Minutus

Can anyone elaborate on mental symptoms of absinthum [wormwood] or give any
cases illustrating the same?

Andrew

Hi there,

MIND - WEEPING - convulsions - during - epileptic
MIND - VIOLENT - alternating with - unconsciousness
MIND - VIOLENT - alternating with - stupor
MIND - VIOLENT
MIND - UNDERTAKING - anything with anybody; does not want to undertake
MIND - UNCONSCIOUSNESS - sudden
MIND - TRANQUILLITY, serenity, calmness
MIND - STUPOR
MIND - SPEECH - incoherent
MIND - SPEECH - hesitating
MIND - SHRIEKING
MIND - RESTLESSNESS - children, in
MIND - MONOMANIA (2)
MIND - MEMORY - weakness of memory - happened, for what has
MIND - MEMORY - weakness of memory - done; for what he just has
MIND - MEMORY - loss of memory - epileptic fits, after
MIND - MANIA
MIND - KLEPTOMANIA
MIND - JUMPING - bed, out of
MIND - IRRITABILITY
MIND - INSANITY, madness - brutal
MIND - INDIFFERENCE, apathy - life, to
MIND - IMBECILITY
MIND - IDIOCY
MIND - HYSTERIA - attacks, in
MIND - GRIMACES
MIND - FORGETFUL - epilepsy - happened before; of what
MIND - FOOLISH behaviour
MIND - FEAR - murdered, of being
MIND - FEAR - killing, of
MIND - FANCIES - exaltation of (2)
MIND - EXHILARATION
MIND - EXCITEMENT - children, in
MIND - DULLNESS
MIND - DREAM; as if in a - beautiful
MIND - DELUSIONS - vivid
MIND - DELUSIONS - visions, has - horrible
MIND - DELUSIONS - rats, sees - colors, of all
MIND - DELUSIONS - pursued; he was - soldiers, by
MIND - DELUSIONS - pursued; he was - enemies, by
MIND - DELUSIONS - murdered - will be murdered; he
MIND - DELUSIONS - hearing - illusions of
MIND - DELUSIONS - cats - sees
MIND - DELUSIONS - animals - grotesque
MIND - DELIRIUM - convulsions - after
MIND - DEATH - desires - convalescence, during
MIND - CRUELTY
MIND - CRETINISM
MIND - CRAWLING - floor; on
MIND - CONFUSION of mind
MIND - COMPANY - aversion to
MIND - BUSY - fruitlessly
MIND - BRUTALITY
MIND - AVERSION - persons - all, to
MIND - ALCOHOLISM (2)
MIND - ABRUPT, rough

Best regards, Anouk.

Dear Andrew, I don't think i can add more than what Anouk has offered but
Clarke does say that this remedy has been proved but a number of the
symptoms are taken from observations made on Absinthe drinkers.
There is epilepsy where consciousness is not entirely lost - falling
backwards. But consciousness is lost during the hallucinations and delirium.
Loss of memory after attack of epilepsy. Exhilaration is followed by the
horrible delusions. Makes grimaces (this might have something to do with the
taste - in plant form it tastes even more bitter than Rue - Ruta Grav)

There is insanity, idiocy, brutality, does not care about living or dying
although desires death during convalescence, wants nothing to do with
anybody. There is also stupor alternating with extreme violence. (There is
an obvious theme of two extremes here - exhilaration/horrible delusions and
stupor/violence).

Boericke also mentions Kleptomania

Hope useful, Joy Lucas
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