Staphysagria

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Staphysagria

• Presented By
• Dr Bipin Jain

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PLANT KINGDOM

• RANUNCULACEAE FAMILY
• REMEDIES
• Aconite.
• Cimicifuga.
• Clemetist erecta .
• Hellaborus nig.
• hydrastis.
• Pulsatilla
• Rananculus
• Staphysagriya

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Common symptoms Rananculus family

• Morbid sensitive
• Vexed
• Excessive anger with grief
• Insulted, guilt, distressed,
• Irritability, excited easily, raw nerves
• Inner conflicts many emotions excited together
  ,one on top of the other.
• Inner conflicts suppressed
• Outbursts ,brooding, passionate.
• Dream vexation
• Somatisation, somatopsychic
• Mental physical connection or alternations.
• Tremors from emotion.
• sharp, stitching, stabbing, stinging, sticking ,
  bursting pain.
• Numbness / blunting.

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Distribution

• Native of Italy
• Greek Islands
• East Africa
• SW Asia.

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STAPHYSAGRIA

• Botanical Name Delphinium Staphysagria
• (LINN)
• Family N.O.Ranunculaceae.
• Synonyms Staphysagria Macrocarpa.S.pedicularis

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COMMON NAMES STAVESACRE

• English
• Louse Seeds
• Palmated larkspur
• French
• Stahisaigre
• German
• Stephanskorner
• Lausesamen

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Name Explanations

• Gr.Staphis Raisins
• ( Appearance of Flowers)

• Agria Wild
• ( Resemblance to leaves of vine)

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Name Explanations

• DELPHINIUM
• Gr. Delphinion.
• ( Dolphin )

• Allusion to the appearance of Flower Buds

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Name Explanations

• LARKSPUR
• Spurred flowers

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Appearance

• Spurred Dark PURPLE Blue flowers
• Five Petals

• Hairy palmately lobed Leaves

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Appearance

• STEM
• Hollow stems Too weak to carry the heavy flower
  spikes, easily break when not supported or
  protected against wind.

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Horticulturists

• Queen of The Border
• Garden ARISTOCRATS

• EXTREMELY NOTICEABLE
• Tall, Elegant, Dignified appearance as they tower
  above surrounding plants.

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seeds

• 6-8mm long broad
• Irregularly 4 sided pyramidal shape
• Sharp angled
• Little Flattened
• Rough pitted surface

• Seed coat is nearly tasteless
• endosperm is oily and has a bitter acrid taste
• Grey colour which turns blackish-brown on keeping.

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CONSTITUENTS

• The chief constituents of Stavesacre seeds are
  from 20-25 of alkaloid matter-which consists
  chiefly of the bitter,acrid,crystalline, alkaloid
• Resembles chemically pharmacologically Aconitine

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Symptoms SEEDS iNGESTION

• Nausea, vomiting, giddiness, restlessness
  followed by immobility, convulsions death from
  respiratory paralysis.

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Medicine USES ACTION

• To destroy Body Vermin.
• Cutaneous Eruptions.
• Scabies
• Treatment of Eye diseases.
• For Neuralgia.
• Action on spinal cord Arrests Convulsions
  

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DELPHINIUMS aSSOCIATION

• Grieving Gods

• Dishonoured Heroes

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Delphiniums association

• Brave Knights

• Slain Dragons

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Apollo loved Hyacinthus

• Beautiful Lad Hyacinthus Playmate

• Sun God Apollo

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Zephyrus

• God of West Wind.
• Provoked jealous spite in Zephyrus.

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• When Apollo Hyacinthus were playing Discus,
  Jealous Zephyrus deflected Discus with gust of
  Wind, driving at Hyacinthus Head killing him.

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• GRIEF Apollo transformed the blood that flowed
  from the Mortal wound into a DARK BLUE FLOWER
• Petals marked
• ai ai(alas, woe)

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• IMMORTALITY HYACINTHUS Returned every spring
  recalling Apollos great cry of grief at his
  lovers death.
• Also promised flowers will commemorate one of
  BRAVEST HEROES

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Ajax argued with Odysseus To receive armour of
slain HERO ACHILLIES Odysseus was awarded the
armour. Enraged Ajax decided to kill Greek Leaders
AJAX Hero of Trojan war
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• Greek Goddess Athena made Ajax mad.

• Instead of killing men Ajax slaughtered Cattles

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• Realized Full of Shame despair he fell on his
  sword.
• Hyacinth Sprang Ajax Blood Fell.
• Petals marked Two letters of word Ajax.
• Delphinium ajacis has the same mark on petals.
• Odysseus Beg him to forget his bitterness.
• Ajax Refused to speak HAUGHTY SILENCE

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Italian mythology
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• Three Warriors killed BLUE Dragon.
• Wiped sword on grass changed into larkspur.
• Blood Colour to flower
• Venom Poisonous plant

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• GENERAL Lightness Levity
• PINK Fickleness
• PURPLE Haughtiness Pride.

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STAPHYSAGRIA

• Plant
• Highly sensitive
• Easily break when not supported or protected from
  wind.

• Staphysagria
• Sensitive to all External Impressions.
• Sensitive to Rudeness of others.
• Morbidly Sensitive easily offended
  (Boger)

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STAPHYSAGRIA

• Staphysagria
• Wants to be superior to others mostly thinks he
  actually is.
• CLARKE illusion as if all surrounding objects
  were lower, the patient himself much taller
  than in reality
• Too Dignified too Fight

• Plant
• Tall, Elegant, Dignified appearance as they tower
  above surrounding plants.

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STAPHYSAGRIA

• Plant
• Stately size is at the same time their very
  weakness.
• Weakness Hollow stem.

• Staphysagria
• Avoids other people because his inner weakness
  makes him fear them ( esp. Those knowing him)
• Will see his weakness consequently over power
  him.

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STAPHYSAGRIA

• Plant
• Superior range of shades textures within Blue
  area of spectrum
• Purple Haughtiness Pride

• Staphysagria
• Pride Arrogance are characteristic of
  Staphysagria.

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