Author:
Jan Scholten
Book:
Wonderful Plants
Type:
Remedy
Chapter:
655.73.01
655.73.01 Viscum album
English: mistletoe.
Introduction
Viscum album is the remedy of the Order of Santalales best known in homeopathy. In anthroposophy it is used in the treatment of cancer.
Heart septum defects seem to be a keynote. This can be linked to the desire to stay in the womb, preying on the mother, instead of becoming independent and live on their own.
Mind
Childish, although developed, child of the heaven, baby.
Dependent on adults.
Simple, naïve, desire new experiences.
Fear responsibility, telephone.
Neutral, lack of profile or opinion, aversion having an identity; unformed, undefined.
Monks.
Living on others, desire protection.
Sensitive: noise.
Aversion: people, consolation.
Type: brown, jeans, pullover, unremarkable.
Hobby: ghost world, elves, fairies, angels.
Dreams: war, bombardments, aerial attacks.
Dreams: restless, vivid, difficult, worrying; bicycling.
General
Sensation: tearing, cramping.
Weather: < cold, stormy weather.
Time: < winter.
Desire: whiskey; sweets; drinks; food, ravenous appetite.
Physical; < in bed, < lying on left side.
Body
General: cancer, colon, rectum.
Nervous: paralysis, complete; neuralgia, sciatica; convulsions, spasms, epilepsy, chorea, epileptic aura, petit mal; general tremor, all muscles in fibrillary contraction; twitching, jerking, < night.
Vertigo: persistent.
Head: as if whole vault of skull were lifted up.
Eyes: blue ring around eyes; double vision; pupils dilated.
Ears: buzzing; stopped-up; deafness, < cold, rheumatic.
Face: muscles in constant agitation.
Lungs: dyspnoea; suffocation, < lying on left side; asthma; stertorous breathing; spasmodic cough.
Heart: hypertrophy, valvular insufficiency; pulse small, weak, slow < central vagus irritation; decompensation, dyspnoea, < lying, on left side, > sitting; palpitation during coitus; hypertension; hypotension; septum defects; valvular disease, with disturbances in sexual sphere; weight and oppression of heart; as if a hand were squeezing it; tickling sensation about heart; hypertensive albuminuria.
Abdomen: hepatitis C.
Female: bleeding, clots, bright red, metrorrhagia; pain ovaries, left; < menopause; chronic endometritis, with pain; retained placenta.
Back: pain periodic, sacrum into pelvis, tearing, shooting pains from above downwards, into thighs, arms, < in bed; sciatica.
Limbs: pains knee, ankle, alternate with shoulder, elbow; tearing, shooting pains, thighs, arms; gout; rheumatism; dropsy; glow rises from the feet to the head; seems to be on fire; as if a spider crawling over back of hand and foot; compressing pain in feet.
Skin: itching all over.
