bamba-a

[Simon King LCPH MARH]

Has anyone actually used this Rx much represented in the reps?
I'd be interested in any cases
thanks
Simon King


"reverence for life is a state of mind not a set of rules" Albert
Schweitzer

[AH]

on 2/5/05 5:46 AM, Simon King at sk2004@ntlworld.com wrote:

I'd be interested in any cases
thanks

Dear Simon,

Have not yet used though did notice some similarity that it has with
Hydrocyanic acid. If I did the radar 8 extraction correctly (below), all
the common symptoms between the two are there, FWIW.

Best,
Andy
http://www.forestfloor.co.nz/ff/bamboopastoral.htm
Bamboos tend to be highly nutritious and stock love to get at them.
However three points must be noted in relation to their edibility. Firstly
several species of bamboo (mostly tropical ones) contain
in their new shoots, noticeable as a bitterness. This substance can cause
poisoning if eaten in sufficient quantity, but is easily removed by boiling
for human consumption. In some parts of the world (mainly the tropics),
bamboo shoots are routinely protected from cattle for this reason, until the
shoots have grown to full height, when they leaf up and the leaves are
highly nutritious (more or less depending on the time of year). Many other
types of plant that stock regularly eat contain small levels of toxins, it
is only if they eat too much at once that there is any danger of adverse
effects. Some species of bamboo are much less toxic than others, e.g.
Phyllostachys species (especially P. aurea which is edible raw by humans).
Shoots of several Phyllostachys species are eaten by dairy cows without any
adverse effects.
Common sx of Bambusa-a and Hydrocyanic acid (Radar 8.14)

MIND - ANGER
MIND - CONCENTRATION - difficult
MIND - CONFUSION of mind
MIND - DELUSIONS
MIND - DESPAIR
MIND - DISCONTENTED
MIND - DULLNESS
MIND - EXCITEMENT
MIND - FEAR - crowd, in a
MIND - FEAR - misfortune, of
MIND - FORGETFUL
MIND - HYPOCHONDRIASIS
MIND - INDIFFERENCE, apathy
MIND - INDIFFERENCE, apathy - everything, to
MIND - IRRITABILITY
MIND - LAZINESS
MIND - MENTAL EXERTION - agg. - impossible
MIND - MOANING
MIND - RESTLESSNESS
MIND - RESTLESSNESS - bed - tossing about in
MIND - SADNESS
MIND - SADNESS - afternoon
MIND - STUPEFACTION
MIND - TACITURN
MIND - TRANQUILLITY, serenity, calmness
VERTIGO - VERTIGO
VERTIGO - ACCOMPANIED by - staggering
VERTIGO - AIR, in open
VERTIGO - FALL, tendency to
VERTIGO - INTOXICATED, as if
VERTIGO - OBJECTS - move
VERTIGO - REELING
HEAD - HEAT
HEAD - HEAVINESS
HEAD - PAIN
HEAD - PAIN - night
HEAD - PAIN - accompanied by - Neck - pain in
HEAD - PAIN - air - open - amel.
HEAD - PAIN - eating - after
HEAD - PAIN - Forehead, in
HEAD - PAIN - Occiput
HEAD - PAIN - pressing
HEAD - PAIN - pressing - evening
HEAD - PAIN - pressing - Forehead
HEAD - PAIN - pressing - Occiput
HEAD - PAIN - pressing - Temples
HEAD - PAIN - pressing - Vertex
HEAD - PAIN - stitching
HEAD - PRICKLING
HEAD - WAVING sensation
VISION - DIM
VISION - FOGGY
NOSE - DISCHARGE - greenish
NOSE - DRYNESS - Inside
NOSE - TINGLING - Inside
FACE - CLENCHED jaw
FACE - DISCOLORATION - pale
FACE - DISCOLORATION - red
FACE - DRYNESS
FACE - PERSPIRATION
MOUTH - PAIN - burning - Tongue - Tip
MOUTH - SALIVATION
MOUTH - TASTE - offensive
MOUTH - TASTE - putrid
THROAT - DRYNESS
THROAT - PAIN - swallowing
THROAT - PAIN - sore
THROAT - SCRAPING
STOMACH - EMPTINESS
STOMACH - HEARTBURN
STOMACH - LUMP; sensation of a
STOMACH - NAUSEA
STOMACH - PAIN
STOMACH - PAIN - cramping
STOMACH - PAIN - pressing
STOMACH - UNEASINESS
STOMACH - VOMITING
ABDOMEN - RUMBLING
BLADDER - URINATION - involuntary
URETHRA - PAIN - burning - urination - during
URINE - BURNING
LARYNX AND TRACHEA - MUCUS - Larynx
LARYNX AND TRACHEA - PAIN - burning
LARYNX AND TRACHEA - VOICE - hoarseness
RESPIRATION - DIFFICULT - cough, with
COUGH - DRY
COUGH - PAROXYSMAL
COUGH - TICKLING
EXPECTORATION - BLOODY
CHEST - PAIN
CHEST - PAIN - pressing - Heart
CHEST - PAIN - stitching
CHEST - PAIN - stitching - Sternum
CHEST - PALPITATION of heart
BACK - ITCHING - Cervical region
EXTREMITIES - COLDNESS
EXTREMITIES - COLDNESS - Hands - icy
EXTREMITIES - FORMICATION
EXTREMITIES - STIFFNESS
EXTREMITIES - STIFFNESS - Fingers
EXTREMITIES - WEAKNESS
EXTREMITIES - WEAKNESS - Lower limbs - evening
SLEEP - INTERRUPTED
SLEEP - PROLONGED
SLEEP - SLEEPINESS
SLEEP - SLEEPINESS - noon
SLEEP - SLEEPLESSNESS
SLEEP - WAKING - frequent
SLEEP - YAWNING
DREAMS - CONFUSED
DREAMS - NIGHTMARES
DREAMS - VIVID
SKIN - STINGS of insects
GENERALS - AIR - open air - amel.
GENERALS - FOOD and DRINKS - meat - aversion
GENERALS - FORMICATION - External parts
GENERALS - HEAT - flushes of
GENERALS - HEAT - lack of vital heat
GENERALS - KNOTTED sensation internally
GENERALS - LASSITUDE
GENERALS - PAIN - pressing - Internally
GENERALS - WEARINESS - evening

[Simon King LCPH MARH]

Thanks Andy,
I have memorised that instantly (;-)))

seen any write ups on it?

I just ask as it seems to be a very well represented Rx but rather
underused perhaps?

What would alert one to its possible need for instance?
I don't have Prisma perhaps its in there?

kind regards
Simon King


"reverence for life is a state of mind not a set of rules" Albert
Schweitzer
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[J Lucas]

The back, neck and the extremities. You might want to read Nick Churchill¹s
write up in the Homeopath No. 78

Best, Joy

http://www.homeopathicmateriamedica.com
on 6/2/05 11:12 am, Simon King at sk2004@ntlworld.com wrote:
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[AH]

on 2/6/05 3:12 AM, Simon King at sk2004@ntlworld.com wrote:
((( photographic memory helpful in this trade

((( very new rx but at least one instance of use seems to have been found
(see below)

((( ailments after giving birth
(((( Here is what is here from Referenceworks on Bamb-a--This may answer
some of the question (ailments after parturition).

Best,
Andy

Mangialavori additions
MIND, AILMENTS from, anger, vexation, suppressed, from
MIND, FEAR, panic attacks, overpowering
MIND, RESPONSIBILITY
HEAD, HAIR, affections of, gray, becomes
FACE, ERUPTIONS, acne
FACE, ERUPTIONS, acne, forehead
FACE, ERUPTIONS, pimples, forehead, painful
FACE, ERUPTIONS, pimples, painful
MOUTH, APHTHAE
BACK, PAIN, General, cervical region, extending, head, to
BACK, PAIN, General, lumbar region, lumbago, cold, from taking
BACK, PAIN, General, lumbar region, lumbago, sneezing
BACK, STIFFNESS, Cervical region, headache, during
BACK, TENSION, Cervical region, headache, with
EXTREMITIES, CRACKED skin, Fingers, tips of
GENERALITIES, FOOD and drinks, cheese, desires
GENERALITIES, FOOD and drinks, cheese, desires
GENERALITIES, FOOD and drinks, meat, aversion
GENERALITIES, FOOD and drinks, sweets, desires
GENERALITIES, WORN OUT
Bamboo
An important remedy for 'ailments after parturition'
Bernd Schuster
Bahnhofstrasse 3
65582 Diez, Germany
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Pharmacy
Enzian Pharmacy, Verdistrasse 54, 81247 Munich, Germany.
Fax: +49-89-816359. Q and C potencies.
Publisher of the book with the original German provings text:
Kent-Gesellschaft, Kastanienstrasse 4, 61476 Kronberg, Germany.
Fax: +49-6173-933470. E-mail: kent@zizia.com
ISBN 3-932116-00-3
Publisher of the book with the English translation of the provings
text:
Homšopathie Forum e.V. Verlag, Grubmhlerfeldstrasse 14a, 82119 Gauting,
Germany.
Fax: +49-89-89341466.
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A methodical and large-scale homeopathic proving of the remedy Bamboo
was conducted in Germany in 1994; 20 provers (12 women and 8 men)
participated.
The test was conducted with C6 and C30 globuli and Q3 dilution. The
potencies were made from fresh Bamboo shoots of the Bambusa
arundinacea.(Bamb-a.)
The proving symptoms were observed for a period of two months. Bamboo
produced so many symptoms that more than 2,000 additions to Kent's repertory
could be suggested. These additions, together with the additions of Ozone,
are already included in version 4.0 of the Complete Repertory by Roger van
Zandvoort. All Bamboo rubrics can be extracted with Mac Repertory. Since the
proving, about 100 patients in my practice have benefited from this remedy.
I used mainly Q-potencies.
Up to now three main effects have become apparent:
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1. - Pain, stiffness and pathological changes of the spinal column,
problems with the inter-articular discs, Bamboo-spine (Morbus Bechterew) and
Primary Chronic Polyarthritis. Pain in the shoulder joints, often with
stiffness, and in the joints of knees, hands and feet. The pains are mainly
short, sharp and stitching. Sciatic pain. Distinct tendency to support the
head.
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2. - Female hormonal problems. Especially a regulatory effect on the
hypophysis and on the estrogen-progestin ratio. Pre-menstrual syndrome,
particularly painful swelling of the mammae, premature menopause, painful
menses, weakness after parturition with premature restarting of the
menstruation, irritability towards the child, refusal to nurse the child,
depression and headache.
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3. - Strong effect on the mind, a feeling of being stressed,
particularly by their own child, with a search for support. Laziness and
sleepiness alternating with silliness and exaggerated laughter. (There is a
saying in China: 'The Bamboo bends with laughter'.)

Case 1
Cervical syndrome after Caesarean section.
In September 1995, a 29 year old woman, who could not take care of her
child, consulted me because of bad headaches. She had previously been
treated by a homeopathic colleague who had prescribed Belladonna C200,
C1000, and 10M, unfortunately without relief or healing. Twelve weeks ago
she gave birth to a boy after a Caesarean. After two hours of labour the
child got stuck in the birth canal and an emergency Caesarean section had to
be carried out.
She said that shortly after the operation she felt a pain in the
occiput, at first only when shaking her head or brushing her teeth. The pain
in her neck began early in August 1995 and at first she thought that it was
caused by a draught. She had never been bothered by headaches before. These
pains got so severe within the last three weeks that she had to lie down.
The doctor took an X-ray and diagnosed a cervico-cerebral syndrome. The pain
comes from the neck and spreads over her head, manifesting itself in the
forehead and the eyes. Sometimes she feels a piercing and throbbing pain in
the back of her head. The pain comes and goes unexpectedly, it begins
suddenly and abates slowly. Movement aggravates the pain. Turning the head
to the right or to the left is painful because her neck is stiff. An
aggravation of the headache is always accompanied by intensified stiffness
of the neck. She can hardly bend her head to the chest.
The pain aggravates when she gets up after lying down and ameliorates
when she lies quietly. She cannot bear hearing her child cry.
It does her good to lean against something or to prop up her head, and
she feels better when sitting and resting her chin on her hands. The feeling
of heaviness and enlargement makes the propping of the head necessary. She
says that her head feels as though it is the size of a pumpkin.
Sometimes she has the sensation as if she would fall down on the floor
with pain.
At lunch time the pain is worse. Although her baby was delivered only
three months ago she is now menstruating for the second time. The first
menstruation appeared whilst she was still breast feeding, only four weeks
after parturition. It lasted one week, disappeared and started again after
some days.
On the recommendation of the doctor she stopped breast feeding two
weeks ago, after having an injection of an anti-inflammatory analgesic,
because she could no longer bear the pain. The menstruation is normally
preceded by cramps in the hypogastrium. Sometimes the menstrualcycle is
prolonged to 42 days. Before menstruation she is irritable, ill humoured,
tearful and depressed. In the past she had big problems with nausea,
diarrhoea, profuse perspiration and pain at the commencement of
menstruation. She also tends to suffer from haemorrhoids and diarrhoea
during the time of menstruation and this continued after the birth of the
child. Several years ago the haemorrhoids were suppressed by injections
because they were so painful.
Carrying the child caused pain in the dorsal region of the spinal
column.
At present 'everything gets on her nerves', she is irritable and
'stressed' sometimes 'she would gladly abandon her child' (laughs
inappropriately).
But she was irritable during pregnancy, too. The young woman feels 'the
whole situation is too demanding for her', she has the feeling that 'it is
all too much for her'. The child cries too much. She thinks a lot about all
sorts of things ('worries about everything'). The burden is too much for
her. 'Perhaps I worry too much. Having a child is not as nice as I had
imagined. When he cries I don't know why. I also thought that he may not
have been satisfied with my milk. And now I'm worried again because I
haven't been able to do anything for the last three weeks due to my
headache. I've got a bad conscience because I neglect my child' (weeps).
She also tends to be weepy when watching romantic films (laughs). She
is also easily roused and puts her foot down (laughs and cries at the same
time). She will moan and also use abusive words. 'I can get rather angry if
someone gets on my nerves, if someone doesn't listen to me or if they don't
agree with me immediately' (laughs). She doesn't like being contradicted.
She cannot watch cruelty to animals on television, she must turn it
off.
She is sensitive to cold and tends to have cold feet. She does not like
the cold at all. At night she is well covered up. Even in summertime she
needs a warm cover.
Her father died of prostate cancer when he was 59. Quite a few members
of her father's family died of cancer, including her father's brothers.
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Repertorisation
* - Mind; Anxiety; conscience, of
* - Female; Metrorrhagia; nursing the child
* - Rectum; Diarrhoea; menses; during
* - Mind; Irritability; menses; before
* - Back; Pain; general; Cervical region; extending; eye, to
* - Head; Prop, inclination to (!)
(!) New rubric)
Prescription: Bamboo Q6, dil. 1*
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Follow-up
The patient called me the next day. She told me that there was less
pain already. Besides, she had much more initiative and was having fun with
her child. The neck cramps were much better. Her mind was clearly brighter.
A daily dose of one tea-spoon of the dil. 1 was prescribed.
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Seventeen days later she complained of intensified cramps in the neck,
especially when bending forward. As she is still in a good frame of mind,
this seems to indicate an over dosage. She stops taking the remedy for three
days after which one teaspoon dil. 2 is taken daily.

On the 25th day after the initial dose she said in an extremely happy
manner that she feels very well, 'super', she is in a good mood and could
work for hours without discomfort.
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Almost 6 weeks after the first prescription the pain in the neck has
completely disappeared and the painful twinge in the head and the stitching
and the throbbing haven't come back.
The menstruation came without complaints and the former irritability
has also gone. Sometimes she still feels overstrained because the child is
always crying and is very restless. The boy wants to be carried all day.
The dil. 2 Bamboo treatment was continued. She did not make any further
appointments, but brought her child in for treatment instead. The Bamboo
treatment was ended in the middle of December 1995. Up to April 1997 the
headache did not reappear. The young woman is well again so that the
treatment of the cervical syndrome can be regarded as being successful after
a period of eighteen months without pain.
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Case 2
Metrorrhagia while nursing.
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In January 1995 a 31 year old woman consulted me because she had become
nervous and irritable after the birth of her third child one month earlier.
She tends to get extremely angry, she shouts at her children and cannot
stand any contradiction. She easily feels attacked and hurt. Not long ago
she had repeated quarrels and differences of opinion with her husband, which
still worries her. The husband used bad language and she could not
retaliate.
She felt very hurt and did not talk to him for days.
Her whole life situation is very strained (weeps) because her husband
has set up his own business and has to work very hard for his living. She
always has a bad conscience regarding the children because of the quarrels.
She realises that the children are afraid that their parents might
divorce.
She is very sensitive and cannot watch creepy or frightening films,
especially films with 'aliens'.
There is no space for the nicer side of life, no space for relaxation.
She often feels a retching sensation in the stomach, and has a craving for
sharp spices.
She has a sharp nose and can smell what the children have been eating
by the smell of their clothes. Repeated stitching backaches in the lumbar
region and the sensation as if her back is breaking.
The pregnancy, which was not planned, the childbirth and the care for
the baby created an additional burden. Standing up after sitting causes
dizziness from hypotension. She would never drink so much alcohol that she
would lose control.
Cannot vomit when she feels sick. Complaints from haemorrhoids since
the last pregnancy. The mother of the patient suffers from severe psoriasis,
she also has a renal insufficiency and needs dialysis.
As a baby she suffered from eczema. One of her daughters has this
disease too. The patient has a troublesome relationship with her mother,
there is also an incompatibility of milk. She moved away from home when she
was 18.
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Prescription:
Nux vomica LM6 for a period of four weeks (once a day dil. 1) with good
results. She became steady and well-balanced again and was more able to cope
with the tense situation at home.
When she was breast feeding her little daughter she developed mastitis.
The milk was thick and viscid. In March 1995 I prescribed Phytolacca C200
which cured her immediately.
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In August 1995 the patient consulted me again. She reported that six
months after parturition, when she was still breast feeding the little girl
at night, she had her first menstruation. It did not stop, however, but
continued spotting over a period of more than two months. Before
menstruation she noted the growth of some nodes in the mammae. Because of
the breast feeding the gynaecologist did not want to treat her
allopathically and was of the opinion that the bleeding would stop on its
own, which unfortunately did not happen.
Apart from this problem the irritability, the feeling of being
overstrained and forsaken, and the feeling that 'it is all too much for her'
is still very prevalent. During the consultation the patient constantly
massaged her neck which was extremely tense.
Stitching pains in hands and feet. A hallux valgus is inflamed and
aching.
Sensation as if the vertebral column were made of glass and could
break.
Hungry at night. She cannot stand clothes around her neck.
She has a problem with possessive closeness or too much intimacy in a
relationship, which was discussed in earlier consultations.
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Repertorisation
* - Mind; Forsaken feeling
* - Mind; Overstrained, overburdened, feeling as if (!)
* - Female; Metrorrhagia; nursing the child
* - Mind; Quarrelsomeness, scolding; trifles about (!)
* - Mind; Laughing; never
* - Back; Pain; General; Cervical region.
I gave her Bamboo C6, which comes up in all rubrics, with the
instruction to dissolve three globuli in some water every day and to drink
it in three little sips.

Follow-up
Bamboo stopped the bleeding within one day. The patient felt very well!
The irritability and fear of being unable to manage things disappeared. More
stable feeling in the vertebral column. The C6 was stopped after three days.
Ten weeks later the patient came to me again. She had a minor
metrorrhagia during the days around ovulation. She had to wear a sanitary
towel and was very unhappy about the menstrual disorder. The irritability,
dissatisfaction and overstrain became obvious again in the course of our
conversation.
Basically the above rubrics were still applicable.
I prescribed Bamboo C200 dissolved in water, five times one
tea-spoonful.
After a short time there was an amelioration of the mental symptoms and
during the following months she had regular menstruation and no spotting
during ovulation.
Eleven months after the first dose of Bamboo the symptoms returned,
more or less the same as before. There were also two new symptoms, a
stiffness of the right hand in the morning and an eruption on the eyelids.
She is feeling dissatisfied again and is scolding about trifles.
Prescription: Bamboo Q6 dil. 1.
After that, she felt fine again.
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Especially interesting in this case history is the rubric 'Female
genitalia; metrorrhagia while nursing' which only shows Silica in the
original Kent. (Additions: calc., phos., rhus-t.) This is a further
indication of the similarity between Bamboo and Silica.
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Case 3
Depression after parturition.
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Mrs. B., born in 1965, consulted me for the first time in 1991 for a
sensation as of a lump in her throat, fear of suffocation, recurrent
inflammations of the throat and great sensitivity to any pressure of
clothes.
She was given Lachesis C1000 and her troubles disappeared.
I saw her again in 1995, 22 weeks pregnant with her first child. She
complained of loud palpitations, cramps and stitching pains around the
heart, with pain in her left arm. She was very jealous towards her husband.
She could not lie on her left side.
Once again I prescribed Lachesis C200.

She came back in August 1995, two weeks after the birth of the child. The
difficult birth, accompanied by diarrhoea and vomiting, a large perineum
incision with bad bruising and the stress with the baby had completely
changed her.
'Never again will I go through all that!', she said.
She had lost five kilograms in weight and was very nervous and weak 'as
if I had not a drop of blood left in me'. She feels that breast feeding
increases the weakness and she had started to take medication to stop the
flow of milk the day before.
'While nursing I have a terrible feeling. My mood is the same as when
my mother died. I must always weep while nursing. I cannot and I will not
breastfeed any longer. I feel empty, miserable, depressed, drained of all
energy. I am not the sort of person who can breastfeed her baby for a long
time.'
She feels completely stressed and almost persecuted by her crying baby.
She lies in bed all day long and cannot take care of the household. Her
husband had to stay home from work, then the mother-in-law had to move in to
support her (repeatedly props her head). 'I cannot manage it, I cannot stay
alone, I keep ringing up my twin sister to come. I'm afraid to be solely
responsible for the child. I imagined the relationship with a child to be
more close. I need someone to help me. I feel drawn to my old family, I am
homesick (weeps). The child is all I think about.'
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Repertorisation
Mind; Helplessness, feeling of, support, needs(!)
Mind; Indolence, aversion to work; housework, aversion to her usual
Mind; Bed; desires to remain in
Head; Prop, inclination to(!)
Mind; Overstrained, overburdened, feeling as if (!)
Generalities; Parturition, after.
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Prescription: Bamboo Q6 dil. 1.
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Follow-up
She returns four weeks after taking Bamboo. This time she comes with
the baby and she laughs at her baby whenever there is a pause in the
conversation. The whole situation is much improved. She is much more at ease
with the child. The feeling of emptiness and depression has gone. She gets
on well without help, has put on three kilograms in weight.
Sometimes she has a feeling in the hypogastrium as if her menstruation
is about to start. Slight pain in the stomach over the last few days. Stiff
neck at times.
Prescription: Bamboo Q6 every two days, one dose dil. 1.
I have not seen her since that time, but I know from other women she
sent to me for treatment that she is in good health.
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I have observed in various cases that the time after parturition often
gives rise to a Bamboo disease. This was also confirmed by some of my
colleagues who had Bamboo cases which centred around the same topic.
The time after parturition is always a time of high demands on the
mother and the whole family. The whole family situation is turned upside
down, accompanied by a lack of sleep, always being on call, nursing,
worrying about child illnesses.
It is a time in which the mother is often overstrained or has a feeling
as if she is overstrained.
This feeling of stress and tension is often accompanied by the feeling
of 'not being able to cope', and the resulting search for help and support
is the central idea of Bamboo on the mental level.
The Bamboo plant itself is often used as a foundation, providing
structure and stability. Bamboo is hard, tough, indestructible, deeply
rooted, giving protection and safety against typhoons and earthquakes. These
are also the characteristics on which the homeopathic remedy is based and it
can therefore help to support and stabilise the mother. The Bamboo shoot
itself is a plant embryo and is in the process of being born. Consequently
there is a great affinity to the stage of life 'after childbirth' or 'after
parturition'.
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*Dil. 1 means: One drop of the Q6 diluted in 100 cc water. Dil. 2
means: One tea-spoon of the dil. 1 in 100 cc water. First dose in this case:
Five teaspoons of the dil. 1 at regular intervals of 10 minutes.

[maly suissa]

FWIW, I have learned about this Rx that if you are of those hpts who manage to press out from the patient the very core of the case, this should read: "I am alone in the world without any help"

Cannot help you with Prisma, because my ISIS program has this nasty feature to give you a message "sorry, this book cannot be copied" every time you try to copy a Rx from a contemporary author's book. However, after Andy's useful [as always] input - I think you don't need any more.

Best regards,

Maly
Simon King wrote:
seen any write ups on it?

I just ask as it seems to be a very well represented Rx but rather
underused perhaps?

What would alert one to its possible need for instance?
I don't have Prisma perhaps its in there?

kind regards
Simon King

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[Robyn]

Simon
here is Bamb-a from Primsa (that has a nice ring to it) from EH
just in case you have not been given enough info already

Robyn
Bambusa arundinacea
Bamb-a.
Knowing trees, I understand the meaning of patience.
Knowing grass, I can appreciate persistence.
[Hal Borland]
Signs
Bambusa arundinacea. Bambusa vulgaris. Bambusa bambos. Spiny Bamboo.
N.O. Graminae.
CLASSIFICATION Bambusa arundinacea belongs to the genus Bambusa of the
widespread monocotyledonous family Gramineae [or Poaceae] containing about
9000 species of grasses in 657 genera. Grasses generally have long narrow
parallel-veined leaves, a round hollow stem, and inconspicuous flowers in a
terminal panicle, spike, or raceme. Grasses are the dominant vegetation in
savannahs, prairies, and steppes. Economically they are the most important
family of plants as they contain all the cereals, which are man's staple
diet. They are also widely planted for pasture and fodder.
BAMBOOS Unlike most other grasses, bamboos grow very tall - up to 40
metres. There are over 70 genera and 1200 species of bamboo worldwide. In
general, they are fast growing, and have woody stems. Bamboo can produce ten
times more cellulose material per hectare per year than even fast growing
trees like Pinus radiata. Like many grasses, they self-propagate by
spreading underground. There are basically two modes of growth: clumping or
running. Running bamboos have long adventitious rhizomes. They are temperate
climate plants that tolerate many degrees of frost and even annual snow
cover. Because of the light conditions they only have branches on the upper
portions. A single bamboo plant can give rise to a stand - even a forest -
of plants constituting a single, physically connected entity. The stems in a
grove are all connected by a network of rhizomes, and the grove acts more
like a single plant than many separate ones. A healthy, uncontained grove
may double its root area every year. The rhizomes of non-invasive,
'clumping' bamboos, on the other hand, grow only several inches a year.
Clumping bamboos are commonly tropical or subtropical. They usually have
many branches at each node with one or two prominent. Native to tropical and
subtropical to mild temperate regions, bamboos have their heaviest
concentration and largest number of species in East and Southeast Asia.
HABITAT Bamboos need full sun to partial shade. They like lots of water,
but not wet feet; hence they prefer fast-draining soils.
FEATURES "The woody, hollow aerial stems [culms] of bamboo grow in
branching clusters from a thick underground stem [rhizome]. The culms often
form a dense undergrowth that excludes other plants. Bamboo culms can attain
heights ranging from 10 to 15 cm in the smallest species to more than 40 m
in the largest. Mature bamboos sprout horizontal branches that bear
sword-shaped leaves on stalked blades; the leaves on young culms arise
directly from the stem. Though the culms of some species grow quickly [as
much as one foot per day], most bamboos flower and produce seeds only after
12-120 years' growth, and then only once in their lifetime."1 The mass
flowering of a bamboo species - all around the world at the same time! - can
be catastrophic, disrupting ecologies with bird and rodent population
explosions.
PROPERTIES "The properties of bamboo shoots are especially interesting for
this study because the homoeopathic remedy is prepared from the shoots.
Quite unusually in comparison with other plants, the young bamboo shoot will
not grow any more in thickness. As a shoot it already has the same
circumference as the eventual bamboo cane will have. The number of segments
between the joints [internodes] is already fixed within the shoot; no later
growth in height or girth is possible. Therefore, if the later stem is 30 cm
thick, the shoot, when it pushes through the soil, is also 30 cm thick.
These shoots develop underground in autumn and emerge in spring."2 Just like
wheat germ and nuts, the growing shoots of bamboo are high in protein,
whereas the adult cells are rich in sugars and minerals. The growth of the
shoots is so vigorous at its early stage that it may produce a distinct
noise when piercing its way through the culm-covering sheet. The ancient
Chinese used the incredibly fast growth of the culm for the punishment of
criminals. Tied to the culm, the victim's body was pulled apart by the
unstoppable 'lifting-power' of the bamboo.
FLOWERING "When a bamboo flowers, it is in danger of dying. Flowering
bamboos do not always die; although many do - especially in the case of
gregarious flowering. The phenomenon of gregarious flowering may involve
many plants, but not necessarily all plants of that species or clone.
Sometimes bamboo of a species growing over a large area may flower at the
same time. ... The reason bamboos die after flowering is most likely so that
the seedlings will receive the water, nutrients, room and sunshine that
would otherwise be used by the mother. The debris of the dying parent
mulches the seedlings. The mechanism for the timing of flowering and dying
is a phenomenon not yet understood."3
USES "Bamboos are used for a great variety of purposes, esp. in East and
Southeast Asia. The seeds are eaten as grain, and the cooked young shoots of
some bamboos are eaten as vegetables, esp. in Chinese cuisines. The raw
leaves are a useful fodder for livestock. The pulped fibres of several
bamboo species, esp. Dendrocalamus strictus and Bambusa arundinacea, are
used to make fine-quality paper. The jointed stems of bamboo have perhaps
the most numerous uses; the largest stems supply planks for houses and
rafts, while both large and small stems are lashed together to form the
scaffoldings used on building-construction sites. The stems are also split
up to make buckets and pipes or are used to make furniture, walking sticks,
fishing poles, garden stakes, and other utensils. Some species of bamboo are
used as ornamentals in landscape gardens. The fine-grained silica produced
in the joints of bamboo stems has been used as a medicine in the Orient for
centuries under the name tabasheer."4 Tabasheer, or bamboo sugar, is a
product of Melocanna baccifera, Muli Bamboo. It is extremely rich in silica
[up to 99%], and contains, in addition, traces of iron, calcium, and
aluminium. Muli Bamboo has edible shoots and fruits the size and shape of
pears; the fruits are eaten by people and domestic and wild animals.
BAMBUSA Bambusa arundinacea originates from India through to southern
China. It is cultivated throughout Southeast Asia, and often grown as a
hedge / windbreak and to stabilise banks on waterways. The thorny branches
are used in fencing.
NAME The name Bambusa is the latinized version of the Malayan vernacular
name. The specific name arundinacea derives from the Latin arundo, a reed,
in allusion to its reed-like appearance.
SILICON The grass family in general, and Rice, Corn and Bamboo in
particular, is remarkably rich in silicon dioxide. Silicon may comprise 1 to
2 per cent of the dry matter of grasses, yet experiments have generally
failed to demonstrate that silicon is essential for most other plants. It
seems to be particularly beneficial to grasses, where it accumulates in the
cell walls, esp. of epidermal cells, and possibly plays a role in fending
off fungal infections or preventing lodging [the condition in which stems
are bent over by heavy winds or rain]. 5
POLLINOSIS Exposure to plants of the grass family can result in irritant
and allergic contact dermatitis, contact urticaria, hay fever, and hay
asthma. Millets, rice and bamboo have spicules which can produce urticarial
papules in workers handling crops or litter straw. The wind-blown pollen of
a number of species may be responsible for pollinosis [hay fever]; among
them: Agropyron, Agrostis, Anthoxanthum, Bromus, Cynodon, Festuca, Lolium,
Phleum, Poa, Triticum, and Zea. The minute brown bristles from the shoots of
certain bamboo species are irritant to the gastrointestinal tract and have
been used for criminal poisoning.
MEDICINE The root of Bambusa arundinacea is in Indian and Ayurvedic
medicine used to treat joint pain and general debility. The leaves are used
to stimulate menstruation, as well as to help relieve menstrual pain, to
expel worms, and to tone and strengthen stomach function. They have the
reputation of being aphrodisiac. Bamboo shoots are a popular food item in
eastern Asia. They are often canned. After removing the leaf sheaths, the
stems are boiled for about half an hour to remove any bitterness [cyanogenic
glycosides]. The shoots contain about 3 per cent protein, little fat, and
about 5 per cent carbohydrate, but they are very low in vitamin C. They can
be eaten to relieve nausea, indigestion and flatulence. A poultice of the
sprouts is applied to infected wounds. Aqueous extracts of Bambusa
arundinacea possess oral hypoglycaemic activity, significantly lowering the
fasting blood glucose level and improving glucose tolerance [in rats].
Maximum hypoglycaemic activity was observed up to three hours after
ingestion. The effect was better than that of the hypoglycaemic agent
tolbutamide. 6
ETHNOBOTANY "Bamboo is mostly vitality and paradox wrapped into what
appears to be a plant of many personalities and still more personae. It is
possibility and potential. It is warp and woof of a carefully interwoven
nature. For the ancient Chinese for whom Tao, Buddha and Confucius formed
the boundaries of actuality, a measured, meaningful life was defined and
created by the relationship with bamboo. The Chinese said, believed and knew
that it began with bamboo and ended with bamboo. The study of anything
meaningful in life began with familiarity and ended with mastery. ... The
fury of atomic energy unleashed at Hiroshima and Nagasaki only set the
bamboo back a little. It was among the first of plants to reappear. ... In
North America, back when the people that were here were the only people
here, great expanses of bamboo spread across the south eastern regions,
becoming the famous 'Breaks' of many legends passed down through Seminole,
Cherokee and myriad other names which the people called themselves before
those others came from across the seas and cut down the Breaks."7
SYMBOLISM Bamboo symbolizes gracefulness, constancy, yielding but enduring
strength [it bends but does not break], lasting friendship, longevity and
hardy old age [it is evergreen]. In Japan, the bamboo, along with the pine
and the plum, is one of the three trees of good omen. For the Chinese these
three plants are the Three Friends of Winter. Severing the umbilical cord of
a newborn baby with a bamboo knife is thought to bring luck for the rest of
one's life. For some [Chinese] Masters, the rustle of bamboos was the signal
of enlightenment. Painting bamboo was a spiritual exercise rather than mere
art. "Bamboo was used to drive off evil influences, less from any symbolic
cause than from the fact that the wood goes off with a sharp crack when
placed on the fire. The bamboo clump, the classic barrier, was often
depicted as 'the jungle of sinners' through which the tiger, symbol of the
spiritual force of Buddhism, alone can thread is way. ... The Bamum and
Bamileke have a chip of bamboo which they call a guis [laugh] which is their
symbol of happiness, the unadorned happiness of life free from illness and
care."8 'Bamboo mentality' reflects a mentality, highly appreciated in
Japan, in which one gives in but ultimately emerges from all troubles
unbroken. As a variant of the iron curtain, the 'bamboo curtain' refers to
the impenetrable political barrier of Asiatic, esp. Chinese communism. To a
lesser degree, it may also reflect the inscrutability of southeastern Asian
people.
HOMOEOPATHY Homoeopathy uses 22 species of the grass family: Agropyron
repens [Couch grass], Agrostis capillaris [Bent], Anatherum [Cuscus grass],
Anthoxanthum odoratum [Sweet Vernal grass], Arundo mauritanica [Reed], Avena
sativa [Oats], Bambusa, Bromus [Brome grass; two species], Cymbopogon [Lemon
grass; two species], Cynodon dactylon [Bermuda grass], Hordeum [Barley],
Lolium temulentum [Bearded Darnel], Oryza [Rice], Phleum pratense [Timothy],
Saccharum officinale [Sugar cane], Secale cereale [Rye], Triticum [Wheat;
two species], Zea [Corn; two species].
PROVINGS •• [1] Schuster - 20 provers [12 females, 8 males], 1994-95;
method: double blind, placebo controlled with 6c, 30c, and Q3 [LM 3].
[1] Encyclopaedia Britannica. [2] Chevalier and Gheerbrant, Dictionary of
Symbols. [3] Jaquith and Haubrich, When Bamboo Flowers; American Bamboo
Society Newsletter 1996 no. 2. [4] Encyclopaedia Britannica. [5] Hopkins,
Introduction to Plant Physiology. [6] Fernando, Hypoglycaemic activity of
some medicinal plants in Sri-Lanka, Gen. Pharmacol. 1990, 21 [5]. [7] Milo
G. Clark, How to be with Bamboo; American Bamboo Society. [8] Schuster,
Bamboo: Homoeopathic proving of Bambusa arundinacea.
Affinity
Spine; CERVICAL REGION. Female organs. Nose. * Right side. Left side.
Modalities
Worse: COLD; draft of air. After parturition. Menses [before; at beginning
of; during]. Warm room. Change of weather; stormy or rainy weather.
Excitement.
Better: External heat.
Main symptoms
M NEED FOR SUPPORT.
• "It was noticeable that all the people who required bamboo as a remedy
constantly supported themselves somewhere with their bodies, for instance
resting their head on their hands, arms on the table, the back firmly
against the back of the chair."1
Ailments caused by a combination of stress at work, emotional stress, loss
of [financial or other] support or help, move to a new place due to divorce
or career.
M Feeling of being stressed, particularly by one's child/children.
Ailments after parturition.
• "Pregnancy without any desire for children, virtually in order to produce
an heir, seems to give a Bamboo symptomatology."2
• "At present 'everything gets on her nerves', she is irritable and
'stressed'; sometimes 'she would gladly abandon her child' [laughs
inappropriately]. But she was irritable during pregnancy, too. The young
woman feels 'the whole situation is too demanding for her.' The child cries
too much. She thinks a lot about all sorts of things ['worries about
everything']. The burden is too much for her."3
• "'While nursing I have a terrible feeling. My mood is the same as when
my mother died. I must always weep while nursing. I cannot and will not
breastfeed any longer. I feel empty, miserable, depressed, drained of all
energy. I am not the sort of person who can breastfeed her baby for a long
time.' She feels completely stressed and almost persecuted by her crying
baby. She lies in bed all day long and cannot take care of the household.
Her husband had to stay home from work, then the mother-in-law had to move
in to support her."4
Feels like a caged tiger.
Feeling of being imprisoned by duties.
Desire to be free to do one's own things; to go back to the time before
having children and all the work involved in having a family.
Feeling of being overworked, overloaded, exhausted ['want to get rid of
excess baggage'].
Feeling as if everything is getting on top of me, unable to sort things
out.
M Silliness and inappropriate laughter.
Alternating with sleepiness and laziness.
G COLDNESS heat.
Pain extends to head and/or shoulder.
• "With almost clinical certainty, Bamboo relieves a stiff neck even in 6c
and12c potencies. It should be tried for acute disk problems." [Schuster]
P Painful tension of breasts; before menses. [Clinically verified]
[1-2] Schuster, Bamboo: Homoeopathic proving of Bambusa arundinacea. [3-4]
Schuster, Bamboo: An important remedy for 'ailments after parturition', HL
2/97.
Rubrics
Mind
Audacity [1]. Aversion to everything; everything is too much [1]. Desires
to remain in bed [1]. Desire for change [1]. Aversion to company, fond of
solitude [1]; with quarrelsomeness [1]. Cursing [1]. Delusions, alone in the
world [1], body parts as if loose [1], everything will fail [1], has ruined
his health [1], left and right side are not the same [1/1], of skin being
very thin [1/1], everything is wrong [1]. Despair, everything is controlled
by destiny [1/1]; wants support [1/1]. Aversion to being disturbed [1]. Fear
of brain tumour [1], in a crowd [1], of her condition being observed [1],
lest he should say something wrong [1], of losing self-control [1]. Forsaken
feeling at night, with weeping [1]. Feeling of helplessness [2]. Impatience
with children [1]. Irritability toward children [1], before menses [1], from
reproaches [1], when spoken to [1]. Laughing; never laughs [1]; tendency to
silly laughter [1]. Cannot bear to be looked at [1]. Pities herself from
pain [1]. Sensitive to noise of birds [1/1]. Slowness in morning on waking
[1]. Fritters away his time [1]; time passes too quickly [1]. Weeping from
exhaustion [1], during pains [1]. Yielding disposition [1].
Vertigo
As if stepping into a hole [1/1]. Objects seem to move [1]. As if floor is
moving in waves [1/1]; waves of dizziness from left to right [1/1], from
heels to occiput [1/1].
Head
Pain, compelling to close eyes [1], > cold applications [1], with diarrhoea
[1], with pain in cervical region [1], > rubbing [1].
Vision
Diplopia at night [1].
Nose
Obstruction, wakes him at night [1], blowing nose doesn't > [1], during
headache [1], while lying on abdomen [1/1], sitting > [1/1]. Sneezing in
cold air [1], when walking in open air [1].
Face
Sensation as if skin were thin [1/1].
Stomach
Heartburn after excitement [1/1], thinking of sweets external heat [3]; cervical region, motion [1],
like a stick [1]; cervical region, from cold [1], during headache [1],
before and during menses [1], from change of weather [1], from stormy, wet
weather [1].
Limbs
Awkwardness, hands, drops things [1], lower limbs, knocks against things
[1]. Sensation of heat in feet, but cold to the touch [1].
Sleep
Waking from slight noise [1], from perspiration [1].
Dreams
Amorous, with orgasm [1/1]. Body parts falling out [1]. Children; child is
lost in crowd [1/1], is neglecting her child [1/1]. Giants [1]. Journey to
China [1/1]. Money [1]. Huge monuments [1/1]. Murder [1]. Robbers [1].
Things are bigger and overpowering [1/1]. Wedding has to be repeated since
only one half of the body has been married [1/1].
Perspiration
After excitement [1]. Odour, like fresh coffee [1/1], sweetish [1].
Profuse, at beginning of menses [1], during menses < [1].
Food
Aversion: [1]: Beer; cigarette smoke; coffee; fat; hot food; meat;
mushrooms.
Desire: [1]: Alcohol; cake; cheese; chocolate; coffee; cold water; fruit
juice; quark; refreshing; salt; sour; spicy; sweets; tobacco; wine.
Worse: [1]: Alcohol [= heartburn]; beer [= heartburn, stomach pain]; cold
drinks [= stomach pain]; meat [= eructations]; nuts [ = vomiting]; pork [=
diarrhoea]; sweets [= heartburn, flatulence].
Better: [1]: Cold drinks.
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Vermeulen Prisma MM\BambusaBAMBUSA
Bamb-a.

Knowing trees, I understand the meaning of patience.

Knowing grass, I can appreciate persistence.

[Hal Borland].

Bambusa arundinacea. Bambusa vulgaris. Bambusa bambos. Spiny Bamboo.

N.O. Graminae.

Bambusa arundinacea belongs to the genus Bambusa of the widespread monocotyledonous family Gramineae [or Poaceae]. containing about 9000 species of grasses in 657 genera. Grasses generally have long narrow parallel-veined leaves, a round hollow stem, and inconspicuous flowers in a terminal panicle, spike, or raceme. Grasses are the dominant vegetation in savannahs, prairies, and steppes. Economically they are the most important family of plants as they contain all the cereals, which are man's staple diet. They are also widely planted for pasture and fodder.

BAMBOOS Unlike most other grasses, bamboos grow very tall - up to 40 metres. There are over 70 genera and 1200 species of bamboo worldwide. In general, they are fast growing, and have woody stems. Bamboo can produce ten times more cellulose material per hectare per year than even fast growing trees like Pinus radiata. Like many grasses, they self-propagate by spreading underground. There are basically two modes of growth: clumping or running. Running bamboos have long adventitious rhizomes. They are temperate climate plants that tolerate many degrees of frost and even annual snow cover. Because of the light conditions they only have branches on the upper portions. A single bamboo plant can give rise to a stand - even a forest - of plants constituting a single, physically connected entity. The stems in a grove are all connected by a network of rhizomes, and the grove acts more like a single plant than many separate ones. A healthy, uncontained grove may double its root area every year. The rhizomes of non-invasive, 'clumping' bamboos, on the other hand, grow only several inches a year. Clumping bamboos are commonly tropical or subtropical. They usually have many branches at each node with one or two prominent. Native to tropical and subtropical to mild temperate regions, bamboos have their heaviest concentration and largest number of species in East and Southeast Asia.

HABITAT Bamboos need full sun to partial shade. They like lots of water, but not wet feet; hence they prefer fast-draining soils.

"The woody, hollow aerial stems [culms]. of bamboo grow in branching clusters from a thick underground stem [rhizome].. The culms often form a dense undergrowth that excludes other plants. Bamboo culms can attain heights ranging from 10 to 15 cm in the smallest species to more than 40 m in the largest. Mature bamboos sprout horizontal branches that bear sword-shaped leaves on stalked blades; the leaves on young culms arise directly from the stem. Though the culms of some species grow quickly [as much as one foot per day]., most bamboos flower and produce seeds only after 12-120 years' growth, and then only once in their lifetime."1 The mass flowering of a bamboo species - all around the world at the same time! - can be catastrophic, disrupting ecologies with bird and rodent population explosions.

"The properties of bamboo shoots are especially interesting for this study because the homoeopathic remedy is prepared from the shoots. Quite unusually in comparison with other plants, the young bamboo shoot will not grow any more in thickness. As a shoot it already has the same circumference as the eventual bamboo cane will have. The number of segments between the joints [internodes]. is already fixed within the shoot; no later growth in height or girth is possible. Therefore, if the later stem is 30 cm thick, the shoot, when it pushes through the soil, is also 30 cm thick. These shoots develop underground in autumn and emerge in spring."2 Just like wheat germ and nuts, the growing shoots of bamboo are high in protein, whereas the adult cells are rich in sugars and minerals. The growth of the shoots is so vigorous at its early stage that it may produce a distinct noise when piercing its way through the culm-covering sheet. The ancient Chinese used the incredibly fast growth of the culm for the punishment of criminals. Tied to the culm, the victim's body was pulled apart by the unstoppable 'lifting-power' of the bamboo.

Flowering "When a bamboo flowers, it is in danger of dying. Flowering bamboos do not always die; although many do - especially in the case of gregarious flowering. The phenomenon of gregarious flowering may involve many plants, but not necessarily all plants of that species or clone. Sometimes bamboo of a species growing over a large area may flower at the same time. ... The reason bamboos die after flowering is most likely so that the seedlings will receive the water, nutrients, room and sunshine that would otherwise be used by the mother. The debris of the dying parent mulches the seedlings. The mechanism for the timing of flowering and dying is a phenomenon not yet understood."3

"Bamboos are used for a great variety of purposes, esp. in East and Southeast Asia. The seeds are eaten as grain, and the cooked young shoots of some bamboos are eaten as vegetables, esp. in Chinese cuisines. The raw leaves are a useful fodder for livestock. The pulped fibres of several bamboo species, esp. Dendrocalamus strictus and Bambusa arundinacea, are used to make fine-quality paper. The jointed stems of bamboo have perhaps the most numerous uses; the largest stems supply planks for houses and rafts, while both large and small stems are lashed together to form the scaffoldings used on building-construction sites. The stems are also split up to make buckets and pipes or are used to make furniture, walking sticks, fishing poles, garden stakes, and other utensils. Some species of bamboo are used as ornamentals in landscape gardens. The fine-grained silica produced in the joints of bamboo stems has been used as a medicine in the Orient for centuries under the name tabasheer."4 Tabasheer, or bamboo sugar, is a product of Melocanna baccifera, Muli Bamboo. It is extremely rich in silica [up to 99%]., and contains, in addition, traces of iron, calcium, and aluminium. Muli Bamboo has edible shoots and fruits the size and shape of pears; the fruits are eaten by people and domestic and wild animals.

BAMBUSA Bambusa arundinacea originates from India through to southern China. It is cultivated throughout Southeast Asia, and often grown as a hedge / windbreak and to stabilise banks on waterways. The thorny branches are used in fencing.

The name Bambusa is the latinized version of the Malayan vernacular name. The specific name arundinacea derives from the Latin arundo, a reed, in allusion to its reed-like appearance.

SILICON The grass family in general, and Rice, Corn and Bamboo in particular, is remarkably rich in silicon dioxide. Silicon may comprise 1 to 2 per cent of the dry matter of grasses, yet experiments have generally failed to demonstrate that silicon is essential for most other plants. It seems to be particularly beneficial to grasses, where it accumulates in the cell walls, esp. of epidermal cells, and possibly plays a role in fending off fungal infections or preventing lodging [the condition in which stems are bent over by heavy winds or rain]..5

POLLINOSIS Exposure to plants of the grass family can result in irritant and allergic contact dermatitis, contact urticaria, hay fever, and hay asthma. Millets, rice and bamboo have spicules which can produce urticarial papules in workers handling crops or litter straw. The wind-blown pollen of a number of species may be responsible for pollinosis [hay fever].; among them: Agropyron, Agrostis, Anthoxanthum, Bromus, Cynodon, Festuca, Lolium, Phleum, Poa, Triticum, and Zea. The minute brown bristles from the shoots of certain bamboo species are irritant to the gastrointestinal tract and have been used for criminal poisoning.

The root of Bambusa arundinacea is in Indian and Ayurvedic medicine used to treat joint pain and general debility. The leaves are used to stimulate menstruation, as well as to help relieve menstrual pain, to expel worms, and to tone and strengthen stomach function. They have the reputation of being aphrodisiac. Bamboo shoots are a popular food item in eastern Asia. They are often canned. After removing the leaf sheaths, the stems are boiled for about half an hour to remove any bitterness [cyanogenic glycosides].. The shoots contain about 3 per cent protein, little fat, and about 5 per cent carbohydrate, but they are very low in vitamin C. They can be eaten to relieve nausea, indigestion and flatulence. A poultice of the sprouts is applied to infected wounds. Aqueous extracts of Bambusa arundinacea possess oral hypoglycaemic activity, significantly lowering the fasting blood glucose level and improving glucose tolerance [in rats].. Maximum hypoglycaemic activity was observed up to three hours after ingestion. The effect was better than that of the hypoglycaemic agent tolbutamide.6

ETHNOBOTANY "Bamboo is mostly vitality and paradox wrapped into what appears to be a plant of many personalities and still more personae. It is possibility and potential. It is warp and woof of a carefully interwoven nature. For the ancient Chinese for whom Tao, Buddha and Confucius formed the boundaries of actuality, a measured, meaningful life was defined and created by the relationship with bamboo. The Chinese said, believed and knew that it began with bamboo and ended with bamboo. The study of anything meaningful in life began with familiarity and ended with mastery. ... The fury of atomic energy unleashed at Hiroshima and Nagasaki only set the bamboo back a little. It was among the first of plants to reappear. ... In North America, back when the people that were here were the only people here, great expanses of bamboo spread across the south eastern regions, becoming the famous 'Breaks' of many legends passed down through Seminole, Cherokee and myriad other names which the people called themselves before those others came from across the seas and cut down the Breaks."7

Bamboo symbolizes gracefulness, constancy, yielding but enduring strength [it bends but does not break]., lasting friendship, longevity and hardy old age [it is evergreen].. In Japan, the bamboo, along with the pine and the plum, is one of the three trees of good omen. For the Chinese these three plants are the Three Friends of Winter. Severing the umbilical cord of a newborn baby with a bamboo knife is thought to bring luck for the rest of one's life. For some [Chinese]. Masters, the rustle of bamboos was the signal of enlightenment. Painting bamboo was a spiritual exercise rather than mere art. "Bamboo was used to drive off evil influences, less from any symbolic cause than from the fact that the wood goes off with a sharp crack when placed on the fire. The bamboo clump, the classic barrier, was often depicted as 'the jungle of sinners' through which the tiger, symbol of the spiritual force of Buddhism, alone can thread is way. ... The Bamum and Bamileke have a chip of bamboo which they call a guis [laugh]. which is their symbol of happiness, the unadorned happiness of life free from illness and care."8 'Bamboo mentality' reflects a mentality, highly appreciated in Japan, in which one gives in but ultimately emerges from all troubles unbroken. As a variant of the iron curtain, the 'bamboo curtain' refers to the impenetrable political barrier of Asiatic, esp. Chinese communism. To a lesser degree, it may also reflect the inscrutability of southeastern Asian people.

HOMOEOPATHY Homoeopathy uses 22 species of the grass family: Agropyron repens [Couch grass]., Agrostis capillaris [Bent]., Anatherum [Cuscus grass]., Anthoxanthum odoratum [Sweet Vernal grass]., Arundo mauritanica [Reed]., Avena sativa [Oats]., Bambusa, Bromus [Brome grass; two species]., Cymbopogon [Lemon grass; two species]., Cynodon dactylon [Bermuda grass]., Hordeum [Barley]., Lolium temulentum [Bearded Darnel]., Oryza [Rice]., Phleum pratense [Timothy]., Saccharum officinale [Sugar cane]., Secale cereale [Rye]., Triticum [Wheat; two species]., Zea [Corn; two species]..

[1]. Schuster - 20 provers [12 females, 8 males]., 1994-95; method: double blind, placebo controlled with 6c, 30c, and Q3 [LM 3]..

[1]. Encyclopaedia Britannica. [2]. Chevalier and Gheerbrant, Dictionary of Symbols. [3]. Jaquith and Haubrich, When Bamboo Flowers; American Bamboo Society Newsletter 1996 no. 2. [4]. Encyclopaedia Britannica. [5]. Hopkins, Introduction to Plant Physiology. [6]. Fernando, Hypoglycaemic activity of some medicinal plants in Sri-Lanka, Gen. Pharmacol. 1990, 21 [5].. [7]. Milo G. Clark, How to be with Bamboo; American Bamboo Society. [8]. Schuster, Bamboo: Homoeopathic proving of Bambusa arundinacea.

Spine; Cervical Region. Female organs. Nose. * Right side. Left side.

Worse: Cold; draft of air. After parturition. Menses [before; at beginning of; during].. Warm room. Change of weather; stormy or rainy weather. Excitement.

Better: External heat.

M Need For Support.

"It was noticeable that all the people who required bamboo as a remedy constantly supported themselves somewhere with their bodies, for instance resting their head on their hands, arms on the table, the back firmly against the back of the chair."1

Ailments caused by a combination of stress at work, emotional stress, loss of [financial or other]. support or help, move to a new place due to divorce or career.

M Feeling of being stressed, particularly by one's child/children.

Ailments after parturition.

"Pregnancy without any desire for children, virtually in order to produce an heir, seems to give a Bamboo symptomatology."2

"At present 'everything gets on her nerves', she is irritable and 'stressed'; sometimes 'she would gladly abandon her child' [laughs inappropriately].. But she was irritable during pregnancy, too. The young woman feels 'the whole situation is too demanding for her.' The child cries too much. She thinks a lot about all sorts of things ['worries about everything'].. The burden is too much for her."3

"'While nursing I have a terrible feeling. My mood is the same as when my mother died. I must always weep while nursing. I cannot and will not breastfeed any longer. I feel empty, miserable, depressed, drained of all energy. I am not the sort of person who can breastfeed her baby for a long time.' She feels completely stressed and almost persecuted by her crying baby. She lies in bed all day long and cannot take care of the household. Her husband had to stay home from work, then the mother-in-law had to move in to support her."4

Feels like a caged tiger.

Feeling of being imprisoned by duties.

Desire to be free to do one's own things; to go back to the time before having children and all the work involved in having a family.

Feeling of being overworked, overloaded, exhausted ['want to get rid of excess baggage']..

Feeling as if everything is getting on top of me, unable to sort things out.

M Silliness and inappropriate laughter.

Alternating with sleepiness and laziness.

G Coldness agg.

Chilliness. [Clinically verified].

Great sensitivity to cold. Shivering.

Cannot get warm in bed.

G Sensation of heat; hot flushes.

Cannot bear warm room; must have fresh air.

Heat at beginning of menses.

Cannot bear hot baths.

G Perspiration.

Profuse during sleep at night.

Sweaty when eating.

Profuse sweat in face.

Sweaty from excitement.

Perspiration smells like freshly made coffee.

G Great hunger, even at night.

Thirst at night.

G Sleeplessness or disturbed sleep. [Observed by 12 provers!].

On account of flow of thoughts, worries, dwelling.

Feeling of panic at night.

G Pains Stitching; appearing and disappearing suddenly.

Pains mainly in the extremities, particularly in the hands and the feet.

G Wave-like sensation.

Waves of burning heat along the spine.

Wave-like pain in head.

Wave-like earache.

Waves of nausea.

Vertigo as if floor were bouncing up and down like a wave.

Wave-like alteration between states of tension and relaxation.

G Feeling of swelling / distension.

As if cranium were swelling from eyebrows upwards ['hot-air balloon']..

As if eyes were bulging out of head.

Nose as if swollen. Cheeks as if swollen.

Throat as if swollen.

Cannot bear anything around throat.

Feeling of distension, as if there were a large bubble in abdomen.

Cannot bear a belt.

G Increased discharges.

[nose; saliva; mucus in throat; diarrhoea; flatus; urine; menses; perspiration].

P Nose.

Sneezing attacks; sneezing at the slightest cold.

Obstruction of nose, agg lying down and at night.

Obstruction, alternating sides.

P Painful Stiffness of Nape of Neck. [Observed by 8 provers!].

[Turning head is difficult, painful, or results in cracking in cervical spine.].

agg Change of weather [to storm and rain]..

agg Cold; agg heat.

Pain extends to head and/or shoulder.

"With almost clinical certainty, Bamboo relieves a stiff neck even in 6c and12c potencies. It should be tried for acute disk problems." [Schuster].

P Painful tension of breasts; before menses. [Clinically verified].

[1-2]. Schuster, Bamboo: Homoeopathic proving of Bambusa arundinacea. [3-4]. Schuster, Bamboo: An important remedy for 'ailments after parturition', HL 2/97.

Mind: Audacity [1].. Aversion to everything; everything is too much [1].. Desires to remain in bed [1].. Desire for change [1].. Aversion to company, fond of solitude [1].; with quarrelsomeness [1].. Cursing [1].. Delusions, alone in the world [1]., body parts as if loose [1]., everything will fail [1]., has ruined his health [1]., left and right side are not the same [1/1]., of skin being very thin [1/1]., everything is wrong [1].. Despair, everything is controlled by destiny [1/1].; wants support [1/1].. Aversion to being disturbed [1].. Fear of brain tumour [1]., in a crowd [1]., of her condition being observed [1]., lest he should say something wrong [1]., of losing self-control [1].. Forsaken feeling at night, with weeping [1].. Feeling of helplessness [2].. Impatience with children [1].. Irritability toward children [1]., before menses [1]., from reproaches [1]., when spoken to [1].. Laughing; never laughs [1].; tendency to silly laughter [1].. Cannot bear to be looked at [1].. Pities herself from pain [1].. Sensitive to noise of birds [1/1].. Slowness in morning on waking [1].. Fritters away his time [1].; time passes too quickly [1].. Weeping from exhaustion [1]., during pains [1].. Yielding disposition [1]..

Vertigo: As if stepping into a hole [1/1].. Objects seem to move [1].. As if floor is moving in waves [1/1].; waves of dizziness from left to right [1/1]., from heels to occiput [1/1]..

Head: Pain, compelling to close eyes [1]., agg cold applications [1]., with diarrhoea [1]., with pain in cervical region [1]., agg rubbing [1]..

Vision: Diplopia at night [1]..

Nose: Obstruction, wakes him at night [1]., blowing nose doesn't agg [1]., during headache [1]., while lying on abdomen [1/1]., sitting agg [1/1].. Sneezing in cold air [1]., when walking in open air [1]..

Face: Sensation as if skin were thin [1/1]..

Stomach: Heartburn after excitement [1/1]., thinking of sweets agg [1/1].. Nausea from odours [1].; in waves [1/1].. Thirst for large quantities [1]..

Urine: Odour like spoiled eggs [1].. Profuse, increased, with thirstlessness [1]..

Female: Menses, in gushes [1].; profuse, daytime [1]., profuse, at night [1].. Sexual desire increased [1]., in morning in bed [1]., from touch [1].; violent, driving her to masturbation [1]..

Chest: Conscious of heart's action [1].. Swelling of mammae before menses [3]..

Back: Pain, agg external heat [3].; cervical region, agg motion of head [1].; lumbar region, at night in bed [1]., at night when lying on left side [1]., agg lying on back [1]., before menses [1]., at beginning of menses [1].; coccyx, after a fall [2].. Stiffness in morning on waking [1]., when cold [1]., agg motion [1]., like a stick [1].; cervical region, from cold [1]., during headache [1]., before and during menses [1]., from change of weather [1]., from stormy, wet weather [1]..

Limbs: Awkwardness, hands, drops things [1]., lower limbs, knocks against things [1].. Sensation of heat in feet, but cold to the touch [1]..

Sleep: Waking from slight noise [1]., from perspiration [1]..

Dreams: Amorous, with orgasm [1/1].. Body parts falling out [1].. Children; child is lost in crowd [1/1]., is neglecting her child [1/1].. Giants [1].. Journey to China [1/1].. Money [1].. Huge monuments [1/1].. Murder [1].. Robbers [1].. Things are bigger and overpowering [1/1].. Wedding has to be repeated since only one half of the body has been married [1/1]..

Perspiration: After excitement [1].. Odour, like fresh coffee [1/1]., sweetish [1].. Profuse, at beginning of menses [1]., during menses agg [1]..

Aversion: [1].: Beer; cigarette smoke; coffee; fat; hot food; meat; mushrooms.

Desire: [1].: Alcohol; cake; cheese; chocolate; coffee; cold water; fruit juice; quark; refreshing; salt; sour; spicy; sweets; tobacco; wine.

Worse: [1].: Alcohol [ heartburn].; beer [ heartburn, stomach pain].; cold drinks [ stomach pain].; meat [ eructations].; nuts [ vomiting].; pork [ diarrhoea].; sweets [ heartburn, flatulence]..

Better: [1].: Cold drinks.

[Dr. Joe Rozencwajg, NMD]

I used it only twice in patients with vertebral problems as the major
complaints and weirdly it rarely appears anywhere in my repertorisations....
.......
Dr. J. Rozencwajg, MD, PhD.
"The greatest enemy of any science is a closed mind"

[Simon King LCPH MARH]

Thanks to everyone for all responses and sorry not to have got back
sooner but this lil ol compooter had to have it's logic board replaced

regards

Simon