Chlorum – Chlorine

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.