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Ambra grisea (Ambr.)

Ambra grisea (Ambr.) appears in the repertory in 710 rubrics. Of these, 25 are single-remedy rubrics in which only this remedy is listed, and 40 are small rubrics with at most two other remedies. The emphasis is on Delusions, the rubrics on Children, Fear, and Anxiety. The specific material revolves around shyness in company, stool as an occasion of shame, music and touch, and an aging that makes the mind falter.

Shyness and company

The core lies in the relation to others. Listed are embarrassment in company, inhibitions, bashfulness with blushing, and suspicion of company, as well as aversion to laughing and grinning faces, both as single-remedy rubrics. The shyness extends into the physical: company is unbearable when it comes to stool, the fear of people combines with complaints concerning stool, and urinating in public is also feared. The counterpart is admiration of others and amelioration at social events, especially with modern young girls.

Receptivity to impressions

The person of this picture takes in what touches him and suffers from it. Music touches him, as the single-remedy rubric "Touched, being – touched, music, by" records. Conversations excite and make him restless, even hearing conversations and speaking afterwards. Ailments from "Unusual, everything" also stand under this remedy alone. One death after another strikes the person as repeated loss, body odors and secretions repel him, and a delusion of the room being much too bright on falling asleep is listed in the repertory as a single-remedy rubric.

Delusional images and fancies

The delusions show faces on waking, devilish faces that cannot be shaken off, and the feeling that everything is too clear. The fancies are lascivious and sexual, even in dreaming, and exaggerated, lofty, by day and by night. The mind jumps from topic to topic, "Curious – jumps from one subject to another," and a rush of thoughts continues day and night.

Age and decline

Several single-remedy rubrics concern old age: work and mental exertion are no longer possible in old age or aggravate, dullness prevails in the morning in old people, and in old age one cannot think. The vanishing of thoughts in company is also listed as a single-remedy rubric.

Sea and water

As a counter-pole stands a desire to be near the sea, to dive and to swim, "Sea – staying at – desire to be near the sea."

Summary

What is seen is a shy, oversensitive person whom company makes embarrassed, whom impressions and losses flood, and whose mind tires in old age; relief is suggested only by water and the expanse of the sea.

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