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Materia Medica

Cocainum Hydrochloricum

11 sectionsBoericke · 11

At a glance

Cardinal features · auto-extracted from Boericke
  • if small foreign bodies or worms were under the skin
  • to undertake vast feats of strength
  • sees and feels bugs and worms. Moral sense blunted
  • jealousy

Essence

Prologue
Boericke

An Alkaloid from Erythroxylon Coca (COCAINA)

Besides the great usefulness of Cocaine as a local anaesthetic, it has specific homeopathic uses, though the symptoms are mainly clinical only.

Sensation as if small foreign bodies or worms were under the skin.

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Mentals

Mind
Boericke
  • Talkative.
  • Constant desire to do something great, to undertake vast feats of strength.
  • Cerebral activity.
  • Frightful persecutory hallucinations; sees and feels bugs and worms. Moral sense blunted.
  • Personal appearance neglected.
  • Thinks he hears unpleasant remarks about himself.
  • Hallucinations of hearing.
  • Irrational jealousy.
  • Insomnia.

Head

Head
Boericke
  • Throbbing and bursting sensation.
  • Pupils dilated.
  • Hearing greatly increased.
  • Roaring and noises in head.

Eyes

Eyes
Boericke

Glaucoma, increased tension, decreased corneal sensibility. Eyes staring, expressionless.

Throat

Throat
Boericke

Dry, burning, tickling, constricted, paralysis of muscles of deglutition. Speech difficult.

Stomach

Stomach
Boericke

Loss of appetite for solid food. Likes sweets. Haemorrhages from bowels, stomach.

Sleep

Sleep
Boericke

Restless, cannot sleep for hours after retiring.

Fever

Fever
Boericke

Coldness with intense pallor.

Relations

Relationship
Boericke

Compare: Stovain (an analgesic, a vasomotor dilator). Antidote to disagreeable effects occasionally resulting from injection of cocaine into skin or gums, drop doses of nitroglycer. 1 % sol.

Posology

Dose
Boericke

Lower potencies. As a local application to mucous membranes, 2-4 %.

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.

Additional notes

Nervous System
Boericke

Chorea; paralysis agitans; alcoholic tremors and senile trembling. Local sensory paralysis. Formication and numbness in hands and forearms.

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