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Trinitrotoluenum

30CTNT
Trinitrotoluene · TNT · "The Toxic Anaemia Munitions Remedy"
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Exclusively Documented in Boericke

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

🎯 It acts primarily on the blood, causing destruction of red blood cells, leading to , , and systemic toxic symptoms.
📖 Boericke writes:
T. N. T.
(TRINITROTOLUENE)
Symptoms found in munition workers handling T. N. T who inhale and ingest it and also absorb some through the skin. They were compiled by Dr. Conrad Wesselhoeft and published in the December, 1926 number of the Journal of the American Institute of Homeopathy.
The destructive action of T. N. T on the red blood corpuscles is responsible for the and the with their secondary symptoms. The hemoglobin is changed so it cannot act satisfactorily as an oxygen carrier and as a result we have breathlessness, dizziness, headache, faintness, , undue fatigue, muscle cramps and ; also , depression and . Later stages of the poisoning produce toxic and aplastic . The is the result of cellular destruction in contrast to obstructive .
👤 Constitution
Typically munition workers or individuals exposed to TNT, presenting with a dark, complexion, mental depression, and physical exhaustion.
Key Symptoms — Give When You See
Tendency to under the skin and from the nose.
skin
Tired pain in back of knees.
skin
🩺 Systems & Indications
Boericke Exclusive
👤HEAD
Used for mental and physical characterized by depression, dizziness, and a dark facial complexion.
Depression and headache (frontal).
Aversion to company, apathetic and weeps easily.
Faintness, dizziness, mental sluggishness; , , coma.
Face very dark.
🔑 Modalities
Boericke Exclusive
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.

30C
Centesimal
📝Thirtieth potency has been used with success.
Primary Dosage
🌿 Remedy Relationships
🔄 Compare With
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Boericke's Materia Medica