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Squilla maritima (Squil)

Squilla maritima (Squil) appears in 134 rubrics. Of these, 2 are single-remedy rubrics in which only this remedy is listed, and 3 are small rubrics with at most two other remedies. The emphasis is on anxiety, which is most strongly represented with 11 rubrics, plus delusions, confusion of mind, fear, and dullness. The picture is that of an anxious, benumbed person who feels unsteady in balance.

Anxiety and fear

Anxiety is the largest field. It is listed in eleven rubrics, fear in five. The fear concerns falling, and the anxiety combines with the timidity and bashfulness that occur in four rubrics. Mental symptoms are described as alternating states in three rubrics.

Delusions of being benumbed

The delusions are listed in eight rubrics. Two single-remedy rubrics concern the state of being benumbed as if intoxicated: "benumbed – intoxication, as after". Another describes the fear of falling to one side on rising: "Rising, on – fall to one side, he/she would". The delusions of being intoxicated appear additionally in small rubrics.

Confusion and dullness

Confusion of mind is listed in seven rubrics, dullness in four. Irritability and oversensitiveness are each present in three or four rubrics. Confusion and dullness thus form a counterpart to the anxiety.

Children and cough

In children, rubbing the face with the fists is listed, namely during cough: "rubs – face with fists during cough". The cough thus appears as the occasion for a movement directed against the child's own face.

Summary

Squilla maritima appears in the repertory as a remedy of anxiety, benumbment, and confusion. The fear of falling and the delusions of being intoxicated combine with a dullness that accompanies the anxiety. The children and cough rubrics remain supplementary.

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