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Camphora

30C / QCamphor
Gum Camphor · Cinnamomum Camphora · "The Collapse Remedy"
camph.PolychrestPlantCommonPsoric
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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 patientwill not be covered, notwithstanding theicy 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
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
1X
Decimal
🕒15-minute intervals
📝After operations, if temperature is subnormal, low blood pressure
Primary Dosage
Tincture
Mother Tincture
🕒every five minutes
📝Drop doses on sugar as a heart stimulant
Primary Dosage
🌿 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 →
📚 Sources & References

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