Withania somnifera (With-s) = Ashwagandha (I)/= Janghide (I)/Blätter/= Schlafbeere/= indian ginseng./= Winterkirsche
http://ir.dut.ac.za/bitstream/handle/10321/1515/LAIDLAW_2016.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y
‡ = Gins.-ähnlich + intensiv ‡;
Withiana Somnifera Proving
[Stephanie Nile]
Ashwaganda = Sanskrit can be translated as 'smell of a horse' is meant
to imply that it gives the stamina and virility of a horse.
In Vedic mythology the Ashwins were athletic horsemen and lords of
healing...
Bring into creation, my tireless meditations that ask for wealth,
Shining Ashwins.
Grant us high spirits in battle, and with your Shaktis (Powers), Lords
of Shakti, assist us.
Rig Veda, VII.67.5
Fierce Ashwins, like two poweful heros, you enable this moving,
perishable mortal frh.e to cross over to the objects of its destination as over
water; extremely strong,
like the Ribhus, your chariot attained its destination swift as the
wind, it pervaded, it dispensed riches.
Rig Veda, X.9.7
The Aswins can also be a reference to the healing effect of balancing
Vata on the other doshas, Kapha and Pitta. It is a traditional Ayurvedic remedy
for Vata types
who suffer hurriedness, anxiety and insomnia. It is particularly useful
for mental/emotional debility and as its nh.e suggests, is reputed to help with
sexual debility too.
Affinity for the nervous, respiratory and reproductive spheres.
Sometimes considered a cheap substitute for Ginseng.
Its Ayurvedic properties are:
Rasas:
bitter
(ether + air => light, drying and cooling)
astringent (earth + air => heavy and
drying)
Virya:
heating (It can increase pitta and hence
provoke H.a (toxins), e.g. gout).
Overall > vata and kapha symptoms.
Herbal preparation, Ashwagandha root
extract, from Solgar.
Capsules of Powdered root extract 400mg
Monday 17 Oct
Took the capsule in the morning and forgot about it. Went to bed as
usual. Experience a very deep dreh.less sleep, like being in a dark,
comfortable abyss for most of the night. At some point I had a sexual dreh..
Woke quite early, around 8:30 h., feeling refreshed.
As the morning wore on I began to feel rather dozy, and eventually just
had to get back to bed. Slept 2hrs but had an extremely erotic dreh. - which
was remarkable in being more than unusual for me! The rest of the afternoon I
felt quite dozy and could easily have gone back to bed. This wore off and I
began to feel quite alert and 'on the ball'.
I remember thinking, "This is what entering Kapha Dosha is all
about - deep, calm, peaceful".
In the evening I felt a quantum shift in my perception of others. My
partner seemed much softer and I felt less intimidated than usual. The second
night, almost deep, comfortable sleep but waking once of twice (not remarkable
for me). Dropped of to sleep easily again.
Tuesday 18 Oct
Soon felt energised after waking. I felt different though, a comfortable
calmness pervaded. I didnt feel like doing my usual 'thing' - it seems
pointless and trivial. I resolved to get started on an article for the local
paper that I'v been putting off for ages. Didnt quite get round to it but fresh
ideas started to flow and the new resolve to get on with it was still there - a
bit daunting but also exciting.
I felt quite powerful (curative). I also felt quite calm and comfortable
in "Shopping City", I usually just mind my business there, and hurry
round; its a sterile, shabby, 70s complex that not many people really like.
The usual 'Vata' feeling that I need to hurry had gone, I just enjoyed
being there. Good sense of self.
Wednesday 19 Oct
Sleep not quite as deep but still good. Its obviously wearing off a bit.
Woke early and refreshed (I often wake too early, feeling quite heavy). I felt
a bit anxious, 'I'm a bit stuck, I need to get on with my life, try something
new'. Sort of vascillating between feelings of great resolve, "I can do
anything", and procrastination, "No, don't stick
your head above the parapit". I guess that feeling has settled
somewhere in the middle. The calmness remains.
Thursday 20 Oct
The remedy effects seems to have settled. Still in touch with that
calmness and creativity.
Themes
Deep restful sleep
Daytime sleepiness
Erotica and romance
Creativity and freshness
Calmness
Patience
Power and Resolve
Homeopathic Proving
If you would like to take part in a proving of Withiana 30c, run up on a
Sulis Remedy Maker, please contact me at herukanile@gmail.com. I shall be
asking for small
donation to cover the remedy and admin. My objective is to gather enough
data on this remedy to send a proposal to those UK Homeopathy Schools who do
have
sufficient resources to do a full Proving.
Preliminary Trial
Prior to the proving I will post a one week diary giving a day by day
account of the effects of Withiana 30c. Hopefully this will help you evaluate
its suitability.
This proving is unusual in that we already know Withiana is suited to
Vata complaints. A form to help determine your predominant doshas will be
available.
Thursday 20 Oct Homeopathic Dose 30c
I took the dose in the late afternoon. I soon felt a glowing wave of
calmness, and then quickly felt rather sleepy and slightly irritable over
trifles. Went for a nap, which was so deep that I wondered
if I was going to ever wake - witnessing and thinking this whilst at the
deepest level of sleep. I did, after an hour or so and woke up feeling so
refreshed!
During the rest of the day and evening a happy glow grew and grew. At
bedtime I knew I was not really in need of sleep. The feeling was 'glowing
calmness'. If I had been alone I would have just meditated all night. I did
sleep, however, but rather lightly. A pleasant experience, but towards dawn I
had a strange dreh. about someone breaking in ... I was chasing after them.
This morning I feel happy and up for anything! Wonderful.
My husband took a dose just before bedtime and had a really beautiful
nights sleep.
Repertorium:
Allgemeines: Syphilis
Wunden
Vergleich: Enthält: Alkaloide + Steroiden; Siehe: Solanales + Immunsystem + Anhang (Jörg Auf dem Hövel/Marisa Laidlaw) + Adaptogen
Unverträglich: ‡ KONgestion ‡
Wirkung: aphrodisisch
Phytologie: Nerven/Atemwegen/
männliche Fortpflanzungsorganen
Herausforderung bewältigen
Senkt Blutdruck + Herzschlag
Entzündungshemmend
Wurzeln
enthalten verschiedene Alkaloide wie Anaferin, Anahygrin, Cuscohygrin, Nicotin,
Tropin und Withasomnin. Außerdem Withanolide („Steroidlactone“) wie
Somniferanolid, Somniwithanolid, Withaferin A und Withasomniferanolid.
Verwendungen
Die
Schlafbeere und ihre Wurzel gehören wegen ihrer vielseitigen Wirkungen und der
sehr guten Verträglichkeit zu den h. häufigsten genutzten Arzneimitteln in der
ayurvedischen Medizin und können in ihrer Bedeutung der des Ginseng für die
chinesische Medizin verglichen werden. Sie werden unter anderem bei
Altersgebrechen, Impotenz, bei Entzündungen, als Tonikum und bei
Schlaflosigkeit eingesetzt.
Traditionell
wird die Schlafbeere auch als Aphrodisiakum, H.ulett oder Zaubermittel genutzt.
Ein Liebestrank, der aus der Wurzel bereitet wird, soll sexuell stimulierend
wirken und gefügig machen. Außerdem wird sie bei tantrischen Ritualen zur
Verlängerung der Erektionsdauer gebraucht.
Die
Schlafbeere und ihre Wurzel gehören wegen ihrer vielseitigen Wirkungen und der
sehr guten Verträglichkeit zu den h. häufigsten genutzten Arzneimitteln in der
ayurvedischen Medizin und können in ihrer Bedeutung der des Ginseng für die
chinesische Medizin verglichen werden. Sie werden unter anderem bei
Altersgebrechen, Impotenz, bei Entzündungen, als Tonikum und bei
Schlaflosigkeit eingesetzt.
Traditionell
als Aphrodisiakum, H.ulett oder Zaubermittel genutzt. Ein Liebestrank, der aus
der Wurzel bereitet wird, soll sexuell stimulierend wirken und gefügig machen.
Außerdem wird sie bei tantrischen Ritualen zur Verlängerung der Erektionsdauer
gebraucht.
Vorwort/Suchen Zeichen/Abkürzungen Impressum