Apis in homeopathy. Apis homeopathy. Indications for use, instructions for children and adults, price, reviews Effects on the body

We have two names for this medicine, depending on the way it is prepared, namely: "Apis mellifica" - honey bee and "Apium virus *" - bee venom. The original formulations of this drug were made as follows. A large white dish was placed under a bell-shaped vessel with a hole through which a rod was threaded. Several hundred bees were admitted under this vessel. Then the rod was set in motion and, irritating the bees, forced them to sting the vessel and dish. After some time, the bees were released into the wild, and numerous spots remained on the dish and the vessel covering it, which were doused with alcohol and, thus, a strong extract of the bee hell was obtained. This is Apium virus. Subsequently, they began to consume the whole bee, from which the rubbing was prepared and, thus, received Apis mellifica. Symptoms received from both drugs were not separated. Apis mellifica is a relatively new remedy and constitutes an invaluable acquisition of our pharmacology.

* Now this drug is better known under the name of Apisinum (Apisinum).

In order to understand its symptomatology, let us turn to its toxicology. Let's take, for example, a bee prick in the hand or finger. Immediately after the injection, which causes a sharp, stabbing or burning pain, a very rapid swelling of the stung part begins, which at first is extremely painful. The sore spot feels bruised and fragmented. The swelling at first has a crimson tint; it increases very quickly; the pain becomes very strong, it has a burning, stabbing or shooting, less often pulsating character. Heat in affected part increases, with burning and stabbing pain. All this may soon end with a resolution or take on a further course. In the latter case, you will notice that this redness or crimson coloration becomes more intense or even takes on an erysipelatous appearance. Still later, its color changes to pale, but with a bluish tint; the swollen parts, when pressed, leave an impression, thereby revealing a swollen condition. Thus, the inflammation produced by Apis is not sthenic (agitated) in nature. It does not represent, for example, that rapid and sudden swelling, rapidly advancing and ending in resolution, which would require Aconite; nor does it present the bright red swelling with pounding pains ending in resolution or suppuration as would require Belladonna.

Apis also affects the vitality, as is proved by the following characteristic symptoms: the patient has a strange sensation as if he were about to die, but he does not have the fear of death - in what way Apis differs from Aconite and Arsenicum; the brain is tired, as if before going to bed; loss of strength after exertion, even before fainting; feeling of weakness throughout the body; nervous tremors; severe loss of strength, as with diphtheria, even at the onset of the disease; light delirium with muttering; senzorial apathy (weakness of the senses); happy facial expression; tongue may be difficult to protrude; the face expresses fear as if from an internal illness; loss of consciousness, especially in case of rash diseases; the mind is weak; awkwardness - the object falls out of hand, and the patient laughs stupidly at her failure.

Apis can be used in conditions similar to hysteria. Troubledness, anxiety, irritability and untimely laughter, together with inconstancy, whims at work, led to the successful use of this remedy in nervous girls. They have also been observed to be awkward, drop objects and then laugh foolishly at their awkwardness. Sexual desire is too active and they are prone to jealousy.

The disorders and unconsciousness just noted show this remedy in severe adynamic forms of the disease, as, for example, in malignant scarlet fever, diphtheria, typhoid fever, etc.

With scarlet fever, the temperature rises high and the accompanying anxiety comes from nervous excitement. The mouth and throat are very red, with vesicles along the edges of the tongue; the throat is swollen, swollen; burning, stitching pains and burning sensation in the mouth and throat. A sharp pain is felt in the skin, as if from needle pricks, it is covered with a rash mixed with billions (millet) nodules. Some parts of the body surface are always puffy. The loss of strength begins early. Little or no urine. The fever is high; drowsiness.

With typhoid, delirium is of a muttering character. The weakness is so great that it is difficult to protrude the tongue, and the muscles are so relaxed that the patient crawls out of bed. Tongue blistered, dry, cracked, and even ulcerated. A very important symptom is soreness of a swollen abdomen when touched.

When the meninges are inflamed or irritated, Apis occupies a prominent position as a healing agent. It is often useful, no matter what disease it is, if piercing cries in sleep make one suspect cerebral irritation. Such cases often begin with the nervous fussiness so characteristic of bee venom and progress to a more serious illness. In tuberculous meningitis or acute serous effusion to the brain, an inadequate rash is a good guide to the choice of Apis.

We can compare Apis here with Belladonna, Helleborus, Arsenicum, Bryonia, Zincum, Sulfur, Cuprum, Glonoin, Lachesis, Rhus, Hyoscyamus, Natrum muriaticum, Bovista, etc.

There is no doubt that Belladonna is often used where Apis would be better suited. And yet the practitioner needs only a little attention to be able to distinguish the fussy nervousness of the latter from the more intense cerebral irritation of the former. The rush of blood at the first is more intense, with beating in the carotid arteries, redness in the eyes, drowsiness is observed, interrupted by shudders and sharp cries. Adynamia is much less than with Apis. If it is scarlet fever, then the rash is smooth, dark red, but without millet. The skin is hot, the face is red, or in some cases pale, but not as pale and edematous as in Apis. The cervical glands may be swollen, but there is no erysipelas infiltration of cellulose, as is the case with bee venom.

In irritation of the meninges, Belladonna is required when the symptoms are intense; Apis - when nervous excitement predominates, with a piercing cry, which indicates piercing pains or irritation. In inflammation of the meninges (meningitis) Belladonna is shown the less, the stronger the symptoms of effusion into the brain, while Apis is shown the more, the longer the symptoms of irritation and the more pronounced the cerebral (cephalic) cry.

Helleborus deserves preference when the Apis irritation gives way to dullness and lack of reaction. The forehead is wrinkled, the pupils are dilated, the lower jaw is drooping. Automatic movements by hand or by foot; the forehead is bathed in cold sweat. Helleborus can provoke a reaction and thereby enable another remedy to show its healing effect. With typhoid, the difference between them is enormous. Apis, in addition to great weakness, apathy and a state of stupor (stupor), also has a dry, blistered tongue and a sharp soreness of the abdomen. Helleborus has complete sensual apathy, dark, black-coated nostrils, weak pulse, lack of response to touch or pressure.

Bryonia also bears some resemblance, especially when, like Apis, it may be required for cerebral effusion due to the concealment of a rash. The sensitivity is also obscured, although the senses are so upset with him as with Apis or Helleborus. Constant chewing movements; the face is dark red, the lips are parched; when a drink is offered, the patient drinks hastily and impatiently. If the child makes a movement, then he screams in pain. Later, it is good to administer Helleborus, even if the chewing movements and hasty drinking continue. The turn for Apis occurs when hibernation is accompanied by a sharper head cry than with any other remedy.

Cuprum rivals Apis, but the symptoms are quite different. Copper (Cuprum) causes loud screams followed by violent convulsions; the thumbs are clenched into fists, the face is pale, the lips are blue, the constant rotation of the eyeballs. If convulsions occur in the case of Apis, then they are less severe, expressed by restlessness and twitching of one half of the body; the other is paralyzed, trembling.

Glonoinum, like Apis, has a "head" cry, a sensation as if the head were abnormally enlarged, etc. Spasmodic vomiting of cerebral origin is the most prominent symptom in Glonoinum, as are great congestion and throbbing.

Zincum irritates the brain; the child wakes up with fear, turns his head; screaming and flinching in sleep. Constant restless movement of the legs. Anemic children too relaxed to develop a rash. In typhoid states, the loss of strength is very great, threatening with paralysis of the brain. Loss of consciousness, cyanosis of the arms and legs with a cold snap, weak pulse, drooping of the lower jaw.

Rhus toxicodendron, although incompatible with Apis, has several symptoms similar to it. With Rhus, the rash is darker, dark red in color, with great bodily restlessness.

Arsenicum is similar to Apis in several respects. Both of them have fearful movement from place to place, fear of death, anxiety, severe weakness.

The indication for choosing Arsenicum will be hot skin, pale and hot face. The child lies in a numbness, suddenly his mouth bends and a spasm goes all over the body, or the child lies like a dead person, with half-open eyes, their connective membranes are covered with mucus, when you touch the eyelids, there is no reaction.

I have already said that Apis can be useful in dropsy. The symptoms requiring it are summarized as follows. With general dropsy, the indication for it is a special type of body surface; the skin has a special waxy hue and a known transparency with a whitish or slightly yellowish coloration. The amount of urine is scanty and almost always thirstless. The characteristic symptoms are transparency of the skin and lack of thirst. As for the causes, Apis is especially useful in dropsy of renal origin, whether due to scarlet fever or not. Little urine; it is very rich in protein and contains casts of the urinary tubules. The eyelids are swollen. The surface of the body is sore and bruised; in some cases, a burning pain. If the dropsy is of a heart origin, then the legs swell, especially after walking. This is accompanied by unbearable soreness and burning.

Even when dropsy has invaded the chest and we have accumulation of fluid in the pleural sac (hydrothorax), Apis can still be a remedy, especially if the disease is of heart origin. The patient cannot lie down. He experiences the same constriction in the chest that we find in Lachesis. He has a dry cough that seems to come from one place in the windpipe (trachea) or larynx, but mostly from the trachea; a cough that does not stop until some (small) amount of phlegm is released. In this respect Apis is quite similar to Lachesis. But, in addition to these symptoms, Apis has another symptom emanating from the chest, namely the constant feeling as if the patient can no longer live. This is not a feeling of shortness of breath, but rather, it seems, a certain kind of mental anxiety of the patient, who cannot understand how he can breathe even further, his suffocating sensation is so strong. In connection with these chest symptoms, the patient experiences a strange feeling as if he were dying, but unlike Aconite in febrile conditions and Arsenicum in dropsy chest, there is no fear of death.

For exudative pleurisy (inflammation of the hypochondrium with effusion), Apis is one of the best drugs we have for absorbing fluid. Apis and Sulfur will cure most of these cases.

Apis also acts on the synovial membranes, presenting a complete picture of synovitis, especially when it affects the knee. It is indicated when there are sharp, stabbing pains shooting through the joint, with exasperation from the slightest movement.

Bryonia affects the joints and their synovial membranes, but the pains are more stabbing with tension; better from warmth of bed, while Apis is better from cold compresses.

Jodine (Jodium) is useful in dropsy of the knee and has been used with success after Apis, especially in scrofulous children.

We have one form of dropsy for which Apis can act as a remedy, and that is the hydrocephalus. It is not so often indicated in dropsy of the brain, when, due to any mechanical reasons, inflammation of the meninges is formed with a sequential accumulation of fluid in the brain, but it is useful in tuberous meningitis (inflammation of the pia mater, meningitis tuberculosa). Apis is here shown in the first stage of the disease. The symptoms requiring it are as follows: the child throws his head back into the pillow and rolls his head from side to side; in a dream, every minute he wakes up with a piercing, sharp cry. This kind of screaming comes from pain. In addition to this cry, the child usually has convulsions: one half of the body is in a convulsive state, and the other, as it were, is paralyzed. A squint is found. The pulse is fast and weak; little urine. In this period of illness, if Apis is of no benefit, then no other remedy. In some cases, Apis has a well-known feature that I must mention, which is the slowness of action. Sometimes you will have to wait three to four days before you notice any result from its appointment. The beneficial effect of this drug is found primarily in an increase in urine output.

In dropsy Apis can be compared above all with Arsenicum album, which has the same transparency of the skin and is also useful in dropsy of renal, cardiac and hepatic origin. The difference between the two is this: Arsenicum has an unquenchable thirst, usually quieted by small amounts at a time, because water irritates the stomach. Eating and drinking causes vomiting. I have seen cases where even one teaspoon of the medicine caused vomiting. The patient discovers noticeable restlessness.

Another remedy for comparison is Apocynum cannabinum. It is in great use in the West for general dropsy, for a tumor of any part of the body, for abdominal, chest dropsy, etc. The patient cannot tolerate food. Food or water is immediately thrown out. Feeling of weakness, fading and exhaustion in the stomach.

The next remedy similar to Apis is Acidum aceticum. It is useful in dropsy, when the face and limbs have the same waxy or alabaster hue. It is especially indicated when the lower body, abdomen and legs are swollen, therefore it is useful in abdominal dropsy (ascites). In this it is similar to Apis. But it has a thirst that Apis does not have, and there is almost always gastric disorder, sour belching, heartburn and diarrhea. Acidum aceticum is undeservedly neglected as a remedy for dropsy. You see where it occupies between Apis and Arsenicum; it differs from these remedies in the predominance of gastric symptoms.

In dropsy of the brain, Sulfur is the remedy most similar to Apis in the sweating stage. It is shown more on the basis of general principles than because of its special affinity for the meninges. Tuberculous meningitis cannot occur in a generally healthy child; suffering must be based on a certain disposition to it. Sulfur helps in the same stage as Apis if Apis is unable to provoke reactions, especially if the child is scrofulous and has other Sulfur symptoms. The child lies in a daze with cold sweat on the forehead, with twitching in the limbs, especially in the legs, and with cramps in the thumbs of the lower and sometimes upper extremities. Urine flow is delayed. Sulfur is even more indicated if the development of the disease was preceded by the hiding of the skin rash.

Helleborus also resembles Apis in dropsy of the brain. Apis is useful as long as there is still brain irritation detectable by the brain cry. Helleborus, on the other hand, is indicated when apathy predominates, when the child lies in a completely unconscious state. The eyes do not respond to light. No urine is excreted. One half of the body is in automatic movement. You also notice a particular wrinkling of the frontal muscles, mainly the occipital-frontal muscles. In milder cases, before the onset of deep stupor, you will find Helleborus indicated by the following symptoms: contraction of the frontal muscles is observed with constant chewing of the mouth. The child, apparently, does not feel any desire and does not demand anything, however, if you give him water, he drinks it greedily.

Now a word about the difference between Belladonna and Apis. Belladonna is not usually indicated in tuberculous meningitis; it is the main remedy for ordinary meningitis, but not for the lumpy form of this disease. In its symptomatology, Belladonna represents the true nature of acute illness. Every symptom of it arises suddenly and with great force. Tuberculous meningitis is a disease that develops slowly. However, if the preliminary symptoms are violent, you can use Belladonna for tuberculous meningitis during a period of congestion (congestion) with sharp pains, restlessness, tossing from side to side, crying out in sleep, and burying the head in a pillow; but it ceases to be shown when the exudation (effusion) has already begun. Belladonna's role ends where Apis's role begins.

We have another remedy between Belladonna and Apis, Bryonia, which acts on the serous membranes, producing profuse effusion in them. She is shown after Belladonna. The dullness of the child is increasing due to the increased pressure on the brain. The face suddenly turns red and then turns pale, which is usually a bad symptom. The child screams, especially at the slightest movement, this is a characteristic symptom. The child is dull, the belly is swollen and the tongue is usually coated in the middle with a white coating.

This will be sufficient in relation to the action of Apis and the similar (concordant) remedies for dropsy.

Our next use of Apis is for erysipelas. It is especially useful for facial erysipelas, when it begins under or near the right eye and from here spreads across the entire face to the left side, whereby the diseased parts quickly swell and take on a crimson hue at first. The soreness increases and is replaced by a burning, stabbing pain. There is high fever with dry skin and usually with thirst. If the disease now does not stop and the face takes on a bluish-purple color, then Apis can be shown with phlegmous erysipelas, deeply engulfing the connective tissue and ending in the destruction of the diseased parts.

Apis has several similar (concordant) remedies for erysipelas. First of all, Belladonna. The difference between them is as follows. Belladonna is indicated for bright red swelling of the face (smooth erysipelas). The disease has no tendency to edema (oedema) and to form blisters. The pains are almost always acute, with throbbing in the diseased parts. The brain almost always takes a noticeable part in the painful process, giving you a throbbing in your head, the appearance of delirium. The patient rushes about in his sleep. His pulse is full and firm.

Another remedy, and even more similar to Apis than Belladonna, is Rhus toxicodendron. You must be careful in differentiating these drugs because they are hostile to each other and cannot be prescribed one after the other. With Rhus tox. the face is a deep red, not the bright red of Belladonna, and not the crimson or purplish hue of Apis. There is almost always the formation of blisters with burning and stitching pains, which differ from the blisters of Apis in the predominance of itching. With Rhus tox. the disease usually spreads from the left side of the face to the right.

Lachesis may resemble Apis in some cases when the face is bluish; but other symptoms will help you in your choice.

Apis may be useful in urticaria (urticaria), when oblong, yellowish-white blisters suddenly appear on the surface of the body and rise above the skin. Itching, burning and tingling sensations are almost unbearable. They may appear due to the action of cold or during intermittent fever.

Here Apis is similar to Arsenicum, which also produces blisters, and Urtica urens. This latter remedy is indicated in the formation of blisters, when they are less in shape than in Apis. Itching and burning are unbearable. It is especially indicated when the disease has been caused by the consumption of crayfish.

Terebinthina is also helpful for hives after cancers.

Kali bromatum is indicated when urticaria occurs in nervous diseases.

Rhus tox. When it accompanies intermittent fever or rheumatism.

Rovista when accompanied by diarrhea with tenesmus and burning.

Pulsatilla is useful in urticaria of gastric or uterine origin.

Calcarea ostrearum (Calc. Carbon.) Is especially useful in chronic cases.

Sepia is indicated when the illness worsens in the open air. (Cf. also Rumex crispus).

Apis can also be used for smallpox when there is severe itching and swelling.

Apis can be used for articular or muscular rheumatism, more often it is indicated for the first, or for the so-called acute inflammatory rheumatism. You will find that the diseased parts feel very stiff and extremely sensitive to the slightest pressure; often this is joined by a feeling of numbness. The affected joints become swollen and feel "taut". Tumors appear rather pale red in color, and fluctuation is often found in the joint. Burning or stitching pains worse from any motion.

The paralytic weakness of Apis is the form which is so common after the action of animal poisons, and is similar to the sudden and violent action of certain herbal and mineral poisons. Apis has often been used with success in paralysis following diphtheria, typhoid, and also when an effusion remains in the meninges after inflammation. In all such cases, the hiding or preexisting eruption serves as a guideline for bee venom, and the reappearance of the skin symptoms requires continuous application of this remedy until the improvement achieved is persistent. Sulfur is very useful here.

In these cases of loss of strength, the patient is either nervous, restless and extremely sensitive, or he has a fever, drowsiness, with or without thirst.

Apis is useful in febrile conditions. It produces an intermittent type of fever and therefore can be used for intermittent fever. It is especially useful when the chill comes at three in the afternoon. Thirst may or may not be. But at the same time there is a feeling of pressure in the chest with a feeling as if it is too full, which happens in reality, because there is a rush of blood to the chest viscera. The chill is followed by a burning heat of the whole body, with an increase in the aforementioned feeling of pressure in the chest. Heat is followed by sweat, which, however, may not be sufficient. There is no thirst during sweat, and this is typical. During the period of apyrexia (febrile stage), many characteristic symptoms are observed. The patient often complains of pain under the ribs on both sides; the legs are swollen and swollen; the skin is yellowish or waxy; little urine, there is a nettle rash. Thus, you see that Apis is indicated in rather serious forms of this suffering, spoiled by the excessive use of quinine, and in chronic forms, when general health is undermined and there is a disease of the liver, spleen, etc.

The remedy here most similar and in agreement with Apis is Natrum muriaticum. It is shown in exactly the same type of intermittent fever as Apis, and the difference between the two is the timing of the chill, namely at 10 a.m. for Natrum muriaticum, and 3 p.m. for Apis cases.

Apis is sometimes indicated in typhoid forms of fever. We choose it, first of all, according to the mental state of the patient. Delirium is not active; the patient lies dull and mutters; the face is bright red or more often pale and waxy; sometimes a happy expression is observed. The skin in this type of fever we find in places burning, in places unusually cold; the skin surface is almost always dry; if there is sweat, it is almost always of a fleeting nature; the loss of strength is so great that the patient crawls out of bed, he does not have enough muscle strength to maintain his position on the pillow. The tongue is dry and red, and like the tongue of Lachesis, sticks to the teeth when trying to stick it out and trembles; you will also find a whitish or dark coating on the dorsum of the tongue, while the edges and especially the tip are red and covered with small bubbles.

In these cases Apis is similar to Acidum muriaticum, which has the same lack of energy, but it has a characteristic acidic thinness (diathesis).

Apis can be indicated in scarlet fever, as you may have already foreseen from what I said about this remedy. It is not so often a remedy in the Sydenham variety of this disease, in which Belladonna is so often indicated, but it is useful where the eruption is mixed with a milky eruption. Here again we find the same insufficient effort on the part of nature to produce a fever. The body is very hot in places, cold in places. The skin rash is dark red in color, very similar to Belladonna's rash, but differs from the latter, as you remember, in the presence of a miliary rash, which Belladonna does not produce. The child is drowsy and sleeps most of the time, or drowsy but cannot sleep. This symptom you must remember because it is identical with the Belladonna symptom. In connection with this sleepy or sleepless state, the patient is restless and anxious. You will also notice that he is grumpy and shows intense irritability in every symptom.

This restless Apis state must be distinguished from the Rhus and Belladonna states. Rhus has a general restlessness of the whole body. The patient lies first on one side of the body, then turns over to the other. This is not accompanied by Arsenicum anxiety. The prevailing feeling is concentrated in the desire to move. In Apis, this anxiety arises from a general nervous irritation.

Belladonna insomnia comes from inflammation or congestion of the brain. Hyperemia of the brain gives you this drowsiness, but the brain is so exhausted that the patient cannot sleep.

Apis is also indicated in diphtheria and, I believe, in the present form of the disease. From the very beginning, the child represents a complete breakdown. Fever is low; there is even a suspicious absence of fever. The pulse is fast, but not strong. At first the throat has a varnished appearance, as if the tonsils and pharynx were covered with a glossy red varnish. If you carefully examine the throat, you will find the laryngeal slit swollen, red and swollen, as a result of which breathing is very difficult; it is done with effort due to the narrowing of the entrance to the larynx. In some of these cases the breath is offensive, while in others there is little or no stench. In other cases, you will find a red rash characteristic of Apis on the surface of the body, and this rash, the first time, makes you think that you are dealing with scarlet fever. On the outside, you find the throat swollen and erysipelatous.

We have several remedies similar to Apis in diphtheria. One of them is Arsenicum.

Arsenicum is indicated in rather difficult cases of diphtheria, as might be expected — when the throat is very swollen inside and out, the membranes are dark in color, and a very offensive odor from the mouth. Fluid, corrosive discharge from the nose. The throat is edematous, as in Apis, the patient is restless, especially after midnight; little urine; constipation or offensive watery diarrhea.

In other cases where, despite the dark crimson color of the throat, great swelling and great loss of strength, there is no great pain, Natrum arsenicosum may be helpful. Here the tongue hangs like a bag of water.

Another remedy is Kali permanganicum. (K. hypermanganicum). This remedy, rarely used in high divisions, is indicated for swelling of the throat from the inside and outside, with a terrible stench from the throat and swelling of the throat, with a liquid discharge from the nose. Its main characteristic is its extreme stench.

Apis causes irritation of the lining of the larynx and windpipe (trachea) and pain in the chest wall.

Boring flying pains, palpitations, shortness of breath, etc., made Apis valuable in inflammation of the heart and dropsy. Significant symptoms appear to be edema, respiratory distress and sudden piercing or stabbing pains, anxiety and fear.

Compare Lachesis, Arsenicum, Sulfur, Belladonna, Kali carbon, Spigelia, Digitalis, Asparagus, Apocynum cannabinum.

Arsenicum shares many similarities with Apis. Restlessness, change of place, and dyspnea are so clearly similar symptoms that the two remedies are often prescribed inappropriately instead of the other. The best difference lies in the fussy restlessness of Apis. In dropsy, both of them may be required for tense, pale-colored swelling of the limbs, but Apis often has redness, with which there is itching or erysipelas, and also there is no thirst.

Belladonna is too often mistaken for Apis in laryngeal ailments. The latter has a strong edematous swelling with the resulting shortness of breath; at the first, spasmodic contraction is most pronounced.

In heart disease, Arsenicum, Apocynum cannabinum. Digitalis and Asparagus share some similarities with Apis, especially great weakness and dropsy. Apocynum cannabinum is required when the pulse is small and weak, Asparagus is suitable in the elderly with weak pulse and pain in the left shoulder apex (acromion). Digitalis causes doughiness of the skin; pulse slow and weak, accelerating with any movement of the body; feeling of weakness in the stomach immediately after eating.

Let's move on to the action of Apis on the genitals. Apis is often indicated for diseases of the female reproductive system. Nearly all of the testers had uterine and ovarian symptoms. This medicine must be administered with caution during pregnancy, because when given in low division and in frequent doses, it can cause a miscarriage, especially before or during the third month, because Apis is pressing down on the uterus. We can use it for amenorrhea (absence of monthly cleansing), when the result is a rush to the head and a feeling of pressing down in the uterine region without the appearance of regulation. It is especially indicated in girls in adulthood, when, due to amenorrhea, they show some hysteria: they are nervous and awkward, and this is not a natural clumsiness, but one that comes from a disorder of muscle coordination. Along with these symptoms, there is a flushing of the face with a blush.

We can also use Apis for diseases of the ovaries, especially the right one. It has the same relation to the right ovary as Lachesis to the left. It is indicated for inflammation of the ovary (ovaritis) with extreme soreness in the right groin area, together with burning and stitching sensations and swelling palpable above the pelvis or, more typically, through the rectum or vagina.

Apis is an excellent remedy for ovarian cysts, especially in the early stages. In addition to burning and stitching pains, we have here numbness along the thigh and the entire right side of the body and a feeling of tightness in the chest with coughing. The latter is not a symptom of pulmonary disease, but a reflex phenomenon from the side of the uterus.

A combination of honey and salt is used, known as "mel cum sale". It was for many years a folk remedy in Germany against bladder and female diseases. I used this remedy for prolapse of the uterus and even with chronic inflammation of it (metritis), especially when it was due to insufficient contraction after childbirth (subinvolution) and inflammation of the cervix. A special symptom indicating this remedy is a feeling of pain in the lower abdomen from one ilium to the other.

Apis can be helpful in eye diseases. I have cured with this remedy several cases of asthenopia (impaired vision), when reading caused pain in the eyes with tearing and itching in the eyelids, burning and stabbing pain. Apis may also be helpful in staphyloma (bulging) of both the cornea and the proteinaceous membranes. Apis is also not useless for external diseases of the eyes. The eyes are extremely sensitive to light. The connective membrane (conjunctiva) is reddened or swollen, forming a roller around the cornea (chemosis). In addition, this swelling of the connective membrane of the eyelids in Apis is more of a congestive character (from congestion) than it represents an actual edema of it (chemosis), as in Rhus tox., Which is very similar, especially in edematous swelling of the eyelids; chemosis; hot, profuse lacrimation; erysipelas. But Apis is less prone to pus, a symptom highly characteristic of Rhus. The first remedy for the stabbing pain is evening, and cold water relieves the inflammation of the eyelids. In the case of erysipelas, the eyelids are blue-red, appear watery, as if translucent. In the latter, the pains are worse at night, especially after midnight; warmth relieves; with erysipelas, they are dark red and at the same time the cheeks are speckled with small watery bubbles. The pains are usually pulling, tearing, although with erysipelas they may be burning, stitching, but with greater itching than with Apis. The eyelids often feel heavy and stiff.

Arsenicum, like Apis, has hot tears, severe pain, edema of the eyelids. But tears with him are more pungent. The swollen eyelids are pale, not blue-red. The conjunctiva overlying the eyelids and the edges of the eyelids are very red. Anxiety is more pronounced. Usually relief is obtained from warm poultices; although scrofulous patients may open their eyes in the open air, not in a room, even a darkened one. Worse around and after midnight.

Returning to the Apis eye symptoms. We find the eyelids swollen, red, swollen. Burning in the cartilage of the eyelids, sticking of the eyelids. Sudden and very severe pains shooting through the eyes; they are relieved by cold water. These eye symptoms usually get worse in the first part of the night. Apis is often indicated in scrofulous inflammation of the eyes, and Kali bichromicum is often useful in this disease afterwards.

Now it only remains for me to speak of the intestinal symptoms of Apis. It may be of value in diarrhea, which occurs, for example, during typhoid fever or scarlet fever, or due to the relaxing effect of constant heat.

You will find it useful for the diarrhea of very emaciated children. In this case, there is usually irritability of the brain in connection with a condition described under the name of hydrocephaloid.

Apis can also be remembered with the panantium. The finger quickly swells, getting a tense, shiny and red surface, with severe, burning or stabbing pain.

In this respect Apis is very similar to Sulfur, which can be prescribed after Apis if its action is unsatisfactory.

Plantago and Lachesis are antidotes to Apis; it serves as a complementary remedy for Natrum muriaticum.

Ledum was suggested by Teste as an antidote to insect bites. Dr. Drysdale treated them with nighttime itching in their legs.

In conclusion, let me remind you of the ratio of Apis to Arsenicum, Acidum aceticum, Belladonna, Rhus and Sulfur. Remember also his dislike of Rhus toxicodendron.

Apis (according to Berik)

Apis mellifica Honey bee

It acts on the connective tissue, causing swelling of the skin and mucous membranes.

The common bee sting provides an excellent example of the indication for this remedy in painful conditions with a similar pattern.

Swelling or puffiness of various parts of the body, edema of tissues, with redness, stinging pain, soreness, intolerance of heat and even the slightest touch, aggravation in the afternoon are the general leading symptoms.

Erysipelas, dropsy and anasarca, acute inflammation of the kidneys and other parenchymal tissues — these pathological conditions are indications for Apis. Apis especially affects the outer parts of the body, skin, mucous membranes of internal organs, serous membranes; causes serous inflammation with effusion of the meninges, heart, lungs (pleura), etc. Extreme sensitivity to touch and general soreness are noteworthy. Feeling of constriction. Feeling of heaping and tearing inside. Considerable prostration.

Psyche. Apathy, indifference and unconsciousness. Awkward: often drops and flips everything. Stupor with sudden, abrupt onset. The state of stupor alternates with erotomania. Feeling of impending death. Indifferent, unable to think clearly.

Envious, fussy, fastidious. Sudden high-pitched screams. Whining constantly, whining. Jealousy, fears, rage, worry, anxiety. Cannot concentrate while studying or reading.

Head. Feeling as if "the whole brain is very tired." Vertigo with sneezing, worse lying down or closing eyes. Heat, throbbing, bursting pains, better from pressure, worse motion. Sudden stitching pains.

Feelings of dullness and heaviness in the occiput, as after a blow, extend downward to the neck (relief from pressure); accompanied by sexual arousal. The habit of burying your head in pillows and screaming.

Eyes. The eyelids are swollen, red, swollen, inflamed, everted; burning and stinging pain. The conjunctiva is bright red, edematous.

Hot lachrymation. Photophobia. Sudden piercing pains. Pain around the orbits. Serous exudation, edema, acute pain. Purulent inflammation of the eyes. Keratitis with severe chemosis and conjunctivitis. Corneal staphiloma following inflammation of the cornea.

Barley (Apis prevents recurrence).

Ears. The outer ear is red, sore, inflamed, with stinging pains.

Nose. Coldness of the tip of the nose. Red, swollen, inflamed, with sharp pains.

Face. Swollen, red, with piercing pains. Waxy, painful, edematous. Erysipelas, with stinging, burning edema. Spreads from the right side to the left.

Mouth. Tongue bright red, swollen, inflamed, painful, covered with vesicles.

Burns to the mouth and throat. Tongue hot red, trembling, as if scalded. The gums are swollen. The lips are swollen, especially the upper one. The mucous membrane of the mouth and pharynx is glossy, as if varnished, red, shiny and swollen, as in erysipelas. Cancer of the tongue.

Throat. Constricting, stinging pain. The uvula is swollen, resembling a pouch. The throat is swollen inside and outside: the tonsils are enlarged, swollen, bright red. Ulcers on the tonsils. The border of the oral mucosa is bright red. Sensation of a fishbone in the throat.

Stomach. Painful sensations. Lack of thirst. Vomiting of food eaten. Great desire for milk (Rhus.).

Stomach. Painful bruised on pressing and sneezing. Extremely sensitive. Dropsy of the abdomen. Peritonitis.

Tumors in the right groin.

Chair. Involuntary discharge of stool with every movement; anus as if open.

Bloody, painless. Sensation as if mucous membrane had been torn off in anus. Hemorrhoids, with stinging pains after childbirth. Yellow, watery diarrhea, such as cholera infantile. When urinating, feces are excreted at the same time. The feces are dark, offensive. worse after eating.

Constipation; feeling as if something is about to break when straining.

Urinary system. Burning and sensitive urination, intermittent jet, contains cylinders. Frequent and involuntary urination; scanty and brightly colored; stitching pains and stranguria. Urinary incontinence. The last drops cause burning pains.

Female genital organs. Swelling of the labia; relief from cold water.

Soreness and stinging pains; oophoritis, more often in the right ovary. Lack of menses with disturbances in the activity of the brain, especially in young girls. Dysmenorrhea with severe pain in the ovaries. Profuse metrorrhagia, with heaviness in the abdomen, fainting and stinging pains. A feeling of tightness in the abdomen. Dragging downward heaviness, as before menses. Ovarian tumors, metritis with stinging pains. Great tenderness all over the abdomen and uterine region.

Respiratory organs. Hoarseness; shortness of breath, haste and difficulty breathing. Laryngeal edema. Feeling as if "this breath is the last." Asphyxia: hacking, dry, difficult cough. Hydrothorax.

Extremities. Edematous. Synovitis. Beginning felon. Knees swollen, shiny, tender, painful, stitching pains in them. The feet are swollen and stiff, and appear to be large. Rheumatic pains in the back and limbs.

Feeling tired and weak. Numbness of hands and fingertips. Unbearable itching eruptions. Edematous swelling.

Leather. Swelling after bite, tender and painful. Stinging pains.

Erysipelas with tenderness and soreness, with a reddish tinge.

Carbuncles, with burning, stinging pains (Ars .; Anthrac.). The whole body suddenly swells up.

Dream. Very sleepy. Dreams are full of worries and difficulties. Screaming and sudden jumping up in sleep.

Fever. Afternoon chill with thirst, worse motion and warmth. External heat with suffocating sensation. Sweats easily when drowsy. Sweat constantly comes out and dries up immediately. Sleep after an attack of fever. After perspiration, rash with chills.

MODALITIES. Worse, heat of any kind; from touch; from pressure; in the late afternoon hours; After sleep; in a closed heated room. Better in the open air.

Prevailing side: right. INTERCONNECTION. Additionally: Nat. mur. (chronic form of Apis); Baryta carb. in case of involvement of the lymph nodes.

Incompatible: Rhus.

Similar: Apium virus (self-poisoning with purulent products); Zinc .; Canth .; Vespa; Lachesis.

DILUTION. From tincture up to the thirtieth dilution. For edema, lower dilutions. Sometimes it acts slowly: for example, several days pass until the effect becomes noticeable, and then the amount of urine increases. Apium virus - in the sixth dilution.

Apis (according to Kent)

Apis mellifica is a honey bee (Hymenoptera).

Basic dosage forms. Homeopathic granules D3, C3, C6 and higher. Drops D3, C3, C6 and higher.

Indications for use. It is prescribed in all cases when phenomena similar to those caused by a bee sting are observed: edema, redness, swelling, fever, tingling pains. Angina, erysipelas, urticaria, pleurisy, inflammation of large joints, edema as a result of kidney damage in scarlet fever, ovarian disease, especially the right one, ovarian enlargement and cyst formation. Corneal lesion, retinal detachment.

Modalities Worse, heat, pressure, touch, 4 pm to 6 pm in the afternoon.

Amelioration from cold, cold compresses, opening (during sleep), rubbing, or bathing in cold water.

This remedy has a lot of manifestations on the surface of the body, so first we will look at them. There is a thick rash all over the skin, sometimes with a pink tinge. If you touch it, you feel a rough, rough surface under your fingers. At the same time, the patient does not tolerate heat at all, and his skin is sensitive to touch, regardless of whether there is a rash on it or not. Knotty swellings here and there, then appear, then disappear. Then there is erysipelas on separate spots, here and there, around the head, with terrible swelling on the face, around the eyes and on the eyelids. Erysipelas can occur anywhere, but more often it is still the face, and the inflammation reaches an extreme stage, with stinging, burning pain and swelling. On the limbs, noticeable swelling is visible, with pressure on the skin, a fossa remains. Anasarca may develop. The face looks very swollen, the eyelids droop like bags of water; The uvula also looks like a hanging vial of liquid, the stomach is greatly swollen, after pressing, a depression remains on it, and the mucous membranes look so that it seems that if you pierce them, water will pour out. Puffiness with a fossa remaining after pressure is a characteristic condition present with any inflammation.

Aggravation from warmth and amelioration from cold are also common. Heat worsens both skin symptoms and the patient's condition, be it the mental sphere, various inflammations, heart disease, dropsy, sore throat, etc. This modality can manifest itself as worsening from warm drinks, hot rooms, warm clothes, fire fireplace, etc .; it is important that the patient becomes much worse from the heat. If you put an Apis patient with cerebral congestion in a warm bath, it can cause convulsions, so this kind of water treatment is not very suitable for these patients. Since the advice to bathe sick children in hot water is very common in old textbooks, watch out for sisters and nannies, otherwise you risk getting a dead child. This state of congestion of the brain causes small twitchings that threaten to turn into a convulsive seizure, and, seeing this, the nanny immediately puts the child in a warm bath, with all the dire consequences. In general, if a child with cerebral congestion becomes worse from hot bathing, he needs Apis mellifica or Opium. Sometimes the cure becomes obvious as soon as you step into the house and see a terrified nanny just taking a child, pale as death, out of a hot bath. Convulsions from warmth indicate mainly Apis mellifica and Opium. And this attitude to warmth permeates the whole picture of Apis mellifica. In the old books there was no indication that the pharyngeal symptoms of this remedy are aggravated by warm drinks, which the patient avoids, and, conversely, they are improved by cold drinks, but one of my students wrote to me about the successful administration of Apis mellifica to patients with diphtheria who had such a symptom. Thus, we see how the general modality translates into a local symptom and how this can be used by expanding our Materia Medica.

On the surface of the body we see in Apis mellifica extensive edema, red rash, urticaria, dermatitis, erysipelas; while the inflammation spreads to the mucous membranes. Skin and mucous membranes are external parts of the body, opposite to the brain, heart and other vital internal organs. Apis mellifica thus affects the outer part, the shell. You may notice that the favorite place for the manifestation of this remedy is the skin with adjacent tissues, as well as the "shell" of organs - the pericardium, for example, with the development of serous inflammation with effusion. Affects Apis mellifica and the meninges. In the membranes surrounding the organs - the pericardium, the peritoneum, an inflammatory process develops; along with this we observe edema, catarrh and erysipelas. All these inflammations are accompanied by a stinging and burning pain, as if touched by hot coals or pricked with needles.

The psychic symptoms of Apis mellifica are very noticeable, and the most remarkable thing about them is the aggravation of these symptoms from warmth and a warm room. This is tremendous depression, constant tearfulness for no reason; cries day and night; cannot sleep because of painful thoughts and anxiety about everything in the world. Depression with constant crying. Sadness and melancholy; severe irritability; worries about everything in vain. Silly suspicion and jealousy. Complete inability to rejoice. He cannot be optimistic about anything, he seeks out a secret meaning. Foolish, unreasonable, childish behavior in single women, women of age; in serious situations speaks nonsense, like a child. At the other extreme of mental symptoms is delirium, which is a consequence of serious brain disease in children. The child gradually falls into unconsciousness. Stupor, twitching on one side of the body, the other is paralyzed, the head tosses from side to side, thrown back due to muscle spasm; the pupils are narrowed or dilated, the eyes are bloodshot, the face is flushed, semi-conscious or unconscious. The child lies with his eyes half-open, as if they were paralyzed.

It is indicated for congestion of the brain, meningitis or meningomyelitis, accompanied by opisthotonus and aggravation of all symptoms from heat. Once in a hotly heated room, the child quickly falls into unconsciousness or becomes deathly pale. If he still has the ability to move, he throws off the blanket. The condition worsens greatly next to an open fireplace. I have seen children of Apis mellifica placed near an open fire. They immediately begin to cry and beg to be removed from the hot fireplace or radiator as soon as possible. Heat worsens all symptoms and sometimes causes cold sweats all over the body, which does not bring relief to their fever and burning heat. Often the head rushes about on the pillow, the teeth gnash, the eyes rotate convulsively, the child sometimes grabs his head with his hands, convulsions occur on one side of the body, and the child makes that special sound that clearly indicates congestion of the brain - the cry of the brain. A piercing cry is one of the important signs of Apis mellifica. The child makes this cry in his sleep when he begins to have a brain disease. In the books it is described as follows: "Sopor interrupted by shrill screams." We must be able to recognize the remedy early in the development of the disease, as it can be much more difficult to do in the later stages. We must grasp the developing disease in the embryo, because what is like the beginning of the process is similar to its completion, therefore the medicine can be the same for the beginning and for the end.

Apis mellifica also has mumbling, delirium and speech excitement; all kinds of screams and screams, one shrill than the other. Premonition and fear of death, fear of stroke. "Very anxious, restless, changing occupation, awkward." Awkwardness, clumsiness in Apis mellifica is manifested primarily in the fingers and toes, in the limbs. Impaired coordination affects the entire nervous system. This discoordination runs through all the remedy, manifesting itself as awkwardness, staggering when closing the eyes. Vertigo on closing the eyes. "The consequences of fear, anger, frustration, jealousy, bad news." "Paralysis of the entire right side after mental shock."

The manifestations of Apis mellifica are characterized by rapidity and rapid development. They progress rapidly until the patient falls into unconsciousness. I was fortunate enough to witness the effects of bee stings many times myself. Moreover, for hypersensitive people, this ended in a rather severe health disorder. For most of the bitten (almost all people were stung by a bee at least once in their life), everything was limited to a small swelling on the skin, the size of a thrush egg, the largest - about a hen's egg, without any constitutional changes, unless this person had an individual sensitivity to bee venom ... A person can be stung in ten places, and everything is limited to a few swellings. But if a supersensitive person gets poison from at least one bee, he will have nausea and anxiety with the thought that he may die; after a few minutes, the urticaria will cover him from head to toe with a burning and stinging sensation; he wants to get into a cold bath; he will have a premonition that he may die if he does not do something to alleviate his suffering; he will start tossing about as if he were being torn apart. I have seen all these symptoms after Apis mellifica. The antidote for this condition may be Carbolic acid. I once observed the action of Carbolic acid in a similar case, and the patient described the action of the remedy as a cool wave sensation. “Doctor, the medicine has reached my fingertips,” he said. It is very important to listen to the patient's words when you are prescribing the antidote, as in this case. When you give a natural antidote and get a real cure, it doesn't matter what potency you use, if the patient says to you, "It has penetrated me to the roots of my hair and to my fingertips." This feeling occurs when the deepest level of a person's organization is affected, and this is the most that we can ever expect from our prescribed drugs.

A doctor who is well aware of the symptoms of Apis mellifica can do without the help of an eye specialist for a long time and not expose his patients to the danger of being blind after their lotions, caustic solutions, etc. much better. So, at the present time, a homeopath who does not know eye symptoms as well as pulmonary symptoms or any other is not yet fully qualified for medical practice. Eye symptoms should be understood by the doctor. In homeopathy there is no cure for diseases of the eyes or other organs; homeopathy treats the patient with all his organs, and not the patient with one or two organs.

Thus, Apis mellifica is a great remedy for the eyes. Deeply located inflammatory processes of the eyes. Inflammation, erysipelatous in character, leaving thickenings on the conjunctiva and iris with the formation of a leucorrhoea. Inflammation widespread with thickening of the iris or spotting. Dilated vessels. At the peak of the inflammation, there is swelling of both the lower and upper eyelids, in some cases, the swelling spreads to the entire face, as if after a bee sting. The conjunctiva swells so much that the eyelids twist like shreds of raw meat. The separated liquid flows abundantly down the cheeks. Burning as if from fire, better from washing, cold applications, worse from heat. Chronic eye diseases, aggravated by looking at open fire, by radiant heat, with desire to apply something cold. Chronic granulation on the eyelids. The large and numerous consequences of chronic inflammation. Worse looking at white objects, at snow. Pain deep in the eyeballs, stitching, burning, stinging, shooting. Chemosis. Apis mellifica is often suitable for old scrofulous eye lesions. Vascular lesions, varicose veins. Irit. "Congestion of eyes, injected vessels," all conjunctiva inflamed. Photophobia. Rheumatic ophthalmia, severe inflammation of the eyes in rheumatic subjects. Catarrhal inflammation of the eyes; scrofulous inflammation of the eyes. Hot tears flow in a stream, burning in eyes. Erysipelas of eyes and face, extending from right to left. This last feature of Apis mellifica has to do with other symptoms as well. The erysipelas starts on the right side of the face, moves through the nose to the left side. The inflammation starts on the right side of the peritoneum and spreads to the left. Inflammation occurs more often in the right ovary than in the left. The right side of the uterus is more often affected. Pain in the right side of the pelvis extends to the left side. Burning punctures here and there, spreading from right to left.

Inflammation of the middle ear during or after scarlet fever.

This brings us to the throat problems in Apis mellifica. This remedy has many throat symptoms. Apis mellifica cures dipheria, especially when there is marked inflammation, and the membranes are scanty and develop slowly, sometimes appearing quite unexpectedly during the development of the process; the throat is swollen, the soft palate swells, and the tongue hangs down like a translucent bag of water. All the tissues around the mouth and throat are so swollen that water seems to gush out if punctured. Burning and stinging pain in the throat; worse from heat, better from cold. Aversion to any hot drink. The tongue swells up, filling the whole mouth; worse on the right side of the tongue, the right side is the first to be involved in the process. The tongue is like raw meat; cheeks, tongue, throat as if exposed. Swelling of the throat of various kinds, benign edema of the throat with burning and redness. Sore throat as a result of inflammation. Apis mellifica helps with severe sore throat associated with scarlet fever.

It cures scarlet fever when the symptoms are similar and is often prescribed for this disease, especially in the case of a rash that is rough to the touch. The rash is not smooth or shiny. Apis mellifica is suitable in cases where the rash does not appear for a long time, the face is very pale, the throat is very sore; in the family scarlet fever, the skin is red, but no rash; at the same time, the condition worsens from heat, you want something cold, you want to undress and there is an intolerance to the heat of the room. The patient wants the room to feel cooler, he feels bad from the heat, he wants the cold, the worst for him is the radiant heat or the blow of warm air from the stove or fireplace. His suffering immediately intensifies as soon as he gets into the slightest trickle of warm air. He is worse from warmth, even during the chill of intermittent fever; if such a patient is warmed, then his condition will immediately worsen. And this intolerance to the slightest trickle of warm air is present in scarlet fever, angina, and diphtheria. He wants to open all the windows and doors, thirsts for the cold. Sometimes patients with scarlet fever have seizures if the rash does not appear in any way. In these cases Apis mellifica can help and must be compared with Cuprum, Zincum and Bryonia. A hot bath will make the cramps worse.

"Sensation of spasm and sore throat in the morning." Throat sore and swollen, stinging pain. "Can't swallow solid food." These complaints are often accompanied by tremors; febrile conditions are accompanied by a slight chill. Many times they try to cover these patients with a blanket, but they throw it off, as this worsens their condition. The child throws off the blanket. The adult patient is shaking with chills, but at the same time he throws off the blanket at the slightest attempt to cover it. These strange, special symptoms that seem paradoxical are the key signs.

Apis mellifica is characterized by vomiting, nausea, belching; vomiting, accompanied by anxiety. Vomiting of bile and everything eaten. Vomiting of bitter and sour liquids.

Apis mellifica causes soreness and tension in the abdomen and hypochondria. Many complaints of this remedy are accompanied by a feeling of tension. Bloating with gas. Flatulence, great tension and fullness, abdomen hard and distended like a drum. Severe tension and bloating accompanies any inflammation: peritonitis, liver inflammation, pelvic inflammation; but the peculiarity of this tension is that it can be local; sometimes there is only slight congestion, but the tension in the abdomen is very great and the patient is afraid to cough, thinking that something might burst in the abdomen. When coughing, there is also a feeling that something might be torn. Cannot push during bowel movements. All this is characteristic of the symptoms of the abdomen and pelvis in women. The patient will tell you that she cannot push because she is afraid that something will come off in her stomach. The same picture is present in the chest. It seems that when you cough, something comes off, as if stretched strings are breaking.

Hypersensitivity of the liver, inflammation of the liver and spleen. Pain under the false ribs, more on the left. “The pain from the hypochondria extends upward. Must bend forward due to painful spasm in the hypochondrium. " Complaints often cause the patient to bend forward and bend the limbs due to painful tension. The stomach is sensitive to touch. The entire abdomen is painful, and the touch causes severe pain; these complaints occur in women with inflammatory diseases. Soreness, tension, burning and stinging pain in the abdomen. Burning heat in stomach.

Distended, swollen outer parts of the abdomen. The edema is sometimes local, sometimes it is anasarca. The limbs are swollen over a wide extent; when pressed, a fossa remains, swelling of the limbs and feet with burning, stinging pain and numbness.

Feeling that the intestines are "bruised". Apis mellifica is characterized by watery diarrhea, liquid stools of yellow, green and olive-green color. Loose stools six to eight times a day, with a smell fell. It is especially suitable for this kind of stool containing blood, mucus and food debris, making it look like tomato sauce. The anus falls out with the stool and looks open, like Phosphorus or Pulsatilla. Chronic diarrhea, dysentery, intestinal bleeding. Constipation in this drug is more associated with brain pathology. There may be no stool for many days. The intestines appear completely paralyzed, with congestion of the brain and acute hydrocephalus.

Apis mellifica has many urinary problems. Scanty urine, flowing out drop by drop. It is necessary to push hard so that even a little urine is released; a few hot drops come out. Hot bloody urine. As soon as there is even a little urine in the bladder, constant unproductive urges appear. Later, the flow of urine is completely suppressed. Children do not excrete urine for a long time, screaming shrilly, holding their heads, screaming in their sleep, throwing off the blanket. In this condition, a dose of Apis mellifica often helps to correct the situation. The remedy is also often indicated for the appearance of protein in the urine during scarlet fever. Urinary problems are combined with swelling of the genitals. Scanty flow of urine in little boys, with swelling of the foreskin or with hydrocele. The child screams every time when they put him on the pot, because he remembers with what pain he was given the previous urination. Inflammation of the kidneys and ureters, bladder and urethra. The irritation of the entire urinary tract is very similar to that of Cantharis, so that these drugs act as antidotes for each other. If you have a child in front of you with acute bee venom poisoning, remember Apis mellifica. If you have been summoned to a woman who has drunk an infusion of a spanish fly for lecherous purposes and has poisoned herself, give her Apis mellifica. The fit of madness caused by Cantharis can also be overcome with Apis mellifica. The same applies to cutting, burning, stinging pain along the urinary tract. "Involuntary discharge of urine." Stitching pain in urethra, with enuresis. Severe irritation of urinary organs. “Stranguria, painful urination. Retention of urine in infants. " Surprisingly, long before the appearance of Apis mellifica, the old nannies knew what to do if the newborn did not urinate: they went to the nearest hive, took a couple of bees there and gave the baby a decoction of them. And this folk remedy worked great because it did the same as the homeopathic medicine. "Urine scanty, offensive, contains protein and blood cells." Acute albuminuria. Acute inflammation of the kidneys with excretion of protein in the urine; during or after scarlet fever or diphtheria, that is, as a complication of an acute illness. This kidney inflammation is likely to be fatal with allopathic treatment, but never with homeopathic treatment.

Apis mellifica is often indicated for pathology of the genitals in both men and women, although this medicine has become a particularly good "friend" for the latter. Swelling and swelling of the genitals. Almost any inflammatory diseases of the genital area are well cured by this remedy when the symptoms coincide. Inflammation of the uterus and appendages with excruciating suffering of both internal and external organs can be cured, you just need to find the characteristic symptoms. The medication can even prevent miscarriage. It can prevent abortion, when some bastards try to get rid of the baby by taking certain drugs, and these drugs cause such severe and painful cramps in the uterus that all the contents are expelled. In this case, minor bleeding occurs, although it threatens to turn into profuse, the fetal membranes have not yet broken through, although this can happen at any moment, the woman experiences burning, stinging pains, suffers from heat and throws off her clothes; more often this condition is caused by taking ergotamine. Apis mellifica removes all symptoms, much to her regret. This type of villainy is widespread enough, unfortunately, widespread. However, it is possible that a woman, due to weakness or an accident, is in danger of miscarriage, despite the passionate desire to have children, and in these cases, many expectant mothers were grateful to Apis mellifica for the help. Burning and stinging pains in the ovaries, especially in the right; they are greatly enlarged and may even contain cysts. Apis mellifica is able to help in cases of such tumors and has often been instrumental in arresting or shrinking the cyst. Severe sensitivity of the right ovary region. Pain in the ovaries and uterus before and during menses. Stinging, tearing, tearing pain, cutting like a knife, worse from heat. This symptom is usually quite obvious, since the first reaction of others to pain of this kind is to apply a hot heating pad, which immediately aggravates the condition, indicating the medicine. The patient pushes her away from him. "The ovaries are enlarged." Dropsy of the right ovary. Tumors of the right ovary.

Apis mellifica (after Grangeor)

Apis (bee)

Apis is a great remedy for allergy sufferers who have an edematous reaction with a tingling, burning sensation, relieved by cold.

These are often jealous, tough children who are difficult to please and who cannot concentrate when reading and studying. Being allergic, they cannot stand the outside world and react to others as if they were bitten by a fly (or rather a bee). They are very fond of loneliness and can hardly bear the team. It is a good remedy for severe fever without thirst, as is the case in small children from 9 to 12 months with infant roseola (high body temperature for 3 days, then a transient rash), or in large children with meningeal mumps. It is also useful for hay coryza with conjunctival edema (chemosis), for hives and eczema that soothe from the cold, for insect bites with a local or severe general reaction (eg, edema of the vocal folds). Children who are shown this medicine may have barley boils on the eye, mainly right-sided red and white tonsillitis.

In symbolic terms, Apis is a bull (God Apis among the Egyptians). In the Christian religion, the bull is one of the four characters that surround the newborn in the manger. To become an adult, to be able to say “I exist,” a child must lean on these four pillars. But later he will have to leave his mother, father, donkey, which is in him (i.e. acquire knowledge) and the bull (i.e. remove the eye patch).

In bullfighting, the bull represents a blind force that refuses to look around. Thus, the bullfighter, a man in light clothing, kills the bull in the arena, since the bull did not want to change his path. Symbolically, this is the victory of the enlightened mind over blind matter.

Bertrand, 10 years old, wakes up one morning with festering eyes and eyelids glued together with pus. He suffers from severe pain in the head. Only the application of cold water eases his suffering. An urgently called ophthalmologist diagnoses acute viral keratoconjunctivitis (corneal injury) and advises the use of eye drops with antibiotics and anti-inflammatory drugs. But the headaches disappeared very quickly after taking Apis 7CH, 3 balls. This medicine, taken every hour, heals this acute illness on the same day.

The name of the drug Apis mellifica is translated as "honey bee". Homeopathic remedy made from bee extract.

For the preparation of the drug, both bees are taken as a whole, and only bubbles of bee venom. The action of the drug is based on the effect of bee venom on the human body.

Note! The main indication for the appointment of Apis is acute inflammation with edema, sharp stabbing pain and fever.

Features of the psyche Apis

Apis is especially suitable for people with thin transparent skin prone to all kinds of allergic reactions. These are restless, fussy people, jealous, suspicious. It is difficult for them to concentrate attention when writing and reading, apathy and indifference are characteristic.

Photo 1: Apis is also prescribed to moody, whimpering children and hysterical girls during puberty. Source: flickr (Sarah Strawn).

The effect of the drug and indications for use

To understand in which cases Apis is used, you need to remember the body's reaction to a bee sting. First, there is always a sharp local inflammation and edema, then pain, and only after a while exudation - the release of fluid from the inflamed tissue.

Allergy to bee venom is manifested by the following symptoms:

hives;
general weakness;
temperature increase;
headache;
heavy sweating;
delirium, loss of consciousness;
convulsions.

All these symptoms are the basis for the appointment of Apis.

A characteristic feature is the suddenness of the onset of the disease and the rapidity of development..

Diseases

Note! All diseases for which Apis is indicated have similar symptoms and the nature of the course of the disease.

Dropsy

This is a common name for pathologies in which fluid accumulates in the body cavities. Apis is one of the most effective medicines in helping tissues absorb fluid. According to the localization area, dropsy is classified as follows:

hydrothorax - in the pleural cavity;
abscess - in the abdominal cavity;
synovitis - in the knee joint;
hydrocephalus - in the brain (especially with tuberculous meningitis);
edema of the genitals (both male and female).

The main symptom of Apis with dropsy is the complete absence of thirst. In all cases, Apis is prescribed if there is a burning, shooting pain. The condition worsens when lying down and relieves during movement.

Erysipelas

Erysipelas is an infectious inflammation of the soft tissues caused by group A beta-hemolytic streptococcus.

Apis is especially useful for inflammation of the face that starts on the right side and spreads to the left. Painful sensations are of a stabbing nature, intensified. The patient feels thirsty.

Hives

Urticaria occurs as one of the manifestations of allergies. Oblong blisters and yellowish vesicles form on the skin and mucous membranes. Burning and itching becomes almost unbearable.

Smallpox

With this disease, Apis is also used if edema and severe itching occur.

Rheumatism

It is an inflammatory disease of the connective tissue. Apis works well, especially for acute inflammation of the joints. The pains are worse from the slightest touch and from movement. Numbness is felt, the affected areas are swollen, the skin seems to be taut.

Paralysis

Apis is prescribed for paralytic weakness resulting from intoxication from the action of various poisons (animals, plant, mineral), as well as due to infectious diseases such as typhoid, diphtheria.

Fever

Apis is indicated in the case of intermittent fever, i.e. when the temperature rises quickly and significantly, and after a few hours quickly drops to normal. Moreover, chills are characteristic, beginning at three o'clock in the afternoon, followed by fever. There is pressure in the chest. In the interval between attacks of fever, symptoms such as swelling of the extremities, hives, pain under the ribs appear.

Typhoid fever

An infectious disease that affects the intestines, and then other organs (liver, spleen, and gallbladder). This disease is characterized by many Apis symptoms, such as high fever, chills, headaches, general weakness, and an enlarged abdomen. Apis is prescribed in a state of dullness, apathy, with a great loss of strength. The patient is delirious, he has a happy expression on his face. Tongue red, dry, with a coating on the back and bubbles at the tip.

Scarlet fever

This disease also has Apis symptoms. Scarlet fever is characterized by fever, a rash all over the body, and acute inflammation of the tonsils (tonsillitis). The patient constantly feels sleepy, sleeps a lot or, conversely, cannot sleep, is irritable.

Diphtheria

Upper respiratory tract disease. Called by Leffler's bacillus. It is characterized by acute inflammation of the pharynx, nose, intoxication. The temperature rises slightly or remains normal. Breathing is difficult due to laryngeal edema. In some cases, a rash appears on the body, due to which this disease can be confused with scarlet fever.

Diseases of the female reproductive system

Apis is indicated for inflammation and ovarian cysts, when there is a stabbing burning pain on the right, a tumor. Apis is also used in the absence of menstruation, during painful menstruation. Girls in puberty are also prescribed a drug if nervousness and impaired coordination of movements are observed (everything falls out of the hands).

Eye diseases

Apis is used for asthenopia if pain appears in the eyes. Also, the drug is used for edema of the eyelids (especially the lower eyelid), with redness and burning.

Toothaches

Apis is prescribed for severe stabbing toothaches, as well as for all types of tumors and edema in the oral cavity (flux, gum inflammation, tongue inflammation).

Contraindications and side effects

Photo 2: The drug Apis in low dilutions is contraindicated in acute intolerance to bee venom. Side effects in this case can be allergic reactions.

Apis's action in homeopathy has been compared to stinging pains similar to a bee sting. The medicine causes redness, tissue swelling, swelling and pain in the eyes, lips, throat, and face. Also, medicines with Apis affect the reproductive system.

Composition and form of release of Apis

The active substance of Apis is the whole bee, or the powder from its poisonous bubbles in combination with sugar.

The medicine is produced in the form of homeopathic granules (D3, C3, C6 and above) or drops (D3, C3, C6 and above).

Indications for use of Apis

In homeopathy, Apis is prescribed for acute pains reminiscent of bee stings or needle penetration. Such pains can be characterized by a change in location (occur in one place, then disappear and appear in another). Apis, according to the instructions, is used against the background:

Various acute edema, including edema of the pharynx, genitals, lips and tongue;
Sore throats;
Hives;
Dropsy;
Pleurisy;
Synovitis;
Inflammatory diseases of the genitourinary system;
Diseases of the ovaries (especially the right);
Scrofulous ophthalmia, corneal injury and retinal detachment.

Most often, Apis is prescribed for women and children.

Contraindications

Apis, according to the instructions, should not be taken if you have hypersensitivity to bee venom.

Method of using Apis

The duration of taking Apis, according to reviews, is determined by the doctor individually, depending on the indications and response to the therapy.

Side effects

Usually during treatment Apis, according to reviews, does not lead to the development of side effects. In some cases, due to the bee venom contained in the medicine, allergic reactions may occur, manifested in the form of short rashes or diarrhea.

Combined medicines containing Apis

As an active ingredient, Apis is a part of various medicines.

Apis Plus suppositories are used for inflammatory diseases of the female and male genital organs. The composition of the medicine, in addition to bee venom, in equal parts includes: pulsatilla pratensis, cimicifuga racemosis, calendula and thuja.

Usually prescribed as part of the complex treatment of chronic salpingo-oophoritis and nonspecific prostatitis, 1 Apis Plus suppository daily. The course of therapy is 2 months.

When using Apis Plus suppositories, in some cases, the development of allergic reactions was observed, therefore, in the presence of hypersensitivity to the components of the drug, its use is contraindicated.

Bee venom is found in some topical products. So, the ointment, which includes Apis and Belladonna, is usually prescribed for the treatment of:

Inflammatory skin lesions
Redness, irritation, itching and burning of the skin;
Rashes and blisters with burning and itching.

The composition of the complex homeopathic drops Apis compositum, used in dermatology, in addition to bee venom, includes: lycopodium clavatum, acidum silicicum and iodum.

The medication should be taken orally in 10 drops, which are previously diluted in 1/4 cup of water. The medicine should be drunk in small portions, trying not to swallow longer. You cannot drink Apis compositum drops. It is also necessary to observe an interval of at least half an hour with food intake. Duration of treatment is 2 months. Repetition of the course is possible according to indications.

The medication is not prescribed for children and adolescents under 18 years of age. Also, the use of Apis compositum is contraindicated against the background of acute hepatitis and hypersensitivity to the components of the drops.

Apis is also part of other complex homeopathic medicines:

Venoflebin granules used in the treatment of venous circulation disorders and hemorrhoids;
Drops for oral administration of Ginekohel, used against the background of inflammatory diseases of the female genital organs;
Galium-Hel drops with antiallergic effect;
Tablets for resorption of Angin-Hel SD and granules of Anginit-GF, used for the treatment of acute and chronic tonsillitis;
Populus Compositum SR drops, which are prescribed during the treatment of diseases of the urinary system and prostate gland.

Impact of Apis on the body

Apis causes the same reaction in the body as a bee sting - swelling, redness, swelling, pain when touched.

Like any homeopathy, Apis is used in micro-doses to treat diseases with symptoms similar to the action of an undiluted drug.

This drug is used mainly for the treatment of skin diseases, inflammatory diseases of the throat, edema of tissues of various origins and diseases of the genitourinary system.

Contraindications

The use of Apis is contraindicated in people with hypersensitivity and allergic reactions to bee products.

Apis comp

Apis Comp is a homeopathic preparation for the complex treatment of dermatitis and eczema.

It consists of Apis melifica D6, common lamb D12, aqueous silicic acid D12, iodine D12, ethyl alcohol. Apis comp is available in dropper bottles of 25 ml.

Method of application of the drug: half an hour before meals (or one hour after) 8-10 drops of 60-70 ml of water 1 time per day. According to the Apis Comp instructions, the duration of treatment is 2 months.

Apis plus

Apis plus is a combined homeopathic preparation in the form of rectal suppositories (suppositories) for the treatment of diseases of the genitourinary system (both in men and women).

Apis plus has decongestant, analgesic and anti-inflammatory effects.

Each Apis plus candle contains Apis melifica C3, Pulsatilla pratensis C3, Cimicifuga racemosa C3, Calendula officinalis C3, Thuja occidentalis D3, Lanolinum anhydricum, Oleum cacao. Available in 6 candles per pack.

Apis plus suppositories are indicated for ovarian cysts, endometritis, chronic adnexitis, cervical erosion, dysmenorrhea, chronic prostatitis, dysuric disorders.

According to the Apis plus instructions, 1 suppository is prescribed rectally at night, the course of treatment is 4-8 weeks. It is possible to use this homeopathic remedy in combination with other medicines. The drug Apis plus is well tolerated by patients, rarely causes side effects.

Apis Homaccord

Homeopathy Apis Homaccord is a combination of several components - honey bee extract, Apisinum, Scilla, Tartarus stibiatus. This combination of components makes the drug effective for violations of the heart muscle, cardiac edema, glomerulonephritis, skin diseases, chronic bronchitis, cerebral hypersensitivity (sleep disorders, hyperexcitability).

Apis Gomaccord is available in the form of ampoules (for injection) and drops (for oral use).

According to the instructions, Apis Gomaccord injections is prescribed 1 ampoule 2-3 times a week. The drug is administered intramuscularly, subcutaneously or intravenously.

The drop form of the drug Apis Gomaccord is prescribed 10 drops 2-4 times a day. This homeopathic remedy can be combined with any other medicines. Apis Gomaccord does not cause side effects.

This information is provided for informational purposes only and is advisory in nature. Drugs and dosages are prescribed only by a doctor.