Ailanthus, not called the Tree of Heaven for nothing.
Wants to reach for the heavens, the sky, but they are extremely heedless
and, as if struck down by lightning, they cannot achieve this desire - there
is sensation as if electric current going through body from head downward
through the limbs.
There are piercing pains, burnings and a sense of fullness throughout - the
head feels full, (as if the head is full of great ideas).
Because they are 'struck down' they become very sad and depressed, very
weepy and sigh a lot. Can even become suicidal - suicide during maniacal
delirium, sees rats, fever predominates and can seem crazy (like Bell?).
Everything seems unreal and they act as though they are in a dream, as if
their heads are in the clouds (in the heavens?, delusion tall??). They
forget who a familiar person is and cannot calculate. This makes them
nervous, restless, even more confused and very anxious, even become
irritable (liver remedy). They talk to themselves, mutter all the time and
talk in their sleep.
Finally can become totally indifferent and indolent, verging on
unconsciousness (especially during delirium/fever)
Prostration is sudden, 'struck down' with fever. Very important throat
remedy - strep throat and tonsilitis. Is also a haemorrhagic remedy + skin
and bowels.
Best, Joy
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