Carburetted Hydrogen
by William Boericke — Pocket Manual of Homoeopathic Materia Medica & Repertory
Symptoms resemble an apopletic attack. Spasm as in lockjaw. Trismus. Involuntary stools and urine.
Stupefaction. Extraordinary sensation of contentment. All thoughts appear in a moment as if seen in an inner mirror.
Lids half closed. Oscillation of eyeballs. Pupils insensible to light.
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Carboneum Hydrogenisatum appears in 3 of the 13 classic books on Similia. Each was written to do a different job — here is what each adds on this remedy, with the opening of its entry.
“Carboneum hydrogenisatum. Carburetted hydrogen, Ethene, Olefiant gas, C2H4 . This gas is sparingly soluble in water, but considerably soluble in alcohol. Authorities. [To the proving of Sir Humphrey Davy are added some selected cases of poisoning by illuminating gas ; this latter gas is of complex and somewhat…”
“Carburetted Hydrogen. Ethene. Olefiant gas. C 2 H 4 . Solution in alcohol. Apoplexy / Eyes, convulsions of / Tetanus / Whooping-cough This gas, which was experimented with by Sir Humphrey Davy, produces a condition almost resembling an apoplectic attack. Stupefaction: comatose; surface cold and completely insensible…”
Kent's Repertory lists Carboneum Hydrogenisatum in 55 rubrics. These are the ones where it carries the highest grade — the symptoms Kent treated as most characteristic. Most of them sit in EXTREMITIES (14), FACE (8), MIND (8), EYE (4), GENERALITIES (3).
