Keynote Theme
Weak memory + “Plug sensation” + Symptoms better by eating
Typical patient: Neurasthenic, nervous dyspepsia, lack of confidence, dual personality feeling
Keynotes
Mind – “Two Wills State”
- Feels as if two persons are inside him
- Conflict of will
- Irresistible desire to curse or swear
- Very suspicious
- Lack of confidence
- Fear of examination in students
- Absent-minded, weak memory
- Feels pursued while walking
Stomach – Most Important Keynote
Empty feeling in stomach
- As if stomach is empty
- Eating relieves symptoms
This is most characteristic keynote.
Mnemonic
“Hungry Anacardium becomes better after FOOD.”
Empty stomach → complaints
Full stomach → relief
Plug Sensation (Very Important)
Characteristic sensation “as if a plug is present.”
Occurs in:
- Rectum
- Eyes
- Bladder
- Chest
- Intestines
Mnemonic
“ANACARDIUM PLUG REMEDY”
Rectum
- Rectum seems powerless
- As if plugged
- Ineffectual urging for stool
- Even soft stool difficult
Mnemonic
“Plugged Rectum = Anacardium.”
Head
- Headache better during eating
- Plug-like pressure in forehead / temples / vertex
Eyes
- Pressure as from a plug
- Objects appear distant
Ears
- Hard hearing
- Plug sensation
Mouth
- Burning lips like pepper
- Tongue swollen
- Fetid breath
- Vesicles
Chest
- Oppression of chest
- Feels better in open air
Extremities
- Paralytic weakness
- Knees feel bandaged
- Neuralgia
- Warts on palms
Sleep
- Sleepless for several nights
- Anxious dreams
Skin
- Intense itching
- Vesicular eruptions
- Similar to poison oak eruption
- Neurotic eczema
Modalities
Worse
- Hot water
- Mental exertion
- Emotion
Better
- Eating
- Rubbing
- Lying on side
Clinical Indications
- Nervous dyspepsia
- Memory weakness
- Examination anxiety
- Constipation with plug sensation
- Neurotic eczema
- Warts
- Senile dementia
