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Corallium Rubrum

30CCorallium
Red Coral · "The Rapid Fire Whooping Cough Remedy"
cor-r.AnimalUncommonPsoric
🎯 It acts primarily on the respiratory system to treat spasmodic, coughs and conditions of the nose and throat.
📖 Boericke writes:
(CORALLIUM)
The provings of coral develop much and , and even within the nostrils. It is to be thought of for whooping and spasmodic coughs, especially when the attack comes on with a very rapid cough, and the attacks follow so closely as to almost run into each other. Often preceded by sensation of smothering, followed by exhaustion. Congestion of face after dinner. Patient becomes purple in face. Violence of , even with of blood. Feeling as if cold air were streaming through skull and air-passages. One is too cold when uncovered and too hot when covered; relieved by artificial heat.
👤 Constitution
•The typical patient is sensitive to cold air, feels suffocated during coughing fits, and may experience facial congestion or a purple appearance during intense .
⭐ Key Symptoms — Give When You See
Violence of , even with of blood.
introduction
Post-nasal .
nose
Profuse secretion of mucus dropping through ; air feels cold.
nose
Profuse secretion of mucus dropping through .
respiratory
Cough with great sensitiveness of air-passages; feel cold on deep inspiration.
respiratory
🩺 Systems & Indications
👤HEAD
Useful for intense frontal and pressure sensations in the head, especially when aggravated by cold air.
Feels very large; violent pain as if parietal bones were forced apart; worse stooping.
Eyes hot and painful.
Deep-seated frontal headache with severe pain back of eyeballs.
Pain aggravated by breathing cold air through nose.
🔑 Modalities
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💊 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.

3rd to 30th
Centesimal
Primary Dosage
🌿 Remedy Relationships
🤝 Complementary
Sulphur →
🔄 Compare With
Mephitis Putorius →Causticum →Drosera Rotundifolia →Belladonna →

Boericke's Materia Medica

In Boericke’s Repertory

About the repertory →

Corallium Rubrum is listed in 57 rubrics across 10 chapters — italicised by Boericke in 17 of them, marking the remedy as more frequently verified there.

Respiratory System23Male Sexual System13Nose7Skin6Face2Modalities2Eyes1Head1Female Sexual System1Throat1

See all 57 rubrics for Corallium Rubrum →