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Cereus Serpentinus

7 sectionsClarke · 7
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Keynotes

Characteristics
Clarke

The heart was less prominently affected by Cer. serp. than by the other Cacti;

but pains in head and a paralysed feeling were experienced. A voluptuous feeling; dwindling of

sexual organs; mental irritations were prominent. < On exposure to cold, to which there is great

  • sensitiveness.
  • J.
  • H.
  • Fitch proved Cer.
  • s.
  • , as well as Cer.
  • b.
  • Kunze also proved Cer.
  • s.

Mentals

Symptoms — Mind
Clarke
  • Angry at trifles.
  • —Fits of sudden ungovernable rage.
  • —Inclined to swear.
  • —Prays all

night—Makes mistakes, reading or writing.

Head

Symptoms — Head
Clarke

Dizzy in morning, with mucus in throat.—Tensive pain in head and brain —Feeling as

if back part of brain were detached from front, and rotten.

Urinary

Symptoms — Urinary Organs
Clarke
  • Pain in region of r.
  • kidney.
  • —Urging to urinate —Enuresis.
  • —Urine

yellowish; or pale tea-green.

Male

Symptoms — Male Sexual Organs
Clarke

Genital organs small and dwindled.—Excited genital

condition.—Emission, seems as if passed in a lump.—Emission followed by cutting pain first in

one, then in other testicle.

Chest

Symptoms — Heart
Clarke

Paralysed feeling in heart—Pain after exertion, followed by short breath, > by full

breath —A fterwards, short sharp pains through heart.—Thrusting pains at heart followed by

sighing respiration.

Relations

Relations
Clarke
  • Compare:—Cact.
  • g.
  • , Cereus bon.
  • , Coni.
  • ; Pso.
  • (sensitiveness to cold).
  • Anac.
  • (inclined

to swear).

Classical Posology

Acute
  • 30C or 200C · repeat every 1–4 h depending on intensity
  • Stop on improvement · reassess in 24–48 h
  • For sensitive / elderly / paediatric: prefer LM1 or 30C
Constitutional
  • 200C or 1M single dose · wait 4 weeks
  • Alternative: LM1 daily × 10 days · ascend on retest
  • Hering's-Law follow-up adapts the next script
Citations: Organon §246 (interval / repetition) · §161 (plussed water) · §282 (LM ascension) · Kent on selection · Vithoulkas on second prescription. Open Repertify for the case-specific dose with the rule cited inline.
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