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Carbolicum acidum (Carb-ac.)

Carbolicum acidum (Carb-ac.) appears in 127 rubrics in the Repertory. Of these, 6 are single-remedy rubrics in which only this remedy is listed, and 9 are small rubrics with at most two other remedies. The main emphasis is on Delusions, Coma, Fear and Memory, followed by Unconsciousness, Mental exertion and Cheerfulness. The picture shows a person whose consciousness is impaired by poisoning and overstimulation, with false perceptions of reeling and stupefaction and a fear that increases at night in bed.

Reeling and stupefaction

Together with Memory, the delusions form the largest block, eleven rubrics each. The picture is that of intoxication without intoxicant: listed is the idea of being under the influence of an opiate and, only for this remedy, the same idea in the morning ("Delusions – opiate, under the influence of an opiate, he is – morning"). Fitting this are the feeling of reeling and the deception that objects move to and fro. One can see in this a perception that has lost its firm ground.

Coma and unconsciousness

Coma is listed six times. Two specific rubrics describe it more closely: with pale face and, as a single-remedy rubric, with imperceptible pulse. In acute hydrocephalus it is added that the person does not recognize, along with a small rubric for excitement in hydrocephalus. The rubrics thus lead from the body into consciousness: the state of the head determines what the person perceives.

Fear at night

The fear is directed at impending danger and impending disease, both at night, the fear of disease in bed. A small rubric connects anguish with coldness of the body. The night is thus the place where the fear takes on an object.

Head work

A single-remedy rubric records the effect of reading: "Studying, learning – reading agg. all symptoms, especially pressure in the occiput." Breakfast, by contrast, ameliorates mental symptoms. A single-remedy rubric names an affectionate nature that is repulsive; another, jumping up after lying down.

Summary

In the Repertory, Carbolicum acidum appears as a remedy of clouded, reeling perception with opiate ideas, with coma and nocturnal fear, in which mental work aggravates the complaints in the occiput. The specific rubrics are limited in number; the delusions carry the picture.

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