Moschus
By Adolph von Lippe — Keynotes and Red Line Symptoms of the Materia Medica
Common name: musk.
Through the cerebro-spinal system it especially affects the sexual organs and nerves of motion (Bt.).
The open air appears to him sensitively cold.
The symptoms, especially those pertaining to the respiration, are aggravated by becoming cold.
Tightness of the chest; is obliged to take a deeper breath (Ign., Phos.) (Br.).
Trembling and quaking through the whole body.
Debility, which is more felt during rest than during motion.
FAINTING, FOLLOWED BY HEADACHE.
SPASM OF THE CHEST (Cupr., Phos.).
Nervous, suffocative constrictions of the chest (N.).
Spasm of the glottis (Brom.) (Br.).
Tingling with heaviness in the limbs (Acon., Rhus-T., Zinc.).
The parts on which he lies pain as if dislocated and broken.
Much nervous trembling and frequent fainting (Agar., Ign., Phos.) (Br.).
Catalepsy (Agar., Art-V., Cann-I.) (Br.).
Hypochondriacal and hysterical complaints originating from the genital systems (Ign., Staph.).
Palpitation of the heart from nervous excitement (Acon., Ars., Kali-P., Phos.) (Bt.).
HYPOCHONDRIACAL ANXIETY, WITH PALPITATION OF THE HEART (Kali-P., Nat-C.).
PALPITATION (HYSTERIC) WITH DYSPNOEA, PROSTRATION, FAINTING, EXCLAIMING, "I SHALL DIE! I SHALL DIE!" ETC., GREATLY EXCITED (N.).
HYSTERIC SPASMS, WITH FAINTING: CRYING ONE MOMENT, AND THE NEXT MOMENT BURSTS OUT IN INCONTROLLABLE LAUGHTER (G.).
LAUGHS IMMODERATELY, OR CRIES OR SCOLDS UNTIL HER LIPS TURN BLUE, EYES STARE AND SHE FALLS DOWN FAINTING OR UNCONSCIOUS (N.).
Globus hystericus (Asaf., Ign., Nux-M.) (Br.).
The sight of food makes her sick (Colch., Kali-C., Lyc., Phos-Ac., Sil., Sulph.) (G.).
Eructations, with hot saliva in the mouth (G.).
Eructations tasting of garlic (Aesc., Asaf., Mag-M., Sulph., Sulph-Ac.) (Bt.).
Great flatulence (Lyc., Nux-M.) (Br.).
Vomiting of the food, then subsequent vomiting and more vomiting (G.).
Spasmodic hiccough (Mag-P.) (Bt.).
Diabetes: Profuse urination, great thirst, emaciation, perfect loss of sexual desire, and sugar in the urine (Kali-P., Lyc., Merc., Nat-M., Sulph.) (Y.).
Vertigo on least motion (Am-C., Bry., Calc-P., Con., Gels., Glon., Graph., Kalm.) (Br.).
SEXUAL DESIRE EXCITED (Canth., Nux-V., Phos., Plat., Stram.).
VIOLENT SEXUAL DESIRE, WITH INTOLERABLE TITILLATION IN THE GENITAL ORGANS (Plat.) (G.).
MENSES TOO EARLY, TOO PROFUSE, WITH INTOLERABLE TITILLATION IN THE GENITAL ORGANS (G.).
Drawing and pushing in the direction of the female genitals (Bell., Murx., Nat-M., Sep.) (Br.).
NAUSEA AND VOMITING AFTER COITION (Br.).
Involuntary, seminal emissions (Con., Gels., Kali-P., Phos-Ac.) (Br.).
VIOLENT SEXUAL DESIRE, OR IMPOTENCE (Nux-V., Phos., Pic-Ac.) (Br.).
Premature senility (Arg-N., Lyc.) (Br.).
Impending paralysis of the lungs (Ant-T., Lyc.) (Br.).
Cough ceases, mucus cannot be expectorated (Ant-T.) (Br.).
Asthma, with intense anxiety, fear, and smothering sensation (Ars.) (Br.).
Sleepy by day; sleepless at night (Nux-V.) (B.).
FREQUENTLY RECURRING, EASY FAINTING (Ign., Nux-M., Puls.) (R.).
FAINTS COMPLETELY AWAY FROM THE LEAST EXCITEMENT (R.).
Faints when eating (Br.).
Aversion to food (Calc., Kali-M., Puls.) (Br.).
Desire for black coffee and stimulants (Br.).
Burning heat, with restlessness (Ars., Phos., Sulph.) (B.).
Rigor or chilliness, or shuddering, as though the patient were very cold (G.).
External chilliness with internal heat (Ars., Lyc., Nux-V., Sulph.) (G.).
AGGRAVATION: From cold; from cold open air; from excitement; from suppressions; and while eating.
AMELIORATION: In the fresh, open air; from rubbing; on getting warm; and from warmth in general.
RELATIONSHIP: Compare: Ant-T., Asaf., Brom., Bry., Canth., Carb-V., Castor., Con., Dig., Ferr-P., Ign., Kali-C., Kali-P., Lach., Lyc., Murx., Nux-M., Op., Phos., Phos-Ac., Pic-Ac., Plat., Sep., Sulph., Sumbul, Valer., Verat. and Zinc.
Compatible: Ambr.
Antidotes: Camph., Coff.