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Menyanthes trifoliata (Meny.)

Menyanthes trifoliata (Meny.) appears in 153 rubrics in the repertory. Of these, 8 are single-remedy rubrics in which only this remedy is listed, and 4 are small rubrics with at most two other remedies. The emphasis lies on Fear, Delusions, Restlessness, Dullness, Company and Indifference. Together they yield the picture of a person who swings between apathy and jesting and whose condition is closely bound to headache.

Headache and company

The headache organizes several mental rubrics. Three rubrics link it with the relation to others: fear of being alone during headache and desire for company during headache are single-remedy rubrics, and the feeling of being forsaken during headache is added. Whoever has a headache evidently does not want to be alone.

Alternation of indifference and jesting

A rubric group of its own describes the alternation. The single-remedy rubrics "Indifference, apathy - alternating with - jesting" and "Jesting - alternating with - indifference" face each other as mirror images, supplemented by jesting after indifference. Beside them stand dullness, listed specifically for a room, and confusion of mind.

Restlessness and delusions

Restlessness is bound in three rubrics to complaints of the urinary tract, also in women. Among the delusions stand the feeling that something evil will happen, as well as a single-remedy rubric on fantasy images on waking.

Summary

Meny. shows a picture of changing states: dull and apathetic, then jesting, in addition restless and anxious, with a strong need for company during headache. The data are narrow.

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