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Trimethylaminum

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Trimethylaminum (Propylaminum) · Trimethylamine · "The Fish-Odour Rheumatism Compound"
AnimalRarePsoricClarke 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 on the joints and metabolic processes, specifically influencing urea excretion and rheumatic pain.
📖 Clarke writes:
Propylaminum. N(CH3)3. [Found in many plants, Chen. v., Crataeg. ox., Phal. imp., Pyr. com., Arn., Cotyl. u., Fag. syl., &c., and in herring-brine.] Solution.
👤 Characteristics
Sphere of Action & Core States
Prepared from herring-brine
Has a very unpleasant and penetrating fish-like odour
Regarded as a panacea in cases of acute rheumatism
Diminishes the amount of urea excreted
Key Characteristics & Guiding Symptoms
Great pains in wrist-joints
Great restlessness
Pains in ankle-joints from standing
Pains in ankle-joints WORSE slight movement
Rheumatism, when the needle held in the fingers gets so heavy she cannot sew
Copious diarrhoea with pains in ankle-joints but not in wrists
Thirst for large quantities of cold water (like Bry.)
Key Symptoms — Give When You See
Acute rheumatism with intense pain in the wrist-joints.
Clarke
Great restlessness accompanying rheumatic symptoms.
Clarke
Pains in ankle-joints aggravated by standing.
Clarke
Sensation of heaviness in the fingers, making it impossible to hold a needle for sewing.
Clarke
Copious diarrhea accompanied by ankle pain.
Clarke
Thirst for large quantities of cold water, similar to Bryonia.
Clarke
Diminished amount of urea excreted.
Clarke
Unpleasant and penetrating fish-like odor.
Clarke
📋 Clinical Indications

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

Ankles, pains inRheumatic feverWrists, pains in
Open in Clarke
🔑 Modalities
Clarke Exclusive
Worse from
Standing
pains in ankle-joints
📚 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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