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Verbascum thapsus (Verb.)

Verbascum thapsus (Verb.) appears in 152 rubrics in the Repertory. Of these, 6 are single-remedy rubrics in which only this remedy is listed, and 7 are small rubrics with at most two other remedies. The emphasis lies on Delusions, Voice, Anxiety and Thoughts. Together they form the picture of a person whose anxiety recurs regularly and whose voice sounds peculiar.

The voice

The voice is the clearest feature. Two single-remedy rubrics record that it sounds like a trumpet, once in general, once as a deep voice. A third single-remedy rubric lists aggravation of the voice when reading. In all, eight rubrics carry the main rubric Voice.

Anxiety and insanity

The anxiety occurs rhythmically. The small rubrics list daily anxiety and anxiety that returns periodically every day; a single-remedy rubric describes anxiety the whole day. Another single-remedy rubric links insanity with anxiety in facial neuralgia. With thirteen rubrics the Delusions are the largest group: listed are illusions of the senses and the feeling that many ghosts are pressing in on the person.

Joy and anger

Beside the anxiety stands an elevated mood. A single-remedy rubric records cheerful mood toward evening, a small rubric excessive outbursts of joy with laughter. Anger is better in the evening. In addition there are dreamy, erotically tinged absent-mindedness as well as rubrics on laziness and memory.

Summary

Verb. appears as the picture of a person with periodic anxiety, a trumpet-like voice and illusions of the senses. Joy and anger alternate with the time of day, and in the evening the mood brightens. The data remain modest, with few single-remedy rubrics.

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