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Chlorum

30CChlorum
Chlorine Gas · "The Chlorine Gas Remedy"
chlor.MineralUncommonPsoric
🎯 It acts primarily on the respiratory system, causing spasms of the glottis and severe breathing difficulties.
📖 Boericke writes:
The marked effect on the respiratory organs, producing spasm of the glottis, is the chief symptom of the drug. to relieve the spasm of glottis. Useful externally and internally in .
👤 Constitution
The typical patient may exhibit signs of anxiety, fear of insanity, and memory lapses, particularly regarding names.
Key Symptoms — Give When You See
Marked loss of memory, especially for names.
mind
, with suffocation.
respiratory
Spasm of the glottis.
respiratory
Sudden from spasm of the vocal cords, with staring protruding eyes, blue face, cold sweat, pulse small.
respiratory
Inspiration free, with obstructed expiration.
respiratory
🩺 Systems & Indications
🧠Mind
Useful for mental states characterized by anxiety about sanity and specific memory deficits.
Fear of becoming crazy.
Marked loss of memory, especially for names.
🔑 Modalities
Worse from
💊 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.

4th to 6th
Decimal
📝Chlorine water must be freshly prepared when required of full strength.
Primary Dosage
🌿 Remedy Relationships
⏭️ Similar
Mephitis Putorius

Boericke's Materia Medica

In Boericke’s Repertory

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Chlorum is listed in 22 rubrics across 8 chapters — italicised by Boericke in 8 of them, marking the remedy as more frequently verified there.

Respiratory System14Mind2Nose1Throat1Mouth1Skin1Face1Male Sexual System1

See all 22 rubrics for Chlorum