Camphora officinalis

Common name: camphor.

Great faintness and prostration (Ant-T., Kali-P., Laur., Sep., Verat.) (Ra.).

Diminished circulation of the blood to parts most distant from the heart (coldness of the external body).

Throbbing pains in the cerebellum, like the pounding of a hammer (Bell., Glon., Nat-M., Psor.), synchronous with the beat of the heart (N.).

Pulse: weak, extremely small, and scarcely perceptible (Carb-V., Laur.) (A.).

BURNING IN THE STOMACH (Ars., Carb-V., Phos., Sec.) (Ra.).

Sudden attacks of vomiting and diarrhœa (Ars.) (A.).

ASIATIC CHOLERA (Ars., Carb-V., Cupr., Hydr-Ac., Kali-P., Lach., Naja, Phos., Sec., Verat.).

COLOUR OF THE FACE BLUISH (Ars., Carb-V., Cupr., Dig., Hyos., Ipec., Lach., Op., Verat.).

SUDDEN SINKING OF STRENGTH (Acon., Ars., Carb-V., Colch., Crot-H., Graph., Hydr-Ac., Laur., Phos., Sec., Sep., Verat.).

Face: livid, pale, haggard; pale and anxious; distorted, bluish and cold (N.).

GREAT COLDNESS OF THE SKIN, YET THE CHILD CANNOT BEAR TO BE COVERED (Sec.) (G..

Extremities cold and blue, with cramps (Ars., Carb-V., Cupr., Kali-P., Verat.) (Bt.).

Tongue: cold, flabby, trembling (Lach.). (A.).

Pernicious intermittent (Ant-T., Ars., Verat.) (A.).

Long-lasting chills (Ars., Caust., Chin., Colch., Ferr., Hep., Ign., Lyc., Nat-M.) (Bt.).

ICY COLDNESS ALL OVER; FACE DEATHLY PALE (Carb-V., Sec., Verat.) (N.).

Involuntary diarrhœa (Aloe, Kali-P., Sulph.); stools blackish (Ars., Bapt., Sulph.) (Bt.).

Pains, as if bruised in inner parts (Apis, Arn., Bapt., Bell., Eup-P., Ipec., Nat-M., Nux-V., Pyrog., Rhus-T.).

Half stupid and senseless (Ars., Bapt., Bell., Bry., Canth., Hyos., Lach., Lyc., Op., Phos-Ac., Stram., Verat) (Ra.).

Urine: deep red and depositing a thick sediment (Apis, Berb., Canth., Lyc., Sep.) (G.).

Great sensitiveness to cold and cold air (Hep.).

Retention of urine during cholera (Canth., Lach., Op, Verat.) (K.).

Strangury, not relieved by urinating (Bt.).

Loss of sensation (Anac., Ars., Carb-Ac., Caust., Chin., Cocc., Con., Kali-Br., Merc., Nux-V., Olnd., Op., Petr., Phos., Plb., Puls., Rhus-T., Zinc.).

IMPOTENCE: WITH COLDNESS, WEAKNESS, AND ATROPHIED CONDITION OF THE SEXUAL ORGANS (Agn., Calad., Lyc., Sulph.) (Bt.).

Cracking of the joints (Ang., Calc., Caps., Cocc., Kali-B., Led., Nat-M., Nit-Ac., Petr., Rhus-T., Sulph).

Epilepsy, with much congestion of blood to the brain (Max Ht.).

Rheumatic stitches in the muscles (Asaf., Bell., Bry., Calc., Kali-C., Merc., Puls., Rhus-T., Spig., Staph, Sulph., Tarax., Thuj.).

STAGE OF COLLAPSE: NOSE COLD AND POINTED; ANXIETY AND RESTLESSNESS; SKIN AND BREATH COLD (Ars., Carb-V., Jatr., Verat.) (A.).

Rattling in the throat (Ant-T., Brom., Phos., Puls.) (G.).

Great anguish, as though he would suffocate (Apis, Arg-N., Ars., Cupr., Lach., Phos., Sulph.) (Ra.).

Hoarse, husky voice (Carb-V., Phos.) (Ra.).

Pains disappear when thinking of them (Hell.; pains worse when thinking of them- Calc-P., Helon., Ox-Ac.). (N.).

THE PATIENT OBJECTS TO BEING COVERED, NOTWITHSTANDING THE OBJECTIVE COLDNESS.; THROWS OFF ALL COVERINGS (Carb-V., Sec., Sulph.) (N.).

Coryza: first stage, when the nose is stuffed up and the inspired air feels cold; the patient feels chilly (D.).

CHOLERA SICCA: COLLAPSE, WITH SCANTY OR ABSENT DISCHARGES. Body cold as ice; great prostration; voice squeaky or husky; upper lip retracted (D.).

Sexual desire increased. Chordee or priapism (Cann-S., Canth., Phos., Pic-Ac., Sulph.). Nightly emissions (Br.).

Satyriasis (Bell., Canth., Hyos., Phos., Plat., Stram.) (B.).

Asphyxia neonatorum (Ant-T., Laur.) (B.).

Eyes fixed, staring, distorted (Bell., Hyos., Stram.) (C.).

Foam at the mouth, during convulsions (Art-V., Bufo, Cupr., Hyos.) (K.).

Sleeplessness, from nervous overexcitability (Coff., Kali-P., Nux-V., Phos., Stram.).

GREAT PRÆCORDIAL ANXIETY AND DISTRESS (Acon., Arg-N., Ars., Hydr-Ac., Lach., Phos., Verat.) (C.).

Camphor, topically, causes an erysipelatous dermatitis, with bright redness, and, eventually, blisters (from concentrated solution) (F.).

Suffocative catarrh, with paralysis of the lungs (Ant-T., Lycop., Phos.) (Bt.).

Headache, with catarrhal affections (Bry., Kali-B., Puls.) (G.).

Sudden retrocession of eruptions, with cold skin and great prostration (Ant-T., Apis, Carb-V., Phos., Sulph.) (Bt.).

BAD EFFECTS OF SHOCK FROM INJURY; SURFACE OF THE BODY COLD; FACE PALE, BLUE; LIPS LIVID; PROFOUND PROSTRATION (A.).

Useful in cases of measles or scarlatina when eruption does not appear (Ant-T., Bry., Cupr., Hell., Lach., Stram.) (A.)

May be given in all sequelæ of measles (Carb-V., Kali-C., Phos., Puls.) (A.).

AGGRAVATION: During motion; at night; from contact; in cold air; and in the dark.

AMELIORATION; From warmth; when thinking of the existing complaint; in warm air; and from drinking cold water.

RELATIONSHIP: Camphor antidotes or modifies the action of nearly every vegetable medicine, such as tobacco, opium, etc.

Similar to: Acon., Ant-T., Ars., Carb-V., Cupr., Hydr-Ac., Laur., Nux-V., Phos., Sec. and Verat.

On account of its baneful influence Camphor should not be allowed in the sick room in its crude form.

NOTE. A few large doses of Camphor, if given at the very start, will at once arrest many cases of diarrhœa during cholera epidemic.