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CAMPHORA
CAMPHORA
camphPolychrestPlantCommonPsoric
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🎯 A powerful stimulant used primarily in states of collapse, shock, and sudden sinking of vital strength.
About: Camphora is a vital emergency remedy for sudden collapse, characterized by icy coldness of the body and a lack of desire to be covered. It is famously used in the early stages of cholera, shock, and the onset of colds with chilliness. It acts as a rapid heart stimulant and is highly effective for sudden, intense physical exhaustion.
👤 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 with an aversion to being covered.
Boericke
Sudden collapse with small, weak pulse and cold sweat.
Boericke
A primary remedy for the collapse stage of Asiatic cholera.
Boericke
Cold, pinched nose and cold, trembling tongue.
Boericke
Extreme restlessness and muscle twitching.
Boericke
Pain is better while thinking about it.
Boericke
Very sensitive to cold air and touch.
Boericke
Violent, dry, hacking cough with cold breath.
Boericke
🩺 Systems & Indications
👤HEAD
Used for headaches accompanied by cold symptoms or feelings of collapse.
Throbbing pain in the back of the head that matches the pulse.
Cold, pinched nose with cold sweat on the head.
Sharp, fleeting stitches in the temples and eye sockets.
Dizziness with a tendency to faint and a feeling of impending death.
Headache associated with cold symptoms like sneezing.
🔑 Modalities
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💊 Dosage & Potency
1X
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 →
🔄 Compare With
CUPRUM METALLICUM →ARSENICUM ALBUM →CARBO VEGETABILIS →VERATRUM ALBUM →
📚 Sources & References
✓ Boericke's Materia Medica↗✓ Hering's Guiding Symptoms↗Hahnemann's Materia Medica PuraKent's Materia MedicaClarke's DictionaryAllen's KeynotesPhatak's Concise MM
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