Author: Urenus

The mother tincture is prepared from the fresh rootstock with attached roots of Cimicifuga racemosa [L.] Nutt., which is commonly found growing in hedges and sparse groves in the eastern states of North America and Canada. N.O. Ranuncu- laceae.

The homoeopathic indications for Cimicifuga concern mostly nervous illnesses, the picture being dominated by neuralgic pains and a changed frame of mind with strong mood-swings and moodiness. Obviously the spinal column plays a consider- able part in many Cimicifuga symptoms as the starting-point of the complaints. In the remedy-picture we find shooting pains like lightning, neuralgias, and violent headaches pressing outwards as if the top of the skull were about to fly off, extend- ing to the eyes and possibly as far as the nose-wings. The pains may also be lo- calised in the occiput, shooting down the neck, or above the eyes as supra-orbital neuralgia, localised especially on the left. Likewise there are neuralgias which ap- pear to originate in the uterus, and also pains in the pleura, nerve and muscle pains in influenza, sciatic pains, stabbing pains in the heart, a sensation of heaviness in the left arm suggestive of angina pectoris, and a sensation as if a wedge were being driv- en into the head from below at the back, with raging occipital headache and mi- graine, particularly on the left. Eye pains occur particularly on turning around. There is also a sensitivity of the spine, especially in the cervical spine, to pressure with stiffness and pain along the whole length of the spine with weakness and a battered sensation in the sacrum, making it impossible to lie on the back.

In the area of the uterus, the Cimicifuga symptoms express themselves in the form of painful contractions and cramping labour pains, also threatened miscarriage. Here the pains shoot across from hip to hip. Frequently there is also chronic leucorrhoea and a bearing down sensation in the uterus (like Sepia and Lilium Tigrinum). In the ovaries there is neuralgic pain, especially on the left side, like Lachesis. There may also be amenorrhoea, or complaints which are ameliorated at the beginning or after the end of the menses. Pituitary disturbances may be suggested by the presence of either corpulence or emaciation of endocrine origin; so it could be concluded that Cimicifuga has a special action on the pituitary. However, in the end every medica- ment, whether in allopathic or in homoeopathic dosage, has some action on the mechanism of the pituitary/adrenal axis, so that no final conclusions may be drawn from the above phenomena.

The muscle-pains of Cimicifuga are charateristic insofar as they occur particularly in the belly of the muscle.

Also typical of Cimicifuga are certain hysterical signs, finding expression particu- larly in the female body. Twitching, cramps, convulsions, neuralgias, as well as a great variety of mental and emotional symptoms, all have a hysterical character. Shivering may occur with nervous chill when it is not cold, faint-heartedness being prominent with an incessant flow of speech, jumping frequently from one theme to another. The patients are troubled and confused, sighing much (as in Ignatia), or else

they exhibit deep depression with sleeplessness, so that they are afraid that they might be becoming mentally ill (cf. Calcium Carbonicum). Emotional symptoms may also occur in the form of St. Vitus’ dance, delirium tremens, melancholia or puerperal psychosis. Otosclerosis and tinnitus are also said to respond to low poten- cies of Cimicifuga sometimes.

All complaints are aggravated by cold and wet, and there is likewise an aggrava- tion before and during the menses.

The following is a summary of the main symptoms of Cimicifuga:

1. Neuralgic pains, principally originating in the spinal column, shooting, like lightning.
2. Supra-orbital neuralgia on the left. Cervical migraine with pains pressing up- wards as if the top of the skull would fly off, possibly extending down to the nose-wings.
3. Pains in the pleura; nerve and muscle pains in influenza.
4. Uterine pains, cramping labour pains shooting from hip to hip; bearing-down in the uterus.
5. Ovarian neuralgia on the left.
6. Amenorrhoea, menorrhagia and dysmenorrhoea.
7. Complaints ameliorated at the onset and after the end of the menses.
8. Muscular pains in the belly of the muscle.
9. General nervous/hysterical disposition, with twitching, cramps, convulsions, and a wide variety of mental and emotional symptoms.
10. Faint-heartedness and incessant flow of speech. Sighing. Puerperal psychosis.
11. All complaints aggravated by cold and wet, before and during the menses.

The German Monograph-Preparation Commission for the Homoeopathic Field of Therapy has, under the Preparation Monograph for Cimicifuga racemosa, published the following indication(s) in the German Bundesanzeiger (German Federal Gazette) for cimicifuga: rheumatic myalgia and myalgia associated with spinal af- fections; spasm; cramp (apparently, only for muscles); painful spasmodic conditions affecting the heart, the gastrointestinal tract, the gallbladder, and the areas of the fe- male reproductive organs; complaints associated with menstruation, pregnancy, and menopause; nervous conditions of excitement and depressive emotional discord or upset.

The mother tincture is prepared from the fresh rootstock with attached roots of Ci- cuta virosa L., gathered as it is coming into flower. The plant is a native of Europe, growing by ponds, streams and rivers. N.O. Umbelliferae.

The main indications are:

Sycosis barbae with purulent, crusty discharge. Craving for charcoal and other in- digestible things. Convulsions with worm-infestation. Epileptiform attacks. Menin- gitis with hypersensitivity and attacks. Complementary remedy in tuberculous meningitis. Eczema of the scalp.

Cicuta Virosa is suggested by a creeping sensation in the limbs, by burning, press- ing and tearing sensations in various parts of the body, and sensations of pushing, jerking and twitching through the whole body, with stiffness and coldness and a numbness of arms and hands with distended veins. The remedy may also be sug- gested by problems of deglutition and violent thirst with lack of appetite, and abnor- mal food-cravings such as “hunger for coal”. Cicuta is indicated in a wide variety of psychoses and conditions of the brain and spinal cord, with cramps, including teething cramps of small children and infants, possibly caused by worms; there may also be stomach cramps with haematemesis, paralysis of the bladder and skin dis- eases with simultaneous disturbances of the peripheral nervous system. (Try it in sy- ringomyelia.)

The German Monograph-Preparation Commission for the Homoeopathic Field of Therapy has, under the Preparation Monograph for Cicuta virosa, published the following indication(s) in the German Bundesanzeiger (German Federal Gazette) for cicuta virosa: pustular dermatitis of the skin and mucosae; spasmodic conditions; cerebral seizure disorders.

The attenuations are prepared from Cholesterol, (Cholest-5-en-3ß-ol) C₂₇H₄₆O, MW: 386.7.

The indications for an experimental use of this remedy are:

Liver cancer. Chronic swelling of the liver. Prevents recurrence of gall-stones. Plethora. May be tried in hypercholesterolaemia.

The German Monograph-Preparation Commission for the Homoeopathic Field of Therapy has, under the Preparation Monograph for Cholesterinum, published the following indication(s) in the German Bundesanzeiger (German Federal Gazette) for cholesterinum: liver disorders and elevated cholesterol levels in blood.

The attenuations are prepared from a solution of Chlorine gas, Cl₂, MW: 70.9, in water.

The main indications are:

Severe catarrhal conditions of the upper respiratory tract. Vasomotor rhinitis.

Typical of Chlorum is the sudden air-hunger resulting from spasms of the vocal cords, with episodes of suffocation and cramps of the glottis. This is accompanied by great dryness of the tongue, and also coryza with headache.

Sooty, scarred nostrils, such as are found in typhus, point to this remedy. The patient is usually emotionally altered, is afraid of going crazy and forgets names and people. In typhus, when the nasal symptoms mentioned above occur, Chlorum should be used.

The German Monograph-Preparation Commission for the Homoeopathic Field of Therapy has, under the Preparation Monograph for Chlorum, published the follow- ing indication(s) in the German Bundesanzeiger (German Federal Gazette) for chlo- rum: acute laryngitis.

The attenuations are prepared from the antibiotic Chloramphenicol C₁₁H₁₂Cl₂N₂O₅, MW: 323.1.

The main indications are:

Vitamin depletion following damage to the intestinal flora by antibiotics and chemotherapy. Other iatrogenic damage. Agranulocytosis.

The mother tincture is prepared from the fresh outer layer of the root of the plant, Chionanthus virginicus L., a native of North America and Europe. N.O. Oleaceae.

The main indications are:

Liver remedy. Cholangitis. Diabetes mellitus.

A characteristic of Chionanthus is the apathy and a dull frontal headache above the root of the nose, above the eyes and in the temples, aggravated by climbing stairs and changes of mood. There are frequently symptoms of icterus, such as yel- low sclera, and frequent passing of urine containing sugar and of high specific grav- ity. There are also enlargement of the liver and pains in the area of the gall-bladder;

likewise constipation. The stools are clay-coloured and contain undigested food. Chionanthus is also recommended for swollen liver following malaria, and in gall- stones.

The German Monograph-Preparation Commission for the Homoeopathic Field of Therapy has, under the Preparation Monograph for Chionanthus virginicus, pub- lished the following indication(s) in the German Bundesanzeiger (German Federal Gazette) for chionanthus virginicus: migraine and other forms of headache; disor- ders of the hepatobiliary system and of the pancreas; general depressive emotional discord or upset.

The attenuations are prepared from Quinine sulphate C₄₀H₅₀N₄O₈S · 2 H₂O, MW: 783.

The main indications are:

Papular eruptions. Neuralgias. Cachexia. Tinnitus. Menière’s syndrome.

The German Monograph-Preparation Commission for the Homoeopathic Field of Therapy has, under the Preparation Monograph for Chininum sulphuricum, pub- lished the following indication(s) in the German Bundesanzeiger (German Federal Gazette) for chininum sulphuricum: intermittent episodes of fever; inflammation of the optical and auditory nerves; facial neuralgia, in the vicinity of the neck or cer- vical spine; anaemia; rashes.

The attenuations are prepared from Arsenic trioxide As₂O₃, MW: 179.8 and anhy- drous Quinine C₂₀H₂₄N₂O₂, MW: 324.4.

The main indications are:

Sepsis. Chronic fever. Neuralgias. Lack of appetite. Unsteadiness, as in Arsenicum Album. Asthma.

The German Monograph-Preparation Commission for the Homoeopathic Field of Therapy has, under the Preparation Monograph for Chininum arsenicosum, pub- lished the following indication(s) in the German Bundesanzeiger (German Federal Gazette) for chininum arsenicosum: general weakness and debilitation; anaemia; neuralgia.

The attenuations are prepared from Quinhydrone C₆ H₄ O₂ · C₆ H₆O₂ , MW: 218.2.

As a quinone preparation it is able to act as a catalyst on the respiratory chain; acts as an intermediary catalyst and is indicated in all cellular phases, including neo- plasm phases and viral diseases. (Only infrequent doses, let it work on for months!). In practice it has proved necessary in almost every case to couple Quinhydrone with a homoeopathic metal e.g. Aurum, Argentum, Ferrum, the Mercury group and others, and we find that Quinhydrone does its best work when combined with Hy- droquinone and para-Benzoquinone (the latter from 10X upwards) at the same time. Quinhydrone is particularly indicated in retoxic phases i.e. after infections have been suppressed by chemotherapeutic and allopathic drugs. That also applies to

other iatrogenic damage, i.e. the whole range of cellular phases in chronic disease.

If catalysts of the Citric Acid cycle appear not to act, then they can be reactivated again by Quinhydrone in the same potency. In many cases it can be combined with

Natrum Pyruvicum in injection. Quinhydrone can also be used to slow down over- reactions to para-Benzoquinone. Sensitivity to weather can also be beneficially af- fected after frequent doses.

This remedy is complemented by Sulphur, and by all homoeopathic remedies which have aggravation from wet weather, such as Kalmia, Dulcamara, Rhus Tox., Rhododendron, Medorrhinum, Bryonia, etc.

Good combinations result from Phosphoricum Acidum and Quinhydrone from 6X upwards, in such conditions as sclerosis of the brain with tinnitus, labyrinthine ver- tigo, mental deterioration, school headache, and after mental exertion with sleep- lessness.

Even the chronic forms of bronchitis which have been treated with antibiotics re- spond to Quinhydrone, as do dry catarrhs of the nasal mucosa with burning, watery, fluent coryza, chronic laryngitis, pharyngitis with clearing of the throat and dry tick- ling cough. It should also be tried in cancer of the larynx, and in emphysema, espe- cially combined with Tuberculinum. If Quinhydrone is prescribed after antibiotic treatment of pneumonias, then the accumulation of homotoxins may be released in one mighty elimination. Likewise, Quinhydrone can be effective when unpleasant complaints persist in the throat area after tonsillectomy.

Quinhydrone should always be used when well-selected remedies fail to act, e.g. in disorders of accommodation, in cataract, in otosclerosis and tinnitus, diminution of sense of smell, disturbances of coordination, in hyperactive children (in combina- tion with Stramonium and Hyoscyamus), and in vaccination damage to small chil- dren, affecting the sensory organs.

Good results have also been obtained from a combination of Vitamin B12, 12X, with Quinhydrone 12X or 6X, e.g. in anxiety states in darkness, the striking pallor always being typical in critical stages of disease. Coupled with Hydroquinone and Fumaricum Acidum 12X, Quinhydrone is indicated in vascular diseases such as pol- yarteritis nodosa, arteriosclerotic dementia, intermittent claudication (“smoker’s leg”), thromboses, and thrombophlebitis where the affected parts are snowy-white and ice-cold (not purple), and also in shock following myocardial infarction.

Quinhydrone also facilitates rapid resorption of haemorrhages following injuries and contusions. In migraines, frequent doses are needed, whilst para-Benzoquinone and Hydroquinone require frequent doses initially and should then later on be in- jected at longer intervals.

Intestinal illnesses with the danger of malignant degeneration require very fre- quent prescriptions of quinones, along with sarcodes, Arsenicum Album, insecticide preparations, para-Benzoquinone, Hydroquinone, and especially also Anthraquinone and Quinhydrone in alternation.

Cradle-cap has its origins in an allergy arising in the alimentary canal, an allergy to the albumen in the Mother’s milk, which the infant was not able to digest proper- ly, having been put to the breast before adequate enzymes were present. In this con- dition a single dose of Quinhydrone, Ubiquinone, Anthraquinone and para-Benzo- quinone may possibly achieve a fundamental change. Likewise, infectious diseases of the gastro intestinal tract need quinones, especially Anthraquinone in combination

with Quinhydrone, as do hepatoses and conditions following infectious hepatitis, and liver damage, chronic cholecystitis, cholangitis, pylorospasm of infants and re- curring gastric and duodenal ulcers.

Quinhydrone should be given in combination with Apis and Apisin in kidney-dis- eases, when too little urine is excreted during heavy sweating and no hypertension exists in spite of renal insufficiency; also in eclampsia and uraemia. In these condi- tions a combined injection of Hydroquinone, para-Benzoquinone and Quinhydrone is recommended.

Quinhydrone is also helpful in complaints of pregnancy with kidney conditions, and in all consequences of prior gonorrhoea or trichomonas infections following an- tibiotic or antifungal therapy.

In all types and stages of abdominal cancer, after Quinhydrone there may occur an elimination of large quantities of serous or purulent discharge. (As this is the body unloading homotoxins, the process must not be impeded in any way).

In breast cancer with hard, thick tumours projecting roughly from the surface, which are no longer operable, a combination of Quinhydrone, Hydroquinone and Asparaginicum Acidum could still bring about a change, provided the cancer has not progressed too far.

In chronic, rheumatic and arthritic diseases of the joints with a tendency to stiffen up (primary polyarthritis), and also in severe forms of arthroses with intolerable nightly pains, Quinhydrone is a good catalyst for Syphilinum (nightly bone-pains with aggravation in wet weather).

Acute episodes of rheumatic polyarthritis with fever and extreme hyperaesthesia of the affected parts, so that not even the bedclothes can be tolerated, may possibly be decisively influenced by an injection of the available quinones plus Malicum Acidum and Quinhydrone, without antibiotics or the danger of a recurrence. At least this possibility should be tried.

Quinhydrone is also indicated, in combination with para-Benzoquinone, in chron- ic lichenified eczemas, possibly of allergic origin, and also in psoriasis with violent itching which gives the patient no rest at night.

Quinhydrone works best where there is pallor, rather than flushing, of the skin. Quinhydrone acts in combination with Benzoquinone in cases of damage to the skin by aniline dyes and eczema of the elbows in metal-workers, whilst acne vulgaris calls for the use of Ubiquinone, Cerumen or Comedones along with Quinhydrone.

Clearly, the catalysts of the Citric Acid cycle and the quinones are activated by Quinhydrone, and the predisposition to cancer is reversed. Damage following X-ray/Radium therapy can also be compensated by Quinhydrone, in alternation with Causticum.

The mother tincture is prepared from the dried bark of younger trunks and older branches of the tree, Cinchona succirubra Pav. ex Klotzsch, syn: Cinchona pubes- cens Vahl, which grows wild in the Andes and is cultivated in the East Indies, on Java in particular. N.O. Rubiaceae.

The China-bark tree, Cinchona succirubra, a member of the Rubiaceae family, growing in Peru and Bolivia, in India, and above all on Java, is well-known as the source of one of the most important remedies, from which quinine is obtained, for- merly used as a specific against malaria. Peruvian bark was used as a folk medicine for fever, particularly undulating fever, but also as bitters for the production of vari- eties of gin and for taking in states of exhaustion. In homoeopathy, China is used less as a fever-remedy, and more in states of weakness and anaemia after losses of vital fluids of all kinds. Indications would be substantial loss of blood, loss of vital fluids in breast-feeding, suppurations, chronic diarrhoea, galactorrhoea, excessive salivation, leucorrhoea, spermatorrhoea, etc. Consequences of sudden evacuations of vital fluids may include fainting, ringing in the ears or loss of vision.

China symptoms are characterised by a pale, yellowish face with sunken eyes hav- ing dark rings around them, by pulsating headaches, and by light perspiration on the slightest movement or exertion, also night-sweats. An anaemic headache with air- hunger is characteristic, associated with general lability of the vascular nervous

mechanism, with congestions of the head and chest, with pulsation of the carotid ar- teries, and possibly with oedema. There is also a tendency to profuse haemorrhage of dark blood from various organs. If these have been temporarily treated with some haemostatic, then after a dose of China has been given they may reappear if China is given in too low a dosage. Thus it has generally proved expedient, where haemor- rhage is present, first of all to treat the haemorrhage symptomatically (e.g. with preparations of Cinnamomum), and only to use China later on in order to remove the secondary anaemia.

As a consequence of the humoral dystonia resulting from the loss of vital fluids, the China picture also includes disturbances of liver-function, with loss of appetite, emaciation, sensation of a lump beneath the sternum (as in Pulsatilla), abdominal distension, loss of appetite after a few mouthfuls, and eructations bringing only tem- porary relief. Food is mostly vomited undigested. There is thirst for cold water and craving for spirits and sugar (similar to Argentum Nitricum). Icterus may occur too, and there may be gall-stones and reduced excretion of uric acid, possibly linked with intestinal spasms and offensive flatus. The diarrhoea is painless, occurs after eating and at night, especially after eating fruit, and includes particles of undigested food.

Whereas the episodes of fever, such as periodically occur in malaria, may be cured in rare cases by China tincture, a suppression of the fever can possibly be achieved with Chininum Sulphuricum in allopathic dosage, whilst this preparation is used, from a homoeopathic point of view, in tinnitus, e.g. in Ménière’s syndrome. The fevers which respond to China are extraordinarily characteristic, the fever worsening day by day. This worsening of symptoms progressively from day to day is charac- teristic not only of the fever, but also of headache and other conditions of whatever kind which occur in a daily-changing rhythm. Nash reports having had numerous disappointments with China in the treatment of undulant fever, whereas with other remedies, e.g. Eupatorium Perfoliatum, Natrum Muriaticum or Arsenicum Album, his treatments produced good results.

It might also be mentioned that it was through an experiment with Peruvian bark on himself that Hahnemann discovered the homoeopathic Law of Similars. After taking Peruvian bark he produced symptoms of intermittent fever. He had been en- couraged to carry out his first experiment in the history of medicine by reading a note in Cullen’s Materia Medica, saying that China was capable of causing, as well as healing, fever, reputedly through its influence on gastric function.

The  weakness  which  is   native   to   China   patients   is   also   characterised by susceptibility to draughts and touch, the scalp being particularly sensitive, as    if the hair were sore. Firm pressure, on the other hand, as with Bryonia, usually gives relief. There is a typical weakness between the shoulder-blades, suggestive  of Scheuermann’s disease. China is  also  effective  in  spondylitis,  if  symptoms of weakness predominate. The patient  is  fatigued,  feels  miserable  and  lacking in energy, so that he is incapable of making the necessary corrections to  his posture.

We must also mention a certain sensitivity in the left hypogastrium, corresponding roughly to the position of the spleen, and possibly associated with painless diarrhoea of undigested food, with flatulent distension and eructations which bring only tem- porary relief or none at all, (unlike Carbo Veg. and Argentum Nitricum), and dis- charge of offensive flatus, as already mentioned.

If the main symptoms of China are categorised, we have the following essential picture of the remedy:

1. States of exhaustion and weakness after loss of any kind of vital fluids. Loss of appetite. Secondary anaemia. Weakness between the shoulder-blades, cannot sit without support for the back. Scheuermann’s disease. Exhausted state in spondylitis.
   1. Functional disturbances of the liver and irritation in the biliary system. Cholelithi- asis, cholangitis and cholecystitis. Liver and spleen swollen and sensitive. Icterus. Illnesses of gall and spleen.
   1. Abdominal distension with eructations which do not relieve. Tendency to painless diarrhoea with undigested food and offensive flatulence.
   1. Chronic neuralgias and other complaints which worsen every second or third day. Sensitivity, especially of the scalp, to touch and draught.
   1. 5.   Desire for coffee. Sensitivity to cold. Tendency to profuse haemorrhages.

The German Monograph-Preparation Commission for the Homoeopathic Field of Therapy has, under the Preparation Monograph for Cinchona succirubra, published the following indication(s) in the German Bundesanzeiger (German Federal Gazette) for china: feverish episodes; general blood poisoning; inflammations of the respiratory passages; acute diarrhoea; digestive insufficiency; biliary colic; mucosal bleeding; anaemia; general enervation/exhaustion; rashes; neuralgia.