Musical Resonance

Some homeopathic remedies and their relation to music

It’s a musical night around my house tonight.

Not an unusual occurrence — friendly banter about what is “good” music. Who was better, Simon or Garfunkel? (Or, were they each only any good as a pair?) What would protest music look like in today’s current climate? A sharing of playlists. It’s a good thing. (I have found a bunch of my favorite tunes from my boys.)

Some people are greatly affected by music. Sound as a healing modality is such a cool idea — Tibetan singing bowls? Amazing. Never heard of them? Here are a couple links about the singing bowls: HERE* and HERE* 

Some alternative healing practitioners use tuning forks, something I’ve never tried, but I sure would like to give it a whirl! See here.* 

Music affects me strongly — but, I have to like what I’m listening to or else there’s no point in having it playing, (or, I’m ok with leaving the room, too.) I really need to like what music is playing. For the record, I’m a B-side kind of a gal, and, happy music only for me, please!  It’s a good thing I like a large and eclectic assortment of tunes, or life would be difficult for me.

If music plays an important or unusual role in your life, one of these rubrics may help you find a remedy that really resonates with you.

Let’s look at a few of these rubrics — they’re kind of fun, and quite specific and give us a little different insight into a couple of homeopathic remedies.

Homeopathic Tarantula hispanica, the Spanish tarantula has some interesting associations to music.

• If passing water is difficult without listening to music, Tarentula might be of interest to you.

• If you suffer from chorea (spasmodic involuntary movement of the limbs) or convulsions and music helps, Tarentula may help.

• … Music ameliorates is a big one for Tarentula.

• Music causing restless limbs or mental restlessness.

• Staring eyes while listening to music.

• Fears and phobias from music.

• Music aggravates.

• Music causing mental excitement or hysterical behavior.

• Desires to hear or play music.

• Drums produce euphoria.

• Profuse perspiration from music.

• Involuntary singing.

• Impulse to dance… wildly… and jump!

• Dancing ameliorates.

It shouldn’t be a big surprise after reading that list to learn that homeopathic Tarentula hispanica is a remedy for over-stimulation of the nervous system.

Another creature connected with music is the whale, or, more specifically, Ambra grisea, the highly prized substance from the secretion from the intestine of the sperm whale. For a little more info on this interesting stuff: here and here.

What musical symptoms may send you in the direction of homeopathic Ambra grisea, a remedy often associated with introversion and shyness?

• If music brings on trembling nerves.

• Pain in the ears from music.

• Hyperemia (or, excess blood in a body part, in this case the head) from music.

• A sensation of heat in the head from music.

• Headache from music.

• Heart palpitations from listening to music.

• And, weeping from music.

A bigger remedy for the music causing the tears to flow is Nat mur, a homeopathic remedy which often has deep grief and sorrow at its core. Other salty (Nat mur) music symptoms:

• Depression and sadness from music.

• Music aggravates or ameliorates — either way, it just has an effect.

• Irritability from music.

• Impulse to dance.

All three of these remedies are indicated for those who are oversensitive and emotional to music, but especially Nat mur and Tarentula, but on opposite sides of the [musical] scale.

In the words of Aldous Huxley, “After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music.”

Julia Coyte, CHom

Classically Practical homeopath

#wellnessawaits

* I have no affiliation with any of these — I just grabbed them off the internet after a quick search.

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“I haven’t understood a bar of music in my life, but I have felt it.” – Igor Stravinsky

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