Homeopathic Remedies for Insanity

Not everyone who needs these remedies is insane; some have migraine headaches, others have hang-overs, still others are only temporarily insane from high fevers, drug use, etc.; but, clearly, some are really "off the wall"; nonetheless, homeopathy can help and sometimes cure! Below are five often-prescribed remedies for "difficult people":

STRAMONIUM (Stink-weed)

High energy and intensity are striking in this remedy. VIOLENCE or fear of violence is a keynote. Night is a good time to look for Stramonium symptoms because they are AFRAID OF THE DARK, they are worse at night and may need ALL THE LIGHTS ON in the room; a hall light or night light may not be sufficient. NIGHT TERRORS--shrieking in sleep, tossing and turning, sitting up and not knowing anyone, terrified, and not remembering the event the next morning, especially in children, is characteristic. What would cause this state in a person? A high fever, a suppressed fever, a stroke, meningitis, a recent FRIGHT or a fright they've never gotten over, sunstroke, a dog bite, a head injury, rabies, and alcoholism, are all possible causes.

Other Stramonium symptoms include:
Ceaseless talking.
Fear of tunnels.
Desire to escape.
Eyes staring wide; eyes half open during sleep.
Face--expression of terror.
Believes he is possessed by the devil or has other issues with the devil or devils.
There may be an absence of pain where pain would be normal.

RAVING MANIA, super-human strength, dilated pupils, red face, violent rages, manic-depression.

Biting, striking, strangling.

Fear of water, including the sight of running water, the sound of water, GETTING THE HEAD WET in the shower or the swimming pool, fear of shining objects, reflecting objects, glittering objects, mirrors; fear of animals, dogs, disease, ghosts, suffocation, claustrophobia, death, anything like death, such as the color black or cemetaries, etc. Conversely, they may dress all in black or seek out cemetaries and the like.

FEAR OF BEING ALONE, BETTER WITH COMPANY, especially at night.

STAMMERING. Makes explosive efforts to get the first syllable out.

Grimmacing, twitches.
Hallucinations: sees animals coming at him, sees ghosts, talks to spirits, hears voices.

(All the insanity remedies seem to have religious affections-- praying, talking to God, believing he is some great religious figure, etc., so, we can't rely on this feature to differentiate among them.)

LACHESIS (the Bushmaster snake)

Intense people, egotistical, arrogant. This remedy is especially associated with an excessive use of alcohol.
LOCQUACIOUS, jumping from one subject to another. The patient TALKS a lot and talks LOUD! (But, in a sense, most of these remedies talk loud; but, no one talks as much as Lachesis.)
Lachesis knows how to strike at the weak points of others and devastate them; sarcastic wit. Think of the sharp fangs of the snake and how they will suddenly STRIKE when least expected.

JEALOUS and envious. Very POSSESSIVE and SUSPICIOUS that the partner is cheating. The Lachesis husband will listen in on the wife's phone conversations, go through her personal papers, have her followed, watch her carefully when she's with other men, and finally will make an outrageous statement, like, "I know you're seeing Melvin Flurg!" The wife will say, "I don't even like Melvin Flurg!" But eventually it becomes a self-fulfilling prophesy because the wife gets fed up and leaves, but not without a Restraining Order!

Lachesis is suspicious in general of everyone's intentions, which can escalate into PARANOIA. Suspicious of you, the homeopath, the remedy, and probably will refuse to take it, and will suspect you of trying to POISON him. As Lachesis is a venom, look for them to have a big issue with poisoning.

Snake venom causes the victim to hemorrhage, so, think of BLEEDING problems in Lach. patients, such as nose bleeds or history of nose bleeds. In fact, think of disturbances of the blood--the vascular system, the cardio-vascular system: HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE, heart disease, hot flashes of menopause.

DISCHARGES AMELIORATE. That means that the headache will improve with a nasal discharge, or PMS will get better when the menstrual flow begins. Any discharge may make the person feel better--you can even think of talking as a discharge, a flow of words, which is why they will talk and talk and talk; conversely, stopping or suppressing normal discharges will aggravate a Lachesis person.

Think of THE COLOR PURPLE when thinking of Lachesis. Problems on the skin will have a bluish/purplish appearance--ulcers, boils, blisters, swellings, and the color of the sore throat will be purple.

Think of how a snake can be completely controlled by being grabbed around the THROAT; therefore, Lachesis people cannot bear TIGHT collars or tight clothes in general. I was fooled once by a Lachesis person. I missed the remedy because the client wore very tight clothes; but what I didn't know was, she took them off the minute she got home, it was only for fashion! Find out what the person wears when he can wear anything he wants. Similarly, the Lachesis person cannot tolerate any "tight" or "restricting" situation! For example, working under authority, having to adhere to a schedule, having to answer to someone.

They may be angry, aggressive, sarcastic, hate-filled and vengeful.

SLEEP is not their friend! Sleep is a very bad time for Lachesis! They may have insomnia, or they may wake worse than they were before they went to sleep. Waking with a feeling of SUFFOCATION is a common complaint in Lachesis.

LEFT-SIDED complaints, or complaints that start on the left and move to the right.

Lachesis people are hot and better from cool/cold open air and cold drinks.

Fear of heart attacks, suffocating, or SNAKES, or they may really like snakes and think they're interesting. They may have a fear that they're being followed, Delusion: someone is behind them.

Tendency to alcoholism--another poison!

Mania, aggression, loud speech.

Men who will suspect the girl friend of cheating, stalk her, and possibly end up killing her in a jealous rage!

They prefer not to sleep on their left side.

Aversion to touch or pressure.

Trouble with SWALLOWING, especially empty swallowing or swallowing water.
Issues with the tongue--may not be able to extend it outwards, may have a tremor, may catch on the teeth or lower lip.

Ailments that come on after jealousy, better from cold open air.

Cold hands and feet.
The greatest danger from Lachesis is when they've been drinking alcohol, at which time they may fly into a jealous, murderous rage. Don't marry a snake.

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