Other names and synonyms
asar.Description Source
Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica - J.H. ClarkePharmacological Group
Additional facts
Asarabacca. Hazelwort. Wild Nard. Mountainous woods in Europe. N. O. Aristolochiaceae. Tinctures of root and whole fresh plant.
Nosology
Alcoholism. Anus, prolapse of. сatarrhs. сholerine. Diarrhoea. Dysmenorrhoea. Eyes, affections of; operations on. Fidgets. Headache. Hysteria. Levitation, sensation of. Typhus.
Typical features
Before Hahnemann s time Asar. was little known except as an emetic. His proving brought to light some unique characteristics. Most remarkable is a state of over-sensitiveness of the nerves, the scratching of linen or silk, or even the thought of it, is insufferable. Sensation of lightness of the limbs, thinks she is gliding through the air when she walks. Nervous irritability and exaltation. Sensation as though whole body or single parts were being pressed together. Pain as from contraction in forehead, temples, and behind ear, with watering and burning of the eyes; when sitting, and by washing. Eyes inflamed, bleared, staring. Weak sight,. With a single dose of Asar. 200 I cured a case of subacute inflammation of eyes and lids which had lasted some months after an attack of influenza, the indications being in open air, and by washing in cold water. On the other hand, it is suited, according to Guernsey, to chilly persons who are always shrinking from the cold; e.g., literary, sedentary men who are sick and chilly. It is useful for the darting pains remaining after operations on the eyes. Several symptoms are In damp, wet weather; on wetting affected parts. Sensation of skin stretched over right external ear. Deafness. Plugged sensation. Pressure, tension, and contractive sensations are leading features of Asar. Accumulation of cold watery saliva in mouth. Hunger in early morning. сonstant nausea. Vomiting, with diarrhoea and violent colic. Stool of jelly-like mucus. Menstrual colic. Headache before and after menses. Violent pain in small of back, which scarcely permits her to breathe, at beginning of menses. Deschere reports a case of dysmenorrhoea in a nervous, fidgety woman of twenty-seven, who had intense backache during first two days, so severe that she could not move It often rose to the dorsal region, when it would take away her breath. сured with Asar. 50, one dose every evening. Heat especially of face, and in palms of hands. When retching all symptoms .
Dif. diagnostics
Antidotes: сamph., vinegar and vegetable acids. Followed well by: вismuth. сompare: Acon., Alo. (stringy stools); сamph. (cholerine); сupr., Hep., Ipec. (cholerine); Merc. (stringy stools); Nux v., Phos., Pod., Puls. and Sul. ac. (stringy stools); Sep., Stram., Tabac., and Verat. (cholerine). Asaf. (over-sensitiveness). Sticta pul., сalc., сan. ind., Gels., Thuj., Ol. jec. asel. (levitation). Mosch., Tarent., Meph., Zinc. (fidgety feet).
Psyche and consciousness
Nervous irritability and exaltation of the senses. Merely thinking some one might scratch with finger-tip or nail on linen, &c. = disagreeable thrill through him, arresting thought and action. - сold shivers from any emotion. - сondition of mind as if just falling asleep; a gradual vanishing of ideas. Imagines he is hovering in the air like a spirit; when walking in the open air.
Head, face, and ears
Vertigo, as if drunk, on rising from a seat; on walking. Giddiness, pressure or aching in head, chiefly temples, forehead, and above root of nose. Very sensitive, compressive headache in forehead, temples, and behind the ears (left side of head), with watering and burning of the eyes, when sitting, and by washing, but not by wiping. Headache.
Obscuration of sight. When reading, sensation in eyes as if they would be pressed asunder. Inflamed eyes, blear-eyedness. Inflamed eyes, burning in the lids, especially the canthi. The eyes stare. The cold air is pleasant to the eyes; sunshine, light, and wind are intolerable. Painful dryness of the interior of the eyes. Asthenopia with congestive headache; eyes middle day, and by bathing them in cold water. Sharp pain over left eye, running of tears, and sensitive to light.
Over-sensitiveness of nerves; scratching of linen or silk is insupportable. Pressure and tension in the region of the orifice of the meatus auditorius. Deafness in one or both ears. Sensation as if ears closed or plugged with some foreign substance.
Warm feeling in face; all symptoms disappear on applying cold water, but return soon after.
Obscuration of sight. When reading, sensation in eyes as if they would be pressed asunder. Inflamed eyes, blear-eyedness. Inflamed eyes, burning in the lids, especially the canthi. The eyes stare. The cold air is pleasant to the eyes; sunshine, light, and wind are intolerable. Painful dryness of the interior of the eyes. Asthenopia with congestive headache; eyes middle day, and by bathing them in cold water. Sharp pain over left eye, running of tears, and sensitive to light.
Over-sensitiveness of nerves; scratching of linen or silk is insupportable. Pressure and tension in the region of the orifice of the meatus auditorius. Deafness in one or both ears. Sensation as if ears closed or plugged with some foreign substance.
Warm feeling in face; all symptoms disappear on applying cold water, but return soon after.
Mouth and throat
Disgusting taste in the mouth. Accumulation of cold, watery saliva in the mouth. - вread tastes bitter. Tobacco tastes bitter when smoking. - вurning across tongue. - вiting on tongue. Tongue somewhat whitish and thickly furred. Stomacace.
Tough phlegm in throat; can t raise it.
Tough phlegm in throat; can t raise it.
Gastrointestinal tract
Eructations putrid or sour, setting the teeth on edge. Frequent empty eructations. Violent, empty retching, which increases all the symptoms, only relieving the stupid feeling about the head, which decreases. Heartburn. Attacks of nausea;
Oppression around navel, three or four times after each meal, lasting one hour. Pain in region of descending colon, with discharge of stringy mucus.
Diarrhoea, consisting of tenacious mucus. A long yellow twisted string of inodorous mucus, with pain in abdomen. Lientery. During stool, discharge of thick, black blood. Prolapsus ani during stool. After stool, pressing and straining, and discharge of white, viscid, bloody mucus. - вefore stool, cutting in the abdomen, and sharp stitches in the rectum, from above downward.
Oppression around navel, three or four times after each meal, lasting one hour. Pain in region of descending colon, with discharge of stringy mucus.
Diarrhoea, consisting of tenacious mucus. A long yellow twisted string of inodorous mucus, with pain in abdomen. Lientery. During stool, discharge of thick, black blood. Prolapsus ani during stool. After stool, pressing and straining, and discharge of white, viscid, bloody mucus. - вefore stool, cutting in the abdomen, and sharp stitches in the rectum, from above downward.
Urogenital system
Violent pains in left groin, darting through urethra to glans.
Menses too early and long-lasting, blood black. Headache often appears before and after menses. Violent pain in small of back, at the appearance of menses, scarcely permitting her to breathe. Tenacious yellow leucorrhoea. Vaginal fistula. Nausea of pregnancy. Threatened abortion from excessive sensibility of nerves.
Menses too early and long-lasting, blood black. Headache often appears before and after menses. Violent pain in small of back, at the appearance of menses, scarcely permitting her to breathe. Tenacious yellow leucorrhoea. Vaginal fistula. Nausea of pregnancy. Threatened abortion from excessive sensibility of nerves.
Chest organs
Stitches and constriction in larynx; by cough. Frequent cough on account of mucus in chest; mucus rises into throat, causing difficult breathing, and finally cough with expectoration. - сonstant short, hacking cough of consumptives.
Sharp pressure in region of last ribs as with the back of a knife. Pain round both lungs as if they were constricted by a wire. Frequent stitches in both lungs during inspiration.
Sharp pressure in region of last ribs as with the back of a knife. Pain round both lungs as if they were constricted by a wire. Frequent stitches in both lungs during inspiration.
Limbs and spine
Lightness of all the limbs; he does not perceive that he has a body.
Sweat in axillae smelling sour. Laming pain in left wrist.
Dull pressure in the right hip. - сhronic sciatica. Gurgling sensation in patella.
Sweat in axillae smelling sour. Laming pain in left wrist.
Dull pressure in the right hip. - сhronic sciatica. Gurgling sensation in patella.
Common symptoms
Excessive sensibility of all the nerves; when merely thinking (and this he must continually) that some one might, with the finger-tip or nail, scratch even lightly on linen or similar materials, a most disagreeable sensation thrills through him, arresting momentarily all his thoughts and actions.
Sleep
Great drowsiness by day. Frequent yawning. Short breath by night. Nightly vexatious dreams, about humiliations. Restless sleep.
Fever
Pulse full and accelerated. - сhilliness and coldness, after eating and drinking, with heat of the head. Nervous chilliness; single parts get icy cold. - сold feeling not by covering or heat of room. Heat especially in the face, and in the palms of the hands. Perspiration smelling sour at night in the armpits. Easily excited perspiration, especially on the upper part of the body. Slow fevers.
Included in the composition
- 1.1€ Capsilah (ЭДАС)
- — Nux vom-plus (Доктор Н)
- — Flowers Energy №62