Moschus

Where is our pathogenesis of Moschus found ?

In Hahnemann's Materia Medica . See also the British Journal of Homoeopathy , Vol. XXII.

What is Moschus and how is it obtained ?

It is probably the preputial secretion from the Musk deer, and our tincture is made from the dried product.

How is the tincture made ?

The whole musk bag is dissolved in dilute alcohol in the proportion of 1 to 20. Dilute alcohol, in the proportion of 20 to 80, is used in making the 1x and 2x dilutions.

Give the symptoms indicating Moschus in hysteria.

The patient faints from the least excitement ; the hysterical spasm is ushered in by a contractive feeling about the throat ; suffocation, globus hystericus ; spasms about the chest and alternate crying and laughing.

Compare Valeriana in hysteria.

It corresponds to general nervous and vascular excitement.

Patients must keep constantly on the move.

Slightest exertion causes headache and the slightest pain causes fainting ; there are pains in the limbs, stimulating rheumatism, these are better by walking about.

What other important symptoms does Moschus produce ?

A great deal of flatulence, which may cause the fainting by pressure on the solar plexus.

Spasmodic asthma and attacks of sudden dyspnoea.