Dr Fahmeedah BK
Hamamelis has extensive 273 mind symptoms which are unknown to most of the homeopaths.
INTRODUCTION:
Hamamelis virginica – the Witch Hazel, is a homoeopathic therapeutic agent well known for its action on the venous system. It is also known as the Aconite of veins. This remedy has been clinically abused in conditions like varicose veins and haemorrhoids. Yet the pathogenesis of this remedy at the level of mind is being overlooked in our Materia Medica. Boericke has no mind section under this remedy in his Materia Medica , Kent has forgotten to mention this remedy in his Materia Medica, Nash has not mentioned any mind symptom under this drug ,Clarke has described the mind of Hamamelis in four to five symptoms.
However, from the knowledge of repertory it is found that hamamelis has extensive mind symptoms which is unknown to most of the homoeopaths. Schroyen’s Synthesis-9.0 gives 273 mind rubrics of Hamamelis. It is essential to study the miasmatic evolution of the remedies in order that we know what symptoms and rubrics can be given more importance at what stage.
Listed below are the tri- miasmatic evolution of mind of Hamamelis virginica.
| PSORA | SYCOSIS | SYPHILIS | 
| ACTIVITY : 
 AGILITY: mental AILMENTS FROM 
 ANXIETY 
 CARES : FULL OF 
 CHEERFUL 
 COMPANY 
 COMPLAINING 
 CONCENTRATION 
 CONSCIENTIOUS 
 CONVERSATION 
 EXCITEMENT EXERTION 
 HOME – desires to go INJUSTICE 
 IRRITABILITY 
 MEMORY 
 QUITE disposition SENSITIVE 
 SHRIEKING, anger in SINGING STARTING 
 SYMPATHETIC TIDY TRANQUILITY WALKING 
 YIELDING 
 | ABSENTMINDED ABSORBED ADMONITION: agg AILMENTS FROM 
 ANGER 
 CAPRICIOUSNESS COMPANY Aversion to: alone amel, when CONCENTRATION 
 CONFIDENCE 
 CONFIDENT CONFIDING CONVERSATION 
 DISCONTENTED 
 DULLNESS 
 EXPRESSING 
 FEAR 
 FIRMNESS HAUGHTY IDEAS – Abundant 
 INDUSTRIOUS (= mania for work) IRRESOLUTION 
 JEALOUSY 
 LAZINESS 
 MOROSE 
 OFFENDED – easily OPINIONS – Respected, expects her opinions to be PATIENCE PLANS – making many plans POSITIVENESS QUIET 
 RESPECTED, desire to be RESTLESSNESS 
 REVERENCE 
 SADNESS 
 SUSPICIOUS SYMPATHY 
 TACITURN THINKING 
 VIVACIOUS WATCHED 
 WEEPING 
 | AILMENTS FROM 
 ANGUISH 
 AVERSION 
 AWKWARD 
 CAREFREE COMPANY 
 CONFUSION of mind 
 DEATH 
 DELUSIONS 
 DESIRES Full of desires – grandeur, desire for DESPAIR 
 EXHILARARTION 
 FANCIES 
 FORGETFUL 
 FORESAKEN Feeling Isolation, sensation of HEADLESS HELPLESSNESS Feeling of HURRY 
 IMPATIENCE 
 INDIFFERENCE 
 LAMENTING 
 LAUGHING Easily Trifles at MEMORY weakness of memory 
 MENTAL EXERTION 
 MENTAL POWER – increased MISTAKES, making 
 PROSTRATION of mind READING 
 SPEECH 
 SPOKEN TO 
 STUPEFACTION 
 THOUGHTS 
 TRANQUILITY 
 UNFEELING UNSYMPATHETIC. | 
CONCLUSION:
The above information reveals that Hamamelis is basically a remedy with high esteem and is haughty, concerned about social position and desires to be respected, the lack of which will lead to the pathological expressions of the mind symptoms. This remedy has affections mainly at the intellectual sphere of the mind. 
The above study also gives inference that many expressions of mind in Hamamelis are of syphilitic nature. Hence, we can conclude that Hamamelis can be prescribed not only by organoleptic approach but also considered in constitutional approach of prescription.
REFERENCES:
- Dr Kapil K Sharma Mental Personalities with Their Linking Rubrics and Important Remedies .2nd corrected and added ed. New Delhi: Indian Books And Periodicals Publishers (P) Ltd; 2009.
- Radar Software : Frederik Schroyens Synthesis Repertory ,Version 9.1
Dr.FAHMEEDAH B.K
PG Scholar, Department of Materia Medica,
Government Homoeopathic Medical College & Hospital, Bengaluru.







hamamelis very useful for circulation in painful leg veins probably mini lachesis as this snake has too alert tongue eyes scaly skin.