Scientific Name: Anacardium orientale
Common Name: Marking Nut
Source: Plant – Nut of Semecarpus anacardium
Family: Anacardiaceae
Prover: Hahnemann
Miasm: Psora / Sycotic
Thermal State: Chilly
Seat of Action: Mind, nerves, skin, stomach, muscles
KEYNOTES (Boericke & Allen Combined)
"Two wills – One tells him to do right, the other to do wrong. Feeling of a plug or band around parts. Loss of memory, hallucinations, cruelty."
- The Split Personality Remedy
- "A remedy of internal conflict, cruelty, and irresistible dual will."
MIND SYMPTOMS
- Split personality feeling – duality of will (angel vs devil)
- Profound memory weakness: forgets names, words, even what he just read
- Hallucinations: of being possessed or having a devil on one shoulder
- Cruel, malicious, abusive, often laughs at misfortune of others
- Suspicious, misanthropic, feels isolated
- Feels as if he is double, as if his mind and body are not connected
- Easily angered, tendency to swear, violent impulses (like to kill/injure)
Most suitable in persons under prolonged mental strain or suppression of emotions.
PHYSICAL GENERALS
- Sensation of a plug, band, or hoop in various parts
- Complaints appear in pairs or alternately
- Great weakness, trembling, nervous exhaustion
- Aversion to mental or physical exertion
STOMACH & DIGESTIVE
- Hunger > all complaints (eats frequently, feels better while eating)
- Pain and fullness with burning sensation
- Food tastes like straw or dry wood
- Sensation of plug in the stomach, or pressure as from a stone
- Constipation: ineffectual urging with sensation of a plug in rectum
HEAD
- Headache with pressure, as from a plug or nail
- Better by eating or after meals
- Confusion and dizziness with forgetfulness
- Pressure on forehead and temples as from a hard body
NERVOUS SYSTEM
- Paralysis, loss of muscle power
- Trembling, jerking of limbs
- Numbness of hands and feet
- Weak memory with physical exhaustion
SKIN
- Eruption of small vesicles, itching and burning
- Contact dermatitis – eruptions like poison ivy
- Dry, cracked skin with thick scabs
- Itching < scratching, > by hot water
MODALITIES
|
Worse From |
Better From |
|
Mental exertion |
Eating |
|
After meals (except mental state) |
Hot applications |
|
Emotion or anger |
During rest |
|
Touch and pressure |
Hot water (skin) |
|
Morning |
Lying down |
CLINICAL CONDITIONS
- Schizophrenia, delusions, hallucinations
- Depression with dual personality
- Dementia, memory loss
- Dermatitis, eczema with thick crusts
- Gastritis, peptic ulcer
- Paralysis, hemiplegia, or paresis
- Constipation with sensation of a plug
- Neurasthenia
POTENCY & DOSAGE
- 6C to 30C: Common for mental and gastric complaints
- 200C to 1M: For deep-seated mental disorders (only under supervision)
- Frequent repetition in low potency for memory or gastric symptoms
MEMORY TRICK – "ANA = A Naughty Angel!"
- A – Angel & Devil conflict
- N – Nerve weakness & numbness
- A – Appetite sharp, < when hungry
- C – Cruelty, cursing, confused
- A – Aversion to company
- R – Rectum plug & resistant stools
- D – Double personality
- I – Itching with eruptions
- U – Uncontrollable impulses
- M – Memory loss, Madness
COMPARE WITH
|
Remedy |
Differences |
|
Hyoscyamus |
More loquacious and obscene, less cruelty |
|
Stramonium |
More violent, fear of darkness, religious mania |
|
Lachesis |
Loquacious, left-sided; less plug-like sensations |
|
Aurum met. |
Suicidal depression, more responsibility driven |
CONCLUSION
Anacardium orientale is a remarkable mind remedy, known for its peculiar “split will”, extreme cruelty, and relief from eating. It helps in cases of dual personality, memory weakness, and mental exhaustion, making it a vital tool in psychiatry and neurology in homoeopathy.
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