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Aluminum phosphoricum (Alum-p)

Aluminum phosphoricum (Alum-p) appears in the repertory in 142 rubrics. Of these, 2 are single-remedy rubrics in which only this remedy is listed, and 2 are small rubrics with at most two other remedies. The emphasis is on Fear, which is most strongly represented with 17 rubrics, followed by Anxiety, Weeping, Delusions, and Dullness. The picture is that of a person who loses herself in lamenting and fear and alternates between excitement and dullness.

Fear and anxiety

Fear is the largest main rubric, with Anxiety following with eleven rubrics. The remedy thus lists predominantly states of fear directed at various objects. Weeping is listed in seven rubrics, Sadness in four. Fear and grief thus occur together.

Lamenting over imagined things

Lamenting is the remedy's own motif and is listed in two single-remedy rubrics. The person complains about a misfortune she imagines: "imaginary misfortune, over his/her." The two rubrics concern the same pattern, once with the misfortune before the lamenting and once with the lamenting before the misfortune.

Alternation between excitement and dullness

Two small rubrics link excitement and dullness in alternating relation: excitement "alternating with – dullness," and dullness "alternating with – excitement." The mood thus jumps between the two poles, without a middle being listed. Confusion is in four rubrics, Delusions in six.

Summary

In the repertory, Aluminum phosphoricum appears as a remedy of fear, anxiety, and lamenting over imagined misfortune. The alternation between excitement and dullness is the most striking pattern in the small rubrics. The tearfulness and the confusion form the frame of the picture, which is thus determined predominantly by the emotional sphere.

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