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Spigelia anthelmia (Spig.)

Spigelia anthelmia (Spig.) appears in 405 rubrics. Of these, 23 are single-remedy rubrics in which only this remedy is listed, and 16 are small rubrics with at most two other remedies. The emphasis is on delusions, anxiety, cheerfulness, restlessness, and fear, plus speech and thoughts. A person emerges whose ground under the feet is not reliable, whose heart triggers the anxiety, and whose cheerfulness itself remains uncertain.

The uncertain ground

The delusions revolve around balance and support. This remedy alone knows the idea that the pavement would rise directly in front of the person, "Delusions – pavement, rising, the pavement would rise directly in front of him/her", and the idea that the brain splashes when walking. The person fears falling when looking down or turning the head. At the same time she feels light and floating when walking, "Delusions – floating – air, in the – walking, while". This can be read as a bodily sense that loses its footing.

Heart, breathing, and anxiety

The anxiety has its seat in the heart. Two single-remedy rubrics link it with pain in the heart, once on deep inspiration, once with sharp stitching; deep breathing aggravates the anxiety elsewhere too. The fear concerns suffocation, especially on motion with dyspnea and as a cause of death: "Fear, phobia – death, of – suffocation, by". A small rubric names alternating anxiety and elation.

Cheerfulness with a break

The cheerfulness is unstable. It alternates with palpitation, persists even during the pains, and combines in a single-remedy rubric with destructiveness. Another single-remedy rubric names intoxication as after smoking tobacco, as a delusion of being intoxicated and as a sensation. The thoughts are profound and concern the future; during chill they become clear.

Pain and speech

The restlessness occurs with pains, in the face, in the knee, and in the sciatic nerve, the screaming with pains in the feet. The stammering concerns the first syllables, "Speech – stammering – first syllables, in the", and occurs also with complaints in the abdomen. A sensitiveness with slander and indignation at slandering complete the picture.

Summary

Uncertain footing, an anxious heart, and a cheerfulness that does not trust the body yield a figure whose mind answers to the body. The rubrics on needles and on the delusion of becoming insane when headache appears indicate how close the mental remains to pain here.

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