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Drosera rotundifolia (Dros.)

Drosera rotundifolia (Dros.) appears in 310 rubrics in the Repertory. Of these, 11 are single-remedy rubrics in which only this remedy is listed, and 11 are small rubrics with no more than two other remedies. The emphasis lies on Anxiety with 29 rubrics, Delusions, Fear, Voice and Children. From these emerges the picture of a person whose anxiety is bound to the cough, who feels persecuted and who obstinately holds to his plans.

Anxiety and Cough

The cough gives the anxiety a shape. Three single-remedy rubrics list anguish during cough, in whooping cough and in whooping cough itself. Talkativeness after the cough is added. The Voice, strongly represented with 19 rubrics, belongs in the same context; a small rubric names the failing voice. The cough brings anxiety, talkativeness and disturbance of the voice into one line.

Evening and Night

The anxiety has its time. Listed are anxiety when the person is alone in the evening, anxiety in the evening between 7 and 8 p.m., and the anxiety of children on waking at night, twice over under Anxiety and under Children. With heat, anxiety occurs during hot flushes.

Persecution and Drowning

The Delusions are dark. A single-remedy rubric records that the enemy allows the person no rest. A second describes the delusion of being forced to commit suicide by drowning. Correspondingly, suicidal disposition by drowning in the evening is listed. Small rubrics name the expectation of unpleasant news and anger from insults.

Obstinacy and Plans

The obstinacy shows itself in holding on to one's own undertakings: small rubrics list obstinacy in carrying out plans and insisting on the execution of plans. Anger to the point of being beside oneself over trifles belongs here. A single-remedy rubric concerns reading, in which the subject must be changed.

Peculiarities

Also listed are envy of food, a tendency to spill, and sensitiveness to sour odors. These rubrics add smaller traits to the picture that are hard to classify.

Summary

Dros. appears as the picture of an anxious person, beset in the evening and at night, whose anxiety and voice hang on the cough, who fears persecution and drowning and remains obstinate in his plans. With 22 specific rubrics the data are manageable.

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