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Croton Chloral

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Croton Chloral · Chloral Derivative · "The Facial Neuralgia Chloral"
OtherRareClarke only

Exclusively Documented in Clarke

This remedy is documented exclusively in Clarke's Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica. It does not appear in other classical references in this encyclopedia.

🎯 It acts primarily as an anesthetic agent specifically targeting the brain and nerves of the head.
📖 Clarke writes:
Croton Chloral-hydrate. Butyl-chloral-hydrate. C4 H3 Cl3 OH2O. Trituration. Solution in alcohol and glycerine.
👤 Characteristics
Sphere of Action & Core States
Produces anaesthesia of the brain and nerves of the head
Does not affect the sensibility of the rest of the body
Used in cases of trifacial neuralgia
May cause sleep
May ease pain without causing sleep
May aggravate pains in some cases
Temperament & Physical Profile
Patients with carious teeth
Patients with anaemia
Key Symptoms — Give When You See
Anesthesia of the brain and nerves of the head
Clarke
Trifacial neuralgia
Clarke
Associated with carious teeth
Clarke
Often indicated in anemic patients
Clarke
Does not affect sensibility of the rest of the body
Clarke
May cause sleep in some individuals
Clarke
May ease pain without inducing sleep
Clarke
Pains may be aggravated by the remedy itself
Clarke
📋 Clinical Indications

Conditions Clarke associates with this remedy — no detailed symptom-by-system breakdown exists for this entry.

AnaesthesiaNeuralgia
Open in Clarke
🔑 Modalities
Clarke Exclusive
Worse from
Remedy administration
pains
📚 Sources & References
Clarke's DictionaryBoericke's Materia MedicaHering's Guiding SymptomsHahnemann's Materia Medica PuraKent's Materia MedicaAllen's EncyclopediaPhatak's Concise MM

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