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Musical Resonance

8/26/2023

It’s a musical night around my house tonight.

Not an unusual occurrence — friendly banter about what is “good” music. Who was better, Simon or Garfunkel? (Or, were they each only any good as a pair?) What would protest music look like in today’s current climate? A sharing of playlists. It’s a good thing. (I have found a bunch of my favorite tunes from my boys.)

Some people are greatly affected by music. Sound as a healing modality is such a cool idea — Tibetan singing bowls? Amazing. Never heard of them? Here are a couple links about the singing bowls: HERE* and HERE*

Some alternative healing practitioners use tuning forks, something I’ve never tried, but I sure would like to give it a whirl! See here.*

Music affects me strongly — but, I have to like what I’m listening to or else there’s no point in having it playing, (or, I’m ok with leaving the room, too.) I really need to like what music is playing. I’m a B-side kind of a gal, and, happy music only for me, please! It’s a good thing I like a large and eclectic assortment of tunes, or life would be difficult for me.

If music plays an important or unusual role in your life, one of these rubrics may help you find a remedy that really resonates with you.

Let’s look at a few of these rubrics — they’re kind of fun, and quite specific and give us a little different insight into a couple of homeopathic remedies.

Tarantula hispanica, the Spanish tarantula has some interesting associations to music.

If passing water is difficult without listening to music, Tarentula might be of interest to you.
If you suffer from chorea (spasmodic involuntary movement of the limbs) or convulsions and music helps, Tarentula may help.
… Music ameliorates is a big one for Tarentula.
Music causing restless limbs or mental restlessness.
Staring eyes while listening to music.
Fears and phobias from music.
Music aggravates.
Music causing mental excitement or hysterical behavior.
Desires to hear or play music.
Drums produce euphoria.
Profuse perspiration from music.
Involuntary singing.
Impulse to dance… wildly… and jump!
Dancing ameliorates.

It shouldn’t be a big surprise after reading that list to learn that homeopathic Tarentula hispanica is a remedy for over-stimulation of the nervous system.

Another creature connected with music is the whale, or, more specifically, Ambra grisea, the highly prized substance from the secretion from the intestine of the sperm whale. For a little more info on this interesting stuff: here and here.

What musical symptoms may send you in the direction of homeopathic Ambra grisea, a remedy often associated with introversion and shyness?

If music brings on trembling nerves.
Pain in the ears from music.
Hyperemia (or, excess blood in a body part, in this case the head) from music.
A sensation of heat in the head from music.
Headache from music.
Heart palpitations from listening to music.
And weeping from music.

A bigger remedy for the music causing the tears to flow is Nat mur, a homeopathic remedy which often has deep grief and sorrow at its core. Other salty (Nat mur) music symptoms:

Depression and sadness from music.
Music aggravates or ameliorates — either way, it just has an effect.
Irritability from music.
Impulse to dance.

All three of these remedies are indicated for those who are oversensitive and emotional to music, but especially Nat mur and Tarentula, but on opposite sides of the [musical] scale.

In the words of Aldous Huxley, “After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music.”

Julia Coyte, CHom
Classically Practical homeopath

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* I have no affiliation with any of these — just grabbed them off the internet after a quick search.

“I haven’t understood a bar of music in my life, but I have felt it.” – Igor Stravinsky

Reference list

Anon., 2023. Ambra Grisea – NutraWiki [online]. nutrawiki.org.

Cherry, K., 2019. Can Tibetan Singing Bowls Help Lessen Stress? [online]. Verywell Mind.

Sound Healing Tools, 2023. What Is A Tuning Fork For Used For In Medicine * Ohm Therapeutics Tools [online].

Store, T. O., n.d. How And Why To Use A Tibetan Singing Bowl [online]. The Ohm Store.

Vithoulkas, G., 2019. Ambra Grisea – Homeopathic Remedy – Materia Medica Viva George Vithoulkas [online]. Hussain Kaisrani - Psychotherapist & Homeopathic Consultant.

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What goes up…

9/4/2022

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… must come down. Our evening on the mountain, part 2.

While we were waiting to board the tram for our return trip down the mountain, there was a woman who was absolutely terrified. She made the trip up, so I thought maybe she was playing things up a bit. She was really over the top in her demeanor.

We were on the tram together on the way down and it turned out that she was not putting on a show. I was next to her as she buried her head into her husband’s shoulder and held on tight to him.

I asked her if she would like a homeopathic remedy for fear.

To my pleasant surprise, she did. So, I reached in my purse and gave her 2 pellets of AAA.

AAA — a combination of three really excellent fear Remedies: Argentum nitricum, Ambra Grisea and Anacardium.

In an ideal world, I would have been able to ask the person what she was afraid of. I didn’t know if she was afraid on the way up. I didn’t know how she felt walking around up there. Is she generally afraid of heights? Is it the tram, suspended over nothing that worried her? Was she afraid for her safety or her family’s safety?

In a regular homeopathic consultation, I would have inquired about an awful lot of things: where did she feel the fear? What else brings about such terror like she was experiencing? If it’s heights that freaks her out, is it a fear of falling? Or just a general fear of high places? Or, was she fighting an urge to throw herself from the edge?

Does she experience vertigo when at height? If so, is it a falling sensation? If so, which direction does it seem she is falling? Does she experience vertigo in other circumstances?

Back to the fear: does she feel the fear in her stomach? Does she get chattering teeth with the fear? Does she experience panic attacks? Does she shiver with the fear? Does she get heart palpitations? Does she have trouble breathing when in this state?

Is it being in the small, enclosed tram car that troubled her? Is it being in a crowd that troubled her?

These are just the first things that come to mind — there were a lot of questions that could have been asked, if the situation had allowed for such things.

As it was, I didn’t know anything else about this woman except that she was completely freaked out.

As I mentioned in an earlier post, I keep a few remedies in my purse and just through happenstance, I still had AAA with me (and, I think it will now forever live in my little bag of goodness).

Why was AAA a good fit for this lady?

Homeopathic Argentum nitricum — Fear of:

heights as well
fear of falling from a height
claustrophobia
impending danger
accidents
anxiety in a crowd

Homeopathic Ambra grisea for:

fear of impending danger
anxiety felt in the stomach
vertigo

All three remedies are indicated in:

trembling
lacking in confidence
feelings of despair
nervous people

Homeopathic Anacardium, in addition to the symptoms listed above for “all three remedies” is also indicated for anxiety with fear as well as lack of emotional control.

Yep. AAA was a really good remedy choice for this poor woman. By the end of the short trip, she thanked me and said that this journey was better and easier than the trip up.

In the end, I forgot to bring my homeopathic Coca, but that would have been a decent choice, too: fear of accidents, fear of downward motion, fear of falling and fear of heights.

What else happened during our little excursion to 10,000 feet? My youngest son, who is prone to nosebleeds, could feel one coming on, or, rather, he could taste one coming on. He could taste blood in his mouth like he said he gets when a nose bleed has started. The other thing I keep in my little bag is Ferrum phos. One dose of Ferr-phos 3x and a few minutes later, the taste and the feeling had passed -- no nosebleed ever arrived.

Other than that, it was a delightful evening out with a beautiful sunset shown above.

I truly hope our frightened fellow traveler heard the word “homeopathic” and decided to investigate further what this marvelous medicine can offer her.

Julia Coyte, CHom
Classically Practical homeopath

#wellnessawaits

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