- Source: Vegetable Kingdom
- Common Name: Southernwood
- Family: Compositae
- Prover: Dr. Hahnemann
- Miasm: Psora-Syphilitic
- Temperament: Nervous, Irritable
- Diathesis: Gouty, Rheumatic
- Thermal: Chilly
- Duration of action: 1 to 3 weeks
- Active Principle: Absinthin
- Inimical to: None noted
- Side affection: Right side predominantly
INTRODUCTION
Abrotanum is a valuable remedy in homeopathy, often used for marasmus, gout, and rheumatic affections.
Known as a great remedy for emaciation and weakness, particularly after debilitating diseases.
GUIDING SYMPTOMS
Marked emaciation, especially of the lower limbs (upper limbs remain relatively well-nourished).
Extreme weakness and debility following acute diseases, especially when accompanied by marasmus.
Alternating conditions, e.g., rheumatism alternating with diarrhea or hemorrhoids.
Appetite ravenous but emaciates regardless of good eating.
Gout and rheumatism associated with metastasis to internal organs.
Marasmus in children: progressive emaciation with wrinkled, withered skin.
Great weakness, especially in the morning, with a tendency to faintness.
Pains are of a shifting nature, moving from joint to joint.
MIND / MENTAL SYMPTOMS / PSYCHOLOGY
Irritable, restless, and anxious.
Child cross, peevish, and ill-natured.
Anxiety about health and future.
Mental depression, especially in chronic diseases.
MARASMUS (IMPORTANT)
Progressive wasting and emaciation, particularly in children.
Lower limbs become thin and shrunken, while the face appears relatively well-nourished.
Marked weakness and prostration after prolonged illness.
Emaciation despite a good appetite.
Skin appears dry, wrinkled, and withered, especially in the lower limbs.
Great weakness in the morning, with a tendency to faintness.
Mental irritability and restlessness accompany physical debility. Rheumatic pains, shifting and changing location frequently.
Metastasis of gout to internal organs, e.g., heart.
Pain in extremities, especially worse at night and in cold weather.
EXTREMITIES (IMPORTANT)
Weakness and emaciation, especially of lower limbs.
Trembling and unsteady gait due to weakness.
Pains shifting from joint to joint, with soreness and stiffness.
Rheumatic pains, worse in cold, damp weather.
Edema of lower limbs, especially in marasmus cases.
FEVER
Fever with great weakness and emaciation.
Chilliness with profuse sweating, especially at night.
Alternating heat and cold, with marked prostration.
GOUT AND RHEUMATISM
Rheumatic pains, shifting and changing location frequently.
Metastasis of gout to internal organs, e.g., heart.
Pain in extremities, especially worse at night and in cold weather.
GASTROINTESTINAL
Ravenous appetite, but despite eating well, emaciation progresses.
Diarrhea alternating with rheumatic complaints.
Distended abdomen, with pain and tenderness.
SKIN
Dry, wrinkled, withered appearance, especially in children with marasmus.
Eczema with marked emaciation and debility.
MEMORIZING TIPS
- A - Alternating symptoms: rheumatism and diarrhea
- B - Body emaciates despite good appetite
- R - Rheumatic pains shifting from place to place
- O - Often indicated in marasmus of children
- T - Tenderness and pain in abdomen
- A - Appetite ravenous but no gain in weight
- N - Nervous, irritable temperament
- U - Unhealthy skin, wrinkled and dry
- M - Metastasis of gout to internal organs
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