3 & 4: Miasm Flashcards
Miasm
How a sensation is perceived
Crossing point between sensation and miasm
According to Rajan Sankaran
Disease state
Acute Miasm
Sudden, terror, panic, immediate danger, reflexive/instinctive reaction
Acute miasm remedies
Aconite, belladonna, veratrum
Hydrogen, beryllium, lithium
Acute attitude
Childlike, instinctive, violent; once danger has passed you are safe again
Typhoid Miasm
Crisis, sinking, critical collapse, impatient and demanding, losing position of comfort, life threatening, urgency
Threats to house and security, materialism; temper tantrums to get what they want
Ruthless and ambition, very oppressive, “bad guys”
Childlike, concentrated effort followed by rest, demanding, like/need routine
Typhoid remedies
Nux vomica, chamomile, baptisia
Ph-ac, pic-ac, mur-ac
Pyrogenium
Malarial Miasm
Stuck, hindered/obstructed, intermittent harassment, limited and unfortunate
Malarial attitude
Imprisoned and dependent, unfortunate, stuck
Contemptuous, disobedient
Malarial pattern
Sudden, acute, periods of quiescence
Malarial remedies
Colocynthis, cactus grandiflora, colchicum
Nat-m, am-m, mag-m
Lac-def, cyprae eglantine, carbo-an
Psora Miasm
Ambition, Confident/ Abundant, Fear- failure, Ailments from suppressed eruptions
Desire and aversion to EGGS ● Eruptions on the head ● Itching of the rectum
Ringworm Miasm
Accepting alternating with trying, trying and giving up
Irritation, teenage, slowly progressing
Frustration and irritation
Ringworm attitude
I shall try, if I succeed it’s good; if I fail I shall remain
Ringworm remedies
Dulcamara, taraxacum, lycopodium
Calc carb, calcarea sulphurica, Scandium
Lac humanum
Sycotic miasm
Covered up, hide, avoidance, accepting, FIXED weakness
Have to accept it and live with it
Sycosis attittude
I cannot change it, but I will not let others see my weakness
I am ok as long as I am able to cover it up
Sycosis pattern
Fixed, covered up, secretive, guilt acceptance, tumors
3 As: avoidance, apprehension, acceptance
Sycosis remedies
Thuja, Gelsemium, Cannabis indica
Kali-bromatum, Nat-sulph, Palladium
Lac-c, Venus mercinaria, Conchilinum
Medorrhinum
Cancer Miasm
Perfection, superhuman effort to maintain control, stretching beyond capacity
Things out of control will all get destroyed if I do not keep control
Cancer attitude
Small person with huge tasks to keep control over
Perfectionist, fastidious
Cancer Pattern
Trying to gain control of a situation far beyond their capacity
Demanding too much
Panic
Cancer remedies
Conium, Ignatia, Staphysagria
Ars, Argentum nitricum, Aur-ars
Asterisks, Lac-eq (malarial), Bird rx (Morrison/Herrick)
Carcinosum, Scirrhinum
Tubercular Miasm
Oppression, caught/suffocated, hectic/time is short
Desperate for change, defiant, freedom
Desperate with little hope of breaking free
Tubercular attitude
Time is short, too much to do in such a short period of time
Tubercular Pattern
If he is to come out of intense oppression, much be radical/violent change; requires hectic activity
Tubercular remedies
Drosera, Balsamum, Guaiacum
Antimonium tart, Calc-phos, Stannum
Insect and Spider remedies, lac-puma
Bacillinum, tuberculinum
Leprosy Miasm
Disgust, condemned to isolation, mutilation, dirty, outcast, sadism, self loathing
No hope of succeeding
Leprosy Attitude
Outcast, no hope of being normal
Should isolate, disgust for myself
Leprosy pattern
He is doomed, can do nothing about it, gives up
Leprosy remedies
Aloe, Mandragora, Hura, Curare
Ammonium iod, Arsenicum iod, Nat-iod
Ambra gresia, blatta, Sanguis sorciris
Leprominium
Syphilis Miasm
Homicide/suicide, total destruction, total hopelessness/great desperation, ulcers
Anger and rage (describe in color)
Malice and revenge
Syphilitic attitude
The task is completely hopeless, but let me do the best I can
Syphilitic Pattern
Situation is completely out of his reach, must make a last ditch, desperate attempt to come out of it even though there is no hope of succeeding
Syphilitic Remedies
Passiflora, Echinacea, Cratagus
Alumina, Aurum, Fluoric acid
Snake remedies, lac-leoninum, heloderma
Syphilinum
