Source :- Vegetable kingdom
Common Name :- False Gromwell, Wild Job’s Tears
Family :- Boraginaceae
Prover :- Dr. W. E. Payne
Miasm :- Psora
Temperament :- Nervous, Depressed
Diathesis :- Nervous and Rheumatic
Thermal :- Chilly patient
Duration of action :- 1 to 10 days
Active Principle :- Onosmodin
Inimical to :- Gelsemium
Side affection :- Left side more than right
INTRODUCTION
:- Onosmodium is a lesser-known but highly effective nervous system remedy, especially indicated in neurasthenia, eye strain, and sexual weakness.
:- It is adapted to students, office workers, and overthinkers who suffer from mental fatigue, dullness, and inability to concentrate.
:- Excellent remedy for headaches from eye strain, and dull heavy occipital pain extending to the nape of the neck.
GUIDING SYMPTOMS
- Marked mental dullness, forgetfulness, cannot concentrate on reading or writing.
- Sensation as if brain is tired, can’t think, wants to lie down.
- Headache begins in the occiput, extends to forehead and eyes, < eye strain, reading, writing.
- Eyes feel heavy, strained, and blurred vision from overuse.
- Neck feels stiff and heavy, especially in students and computer users.
- Sexual weakness in both sexes; impotence in males, ovarian pain in females, often left-sided.
- Left-sided complaints more marked (compare with Lachesis).
- Dull aching pain in the lumbar and sacral region, with heaviness.
- Numbness and tingling in the extremities, especially left side.
- Vertigo on motion, with dullness of mind.
- Insomnia due to mental exertion.
MIND / MENTAL SYMPTOMS / PSYCHOLOGY
- Forgetfulness, poor memory, mental dullness.
- Can’t fix the mind on any one subject – wandering thoughts.
- Depression, sadness, lack of interest in daily activities.
- Feels as if brain would stop working; inability to comprehend things.
- Aversion to company, prefers to be alone.
- Confusion of mind, esp. during conversation.
- Weak concentration, suited to students before exams.
EYE SYMPTOMS
- Eyestrain from overuse – students, writers, typists.
- Blurred vision, < reading, sewing, using computer.
- Tired, aching, heavy eyes with sensation of sand in eyes.
- Photophobia with dull frontal headache.
- Diplopia (double vision), < fatigue, strain.
SEXUAL SYMPTOMS
- Males – Impotence, sexual weakness, dull pain in testicles.
- Females – Pain in left ovary, < during menses.
- Weakness of sexual desire, < from nervous exhaustion.
SPINAL AND NERVOUS SYSTEM
- Pain and numbness in spine, esp. cervical and lumbar region.
- Heaviness and tiredness of limbs, < exertion.
- Suited for nervous debility, weakness from mental strain.
MODALITIES
- Aggravation :- From mental exertion, eye strain, left side, reading, sexual excess, nervous fatigue
- Amelioration :- From rest, lying down, quiet place, sleep
MEMORIZING TIPS
- O – Occipital headache extending to forehead
- N – Nervous exhaustion, Neurasthenia
- O – Ovarian pain (left sided)
- S – Sexual weakness in males and females
- M – Mental dullness, poor concentration
- O – Overuse of eyes causes headache
- D – Diplopia, Dull mind
- I – Inability to focus, Insomnia
- U – Useful in students, typists, overthinkers
- M – Mind confusion, Memory weakness
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