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Cyclamen europaeum (Cycl.)

Cyclamen europaeum (Cycl.) appears in 438 rubrics in the Repertory. Of these, 31 are single-remedy rubrics in which only this remedy is listed, and 31 are small rubrics with no more than two other remedies. The emphasis lies on Delusions, Dullness, Confusion of mind, Weeping, Menses and Brooding. The picture is that of a person who feels guilty and persecuted, alternates states of stupefaction with a drive to activity, and whose mind is closely tied to the woman's cycle.

Guilt and Persecution

The Delusions contain guilt and threat. Listed are the delusion of having done something evil, sadness as if the person were the greatest criminal, and overwhelming grief over a neglected duty. The person believes she is persecuted, and by everyone, that she has fallen into great difficulties, and that she is deprived of all senses. Ugly animals surround her, crawl in her, or run as large animals over her body. She broods over an imaginary illness and an imaginary grief.

Altered Perception

Perception is shifted. Everything is said to be in motion, in a swaying up-and-down movement; objects flicker and dance; solid objects appear transparent. The brain seems to wobble to and fro. With closed eyes the person feels as if she were riding; she seems to be descending a mountain ridge, believes she has just been awakened, and that two persons lie in the bed, overlapping each other, whose bodies take up half of her own. Consciousness is almost extinguished.

Alternation of Dullness and Activity

The remedy oscillates between stupefaction and doing. Dullness alternates with the desire for activity and with the desire for work; work improves the dullness, and laziness alternates with the desire to work. Dullness also occurs after stool, as does forgetfulness. Confusion is ameliorated by cold applications to the head and by excitement, and occurs after breakfast. Cold bathing ameliorates, and children's aversion to bathing is eased by cold bathing. Indoors is better, yet there is aversion to going out.

Menses and Mind

A group of its own connects the cycle with the mind. Listed are sadness during menses, weeping that does her no good, weeping with suppression of menses, morose mood with suppressed menses, mental symptoms ameliorated by profuse flow, anxiety and laziness in amenorrhea, stupefaction in menorrhagia, and indifference at climacteric and menopause. Weeping does not diminish the aversion to company.

Children and Other Matters

Among the single-remedy rubrics is that children are strongly attached to the father. There is fear of misfortune during chill and during heat, profound thoughts about the future, and vivid fancies in the evening. The person is morose after the midday nap. One rubric describes cheerfulness with trembling of the joints.

Summary

The picture of Cyclamen europaeum combines feelings of guilt and ideas of persecution with swaying perception and the alternation of stupefaction and drive to activity. The close link of mind and cycle, the amelioration by cold and by work, and the numerous single-remedy rubrics among the Delusions characterize the remedy. A key symptom is not identified in the available data.

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