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Phytolacca (Phyt)

Phytolacca (Phyt) appears in 142 rubrics in the Repertory. Of these, 10 are single-remedy rubrics in which only this remedy appears, and 13 are small rubrics with at most two other remedies. The emphasis lies on Children, which with 14 rubrics is the most strongly represented, in addition to Moaning, Indifference, Biting and Confusion. The picture is that of a person who moans with teething and pain, puts everything in the mouth, and experiences her own weariness of life in the morning.

Teething and children

Teething is the occasion of many rubrics on children. Difficult teething goes along with weeping, and teething is connected with compression of the gums: "Compression of the gums, with". In moaning during sleep, grinding of teeth is recorded, and teething is given as a trigger of moaning. The Moaning rubrics stand in second place with ten rubrics.

Biting and mouth

The desire to bite is recorded in six rubrics. A single-remedy rubric describes the desire to bite everything that the person can put in the mouth: "that she/he can put in the mouth". In addition comes the desire to wash, which in a single-remedy rubric is connected with cold water.

Weariness of life and morning

Weariness of life is recorded in four rubrics; a small rubric connects it with waking in the morning. Disgust is recorded in four rubrics and likewise occurs in the morning on waking. Indifference stands in nine rubrics. A single-remedy rubric describes the desire for death, connected with vomiting.

Summary

Phytolacca appears in the Repertory as a remedy whose emphasis lies with children and their difficult teething. The moaning, the biting and the indifference form the visible traits, the weariness of life in the morning the inner side. The delusions and the confusion complete the picture, which is essentially anchored in the body.

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