MIASMS

Sankaran
SANKARAN VIEW OF MIASMS

MIASMS
In a large number of chronic diseases, Hahnemann found that
the disease continued to progress in spite of the administration of
the
carefully selected homoeopathic remedy. Hahnemann was occupied
with finding the solution to this problem, and at length, he discovered
that chronic diseases nearly always had a pattern that could be related
to Psora, Sycosis and Syphilis - the chronic miasms. He postulated that
the chronic diseases resulted from badly suppressed scabies (itch),
gonorrhoea and syphilis respectively. He then indicated the drugs likely
to be most useful in treating such cases - the anti-miasmatics. This new
understanding enabled Hahnemann to succeed where he had failed in
the past.
Having studied the theory of miasms, and understanding it in the
light of my own concept of disease as a delusion, my practice of
Homoeopathy has become much simpler, and my prescribing more
certain. As I understand it, disease is a false perception of reality... a
delusion. It seems as if this false perception has its root in either an
actual situation from the patient's own life, or in a situation of a parent
or ancestor. As long as the situation did exist, the patient's reaction was
justified. However the impact of the earlier situation is such that even
when faced with another situation, the patient's reaction is as though he
even were still in the previous situation. This is his delusion. Relating
this idea to the theory of miasms, it became clear that the
classification of diseases must be a classification of delusions. And as
drugs are nothing but artificial diseases, the classification is both a
disease-state and a drug-state classification.
The symptoms of the disease (or drug) represent the survival
mechanism called for in the original situation. But the person feels that
in order to survive, he must always respond as if in the original
situation. The original situation or the patient's (false) perception of
reality differs according to the miasm of the patient. Therefore to
recognize the miasm, one has to determine how reality is perceived by
the patient.
The original situation of each remedy would demand an acute,
psoric, sycotic or syphilitic reaction predominantly.
 This miasmatic classification of disease, based on the concept of
disease as a delusion, is not restricted to the mental state alone. We
know that the mind and the body work harmoniously as a unit, and the
disturbance is uniformly expressed in both spheres. The state of the
mind and body are always related, the delusion belongs to the person
as a whole and is reflected at both levels. The mental state, the
physical state and the characteristic features of the pathology
together represent the totality. And before searching for a remedy in a
particular case, one must settle upon the miasm. The miasm of the
remedy and the miasm of the disease have to be matched.
In order to find out if there was a particular theme to each
miasm, I
studied some drugs generally accepted as belonging to that
miasm, attempting to find a common theme amongst them, if there
was one. I used Hahnemann's classification of diseases and drugs.

Acute: Belladonna,
Aconitum,Psora: Sulphur,
Chronic: Stramonium
Psorinum Thuja,
Sycosis Medorrhinum
Mercurius,
: Syphilinum
ISyphilis
n studying the miasms with the help of different
remedies,
: I came to understand that the nosode
represents the centre- point of the miasm. The nosode
is the product of tissue that is fully under the influence of
the infectious disease. It
represents these defeated tissue
qualities of the infection and infectious process. For
example a study of Psorinum will show the
very character of Psora, likewise with Medorrhinum and Syphilinum.
The problem of the nosode is non-specific and of an undifferentiated
character, whereas with other remedies belonging to the same miasm
it becomes differentiated and specific.
My conclusions about the themes of the various miasms which
follow, are a result of a detailed study of the various remedies in
relation to the miasms, as well as my own clinical understanding of
drugs and patients. Further, I have added other miasms that would lie
between the already known miasms listed above. One of these is the
tubercular miasm, on which there is abundant literature available. The
additions are my own, having been discovered and verified by me in
my practice.
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SANKARAN
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- APPLICA
TION
OF
THE
THEORY
OF
MIASMS
In
Understa
nding
the
Cases
The miasm has to be settled upon before searching for the remedy;
the drug must match the pace and nature of the disease. One has to
ask
the question: "What is the element in the
case?" Is it:
• threatening (acute miasm),
• a struggle (psora),
• a fixed, irremediable weakness within
the self (sycosis), or
• a destruction (syphilis).
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In Understanding and Differentiating
Remedy
States
For example Hyoscyamus (acute) versus
Lachesis (syco-syphilitic).
The state of Hyoscyamus is that of a man whose delusion is that
his wife is trying to poison him; someone is trying to hurt and injure
him,
someone persecutes him. So he loses control of himself and starts
behaving foolishly and ridiculously. He is always excited and presents an
struggle. The sycotic will try and hide. The syphilitic remedies will
collapse or hit back.
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In the Selection of the Remedy
The most characteristic symptoms in a case will give an
indication of
the predominant and other miasms present. It is all important to
match the miasm present in the case in the selection of a similimum.

MIASMS
Classification
Remedies
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SUMMARY OF CURRENT MIASM CLASSIFICATION WITH
MAIN CHARACTERISTICS

(The refinement and expansion of miasmatic classification has

continued since 1828, identifying additional natural miasms,
which tend to be expressed in terms of their relation to
other miasms via symptomology and “essence” of the
miasm. Much of the most recent classification work has
been done by Rajan Sankaran.

Additional miasms have been created by the suppressive

practices of vaccination and allopathic medicinal
measures, which generally do not remove the
disease. Some call these “Drug Miasms”.

As well, poisonings by chemical and technological

influences create miasmatic damage to the genome which
is passed down; examples-the“nuclear” miasm or the
“petrochemical” miasm.
So the miasms have proliferated. However, since
sickness does not
even susceptibility manifest
of the without organism
compromised susceptibility,
to
the
influences, original “natural”
various those of medicine and
miasms tend to be the
including most important,and tend to determine
industry.
It is important to recognize that most of this information, while
being empirically derived, is theory.

•PSORA Fear; Hyperfunction (ex-allergy)

Nosode: Psorinum (scabies vesicle)

•SYPHILIS Destruction; Hypofunction (ex: alcoholism)

Nosodes: Syphilinum (chancre fluid containing treponeum pall.);
Hepato-Syphilinum

•SYCOSIS Hypertrophic; Hydrogenous; Masking (Sank) (ex:benign

tumors)
Nosode: Medorrhinum (gonorrhea urethral discharge);
Gonotoxinum

•TUBERCULOSIS Romantic Self-destruction; “Home-seeking”

Psora-Syphilis (JH Allen?)
Sycosis-Syphilis (Sank)
“PseudoPsora”(?)
Nosodes:
Bacillinum burnett (human tubercular sputum);
Tuberculinum bovinum kent (tuberculous cow lung);
Tuberculinum aviaire (tuberculous chicken lung);
Tuberculinum denys-(microbes filtered out)
Tuberculinum koch (cultures of human TB bacilli );
Tuberculinum laricis (Roberts) (?)
Tuberculinum marmoreck (culture from horses-said to be more
benign effect)
Tuberculinum rosen (?);
Tuberculinum residuum(cultured bovine tubercular bacilli );
Tuberculinum spengler (blood of inoculated and supposedly
immune rabbits)

•HYDROPHOBIA Rage alternating with affection; fear water; sensation

of suffocation; ritual behavior; animalistic; self-mutilation(Klein)
?????
Nosode: Lyssin (Hydrophobinum) (saliva of rabid dog)
•LEPROSY (boundary loss and selflessness? ); hopelessly forsaken
(Sank)
Tuberc-Syph (Sank)
Nosodes: Leprominium (from human or armadillo); Leprosinum

•RINGWORM repeated unsuccessful cycles of effort

(Sank) Psora-Sycosis (Sank)
Nosode: Ringworm (scalp scraping of Tinea capitis)

•MALARIA intermittent
complaints Acute-Sycosis (Sank)
Nosode: Malaria tropicalis; Malaria
officinalis

•TYPHOID hopeful struggle

(Sank) Psora-Acute (Sank)
Nosode: Typhoidinum

•ACUTE reactive (Sank),

Typhoid-Malaria
Nosode: ?

•CANCER malignant hypertrophy; perfectionistic (Sank)

Sycosis-Syphilis
Nosodes:
Carcinosin mixed
Carcinosin- from carcinoma of breast
Carcinosin ADENO STOM. - from an epithelioma of the
stomach
Carcinosin.Adeno.Pap.Uterus
Carcinosin ADENO VESICA - from an epithelioma of the
bladder
Carcinosin bowel co
Carcinosin Co.
Carcinosin
INTEST.CO. - from
epitheliomata of
the intestine and
bladder
Carcinosin SCIR.
MAM. - from a
 •(MORTALITY) (time clock; hardening vs plasticity, decay vs
regeneration --probably a result of the totality of miasmatic
influences) Nosode: ?

PSORA
Miasm
PSORA Fear; Hyperfunction
Nosode: Psorinum (scabies vesicle)
Typical Remedies: Sulphur, Calcarea, Lycopodium, Psorinum
GENERALITIES; PSORA (SRII-519) (217) : acon., aesc., agar., alco., aln.,
alum., alumn., am-c., am-m., ambr., amyg-am., anac., ang., anh., ant-
c.,
ant-t., apis, aran., arg., arg-n., arn., ars., ars-i., ars-s-f., asaf., asar.,
astra-e., aur., aur-m., bac., bar-c., bell., berb., berb-a., beryl., bism.,
bor.,
bor-ac., bov., brom., bry., bufo, buni-o., calc., calc-acet., calc-f., calc-
p.,
calc-s., camph., cann-s., canth., caps., carb-an., carb-v., caust., cham.,
chel., chin., cic., cina, cinnb., clem., coc-c., coca, cocc., coff., colch.,
coloc., con., cortiso., croc., cupr., cycl., cyna., daph., des-ac., dig.,
dros.,
dulc., euph., euph-cy., euph-l., euphr., ferr., ferr-ar., ferr-ma., ferr-p.,
fl-
ac., flav., galph., graph., guai., guat., halo., ham., harp., hell., helon.,
hep., hip-ac., hir., hist., hydr., hydr-ac., hyos., hypoth., iber., ign., iod.,
ip., kali-ar., kali-bi., kali-c., kali-i., kali-n., kali-p., kreos., kres., lac-c., lac-
d., lach., laur., led., levo., lil-t., lob., lyc., m-arct., m-aust., mag-c.,
mag-
m., mag-s., mand., mang., merc., merc-c., mez., mill., mim-p., morph.,
mosch., mur-ac., murx., nat-c., nat-m., nicc., nit-ac., nux-v., oci.,
okou.,
ol-j., olnd., onop., op., orig., palo., par., paraph., ped., perh., pers.,
petr.,
ph-ac., phenob., phos., plat., plb., plb-acet., plb-m., pneu., podo.,
 Psoric
Remedies: Sulphur, Calcarea, Lycopodium, Psorinum
Keyword: STRUGGLE
Central: Inadequate capacity to face stress., Problems only in face of
stress., When no stress present:
Reaction to stress: With stress: active., Without stress: latent
psora.,
In stress: over-reaction, hypersensitive + hyper-reactive., No stress:
fear of stress.
Form of reaction: HYPER - REACTION
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MIASMATIC REMEDIES ACCORDING TO THE BOMBAY GROUP OF
HOMEOPATHS AROUND R. SANKARAN (from Referenceworks and
not in alphabetical order)

PSORA
Calc., Calc-f., Caps., Cupr., Ferr., Ferr-ar., Ferr-i., Ferr-ma., Ferr-m.,
Ferr-p., Ferr-pic.,
Ferr-s., Graph., M-arct., Kali-c., Kali-fcy., Lyc., M-aust., Nat-c., Nicc.,
Psor., Sulph., M-
p-a., Ferr-sil., Ferr-br., Ferr-c., Ferr-cit., Ferr-cy., Ferr-n., Ferr-p-h., Ferr-
prox., Ferr-py.,
Ferr-t.,
THEFerr-acet.,
PSORIC Ferr-val.,
MIASM Zinc-fcy., Ferr-o-r., Ferr-f., Stry-f-c., Ferr-l.
The situation of the psoric miasm is a difficult one, where the
patient has to struggle in order to succeed. The delusion in Psora has
two
components:
• Stress from outside, and
•Anxiety from doubt about his own ability/capability to deal
with the stress. He is hopeful, and failure does not mean the end of
the world.
Let us take for example Sulphur, the "King of Anti-Psoric
Remedies".
One finds the following rubrics:
• Delusion, is getting thin.
• Delusion, disgraced.
• Fear, of poverty.
The reaction is seen in the following:
• Talks of business.
 •Imagines himself a great man; though ignorant, despises
literary men and education.
We find here a struggle with ego and money. The feeling is that the
person is losing something, and he must struggle in order to get it
back.
These conclusions are corroborated by the central features of
scabies itself. In scabies, there is a lot of itching, a constant
struggle, with extreme discomfort, but it is not life-threatening, not
hopeless.
The psoric personality is usually active and expressive. The
patient
generally has highs and lows. The struggle is like a tug-of-war with
the outside world - when the balance is on his side, he feels high, but
when the balance is on the other side, he feels low. It is an active
struggle, and it becomes more apparent during times of stress. At the
same time, there is a lack of confidence in facing the situation, a
feeling that he won't be able to do it. This causes a constant anxiety,
which becomes apparent when he is actually faced with the situation
(active psora). It is also present when he is not faced with the
situation; it is then a kind of anticipatory anxiety, and it is not so
distressing (latent psora). This causes a kind of internal restlessness,
insecurity, dissatisfaction, sensitivity and anxiety about the future.
However, there is always hope, now matter how bad the situation.
The psoric person is usually expressive during case-taking. He is keen
of mind, observant and describes his symptoms well. He has many and
varied dreams which reflect his anxiety about not being able to
cope with a situation, and the struggle to cope.
Since the delusion belongs to the whole, the symptoms of
the mind
and body are common, and in its physical aspect the psoric miasm
will show the same highs and lows we see in the mind. It will
demonstrate a hypersensitivity to physical factors and will manifest the
same struggle and activity. There is a reaction to one's surroundings, a
response to environmental stimuli. For example light, noise, odours,
etc., affect the psoric person and cause in him functional disturbances,
e.g. headache, nausea, discomfort, etc. These functional disturbances
can be seen at various levels, in the various systems, and they will be
accompanied by a plethora of modalities. Accompanying this will also
be seen a plethora of generalities, and psora has the maximum number
of cravings and aversions. Pathological changes, whenever present, are
usually reversible, although this is not invariable.
 The psoric miasm is usually predominant in the years where one has
to stand on one's own feet and face the world - the years of youth
and adolescence, which is usually the period of struggle.

SYPHILI
S
Miasm
SYPHILIS Destructive; Hypofunction
Nosodes:
-Syphilinum (chancre fluid)
-Hepato-Syphilinum (liver of still-born
child of syphilitic mother)
 Typical Remedies: Mercurius, Aurum, Syphilinum
GENERALITIES; SYPHILIS (K1406, SRII-628, G1159) (188) : acon., aethi-
a., aethi-m., agn., ail., allox., aln., am-c., anac., anag., anan., ang., ant-
c.,
ant-t., apis, arg., arg-i., arg-n., arn., ars., ars-br., Ars-i., ars-met., ars-s-
f., asaf., asar., asc-t., astra-e., Aur., aur-ar., aur-i., Aur-m., Aur-m-n.,
aur-s., bad., bani-c., bapt., bell., benz-ac., berb., berb-a., buni-o.,
cadm.,
calc., calc-ar., calc-br., calc-f., calc-i., calc-s., calo., carb-an., carb-v.,
carc., caust., cean., chim., chin., chin-ar., chin-s., chlorpr., cho., chr-o.,
cinnb., clem., cob-n., colch., con., convo-s., cop., cor-r., cory., crot-h.,
cund., cupr., cupr-s., dam., echi., ery-a., eryth., eucal., euph., ferr., ferr-
i., fl-ac., franc., gast., gels., graph., gua., guai., ham., hecla., hep., hip-
ac., hippoz., hir., ho., hydr., hydrc., hypoth., iber., iod., iris, jac., jac-c.,
jatr., jug-r., kali-ar., kali-bi., kali-br., kali-c., kali-chl., Kali-i., Kali-s.,
kalm., kreos., lac-c., lac-d., lach., Laur., led., lith-c., lon-c., lyc., maland.,
MERC., merc-aur., merc-br., Merc-c., merc-d., Merc-i-f., Merc-i-
r.,
merc-k-i., merc-n., merc-p., merc-pr-r., merc-tn., mez., mill., mygal.,
nat-
i., nat-s., nep., Nit-ac., nux-v., ol-sant., osm., penic., perh., petr.,
petros., ph-ac., phos., Phyt., piloc., pitu-p., plat., plat-m., psor., pyrar.,
reser., rhod., rhus-g., sabad., sang., sars., sec., sel., sep., Sil., spong.,
staph., stict., Still., sul-i., sulph., Syph., ter., thala., thiop., thuj.,
thymol., thyr., ulm., vac., viol-t., weil., xan.

Plant Remedies in Syphilitic Miasm (Sankaran):

Anagallis arvensis, Berberis aquifolium, Clematis erecta, Corydalis
formosa, Echinacea angustifolia, Franciscea, Hoang-nan, Hydrocotyle
asiatica, Juglans regia, Lathyrys sativus, Leptandra virginica, Orig,(virg
or marj?), Stillingia

MIASMATIC REMEDIES ACCORDING TO THE BOMBAY GROUP OF

HOMEOPATHS AROUND R. SANKARAN (from Referenceworks and not in
alphabetical order)

SYPHILIS
Absin., Alum., Ars-i., Aur., Aur-m., Aur-s., Bar-c., Both-l., Bufo, Cean.,
Cench., Coc-c.,
Cor-r., Crot-c., Crot-h., Der., Dulc., Echi., Elaps, Fl-ac., Guai., Hep., Hipp.,
Ho., Hura,
Hydrc., Kali-i., Lach., Lat-m., Led., Merc., Naja, Orig., Plat., Plb., Puls.,
Syphilitic
Remedies: Mercurius, Aurum, Syphilinum
Keyword: BREAKING
Central: Situation is delusion beyond
repair: so change or destroy.
Reaction to stress: Destruction of self or stressor.
Form of reaction: DESTRUCTION

THE SYPHILITIC MIASM

The delusion of syphilitic remedies is that they are faced with a
situation that is beyond salvage, leading to complete hopelessness and
despair. The response to this feeling is a drastic do-or-die attempt to
change either oneself or the environment, a violent process - a last ditch
attempt.
For example Mercurius, one of the most syphilitic remedies in
the book, has the delusion that he is surrounded by enemies. He is
therefore, very suspicious and has suicidal and homicidal impulses
against anyone who contradicts him.
Syphilitic personalities have a strongly pessimistic view of life. They
believe that it is not possible to modify what has already gone wrong;
it
has to be radically changed or destroyed. With this internal feeling,
they react impulsively and violently to any situation - be it insult,
criticism or domination. There is a chronic, deep-seated pessimism with
occasional sudden violence directed at himself or others - a mercurial
temper.
The syphilitic person also has very rigid ideas, not only about himself
(as in the sycotic personality) but also about the situation. He is
usually
aggravated by contradiction, is dictatorial, and not amenable to
change, unlike the psoric personality who is impressionable. The
syphilitic response occurs when one is faced with a superhuman task -
one where no man can succeed.
Syphilis itself is a chronic desperate struggle. It is an infection
where the body destroys itself in an attempt to survive by producing
ulceration, caries, gangrene, etc. It is a violent effort in a hopeless
situation. The syphilitic process is a slow and degenerative process
There must be change. The mind and the body move
towards destruction.
The age of syphilis is that of senescence. There is no hope now,
the struggle is over. Even coping with the self is not possible, and the
only way out is death and destruction.
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SYCOSIS
Miasm
SYCOSIS Hypertrophic;
Hydrogenous Nosodes:
--Medorrhinum (gonorrhea urethral
discharge)
--Gonotoxinum
Typical Remedies: Thuja,
Medorrhinum
GENERALITIES; SYCOSIS (K1406,
SRII-627, G1159) (185) : acet-ac.,
adlu., aesc., agar., agn., alum.,
alumn., am-c., am-m., anac., anan.,
ang.,
ant-c., ant-t., anthro., apis, aran.,
Arg., Arg-n., arist-cl., arn., ars., asaf.,
asar., asim., aspar., aster., aur.,
aur-m., aur-m-n., bar-c., benz-ac.,
berb.,
berb-a., bor., bov., bry., bufo,
buni-o., calad., calc., cann-i., cann-s.,
canth., caps., carb-ac., carb-an.,
carb-v., carbn-s., carc., cast., caul.,
caust., cedr., cham., chim., chin.,
cic., cimic., cinnb., clem., cob-n., coc-
c., coch., colch., coloc., con., cop.,
croc., crot-h., croto-t., cub., cupr-
acet., cupre-aust., cycl., cyna.,
dig., dor., dulc., epig., erech., erig.,
ery-
a., eup-pur., euph., euph-pi.,
euphr., fago., ferr., fl-ac., flav., gamb.,
gels.,
gnaph., graph., guai., guat., ham.,
 Mangifera indica, Pulsatilla, Sabadilla, Sanguinaria, Senecio
aureus, Thuja occidentalis, Tilia europaea, Yohimbinum

MIASMATIC REMEDIES ACCORDING TO THE BOMBAY GROUP OF

HOMEOPATHS AROUND R. SANKARAN (from Referenceworks and not in
alphabetical order)

SYCOSIS
Abies-c., Abies-n., Agn., Alco., Anag., Ant-c., Asaf., Bar-c., Berb., Bor.,
Bov., Cann-i.,
Cann-s., Carb-ac., Cere-b., Cast-eq., Cast., Caul., Caust., Cinnb., Clem.,
Cocc., Cop.,
Croc., Cub., Dig., Dulc., Equis., Erig., Ferr., Salx-n., Gels., Glon., Gnaph.,
Grat.,
Adam., Hipp., Indg., Juni., Kali-bi., Kali-br., Kali-c., Kali-m., Kali-s., Lac-c.,
Lac-d., Lac-
f., Lach., Lath., Lil-t., Mag-c., Mag-m., Mang., Med., Meph., Mez., Mill.,
Mosch., Nat-c.,
Nat-p., Nat-s., Ol-an., Onos., Pall., Pareir., Petros., Ph-ac., Pin-s., Puls.,
Sabad.,
Sabin., Sang., Senec., Sil., Tab., Tax., Ter., Thuj., Ust., Zinc., Ovi-g-p., Kali-
sil., Bar-p.,
Yohim., Fel., Aether, Arg., Arist-cl., Calc-br., Cerv., Cupre-l., Del., Plac-s.,
Pin-c., Pin-l.,
Sphing., Tere-ch., Terebe., Thuj-l., Psil., Cupre-aust., Juni-c., Plac., Cob.,
Capra,
Germ., Juni-b., Juni-v., Lac-del., Lac-eq., Hepar-s., Urine-gr., Cupre-s., Lac-lup., Ratt-
r., Polyst., Ros-g.

Sycotic
Remedies: Thuja, Medorrhinum
Keyword: BUILDING
(masking)
Central: Weakness in self which he has to cover up, to mask, to
keep secret.
Reaction to stress: Fixed ideas leading to compulsions
and compulsive actions out of a feeling of inner weakness.
Form of reaction: COVER UP
THE SYCOTIC MIASM
The feeling of sycotic remedies is: "I am incapable of handling
this situation. Something is wrong with me". It is a the feeling of a
fixed,
 • Delusion, he is thin.
• Delusion, his body is fragile.
He therefore develops fixed ideas, will not be touched or approached,
becomes secretive, fanatical, etc.
Gonorrhoea itself shows a chronic, steady, fixed defence in the
form
of gleet. There is no likelihood of complete recovery, but the
situation is not a desperate one. It is in fact a fixed state.
The sycotic personality is very secretive. The patient is always
trying
to hide his weakness and is constantly tense. These constant
efforts to cover up his weakness make even everyday life stressful. He
never hopes to get rid of this weakness; all he wants to do is
somehow to cover it up. Consequently he is more closed during the
interview. The sycotic person has fixed habits and traits, and acts in
particular ways; even his dreams are specific. The sycotic individual is
less active and more reserved than the psoric.
Sycotic personalities and drugs have this feeling of inadequacy, and
the consequent efforts to cover up the same on the physical sphere
as well. The mind and body, both overact, to cover up this imagined
weakness. Since, unlike psora, one is trying to cope with the body's own
weakness rather than with any stress from outside, sycosis is not
usually affected by external factors. The aggravating factors will be
more specific and there will not be the plethora of modalities nor the
accompanying generalities as is seen in psora. The reaction is in fact
concentrated at specific sites and organ systems, tending to cause
chronic, slow troubles usually with a tendency to overreaction in that
particular sphere. The reaction will be the same no matter what the
stimulus, or even when there is no stimulus. Thus we see overgrowths,
hyper-immune responses, fixed and steady disease states like asthma,
and structural pathology. The disease usually has an insidious onset and
its course is steady. The accompanying modalities and generalities like
cravings and aversions are very specific and therefore limited in number.
There is a tendency for the discharges to leave indelible stains.
The nosode Medorrhinum represents the centre-point of the sycotic
miasm. The feeling of incapacity and the fear of being exposed is
represented in Medorrhinum by his fears and anxieties. He is always
anticipating that something bad will happen. He has an anxiety of
conscience, as if guilty of a crime. He has a fear that someone was
behind him. On the physical plane, this inner anxiety and restlessness
manifest by signs such as restlessness of the feet, constant nail-biting
and the need to wash his hands repeatedly. But in order to cover up this
feeling of incapacity, Medorrhinum may appear egoistic, rude, critical,
extravagant and can act as if nothing really bothers or affects him. He is
unwilling to take up responsibilities, because he feels that he is unable
to fulfill them, his weakness will be exposed.
The sycotic miasm will be seen predominantly around middle age
when the person, having struggled a long time, sees many defects
within
himself, and tries to cover them up. This is the time when ideas
become rigid, freedom restricted, and the person is content to cope
rather than to struggle.
 TUBERCULOSIS
Miasm
TUBERCULOSIS -Romanticself-destruction; “Home-seeking”
Psora-
Syphilis
Sycosis-Syphilis
(Sank) Nosodes:
Bacillinum burnett
(human tubercular
sputum);
Tuberculinum bovinum
kent (tuberculous cow
lung);
Tuberculinum aviaire (tuberculous chicken lung);
Tuberculinum denys-(microbes filtered out)
Tuberculinum koch (cultures of human TB
bacilli ); Tuberculinum laricis (Roberts) (?)
Tuberculinum marmoreck (culture from horses-said to be more
benign effect)
Tuberculinum rosen (?);
Tuberculinum residuum(cultured bovine tubercular bacilli );
Tuberculinum spengler (blood of inoculated and supposedly
immune rabbits)
Typical Remedies: Drosera
GENERALITIES; TUBERCULOSIS (149) : abr., acon., agar., allox., alum.,
alum-sil., alumn., am-acet., am-c., ambr., ang., ant-c., apis, aq-mar.,
arg.,
arg-n., arist-cl., arn., ars., ars-i., ars-s-f., asaf., astac., astra-e., atra-r.,
aur., aur-ar., aur-i., aur-m., bac., bar-c., bcg, bell., beryl., bor., bry.,
buni-
o., calad., calc., calc-ar., calc-hp., calc-i., calc-p., calc-s., calc-sil., calo.,
cann-s., carb-ac., carb-an., carb-v., carbn-s., carc., caust., cham.,
chin.,
chlor., chlorpr., chr-o., cic., cist., coca, cocc., con., cortico., cund.,
cupr.,
dros., dulc., ferr., ferr-pic., form., form-ac., graph., guai., guare., hep.,
hip-ac., hippoz., hydr., hydrc., hyos., ign., Iod., ip., irid., kali-acet., kali-
bi., Kali-c., kali-chl., kali-i., kali-m., kali-n., kali-s., kreos., lach., laur.,
led.,
lepro., lob-e., Lyc., m-arct., mag-c., mang., merc., merc-i-r., nat-m.,
nit-
 Myristica sebifera, Phellandrium aquaticum, Pix liquida, Succinum
acidum, Teucrium scorodonia, Verbascum thapsus

MIASMATIC REMEDIES ACCORDING TO THE BOMBAY GROUP OF

HOMEOPATHS AROUND R. SANKARAN (from Referenceworks and not in
alphabetical order)

TUBERCULAR
Abrot., Ant-t., Aphis., Apis, Aran., Aran-s., Ars-i., Aur-i., Aur-m., Bar-i.,
Bism., Blatta,
Brom., Calc-i., Calc-p., Canth., Cere-b., Caust., Cimx., Cimic., Kam., Coca,
Cocci-s.,
Coc-c., Cod., Coff., Culx., Dor., Dros., Elat., Ferr-i., Ferr-p., Fl-ac., Form.,
Salx-n.,
Gins., Adam., Helo., Iod., Iodof., Kali-c., Kali-i., Kali-n., Kali-p., Kreos., Lat-
m., Lil-t.,
Lycps., Mag-p., Meph., Merc-i-f., Merc-i-r., Mosch., Mygal., Nat-p., Olnd.,
Ol-j., Ped.,
Phel., Ph-ac., Phos., Psor., Pulx., Samb., Sanic., Seneg., Spong., Stann.,
Stict., Sul-
ac., Sul-i., Tab., Tarent., Tarent-c., Teucr., Ther., Trom., Tub., Ust., Vesp.,
Zinc., Zinc-
p., Iod-ac., Bac., Agra., Am-p., Bals-p., Blatta-a., Bar-p., Stry-p., Am-i.,
Acal., Tela,
Aether, Alum-p., Aran-ix., Ant-i., Apisin., Arg-i., Arg-p., Atra-r., Bomb-chr.,
Bomb-pr.,
Brucin., Cadm-i., Calc-hp., Canthin., Ferr-p-h., Ferr-py., Kali-hp., Lat-k.,
Gall-p.,MIASMS
Iodot., IN BETWEEN SYCOSIS AND SYPHILIS
Mag-i., Merc-k-i., Merc-p., Nat-i., Tub-lar., Phos-h., Phos-pchl., Plb-i., Plb-
The Tubercular Miasm
p., Scol.,
There is
Stann-i., Stront-i., in homoeopathic
Succ-ac., literature,
Tub-a., Tub-d., Tub-k.,abundant material
Tub-m., Tub-r., on the
Tub-sp.,
Zinc-i., tubercular miasm as well (apart from the classical trio of psora,
Aur-p., sycosis andAndroc.,
Scorp., Bcg, syphilis).Cadm-p., Calc-l-p., Nat-ar., Triat., Buth-aust.,
Chr-p., The main feeling in the tubercular miasm is a sense of oppression.
Cob-i., Cob-p.,
It Lac-eq., Lac-leo., Lat-h., Lith-i., Lith-p., Mang-i., Mang-p., Phos-i.,
Phos-amor., Apis-m.,
is a feeling Apis-r.,
that one's Avic., Iod-br.,isIod-m.,
weakness being Falco-p.
exploited. The reaction
is violent, almost tending towards syphilis.
The tubercular miasm can be understood through Drosera.
The
theme of Drosera is one of being stabbed in the back, of being
deceived by one's own friends: "Imagines being deceived by spiteful,
envious people" (Phatak's Materia Medica). At the same time there is a
great deal of dependence of the patient on his friends. He feels his
weakness
is being taken advantage of. He feels harassed and let down by his
own friends, and reacts to this oppression violently. The cough also is
described as "harassing" by Phatak and the slightest irritation causes
violent bouts of cough excited by a tickling sensation in the throat.
Drosera also has suicidal inclinations.
Tuberculosis is one of the most widespread infections known to
mankind accounting for much morbidity and mortality. In its pathology
we see destruction of tissues and lasting disability in the form of
restricted lung space due to fibrosis. There is a great need to take a
deep breath: "Oppression of the chest", "Suffocation". We have the
sycotic aspect wherein the person lives for the rest of his life with a
fixed weakness, and very often has tendencies to recurrent colds and
other respiratory affections. On the other hand, tuberculosis is known
to have violent progressive features which are almost totally hopeless
without medical intervention: for example TB meningitis, miliary TB,
etc.
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HYDROPHOBIA
Miasm
HYDROPHOBIA Rage alternating with affection; fear water; sensation of
suffocation; ritual behavior; animalistic; self-mutilation (Klein)
BetweenTuberculosis-Leprosy(?)
Nos
ode: Lyssin (Hydrophobinum) (saliva of a rabid dog)
Typical Remedies: Bell, Stram, Hyos
MIND;
HYDROPHOBIA (incomplete) : acet-ac., acon., aconin., agav-a., agn.,
am-c., anac., anag., anan., androc., ant-c., anthr., apis, apisin.,
aran., arg-n.,
ars., aspar., aur., aur-ars., aur-s., bell., both-l., brom.,
bung-f., calc.,
camph., camph-br., cann-i., canth., carc., cedr., cench.,
choc., chlol.,
cocci-s., crot-h., cupr., cur., elaps., fagu., gels., gent-c.,
phos., phys., plb., ran-s., ruta, sabad., scut., spirae., Stram., stry.,
sulph., tanac., tarent., ter., trach., verat., vip., xanth.

Louis Klein additions:

Anacardium, Androctonus, Aur, Aurum-ars, Aur-sulph, Bothrops,
Bungarus krait, Cenchris, Chocolate?, Elaps, Lathyrus, Lac-c,
Vipera,

Louis Klein comments:

Bungarus-krait-the primary remedy for post-polio paralysis
Cuprum-intensely sensitive to odors
Curare-paralysis
Terebinthinum-tremendous internal bleeding, especially into the
kidneys (similar to snake venoms)
Xanthium spinosa-said to be a specific for hydrophobia and
recommended for chronic cystitis in women with a history of violent
sexual abuse

THE HYDROPHOBIC MIASM (Lou Klein)

This miasm has some resonance with the myth of the werewolf and has
connection with dogs/wolves/canines and the “howling at the moon”
archetype. The moon controls movement of the physical water on the
earth. .Lyssin (Hydrophobinum) is the typical remedy of the this miasm.
It is made from the sputum of a rabid dog. The etiology of the disease,
or the triggering of the miasm, can be from a dog bite, the rabies
vaccine, a strong miasmatic inheritance, or violent electrocution. Rabies
is on the increase as is the use of the vaccine. Bites from violent cats
will give Rabies-like symptoms. Around the time of Pasteur, there are
recordings of many people being treated for Rabies. The acute phase of
the disease includes:

Fear of Water
Cannot swallow water
Wounds heal too quickly
Death from suffocation
and paralysis
Thus, Lyssin and the miasm in general may have the sensation
of suffocation or sensation of choking, esp. when drinking
water.

Lyssin and Stramonium remove the effects of the bites of rabid dogs.
According to Boericke, rabies can be antidoted acutely and after Rabies
vaccine by Lachesis. The bites of violent cats: consider Acetic acid.

Lyssin is well represented in the repertory compared to its frequency

of use. It has a primary food craving for chocolate, salty things, and
strange things during pregnancy.

The typical remedies of the hydrophobic miasm are Lyssin,

Stramonium, Hyoscyamus, and Belladonna.

The name of the miasm relates to the fear of water present in persons
afflicted with the disease or miasm. This fear also extends to
sparkling reflection and mirrors.

This miasm, according to Klein, is associated with situations where

consistent abuse has occurred, such as when someone has been
insulted continuously by those on whom they are dependent. This leads
to a forsaken feeling.

HYDROPHOBI MIAS SCHEMATIC VIEW (LOUIS

C M KLEIN)

•FORSAKEN
FEELING

to
 •DELUSION TORMENTED
•FANCIED THEY HAVE SUFFERED WRON
•DELUSION INSULTED G

to or to

•DELUSION TERRIBL
SOMETHING E
•HYPERSEXUA STATE
L•HYPERALERTNESS,
WILL
HAPPEN
HYPERSENSITIVE TO NOISE
•EX:SPASMS FROM STRONG ODORS

to

•In the case of the hypersexual state, the organs of

water are affected. For example, the person must
urinate on hearing running or “slurping” water.

to

•And water is a deep unconscious elemen which

animalistic in the person.t triggers
may demonstrate
Person
tendencies animalisticsuch as growling, biting, stabbing, or
behavior
like Behavior. Animalistic is typical dog- in Lyssin
behavior cases.

to
•But if the animalistic behavior is suppressed, may see
ritualistic
States with anxiety or compulsivity, including
agoraphobia, claustrophobia, rage or violence
alternating with quick
repentance.
•Suffocation Sensation
Combined Rubrics: Acon., acon-f., aeth., aether, agar., am-br., am-c.,
am-caust., amyg-am., anan., ant-t., apis, apisin., arn., ars., arund.,
aur-
m., bad., bapt., bell-p., bry., cact., calc-f., carb-an., carb-v., caust.,
chel.,
chin., chlol., cor-r., crot-c., cub., dig., fago., falco-p., graph., grin.,
hydrog., ign., ip., iris, kali-bi., kali-c., kali-hp., kali-i., lac-d., Lach., lact.,
lat-m., lil-t., lob., lyc., Lyss., mangi., med., merc., merc-i-f., merc-i-r.,
mosch., nux-v., phos., phyt., plan-m., podo., ptel., puls., rob., samb.,
sang., sil., spig., spong., staph., stram., stront-c., stry., sulo-ac.,
sulph., tarent., upa., valer., verat., visc., xan.

MIND; FEAR; general; suffocation, of (K47, SRI-525, G37) (50) :

Acon., acon-f., aeth., aether, agar., am-br., am-c., amyg-am., ant-t.,
apisin.,
arn., ars., arund., aur-m., bapt., bry., cact., carb-an., carb-v., chin.,
chlol.,
cub., dig., falco-p., graph., grin., ip., kali-i., lac-d., lach., lat-m., lob.,
lyc.,
Lyss., med., merc., merc-i-f., mosch., nux-v., phos., plan-m., puls., rob.,
samb., sil., spig., spong., staph., stram., sulph.
MIND; DREAMS; suffocation (K1243, SRIII-355, SRIII-286, G1026)
(10) :
arn., bell-p., chel., ign., iris, kali-bi., kali-c., merc-i-r., sang., xan.

THROAT; SUFFOCATIVE sensation (K467, G397) (20) : am-br., am-

caust., anan., apis, calc-f., caust., crot-c., graph., hydrog., Lach., lact.,
lyss., mangi., nux-v., phyt., sang., stry., upa., valer., verat.

RESPIRATION; DIFFICULT; suffocated feeling, with (2) : lyss., tarent.

COUGH; WHOOPING; suffocation, after sensation of, before exhaustion
(1) : cor-r.
CHEST; HEAVINESS; suffocation, with sensation of (1) : ptel.
CHEST; SUFFOCATION, sensation of (11) : bad., fago., kali-hp., lil-
t., podo., ptel., samb., stront-c., sulo-ac., sulph., visc.
MIND; RAGE, fury; alternating with; affectionate disposition (K70, SRI-
815, G56) (1) : croc.

MIND; RAGE, fury; alternating with; repentance, quick (2) : croc., mez.
MIND; RAGE, fury; repentance, followed by (SRI-820) (3) : croc.,
germ., lyss.
MIND; MENTAL symptoms alternating with; other mental (15) : alum.,
aur., bell., con., croc., ferr., Ign., Nux-m., plat., stram., sul-ac.,
valer.,
verat., zinc., ziz.

•Agg from water rubrics:

Combined Rubrics: ang., apisin., arg., asim., bar-c., bell., bor., brom.,
canth., cocc., ferr., hyos., kreos., Lyss., nat-m., nit-ac., stram.,
Sulph.,
ter., verat.

BLADDER; URGING to urinate, morbid desire; general; water; hearing

running water or putting hands in (K655, G561) (5) : asim.,
canth., kreos., Lyss., sulph.

BLADDER; URGING to urinate, morbid desire; general; constant; running

water, at sight of (K653, G559) (3) : canth., lyss., sulph.

BLADDER; URINATION; involuntary; water running from a hydrant, on

seeing (K660, G565) (2) : lyss., sulph.

GENERALITIES; WALKING; agg.; during; running water, over (SRII-

683)
(6) : ang., bar-c., brom., ferr., hyos., Sulph.

GENERALITIES; WATER; general; running water agg., seeing or hearing

(SRII-691) (11) : ang., apisin., arg., bell., brom., canth., Lyss., nit-
ac., stram., sulph., ter.
VERTIGO; WATER, crossing running (K106, G87) (13) : ang., arg.,
bar-c.,
bell., bor., brom., cocc., ferr., hyos., nat-m., stram., sulph., verat.
 Combined Rubrics: acon., adam., agar., anh., ars., bell., bufo, camph.,
cann-i., canth., carbn-s., carc., colch., ign., kali-c., kola., lac-del.,
lyss.,
nux-v., oreo., ph-ac., piloc., puls., sil., spig., Stram., tarent.

MIND; FEAR; general; mirrors in room, of (K46, SRI-511, G36) (9) :

bufo, camph., cann-i., canth., carbn-s., carc., lyss., puls., stram.
VERTIGO; LOOKING; mirror, into a (K100, G82) (1) : kali-c.
VERTIGO; MIRROR, after looking into (K101, G83) (1) : kali-
c.
GENERALITIES; CONVULSIONS, spasms; mirror, from a, shining objects
(SRII-134) (1) : lyss.
MIND; BREAK things, desire to; bright objects (1) :
lyss. MIND; COLORS; agg.; bright (1) : sil.
MIND; COLORS; amel., bright (2) : stram., tarent.
MIND; COLORS; aversion to; bright (1) : sil.
MIND; COLORS; desires; bright (1) : lac-del.
MIND; DELUSIONS, imaginations; objects; bright; from (K30, SRI-329,
G24) (2) : anh., Stram.
MIND; DELUSIONS, imaginations; objects; bright; of (2) : canth.,
kola.
MIND; DELUSIONS, imaginations; objects; sparkle like jewels (1) : adam.
MIND; DELUSIONS, imaginations; sparkling, he is (1) : adam.
MIND; DREAMS; reflections, with fatiguing (3) : ars., ign., nux-v.
MIND; EXCITEMENT, excitable; general; violent, brought on by current
of
air, bright light, sight of any shining object, slightest touch, even
by conversation in vicinity of a patient (1) : lyss.
MIND; LIGHT; agg.; bright light (1) : colch.
VERTIGO; LIGHT; bright, in (G82) (2) : agar.,
piloc.
HEAD PAIN; GENERAL; bright objects agg. (5) :
bell., oreo., ph-ac., sil.,
spig.
•Desire to Mutilate self runs through Lyssin and these
EYES; INFLAMMATION; light; reflected, from (K242, G203) (1) :
other remedies.
acon. GENERALITIES; CHOREA; colors, bright; agg. from (1) : tarent.
a Curare is an example of a person that wants to mutilate
GENERALITIES; CHOREA; colors, bright; amel. (SRII-73) (1) : tarent.
themselves.
Moschus does it through repeated self-cutting,
surgeries, piercings, tattoos, etc. or

Combined Rubrics: acon., adam., agar., alum., ars., bac., bell., carc.,
cimic., cupr., cur., dig., germ., hyos., lac-h., lach., lat-h., lil-t., lyss.,
med., mosch., nat-m., plb., sec., Stram., tab., tarent., tub., xan.

MIND; MUTILATE his body, inclination to (K68, SRI-780, G54) (8) :

agar., ars., bell., cimic., hyos., lat-h., lyss., med.,mosch., stram.
MIND; IMPULSE, morbid; stab his flesh with the knife he holds, to
(K54, SRI-606, G43) (3) : adam., alum., lyss.
MIND; SELF-TORTURE (SRI-896, G62) (7) : acon., ars., bell., lil-t., plb.,
tarent., tub.
MIND; TEARS; himself, herself (K87, SRI-996, G70) (19) : ars., bac.,
bell.,
carc., cupr., cur., dig., germ., lac-h., lach., lil-t., med., plb., sec.,
Stram., tab., tarent., tub., xan.
MIND; TEARS; himself, herself; genitals, his or her (K87, SRI-996,
SRIII- 412, G70) (2) : sec., tab.
MIND; TEARS; himself, herself; hair, his (K87, SRI-996, G70) (12) :
ars., bac., bell., cupr., dig., germ., lac-h., lil-t., med., tarent., tub., xan.
MIND; TEARS; himself, herself; skin around nails (1) : carc.
MIND; TORMENTS; himself (SRI-1027) (9) : acon., ars., bell., lach., lil-
t., nat-m., plb., tarent., tub.
• Some additional rubrics involving Cutting:
Combined Rubrics: androc., bapt., bar-c., calc-f., chin., corv-c., ephe.,
falco-p., frax., guai., halo., hura, lac-eq., lac-lox-a., lil-s., mag-m., merc-
s.,
mosch., nat-c., nat-s., nicc., nux-v., op., querc-r., sol-t-ae., stram.,
sulph., tung., verat.

MIND; DELUSIONS, imaginations; body, body parts; arms; cut off,

are (SRI-238) (1) : bapt.
MIND; DELUSIONS, imaginations; body, body parts; fingers; cut off
(K25, K28, SRI-287, SRI-311, G21, G23) (1) : mosch.
MIND; DELUSIONS, imaginations; body, body parts; legs; cut off,
are (K28, SRI-316, G23) (4) : bapt., bar-c., halo., stram.
MIND; DELUSIONS, imaginations; body, body parts; one half cut off
(1) :
stram.
MIND; DELUSIONS, imaginations; body, body parts; toes; cut off
(K33, SRI-368, G23, G27) (1) : mosch.
MIND; DESTRUCTIVENESS; clothing, of; cuts them up (K36, SRI-
397, G28) (1) : verat.
MIND; DREAMS; cutting (K1237, SRIII-273, G1021) (17) : androc.,
calc-
f., chin., corv-c., falco-p., frax., guai., hura, lil-s., mag-m., merc-s., nat-c.,
nat-s., nicc., op., sulph., tung.
MIND; DREAMS; cutting; knife, of being cut with a (K1237, SRIII-
272, G1021) (6) : corv-c., falco-p., frax., guai., lil-s., nat-s.
MIND; DREAMS; body, body parts; ear, ears; cut off, having (K1238,
SRIII-258, G1022) (1) : nat-c.
MIND; DREAMS; body, body parts; face; cut away, having one side
of face (SRIII-258) (1) : mag-m.
MIND; DREAMS; body, body parts; hair; cut (2) : lac-lox-a., querc-r.
MIND; DREAMS; body, body parts; hands; cut to pieces, being (SRIII-
259)
(1) : sol-t-ae.
MIND; DREAMS; body, body parts; head; cut off (SRIII-259) (5) :
androc., ephe., hura, nicc., nux-v.
MIND; DREAMS; body, body parts; toe cut off (SRIII-261) (2) : lac-
eq., nat-s.

LEPROSY
LEPROSY (boundary loss and selflessness? ); hopelessly forsaken
(Sank)
Tuberc-Syph (Sank)
Nosodes:
-
Leprominium(huma
n or armadillo
leprosy) (Vakil);
-Leprosinum
Typical Remedies:
 Combined Rubrics: alum., anac., anac-oc., ant-t., ars., ars-i., bac., bad.,
bar-c., bix., calc., calo., carb-ac., carb-an., carb-v., carbn-s., caust.,
chaul., com., con., crot-h., cupr., cupr-acet., cupr-ar., cur., daph., dip.,
dulc., elae., form., graph., guano, hell., ho., hura, hydrc., iod., iris, jatr.,
kali-c., kali-i., kam., lach., lepro., mag-c., mang., meph., merc., nat-c.,
nat-m., nit-ac., nuph., oena., petr., phos., pip-m., psor., pyrar., Sec.,
sep., sil., still., Sulph., syph., tarent., thyr., tub., zinc.

(rubrics included in above rubric)

GENERALITIES; LEPRA (15) : anac-oc., ars., bix., calo., chaul., crot-h.,
dulc., elae., hura, hydrc., lepro., pyrar., sec., sil., sulph.

SKIN; ERUPTIONS; leprous (K1314, G1084) (65) : alum., anac., ant-

t.,
ars., ars-i., bac., bad., bar-c., bix., calc., calo., carb-ac., carb-an.,
carb-v.,
carbn-s., caust., chaul., com., con., crot-h., cupr., cupr-acet., cupr-
ar.,
cur., daph., dip., elae., form., graph., guano, hell., ho., hura, hydrc.,
iod.,
iris, jatr., kali-c., kali-i., kam., lach., lepro., mag-c., mang., meph.,
merc.,
nat-c., nat-m., nit-ac., nuph., oena., petr., phos., pip-m., psor.,
Sec.,
sep., sil., still., Sulph., syph., tarent., thyr., tub., zinc.

Plant Remedies in Leprosy Miasm (Sankaran): Aloe socotrina, Aristolochia

clematitis, Caesalpinia, Castanea vesca, Cereus serpentinus, Cicuta virosa,
Codeinum/Fumaria, Curare, Cyclamen, Gratiola, Hura braziliensis,
Hydrastis canadensis, Kola, Inula helenium, Ocimum sanctum, Lactuca
virosa, Lappa arctium, Mandragora, Rhus-glabra

MIASMATIC REMEDIES ACCORDING TO THE BOMBAY GROUP OF

HOMEOPATHS AROUND R. SANKARAN (from Referenceworks and not in
alphabetical order)

LEPROSY
Agar-em., Agar., Agar-ph., Aloe, Ambr., Anac., Ars-i., Asar., Aur-i., Aur-s.,
Bar-i., Bism.,
Blatta, Bol., Bov., Calc-i., Camph., Cic., Cimic., Coca, Com., Culx., Cur.,
Cycl., Ferr-i.,
Adam., Guai., Hura, Hydr., Hydrc., Inul., Iod., Iodof., Kali-i., Lac-d., Lact.,
Bol-ign., Bol-ap., Bol-luc., Bol-f., Agar-b., Helod-c., Ratt-r., Asperg-fl., Iod-br., Iod-m.

The Leprous Miasm

The leprous miasm has features to indicate that it is almost
exactly between the tubercular and syphilitic miasms.
The main feeling in the leprous miasm is one of intense
oppression and an intense hopelessness, with an intense desire for
change.
In its pathology, leprosy is of three distinct types. Tuberculoid
leprosy though progressive, has a better prognosis than the other
types
- there is hope. Lepromatous leprosy on the other hand, is rapidly
progressive and destructive, resembling syphilis. The intermediate type
lies between these two.
According to me the drug which best represents the leprous miasm
is Secale cornutum In his Repertory, under the rubric "Skin, eruptions,
leprosy", Kent gives Secale and Sulphur in bold types. The symptoms
we find in the leprosy patient are loathing for self, ashamed, abandoned
(forsaken), hatred and despised. Lepers are treated worse than animals
and are often the objects of loathing. It is an almost hopeless
situation.
In Secale we find "Violent, fight, wants to", "Forsakes his relatives"
and "Becomes shameless". It is known for its destructive pathologies,
especially gangrene which would be one of the prominent pathologies
of the leprous miasm. This miasm requires much deeper investigation
and I haven't been able to understand it fully as yet.
 RINGWORM
Miasm
RINGWOR repeated unsuccessful cycles of effort
M
Psora-Sycosis (Sank)
(sank)
Nosode: Ringworm (scalp scraping of Tinea capitis)
Typical Remedies: Calcarea sulphuricum, Calcarea silicata (Sankaran)
Combined Rubrics: abr., aegle., aegle-f., aethi-a., agar., am-m., anac.,
anag., ant-c., ant-t., anthr., arg-n., ars., ars-i., ars-s-f., aur., Bac., bar-
c.,
bar-m., bar-s., bell., benz-ac., berb., brom., Calc., calc-acet., calc-i.,
calc-
m., calc-s., calc-sil., calo., carb-an., carb-v., carc., caust., chrys-ac.,
chrysar., cic., cinnb., clem., cocc., con., cymbo-ci., cypr., Dulc., dys-co.,
equis., eup-per., ferr., ferr-i., graph., hell., hep., hydrc., iod., iris, jug-c.,
jug-r., kali-bi., kali-c., kali-chl., kali-s., kreos., lac-eq., lach., lappa, led.,
lepro., lith-c., lyc., mag-c., mag-p., med., merc., merc-acet., merc-pr-r.,
Mez., morg., mucor, nat-c., Nat-m., nat-s., nit-ac., oci-s., ol-j., olnd.,
parth., petr., phos., Phyt., plan., plat., psor., ran-b., rhus-t., sabad.,
sang., saroth., sars., semp., Sep., sil., spig., spong., staph., stront-c.,
sul-ac., sul-i., sulph., syc-co., tarent., Tell., ter., thuj., torul., Tub., ust.,
vario., vinc., viol-t.

(rubrics included in above rubric)

SKIN; TRICHOPHYTOSIS (25) : abr., ant-c., ant-t., ars., bac., calc., calc-
i.,
chrysar., graph., hep., jug-c., jug-r., kali-s., lyc., mez., psor., ran-b.,
rhus- t., semp., sep., sulph., tell., ter., tub., viol-t.

SKIN; ERUPTIONS; herpetic; circinate, ringworm (K1312, G1082)

 acet., carc., chrys-ac., chrysar., clem., dulc., dys-co., equis., eup-per.,
graph., hell., hep., hydrc., iod., lac-eq., lepro., lith-c., mag-c., med.,
morg., mucor, nat-c., Nat-m., oci-s., ol-j., phos., Phyt., psor., semp.,
Sep., spong., sulph., syc-co., Tell., ter., thuj., torul., Tub.

HEAD; ERUPTIONS; herpes; circinatus (7) : Calc., Dulc., med., phyt.,

sep., tell., tub.

FACE; ERUPTIONS; herpes; circinatus, tonsurans (K369, G310) (22) :

anag., bar-c., calc., cic., cinnb., clem., dulc., graph., hell., kali-chl., lith-
c.,
lyc., med., nat-c., nat-m., phos., sep., sul-i., sulph., tarent., tell., Tub.

FACE; ERUPTIONS; sycosis barbae (53) : am-m., ant-c., ant-t.,

anthr., arg-n., ars., aur., calc., calc-s., carb-an., carb-v., chrysar.,
cic., cinnb.,
clem., cocc., con., cypr., dulc., graph., hep., kali-bi., kali-chl., kreos.,
led.,
lith-c., lyc., mag-p., med., merc-pr-r., mez., nat-m., nat-s., nit-ac.,
olnd.,
petr., Phyt., plan., plat., rhus-t., sabad., saroth., sars., sep., sil., spig.,
staph., stront-c., sul-i., sulph., tell., thuj., viol-t.

GENERALITIES; FUNGOUS growths (24) : ars., aur., bell., berb., calc.,

calc-sil., caust., con., cymbo-ci., graph., hep., kreos., lach., lyc.,
merc.,
mez., nit-ac., parth., phos., sang., sep., sil., sulph., syc-co.

Plant Remedies in Ringworm Miasm (Sankaran): Actea spicata,

Chrysarobinum, Dulcamara, Fagus sylvatica, Gossypium, Opuntia vulgaris,
Pseudotsuga menziesii, Rhus-venenata, Sanguinarium nitricum, Sarsaparilla,
Taraxacum, Teucrium, Upas tieute, Veronica, Viola tricolor

MIASMATIC REMEDIES ACCORDING TO THE BOMBAY GROUP OF

HOMEOPATHS AROUND R. SANKARAN (from Referenceworks and not in
alphabetical order)

RINGWORM
Act-sp., All-c., All-s., Ars-s-f., Berb., Calc-sil., Calc-s., Cench., Cist., Croto-
t., Ictod.,
Jug-c., Jug-r., Kali-s., Mag-s., Phyt., Ran-s., Sars., Tarax., Tell., Vario., Berb-a., Aln.,
THE RINGWORM MIASM
I had some difficulty in finding a miasm in between psora and
sycosis.
It would have to have both, the characteristics of psora i.e. the
struggle with anxiety about success, as well as sycosis i.e. the fixity
resulting from a feeling of inadequacy within oneself. I was searching
for an infection which comes up suddenly with an intense struggle
which is not life threatening, but at other times is quiet and fixed.
After much thinking and reading, I got the idea that this infection was
none other than Ringworm. The latter is characterized by periods when
it is just another skin lesion and at times when it itches terribly like
scabies, compelling scratching. Thus, there are both, the resigned
acceptance as well as the element of struggle.
In order to confirm this idea, I conducted a proving of Ringworm. For
the details of the proving, I refer the reader to my book "The
Substance
of Homoeopathy". The theme of the miasm was reflected in the
dreams of the provers. Most of the dreams had the feeling of trying to
do something. On the one hand there were periods of trying with a
feeling of hope. At other times there was resignation and acceptance
of the situation, only to be followed by another trial. Thus, there was
an alternation between struggling and giving up in the dreams of most
provers.
The situation of the ringworm miasm seems to be one that is on
the
borderline of the patient's capacity, and while not threatening, it is
good for him to succeed. So he tries periodically but each time he fails,
he gives up and accepts it. This reminds me of the struggle of obese
people trying to lose weight. There are periods of struggling, jogging,
walking, dieting, followed by periods of acceptance and calories. The
main remedies for the miasm are Calcarea sulphurica and Calcarea
silicata.
Calcarea sulphurica has periods when the person sits and meditates
over imaginary misfortune (nothing can be done), and at times when he
is "Quarrelsome", "Hasty", "Hurried", etc., he feels he is not
appreciated and so tries to win appreciation. When he fails, he just sits
and broods over his misfortune. Calcarea silicata has "Anxiety about
health" and "Utterly ambitionless" on one hand, while on the other it
has "Hurried", "Impatient" and "Anticipatory anxiety". The patient feels
incapable of performing and gives poor health as an excuse for not
 MALARIA
Mias
MALARI m intermittent (periodic) return of
A
Acute-Sycosis (Sank)
complaints
Nosodes:
--Malaria tropicalis
--Malaria officinalis (decomposed vegetable matter to simulate swamp
miasmata)
Typical Remedy: China officinalis
Combined Rubrics: abies-n., acon., agar., alst-c., alst-s., Alum., am-c.,
am-m., am-pic., anac., ang., ant-c., ant-o., ant-t., anth., apis, aran.,
arg-
n., arist-cl., arn., Ars., ars-br., ars-i., ars-s-f., arum-t., asaf., asar., aur.,
aza., baj., bapt., bar-c., Bell., benz-ac., bol., bol-lu., bov., bry., bufo,
buni-o., buth-aust., cact., calad., Calc., calc-ar., calc-p., calc-s., calli.,
camph., camph-br., canch., cann-s., canth., caps., carb-ac., carb-an.,
carb-v., caust., cean., cedr., cent., ceph., cham., chel., chelo., chin.,
chin-
ar., chin-b., chin-m., chin-s., chion., cic., cimx., cina, cist., clem., coc-
c.,
cocc., coff., colch., coloc., corn., corn-f., croc., crot-h., cupr., cycl.,
dros., echi., elat., eucal., euon-a., eup-a., eup-per., eup-pur., euphr.,
Ferr., ferr-ar., ferr-i., ferr-p., fl-ac., gels., gent-l., gent-q., graph.,
guare.,
helia., hell., hep., hydr., hyos., ign., ilx-a., iod., ip., iris, kali-ar., kali-bi.,
kali-c., kali-i., kali-m., kali-n., kali-p., Kali-s., lac-d., lach., laur., led.,
lepro., lept., lil-t., lob., Lyc., lyss., mag-c., mag-m., mag-p., maland.,
malar., mangi., meny., merc., methyl., mosch., mur-ac., naja, nat-c.,
Nat-
m., nat-p., Nat-s., nicc., Nit-ac., nux-m., nux-v., ol-j., op., ost., par.,
petr., ph-ac., phel., phos., phyt., plan., plb., podo., polyg-a., polyp-p.,
pop., prun-c., Psor., ptel., puls., Pyrog., querc., ran-b., ran-s., rheum,
rhod., rhus-t., sabad., sabin., samb., sang., sec., sed-ac., sel., senec.,
Sep., sil., spig., spong., stann., staph., stram., sul-ac., Sulph., tarax.,
Tarent., tela, tell., teucr., ther., thuj., Tub., urt-u., valer., verat., verat-
v., verb., verbe-h., vip., zinc.

(rubrics included in above rubric)

 FEVER, HEAT; INTERMITTENT, chronic, ague, malarial (K1288, G1062)
(212) : abies-n., acon., agar., alst-c., alst-s., Alum., am-c., am-m., am-
pic., anac., ang., ant-c., ant-o., ant-t., anth., apis, aran., arg-n., arist-cl.,
arn., Ars., ars-br., ars-i., ars-s-f., arum-t., asaf., asar., aur., aza., baj.,
bapt., bar-c., Bell., benz-ac., bol., bol-lu., bov., bry., bufo, buni-o., buth-
aust., cact., calad., Calc., calc-ar., calc-p., calc-s., calli., camph., camph-
br., canch., cann-s., canth., caps., carb-ac., carb-an., carb-v., caust.,
cean., cedr., cent., ceph., cham., chel., chelo., chin., chin-ar., chin-b.,
chin-m., chin-s., chion., cic., cimx., cina, cist., clem., coc-c., cocc., coff.,
colch., coloc., corn., corn-f., croc., crot-h., cupr., cycl., dros., echi.,
elat., eucal., euon-a., eup-per., eup-pur., euphr., Ferr., ferr-ar., ferr-i.,
ferr-p., fl-ac., gels., gent-l., gent-q., graph., guare., helia., hell., hep.,
hydr., hyos., ign., ilx-a., iod., ip., iris, kali-ar., kali-bi., kali-c., kali-i., kali-
m., kali- n., kali-p., Kali-s., lac-d., lach., laur., led., lepro., lept., lil-t.,
lob., Lyc., lyss., mag-c., mag-m., mag-p., maland., malar., mangi.,
meny., merc., methyl., mosch., mur-ac., naja, nat-c., Nat-m., nat-p.,
Nat-s., nicc.,
Nit-ac., nux-m., nux-v., ol-j., op., ost., par., petr., ph-ac., phel., phos.,
phyt., plan., plb., podo., polyg-a., polyp-p., pop., prun-c., Psor., ptel.,
puls., Pyrog., querc., ran-b., ran-s., rheum, rhod., rhus-t., sabad., sabin.,
samb., sang., sec., sed-ac., sel., senec., Sep., sil., spig., spong., stann.,
staph., stram., sul-ac., Sulph., tarax., Tarent., tela, tell., teucr., ther.,
thuj., Tub., urt-u., valer., verat., verat-v., verb., verbe-h., vip., zinc.

FEVER, HEAT; MIASMATIC fever (9) : acon., carb-ac., cedr., chin.,

eucal., eup-per., gels., plan., verat-v.

Plant Remedies in Malaria Miasm (Sankaran):

Abies-nigra, Abroma-augusta, Berberis vulgaris, Cactus grandiflorus,
Cann-s, Capsicum, Cascarilla, Chelidonium, Chelone glabra, China
boliviana, Chin-sulphuricum, Cina, Colchicum, Collinsonia canadensis,
Colocynthis, Eupatorium-perfoliatum, Lysimachia nummularia, Myrica
cerifera, Ranunculus-bulbosus, Ranunculus-scleratus, Rhus-radicans,
Robinia pseudoacacia, Spigelia, Sumbulus

MIASMATIC REMEDIES ACCORDING TO THE BOMBAY GROUP OF

HOMEOPATHS AROUND R. SANKARAN (from Referenceworks and not in
alphabetical order)
MALARIA
Abies-n., Absin., Aeth., Am-c., Am-m., Ang., Ant-c., Aur-m-k., Arum-t., Berb., Bol.,
Cact., Caps., Casc., Cedr., Chel., Chin., Chin-b., Chin-s., Cimx., Cina, Cinch., Clem.,
Cocc., Colch., Coloc., Eup-per., Eup-pur., Chin-ar., Gnaph., Iris, Kalm., Lac-d., Led.,
Mag-m., Meny., Merl., Nat-m., Paeon., Prun., Ran-b., Sac-alb., Sang., Sarr., Sel.,
Spig., Sumb., Verb., Chin-m., Aza., Chin-val., Chinid., Chin-hydr., Chin-sal.

BETWEEN ACUTE AND SYCOTIC MIASM - THE MALARIAL

MIASM
A miasm between the acute and sycotic should have an acute
feeling
of threat that comes up intermittently in phases between which
there is a chronic, underlying fixed feeling of being deficient. The idea
that came to me immediately was the malarial miasm. Malaria is a very
common infection; it has periods of relative dormancy, intermitted with
sudden, acute attacks of fever with chills followed again by a quiet
phase.
The main remedy of the malarial miasm is China. The main feeling of
this miasm and of China is one of persecution. China has two
components - the acute threat, with its fear of dogs, etc., on the one
hand, and on the other, it has fixed ideas and the chronic, tormented,
hindered, persecuted feelings, which give rise to theorizing and planning
without any hope of executing these plans. This remedy has severe
spasmodic colics and periods of quiescence. Phatak describes the pains
as atrocious. It is as though atrocities are being committed on him -
akin to persecution.

TYPHOID
Miasm
TYPHOID hopeful struggle
(sank) Psora-Acute (Sank)
Nosode: Typhoidinum
Typical Remedies:
Bryonia
Combined Rubrics: acet-ac., achy., acon., aeth., agar., ail., alum., alumn.,
am-c., amor-r., ant-c., ant-t., anth., anthr., apis, arg., arg-n., arn., Ars.,
ars-s-f., Arum-t., asar., atro., Bapt., bell., bor., Bry., cadm-s., calad.,
calc., camph., cann-i., canth., caps., carb-ac., carb-an., Carb-v., caust.,
cham., chel., Chin., chin-ar., chin-s., chlol., Chlor., chloram., cic., cimic.,
cina, cocc., Colch., con., Crot-h., cupr., cupr-ar., cur., cyt-l., dig., dor.,
dulc., Echi., elaps, eucal., eup-a., eup-per., euphr., ferr., ferr-m., ferr-p.,
Gels., glon., graph., gymn., haem., ham., hell., hep., hydr., hydr-ac.,
hydrin-s., Hyos., ign., iod., ip., iris, kali-bi., kali-c., kali-m., kali-n., kali-p.,
kreos., lac-lup., Lach., lachn., laur., lept., lyc., lycps., maland., mang.,
Merc., merc-c., merc-cy., merc-d., merc-i-r., methyl., mez., mill., mosch.,
Mur-ac., nat-m., nat-s., nit-ac., nux-m., nux-v., oci-s., op., par., petr.,
ph-ac., Phos., plan., plb., Psor., puls., pyrog., rheum, rhus-g., Rhus-t.,
rhus-v., sang., sars., sec., sel., seneg., sep., sil., spig., stann., staph.,
Stram., stry., sul-ac., Sulph., sumb., tarax., tarent., ter., thuj., trio.,
tub., urt-u., vac., valer., verat., verat-v., xan., xero., zinc.

(rubrics included in above general rubric)

FEVER, HEAT; CONTINUED fever, typhus, typhoid (K1284, G1059)
(159) : acet-ac., achy., acon., aeth., agar., ail., alum., alumn., am-c.,
amor-r., ant-c., ant-t., anth., anthr., apis, arg., arg-n., arn., Ars., ars-s-f.,
Arum-t., asar., atro., Bapt., bell., bor., Bry., cadm-s., calad., calc.,
camph., cann-i., canth., caps., carb-ac., carb-an., Carb-v., caust., cham.,
chel., Chin., chin-ar., chin-s., chlol., Chlor., chloram., cic., cimic., cina,
cocc., Colch., con., Crot-h., cupr., cupr-ar., cur., cyt-l., dig., dor.,
dulc.,
Echi., elaps, eucal., eup-a., eup-per., euphr., ferr., ferr-m., ferr-p.,
Gels.,
glon., graph., gymn., haem., ham., hell., hep., hydr., hydr-ac., hydrin-s.,
Hyos., ign., iod., ip., iris, kali-bi., kali-c., kali-m., kali-n., kali-p., kreos., lac-
lup., Lach., lachn., laur., lept., lyc., lycps., maland., mang., Merc., merc-
c., merc-cy., merc-d., merc-i-r., methyl., mez., mill., mosch., Mur-ac.,
nat-m., nat-s., nit-ac., nux-m., nux-v., oci-s., op., par., petr., ph-ac.,
Phos., plan., plb., psor., puls., pyrog., rheum, rhus-g., Rhus-t., rhus-v.,
sang., sars., sec., sel., seneg., sep., sil., spig., stann., staph., Stram.,
stry., sul-ac., Sulph., sumb., tarax., tarent., ter., thuj., trio., tub., urt-u.,
vac., valer., verat., verat-v., xan., xero., zinc.
FEVER, HEAT; REMITTENT; typhoid, prone to become (K1289, G1064)
(19) : ant-t., arn., Ars., bapt., Bry., carb-ac., colch., dor., gels., ip., mur-
ac., ph-ac., phos., Psor., puls., Rhus-t., sec., ter., tub.

Plant Remedies in Typhoid Miasm (Sankaran):

Abelmoschus, Aethusa, Argemone mexicana, Baptisia, Bryonia, Carnegia
gigantea, Chamomilla, Euphrasia, Hyoscyamus, Ipecac, Lycpersicum.
 Mancinella, Nux-moschata, Nux-vomica, Paris quadrifolia, Podophyllum,
Terebinthinum.

MIASMATIC REMEDIES ACCORDING TO THE BOMBAY GROUP OF

HOMEOPATHS AROUND R. SANKARAN (from Referenceworks and not in
alphabetical order)

TYPHOID
Acet-ac., Aeth., Ail., Anan., Apis, Ars., Ba-sv., Asc-t., Atro., Ba-tn., Bapt., Benz-ac.,
Bor-ac., Bry., Bufo, Calc-f., Carb-ac., Carb-an., Carb-v., Cham., Chr-ac., Cit-ac., Dor.,
Fl-ac., Gall-ac., Gamb., Gels., Glon., Hyosin., Hell., Hydr-ac., Hyos., Ip., Lachn., Lac-
ac., Lycps., Manc., Mez., Mur-ac., Nat-p., Nit-ac., Nit-m-ac., Nux-m., Nux-v., Ox-ac.,
Par., Petr., Petros., Ph-ac., Pic-ac., Podo., Pyrog., Rheum, Rhus-g., Rhus-t., Rhus-v.,
Sabad., Sac-alb., Squil., Sul-ac., Tarax., Tart-ac., Ter., Verat-v., Visc., Pyro-ac., Thyr.,
Syc-co., Dys-co., Arge., Botul., Hip-ac., Sarcol-ac., Sulo-ac., Carbn-s., Camph-ac.,
Chrys-ac., Coli., Form-ac., Hydrobr-ac., Iris-t., Morg., Mut., Prot., Rhus-d., Succ-ac.,
Tann-ac., Ur-ac., Rib-ac., Morg-g., Gaert., Cupr-acet., Faec., Sul-ac-ar., Coccal, Tell-
ac., Asc-ac., Keto-ac., Pictx-ac., Thio-ac., Picro-ac., Bact-coli., Acon-ac., Ami-sal-ac.,
Bact-pyo., Glut-ac., Isoniz., Mal-ac., Fumar-ac., Apis-m., Polyst., Acetyls-ac., Fol-ac.,
Hf-sil-ac., Nucl-ac., Palm-ac., Pant-ac., Poly-bow., Sor-ac.

THE SUBACUTE/TYPHOID MIASM

I concluded that a miasm between the acute and the psoric
miasms had to be typhoid. Typhoid has a prolonged prodrome with a
feeling of
malaise, days before the temperature rises significantly. The fever
is continuous, rises higher each day, and can become life threatening.
Typhoid has both the acute features as well as the slowness. It is an
intense struggle in which there is an acute threat from outside - the
response is not just instinctive, but also has the component of
struggle. The feeling is that of a critical situation which, if handled
properly for a critical period, will end in total recovery.
One of the main drugs of the typhoid miasm is Bryonia. Bryonia
has "Fear of Poverty" and a struggle for wealth. It has "Delirium, talks
of
business", which gives an indication as to how critical and acute
the situation is, and how intensely the patient is struggling against
it.
Bryonia ia also listed under "Fear of starving".
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 ACUTE
Miasm
ACUTE reactive
(Sank), Typhoid-Malaria
Nosode: ?
Typical
Remedies:
Aconitum, Belladonna
GENERALITIES; SUDDEN manifestations (SRII-616) (60) : Acon., am-c.,
ambr., androc., apis, ars., bar-c., Bell., berb., buni-o., cact., camph.,
canth., carb-ac., choc., cimic., coloc., con., croc., crot-h., cupr., dios.,
eup-per., eup-pur., form., glon., hydr-ac., hydrog., ictod., ign., kali-bi.,
lyc., mag-acet., mag-c., mag-p., mez., musa, nat-s., nit-ac., ox-ac.,
oxyt.,
petr., phos., plb., podo., rad-br., ran-b., spig., stann., stry., sul-ac.,
tab.,
tarent., tarent-c., thuj., tub., tung., valer., verat., vip.

Plant Remedies in Acute Miasm (Sankaran):

Aconite, Agatha-australis, Arnica, Belladonna, Cactina, Calendula,
Camphor, Chocolate, Coffeinum, Croton-tiglium, Digitalinum,
Elaterium,
Menthol, Melilotus, Morphinum, Oenothera biennis, Stramonium,
Strychninum, Veratrum-album
HOMEOPATHS AROUND R. SANKARAN (from Referenceworks and not in
alphabetical order)

ACUTE
Acon., Apom., Arn., Aspar., Atro., Bad., Bell., Calen., Camph., Canth.,
Conin., Chlol.,
Chlor., Cinch., Cocain., Cocci-s., Cod., Glon., Hyosin., Dubin., Jatr., Laur.,
Lept.,
Mand., Lith-m., Lyss., Meli., Morph., Narcot., Oena., Phel., Sant., Spong.,
Stram., Stry.,
Tab., Choc., Verat., Verat-v., Xanth., Morbill., Picro., Dys-co., Piloc., Diph., Franc.,
Parth., Prop., Stry-p., Trinit., Saroth., Aconin., Aether, Abel., Coto, Berbin., Brucin.,
Coffin., Colchin., Cryp., Digin., Emetin., Epih., Ergot., Esin., Ferr-p-h., Hydrin-m., Lith-
be., Lith-br., Lobin., Datin., Muscin., Narcin., Nicot., Papin., Reser., Solin., Stry-n.,
Terebe., Verin., Lith-l., Lith-sal., Beryl., Sanguin., Lith-chl., Hydrog., Lith-c., Sanguin-n.,
Morph-m., Heli., Lith-p., Lith-s., Lith., Lith-f., Lobin-s.

Acute
Remedies: Aconitum, Belladonna, Hyoscyamus, Stramonium
Keyword: REACTION (instinctive)
Central: Threat is too strong.
Reaction to stress: Instinctive reaction, with no sense of fault in
oneself., Fault is entirely on the side of stressor.
Form of reaction: Reflex - ACTION

THE ACUTE MIASM

In the drugs of the acute miasm, there is the feeling that: "There is
a strong threat from the outside world". The reaction to this threat is
strong, instinctive and reflex.
For example Stramonium has "Delusion, alone in the wilderness". The
reaction is seen in the following symptoms: "Desire for light and
company" and "Children wake up screaming, recognize no one, and
cling to those nearby".
The central features of the acute disease itself correspond to
the
feeling of threat and the strong, almost immediate reaction. The
acute disease has a sudden onset, rapid progress and a swift
termination; it ends either with death or recovery. It will be noticed
that Aconitum and Belladonna which are the best examples of the
acute miasm are given in Volume II of the Synthetic Repertory under
"Sudden Manifestations".
 The features of the acute personality are that the patient perceives
the situation to be one of acute threat and therefore reacts
instinctively, sharply and intensely. The situation is overwhelming and
there is a state of alarm; the feelings about one's own self are not in
the forefront here. Further, the acute personality, has compensated and
uncompensated phases, and although these are present in the other
miasms as well, they are especially marked in the acute. In general,
acute personalities are excited, easily excitable and hyperactive - they
react as though to a threat. But when in a chronic situation, these
features are heavily compensated for, and they become uncompensated
only under stressful conditions. This may seem to appear like mood
swings, but when examined closely, they are actually manifestations of
the compensated phase going into the uncompensated phase. The
dreams, too, are full of excitement and represent acute, threatening
situations. Many of these persons could go into a contra-phobic
behaviour, which means they do exactly the opposite in their life to
what they fear. For example a Stramonium personality may have many
pet dogs, whereas Stramonium is normally known to have a fear of
dogs.
They can also have manic reactions, like excessively loud laughter
and
abnormal bursts of courage and cheerfulness. There may also be
sudden, impulsive violence as in the syphilitic personality, but without
the counterpart of chronic, deep seated pessimism. In general, they
function at a very high voltage.
Physical manifestations of the acute miasm are in the form of
sudden and violent reactions, exacerbations and threatening conditions
that
cause panic in the mind of the patient and those around him. The
state of the mind and body being related, the delusion is expressed at
both levels the mental and the physical. This can be seen in the
example of Aconitum. Aconitum has the feeling that something
sudden will happen leading to his death. Mentally this is seen as fear
of death, anxiety and restlessness, etc. In the physical sphere, we find
racing pulse, palpitation, flushing of face alternating with paleness,
etc. The acute miasm usually does not cause chronic structural
pathology. It can however aggravate structural pathology, especially
when the tendency (genetic predisposition) to such a pathology is
quite strong in the patient.
The acute miasm will be found more in babies and children,
often found. The reaction of the acute miasm is an innocent,
instinctive, childlike reaction. Therefore even when the acute miasm is
found in adults, there is a certain childishness in the response. Such a
response would help one recognize this miasm.

CANCER
Miasm
CANCER malignant hypertrophy; perfectionistic (Sank)
Sycosis-Syphilis
Nosodes:
Carcinosin mixed
Carcinosin- from carcinoma of breast
Carcinosin ADENO STOM. - from an epithelioma of the
stomach
Carcinosin.Adeno.Pap.Uterus
Carcinosin ADENO VESICA - from an epithelioma of the
bladder
Carcinosin bowel co
Carcinosin Co.
Carcinosin
INTEST.CO. - from
epitheliomata of
the intestine and
bladder
Carcinosin SCIR.
MAM. - from a
scirrhus of the
breast
Carcinosin Stroma
Stomach
Carcinosin
SQUAM. PULM. -
from an
epithelioma of the
lung

Typical
Remedies:
 euph-he., ferr-i., ferr-p., ferr-pic., form., form-ac., formal., fuli., gaert.,
gali., gels., gent-l., graph., gua., ham., hecla., hep., hippoz., ho., hydr.,
hydrc., hydrin-m., iod., iodof., kali-ar., kali-bi., kali-c., kali-chl., kali-cy.,
kali-i., kali-p., kali-s., kreos., kres., lac-h., lach., lact., lap-a., laur., lob-c.,
lob-d., lup., lupin., Lyc., mag-m., mag-p., mag-s., maland., matth.,
med.,
merc., merc-c., merc-i-f., merc-k-i., methyl., mez., mill., morg-g.,
morph.,
mur-ac., myris., naja, nat-cac., nat-m., nat-sil-f., nectrin., Nit-ac., nux-v.,
nym., ol-an., op., orni., ox-ac., oxyg., parat., perh., petr., ph-ac., Phos.,
Phyt., pic-ac., prot., psor., psoral., puls., rad-br., raja-s., ran-b., ran-s.,
rhod., rhus-t., rumx-a., ruta, sabal., sac-alb., sang., sarcol-ac., sars.,
scirr., scroph-n., sec., sed-r., semp., senec-j., sep., sieg., Sil., silphu.,
sol,
spig., spong., squil., staph., stront-c., sul-ac., sul-i., sulph., syc-co.,
symph., syph., tarax., tarent., tarent-c., tax., ter., thala., thiosin., thuj.,
toxo., trif-p., uran-n., verb., vib-p., viol-o., visc., x-ray, zinc.
Plant Remedies in Cancer Miasm (Sankaran):
Agnus castus, Anacardium, Anhalonium, Asarum canadense, Bellis
perennis, Conium, Euphrasia, Galium aparine, Ignatia amara, Opium,
Ornithogalum umbellatum, Physostigma venenosum, Sabina, Scrophularia
nodosum, Staphysagria, Tabacum, Ulmus procera, Viola odorata

MIASMATIC REMEDIES ACCORDING TO THE BOMBAY GROUP OF

HOMEOPATHS AROUND R. SANKARAN (from Referenceworks and not in
alphabetical order)

CANCER
Agar., Aur-ar., Am-br., Am-c., Am-caust., Am-m., Aml-n., Anac., Apoc.,
Aran., Ars-met.,
Arg-n., Ars., Ars-h., Ars-i., Ars-s-f., Ars-s-r., Asar., Aster., Aur-s., Bar-c., Bell-
p., Benz-
n., Bism., Brom., Bufo, Calc-ar., Calc-f., Carb-an., Carc., Cean., Clem.,
Con., Cund.,
Cupr-ar., Cupr-n., Echi., Chin-ar., Ferr-ar., Ham., Hydr., Ign., Kali-ar., Kali-
n., Kreos.,
Lil-t., Lob., Merc-n., Mez., Myris., Nat-c., Nat-n., Nit-ac., Nit-m-ac., Nit-s-d.,
Nitro-o.,
Op., Phys., Phyt., Pic-ac., Rat., Ruta, Sabin., Zinc-n., Squil., Staph.,
Lev., Merc-pr-a., Nat-cac., Nat-ns., Plb-n., Nat-a-g., Rhodi-o-n., Stront-n., Aur-n., Stry-
ar., Stry-n., Uran-n., Urea-n., Vichy-g., Zinc-ar., Am-s., Kali-picn., Bar-n., Am-acet.,
Vanad., Cadm., Bar-ar., Orni., Nat-ar., Am-form., Sanguin-n., Plb-ar., Ars-t-s., Cadm-
ar., Cadm-n., Cob-p., Germ., Lac-h., Mag-n., Nitro., Thal-n., Uran-ar., Benz-ar., Nit-ph-
ami., Am-cit., Am-s-a., Am-car., Am-sal., Ars-i-merc., Am-ar., Arg-ar., Mag-ar., Merc-
ar., Stront-ar., Thal-ar., Falco-p.

The Cancer Miasm

The cancer miasm lies between the sycotic and the syphilitic. It
develops when the sycotic (with the feeling of a fixed weakness) is
subjected to extreme stress, wherein he is expected to perform
exceedingly well. There is a feeling of weakness within, yet there is the
need to perform very well and live up to expectations. The main feeling
of this miasm is therefore that he is expected to perform exceedingly
well, which he feels incapable of doing. So, the demand has been put
upon him, and although he would like to cover up his imagined
weakness and feeling of incapacity, he has to put in everything he has
and much more in a really intense effort to survive. It is a superhuman
effort, he stretches himself beyond the limits of his capacity. It is a
continuous and prolonged struggle which seems to have no end. His
survival depends upon it, for failure would mean death and destruction.
In the pathology of cancer we see the sycotic element of
building up
as in new growths, with fixity and at the same time breakdown
and destruction, as in syphilis. The main remedies of the cancer
miasm are Carcinosinum and Nitricum acidum.
The clinical picture of Carcinosinum is of a person who is a model of
perfection - one with whom it would be difficult to find fault. We often
have a history of high expectations on the part of the parents and a
high level of performance on the part of the subject to live up to them.
On the one hand we have the rubrics: "Timidity", "Dwarfishness" and
"Ailments from anticipation", and on the other "Fastidiousness",
"Obstinate", "Suicidal" and "Dreams of murder". These symptoms
show the sycotic and syphilitic dimensions, as well as the need to
perform.
The patient is constantly striving to be perfect and in doing so
stretches
himself beyond the limits of his capacity. There is no rest or
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MIASMATIC REMEDIES ACCORDING TO THE BOMBAY GROUP OF
HOMEOPATHS AROUND R. SANKARAN (from Referenceworks and not in
alphabetical order)

PSORA
Calc., Calc-f., Caps., Cupr., Ferr., Ferr-ar., Ferr-i., Ferr-ma., Ferr-m., Ferr-
p., Ferr-pic.,
Ferr-s., Graph., M-arct., Kali-c., Kali-fcy., Lyc., M-aust., Nat-c., Nicc., Psor.,
Sulph., M-
p-a., Ferr-sil., Ferr-br., Ferr-c., Ferr-cit., Ferr-cy., Ferr-n., Ferr-p-h., Ferr-
prox., Ferr-py.,
Ferr-t., Ferr-acet., Ferr-val., Zinc-fcy., Ferr-o-r., Ferr-f., Stry-f-c., Ferr-l.

TYPHOID
Acet-ac., Aeth., Ail., Anan., Apis, Ars., Ba-sv., Asc-t., Atro., Ba-tn., Bapt.,
Benz-ac.,
Bor-ac., Bry., Bufo, Calc-f., Carb-ac., Carb-an., Carb-v., Cham., Chr-ac.,
Cit-ac., Dor.,
Fl-ac., Gall-ac., Gamb., Gels., Glon., Hyosin., Hell., Hydr-ac., Hyos., Ip.,
Lachn., Lac-
ac., Lycps., Manc., Mez., Mur-ac., Nat-p., Nit-ac., Nit-m-ac., Nux-m., Nux-v.,
Ox-ac.,
Par., Petr., Petros., Ph-ac., Pic-ac., Podo., Pyrog., Rheum, Rhus-g., Rhus-
t., Rhus-v.,
Sabad., Sac-alb., Squil., Sul-ac., Tarax., Tart-ac., Ter., Verat-v., Visc., Pyro-
ac., Thyr.,
Syc-co., Dys-co., Arge., Botul., Hip-ac., Sarcol-ac., Sulo-ac., Carbn-s.,
Camph-ac.,
Chrys-ac., Coli., Form-ac., Hydrobr-ac., Iris-t., Morg., Mut., Prot., Rhus-d.,
Succ-ac.,
Tann-ac., Ur-ac., Rib-ac., Morg-g., Gaert., Cupr-acet., Faec., Sul-ac-ar.,
Coccal, Tell-
ac., Asc-ac., Keto-ac., Pictx-ac., Thio-ac., Picro-ac., Bact-coli., Acon-ac.,
Ami-sal-ac.,
Bact-pyo., Glut-ac., Isoniz., Mal-ac., Fumar-ac., Apis-m., Polyst., Acetyls-
ac., Fol-ac.,
Hf-sil-ac., Nucl-ac., Palm-ac., Pant-ac., Poly-bow., Sor-ac.

RINGWORM
Act-sp., All-c., All-s., Ars-s-f., Berb., Calc-sil., Calc-s., Cench., Cist., Croto-
t., Ictod.,
Morph-m., Heli., Lith-p., Lith-s., Lith., Lith-f., Lobin-s.

SYCOSIS
Abies-c., Abies-n., Agn., Alco., Anag., Ant-c., Asaf., Bar-c., Berb., Bor., Bov., Cann-i.,
Cann-s., Carb-ac., Cere-b., Cast-eq., Cast., Caul., Caust., Cinnb., Clem., Cocc., Cop.,
Croc., Cub., Dig., Dulc., Equis., Erig., Ferr., Salx-n., Gels., Glon., Gnaph., Grat.,
Adam., Hipp., Indg., Juni., Kali-bi., Kali-br., Kali-c., Kali-m., Kali-s., Lac-c., Lac-d., Lac-
f., Lach., Lath., Lil-t., Mag-c., Mag-m., Mang., Med., Meph., Mez., Mill., Mosch., Nat-c.,
Nat-p., Nat-s., Ol-an., Onos., Pall., Pareir., Petros., Ph-ac., Pin-s., Puls., Sabad.,
Sabin., Sang., Senec., Sil., Tab., Tax., Ter., Thuj., Ust., Zinc., Ovi-g-p., Kali-sil., Bar-p.,
Yohim., Fel., Aether, Arg., Arist-cl., Calc-br., Cerv., Cupre-l., Del., Plac-s., Pin-c., Pin-l.,
Sphing., Tere-ch., Terebe., Thuj-l., Psil., Cupre-aust., Juni-c., Plac., Cob., Capra,
Germ., Juni-b., Juni-v., Lac-del., Lac-eq., Hepar-s., Urine-gr., Cupre-s., Lac-lup., Ratt-
r., Polyst., Ros-g.

MALARIA
Abies-n., Absin., Aeth., Am-c., Am-m., Ang., Ant-c., Aur-m-k., Arum-t., Berb., Bol.,
Cact., Caps., Casc., Cedr., Chel., Chin., Chin-b., Chin-s., Cimx., Cina, Cinch., Clem.,
Cocc., Colch., Coloc., Eup-per., Eup-pur., Chin-ar., Gnaph., Iris, Kalm., Lac-d., Led.,
Mag-m., Meny., Merl., Nat-m., Paeon., Prun., Ran-b., Sac-alb., Sang., Sarr., Sel.,
Spig., Sumb., Verb., Chin-m., Aza., Chin-val., Chinid., Chin-hydr., Chin-sal.

TUBERCULAR
Abrot., Ant-t., Aphis., Apis, Aran., Aran-s., Ars-i., Aur-i., Aur-m., Bar-i., Bism., Blatta,
Brom., Calc-i., Calc-p., Canth., Cere-b., Caust., Cimx., Cimic., Kam., Coca, Cocci-s.,
Coc-c., Cod., Coff., Culx., Dor., Dros., Elat., Ferr-i., Ferr-p., Fl-ac., Form., Salx-n.,
Gins., Adam., Helo., Iod., Iodof., Kali-c., Kali-i., Kali-n., Kali-p., Kreos., Lat-m., Lil-t.,
Lycps., Mag-p., Meph., Merc-i-f., Merc-i-r., Mosch., Mygal., Nat-p., Olnd., Ol-j., Ped.,
Phel., Ph-ac., Phos., Psor., Pulx., Samb., Sanic., Seneg., Spong., Stann., Stict., Sul-
ac., Sul-i., Tab., Tarent., Tarent-c., Teucr., Ther., Trom., Tub., Ust., Vesp., Zinc., Zinc-
p., Iod-ac., Bac., Agra., Am-p., Bals-p., Blatta-a., Bar-p., Stry-p., Am-i., Acal., Tela,
Aether, Alum-p., Aran-ix., Ant-i., Apisin., Arg-i., Arg-p., Atra-r., Bomb-chr., Bomb-pr.,
Brucin., Cadm-i., Calc-hp., Canthin., Ferr-p-h., Ferr-py., Kali-hp., Lat-k., Gall-p.,
Iodot.,
Mag-i., Merc-k-i., Merc-p., Nat-i., Tub-lar., Phos-h., Phos-pchl., Plb-i., Plb-p., Scol.,
Stann-i., Stront-i., Succ-ac., Tub-a., Tub-d., Tub-k., Tub-m., Tub-r., Tub-sp., Zinc-i.,
Aur-p., Scorp., Bcg, Androc., Cadm-p., Calc-l-p., Nat-ar., Triat., Buth-aust., Chr-p.,
Cob-i., Cob-p., Lac-eq., Lac-leo., Lat-h., Lith-i., Lith-p., Mang-i., Mang-p., Phos-i.,
Phos-amor., Apis-m., Apis-r., Avic., Iod-br., Iod-m., Falco-p.

LEPROSY
Agar-em., Agar., Agar-ph., Aloe, Ambr., Anac., Ars-i., Asar., Aur-i., Aur-s., Bar-i.,
Bism.,
Blatta, Bol., Bov., Calc-i., Camph., Cic., Cimic., Coca, Com., Culx., Cur., Cycl., Ferr-i.,
Adam., Guai., Hura, Hydr., Hydrc., Inul., Iod., Iodof., Kali-i., Lac-d., Lact., Led., Meph.,
Merc-i-f., Phal., Phys., Psor., Sabad., Sec., Sep., Sol-t-ae., Sul-i., Ust., Iod-ac., Torul.,
Aza., Blatta-a., Bol-lu., Hom., Lol., Spirae., Am-i., Agar-cit., Agar-cpn., Agar-cps., Agar-
pa., Agar-pr., Agar-se., Agar-st., Agar-v., Agarin., Bar-s., Bol-s., Cadm-i., Ant-o.,
Dema., Ergot., Mag-i., Merc-k-i., Moni., Mucor, Muscin., Nat-i., Plb-i., Russ., Stann-i.,
Stront-i., Zinc-i., Psil., Osm., Furf-i., Asperg-f., Asperg-n., Cand-a., Cand-p., Cob-i.,
Kali., Lac-del., Lat-h., Lepro., Mang-i., Phos-i., Polyp-p., Bol-sang., Agar-bi., Bol-e.,
Bol-ign., Bol-ap., Bol-luc., Bol-f., Agar-b., Helod-c., Ratt-r., Asperg-fl., Iod-br., Iod-m.

SYPHILIS
Absin., Alum., Ars-i., Aur., Aur-m., Aur-s., Bar-c., Both-l., Bufo, Cean., Cench., Coc-c.,
Cor-r., Crot-c., Crot-h., Der., Dulc., Echi., Elaps, Fl-ac., Guai., Hep., Hipp., Ho., Hura,
Hydrc., Kali-i., Lach., Lat-m., Led., Merc., Naja, Orig., Plat., Plb., Puls., Sel., Still.,
Sulph., Syph., Tub., Vip., Bung-f., Hydro-c., Echis-c., Merc-p., Agki-p., Biti-a., Vip-r.,
Psil., Vip-a., Scorp., Androc., Both-a., Buth-aust., Osm., Bung-c., Dao-r., Dendro-p.,
Kali., Lac-leo., Note-s., Oxyu-m., Oxyu-s., Mai-c., Naja-n., Plut., Vip-d., Nelum.

CANCER
Agar., Aur-ar., Am-br., Am-c., Am-caust., Am-m., Aml-n., Anac., Apoc., Aran., Ars-met.,
Arg-n., Ars., Ars-h., Ars-i., Ars-s-f., Ars-s-r., Asar., Aster., Aur-s., Bar-c., Bell-p., Benz-
n., Bism., Brom., Bufo, Calc-ar., Calc-f., Carb-an., Carc., Cean., Clem., Con., Cund.,
Cupr-ar., Cupr-n., Echi., Chin-ar., Ferr-ar., Ham., Hydr., Ign., Kali-ar., Kali-n., Kreos.,
Lil-t., Lob., Merc-n., Mez., Myris., Nat-c., Nat-n., Nit-ac., Nit-m-ac., Nit-s-d., Nitro-o.,
Op., Phys., Phyt., Pic-ac., Rat., Ruta, Sabin., Zinc-n., Squil., Staph., Tarent., Tarent-c.,
Thea., Ust., Valer., Viol-o., Am-be., Nitro-benz., Scirr., Am-p., Am-pic., Am-val., Anh.,
Ars-br., Gali., Ichth., Thiosin., Trinit., Am-i., Acal., Ars-n., Am-t., Am-n., Am-van., Ant-
ar., Aur-fu., Benz-d., Aethyl-n., Calc-n., Cob-n., Cupr-am-s., Arsenal, Ferr-n., Gast.,
Lev., Merc-pr-a., Nat-cac., Nat-ns., Plb-n., Nat-a-g., Rhodi-o-n., Stront-n., Aur-n., Stry-
ar., Stry-n., Uran-n., Urea-n., Vichy-g., Zinc-ar., Am-s., Kali-picn., Bar-n., Am-acet.,
Vanad., Cadm., Bar-ar., Orni., Nat-ar., Am-form., Sanguin-n., Plb-ar., Ars-t-s., Cadm-
ar., Cadm-n., Cob-p., Germ., Lac-h., Mag-n., Nitro., Thal-n., Uran-ar., Benz-ar., Nit-ph-
ami., Am-cit., Am-s-a., Am-car., Am-sal., Ars-i-merc., Am-ar., Arg-ar., Mag-ar., Merc-
ar., Stront-ar., Thal-ar., Falco-p.