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Borax veneta (Borx.)

Borax veneta (Borx.) appears in the repertory in 633 rubrics. Of these, 68 are single-remedy rubrics in which only this remedy is listed, and 54 are small rubrics with at most two other remedies. The emphasis lies on the rubrics for Children, on anxiety from motion, on Starting and on sensitiveness to noise, as well as on Clinging. The picture is that of a person, above all a child, whose nervous system answers every sudden change of position, height or sound with fright.

Fear of falling

The core lies in motion. As single-remedy rubrics the repertory lists anxiety when riding in an elevator, lift, airplane, cable car and streetcar, as well as anxiety from any upward motion, and the rubric "Anxiety – swinging, when" belongs in the same series. The small rubrics add the opposite direction: anxiety from downward motion, when driving downhill and on a bridge, plus starting from fear of falling. In children the fear becomes tangible. The child fears being lifted out of the cradle and screams as if falling when carried; it clings to the caregiver. The anxiety of a child carried by someone who is dancing also stands as a single-remedy rubric of its own. The pattern is uniform: the ground beneath the body gives way, and the experience is that of an impending fall.

Startling and noise

Sound shares its effect with motion. Starting occurs from excitement and from unexpected news, is triggered by the sneezing or hawking of others, as in the rubric "Starting, startled – sneezing, when others", and returns in dreams as a delusion of being as if frightened. Sensitiveness to noise is finely graded: to shots and bangs, to sneezing, but also to the slightest noise, namely "Sensitive, oversensitive – noise, to – slightest noise, to the – but not to loud noise, din". Also listed here are thunder and, as fear, "Fear, phobia – cannon thunder, of", plus fear of unaccustomed, unusual noises. Such a person perceives the slight more sharply than the loud and is struck by the unexpected, not by the violent.

Infant and mother

A large part of the rubrics concerns infants. They cry anxiously in sleep, refuse the breast or cry while nursing at the mother's breast, and the crying is shrieking when nursed. Dentition is difficult, with salivation. Of particular note is the connection with birth: failure to thrive and eating disorders are recorded after birth trauma, "Failure to thrive in children – newborns, in: G – birth trauma, after". The picture of clinging also belongs here. The child's hands reach for the mother in sleep, which the rubric "Gestures, makes – hands, involuntary motions of the – mother in sleep, for the" records. The child seeks the hold it misses when carried and when falling.

Irritability, restlessness and confusion

In the mind, restlessness from lively conversation stands out first: after talking a lot, the person becomes restless and dazed. Confusion of mind appears on downward motion and on swinging, irritability during an important business matter. A peculiarity is the connection with stool: before it the person is dissatisfied, inactive and morose, after it contented, serene and cheerful, and in children the irritability from constipation turns to joy after a good stool. Serenity and elation are linked to the same process, the latter after coition.

Change of mood

The mood is changeable and fluctuates between cheerfulness and weariness of life: "Cheerful, gay – alternating with – weariness of life". Weeping in the morning, whining voice in the morning and moaning in the forenoon stand against cheerfulness in children, which also appears after urinating. A mood that improves with nosebleed shows how closely the mind remains bound to bodily processes.

Summary

Borx. describes a person whose security depends on position, height and silence. Every sudden shift, whether fall, noise or fright, is experienced as a threat and answered with starting, screaming and clinging. Support comes from the mother and from regular bodily functions; where these are lacking, mood and thoughts quickly tip. The picture thus reaches from the infant after a difficult birth to the adult whose mind reacts to the smallest disturbance.

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