I need any Materia Medica connected to Retarded children.
And Opium

Hi,
This is from Peirce's "Plain Talks" and Morisson's Desktop Guide. Hope this helps.

It was taken from The MacRepertory. I have not found anything specifically on children
Marie

White Poppy.
(OPIUM, xxx; OPIUM poppy - juice.)
The dried juice, the black opium from Smyrna, is not only the strongest but is the kind used for homoeopathic preparations.
Hahnemann, who first proved. OPIUM, naturally has a good deal to say in condemnation of its use as a pain destroyer, and declares that, "No medicine in the world has done more harm (with preliminary apparent relief) than this OPIUM " (Mat. Med. Pura.)
According to his view, only the primary effects of a drug are available for its homoeopathic application, although most of the symptoms that he has recorded are, as he tells us, secondary ones, and he says: OPIUM IS ALMOST THE ONLY MEDICINE THAT IN ITS PRIMARY ACTION DOES NOT PRODUCE A SINGLE PAIN. Every other known drug, on the other hand, produces in the healthy human body each its own kind of pains in its primary action, and hence is able to cure and remove (homoeopathically) similar pains in diseases, especially if the other symptoms of the disease correspond in similarity to those observed from the administration of that medicine.
OPIUM alone is unable to subdue homoeopathically, i. e., permanently, any one singe pain, BECAUSE IT DOES NOT CAUSE IN ITS PRIMARY ACTION ONE SINGLE PAIN, but the very reverse, namely, INSENSIBILITY, the inevitable consequence (secondary action) of which is greater sensitiveness than before, and hence a more acute sensation of pain (Mat. Med. Pura).
We will find as we study the remedy that pain does not occupy a prominent position in its pathogenesis.
It was Hahnemann's idea at this time that the primary action alone, of a drug, gave us the symptoms on which to prescribe homoeopathically, and while this is the view still held by some of our best men, the reading of Hahnemann's argument under OPIUM has not convinced me to that way of thinking.
Right here I must tell you that the opposite action of drugs, notably diarrhoea and constipation, for which we may prescribe the same remedy, are considered by Hahnemann to be in many cases alternating effects of the primary action of such drugs, and not as primary and secondary action (see Organon, Secs. 115 and 251.)
Dr. William Boericke, in a paper on CAMPHOR, in the Transactions American Institute of Homoeopathy, 1905, says: "Hahnemann's attempt, as he did at first and throughout the Materia Medica Pura, to utilize homoeopathically only the so - called primary symptoms, soon led into difficulties and in the case of CAMPHOR, to palpable limitations of its homoeopathic employment, and later to the PRACTICAL, if not avowed abandonment of this division of drug action. The right view of drug symptomatology is, of course, all important to us as a school, and in the very onset we must discriminate between the palliative and truly curative drug symptoms and uses; between the direct, so - called physiological action by MEANS OF A DEFINITE DOSAGE on the one hand and the homoeopathic employment of these symptoms with the dose ranging anywhere from this sub - physiological base to the highest potency.
"The other condition for a right view I judge i in accepting ALL pathogenetic symptoms, whether so - called primary or secondary, early or late, such as are produced by attenuations, including also, though tentatively, curative symptoms, ACCEPTING ALL AS LEGITIMATE SYMPTOMS FOR HOMOEOPATHIC PRESCRIBING."
Hughes, at the end of a lecture on this subject, says: ' I have now, I think, said sufficient to acquaint you with the principles as to drug - action which will regulate the teaching on the subject I shall give in this place. How far they are absolutely true, I cannot say; they are the best at which I can arrive at preset, and that is all I can do. Our comfort is, that however we may shift in the progress of time and knowledge, homoeopathy, as a mode of healing, is not dependent on them. The relation it establishes is between the observed facts of drug - action on the one hand, and of disease on the other; and no alteration in our view of the meaning of either can effect it one whit."
Hahnemann, in closing his remarks on this remedy, says: " OPIUM belongs to those medicines whose primary effects seldom admit of a homoeopathic application in human diseases; but when it is so a small portion of a drop of the decillion - fold (30th) potency suffices for a dose" (Mat. Med. Pura).
While we seldom prescribe OPIUM, still as the conditions calling for its use are frequently severe ones, we must keep its prominent symptoms in mind so as to be ready for the emergency when it arises.
Among the grosser physiological actions of OPIUM we find stupor and profound coma, with stertorous or apoplectic respiration and contracted pupils; later slow, feeble respiration and pulse, cool, moist skin, and finally death from failure of respiration. The larger the dose, the sooner the secondary effects exhibit themselves. "At first the pulse is increased in frequency and the respiratory movements are more rapid; but the cardiac pulsations soon diminish in number and force, and the respirations become sighing in character and more shallow" (Bartholow).
More rarely, instead of the stupor and coma, OPIUM produces delirium and convulsions.
Obstinate constipation, with diminished secretion and atony of the bowels, usually follows its administration, and retention of urine is common. A prominent symptom, as quoted from Hering, is, "painlessness with all ailments; complains of nothing and asks for nothing."
There is, in cases requiring OPIUM, a general tendency to twitching of muscles or tremulousness of the head, arms and hands, with occasional jerks, especially of the flexors.
It is indicated in puerperal fever with approaching stupor, and in puerperal convulsions with coma between the spasms, as well as in convulsions, especially from fright, the spasm ushered in with a loud cry, purple face and not sweat. It is useful for the after effects of the fright with delirium about the original cause, flushed face, sleeplessness and cold extremities.
Complete stupor is the rule in low types of fever, with open eyes and mouth and rigidity of the muscles; this condition may alternate with delirium; he has hallucinations of sight, fear of small and hideous animals and attempts to escape, with dark red face, respiration show and sighing and involuntary stools.
OPIUM is of value in delirium tremens, with fear, and aggravation from the least amount of additional alcohol; also for those in whom a slight amount of stimulant will bring on an attack.
It is of undoubted value in apoplexy; either the threatening of drunkards, where the occiput feels as heavy as lead and there is a tendency towards stertorous respiration, with spasmodic jerkings of the limbs, or in apoplexy when there is stupor and cold extremities. Dunham says: "We should hope more from OPIUM when the apoplexy had not been preceded by chronic symptoms of lesion in the brain substance," and Allen says: "It has frequently produced the most rapid and beneficial results in temporary paralysis, apparently resulting from serous effusions in the brain, and it is certainly of great value as a palliative in cerebral haemorrhage."
We have in OPIUM paralysis of the tongue and pharynx, with great difficulty in articulation and inability to swallow.
It is of great value in intestinal paralysis or obstruction, with tympanitic distention and faecal vomit and, with these features, of value for painter's or lead colic.
Constipation is the rule in these cases, and Hahnemann says; OPIUM cannot stop the pains of lead colic until it has homoeopathically removed the obstinate constipation produced by the lead by virtue of its constipating primary action" (Mat. Med. Pura)., "OPIUM produces," says Dunham, "a suspension of the secretion from the mucous surfaces of the digestive canal, e. g., the dry mouth and fauces. It probably, therefore, lessens the amount of excrement. It also paralyzes the intestines. These two actions combine to produce an obstinate constipation, an effect of OPIUM which is universally admitted, recognized, and, by allopaths, regretted."
In the constipation calling for OPIUM, the stool is in small, hard balls and there is complete inertia of the bowels especially of the rectum, with no inclination for stool; in these cases gas accumulates in the upper part of the bowels and causes great pain and distress. It is especially useful for the constipation resulting from the use of enemas of soap and water. it has cured intestinal catarrh, associated with constipation, with discharge of large quantities of mucus, or the faecal stools completely enveloped in mucus, the indications for the remedy being, as Allen tells us, "complete atony of the lower bowel and the accumulation of hard balls of faeces.
It is to be thought of in diarrhoea during typhoid fever, with "stupid comatose sleep and rattling, snoring breathing" (Bell), and in cholera infantum, with involuntary offensive stools, great weakness and collapse, or when the discharges have been suppressed and the child has become unconscious, with insensible pupils and dark red face.
OPIUM causes retention of urine,"perhaps, chiefly," says Dunham, "by blunting the sensibility of the lining membrane of the neck of the bladder, so that the fulness of the bladder is not recognized by the patient". It is of value in retention of urine which "may occur in fever, in acute illness" (Dunham) or following fright or parturition.
It is also to be thought of in amenorrhoea and suppression of the menses from fright when associated with great drowsiness. It has proved useful in threatened abortion, in "the latter part of pregnancy, from fright" (Hering) as well as in aphonia from the same cause.
It is one of the remedies useful in threatening paralysis of the lungs with short superficial respiration, and occasional deep breaths or sighs. It is to be thought of in bronchial catarrh, with dyspnoea and blueness of the face, suffocative attacks which waken from sleep, deep snoring respiration and great difficulty in lying down.
As regards the sleeplessness calling for OPIUM, it is especially indicated for so - called light sleepers, who remain wide awake for a long time after going to bed, with acuteness of all sensations, hearing especially; the least unusual noise will awaken her and it is a long time before she can go to sleep again.
In the fevers calling for OPIUM, stupefaction is a pronounced feature. In congestive chills we have stupor throughout the paroxysms, the heat followed by profuse hot sweat, which does not relieve the stupor.
In intermittent fever the cold stage predominates; the chill is violent and may be followed by diarrhoea; as a rule, the patient sleeps through the fever and the sweat; the sweat is hot and profuse but does not relieve the stupor.
You all know of the physiological use of OPIUM or of its alkaloids to deaden pain; you also know that its administration is not supposed to be curative as it simply "destroys", as Allen succinctly puts it, "the consciousness of suffering pain." You may not have thought that it is apt, not only to destroy the action of our remedies, as any powerful agent is liable to do, but while deadening pain it destroys some symptoms and adds others, so that we, as Homoeopaths, are unable to determine what remedy is best suited to the patient.
I have the greatest of sympathy for the sick, and it distresses me to see a person in pain, but for all that I will not use an opiate of any kind if I can possibly avoid it, for I not only feel that I am doing a wrong towards the patient (if I consider the case a curable one), but also from the fact that the minute I give an anodyne I begin to lose all interest in the case, and from then on my actions are purely mechanical.
As to our position in withholding or giving an opiate, let me quote from Dunham, who says: "Do we never use OPIUM as a palliative in acute and very painful affections for which we have not found a specific remedy? I have twice thought it necessary to do so. On each occasion I regretted it. It did mischief. The patients, after a temporary relief, got worse, and then, after all, I found by hard study the proper remedy (as I ought to have done at first), and cured the cases, as I might and ought to have done in the beginning, without OPIUM, had I known enough.
"In evidently incurable diseases, when the patient is moribund, as in cancer, etc., OPIUM may perhaps be given, but even in such cases, though there be no hope of recovery, it should be sparingly used. "
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MORISSON'S DESKTOP GUIDE:
Traditionally, all homeopathic discussions of Opium begin with warnings against its allopathic use because it masks the true homeopathic symptoms of the case. Hahnemann points out that Opium in its provings was the only remedy which did not produce a single painful reaction. In the 1960's, a popular phrase was coined which describes very well the Opium state: "Blissed-out". This phrase indicates a dream-like, peaceful and euphoric state which mimics the effect of all opiates. However in the "secondary action" of Opium, the prover experiences just the opposite of this painlessness - many pains and hyperesthesias both physical and mental. Both sides of these proved reactions are exhibited in clinical practice.
Opium cases are not always "blissed-out". In one state the patient is hurried and intense - almost like Nux Vomica. The patient has great desire for work and carries out tasks rapidly and with an extremely clear mind. If the patient exhausts his resources, an opposite state of confusion, somnolence and dullness occurs. These two states may also alternate within the same patient. While dreaminess and euphoria are the typical mental characteristics, fear is the opposing state to which Opium patients are subject. In acute conditions, Opium may rouse from the stupor with marked fright. Likewise, Opium is one of our main remedies in ailments brought on by fright.
Many homeopathic authors comment on the lack of conscience in opium or heroin addicts who will lie or steal for the drug. Opium has been recommended therefore in patients who are amoral and in children who develop morals rather late.
Physically, Opium is commonly used in neurological conditions such as narcolepsy, convulsions, delirium, and strokes.

Mind.
BLISSFUL, PEACEFUL, DROWSY, SENSUOUS, DREAM-LIKE STATES.
STUPOR AND COMA.
Speech thick and obtunded.
Somnambulism.
Workaholic. Great mental acuity.
Hurried and impatient.
Excitement, nervousness and insomnia during withdrawal from narcotics or sedatives.
All senses very acute.
Delusions: Animals. Faces. Beautiful things.
<<Complaints from fright>> (convulsions, tremor, insomnia, chorea).
Aggravation or renewed fright on every recollection of the frighten event which triggered the symptoms.

General.
<<Warm-blooded and aggravated by heat.>>
<<General aggravation from fright>> (Acon), also from excitement or even joy (Coff).
ANESTHESIA. PAINLESSNESS OF NORMALLY PAINFUL COMPLAINTS.
Alternation between stupor and restlessness.
Hot perspiration.
Sometimes recommended as a remedy to clear the case.
Appearance: Face often bloated, flushed and red, thick lips and dull, sensuous or dreamy expression.
Acutes.
Head injury, concussion with somnolence and confusion.
Cerebral accident with stupor, bloated and mottled face, great heat and perspiration, stertorous respiration, constricted pupils.
Coma or delirium with high fever, flushed face, hot perspiration.
Meningitis. Encephalitis.

Nerves.
NARCOLEPSY.
Convulsion, worse fright, worse heat; eclampsia.
Tremor; chorea.
Cerebral accident.
Paralysis; hemiparesis.

Head.
<<Injury to head>> (Nat-S, Arn, Hell, Cic, etc.). Concussion.
<<Face flushed deep red or mottled purple.>>
Basilar headache.
Eyes heavy and half closed.
<<Pupils constricted>> or dilated.

Mouth.
Drooping jaw.
Paralysis of tongue.

Gastro-intestinal.
<<Constipation with no urge>>; fecal impaction.
Constipation of newborns.
Diarrhea from excitement or fright.
Abdominal cramps and colic.
Bowel obstruction; intussusception.
Post-surgical ileus (Carb-V, Raph) often with marked vomiting.

Urinary and Sexual Organs.
Urinary retention, worse fright, often with spasms of the sphincter.
Urinary retention in nursing children after mother receives a fright.
Enuresis in toilet-trained children after a fright.
Arrested labor. Eclampsia.

Chest.
RESPIRATION SLOW, NOISY, OBSTRUCTED.
CHEYNE-STOKES RESPIRATION IN COMA.
SNORING.
Makes a puffing sound with each respiration.

Extremities.
Tremor, worse fright.
Paralysis; cerebral accident with hemiparesis.

Sleep.
SLEEP HEAVY, STUPOROUS AND DIFFICULT TO DISTURB.
<<Sleep apnea>> (Lach, Grind, Sulph).
NARCOLEPSY; over-powering sleepiness when concentrating.
Sleeplessness, worse from slight noise, worse drug withdrawal.
Wakes suddenly with a sensation of suffocation.
Vivid, pleasant dreams.

Clinical.
Bowel obstruction. Cerebral accident. Chronic fatigue syndrome. Concussion. Constipation. Diarrhea. Fecal impaction. Fever. Insomnia. Meningitis. Narcolepsy. Seizure disorder. Sepsis. Sleep apnea.

Relationship.
Comparisons.
Nux-M - Narcolepsy and sleepiness, constipation, confusion or mental dullness.
Bapt - Delirium and sleepiness or stupor, hot, flushed face.
Nux-V - Hyper-active, workaholic, constipation, sleep disturbance.
Bell - Red, flushed face with high fever, hallucination, talking in the sleep, constipated, pupil dilated (Opium more often constricted).
Alum - Mental confusion and dullness, extreme constipation and retention of urine, warm-blooded.
Calc. Coff. Lach. Arn. Acon.

Marie, that was so nice of you to provide all this information! This is an amazing BB!

Also check natrium when it comes to this children, always remember natrium, as it is in it a lock, locking of the person to certain stages.
And in autism too.

To Mselle,
You're welcome, not much really, only a matter of copy/paste this time!
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To Ditiravner,
I found these two rubrics in the MacRepertory, I would not take them literaly as in Homeopathy you do not go by disease name, but just use it as a suggestion of possible remedies to study.

MIND; RETARDED children*: 2arg-n., aur., 2bar-c., 2calc., 2calc-p., 2carbn-s., carc., iod., lyc., 2med., merc., plb., sil., 2sulph., tub., zinc.

MIND; DEVELOPMENT, mental; arrested*: agki-p., aur., bac., bar-c., calc-p., chap., nitro-o., per., syph., thuj., tub.

Also, I would seriously study Nat-Mur, as per GM's suggestion, it is a very good remedy in cases like these, since these kids are often "walledin" in a world of their own.

I would also take a look at Phosphorus, Agaricus Muscarius and Bufo Rana, as they seem to be missing here, they are also remedies dealing with mental retardation.

You have to remember to go by the person's symptoms, not by an ailment's name. A lot can be done for these children.

Good luck,
Marie
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To GM,
Hi again!
Could you please tell me if you know anything about the remedy appearing in the second rubric: agki-p??? I have a feeling it was misspelled and it should be agar-p (agaricus phalloides), because I can't find it in any list of remedy names. Would you know if it exists as it is? If yes, what is it?

Description of agaricus phalloides does fit physical sx of some mentally retarded persons.

Thanks,
Marie

Its a mushroom, in the agaricus fam, nux v is another. But agaric p, is known from folklore, it was sais to be used by withches, it grow in a magical circle, and why its called phallaoide, you should understand, it resembles the human male organ, and it grows up in a nigth, thats why the name...
And it exists as a remedy, Vermeulen has a bit on it, maybe Doilsos make it.

Dear GM,
Thanks for the info, but I already have it.
I was wondering about the agki-p, the abreviation that appears in the second rubric I've posted to Ditiravner. I don't know of any AGKI-P, and was wondering if it was a mistake in the spelling, made by the MacRepertory or if it really exists.

Thanks again,
Marie

MarieJ there's no reference to this abbreviation in the back of my VZ rep of mind which is carefully annotated.

Dear Anna,
Thanks a lot! I had a feeling it was a mistake made by the MacRep. but hate to jump to conclusions. It bothered me not to be able to find it in any Rep. or MM!!!

Thanks again!
Marie

Hrmmmh, womens, precise as always....