Cannabis indica
(Cannabis indica · Indian hemp)
A remedy of distorted time and space. In the materia medica, Cannabis indica is associated with an exaggerated, dreamy state in which minutes feel like hours, short distances seem vast and thoughts crowd in too fast to finish.
Source
The flowering tops of Indian hemp
Kingdom
Plant
Abbreviation
Cann-i.
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)
Time and distance feel hugely stretched: seconds seem like ages, a short walk like miles
Thoughts crowd in; forgets what was just said and cannot finish a sentence
Swings between uncontrollable laughter and anxiety, with a fear of losing one's mind
Very sleepy yet unable to fall asleep
Tends to feel better
Fresh air
Cold water
Rest
Tends to feel worse
Morning
Coffee, alcohol and tobacco
Lying on the right side
How it compares
(remedies that are often confused with Cannabis indica)
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Stramonium
(Datura stramonium)
Stramonium's altered state is full of fear, with a need for light and company; Cannabis indica's is more dreamy and expansive.
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Hyoscyamus
(Hyoscyamus niger)
Hyoscyamus is more suspicious and restless; Cannabis indica more euphoric and lost in thought.
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Argentum nitricum
(Argentum nitricum)
Argentum nitricum also feels time dragging, but from anxious hurry and anticipation.
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From the classic texts
“Produces the most remarkable hallucinations and imaginations, exaggeration of the duration of time and extent of space, being most characteristic. Conception of time, space and place is gone.”
“Very forgetful: forgets his last words and ideas; begins a sentence, forgets what he intends to speak; inability to recall any thought or event on account of other thoughts crowding the brain (Anac., Lac. c.).”
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