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Cadmium sulphuricum (Cadm-s.)

Cadmium sulphuricum (Cadm-s.) appears in the repertory in 87 rubrics. Of these, none are single-remedy rubrics, and 5 are small rubrics with at most two other remedies. The emphasis lies on Fear, Unconsciousness and Restlessness, plus Anxiety, Ailments from previous events and Company. The picture is built from large rubrics and carries little that is distinctive; it shows a person between fear and unrest, whom the condition can lead to unconsciousness.

Fear and anxiety

With twelve rubrics, Fear is the dominant theme, with Anxiety alongside it with four rubrics. It is the most frequent of the main rubrics, yet none of its rubrics is specific. It appears as a basic mood, not as fear of a particular object.

Unrest and activity

Restlessness is listed six times, Activity three times, plus Work, Excitement and Sensitiveness with two rubrics each. Particularly striking is that the restlessness is tied to light: two small rubrics name it in sunlight, one of them under the general heading Light, the other directly as "Restlessness – sunlight agg.". This can be read as an irritability of the senses that expresses itself as inner unrest.

Unconsciousness

Six rubrics belong to Unconsciousness, three of them to the specific ones. It occurs in cholera infantum, with cough and between the coughing fits. In all three cases a bodily condition is recorded that displaces consciousness, so the connection runs from body to mind.

Company and ailments

Company and Ailments from are each listed four times. The file names no individual rubrics for them; the finding suffices for the hint that dealings with people and previous burdens appear in the picture, not for more.

Summary

In the repertory, Cadmium sulphuricum stands for fear and unrest that can increase with sunlight, and for states in which consciousness fades in severe physical illness. Because of the lack of single-remedy rubrics and the small number of small rubrics, the statement remains cautious.

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