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Codeinum

30CCodeine

Codeine · Methylmorphine · "The Dry Spasmodic Cough Remedy"

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🎯 It acts primarily on the nervous system to control involuntary muscle twitching and is used in the management of diabetes and chronic cough.

📖 Boericke writes:

Trembling of whole body. Involuntary twitching of muscles of arms and lower limbs. Itching, with feeling of warmth, numbness and prickling. Diabetes.

👤 Constitution

•Generally indicated for individuals suffering from nervous irritability, involuntary muscle movements, and chronic respiratory or metabolic complaints.

🩺 Systems & Indications

👤Head

Indicated for neuralgic pain and post-neuralgic soreness of the head and face.

Pain from occiput to back of neck.

Skin of face and scalp sore after neuralgia.

🔑 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.

One-quarter of a grain

Other

Primary Dosage

Decimal

📝third trituration

🌿 Remedy Relationships

🔄 Compare With

Opium →Agaricus Muscarius →Hyoscyamus Niger →Ammonium Bromatum →

Boericke's Materia Medica

In Boericke’s Repertory

About the repertory →

Codeinum is listed in 23 rubrics across 9 chapters — italicised by Boericke in 10 of them, marking the remedy as more frequently verified there.

Respiratory System7 Locomotor System5 Stomach3 Generalities2 Urinary System2 Face1 Skin1 Eyes1 Nervous System1

See all 23 rubrics for Codeinum →