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Mephites putorius (Meph.)

Mephites putorius (Meph.) appears in 79 rubrics in the repertory. Of these, 5 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 Stupefaction, Loquacity, Gestures and Somnambulism; Irritability, Restlessness and Anger belong with them.

Stupefied and talkative

The state resembles that of a drunkard. Stupefaction goes along with garrulity and loquacity, and a small rubric says it outright: Loquacity, "drunk, as if". The dullness has its seat in the head, which feels enlarged, accompanied by nausea and ill humor. A single-remedy rubric records this, and another mentions excitement with heat of the head.

Anger in sleep

Anger occurs with somnambulism. Two single-remedy rubrics describe angry gestures during somnambulism and somnambulism with angry gestures: the sleeper acts out of an annoyance that is not carried out in waking. The irritability can be kindled by imagined events, again a single-remedy rubric.

Unfitness and fright

A small rubric records the delusion of being unfit for work, and other rubrics show startability and restlessness.

Summary

Meph. describes a stupefied, talkative, easily frightened person whose anger discharges in sleep and over imagined things. From the small number of its own rubrics only this basic pattern can be read.

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