Carboneum Oxygenisatum

Carbonous Oxide

by William Boericke — Pocket Manual of Homoeopathic Materia Medica & Repertory

Herpes zoster, pemphigus, and trismus are produced by this drug. Coldness, sleepiness , loss of consciousness are marked. Vertigo.

Head

Cerebral congestion; hallucination of vision, hearing and touch. Inclination to turn in a circle. Jaws firmly clenched . Trismus. Heaviness of head. Sticking pain in temples. Roaring ears.

Eyes

Ocular paralysis, hemianopsias, disturbed pupillary reaction, optic neuritis and atrophy, subconjunctival and retinal hæmorrhages.

Skin

Anæsthesia; vesication along course of nerves; herpes zoster ; pemphigus, with large and small vesicles. Hand icy cold.

Sleep

Deep. Prolonged ; sleepiness for several days.

Dose

First attenuation.

Carboneum Oxygenisatum across the other classic books

Carboneum Oxygenisatum 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.

Allen TF — The raw proving record — symptoms as the provers reported them, unedited.
“Carboneum oxygenisatum, Carbonous oxide, CO. This gas may be obtained, in a state of purity, by the action of Sulphuric acid upon Ferrocyanide of Potassium; it is soluble in water (about two per cent. at ordinary temperatures). Authorities. [But two of the authorities selected refer to the action of the chemically…”
Clarke — The widest entry — sources, provings, clinical uses, relationships and antidotes in one place.
“Carbonous Oxide. CO. Solution in water. Cramps / Headache / Herpes zoster / Paralysis / Pemphigus / Sciatica / Trismus The effects of Carb. ox. have been noted in persons poisoned by the gas. It produces a state like intoxication. The person is confused, stupid. There is loss of consciousness. Anæsthesia, but the…”

Carboneum Oxygenisatum in Kent's Repertory

Kent's Repertory lists Carboneum Oxygenisatum in 118 rubrics. These are the ones where it carries the highest grade — the symptoms Kent treated as most characteristic. Most of them sit in EXTREMITIES (58), MIND (10), GENERALITIES (8), EAR (7), COUGH (5).

SLEEP - DEEP
GENERALITIES - CONVULSIONS - touched,when
GENERALITIES - SEXUAL - desire,suppression of - agg.
MALE GENITALIA - SEXUAL PASSION - suppressing the,complaints from
EXTREMITIES - RELAXATION
MIND - CONFUSION of mind - intoxicated,as if
EAR - PULSATION
EYE - WEAK
CHEST - ANXIETY in - Heart,region of
MIND - UNCONSCIOUSNESS
EAR - NOISES in - ringing
CHEST - CONSTRICTION,tension,tightness
GENERALITIES - FAINTNESS,fainting
MIND - ANXIETY
RESPIRATION - DIFFICULT
COUGH - SHORT - moving,when
EXTREMITIES - PAIN - shooting - Nates
MIND - DELUSIONS, - images,phantoms,sees - everchanging
EAR - DISCOLORATION - livid
EXTREMITIES - CONVULSION - Forearm - flexor muscles of

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