Miasms Flashcards
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Miasms
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Can be inheritable; follow a pattern; one school of thought believes there is an association with infection
Think inherited disease state; may or may not involve an organism that gives rise to that
Must be a predisposition to acquiring that state
the underlying disturbance
Family Hx
pattern of the symptoms = type of miasm
2
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Tuberculosis
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restless
need expansion
feel restricted
3
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SYMPTOM
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- may persist even after the causitive agent is eradicated
- physiological and psychological
4
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Cancer
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- wants to control
- ## chaos
5
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Acute miasms
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reflexive response strong life-threatening kidney illness child-like seeks reassurance; hypervig
6
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Acute remedies
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belladonna nitrogen lithium etc. aconite strichnine arnica lisin - rabies?
7
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Miasmatic
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came out of nowhere
8
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Miasmatic
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came out of nowhere
9
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Malarial Miasm
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- Alternates between acute and chronic
- vulnerable and weak between attacks
- miserable and makes others miserable
- China
- intermittent
- irritated; harassed
10
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Psoriac Miasm
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Struggle with a feeling of optimism
- sulfur
- psorinum is not a psoriac
- nickel, copper, etc.
11
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Ringworm Miasm
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- struggle against an external object or circumstance
- allergies and skin conditions
- between malarial and sycotic miasm
- bland gentle
- slowly recesses and slowly re
12
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Sycotic
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- Patient tries to hide the problem
- stuck, restricted, life-fixed, fear of breaking out
- exposure must be prevented
- Thuja is great antisycotic
- green discharge
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