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Anthracinum (Anthr.)

Anthracinum (Anthr.) appears in the repertory in 42 rubrics. Of these, 1 is a single-remedy rubric in which only this remedy is listed; there are no small rubrics with at most two other remedies. The rubrics are distributed mainly over Ailments from, Delirium, Grief, Irritability, and Anger. Beyond the distribution over the main rubrics, the evidence file names only a single specific rubric, so the picture remains an outline.

Irritability and Anger

Measured by the number of rubrics, anger is one of the core themes, and irritability and peevishness stand beside it. The only single-remedy rubric belongs in the same direction: "Impatience – menses – before". A mood that sharpens into impatience before menstruation is assigned here to this remedy alone.

Grief, Weeping, and Death

Grief, weeping, and death form the second group. This can be read as a mind that sinks inward once the anger is exhausted: irritability is followed by sadness, excitement by the thought of the end. The two groups stand side by side and seem to relieve each other.

Delirium and Indifference

Delirium and Ailments from earlier events are each recorded four times, and Anxiety, Restlessness, and Indifference and Apathy are added. The rubrics thus show excitement and dullness as two sides of the same state.

Summary

In the repertory, Anthracinum appears as a remedy of irritable, impatient excitement that turns into grief, weeping, and nearness to death and ends in delirium or indifference. The data support no more than these basic features.

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