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Oxygenium

6XOxyg
Oxygenium · Oxygen · "The Vitality Gas Remedy"
OtherRarePsoricClarke 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.

🎯 Acts primarily as an antiseptic and respiratory stimulant, influencing oxygenation processes and mucous membrane irritation.
📖 Clarke writes:
Oxygen (including Ozone, which is Nascent Oxygen.). O. (A. W. 16). Dilutions of distilled water charged with the gas. Dilutions of the preparation called Oxydol.
👤 Characteristics
Sphere of Action & Core States
Liberates oxygen in nascent state in the tissues
Antiseptic action (internal and external)
Acts on red corpuscles
Antidotal to morphia poisoning
Antidotal to strychnine poisoning (prevents convulsions)
Indicated in cancer (fungating)
Indicated in diabetes
Indicated in whooping-cough
Indicated in gonorrhoea (renders urine antiseptic)
Indicated in common cold
Indicated in sore throat/rawness of throat
Temperament & Physical Profile
Tall, slender, intensely pale, chlorotic
Stooping gait
Poor appetite
Great weakness; can scarcely walk a hundred yards
Prostration
Menses much delayed, scanty, watery, brownish
Leading Mental & Emotional Indicators
Desires motion, but dares not indulge due to exhaustion
Key Characteristics & Guiding Symptoms
Taste: disagreeably metallic (undiluted); no taste (diluted)
Bowels: relaxation followed by constipation
Throat: rawness, irritation, tickling
Cough: hard, shaking, causing soreness in epigastric region or chest
Expectoration: thick, lumpy, tasteless
Cough timing: 2 to 3 a.m.
Cough modality: BETTER lying on back
Urine: passing quantities of uric acid like ruby sand
Headache: frequent, violent, WORSE after exertion, especially after going up stairs
Pains: along spine, aching about small of back, rheumatic pains in lower limbs
Palpitation: from least exertion
Loss of breath: from least exertion
General modalities: WORSE in wet weather, WORSE on change from clear to cloudy weather
Canker sores: useful as a mouth wash
Key Symptoms — Give When You See
Hard, shaking, tearing cough from tickling under the sternum, worse at night.
Clarke
Cough is better lying on the back and worse lying on either side.
Clarke
Expectoration of thick, lumpy, tasteless, whitish or yellow mucus.
Clarke
Dull frontal headache, specifically localized in a spot over the left eye.
Clarke
Tightness under the sternum, aggravated by bringing the shoulders forward.
Clarke
Sensation of rawness in the throat and air passages.
Clarke
Flatulence accumulating in the rectum with a fear of passing stool while passing flatus.
Clarke
Aphonia with difficulty in controlling the voice.
Clarke
Passing quantities of uric acid resembling ruby sand.
Clarke
Canker sores in the mouth and cheeks.
Clarke
🩺 Systems & Indications
Clarke Exclusive
👤Head
Dull frontal headaches, particularly over the left eye, and scalp sweating.
Dull frontal headache, WORSE in spot over l. eye.
Headache in outer half r. eyebrow
pain still in frontal region.
Pain in l. temple, which feels cold to touch.
Continued sweat on scalp.
🔑 Modalities
Clarke Exclusive
Worse from
Night
cough
Better from
Lying on back
cough
🌿 Remedy Relationships
🔄 Compare With
Chlorum
📚 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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