Eudicots::Caryophyllales

Themes from the Synonym database: Cact: Abandoned, Company. Anh: Light. Phyto: Shame. Dros: Couragous, Suicidal.
Cactaceae	spp. Optuntia (Prickly Pear) Rx: Cactina (Alkaloid), Carn-g (Cereus g.), Cere-b, Anh (Peyote), Cere-s, Optuntia v. Family Sensation as if: Constricted Contracted Bound Trapped. Cereus-p. Mescaline a psychedelic alkaloid is found in several members of the cactus family including the peyote cactus (Lophophora williamsii), the San Pedro cactus (Echinopsis pachanoi) and the Peruvian Torch cactus (Echinopsis peruviana). It can also be found in Acacia berlandieri (Fabaceae). The effects include arousal of the sympathitic nervous system and intensifications of perception with synasthesia, especially of colour and sound. Top (core) Cactaceae Rubrics ... Mistakes, time in; writing Music agg. Preying Vivacious. Anger, trifles at; violent. Adaptability, loss of [anh] Repertory Work A search for CRUSH in cactaceae show the sensation pervades ... Head; pain; crushed, as if shattered, cact[1], [+30] Generals: pain crushed as if: anh[1] [+3] Other shared rubrics: CONCENTRATION, difficult: op, chel, morph, sang, cod, narcot. CONFUSION (of mind): op, chel, morph, sang, cod, narcot. Cactus Grandiflorus Boericke There is a positive side to the Cactus image. One proover reported: Crystal clear serenity.... Cheerful. Mind, activity, creative enhanced. Exciting and amorous dreams. The state we are more familiar with is melancholy and sad, with a sense of solitude. Ailments from disappointed love. Consolation, sympathy agg. Sentimental. Remorse. Delusion, forsaken is. Anger, contradiction from. Morbid impulses. Dreams of killing Cact. is a slow and deliberate person. He feels as if he can't keep up, or make progress, even though he hurries. Hurried. Slowness, behind hand, always. Autism. Dullness. Aversion to answer. They are quite fearful ... Suspicious. Fear of misfortune. Delusions, injured, is being. Presentiment of death. Delusions, about to die. Horrible dreams - of death and violence. There is deep confusion ... Delusions, body is smaller. Mind, confusion, identity as to his, duality sense of Mind, delusion, separated, soul; body is separated from. Sensation of:Headache and neuralgia. Numbness. There is squeezing, constriction, pressure, and the opposite - swelling and enlargement. Constriction and twisting tighter and tighted (as if chest or throat is caught in wires). Therapeutics: Angina. Painful dysmenorrhoea. Miasm: Malaria. Anaholium (Mescaline) Boericke The state can arise from extreme isolation (i.e. left with little glory but his memories) or experiences of extreme violence. Egotism. Mocking. Loquacity. Libertinism. Forsaken feeling. Want of self-confidence. Selfish. Suspicious. Company, aversion to. Insecurity. Conscientious about trifles. The senses are very acute. It is regarded as a mystical state by many. There is a different awarness of the body, with hallucinations of shapes and dimensions decomposing. The She feels that she is dissolving. There can be feelings of depersonalization and disorientation and erosion of identity. Dissociation. Clairvoyance. Floating. Awareness, of body, heightened. Confusion, identity, depersonalization. Decomposition of space and of shape. Delusions of being enlarged, or that objects are smaller or enlarged. Sees faces and hears voices. They may be excessivly focused on their inner life. They can experience either great energy or extreme fatigue. Vivacious. Undertaking many things, persevering in nothing. Loss of will power. Lassitude. Reality, flight, from. Fear, death, of. Death, desires. Thoughts, rapid, quick. > ... vanishing of. Sensations:Numbness. Analgesia. Shooting and stitching pains. Crushing. Constriction. "Generals, pain, crushed as if" Sensation of thoracic constriction with pricking in the heart. Miasm:Psora. Cancer. Trichocereus peruvianus (Peruvian torch cactus) This cactus grows in the Andes and contains mescaline. Cereus Bonplandi Can be assertive, giving, and passionate, loves to be busy, and to be doing something useful. Every minute must be meaningful. He has a feeling of being influenced by God. Rubrics: Generous. Industrious. [Desire to be useful.] Praying [Delusion: being under a poweful influence] Being weighed down by an Incubus Insanity [Loathing of life before menses] Sensation: Expansion (Chest). As if heart is transfixed. A clinical situation viewed through Cereus Bon Rubrics Delusions, incubus, being weighed down by. Client had councelling to help with the terrible guilt ... Spiritual delusions; thinks she has committed the unpardonable sin. She tries to kill herself, (which is a sin in most religions) and is afraid of doing so. Loathing, life, menses, before. Insanity When she is pushed she can respond quite violently. Irritability. Throws things. She works in a charity shop, and knits baby clothes. Deeds, useful, desire to be. UNIQUE . Dreams: Of the dead, in visions of wisdom light, being cared for by her deceased husband .. People, assembled. Tranquillity, (serenity, calmness). Opuntia spina. (Prickly pear) Busy. Religious feelings alternate between praying and swearing. Ideas, abundant, clearness of mind. Thoughts strange. Impulse - morbid. Morose. Malicious. Rage. Hatred. Cursing. Praying. Busy. Erections. Therapeutics: Numbness. Sensations: Sticking pains. Carnegiea Gigantea (Saguao) There is an alternation between a state of philosophical detatchment and anxieties about intrusion. Delusion: Out of body. Delusions: Criticized. Danger. Persued. Dream, as if in. Excitement. Exhilaration. Starting. Irritable. Malicious. Violent. Sensation: Headache, pounding, with needles. Notes: If there is heartburn the case may resemble Gastro Esophageal Reflux Disease ... Pain in chest, trouble swallowing, breathing difficult. Asthma patients often say their chest feels tight or constricted.
Caryophyllaceae	Silene capensis (African Dream Root)(Campoin) The Xhosa tribes sacred plant, used to induce vivid (and according to the Xhosa, prophetic) lucid dreams, classifying it a naturally-occurring oneirogen similar to the more well-known dream herb Calea zacatechichi. Other oneirogens include: Artemisia vulgaris ("Mugwort"), Calea zacatechichi (the "dream herb"), Entada rheedii ("African dream herb"), Silene capensis ("African dream root"), Tabernanthe iboga, and Salvia Divinorum.
Aizoaceae or Ficoidaceae	spp. Mesenbryanemum (Ice Plant), Astridia, Bijla, Lithops Sceletium tortuosum (Kanna) It is an empathogen which is known to elevate mood and decrease anxiety, stress and tension. Users also report tactile sensitivity, friendliness, euphoria and increased insight.
Amaranthaceae	spp. beet (Beta-a) goosefoot, quinoa, spinach, tumbleweeds. Atriplex. Chenopodium (Jesuit's Tea) The fruit smells like eucalpyptus, it tastes bitter and pungent. Symptoms include apoplexy (i.e. ruptured aneurysm) with hemiplegia and aphasia. Rubrics: Aphasia. Desires conversation, but repeats the same thing. Forgetful; words, hunting. Striking at bystanders Therapeutics: Meniere's disease and tinnitus (roaring in the ears). Salsola tragus (Tumbleweed) A shrub with a globose growth habit that allows the plant to spread its seeds by rolling across the Arizona desert. The plant disconnects from its stem before it can roll, so the proving had a theme of being tied down and then disconnecting or breaking away. Connection can mean a sensation of being rooted and grounded but may extend to a sense of dependancy and a subsequent wish to get away. The disconnection felt like dying in one case. The rolling movement came through as a sensation of buoyancy. There were drug themes such as euphoria and clairvoyance in the proving. Therapeutics : It contains Salsolin which can regulate blood pressure. Its action resembles papaverine.   Achyranthes calea Psychological themes: rationalizing, lack of feeling, depression; Indifference. Apathy, external things to. Remorse, repentance; Want of moral feeling. Fear of suffering. Panic attacks. Oversensitive. Quite disposition. Quietude amel.
Droseraceae	spp. Dionaea muscipula (Venus fly trap) Themes: Senisitivity to Malice. Easily Offended. "Delusions, criticised." Sensations: Tickling, Rough and Scraping. Therapeutics: Asthma, whooping cough.
Phytolaccaceae	Phytolacca (Pokeweed). Boericke A state lacking personal shame. Rubric: Indifference to exposure of her person Therapeutics: Sinusitis. Tonsilitis. Teething Sensations: Soreness. Stitching, like electric shocks. Miasm: Syphilis or Ringworm.
Plumbaginaceae	Leadworts
Polygonaceae	Knotweeds (Docks) spp. Rheum, Polygonum (Knotweed)), Eriogonum, Fagopyrum (Buckwheat), Rumex. Anthraquinones are found in aloe (Ord. Asparagales) senna (Ord. Fabales), rhubarb (below), and Cascara buckthorn (Ord Rosales), they have laxative effects. The family sensation is of a dry and tickling irritation. The mental state can be irritable or weary of life and indifferent. Theme: Oppression: Irritation vs. Indifference. Top (core) Polygonaceae Rubrics ... Excitement Talk, indisposed to Sadness Fear, death. Rumex (Curly Dock)   Rubrics: Thinking, Mental work, aversion to. Fancies, unpleasant. Disposed to frown. Fears, misfortune of Suicidal disposition Sensations: Itching Therapeutics: Cough. Watery nasal catarrh. Rheum (Rhubarb) Capricious and irritable (indisposed to play). May be dull, as if half asleep (says nothing).   Rubrics: Averice Capricious. Discontented. Full of desires. Delusions: imiginations, illusions. Fear, apprehension, dread death of. Sensations: Bubbling. Therapeutics: Colic. Fagopyrum esculentum (Buckwheat) Proved in 1873. One prover reported a happy state of mind. Others described irritability, depression, and loss of interest in mental work ... "Can't fix my mind on anything." There were also feelings of confusion, heaviness of the head with dizziness and pain. The eyes were affected, feeling inflamed, itching and hot. Also itching skin. Rubrics: Cheerful. Will, strong. Concentration difficult. Confusion. Dullness. Weakness of memory. Indifference. Taciturn. Morose. Urethra - cutting. Urine acrid. Throat - inflammation; scraping. Mouth - eruptions; vesicles.
Tamaricaceae	Tamarix Tamarix species are fire-adapted, and have long tap roots that allow them to intercept deep water tables and exploit natural water resources.
Summary and Differentiation The feeling of the Cactaceae is of being crushed on both the physical and mental planes. The opposite polarity of being crushed is being expanded, boundless and light - the exact feeling of the drug remedies. There are some similarities with the Saxifragales. Heaviness and compression and its opposite polarity of lightness is also found throughout the Saxifragales, the sense is dissolving for example, is also found in Hamamelis but the impression is of being lost. This sense of being lost is continued in the Lamailes where there can be intense fears arising from a feeling of being disconnected from reality. The common sensations of the Polygonaceae could be tension and oppression.   [Print Dhtml Window]