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Gerbil gerbillus (Mongolian)
The latest proving from the School of Paracelsian Inductive Homoeopathy.Method of manufacture
Preparation of this remedy according to the traditional Hahnemannian methodology of maceration in alcohol (Method 1) was considered more appropriate than tritruration. The remedy was potentised to 42c. An alternative method was also used using a remedy making machine (Method 2), as illustrated, and separate provings were conducted on each remedy produced.
Method of proving
The initial provings were done in meditation groups each consisting of 16 males and 4 females reflecting the preponderance of male to female gerbils in their native Mongolia .( http://www.gerbils.co.uk/ )The finding of these groups have been confirmed in clinical usage over a 6 month period. Full versions of both provings are available from SPIH ( HYPERLINK "mailto:spih@drimon.co.uk" spih@drimon.co.uk ), however, both provings produced the same picture essentially and are presented here as one.
Background
The domestic gerbil used for this proving is of Mongolian descent. In the wild gerbils live in groups and are accustomed to extremes of temperature. However, they make their homes underground where the temperature is more moderate and there is some protection from predators. Interestingly, the provers in both groups found that they bonded exceptionally well with each other during the provings and both groups, independently, found that their meditations were conducted in virtual darkness, with curtains drawn even in the middle of the day!
Mental and emotional symptoms
The central delusion is that he is alone and small in a large, essentially hostile world.
‘I felt that if I left my house something terrible would happen to me’ (4)
‘I dreamed I was being chased by giants’ (2)
‘I had a desperate urge to hide away’ (5)
‘I knew I had to run away but didn’t know what from’.
A recurring theme was activity.
‘I felt a surge of energy and cleaned the whole house in one day’(1)
‘Relaxation was impossible – it was as if it was only through ceaseless activity that I could keep my persecutors at bay’(2)

Symptoms
GENERALITIES;
ERECT, difficult to stay (7)
FOOD and drinks; dry food; desires (K485, SRII-238, G414)
(2)
FOOD and drinks; escargots, aversion to (1)
FOOD and drinks; nuts, desires (K485, SRII-259, G415) (5)
FOOD and drinks; strange things, desires (K486, SRII-273,
G415) (16)
PAIN; digging up, burrowing, rooting sensation (K1380,
SRII-424, G1138) (108)
PERSPIRATION; suppressed; summer day, on a warm (1)
POKED with fingers, sensation as if (1)
REFLEXES; increased (SRII-559) (12)
RESTLESSNESS, physical (149)
RESTLESSNESS, physical; moon, around full (1)
SAND sensation (3)
SMOKE, hot, coming through all orifices, as if (1) *
TEETH; biting together; amel. (SRII-630) (7)
HEAT agg.(12)
MIND:
ACTIVITY; desire for; exercise, physical (SRI-389) (11) ****

general; sleeplessness; during, at night (1)
AVERSION; approached, of being (K9, SRI-103, G8) (16)
BITING; everyone who disturbs him (SRI-112) (1)
BITING; fingers (K9, SRI-112, G8) (8)
BUSY (K10, SRI-118, G8) (79)
BUSY; tying shoes, fumbling in pockets, picking threads etc. (1)
DREAMS; injuries; digging in fingernails (1)
FEAR; general; agoraphobia (29)
general; animals, of; birds, of (9)
general; animals, of; cats, of (SRI-483) (9)
general; animals, of; dogs, of (K44, SRI-495, G35) (23)
general; animals, of; snakes, of (SRI-523) (19)
general; animals, of; venomous, of, at night (SRI-479) (1)
general; animals, of; wolves, of (1)
general; approaching; others, of; touched, lest he be (K43,
SRI-481, G34) (12)
general; bitten, of being (K43, SRI-482, G34) (4)
general; run over, of being, on going out (K47, SRI- 521,G37) (5)
general; struck by those coming toward him, of being
(SRI-525) (8)
general; upward, of being drawn (K47, SRI-530, G38) (2)
alone, at night
GESTURES, makes; stamps the feet (K50, SRI-562, G40) (22)
MIND; HIDE, desire to (K51, SRI-575, G41) (33)
HIDE, desire to; earth, in the (1)
HIDE, desire to; fear, from; assaulted, of being (SRI-575) (1)
HIDE, desire to; shadows, wants to stay in the (1)
HURRY, haste; general (K52, SRI-579, G41) (152)
HURRY, haste; general; ambition, yet feels no (1)
HURRY, haste; general; duties, as by imperative (SRI-581) (1)
HURRY, haste; general; occupation, in (K52, SRI-582, SRI-583,
G41) (27)
IDEAS; fixed (49)
INDUSTRIOUS, mania for work (K56, SRI-630, G44) (131) ****
INQUISITIVE (K56, SRI-633, G45) (15)
MONOMANIA (K67, SRI-760, G54) (35)
RUNS about; lightness and rapidity, with great (SRI-863) (1)
TIMIDITY; public, about appearing in (K89, SRI-986, SRI-1025,
G31, G71) (25)
EXTREMITIES;
MOTION, motions; general; automatic; upper limbs (K1034,
G862) (15)
EYES;
WINKING; inclination (K270, G227) (42)
SKIN;
HAIRY; general; parts, unusual (K1326, G1093) (6)
SLEEP;
SLEEPLESSNESS; general; night; sleepiness, with; daytime;
STOMACH
APPETITE; gnawing; waking, on (1)
THIRSTLESSNESS
TEETH
ELONGATED sensation (K431, G368, G368) (101)
RECTUM;
CONSTIPATION; stools small and dry ( K270, G221) (9)
Modalities
<open air
<extremes of temperature
>company
Therapeutic indications
Hayfever; with red sore nose
Agoraphobia
Paranoia
ADHD
Related Remedies:
Coca: mental excitement, desires darkness, bashfulness, sleeplessness, constipation ( similarity most marked in remedy manufactured according to Method 1.
Stramonium: fear of animals (though not of enclosed dark spaces)
Pulsatilla: thirstlessness and amelioration from company
Psorinum: hayfever; fears; timidity; <night;< open airMiasm
Psora. The miasm of ‘poverty consciousness’ and general fearfulness. Tendency to hay fever, aggravation at night and in open air also confirm this as an important anti-psoric remedy.

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Proving presented in Homeopathy in Practice, Journal of the Alliance of Registered Homeopaths (www.a-r-h.org) 1st April, 2004