GROUP SYMPTOMS: MAGNESIUM

MAGNESIUM

• Mag aceticum.
• Mag ars.
• Mag borocitricum
• Mag brom.
• Mag chlor.
• Mag citricum.
• Mag fluor.
• Mag formicum.
• Mag gluconicum.
• Mag hydroxydum.

• Mag hypophos.
• Mag iod.
• Mag nitricum.
• Mag oxydatum.
• Mag salicyclicum.
• Mag silicatum.
• Mag carb.
• Mag mur.
• Mag phos.
• Mag sulph.

Intoduction

• An earth metal which is present in mitochondria of cells, which are the power houses of the cells. Helps in process of oxidation. Helps in Ca+ metabolism (Deficiency of Mg leads to hypocalcemia and therefore in neuro-muscular transmission). It is a component of RNA and DNA.

MIASM

• Psoric, Sycotic, Syphilitic, Tubercular.
• Rheumatic and Gouty diathesis .
• Exudative and hemorrhagic diathesis
• Uraemic and lithaemic diathesis.

CHARACTERISTICS

• Ailments from :
  Emotions
  Suppressed discharges, eruptions.
  Loss of fluids.
  Tobacco / Alcohol.
  Deep acting constitutional remedies.
  Tendency to spasmodic affections spasms, cramps, convulsions, tremors, epilepsy etc.
  Tendency to relaxation of tissues . Prolapse, bearing down. Ptosis. Subluxations, sprains, strains etc. Varicosity. Incontinence. Herniations.
• Poor Reaction :
  Poor reaction to suppuration ; Scar formation.
• Nutrition :
  Poor assimilation (in rickets, worms, etc.)
  Children with malnutrition and emaciation.
• Pain :
  Crampy, cutting, boring, stitching, tearing, band like. 
  < Touch
  > Rubing
  > Motion
• Periodicity :
  Every 2nd or 21st day.
• Special affinity for glands :
  Lymph glands, thyroid, endocrine glands, prostate etc.
• Discharges :-
  Black, pitch-like. Profuse, sour smelling sticky, lumpy. Stains the clothes.
• Craving: Fruits, meat, sour, sweet.

MIND

• A mental condition arising from lack of love, affection and recognition, esp. in childhood. Rejected children, orphans.
• In rejected children, Mag. finds it's place as a remedy. Due to rejection, there is a greater than usual frustration, as the demands are not fulfilled.
• Demands in the form of love, affection, security and recognition. These produce a conflict in them and ultimately anxiety is manifested in dreams and delusions. Dreams of robbers. Dreams of dead. Dreams of being lost in a forest.
• Neglected feeling with suppressed emotions
• Irritability
• Mental weakness and lethargy

• Pacifism: According to Vithoulkas, Magnesiums hate aggression. They get very disturbed by violence. They hate quarrels as quarrels tend to break relationships, which they cannot bear.