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Calcium sulphuricum (Calc‑s.)

Calcium sulphuricum (Calc‑s.) appears in 332 rubrics in the Repertory. Of these, 14 are single-remedy rubrics in which only this remedy is listed, and 13 are small rubrics with at most two other remedies. The main emphasis is on Children with 54 rubrics, followed by Fear, Anxiety, Sadness and Cheerfulness. They yield the picture of a person whose mood alternates between morning and evening, sadness and cheerfulness, and who dwells on imaginary misfortune.

Alternating moods

The remedy is characterized above all by the change of mood. Single-remedy rubrics list: "Sadness – morning – merry in the evening," cheerfulness alternating with sadness in the afternoon, grief that turns into cheerfulness in the evening, and cheerfulness at 6 p.m. Small rubrics add versions in the opposite direction: sadness in the evening alternating with cheerfulness in the morning, cheerful in the morning and sad in the evening, cheerfulness alternating with grief. It is striking how many rubrics carry the same alternation in different wordings.

Imaginary misfortune

The second strand concerns misfortune. One single-remedy rubric lists absorption in thought in which misfortune appears, another fear of misfortune that is better in the open air. Small rubrics add: the person sits and thinks about imaginary misfortune, and is inconsolable over imaginary misfortune. Embittered sadness belongs here too.

Fear and images

Single-remedy rubrics record fear of reptiles and fear of burns. A small rubric lists terrible images and phantoms at night when the person tries to sleep. Despair of recovery occurs during the heat.

Recognition and grudge

Striving for recognition is listed as a single-remedy rubric. Beside it stands hatred of people who have offended the person and do not agree with him. A further single-remedy rubric describes the desire to go, which passes as soon as the person starts out. The small rubric for difficult speech from stiffness of the tongue belongs to the marginal features.

Summary

Calc‑s. appears as the picture of a person whose mood swings over the course of the day, who likes to brood over misfortune that never happens, and who seeks recognition and holds offenses against others. With 27 specific rubrics the data are modest, but the alternation between cheerfulness and sadness clearly carries the picture.

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