• Sensation as if head were opening and shutting, as if calvarium were being lifted
• Great forgetfulness, cannot complete the sentence
• Entire paralysis of the lower limbs

Source: Vegetable kingdom
Synonyms: Hashish, East Indian Cannabis indica, Bhang, Hemp
Family: Cannabinaceae
Prover: Dr. Samuel Hahnenmann
Duration of Action: Short acting remedy

Introduction and History: The use of Cannabis indica in the east as an intoxicant gives the leading note of its sphere of action. Dr Nash relates the case of a lady suffering from cardiac dropsy who, when relieved of the latter, suddenly lost power of speech. In answer to a question she could begin a sentence but could not finish it, as she could not remember what she wished to say. She was very impatient about it, would cry, but could not finish the sentence, though she could signify assent if anyone did finish it for her. Cannabis indica cured rapidly.

Habit and Habitat: East India.

Preparation and Parts Used: It is prepared from the tincture of young leaves.

Seat of Action (Pharmacodynamics): It acts mainly on the mind, gastrointestinal tract, locomotor system, female sexual organs, heart, kidneys, eyes, lungs, mouth, rectum, throat, central nervous system.

Ailments From: Liquor and tobacco habbit, drinking excess of coffee.

Physio-pathological Action (Pathology)

1. It produces a state of exaltation with sublime visions, delusions and hallucinations in a great variety.
2. Cannabis indica has a great soothing influence in many nervous disorders like epilepsy, mania, dementia and irritable reflexes.
3. It is adapted to diseases of dunkards, of a neurotic character, and to urinary diseases.
4. The characteristics of the intoxication it produces seem to be an exaggeration of all perceptions and conceptions, aphrodisia and tendency to catalepsy.

Characteristic Mental Symptoms (Psychology)

1. FORGETFULNESS. Patient is very forgetful. He forgets his last words and ideas. He begins a sentence, forgets what he intends to speak; inability to recall any thought or event on account of other thoughts crowding his brain.
2. He is constantly theorizing.
3. He laughs immoderately at every trifling word spoken to him.
4. Full of fun and mischief, then perhaps moaning and crying.
5. There is great apprehension of approaching death.
6. DELIRIUM TREMENS; excessive loquacity, exaggeration of time and distance. Time seems too long for him, a few seconds seem ages. Distance seems immense, a few rods seem miles.
7. Sensation as if the calvarium was opening and shutting.

Characteristic Physical Guiding Symptoms

Hunger: Ravenous hunger.

Thirst: Great thirst for cold drinks.

Craving: Intense craving for sweets.

Backache: Pain across the shoulders and spine, must stop, cannot walk erect, worse after sexual intercourse.

Headache: Involuntary shaking of head. Throbbing and weight on occiput. He feels as if top of the head were opening and shutting.

Pulse and palpitations: Palpitation, awakening from sleep. Pulse is very slow.

Urine: Burning and scalding urine, stinging pain in the urethra before, during and after urination.

Paralysis: Complete paralysis of lower limbs.

Pains: Pain in soles and calves, sharp pain in knees and ankles, very exhausted after a short walk.

Male: Increased sexual desire, oozing of white, glairy mucous from glans.

Teeth: Gritting and grinding of teeth while sleeping.

Sleep: Patient is sleepy but cannot sleep. Talks during sleep. Jerking of limbs during sleep causing him to awake.

Dreams: Dreams are prophetic, of dead bodies, of danger and of perils to be encountered.

Vertigo: Chronic vertigo, as if floating off the ground, worse on rising with stunting pain in the back part of the head.

Asthma: Asthma of a humid type in which the chest is oppressed with deep, laboured breathing, rough cough with scrapping immediately under the sternum. It requires a great effort to take a deep inspiration.

Characteristic Particular Symptoms

Urinary symptoms: Urinary symptoms are numerous. Inflammation in kidneys, With burning pain. Soreness in the kidneys, with aching. Stitching pains in the kidneys. Constant or frequent urination. Urine burns on passing. Burning, stinging in urethra, before, during and after urination. Must wait for urine to start. Urine dribbles after urination. Much mucous in the urine. This remedy has cured many cases of gonorrhoea. It is useful in the first stage and in chordee during gonorrhoea. The discharge in gonorrhoea is yellow.

General Modalities

Aggravation: From coffee, liquor and tobacco, lying on the right side, mornings.

Amelioration: From walking about outdoors, from fresh air, cold water, rest.

Remedy Relationships

Compare: Bell, Hyos, Stram.

Comparison

Time passes too quickly: Cocc, Ther, Cann-i.
Laughing immoderately: Cann-i, Ign, Stram.
Thoughts persistent: Cann-i, Nat-m.

Cannabis Indica Dosage

1. Tincture to third attenuation (Pears).
2. I have used CM potency in the first stage of gonorrhoea and sometimes never have to used the second remedy (Nash).
3. Twelveth potency acts very well in gonorrhoea (Helmuth).

Repetition

To be repeated when given in mother tincture or low potency.

Single dose of high potency is enough.

Therapeutic Value: Catalepsy, Chordee, Clairvoyance, Delirium tremens,
Delusions, Epilepsy, Gonorrhoea, Headache, Mania, Menorrhagia, Paralysis, Prostatitis, Satyriasis, Stammering, Urinary diseases.