Chlorum
as William Boericke recorded it in Homoeopathic Materia Medica, 1927
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Mind
Fear of becoming crazy. Marked loss of memory, especially for names.
General
General anæsthetic, antispasmodic. Complete muscular relaxation. Weak and quick pulse, shallow or stertorous breathing. Convulsions, nephritic or biliary colic, gastralgia. Symptoms obtained by Dr. D. Macfarlan with the 6th potency. Great weakness, especially on right side. Limbs very tired from knees down. Much perspiration all over face and chest; drowsy and dizzy; dry lips and throat; dry tickling cough at night. Flatulence; food regurgitates; sore and bruised feeling in stomach; catching pain around heart. Sharp pain in right chest when he takes long breath; shortness of breath on exertion.
Head
Delirium where excitement and violence predominate. Head drawn down upon the shoulders, eyes opened and closed rapidly, pupils contracted; rapid convulsive movements of face, of muscles, of extremities.
Respiratory
Sooty, smoky nostrils. Coryza with sudden gushes of sharp, corroding fluid, making nose sore inside and about the alæ. Constriction, with suffocation. Spasm of the glottis. Irritation of epiglottis, larynx, and bronchi. Loss of voice from damp air. Sudden dyspnœa from spasm of the vocal cords, with staring protruding eyes, blue face, cold sweat, pulse small. Inspiration free, with obstructed expiration. (Mephit). Livid face. Prolonged, loud, whistling rales. Extreme dryness of tongue.
Relationships
Ether Post-operative Bronchitis (Prof. Bier). Spiritus Aetheris Compositus.––(Hoffman's Anodyne)––(Flatulence; angina pectoris. Dose 5m to 1 dram in water).
Dose
Chlorine water, when required of full strength, must be freshly prepared. Fourth to sixth potency.
What the other books say about Chlorum
The same remedy read by a different author. They disagree, and the disagreements are where the remedy becomes recognisable.
- Chlorum in Boger — A compressed key — the generals and the characteristic modalities, with very little narrative.
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Create a free accountCite this page. William Boericke. Homoeopathic Materia Medica. 9th edition (preface dated San Francisco, June 1927). Chlorum — Mind. HomeopathyWorld, https://homeopathyworld.in/materia-medica/books/boericke/chlorum. Published 1927: public domain in the US (since 2023) and in India (author died 1929). Reproduced as the author wrote it; a historical reference for students and practitioners, not medical advice.