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Arum triphyllum (Arum-t)

Arum triphyllum (Arum-t) appears in 107 rubrics in the Repertorium. Of these, 1 is a single rubric in which only this remedy is listed, and 9 are small rubrics with at most two other remedies. The emphasis is on Gestures, which with 26 rubrics form the largest main rubric, and also on Voice, Children and Aphonia. The picture is that of a restless hand and a failing voice.

Gestures and grasping

The hands are the most conspicuous field. Recorded are involuntary movements of the hands, grasping at the nose and lips, and picking at the fingers. A small rubric notes that the person picks at the lips until they bleed ("bleed, picks until they"). Scratching with the hands is directed at one's own body: "Scratches with hands – himself". Grasping at a sore spot belongs here as well, as does picking at the fingertips, which is also recorded in children.

Voice and aphonia

The voice is affected in eleven rubrics, aphonia in five. A small rubric connects loss of voice with northeast wind. Alongside stand deliria, biting from desire and starting when startled. The voice thus appears as a field that reacts to external stimuli, without the rubrics naming a uniform cause.

Children and delusions

Children account for eight rubrics, in which the same gestures recur: picking at the fingers applies to them as to adults. The only single rubric among the Delusions concerns suffocating while falling asleep: "suffocated, as if – falling asleep, on". It is thus a feeling that shows itself in the transition to sleep.

Summary

Arum triphyllum appears in the Repertorium as a remedy with pronounced gesturing: the hands grasp, pick and scratch while the voice fails or reacts irritably. The emphasis is on movements of the body and their injury, whereas the rubrics on feelings and delusion are sparse. The picture is therefore above all a physical one.

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