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Xanthoxylum fraxineum (Xan.)

Xanthoxylum fraxineum (Xan.) appears in 106 rubrics in the Repertory. Of these, 10 are single-remedy rubrics in which only this remedy is listed, and 8 are small rubrics with at most two other remedies. The emphasis lies on the Delusions, which with 22 rubrics form the largest main rubric, as well as Fear, Starting and Restlessness. The picture is that of a person whose perception of her own body and of the ground is distorted and who wavers between fear and weariness of life.

Delusions about body and ground

The ground appears uncertain. A single-remedy rubric records that it is "soft as wool when walking, is", and a second single-remedy rubric describes that one believes one is sinking when walking. Floating is recorded in the rubric "Delusions – floating – air, in – sitting, while". The body is experienced as falling apart, the head as divided. Among the Delusions is also the idea that one will always get worse.

Fear, starting and pain

Fear is directed among other things at death, and starting from sleep is associated with pains: "Pain in heart, from" stands as a single-remedy rubric on waking. Restlessness, anxiety and confusion occur in several rubrics, aphonia with general weakness in four. A single-remedy rubric is also assigned to the disposition to suicide, combined with headache.

Hysteria and climacteric

A group of rubrics links the remedy to disorders of menstruation and the climacteric. Hysteria is listed with absent menstruation, sighing in the climacteric and during menopause. The connection to the female cycle is thus close but remains limited to a few rubrics.

Summary

In the Repertory, Xan shows above all a perception in which ground, body and position become uncertain, combined with fear and the thought of death. The mood records sadness and indifference, the body pain in the heart and starting. The rubrics form an overall picture determined by delusion and fear.

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