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A proving of mimosa pudica
A proving of Mimosa pudica DR. P . S A N K A R A N
(Bombay)
A proving of Mimosa pudica was carried out in the Bombay Homceopathic Medical College in January and February 1969. The remedy was selected for proving by the International Homceopathic Research Council, and at a meeting of this body in October 1968, before the International Homceopathic Congress at New Delhi, it was decided to prove it internationally. Messrs. Wilmar Schwabe of W. Germany were kind enough to supply the remedy in potencies. The potencies were not marked on the bottles, which bore code numbers only. _As director of the proving, I knew the name of the remedy, but had no information about its nature or its symptoms. Six provers took part in the proving and they were all healthy young male students selected from the College. Out of these only three provers brought out symptoms. All the provers were given Sac. lae. for the first seven days, and put on the drug from the eighth day onwards. They were not aware what they were taking. They continued on the drug, one dose daily, for three weeks, and noted down symptoms for a further period after stopping the drug, as long as symptoms were noticeable. 1~o change of any sort was made in their diet and activities. :No clinical investigations were carried out before or after the proving. The potencies used were the 3x and the 6x. The symptoms arising with the 3x are marked with an asterisk.
A PROVING OF MIMOSA PUDICA (symptoms in schematic form) M i n d : Gets irritated with the thought of taking medicine; does not want to take medicine. Vertigo: - Head: Headache < from eye-strain, > closing eyes, > tight bandage. < jarring,
< bright light (had done strenuous reading at night). Supra-orbital headache--throbbing, < eye-strain, < motion, > closing eyes. Headache over left eyebrow.* Eyes: Slight blurring of vision. Eyelids agglutinated in the morning. When getting up, yellowish pus at canthi. Burning in eyes, < draught of air. Photophobia with headache, < in sunlight. Ears: Sudden sharp stitching pain started in right ear at l l p.m., continued throughout the night, < lying on right side, < in draught of air, hard pressure, > lightly closing the ear. Difficulty in hearing, with buzzing in ear, too much noise, Nose: Sneezing whole day with watery discharge. Irritation of mucous membranes.
A PROVING
OF
MIMOSA
PUDICA
4~
Mouth: Profuse salivation all day.
Saliva dribbles out from right side in sleep. Was not able to feel any taste in mouth. Throat: Soreness at throat on waking, not relieved by coughing, talking, > drinking warm tea. Tickling sensation in throat and larynx (history of having taken ice-cold drink). Stomach: Pain in epigastrium, < coughing. Abdomen: Rectum: Diarrhoea; passed ten stools; stools offensive with griping pain in the
abdomen before stool, > after stool, > rubbing the abdomen.* Urogenital: Male increased sexual desire. Rezpiratory and chest: Dull, aching pain in lower border of M. pectoralis major,
< abduction of arm, < cold open air, > warm bath. Dry cough. Heart: - Extremities: Slight pain in both shoulder joints, < cold open air, > warm
bath. Back: Backache Sleep: - Skin: -Generalities: Injuries take a long time to heal.
Wants fanning and cold open air. Cannot tolerate heat. Likes open air. Feels body is very light.
M i m o s a pudica L i n n . N.O. Leguminosae. (Extract from Dr. K. N. Nadkarni's I n d i a n M a t e d a Medica, third edn., publ.
by Popular Book Depot, Bombay 7). "Sans--Lajjalu; Ajalikalika; Namaskar; Varaha-kranta. Eng.--sensitive plant, humble plant. Fr.---Sensitive commune; Hernepudique ou vive mimuese. Ger.--Shamhafte Sinnpflanze; Fiihlpflanze. Hind.--Lajalu. "Habitat: This sensitive shrub, a native of Brazil, has long been naturalized and is plentiful in the hotter regions of India; it grows wild as a weed in certain parts of the West Coast of India, in Mysore and Coorg. "Parts used: Root and leaves. "Constituents: Root contains 10 per cent. tannin. "Action: Resolvent, alternative and carminative, the root is aphrodisiac. Juice is antiseptic, alterative and a blood-purifier. "Uses: Root in the form of a decoction (1 in 10) is given in doses of 2 to 6 drachms for gravel and similar urinary complaints and for diseases arising from corrupt blood and bile. Infusion of leaves is also used in 89to 1 ounce doses. Leaves and root in powdered form are given in milk in cases of piles and fistula. Juice is applied externally in fistulous sores, piles and scorpion sting. Leaves rubbed into a paste are applied to hydrocele and glandular swellings, and their juice, with an equal quantity of horse's urine, is made into an anjan which is used to remedy films of the cornea by setting up an artificial inflammation. Juice of the leaves is used to impregnate cotton wool for dressing in any form of sinus. Leaves are employed as a bath in the pains of the hip and kidneys."
(Bombay)
A proving of Mimosa pudica was carried out in the Bombay Homceopathic Medical College in January and February 1969. The remedy was selected for proving by the International Homceopathic Research Council, and at a meeting of this body in October 1968, before the International Homceopathic Congress at New Delhi, it was decided to prove it internationally. Messrs. Wilmar Schwabe of W. Germany were kind enough to supply the remedy in potencies. The potencies were not marked on the bottles, which bore code numbers only. _As director of the proving, I knew the name of the remedy, but had no information about its nature or its symptoms. Six provers took part in the proving and they were all healthy young male students selected from the College. Out of these only three provers brought out symptoms. All the provers were given Sac. lae. for the first seven days, and put on the drug from the eighth day onwards. They were not aware what they were taking. They continued on the drug, one dose daily, for three weeks, and noted down symptoms for a further period after stopping the drug, as long as symptoms were noticeable. 1~o change of any sort was made in their diet and activities. :No clinical investigations were carried out before or after the proving. The potencies used were the 3x and the 6x. The symptoms arising with the 3x are marked with an asterisk.
A PROVING OF MIMOSA PUDICA (symptoms in schematic form) M i n d : Gets irritated with the thought of taking medicine; does not want to take medicine. Vertigo: - Head: Headache < from eye-strain, > closing eyes, > tight bandage. < jarring,
< bright light (had done strenuous reading at night). Supra-orbital headache--throbbing, < eye-strain, < motion, > closing eyes. Headache over left eyebrow.* Eyes: Slight blurring of vision. Eyelids agglutinated in the morning. When getting up, yellowish pus at canthi. Burning in eyes, < draught of air. Photophobia with headache, < in sunlight. Ears: Sudden sharp stitching pain started in right ear at l l p.m., continued throughout the night, < lying on right side, < in draught of air, hard pressure, > lightly closing the ear. Difficulty in hearing, with buzzing in ear, too much noise, Nose: Sneezing whole day with watery discharge. Irritation of mucous membranes.
A PROVING
OF
MIMOSA
PUDICA
4~
Mouth: Profuse salivation all day.
Saliva dribbles out from right side in sleep. Was not able to feel any taste in mouth. Throat: Soreness at throat on waking, not relieved by coughing, talking, > drinking warm tea. Tickling sensation in throat and larynx (history of having taken ice-cold drink). Stomach: Pain in epigastrium, < coughing. Abdomen: Rectum: Diarrhoea; passed ten stools; stools offensive with griping pain in the
abdomen before stool, > after stool, > rubbing the abdomen.* Urogenital: Male increased sexual desire. Rezpiratory and chest: Dull, aching pain in lower border of M. pectoralis major,
< abduction of arm, < cold open air, > warm bath. Dry cough. Heart: - Extremities: Slight pain in both shoulder joints, < cold open air, > warm
bath. Back: Backache Sleep: - Skin: -Generalities: Injuries take a long time to heal.
Wants fanning and cold open air. Cannot tolerate heat. Likes open air. Feels body is very light.
M i m o s a pudica L i n n . N.O. Leguminosae. (Extract from Dr. K. N. Nadkarni's I n d i a n M a t e d a Medica, third edn., publ.
by Popular Book Depot, Bombay 7). "Sans--Lajjalu; Ajalikalika; Namaskar; Varaha-kranta. Eng.--sensitive plant, humble plant. Fr.---Sensitive commune; Hernepudique ou vive mimuese. Ger.--Shamhafte Sinnpflanze; Fiihlpflanze. Hind.--Lajalu. "Habitat: This sensitive shrub, a native of Brazil, has long been naturalized and is plentiful in the hotter regions of India; it grows wild as a weed in certain parts of the West Coast of India, in Mysore and Coorg. "Parts used: Root and leaves. "Constituents: Root contains 10 per cent. tannin. "Action: Resolvent, alternative and carminative, the root is aphrodisiac. Juice is antiseptic, alterative and a blood-purifier. "Uses: Root in the form of a decoction (1 in 10) is given in doses of 2 to 6 drachms for gravel and similar urinary complaints and for diseases arising from corrupt blood and bile. Infusion of leaves is also used in 89to 1 ounce doses. Leaves and root in powdered form are given in milk in cases of piles and fistula. Juice is applied externally in fistulous sores, piles and scorpion sting. Leaves rubbed into a paste are applied to hydrocele and glandular swellings, and their juice, with an equal quantity of horse's urine, is made into an anjan which is used to remedy films of the cornea by setting up an artificial inflammation. Juice of the leaves is used to impregnate cotton wool for dressing in any form of sinus. Leaves are employed as a bath in the pains of the hip and kidneys."