Asarum europaeum
(Asarum europaeum · European wild ginger)
The remedy of overstrung nerves. In the materia medica, Asarum is associated with extreme sensitivity to sound and touch, so that even the scratch of silk or crackle of paper is unbearable, with chilliness and nausea.
Source
The root of asarabacca, a European woodland plant related to wild ginger
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Abbreviation
Asar.
Home acute kit
Usually prescribed by a homeopath
The classic picture
(a remedy is chosen when the whole picture fits the person, not from a single symptom)
Nerves on edge: the scratch of linen or silk or the crackle of paper is unbearable
Always feels cold, with shivers from any emotion
Eyes feel stiff and burning, soothed by cold water; sunlight and wind are intolerable
Nausea with a clean tongue, faintness and a craving for alcohol
Tends to feel better
Washing with cold water
Damp, wet weather
Tends to feel worse
Cold, dry weather
Sharp, penetrating sounds
How it compares
(remedies that are often confused with Asarum europaeum)
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Coffea
(Coffea cruda)
Coffea's senses are heightened by excitement and joy, with sleeplessness; Asarum is chilly and set on edge by small noises.
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Ipecacuanha
(Cephaelis ipecacuanha)
Both have constant nausea with a clean tongue; Ipecacuanha centers on the nausea itself, Asarum on nervous oversensitivity.
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From the classic texts
“A remedy for nervous affections, loss of energy, with excessive erethism. Scratching on silk or linen or paper unbearable.”
“Nervous, anxious people; excitable or melancholy. Imagines he is hovering in the air like a spirit (Lac. c.); lightness of all the limbs. Cold "shivers" from any emotion.”
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