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Cantharis vesicatoria (Canth.)

Cantharis vesicatoria (Canth.) appears in 640 rubrics in the Repertory. Of these, 35 are single-remedy rubrics in which only this remedy is listed, and 36 are small rubrics with at most two other remedies. The main emphasis is on Delusions, Restlessness, Barking, Rage and Shrieking, followed by Unconsciousness, Delirium and Rabies. They yield the picture of a person driven by an inner ardor, who turns to rage and in distress screams for help.

Screaming for help

Listed as a King-Pin symptom is "Delirium – shrieking with – help, for." This means a person who is beside himself and calls for help without being able to help himself; in the foreground is not the pain but the need for rescue. Among the small rubrics stands delirium calling for help. As a second King-Pin symptom the Repertory names irritability from insults, that is, from words taken as an offense.

Rage and restlessness

The restlessness is anxious and ends in a fit of fury or in rage. The single-remedy rubrics show this outcome repeatedly, as do rage in meningitis and erotic rage. There are stupor and unconsciousness that set in suddenly, with cold skin, and a delirium that suddenly becomes wild. After pain the Repertory lists insanity from unbearable pain in the larynx or in the abdomen, scratching the walls, and tearing one's own skin with the fingernails.

Larynx, water and barking

A striking group concerns the larynx and drinking. Barking sounds occur in paroxysms, on touching the larynx and on drinking: "Barking, makes barking sounds – drinking water agg." On trying to drink or to touch the larynx the patient falls into rage, and screaming on drinking water is listed specifically. Added is the sight of water, which causes vertigo. The picture corresponds to rabies, in which moaning and screaming alternate with barking.

Gleam and deceptions

Bright objects have a distinct effect on Canth.: an affinity for glittering objects, a rage that is renewed by shining objects, and delusions arising from luminous things. Beside these stand delusions of being at another's mercy: one is seized by the throat by ice-cold hands, "Delusions – strangled by ice-cold hands, is," the bed is lifted up or someone throws it up and down.

Children and afternoon

Among children the Repertory names those who fall in love quickly and constantly suffer from lovesickness. Several single-remedy rubrics concentrate impertinence, insolence, obstinacy and contradiction in the afternoon. Likewise a manic workaholism stands among the single-remedy rubrics.

Summary

In the Repertory, Canth. shows a person in acute distress whose self-control is taken away by pain and inner restlessness. He screams for help, is beset by deceptions of cold and violence, reacts to water and gleam with rage, and is easily hurt by words.

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