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Coccus cacti (Coc-c.)

Coccus cacti (Coc-c.) appears in 117 rubrics in the Repertory. Of these, 7 are single-remedy rubrics in which only this remedy is listed, and 8 are small rubrics with at most two other remedies. The emphasis lies on Voice, Anxiety and Delusions; in the total count mental Confusion leads. Striking is how many rubrics are tied to a time of day.

Time and Mood

Anxiety follows a timetable: it comes at night between two and four o'clock, with the single-remedy rubric "Anxiety – midnight, until – after – 2 – 4 a.m.", and in the afternoon between 2 and 4 p.m. Breakfast aggravates the mental symptoms, and after breakfast confusion of mind arises. Excitement after beer stands as a single-remedy rubric. Desire and voluptuousness appear in the morning.

Voice

The voice is hoarse, husky and deep, and it changes in the open air: the rubrics list a husky voice in the open air and a deep one that is worse in the open air. It becomes hoarse in the afternoon and when speaking.

Delusion and Attitude

The delusions are bodily: everything the person touches appears thicker than normal, and at night in half-sleep they feel as if sticking to a woolen bag. Alongside stands, as a small rubric, conformism.

Summary

The picture is less a character than a rhythm: anxiety, confusion and change of voice occur at fixed hours and under fixed circumstances, accompanied by delusions with a bodily coloring.

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