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Plutonium nitricum (Plut-n.)

Plutonium nitricum (Plut-n.) appears in 355 rubrics in the repertory. Of these, 54 are single rubrics in which only this remedy appears, and 23 are small rubrics with at most two other remedies. The emphasis lies on Delusions, Indifference, Anger and Detachment. Together they yield the picture of a person who distances himself from himself and from others, senses a primeval layer within himself, and turns his anger inward.

Delusions of origin

The center of the rubrics is formed by the Delusions (68, of which 36 are specific). Their pull toward prehistory is striking: the person experiences himself as a primitive man, walks like a Stone Age man and carries "Consciousness – animal consciousness." He believes himself to be a dog, sees ape-like faces and thinks he is elbowing his way through earlier generations. A single rubric names the lost paradise and the Fall: "Delusions – paradise – lost paradise, the Fall." One can read in this the feeling of having fallen out of a primal state and of still carrying it within.

Light, darkness and downfall

A second strand concerns the end of the world. Listed are visions of comets, the earth exploding, a bomb that has just exploded, and the world as an object of despair. Beside it stands the idea of balance: "Delusions – dark – balance with the light, the darkness is in." The trap in the underworld, blood-sucking bats, ghosts and bears behind the back form the oppressive side of the same world of images.

Indifference and detachment

Opposite the turmoil of images stands an emotional coldness. The person is indifferent to all people and to things he otherwise enjoys, indifferent even to headache. He is merciless toward friends and even toward his closest family, although a small rubric at the same time lists exuberant love for the family. The detachment has a form: "Detached – observing, as if he/she were, from outside." Between thought and action lies a pause, and the person is silent about himself. The mind sometimes appears separated from the body, and his own stomach is not his own.

Anger directed inward

Anger is both present and hidden: "Anger – internalized." The rubrics list controlled rage, anger followed by serenity and quickly flaring violence at slight cause. Irritability grows in the course of the day; interruptions and loud speaking of others are barely tolerable. The thought of the father and the face of the father recur several times, and the person feels more masculine and distrustful of men.

Summary

In the repertory Plut-n. appears as a remedy of the utmost tension between primeval times and the end of the world, between absence of feeling and suppressed vehemence. The person seems to observe rather than to experience, and acts out in images the force of what he does not feel.

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