Moschus

Questions

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. 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. Must keep constantly on the move. Slightest exertion causes headache and the slightest pain causes fainting; there are pains in the limbs, simulating rheumatism, which 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.

What is the applicability of Castoreum, the secretion from the Beaver ?

For nervous, irritable women, who do not react after severe diseases; women who are "pretty near" the hysterics.