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Oenanthe crocata (Oena.)

Oenanthe crocata (Oena.) appears in the repertory in 127 rubrics. Of these, 13 are single-remedy rubrics in which only this remedy appears, and 4 are small rubrics with at most two other remedies. The emphasis is on Insanity, Mania, Delirium, and Unconsciousness, followed by Violence, Restlessness, and Gestures. The picture is that of a person visited by sudden attacks who, between or after them, falls into stupor and restlessness.

Rage and intoxication

With this remedy the rage appears as under the influence of alcohol: mania, insanity, and rage each stand with the addition "drunk, as if". Listed only here is mania with sudden attack of rage in convulsions. Two rubrics link insanity with burning in the stomach and in the inner throat; the mental derailment thus appears as the expression of a bodily fire.

Attack and after-effect

Restlessness and an epileptic stupor follow the convulsions. Restlessness after attacks, too, is assigned to this remedy alone. In delirium the person moves constantly from one place to another. The alternation of attack, stupor, and driven state forms the core of the picture.

Menses and refusal

Several single-remedy rubrics relate to the menses: jumping up, violence on contradiction, irritability, and tearing the buttons of the dress during menses. Beside this stands refusal: everything offered is rejected by the person. Added is the delusion of being carried up to a height.

Summary

The rubrics sketch a person who loses control in attacks, rages as if intoxicated, becomes rigid afterward, and in times of bodily excitement, above all during the menses, tends toward violence and refusal.

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