AMBRA GRESIA: A REMEDY FOR PARKINSON'S DISEASE

AMBRA GRESIA

ZOOLOGICAL NAME:  Physeter  macrocephalus Linn.

FAMILY: Physeteridae   

COMMON NAMES :  Sperm whale

DESCRIPTION:  Ambra gresia is found in the intestines and  among the excreta of the sperm whale, Physeter macrocephalus. It is found floating upon the sea, and thrown upon the coast in tropical region. It has many of the characteristic of concretions, and is considered to be of intestinal or biliary origin. Fat like in appearance or more properly waxy. Comes in pieces of various size and shapes of ash –grey color, marbled with whitish or dark streaks and spots.  Although quite friable, it is with difficulty rubbed to powder. Tasteless, odor peculiar and agreeable, becomes soft at body temperature, melts in boiling water, and at high temperature, dissipate with the production of white fumes only at a trace of ash remaining. Soluble in alcohol, ether and in fatty and volatile oils.

DISTRIBUTION:  Usually found on the coast of the India and Pacific oceans.

HOMOEOPATHIC USES

ASTHMA:  Asthma of elderly people and of children. Asthma with eructation of gas. Asthma when attempting sex. Wheezing in the chest.

COUGH:  Nervous , spasmodic cough with hoarseness and eructation, on waking in morning. Worse in presence of people. Hollow , spasmodic , barking cough, coming from deep in chest.

DYSFUNCTIONAL UTERINE BLEEDING:  Menses too early and too profuse.  Discharge of blood between periods, at every little incident. Worse after hard stools, walking a little longer etc. Lying down aggravates uterine symptoms.

LEUCORRHEA:  Profuse bluish leucorrhea. Itching  in labia.

VAGINAL ITCHING:  Itching of pudendum with soreness and swelling. Sexual desire is increased. Nymphomania.

HEADACHE:  Tearing pain in upper half of brain. Pressure in front part of head with mental depression.  Hearing impaired.

HEART:  Palpitation with pressure in chest as from a lump lodged there, or as if chest was obstructed.

PARKINSON’S DISEASE:  Parkinson’s disease with numbness and trembling . Cramps in hands and fingers, worse grasping anything.  A remedy for old age.

NUMBNESS:  External  numbness of the whole body in the morning. It is indicated in old people and scrawny women. Coldness and numbness usually of single parts like fingers, arms etc. Worse on pressure.

TREMOR:  Trembling of single parts of the body, like hands , arms etc. in old people.  Music causes trembling.

URETHRITIS:  Burning and itching in urethra while urinating. Feeling in urethra as if a few drops passed out.

VERTIGO:  Vertigo in old people with weakness in chest and stomach. Senile dizziness. Has to lie down to avoid vertigo.

SLEEPLESSNESS:  Cannot sleep from  worry, must sit up. Anxious dreams.

HYSTERIA: Intensely shy, blushes easily. Music causes weeping and trembling.  Dread of people and desire to be alone. Restless, excited, very loquacious. Jumping, from one subject to another, never waiting to have first question answered.  Time passes slowly. Aversion to laughter.

POTENCY:  Second and third potencies.