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CINA MARITIMA

CINA MARITIMA
cinaPolychrestPlantCommonPsoric
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🎯 A remedy primarily for children suffering from intestinal irritation, worms, and associated nervous irritability or convulsions.
About: Cina is a key remedy for irritable, cross children who are prone to worm infestations. It is characterized by intense sensitivity, physical restlessness, and symptoms like teeth grinding, nose picking, and sudden jerking movements. It is particularly useful when these physical complaints are accompanied by a demanding, difficult temperament.
👤 Constitution
Typically a big, fat, rosy, scrofulous child who is irritable, cross, and wants to be rocked or carried.
Key Symptoms — Give When You See
Very cross, irritable child who does not want to be touched or carried.
Boericke
Constant picking or rubbing of the nose.
Boericke
Grinding of teeth during sleep.
Boericke
Twisting pain around the navel.
Boericke
Pale face with dark rings around the eyes.
Boericke
Hungry, gnawing sensation in the stomach.
Boericke
Involuntary twitching and jerking of limbs.
Boericke
Itching of the anus.
Boericke
🩺 Systems & Indications
🧠Mind
Prescribe for children who are extremely irritable, demanding, and difficult to please.
Very irritable and cross
  • does not want to be touched, crossed, or carried..
Desires many things but rejects everything offered.
Abnormal feeling of guilt, as if having committed a bad deed.
🔑 Modalities
Worse from
Better from
💊 Dosage & Potency
3X
Decimal
🕒As directed
📝Third attenuation.
Primary Dosage
200C
Centesimal
🕒As directed
📝For nervous irritable children.
30C
Centesimal
🕒As directed
📝For nervous irritable children.
🌿 Remedy Relationships
🚫 Antidotes
CAMPHORA
🔄 Compare With
TeucriumIgnatia AmaraChamomillaSPIGELIA ANTHELMIASantonin
📚 Sources & References
Boericke's Materia MedicaHering's Guiding SymptomsHahnemann's Materia Medica PuraKent's Materia MedicaClarke's DictionaryAllen's KeynotesPhatak's Concise MM

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