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Chelidonium majus (Chel.)

Chelidonium majus (Chel.) appears in 382 rubrics in the repertory. Of these, 19 are single-remedy rubrics in which only this remedy is listed, and 28 are small rubrics with no more than two other remedies. The emphasis lies on unconsciousness, anxiety, delirium, stupor, and delusions. The picture is of a person whose consciousness readily fades in illness, who is driven by anxiety and restlessness, and whose mind alternates between rigidity, brooding, and irritability.

Unconsciousness and stupor

The most striking area is the fading of consciousness in the setting of particular diseases. The rubrics record unconsciousness in jaundice, in heart disease and valvular disease, in pneumonia, and in albuminuria, along with stupor in jaundice and pneumonia, and stupor and unconsciousness after delirium. As a single-remedy rubric there stands a finding that names the amelioration: "Unconsciousness – rubbing the soles of the feet amel." Unconsciousness can also occur on waking in the morning. Delirium appears in influenza, quiet and aggravated at night.

Anxiety and restlessness

The anxiety is richly differentiated. Recorded are anxiety in the evening at 6 p.m., anxiety of having committed a crime, anxiety that one's condition might be noticed, and fear of insanity with restlessness and heat. A single-remedy rubric names anxiety after chill in valvular heart disease; physical exertion ameliorates the anxiety. The restlessness is anxious and finds rest in no occupation. In addition comes the feeling of having to scream for no reason.

Delusions

The delusions are few and definite: everything turns when sitting up, the skull appears diminished, and as a single-remedy rubric there stands the feeling at night of being a soldier.

Mind and attitude

The mind shows hardness and withdrawal. The person readily takes offense if his opinion is not followed, is anti-intellectual and down-to-earth, broods to himself, and denies improvement of the complaints. Among the rubrics on children are striking his own children and melancholy early in the morning; a child that is carried cries pitifully. Also recorded are forgetfulness that extends to shaving or dressing, and hysteria since childbirth.

Summary

In the repertory, Chelidonium majus shows a person in whom physical illness directly strikes consciousness, with unconsciousness and stupor in liver, heart, and lung disorders. Alongside stand anxiety and restlessness, which are relieved by activity, and a closed mind intent on its own opinion.

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