Author: Urenus

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.

The mother tincture is prepared from the fresh aerial parts of the plant in flower, Chimaphila umbellata [L.] Barton, found in the northern areas of Europe, Asia and North America. N.O. Pyrolaceae.

The main indications are:

Urethritis, cystitis with much mucus. Hypertrophy of the prostate.

The German Monograph-Preparation Commission for the Homoeopathic Field of Therapy has, under the Preparation Monograph for Chimaphila umbellata, pub- lished the following indication(s) in the German Bundesanzeiger (German Federal Gazette) for chimaphila umbellata: chronic inflammations of the urinary tract col- lection system, the prostate gland, and of the mammary gland.

The mother tincture is prepared from the fresh aerial parts of the plant in flower, Chenopodium ambrosioides, L. var. anthelminticum, N.O. Chenopodiaceae.

The main indications are:

Hypersensitivity to noise. Vertigo. Ménière’s syndrome.

The German Monograph-Preparation Commission for the Homoeopathic Field of Therapy has, under the Preparation Monograph for Chenopodium ambrosoides var.

anthelminticum, published the following indication(s) in the German Bunde- sanzeiger (German Federal Gazette) for chenopodium anthelminticum: disorders in blood supply to the brain and to the inner ear; liver disorders.

The mother tincture is prepared from the fresh rootstock, including roots, of Cheli- donium majus L. N.O. Papaveraceae.

The plant Chelidonium majus, the greater celandine, a member of the papaver- aceae family, grows in Europe, Southern Asia and Africa as a weed in hedgerows, at the edges of fields and on rubbish tips. If one breaks off the light yellow petals, the leaves, the stems or the cylindrical, multi-headed root with numerous long threads attached, a yellowish milky sap runs out, which accounts for the popular belief that the celandine has a healing action in liver and biliary conditions. The yellowish milky sap looks similar to bile, which results in certain relationships between Cheli- donium and diseases of the biliary system in the context of the doctrine of signa- tures.

One of the main symptoms of Celandine, as established in the homoeopathic prov- ings, is in fact a liver/bile symptom, namely a violent, sharp or dull persistent pain at the lower inner angle of the right shoulder-blade. The pains extend possibly as far as the area of the right side of the rib-arch, or may extend on from there. In Chelido- nium we find particularly right-sided complaints, which seem to have some connec- tion with the liver. A rheumatic pain in the right shoulder-joint also often responds well to Chelidonium, just as in many cases a right-sided supra-orbital neuralgia de- mands Chelidonium as its remedy. Chelidonium is also helpful in right-sided pneu- monia, which may occur as a consequence of liver disturbance or be complicated by it. It will also help in rheumatic complaints which extend to the hips, thighs and feet and occur in particular on the right-hand side, the right foot often being icy-cold while the left, on the contrary, has its natural warmth.

As a further symptom of Chelidonium we must mention the bitter taste, likewise a symptom of liver-involvement, when the tongue frequently has a thick yellow coat- ing with red edges, showing the imprint of teeth, similar to Mercurius.

Icterus, associated with violent itching of the skin, and other evidence of biliary colouring (in the urine etc.), is likewise an indication for Chelidonium. Thus Cheli- donium is also indicated when the stools are clay-coloured or golden yellow, or when the urine is lemon-yellow or dark brown, because of the presence of biliary colouring. This is often accompanied by loss of appetite, linked with disgust for food, nausea and vomiting of bile. The patient vomits everything except hot drinks. Chelidonium is also a characteristic liver-gall remedy, with a typical therapeutic range, indicated as a basic medicament in cholangitis, cholecystitis and cholelithia- sis, with the higher potencies having often done better work than the more usual low

ones, especially also in painful crises and colics. If we outline the symptom-picture of Chelidonium, the following table is the result:

1. Liver and bile remedy. Cholelithiasis. Cholecystitis. Cholangitis. Mucous icterus and icterus in biliary obstruction.
2. Pains below the angle of the right shoulder-blade and below the right side of the rib arch, possibly moving about and extending. Biliary colic. Pains are ameliorat- ed by hot drinks.
3. Bitter taste. Vomiting of bitter quantities of bile. All food is vomited; hot drinks are kept down.
4. Rheumatic complaints in the right shoulder-blade and neuralgic pains above the right eye and in the right temple.
5. Migraine on the right side occuring after dietary indiscretion, vexation, etc.
6. Right-sided pneumonia and other right-sided complaints, e.g. of a rheumatic kind in the hip and right leg.
7. The right foot is cold, the left is warm with normal circulation.

In liver and biliary illnesses of the kind described, which pathologically may be at- tributed in almost every case to ingestion of sutoxin and which are maintained by continuing consumption of sutoxin, Chelidonium is one of the most important reme- dies, bearing in mind the pattern of food-consumption in the widest sections of today’s population. Certainly Chelidonium can do good work in the low potencies,

e.g. 2X to 4X, but especially in the chronic cases which we encounter in large num- bers, and also in colics, a better action is obtained from the use of higher potencies. Good complementary and following remedies for Chelidonium are Lycopodium and Belladonna. Both remedies are mainly right-sided, Lycopodium improving the liver- function and Belladonna combatting spastic and inflammatory symptoms. Thus it is recommended in many cases to use these two remedies in alternation with Chelido- nium, possibly also in combination, thus reinforcing the effect.

The German Monograph-Preparation Commission for the Homoeopathic Field of Therapy has, under the Preparation Monograph for Chelidonium majus, published the following indication(s) in the German Bundesanzeiger (German Federal Gazette) for chelidonium: inflammations, lithiasis, and chronic affections of the hepatobiliary system; inflammation of the respiratory organs; pleurisy; rheumatism.

The mother tincture is prepared from the whole plant when in flower. Chamomilla recutita L. N.O. Compositae.

The homoeopathic remedy Chamomilla is made from German Chamomile, well- known as one of the most important home-remedies in folk medicine (e.g. as chamomile tea.) Chamomile is particularly suited to states of nervous agitation as a tranquillising remedy. Patients are irritable, bad-tempered, irascible, spiteful and im- pertinent: an emotional state which is found in naughty children of every age, and especially in teething infants. In the latter, one cheek is red and the other pale. The children scream at the slightest cause, maybe incessantly. There may often be asso- ciated fever or diarrhoea. The typical mood of Chamomilla is often found in vague headaches and earaches, for which Chamomilla is then a specific remedy. The typi-

cal moodiness of Chamomilla is not only found in sick children, but in every age- group. When the emotional state is characterised by anger and vexation, the choice lies between Colocynthis, Bryonia, Aconitum, Ignatia, Nux Vomica and Staphis- agria, besides Chamomilla, which is often the preferred remedy.

It follows that pain is an indication for Chamomilla, and typically the pain bears no relationship to the severity of the case. For Chamomilla patients are particularly hypersensitive and cannot bear pain. In such cases, moreover, all analgesics, pain- killers and suchlike usually fail completely. However, if Chamomilla is the similli- mum – and such cases are by no means rare – then Chamomilla will usually work faster and more thoroughly than even morphia. After one dose of Chamomilla the pains usually die away in a very short time.

The painful states in which Chamomilla can successfully be used are not restricted to neuralgias, but may also occur in childbirth, toothache, catarrhs of the middle ear, rheumatism and others. Chamomilla can always be used when patients exhibit the typical hypersensitivity of the Chamomilla patient; this often occurs in coffee drinkers and after the abuse of stimulant drugs.

A further characteristic of the typical Chamomilla pains is that they may be ac- companied by a certain numbness, which Nash too picks out as typical of the reme- dy. The typical Chamomilla pains may also be accompanied by states of paralysis. An important modality of the Chamomilla picture is the peculiarity that the pains are aggravated by warmth and that they are not ameliorated by cold applications, as would be the case in typical Pulsatilla pains. Generally the Chamomilla patient is ex- tremely sensitive to cold. Indeed, complaints may be directly caused by cold. Sleep- lessness too is susceptible to Chamomilla, if it is coupled with great restlessness, as is also found in Aconitum, Arsenicum and Rhus Tox. The Chamomilla patient must run around at night-time, rather like the Ferrum Metallicum patient. Children will not settle down until they have been picked up and carried around.

The characteristic nervous hypersensitivity of Chamomilla is extremely promi- nent in small children and infants. In this respect there are similarities between Chamomilla and Calcium Carbonicum, such as head-sweats, wetting the hair; how- ever, unlike the sweat of Calcium Carbonicum, it is warm. Abdominal pains are also part of the Chamomilla picture.

The typical Chamomilla earaches are pressive and tearing, forcing the patient to cry out, and the ears are especially sensitive to cold air. The typical Chamomilla toothache is aggravated by warm drinks or food. Facial sweating after eating or drinking is also a characteristic Chamomilla symptom.

When toothache is present, there is also a sensation as if the teeth were too long. During teething there is diarrhoea with hot, green stools which are watery and exco- riating and smell like rotten eggs. Chamomilla is indicated in intertrigo of infants, and in inflammatory illnesses such as otitis media, glandular swellings, umbilical colic, biliary colic and irritation, and cramping labour-pains. The pain is so unbear- able that the patient is obliged to cry out.

In Chamomilla patients there is often a bitter taste, the tongue is coated and there

is halitosis. Rheumatic complaints are also in the picture, and Chamomilla is indi- cated for arthritis of the shoulders.

If we briefly sum up the symptoms of Chamomilla, we have a remedy-picture of many aspects:

1. Hypersensitivity to every pain, with irritability, spitefulness, irascibility, and pos- sible numbness and a paralysed sensation.
2. Inflammatory illness (reaction phases), with emotional overtones, e.g. dentition, otitis media, gastroenteritis, dyspepsia, umbilical colic, and other painful condi- tions, e.g. arthritis of the shoulder-joints, cramping labour-pains. Children in these states want to be carried about.
3. One cheek is hot and red, the other cold and pale. Head-sweats in which the hair is wet-through.
4. Neuralgias, rheumatism and pains oblige the patient to cry out.
5. Bitter taste. Coated tongue. halitosis. Stools like chopped eggs or chopped spinach, excoriating.
6. Metrorrhagia with dark, coagulated blood and attacks of cramp. Menstrual colic after vexation.
7. Labour-pains pressing upwards and along the inside of the thighs, with rigidity of the os and unbearable pain. Unbearable after-pains.
8. Dry, tickling cough in sleep, which does not wake; worse in winter and wet weather. The body is cold and chilly, whereas the face and breath are hot (oppo- site of Carbo Veg.).
9. Otitis media with violent episodes of pain. Glandular swellings as in scrofula, and umbilical colics. Biliary colic with unbearable pains and irritation. Aggra- vated by vexation, agitation and warmth. At the same time, sensitivity to cold.
10. Mainly suited to children and women, but can be used in males where indicated.
11. Restlessness, must get out of bed at night, running about. Can get no rest on ac- count of the rheumatic neuralgic pains.

The prescription of Chamomilla according to the indications given above is often overlooked because, in spite of the emotional overtones, Chamomilla states may occur along with quite grave indications. This, even though Chamomilla is, in prin- ciple, a nerve-remedy, indicated for easy agitation without any pre-existing organic problem, and although in almost all Chamomilla cases the decision to give Chamomilla is based on the discrepancy between the objective findings and the pre- senting emotional state of the patient. The action of Chamomilla takes effect in most cases so convincingly and characteristically that, in doubtful cases, it ought to be tried experimentally at least, before serious measures such as surgery are resorted to. If the action does not take place instantly, or after one or two doses, then there is still time for further therapeutic measures to be undertaken.

The German Monograph-Preparation Commission for the Homoeopathic Field of Therapy has, under the Preparation Monograph for Chamomilla recutita, published the following indication(s) in the German Bundesanzeiger (German Federal Gazette) for chamomilla: inflammation of the respiratory organs; teething prob-

lems; inflammation and cramps of the digestive organs and of the female reproduc- tive organs; intense conditions of pain; irritable emotional discord or upset.

The attenuations of this remedy are prepared from a trituration of Cerium(III)-ox- alate, Ce₂ (C₂O₄)₃ · x H₂O, MW: 544.3.

The main indications are:

Chronic vomiting. Hyperemesis.

Cerium Oxalicum has also proved its worth generally in chronic vomiting, above all when undigested food is vomited. It should also be tried in sea-sickness and in vomiting of T.B. and cancer patients who are said no longer to be able to keep down any food.

Cerium salts also have the quality of promoting the utilisation of oxygen in the tis- sues. Thus Cerium oxalicum may also be used generally as an intercurrent remedy in the treatment of neoplasms, of pre-cancerous states, and in degeneration phases.

The German Monograph-Preparation Commission for the Homoeopathic Field of Therapy has, under the Preparation Monograph for Cerium oxalicum, published the following indication(s) in the German Bundesanzeiger (German Federal Gazette) for cerium oxalicum: vomiting; paroxysmal coughing; dysmenorrhoea.