Artemisia Vulgaris: A Trusted Homeopathic Remedy for Seizure Disorders

• Source: Plant — Mugwort
• Family: Compositae (Asteraceae)
• Common name: Mugwort
• Miasm: Sycotic-Syphilitic
• Temperament: Nervous, irritable, hysterical
• Abbreviation: Artem. vulg.
• "A remedy especially for nervous affections with convulsions in children and females."

KEYNOTE SYMPTOMS

• Epileptic convulsions without aura
• Severe menstrual disorders with fits or mental dullness
• Nervous spasms after fright or shock
• Great drowsiness after attack
• Excitable, hysterical women and children

CLINICAL INDICATIONS

Nervous system:

• Epilepsy, especially petit mal (absence seizures)
• Convulsions after fright, onanism, or emotional excitement
• Sudden, violent jerking of limbs
• Spasms without consciousness
• Trembling, sudden falling down, no aura

Female reproductive:

• Suppressed or irregular menses with epileptic attacks
• Hysteria, violent fits, screaming
• Convulsions during puberty, menarche, or after delivery

Children:

• Worms causing irritability, twitching, and convulsions
• Night terrors, involuntary jerks
• Sudden epilepsy in children without warning

MIND SYMPTOMS

• Confused, dreamy, forgetful
• Depression, sadness, dullness
• Sudden change from talkative to dull or sleepy
• Irritability before fit, stupor after fit

MODALITIES

Worse From	Better From
After fright or emotional shock	Sleep
During menses or at puberty	Rest
Worm infestation (children)	Warmth

CONSTITUTIONAL INDICATIONS

• Nervous, hysterical females
• Children prone to sudden convulsions
• Persons weakened by masturbation or fright
• Lean, sensitive, emotional types

COMPARE WITH:

Remedy	Comparison Highlights
Cicuta virosa	Convulsions with violent contortions and frothing
Cuprum metallicum	Aura starts in fingers; severe cramps, cyanosis
Hyoscyamus	Hysterical symptoms with loquacity, nudity
Ignatia	Emotional shocks and grief; less epilepsy
Stramonium	Night terrors, violent mania, photophobia

POTENCY & DOSE

• Mother tincture, 3x, or 6C in nervous and menstrual disorders
• 30C to 200C in epilepsy, hysteria (intermittently)
• Repetition should be cautious in epileptic cases

MEMORY TRICK – “A.R.T.E.M.I.S.I.A”

• A – Aura absent in epilepsy
• R – Restless, nervous children
• T – Tremors and twitching
• E – Epilepsy from fright or worms
• M – Menstrual epilepsy
• I – Irritable girls at puberty
• S – Spasms, sudden and violent
• I – Intense sleep after fits
• A – Amenorrhea with convulsions

REMEDY IN ONE LINE:

"Artemisia vulgaris is a valuable remedy in epilepsy and convulsions, especially in nervous, hysterical women and children without any aura."

REFERENCES:

• Boericke's Materia Medica
• Allen’s Keynotes
• Clarke's Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica
• Hering’s Guiding Symptoms