Lesser Known Remedies - Melilotus Officinalis (Meli.)

[Ardavan Shahrdar]

Melilotus Officinalis
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Melilotus officinals is a plant remedy. Its common
name is 'Sweet Clover' and belongs to the natural
order of Leguminosae.

You will see here that how it can be confused with
Hyoscyamus, Stramonium, Belladonna and Glonoinum.

Melilotus is a paranoid remedy!

Melilotus patients has the delusion that someone is
watching and pursuing them.

MIND - DELUSIONS - watched, she is being
MIND - DELUSIONS - looking - everyone is looking at
her
MIND - DELUSIONS - persecuted - he is persecuted
MIND - DELUSIONS - pursued; he was
MIND - DELUSIONS - pursued; he was - enemies, by
MIND - DELUSIONS - pursued; he was - police, by

This delusion results in great fear of people and
being approached. All persons are devils!

MIND - FEAR - approaching; of - others; of
MIND - FEAR - people; of
MIND - DELUSIONS - devil - all persons are devils

There is desire to escape and run away. They always
suffer from a sense of danger.

MIND - ESCAPE, attempts to - run away, to - hide as
she insists that everyone is looking at her; and
MIND - HIDING - himself - running away; and
MIND - IMPULSE; morbid - run away; to
MIND - DELUSIONS - arrested, is about to be
MIND - DELUSIONS - poisoned - he - about to be
poisoned; he is
MIND - FEAR - arrested; of being
MIND - FEAR - danger, of impending
MIND - FEAR - poisoned - being poisoned; fear of
MIND - INSANITY - touched, will not be

This severe paranoidal feeling leads to aggressive
impulses. There is a desire to kill; threatening to
kill.

MIND - KILL; desire to
MIND - THREATENING - kill; to - approach, those who

They may also suffer from a kind of disorientation.
The patient may not recognize his/her own house and
close relatives.

MIND - RECOGNIZING - not recognize; does - house; his
own
MIND - RECOGNIZING - not recognize; does - relatives;
his

Religious mania may also be seen in some Melilotus
patients.

MIND - RELIGIOUS AFFECTIONS - too occupied with
religion - melancholia
MIND - INSANITY - religious

The interesting point is that severe congestive
pulsating headache with flushes of heat is a prominent
physical feature of Melilotus. This may cause great
confusion between selection of this remedy and
Belladonna and Glonoinum. As you may know, the typical
disorientation of Melilotus may also be present in
Glonoinum patients.

Study the following paragraph from Lilienthal's
Homoeopathic Therapeutics about Melilotus headaches:

'Sick and nervous headaches, especially in winter;
congestive headaches with violent palpitations and
prolapsus uteri. Violent congestive headache with
sensation as if brain would burst through forehead
(Glon.), driving the patient almost frantic; intense
throbbing headache in occiput and vertex, with
sensitiveness of cervical and dorsal vertebrae,
alternating between forehead and occiput; face highly
congested, almost livid; when talking headache leaves
forehead and settles in occiput, returning to forehead
when stopping, amel. by application of vinegar or
lying down (Bell., amel. lying with head high; Sang.,
amel. by lying down); amel. by nosebleed; frequent
urination; tendency to diarrhoea; forgetfulness,
confusion of thoughts.' (From EH)
Regards,

Ardavan
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"Life is beautiful, if you look at it in a beautiful way."

Dr Ardavan Shahrdar, MD, DIHom
President of Iranian Homeopathic Association
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