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Formica rufa (Form.)

Formica rufa (Form.) appears in 78 rubrics in the Repertory. Of these, 5 are single rubrics in which only this remedy appears, and 3 are small rubrics with at most two other remedies. The emphases lie in Work and mental exertion, in Restlessness and Memory. The data are scant, but their pattern is uniform: it is about activity that succeeds by day and fails at night.

Work and night

Work receives the only consistently positive statement: "Work – delight in". The other rubrics set the night against it. At night work is impossible, mental exertion aggravates, and hip pains in the sense of a bruised pain make restless. Memory also fails in the evening.

Mobility

A small rubric names mental mobility, and a delusion makes everything move back and forth. A single rubric records cheerfulness after pain.

Summary

The picture is that of an active, mobile mind that feels well in work but whose strength runs out toward evening and at night.

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