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Camphora

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Gum Camphor · Cinnamomum Camphora · "The Collapse Remedy"

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🎯 A powerful stimulant used primarily in states of collapse, shock, and sudden sinking of vital strength.

📖 Boericke writes:

Hahnemann says: "The action of this substance is very puzzling and difficult of investigation, even in the healthy organism because its primary action, more frequently than with any other remedy, alternates and becomes intermixed with the vital reactions (after effects) of the organism. On this account it is often difficult to determine what belongs to the vital reactions of the body and what to the alternating effects due to the primary action of the camphor."

Pictures a state of collapse. Icy coldness of the whole body; sudden sinking of strength; pulse small and weak. After operations, if temperature is subnormal, low blood pressure, 3 doses camph. 1x, 15-minute intervals. This condition is met with in cholera, and here it is that Camphor has achieved classical fame. First stages of a cold, with chilliness and sneezing. Subsultus and extreme restlessness. Cracking of joints. Epileptiform convulsions. Camphor has a direct relationship to muscles and fascia. In local rheumatic affections in cold climates necessary. Distention of veins. As a heart stimulant for emergency use of Camphor is the most satisfactory remedy. Drop doses on sugar as often as every five minutes.

It is characteristic of Camphor that the patient will not be covered, notwithstanding the icy coldness of the body. One of the main remedies in shock. Pain better while thinking of it. Very sensitive to cold and to touch. Sequelae of measles. Violent convulsion, with wandering and hysterical excitement. Tetanic spasms. Scrofulous children and irritable, weakly blondes especially affected.

👤 Constitution

•Often indicated for scrofulous children and irritable, weakly blondes who are sensitive to cold and touch.

⭐ Key Symptoms — Give When You See

Icy coldness of the whole body; sudden sinking of strength; pulse small and weak.

introduction

First stages of a cold, with chilliness and sneezing.

introduction

Pain better while thinking of it.

introduction

Nose cold and pinched.

head

Fleeting stitches in temporal region and orbits.

head

Occipital throbbing, synchronous with the pulse.

head

Cold and pinched.

nose

Persistent epistaxis, especially with goose-flesh state of skin.

nose

Priapism.

male

Breath cold.

respiratory

Icy coldness of the whole body.

fever

Congestive chill.

fever

🩺 Systems & Indications

👤HEAD

Used for headaches accompanied by cold symptoms or feelings of collapse.

Vertigo, tendency to unconsciousness, feeling as if he would die.

Influenza; headache, with catarrhal symptoms, sneezing, etc. Beating pain in cerebellum.

Cold sweat.

Nose cold and pinched.

Tongue cold, flabby, trembling.

Fleeting stitches in temporal region and orbits.

Head sore.

Occipital throbbing, synchronous with the pulse.

🔑 Modalities

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💊 Dosage & Potency

Historical record, not a prescription. Boericke published this in 1927. It is not medical advice — consult a qualified practitioner before acting on it.

Summarised from the passage below — Boericke’s own wording is the record.

Decimal

🕒15-minute intervals

📝After operations, if temperature is subnormal, low blood pressure

Tincture

Mother Tincture

🕒every five minutes

📝Drop doses on sugar as a heart stimulant

🌿 Remedy Relationships

🤝 Complementary

Cantharis Vesicatoria →

🚫 Antidotes

Opium →Phosphorus →Nitri Spiritus Dulcis →Tabacum →

🔄 Compare With

Cuprum Metallicum →Arsenicum Album →Carbo Vegetabilis →Veratrum Album →

⚠️ Inimical

Kalium Nitricum →

Boericke's Materia Medica

In Boericke’s Repertory

About the repertory →

Camphora is listed in 211 rubrics across 22 chapters — italicised by Boericke in 54 of them, marking the remedy as more frequently verified there.

Urinary System36 Abdomen21 Fever20 Nose16 Generalities14 Nervous System12 Circulatory System11 Modalities10 Locomotor System10 Head9 Face9 Skin7 Respiratory System7 Mind6 Stomach5 Male Sexual System4 Mouth3 Tongue3 Eyes3 Female Sexual System2 Taste2 Throat1

See all 211 rubrics for Camphora →