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Kalium arsenicosum (Kali‑ar.)

Kalium arsenicosum (Kali‑ar.) appears in the repertory in 255 rubrics. Of these, 6 are single-remedy rubrics in which only this remedy is listed, and 12 are small rubrics with no more than two other remedies. The emphasis lies on Fear and Anxiety, which together make up more than a quarter of all rubrics, and also on Delusions and Restlessness. The picture is that of a person whose fear is aimed at the heart and at health.

Fear for the heart and health

The small rubrics show what the fear is directed at: apoplexy with palpitation, inflammation of the brain, and health in general, up to panic. One delusion concerns incurable heart disease. Restlessness in angina pectoris, worries from intermittent heart action, and excitement with heart complaints stand beside these. The fear rises from the abdomen, and the anxiety falls at night in the hours between one and three o'clock and occurs with stomach cramp. Another rubric names fear of the family, concerning family matters.

Sadness and sharpness

The single-remedy rubrics on sadness form a striking group. In sadness the person is quiet and at the same time quarrelsome, and the sadness itself recurs periodically, every third day. Alongside stands violence toward friends. A small rubric links jealousy with melancholy.

Crazy feeling

A single-remedy rubric describes "Crazy feeling – crazy, acts like a". The person experiences herself as someone who behaves like a madman, and another single-remedy rubric names aphonia after skin eruptions. Both point to states that the person herself finds uncanny.

Summary

In the repertory Kalium arsenicosum is a remedy of heart anxiety and concern for one's own health. The fear spreads to the family and to the night, and the sadness comes quiet and irritable at once. It is above all this basic pattern of fear that the rubrics support.

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