The mind of Bovista lycoperdon: a tri-miasmatic analysis

Dr Kuruvila Sebastian 

ABSTRACT
Bovista Lycoperdon is a remedy belonging to the family of fungi. The evolution of mind of this particular remedy is not well depicted in most of the Materia medicas and therefore, this remedy has not been explored as a constitutional remedy, though there are many mental symptoms mentioned in the various repertories. This article is a humble attempt to trace the evolution of mind of Bovista Lycoperdon by classifying the rubrics at a tri-miasmatic level.

INTRODUCTION
Bovista lycoperdon commonly known as puff ball, is a remedy belonging to the family of fungi. Though it has a wide range of symptoms recorded in the various Materia medicas and repertories, clinically most of the practitioners limit its use to cases of skin complaints and female complaints. And very rarely it has been prescribed constitutionally or based on mind symptoms. One of the reasons behind this is that the mind symptoms of this remedy have not been well depicted in most of the Materia medicas, though there are 254 rubrics in the ‘Mind’ chapter of Synthesis repertory and 300 symptoms in the ‘Mind’ chapter of Complete repertory.

Also, it is important to study a remedy from the miasmatic point of view, especially the mind symptoms as it helps to understand the evolution of the personality/constitution of the remedy. So, it becomes easy to select the similimum by matching with the patients’ symptoms. Grading of symptoms based on miasms also help in selecting the best suitable rubrics for the given case.

Listed below are the tri- miasmatic evolution of mind of Bovista:

PSORA SYCOSIS SYPHILIS
ABSENTMINDED ABSORBED ABSTRACTION OF MIND
ANXIETY AILMENTS FROM – sexual excesses ALCOHOLISM
ANXIETY – chill – during AMBITION – increased ANGER – alternating with – exhilaration
ANXIETY – driving from place to place ANGER ANGUISH
ANXIETY – fever – during ANGER – work – aversion to AVERSION – everything, to
ANXIETY – headache; with ANXIETY – fear; with AVERSION – everything, to – dinner; after
ANXIETY – health; about – own health; one’s ANXIETY – inactivity, with AVERSION – everything, to – urticaria; in
ANXIETY – perspiration – during CAPRICIOUSNESS AWKWARD
ANXIETY – stool – before COMPANY – aversion to AWKWARD – drops things
ANXIETY – vexation – after COMPANY – aversion to – alone amel.; when CHAOTIC
ANXIETY – waking, on COMPANY – desire for COITION – after agg.
CHEERFUL COMPANY – desire for – alone agg.; when COMA
CHEERFUL – company, in CONCENTRATION – difficult CONFUSION of mind – coition – after
COMMUNICATIVE CONCENTRATION – difficult – attention, cannot fix CONFUSION of mind – knows not where he is – night
COMPANY – desire for – amel. in company COURAGEOUS CONFUSION of mind – knows not where he is – waking, on
CONFUSION of mind CURSING CONFUSION of mind – rising – after
CONFUSION of mind – vertigo, with DISCONTENTED CONFUSION of mind – standing, while
CONFUSION of mind – wine; after DISCONTENTED – everything, with CONFUSION of mind – stooping, when
FORGETFUL DULLNESS CONFUSION of mind – time; as to
HURRY DULLNESS – head – complaints of head; with DELIRIUM – look fixed on one point
INTROSPECTION DULLNESS – headache, with DELIRIUM – pains – with the
IRRITABILITY DULLNESS – mental symptoms; during DELUSIONS –Enlarged
IRRITABILITY – headache, during DULLNESS – standing – agg. DELUSIONS – enlarged – body is
IRRITABILITY – Head; with complaints of DULLNESS – waking, on DELUSIONS – enlarged – body is – parts of body
IRRITABILITY – sadness, with EXHILARATION DELUSIONS – enlarged – distances are
IRRITABILITY – taking everything in bad part EXPANSIVE DELUSIONS – enlarged – objects are
IRRITABILITY – waking, on FEAR DELUSIONS – large – parts of body seem too large
MEMORY – active FEAR – contagion DELUSIONS – specters, ghosts, spirits – seeing
MILDNESS FEAR – disease, of impending DELUSIONS – strange – familiar things seem strange
MISTAKES; making FEAR – disease, of impending – contagious, epidemic diseases; of DELUSIONS – – swollen, is
NAÏVE FEAR – driving him from place to place DELUSIONS – vermin – seeing vermin crawl about
QUARRELSOME FEAR – infection, of DELUSIONS – water – of
RESTLESSNESS FEAR – insanity DELUSIONS – worms – creeping of
RESTLESSNESS – anxious FEAR – waking, on – dream, from a DESPAIR
RESTLESSNESS – chill – during FIGHT, wants to EATING – after – agg.
RESTLESSNESS – heat – during GRIEF HEEDLESS
RESTLESSNESS – perspiration – during IDEAS – deficiency of HOPEFUL – alternating with – despair
SADNESS JESTING – aversion to HYSTERIA – hypochondriasis; with
SADNESS – alone – when LASCIVIOUS IMBECILITY
SADNESS – company – amel. LAZINESS INDIFFERENCE
SADNESS – gloomy LAZINESS – sadness, from INDIFFERENCE – company, society – while in
SADNESS – work-shy persons; in LAZINESS – eating, after INDIFFERENCE – everything, to
SENSES – vanishing of – vertigo; with LOQUACITY INDIFFERENCE – external things; to
SENSITIVE MEMORY – weakness of memory INDIFFERENCE – life, to
SENSITIVE – opinion of others; to the MEMORY – weakness of memory – done; for what he just has INDIFFERENCE – company, society – while in – amel.
SENSITIVE – urticaria, in MISTAKES; making – localities, in INDIFFERENCE – morose
STARTING – dreams, in – from a dream MISTAKES; making – speaking, in INDISCRETION
STARTING – sleep – during MISTAKES; making – speaking, in – words INSANITY
UNCONSCIOUSNESS – vertigo, during MISTAKES; making – time, in IRRITABILITY – alternating with – cheerfulness
MISTAKES; making – writing, in IRRITABILITY – coition – after
WEEPING – spasmodic – asthma; with MISTAKES; making – writing, in – omitting – syllables LAUGHING – alternating with – weeping
MISTAKES; making – writing, in – vertigo; with LAUGHING – asthma; with
MISTAKES; making – writing, in – wrong – words LOATHING – life
MOROSE LOQUACITY – openhearted
MOOD – changeable MENTAL SYMPTOMS – accompanied by – physical symptoms
ORIENTATION; sense of – decreased MISTAKES; making – space; in
OFFENDED, easily MISTAKES; making – space; in – time; and in
PROSTRATION of mind MOOD – alternating
QUARRELSOME MOROSE – alternating with – cheerfulness
SECRETIVE SENSES – vanishing of
SENSES – dull SHRIEKING – pain, with the
SERIOUS SHRIEKING – Head; with complaints of
SOCIAL MEETING – amel. SPEECH – inarticulate
SPEECH – affected SPEECH – jerks, by
SPEECH – slow STRIKING
SULKY STUPEFACTION
TACITURN SUICIDAL disposition
VIVACIOUS THOUGHTS – vanishing of
UNOBSERVING TRUTH – telling the plain truth
WEARISOME UNCONSCIOUSNESS
UNCONSCIOUSNESS – dream, as in a – does not know where he is – night
UNCONSCIOUSNESS – eyes – fixed; with
UNCONSCIOUSNESS – standing, while
WEARY OF LIFE

CONCLUSION
As per the above information, we can conclude that Bovista is a remedy with sub-normal intelligence, who make a lot of mistakes while talking and writing, have difficulty in concentrating, forgets things very fast, lacks ideas, and has indiscretion, confusion of mind and abstraction of mind. Very naive people who because of their excessive loquaciousness – talk everything openly, like their very personal and private matters without thinking whether it has to be told or not.

The above study also demonstrates that Bovista lycoperdon is predominantly a Syco- syphilitic remedy, and the curative abilities of this remedy should be explored when prescribed as a constitutional remedy.

ACKNOWLEDGMENT
I heartfully thank my PG guide Dr Renuka S Patil, HOD & Prof Dept of Materia Medica, GHMC, Bengaluru for her valuable guidance.

REFERENCES:

  1. Radar Software: Frederik Schroyens Synthesis Repertory, Version 9.1.
  2. Complete Repertory by Roger van Zandvoort (CARA software).
  3. Hahnemann S. The chronic diseases: their peculiar nature and their homeopathic cure. New Delhi: Jain Publishing; 1995.
  4. Dr Kapil K Sharma Mental Personalities with Their Linking Rubrics and Important Remedies .2nd corrected and added ed. New Delhi: Indian Books And Periodicals Publishers (P) Ltd; 2009.

Dr Kuruvila Sebastian
PG Scholar, Department of Materia Medica,
Government Homoeopathic Medical College & Hospital, Bangalore

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