Anacard. or.

Marking nut tree

Anacardium orientale / Semecarpus anacardium

The nuts from this tree have been used by Hindus for all kinds of skin complaints. The acrid black juice, found between the external rind and the nut, was used to burn off warts and to clean leg ulcers. The Hindus also mixed it with chalk to make an ink for marking linen. The Arabians used the juice chiefly for mental illness, loss of memory, paralysis, and spasms.

Parts Used

Oily black juice from around the nut.

Uses

This remedy is used when there is a sensation of constricted pain, as if the gut or anus is plugged, and the body feels as if there are bands around it. These symptoms may be associated with hemorrhoids and indigestion. Anacard. or. is also given for constipation, rheumatism, and duodenal ulcers that feel better after eating but cause acute discomfort once food has been digested.

Source

Grows mainly in the East Indies and other parts of Asia.

Personality profile

This is a rare constitutional type. However, the central characteristic of the Anacardium personality is quite dramatic, and hard to miss, providing that the patient feels sufficiently at ease with the homeopath to be open with him. The old materia medicas stress the divided nature of Anacardium's will. This division is between a normal, sensitive personality, and a sharply contrasting perverse or 'demonic' sub personality, which attempts to possess the individual and prompt him to commit obscene acts. The Anacardium patients are sufficiently in control of themselves to resist the promptings of their demonic side, although at times this involved a great struggle between the two wills (the resemblance to classic descriptions of demon possession was striking). The most consistent compulsion in Anacardium patients is a compulsion to curse at others in violent sexual language.