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Cina maritima (Cina)

Cina maritima (Cina) appears in 863 rubrics in the Repertory. Of these, 46 are single-remedy rubrics in which only this remedy is listed, and 82 are small rubrics with at most two other remedies. The emphasis lies on Children, who account for by far the largest share with 231 rubrics, plus Weeping, Anxiety and Fear, Touch, Gestures and Jumping. From them emerges the picture of a child that demands attention and at the same time rejects it, that is impatient, obstinate and plagued by nocturnal anxiety.

Being Carried and Defense

The contradiction stands at the center. The child wants to be carried and yet cannot bear to be touched. The single-remedy rubric "Children, general – carried, desire to be – aversion to being touched, with it" records this. It weeps heartbreakingly when carried or held, and yet is quiet only as long as it is carried; it becomes stiff and kicks. A second single-remedy rubric records that carrying does not ameliorate. Tenderness does not reach it: "Consoling – difficult to console – caressing and tenderness are useless". Also listed are aversion to touch on the head and on the occiput, to caresses and to having the hair cut, and every approach provokes screams.

Rejecting and Obstinacy

The defense also concerns what is offered. The child refuses help, refuses an examination and throws whatever it is given. Capriciousness goes so far that it rejects things, "refuses things it wanted as soon as it gets them". In addition come contrary disposition, aversion to being interrupted, aversion to being hindered, striking from anger, and irritability to the point of throwing away food. At the same time the child hides food, swallows everything and is eager to touch things.

Cough and Fear

The cough gives fear a shape. The child fears provoking the attack by speaking or moving, and remains, as the single-remedy rubric says, "quiet, does not move and does not talk". Anxiety, irritability, anger and confusion occur before and after the attack, as do starting and screaming. Fear also has its hour, midnight, and children wake anxious in the evening.

Night and Waking

The night brings restlessness. Children wake from visions, scream with trembling, whine and complain on waking and start violently on falling asleep. Pavor nocturnus after a late supper is listed, in sleep the child grunts.

Worms and Irritability

A series of rubrics connects vexation, excitement, anger and teething complaints with worm affections. The child bores with the finger in the ear, constantly picks at the nose and tears the skin around the nails. Irritability follows fever and heat.

Motion

Restlessness seeks motion. The child has the impulse to jump, "Jumping – suddenly, as from pain", and jumps especially in the evening. Rapid rocking ameliorates; the desire to be rocked persists. The hands grasp at the trachea, at the nose, at the lips, and the arms are thrown about.

Summary

Cina appears as the picture of an overstimulated, defensive child whose need for closeness founders on the inability to bear it. The restlessness is expressed in jumping, picking and grasping, the anxiety in cough and night. The rubrics point to a state in which every attention is at the same time a stimulus.

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