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Chocolate (Choc.)

Chocolate (Choc.) appears in 342 rubrics in the Repertory. Of these, 41 are single-remedy rubrics in which only this remedy is listed, and 25 are small rubrics with at most two other remedies. The emphasis lies on Delusions, Excitement, Colors, Gestures and Hair, plus Hiding, Children and Company. The picture is that of a person who is physically transformed and feels strange, is animal-like in orientation toward food and shelter, and shows distinct preferences in company and in choice of colors.

Delusions about the Body and about Animals

Almost half of the specific rubrics belong to Delusions. They concern mainly the body: one's own face appears strange and unknown, the mouth is double, the nose smaller, the hands grow larger, the back of the head is elongated, and blood streams from the mouth. The body appears divided, namely into four parts. As a single-remedy rubric stands the idea that wings open on the back and spread. The person believes they can see from above and below at the same time. Dreams are also affected: they are another's or have been stolen. In addition comes not recognizing one's own face.

The animal-related rubrics form a field of their own. This remedy alone is listed for the idea of being a hedgehog or seeing hedgehogs, for locusts and for the delusion that a tomato is a locust. In addition come the idea of being altogether an animal and nursing animals or hairy babies. Vermin are seen, also as creatures crawling over the sheet of paper while writing, and the thoughts cling stubbornly to hedgehogs.

Foraging and Hiding

The animal-like picture continues in behavior. Listed are desire to forage, to search for something to eat, to hide food and dishes, and to climb walls. The mouth is to be used instead of the hands. Fitting this are the desire to fly in an airplane and the desire to be able to see far.

Hair and Gestures

A conspicuous group concerns the hair. The remedy desires to have the hair cut, short and bristly; the rubric is also listed in children. The sight of a short, brush-like haircut excites. In gesture the wish shows itself to stroke the hair or to stroke the hair out of the face.

Colors and Sensory Stimuli

Colors form a further emphasis. Aversion exists to blue, maroon and green, to brown and to reddish-brown maroon; desire is to wear brown, and in a smaller rubric to wear yellow. Hypersensitiveness to music is explicitly directed to the singing of birds.

Mood Swings

Excitement occurs in many forms: in the dark, after walking in the open air, as in joyful hope and as from confusion. There are anticipation in the morning, anger on change of plans and many rubrics on mistakes and concentration. Thoughts alternate between clearness and dullness, concentration between working well and calmness of mind, ideas between abundance and want. In company inhibition vanishes; the person wants company as long as they are better in it, and dislikes being alone. Listed are a desire for sun, light and company, alongside malicious joking.

Summary

The picture of Chocolate combines physical strangeness and transformation with an animal-like orientation toward food, shelter and movement. The delusions of the hedgehog, of locusts and of wings, the desire for short hair, the precise color preferences and the alternations between clearness and dullness make the remedy distinguishable. A king-pin symptom is not identified in the available data.

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