Aethusa cynapium
The great children's remedy for violent vomiting of milk. Inability to digest milk in infants, with violent vomiting of large curds. Marked prostration follows gastrointestinal symptoms.
Source
Tincture of whole flowering plant of Aethusa cynapium (Umbelliferae).
Available Potencies
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Keynote Symptoms
Violent vomiting of curdled milk in infants soon after nursing, followed by great weakness and drowsiness. Inability to tolerate or digest milk. Linea nasalis — white line from side of nose to angle of mouth. Prostration after vomiting and purging. Complete absence of thirst.
Mind & Emotional Symptoms
Great anxiety and restlessness, followed by prostration. Inability to think or fix attention. Brain fag. Delirium, sees cats, dogs. Idiocy in children — inability to concentrate.
General Symptoms
Great prostration after vomiting or diarrhea. Intolerance of milk is the keynote. Summer complaints of children. Epileptiform spasms. Complete absence of thirst. Linea nasalis is a guiding symptom.
Physical Symptoms
Face
Linea nasalis — a marked white line running from side of nose to angle of mouth. Expression of great anxiety and pain. Pale, drawn face.
Stomach
Violent vomiting of large curds of milk almost immediately after nursing. Complete intolerance of milk. Regurgitation of food an hour after eating. Violent vomiting with diarrhea.
Abdomen
Colic with convulsions. Cold abdomen. Swollen, tense.
Rectum
Green, watery, slimy diarrhea. Cholera infantum. Undigested, thin, greenish stools.
Respiratory
Dyspnea with oppression of chest. Asthmatic breathing.
Sleep & Dreams
Child falls into profound sleep after vomiting and purging — the great prostration leads to somnolence.
Modalities
Better From
Open air. Company. Conversation.
Worse From
Milk. 3-4 AM. Summer heat. Dentition. Evening.
Constitutional Type
Infants and children who cannot tolerate milk. Thin, sickly-looking babies with the characteristic linea nasalis. Great prostration after any digestive disturbance. Anxious expression.
Clinical Indications
Milk intolerance in infants. Cholera infantum. Violent vomiting in children. Summer diarrhea of children. Brain fag. Epilepsy. Dentition troubles.
Comparative Materia Medica
Compare Calcarea carbonica (milk intolerance but with sour vomiting and sweaty head), Magnesia carbonica (milk passes undigested, green stools), Silicea (cannot tolerate mother's milk). Aethusa is distinguished by the violence of vomiting of large curds and the immediate prostration with drowsiness.
Safety Information
Vegetable acids. Coffee. Camphor.
Aethusa cynapium is a poisonous plant of the Umbelliferae family. Contains conine-like alkaloids. Ingestion causes violent gastrointestinal symptoms, vertigo, and convulsions. Mother tincture and low potencies require caution.
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