M1S1 Anxiety, Motion Sickness and Insomnia Flashcards
Acute Anxiety
Anxiety, Motion Sickness and Insomnia
Aconitumm Napellus
Acon.
Sudden fright; Extreme anxiety
3F’s Remedy = Fear, Fast, Fever
ACUTE:
• OTM (otitis media)
• Heart attack
• Labor (pregnancy)
• Croup (inflammation of trachea + larynx)
• Shock, panic and anxiety disorders (shock after earthquake)
MODALITIES: • Presentiment of death, predicts time • Restless and fearful • High fever before any infection • Burning thirst • Intense pain
Anxiety, Motion Sickness and Insomnia
Argentum Nitricum
Arg-n
Anticipatory anxiety; extreme anxiety
ACUTE: • Performance anxiety, stage fright • Diarrhea from anxiety and anticipation • Loud flatulence and eructations • Hoarseness in singers and speakers
MODALITIES: • Many fears and anxieties • Craves open air spaces • feels suffocated • Craves sweets and salt • sensation of splinter in throat on swallowing
Anxiety, Motion Sickness and Insomnia
Coffea Cruda
Coff.
Insomnia from excitement; Metal Hypersensitivity
ACUTE: • Insomnia from good news • Toothache > cold water on mouth • Headaches • CFS (chronic fatigue syndrome)
MODALITIES:
HYPERSENSITIVITY of the mind and body
• Ailments from excessive joy, pain, narcotics or stimulants
• Super acute senses, awakes with every sounds
• Irritability, despair, intense pain “weeps, laments, and tosses about”
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Anxiety, Motion Sickness and Insomnia
Cocculus Indicus
Cocc.
Exhaustion from loosing sleep; Motion Sickness, Jetlag
ACUTE: • Ailments from loosing sleep • Jetlag • Motion sickness (travelers) • Morning sickness (pregnancy) • Headaches
MODALITIES:
• WEAKNESS, barely able to stand, hold up head or speak
• hallow sensation in head, chest, abdomen
• slowing down of reactions and mind, time passes too quickly
• anger from interruption, answers slowly
• Nausea, vertigo
• Faintness, prostration
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Anxiety, Motion Sickness and Insomnia
Ignatia Amara
Ign.
Sudden Grief, Sudden depression; brokenhearted
ACUTE: • Sudden grief • Rectal spasms and fissure • Environmental sensitivity/illnesses • CFS, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
MODALITIES:
• Globus hystericus: lump in the throat
• hurt feelings, disappointment
• SPASMS, emotions expressed spasmodically; short sobs, lump in throat
• LOUD SIGHING
• Perspiration on face, specially during eating
• Paradoxical symptoms, i.e., sore throat > swallowing
• Fear of birds
• Aversion to fruits
Anxiety, Motion Sickness and Insomnia
Tabacum
Tab.
Motion Sickness > open air > stillness ACUTE: • Motion Sickness • Headaches with nausea • Nausea and vomiting • Angina pectoris (chest pain/pressure) • Side effects of chemotherapy • PMS
MODALITIES: • Headache with nausea • Deadly nausea (severe) • Icy cold, clammy, deadly pale looking • Free profuse secretions: vomiting, perspiration, lacrimation, salivation, etc • > stillness • > open air
