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STAPHYSAGRIA

DR PREETHI JAMES P

PART 1 MATERIA MEDICA

MD SCHOLAR

INTRODUCTION:

• COMMON NAME: STAVESACRE.
• (^) FAMILY: RANUNCULACEAE.
• (^) PARTS USED : TINCTURE OF THE SEEDS.
• (^) PROVED BY : DR.HAHNEMANN
• (^) THERMAL : CHILLY
• (^) MIASAM : SUITS ALL 3 MIASAM
• (^) MIASM : SYCOSIS PROMINENT
• (^) THIS IS A SYCO-SYPHILITIC REMEDY THAT FALLS IN THE

CANCER MIASM. (IGNATIA,ANACARDIUM-PLANT KINGDOM)

SPHERE OF ACTION:

• (^) NERVES
• TEETH
• (^) GENITO URINARY ORGANS
• (^) FIBROUS TISSUE
• (^) EYELIDS
• (^) SKIN
• (^) GLANDS
• REPRODUCTIVE ORGAN

CONSTITUTION:

• PATIENT USUALLY A YOUNG MAN IS VERY MUCH WEAK AND DEBILITATED

WITH GUILT AND ABASHED LOOK WHO CRAVES TOBACCO AND HAVING

WARTS AND UNHEALTHY SKIN.

• (^) STAPHISAGRIA IS INDICATED IN PATIENTS WHO APPEAR PALE, AND ARE

WORN OUT AND EXHAUSTED, ESPECIALLY AS REGARDS THEIR NERVOUS

SYSTEM.

• BOTH BRAIN AND SPINAL CORD ARE WEAKENED UNDER ITS INFLUENCE.
• (^) THE FACE IS SUNKEN

THE NOSE IS PEAKED AND POINTED

THE EYES ARE SUNKEN AND SURROUNDED BY BLUE RINGS.

ADULT:

• (^) THE DELICATE SENSITIVITY AND VULNERABILITY WEAKEN HIM FROM WITHIN SO THAT IT

IS DIFFICULT TO FACE STRESSFUL SITUATIONS.

• (^) GREAT VIOLENT INTERNAL ANXIETY, DREADS THE FUTURE
• WHEN WALKING RAPIDLY IT SEEMS AS THOUGH SOMEONE WAS COMING BEHIND HIM,

WHICH CAUSES ANXIETY AND FEAR AND HE IS CONSTANTLY OBLIGED TO LOOK

AROUND.”

• (^) HE IS JUDGED, ABOUT HIS OWN ARTIFICIALLY MAINTAINED APPEARANCE, HE EASILY

LAYS HIMSELF OPEN TO INJURY TO HIS PRIDE, WHICH, AGAIN NEVER MUST BE

ADMITTED OR NOTICED BY OTHERS.HE IS QUITE SELF-INDULGENT AND WILL NOT DENY

HIMSELF THE SATISFACTION OF HIS EMOTIONAL AND SEXUAL URGES.

• (^) HERE SUB-CONSCIOUS ANGER COMES IN TO THE PICTURE,THEY ATTACHES

THEMSELF TO THE PRESENT CIRCUMSTANCES, GENERATES AN ENDLESS

RESENTMENT(BITTER INDIGNATION) TOWARDS THE PERSON WHO REJECTED HIM

IRRESPECTIVE OF THE CAUSE LEADS TO OUTBURSTS, SINCE THERE IS A HUGE

RESERVOIR OF THE PAST ANGER.

OLD AGE:

• (^) THEY RESPECT PEOPLE AND ARE CAREFUL ENOUGH NOT TO HURT ANYBODY IN ORDER

TO NOT GET HURT THEMSELVES. THEY ALSO GRADUALLY GO INTO THE STATE OF

DEPRESSION, WHICH FURTHER ERODES THEIR WILL AND INNER STRENGTH.

PSYCHO DYNAMICS

ACUTE:

ACUTE STATE OF STAPHYSAGRIA CAN ARISE IN ANY CONSTITUTIONAL TYPE. THE PHYSICAL

AFFECTS IS CAUSED DUE TO SUPPRESSED ANGER. SOMETIMES ANGER OF SUCH PATIENT IS

OFTEN SO SUPPRESSED THAT IT IS NOT ONLY REMAIN UNEXPRESSED, EVEN NOT FELT.

CHRONIC:

CHRONIC STATE OR CONSTITUTIONAL TYPES ARE DETERMINED MORE BY HIS INBORN

QUALITY THAN BY ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS. THERE SEEM TO BE REMARKABLE

‘ RESONANCE ’ BETWEEN CONSTITUTIONAL TYPE AND THE EXTERNAL INFLUENCE THEY

RECEIVE.

ACCORDING TO THEIR RESPOND TO THE REPRESSION THEY MAY BE GROUPED IN TO FOUR –

1. VIOLENT

2. SMOOTH

3. SUBDUED (QUITE THOUGHTFUL OR DEPRESSED)

4. CHARMING

• (^) THE VIOLENT, SMOOTH, CHARMING TYPES TEND TO RESEMBLE EACH OTHER PHYSICALLY.
• (^) THE SUBDUED TYPE ALSO LOOKS VERY SIMILAR TO THE FORMER, BUT HIS FEATURE

BECOMES RIGID AND A LITTLE EMOTIONAL.

2)SMOOTH:

• THEY ARE GENERALLY VERY SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL, ‘ LIGHTNESS ’ COMBINED WITH THEIR EASY

CHARM MAKE THEM VERY POPULAR.

• AS THEY HIDE THEMSELVES FROM THEIR DEEPER FEELING, THEY ARE GENERALLY LESS

SUCCESSFUL IN THEIR PRIVATE LIFE AND ALSO LIABLE TO BECOME ANGRY WHEN THEY GLOSSES

OVER SERIOUS PROBLEMS, MAY BE PRACTICAL OR EMOTIONAL.

3)SUBDUED:

• T HEY ARE VERY MUCH INTROVERTED,WHO RUN AWAY FROM PEOPLE IN ORDER TO AVOID

REPETITION OF THEIR PREVIOUS EXPERIENCES. THIS TYPE OF HABIT GROWS IN THEIR CHILDHOOD

TO AVOID PUNISHMENT AND TO KEEP THEM OUT OF SIGHT OF OTHERS, WHICH CONTINUES TO

ADULT LIFE. BY DOING SO, HE SERIOUSLY RESTRICTS HIS EMOTIONAL SATISFACTION.

4)CHARMING:

• THIS IS MORE COMMON IN WOMEN, SEEN AS A DEVOTED WIFE OF DOMINATING HUSBAND. HER

MOOD IS GENERALLY MILD & CHEERFUL AND RELATIVELY STABLE EMOTIONALLY. THEY LEARN IN

CHILDHOOD TO AVOID PAIN BY BEING GOOD, SO GOOD THAT BECOMES UTTERLY COMPLAINT,

INCAPABLE OF EXPRESSING OPPOSITION TO ANYTHING.

• IN THE CASES OF SUPPRESSION / TORTURED PULSATILLA, ONE CAN THINK OF STAPHYSAGRIA AS

IT ACTS WELL IN SUCH A SITUATION.

MENTALS:

• (^) THERE CAN BE TWO EXTREMES:

SUPPRESSED EMOTIONS SAYS: “I LAST GOT ANGRY SEVENTEEN

YEARS AGO”

WHO CANNOT CONTROL: “VIOLENT OUTBURSTS OF PASSION”,

“ALWAYS ANGRY”.

• (^) THEY DISLIKE BEING TOUCHED AND MAY BE SLEEPY DURING THE

DAY BUT UNABLE TO SLEEP AT NIGHT. THEY ALSO FEEL WORSE

FOLLOWING AFTERNOON NAPS.

• (^) THEY EITHER CRAVE TOBACCO OR ARE AGGRAVATED BY TOBACCO

SMOKE, AND DISCHARGES (SWEAT, FLATUS, STOOL) MAY SMELL

LIKE ROTTEN EGGS.

COMPARISON

LACHESIS(ANIMAL KINGDOM)

• IMPROPER SELF-LOVE AND FROM A SEARCH FOR AN OUTLET TO RELIEVE.
• (^) HAUGHTINESS AS THE NEED TO COMPETE AND TO BE ATTRACTIVE. BORN OUT OF

DEEP NARCISSISM, AN IMPROPER LOVE OF SELF REFLECTS AS STRONG DEGREE OF

SUSPICION, ENVY, HATRED LEADS TO OVER-STIMULATION SEEKING AN OUTLET

FOR RELIEF. IT IS A REMEDY THAT IS ENTIRELY SELF-ABSORBED.

• (^) SELF-CENTEREDNESS - WHERE THE ENERGY AND PASSION WITHIN CANNOT FIND A

NATURAL OUTLET FOR ITS SELF-EXPRESSION, IT TURNS INWARD FOR FALSE RELIEF

AS COMPENSATION.

• TWO PHYSICAL SYMPTOMS ARE COMPARED WITH HAUGHTINESS HEMORRHAGE

AND FLUCTUATIONS IN BODY HEAT

PALLADIUM METALLICUM(MINERAL KINGDOM)

• (^) W OUNDED PRIDE, MORTIFICATION AND LOVE OF APPROBATION.
• (^) SEEKS OUT THE PRAISE AND APPROVAL OF OTHERS ,EASILY FEELS NEGLECTED

AND GETS WOUNDED.

• CRAVES FOR ATTENTION. THEIR LOVE OF APPROBATION — SOMETHING THEY

EXPECT IN THEIR VIEW OF THE ORDER OF THINGS — LEAVES THEM VULNERABLE

LACK OF CONFIDENCE:

• “ VERY SENSITIVE TO WHAT OTHERS SAY ABOUT HIM”.

THE FEELS THAT HIS SURVIVAL DEPENDS UPON MAINTAINING A VERY HIGH REPUTATION AND SELF-

CONTROL, OF BEING A VERY SUPERIOR, CALM AND DIGNIFIED PERSON WHO WINS THE RESPECT

OF ALL BY HIS NOBLE ACTIONS(PERSON WHO IS MUCH ABOVE THE ORDINARY).

• LACK OF SELF-CONFIDENCE AND ESTEEM DUE TO DEEP INSULTS IN THE PAST.

HISTORY OF HUMILIATION; SOME MENTAL, PHYSICAL, OR SEXUAL ABUSE; A PROFOUND INSULT; OR

SOME SHAMEFUL INCIDENT.

THEY GET HURT VERY EASILY, TEND TO GET OFFENDED, FEEL INSULTED TOO OFTEN BECAUSE OF

LITTLE THINGS, AND ARE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE OPINIONS OF OTHERS.

• FOR CHILDREN WHO FEEL UNLOVED OR UNCARED , WEAK-SPIRITED.

COMPARISON:

LYCOPODIUM:

• AVOID TAKING NEW TASKS, AVERSION TO TAKE ON RESPONSIBILITIES BECAUSE OF THEIR

FEAR OF FAILURE AND DOESN’T LIKE TO FACE NEW SITUATIONS.

• INDIVIDUALS DOMINATED BY PARENTS DURING CHILDHOOD.

“GREAT INDIGNATION ABOUT THINGS DONE BY

OTHERS OR BY HIMSELF; GRIEVES ABOUT THE

CONSEQUENCES”

• (^) THE MAIN FEELING IS DIGNITY AND HONOUR, LIKE A PERSON OF NOBLE BIRTH.
• (^) HE FEELS THAT HE SHOULD LIVE UP TO HIS SENSE OF DIGNITY AND HONOUR (WHICH IS

OFTEN FAR MORE THAN NEEDED IN A MAN IN HIS POSITION). HE SHOULD NOT DO

ANYTHING THAT IS UNDIGNIFIED, EVEN THOUGH OTHERS MAY DO SO.

• (^) HE SHOULD NEVER LOWER HIMSELF TO THE OTHER MAN. HE MUST NEVER LOSE HIS

CONTROL, SINCE IT WOULD BE VERY MUCH BELOW HIS HONOUR AND DIGNITY TO DO SO.

• (^) IF SOMEBODY INSULTS HIM, HE HAS TO KEEP CONTROL. HE CANNOT LOSE HIS TEMPER

AND BECOME ABUSIVE OR VIOLENT.

• (^) WERE HE TO DO SO, HE WOULD FEEL VERY UPSET AND FEEL THAT HE HAD DONE

HIMSELF AN INDIGNITY AND THIS, TO HIM, WOULD BE WORSE THAN THE EFFECT OF THE

INSULT ITSELF.

• (^) THEY SET FOR THEMSELVES A TASK WHICH IS NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE. THAT TASK IS TO

MAINTAIN THEIR DIGNITY DESPITE BEING BEATEN DOWN, INSULTED AND HUMILIATED.

• (^) WHEN THEY START LOSING THEIR DIGNITY THE FIRST SIGNS ARE FOUND AS THE

SUPPRESSED ANGER BEGINS TO SURFACE WITH

TREMBLING IN ANGER.

VOICE LOST DURING ANGER.

FACE RED IN ANGER.

WEAKNESS AFTER ANGER.

HEMIPLEGIA AFTER ANGER.

ANGER, THROWS THINGS AWAY.

STRIKE, DESIRE TO.

• (^) THIS LEADS TO AN INTENSE STATE OF ANXIETY, A NEUROTIC ANXIETY WITH THE

FEELING THAT SOMEBODY IS BEHIND HIM, AND SO HE CONSTANTLY KEEPS LOOKING

BACK. THE NEED TO KEEP PERFECT CONTROL, TO LIVE FAR BEYOND HIS CAPACITY

(HERE IS WHERE PATIENT CHANGES FROM SYCOTIOC TO SYCO SYPHILITIC).

DISAPPOINTMENTS & GRIEF:

• (^) AILMENTS FROM GRIEF - THERE IS A KIND OF "SWEETNESS " IN THE FACE OF

GRIEF,PROBING ENCOUNTERS SWEET RESIGNATION

IGNATIA AND NATRUM MUR - BECOMES BITTER; IT IS AS IF THERE IS A THORN

INSIDE, AND HEY BECOME HARD TO REACH. IF YOU PROBE DEEPLY IN SUCH

PATIENT'S YOU SEE A BITTERNESS, A HARSHNESS, WHICH IS PRICKLY LIKE A THORN

• (^) DUE TO ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIP AND RARELY ON PROFESSIONAL SETBACKS,

FINANCIAL REVERSALS, OR EVEN DEATHS IN THE FAMILY.

(THEY ARE NICE PEOPLE, AND THEY GET ALONG WELL WITH PEOPLE; IF THERE IS AN

OCCUPATIONAL REVERSAL, THEY RECOVER EASILY AND MOVE ON)

AURUM- COLLAPSE TOTALLY AFTER A BUSINESS FAILURE;SHOOT THEMSELVES OR

JUMP FROM A HIGH BUILDING.

IGNATIA OR NATRUM MUR - ONSET OF PROBLEMS AFTER DEATHS OF RELATIVES OR

LOVED ONES.

DWELLS ON SEXUAL MATTERS:

• HE IS VERY TIMID AND COWARDLY, AND HAS FEELINGS OF GUILT. HE CANNOT EXPRESS HIS

INCREASED SEXUAL DESIRE DIRECTLY FOR FEAR OF BEING HURT AND OUT OF A SENSE OF

SHAME, AND BECAUSE OF HIS SELF-RESPECT STAPHYSAGRIA IS NOT ONE WHO CAN OGLE AT

WOMEN.

• BUT EVEN THESE FANTASIES CAN PRODUCE INTENSE GUILT AND FEAR IN A STAPHYSAGRIA

PERSON, GUILT THAT HE IS INDULGING IN SUCH FANTASIES AND FEAR THAT IT MAY BE

DISCOVERED BY OTHERS. (RAJASHANKARAN)

• SEX MAY DEGENERATE INTO LASCIVIOUSNESS OR LUSTFULNESS ,AN ENJOYMENT BEYOND

WHAT IS NATURAL.

• OVERINDULGING INTO SEX RELATIONSHIPS,FINDS HIMSELF IN A STATE WHERE EVERYONE

DICTATES WHAT HE IS DOING WITH THEM (IF IN A LOT OF RELATIONSHIPS). CANNOT SAY NO.

• DEVELOPS ENLARGEMENT OF THE PROSTATE GLAND BECAUSE OF PROMISCUITY, LUSTFULNESS,

OR MAINTAINING LONG ERECTIONS TO SATISFY OTHERS.FORCES THE HORMONAL SYSTEM TO

WORK IN AN UNNATURAL WAY.IMPOTENT AFTER ALL THE PREVIOUS EXERTIONS .(G VITHOLKAUS)

LYCOPODIUM- PAINFUL ERECTIONS IN THE NIGHT, OUT OF THE BLUE, LONG-LASTING ONES THAT

ARE VERY PAINFUL