapid
Tranquility – „As if
drinking chamomile tea“/after energetic day/morning on waking/not bother by
little problems/settled, centered and grounded
> Weeping (from
music)
„As if had 2 wills“
Strong will power
Vertigo: Afternoon
+ red, discolored eye
> cold application/+ hunger/+ closing the eye involuntarily (> cold
application)
During chill upwards
from back
Excited feeling
„As if heat in neck“
(> cold application)
< Motion of head
With nausea – in
afternoon/in evening (> open air/< indoors/< in car
In a room > open
air/afternoon
Vertigo: during
chill from back upwards
Head: Energy
increased from mouth to crown chakra
Heat flashes r./“As
if internal heat“ and cool to touch
Heavy, dull, pain
„A if brain loose“
(< motion)
+ involuntarily
closing the eye/+ by pain in eyeball, „As if muscles stretched“ (> cold
application/> pressure/in bones/dull (< after eating/< heat)/<
exertion/> eating/ext. l. ear/ext.
forehead/above eyebrows (> cold dry applications/> pressure/>
lying down/< heat/< walking/< smell of food/desires to pull hair from
back of head/ext. eyebrows/above eyebrows/in forehead in morning/dull in
occiput (ext. forehead > sleep/> alcohol)/intermittent pulsating
(afternoon/night)/> rest/< wine
Eyes:
Agglutinated in afternoon,
Red > cold
application
Dry in morning
Heavy (afternoon/+ nausea,
concentration difficult)
Heat flashes r.
Irritated
Itching + sneezing,
nose discharges
Lacrhamtion (with
sneezing)
Pain – burning >
pressure/“As from dust“/in r. eyebrow
„As if tired“
Ears: Heat
flashes/“As if hot steam is coming out“
Pain ext. head
Nose:
Congested sinuses
Catarrh - followed by
complaints of Frontal sinuses/postnasal
Congested nose upon
waking
Discharges clear -
upon waking upon/sneezing on afternoon/crusts, scabs, inside, bloody, r., morning/dripping
at noon/green in morning/yellow clear/yellow green > evening/posterior nares
dripping
Dry - + burning
pain/inside
Pain –
burning/stinging
Sneezing – morning/+
itchy eyes, nose discharges
Face: „As if
lips chapped“ (upper lip morning)
Red (> cold
washing)
„As if lips are dry)
but are not/Lips dry licks them frequently
Eruption - blotchy,
red (chin/cheeks)/on cheeks < heat/on chin (< heat)/vesicles on lower lip
Flashes of heat in r.
cheek
Pain – r. jaw >
motion
Rough skin l.
Tingling „As if are
chapped“
Mouth: Tongue
white [„As if burned“ (underneath)/“As if burned“]
Numb tongue/swollen,
cannot whistle
Odor - putrid
Taste – bitter in
morning
Ulcers - canker sore,
small, corner of lips
Teeth: front
teeth numb/sensitive tender, brushing (< r.)
Throat: „As if
something alive“ drawing moisture for its own devices
Dry – after
midnight/on waking/< swallowing
„As if empty“
Disposition to hawk
(clearing mucus in throat and mouth)
crusts, green, adherent, streaked with blood
Pain – „As if raw“
< swallowing (> food/in center/ext. head/ext. sinuses)/“As from swollen
glands“
Sensitive -< cold
air/< dryness/< smoke/< cold drinks/< swallowing/< touch
Swelling – of
esophagus gland > eating/> warm drinks/swelling painless
Tickling + tendency
to hawk
External throat: itching
Neck: „As if
hot internally“ and cool to touch
Pain . sore
(> movement)/sore ext. l. shoulder
Stiff - difficult to
move at first, then moves/painful (r./internal heat increase/ext. to pelvic
region/sore r.)
Swelling l.
Stomach: „As if
something alive“
Appetite –
diminished (thirst increased)/increased (+ „As if stomach full/for starchy
foods)
Distended with
restless sleep (> lying l. side)
Heartburn +
distension, disturbed sleep
Heavy < breakfast
Pain, bursting pain
< walking/> lying down
Burning in evening
Nausea in
forenoon/with vomiting
Oppression +
oppression of chest
< Solid food
Thirst increased
>
Vomiting/vomiting until stomach is empty (> walking)/
Abdomen: Pain –
during digestion (> stretching/> lying down)/in intestines (+ pain in
lumbar region)
Distended with
weakness/at noon
Pain cramping +
fullness of bladder,
Rectum: Diarrhea
with weakness
Constipation - =
incomplete, unsatisfactory, stools/stool remains long in the rectum with no
urging
Stool: Pieces
small (throughout the day)/hard
Kidneys: Pain –
sore r. in morning/l. sore
Urine
Bladder: „As if
distended“/“As if full“ with thirstlessness
Urination frequent
with thirstlessness
Female genitalia:
leukorrhea (afternoon/evening)
Sexual desire – with
headache/increased in menopausal woman/increased in post menopausal woma like
ovulation
orgasm reached,
easier
returns - after the
regular menstrual cycle has ceased
Respiration: Impeded,
obstructed – from oppression of chest
Cough:
Breathing deficient
< Exertion
Dry - morning/<
afternoon/on waking/tickling from low down trachea
From dryness in
trachea
< Expiration
Loose
Tickling - air
impurities/< dry air/< exertion/< smoke
Expectoration:
copious/hawked up mucus, green, streaked with blood/yellow/clear in morning/gray
in morning/greenish in morning/sticky/tenacious (gray in morning)/clear in
daytime/thin in daytime
Chest: Catarrh
- abundant, from chest/< milk
Congested with mucous
of lungs
Oppressed - + by
oppressed stomach/with difficult respiration
Back: complaints
of (between/r.) scapulae
„As if internal heat“
and cool to touch
Injuries incervical
region
Pain –
morning/aching/biting/burning > movement/dorsal region (stitching pain „As
from needles“/under r. scapula walking/aching/dull/ext. stomach/“As if steel rod“
in hips ext. thighs/intermittent/in lumbar region [hips (sore above/>
heat/> lying down)/sore ext. to hip]
In sacrum
(biting/burning deep seated)/sore, < walking downhill/sore > rest/painful
stiffness [in sacral region (> movement)]
Spasms in sacrum region
< standing from sitting
Stiff - dorsal region
morning (ext. sacral region r.)
Extremities: Hands
and toes cold with vertigo
Spasmodic contracted
muscles and tendons in feet
Cramping – in arch of
l. foot (at night/> stretching)/in l. thigh (ext. l. hip)
In third finger red
spot itchy/scratchy
Eruptions – vesicles
on base of thumb
Ganglion on r. back
of hand
Inflamed in hip joint
R foot numb [with
paraesthesia (> walking)]
Lame - ankle after sprain/l.
foot after sprain (< pressure/> stretching/< touch)
Solid nodule on
foot/wrist (< pressure)
Ankles swollen after
sprain
Pain - in feet - arch
spasmodic at night/aching/r. sore/in hips [ext to thighs (unrelenting/“As frim
steel rod“/r. sore (> heat/> lying)/knees (evening/< cold/>
covering/> lying down/lying on painful side/stitching < first
movement)/in legs [sore ext. pelvic bone/“As after a long walk“/l./l. sciatic
(> stretching/like electrical shock)/pinching under l. buttocks]/pulsating
in knee joint/r. (shoulder) sore/sore intermittent/sore in foot cannot hurry/in
thighs l. cramping
Paraesthesia in l.
leg, after sitting crossed-legged
Pulling legs
„As if pulsating“/„As
if pinching“ under l. armpit
Sprainde foot heals
very slowly
Sensitive to pressure
Stiff [l. leg (sudden
16 h. > rubbing)/r. shoulder
Swollen second
fingers in distal joints < pressure
Throbbing medial in .
knew > walking
Swollen feet painful
> lifting
Sleep: deep
unrefreshing
Desires to sleep in
afternoon,
Heavy in afternoon
Falling asleep
difficult
Light – much tossing
around
Position changed
frequently
Prolonged
Refreshing (in post
menopausal women/despite short sleep)
Short in afternoon
Sleepy – morning/and
restless/during pain
Stupor - drowsy
Tired despite good
sleep
Waking –
difficult/too late/“As having slept one's fill“
Unrefreshing,
prolonged sleep/indisposed to rising
Yawning in forenoon
Dreams:
<(<(<( viele )>)>)>
Chill: lasting
all day/internal „As if coldness in the bones“/desires warmth, but cannot get
warm
Fever:
afternoon
Internal heat (+
stiff neck and head pain)
desires to be
covered, wants to hold cold pillow on head and face
Skin: „As if
lips are chapped“
Red r./after
scratching
„As if dry“ [skin
(< after washing)/lips]/rough
Ganglia on r. back of
hand
Eruption – blisters
of lower lip/red blotches/painful boil, watery discharge with pressure/red rash
with itching/rash irritated by cold water/after washing/burning rash/rash <
heat/scaly red
Sensitive to touch
with red swelling
Rough below nose
Tingling „As if lips
are chapped“
Generals: desires
open air, > wind
Boiling sensation in
blood,
Cold feeling in bones
Energy drawn away
from me/excess of energy (+ heat/morning)/good
Exertion physical
<: desires sleep desires in afternoon
Faint – in closed
(> open air)/+ nausea (morning/with heavy eyes with difficult
concentration)/with (intermittent) vertigo
Food and drinks:
Desires: asparagus/cold beer/white bread/butter/coffee/crackers/honey/garlic
(at night)/raw mushroom/prawns/salami/sweets/sweet soda drink;
„As if heavy“ >
breakfast
„As if hot“
internally
Laboratory test: low
blood glucose
> music
Pain - achy body/all
over body
Desires physical
activities in open air
Stiff
Body sluggish
Tired from dreaming
Vibrations „As if
fluttering“ – with anxiety/> food
Weak in morning (+
nausea)/afternoon/evening/“As if forced down“ = ceiling of vitality
Weary – sudden/before
lunch desires to ly down/in morning > breakfast
Weather - > rainy
weather/< cold weather/< hot weather
Weight loss
Vergleich: Siehe: Apiales
Wirkung: Antimycobacterial (Staphylococcus aureus/Bacillus subtilis/Pseudomonas
aeruginosa/Escherichia coli/Mycobacterium tuberculosis and avium)/antifungal
activity (Candida albicans), anti-microbial effects on upper and lower respiratory
tract
Allerlei: N. America
Phytologie: Inner back of the stems used arthritis/ulcers/diabetes/digestive track
Fischgift?
Rheumatism
and stomach trouble.
Roots
and stems were used as a cleansing emetic/purgative. In steam baths for rheuma/stomach
trouble.
Colds
and rheuma
Tb.
(of the bone)/menses (after childbirth).
Breastfeeding
problems/to stop the flow of milk
Head
lice
Berries
were rubbed on the scalp against lice and dandruff/makes hair shiny
Fever
Upper
respiratory problems
Boils
and infections (as a poultice for swollen glands, boils, and other infections).
Protection
from spirits in form of a face paint
Measles
Tea
made from the inner bark is drunk by many people today for diabetes.
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