Codeinum

An Alkaloid from Opium

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

Historical reference for practitioners and students. The statements below reflect the named author’s homeopathic teaching and do not establish treatment effectiveness. This text is not medical advice and must not replace appropriate diagnosis or care.

Trembling of whole body. Involuntary twitching of muscles of arms and lower limbs. Itching , with feeling of warmth, numbness and prickling. Diabetes.

Head

Pain from occiput to back of neck. Skin of face and scalp sore after neuralgia.

Eyes

Involuntary twitching of lids ( Agar ).

Stomach

Spasmodic pain at pit of stomach. Eructations. Great thirst, with desire for bitter substances.

Respiratory

Short and irritating cough; worse, at night. Copious, purulent expectoration. Night cough of phthisis.

Relationship

Compare: Opium; Agaricus; Hyoscy; Ammon brom .

Dose

One-quarter of a grain doses to third trituration.

Codeinum across the other classic books

Codeinum appears in 6 of the 21 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 — A compiled symptom record drawing on proving reports and other named observations.
“One of the alkaloids contained in opium; formula, C18H21 Preparation , Triturations. Authorities. ClNO3 ); 9 , Harley, Old Veg. Neurotics, subcutaneous injection of 1, 1 1/2, and 2 grains, in "Samuel M.;" 10 , ibid., injection of 1 grain, in John F. Emotional. Mental excitement, as after spirituous liquors, 2. Great…”
Clarke — The widest entry — sources, provings, clinical uses, relationships and antidotes in one place.
“An Alkaloid of Opium. C 18 H 21 NO 3 . Blepharospasm / Chorea / Cough / Diabetes / Eczema / Gastralgia / Numbness / Pruritus / Restlessness / Spasmodic twitchings / Vomiting of pregnancy Codein possesses many of the properties of opium, from which it is derived, but it has characters sufficiently distinctive to…”
Hale — The introduction story — early pathogenetic and clinical evidence for medicines new to Hale's generation.
“[An alkaloid of Opium. Provings by Dr. Marcy and others.] Description. — This substance was discovered in 1832, by Robiquet, in the muriate of morphia, prepared according to the process of Gregory. It exists in opium, combined with meconic acid, and is extracted along with morphia in the preparation of the muriate of…”
Hering — Graded symptoms, each weighted by how often provers and practice confirmed it.
“An alkaloid of Opium. C 18 H 21 NO 3 . Provings by E. E. Marcy and others (See Encyclopædia, vol. 3 ). "Discovered in 1832 by Robiquet in the muriate of morphia, prepared according to the process of Gregory. It exists in opium, combined with meconic acid, and is extracted along with morphia in the preparation of…”
Hughes & Dake — The source evidence — provings and poisonings retained with their experimental context.
“Codeinum, alkaloid obtained from Opium, CigHj^NOj.HjO. 1. Provtngs. — 1. In G. W — , act. 17,2 gr. taken every other m. an h. before breakfast caused slight contraction of pupils, feeling of stiff^ness in integuments over forehead, and occasionally troublesome itching of skin, chiefly affecting forehead and shoulders…”

Codeinum in Kent's Repertory

Kent's Repertory lists Codeinum in 42 rubrics. These are the ones where it carries the highest grade — the symptoms Kent treated as most characteristic. Most of them sit in COUGH (8), EXTREMITIES (6), FACE (5), GENERALITIES (5), STOMACH (4).

COUGH - IRRITABLE - night
EXPECTORATION - PURULENT
GENERALITIES - TWITCHING
COUGH - SHORT
GENERALITIES - NIGHT
GENERALITIES - PAIN - pressing - internally
STOMACH - NAUSEA
EXTREMITIES - PAIN - sprained,as if - Knee - morning
VISION - SPARKS - blowing the nose,on
EXTREMITIES - JERKING - Lower Limbs - left
EXTREMITIES - WEAKNESS - Leg - paralytic
BLADDER - PARALYTIC weakness
CHEST - PAIN - digging - Heart, - in the
FACE - DISCOLORATION - pale - morning
FACE - SENSITIVE
VERTIGO - OBJECTS - seem to turn in a circle - room whirls
CHEST - PALPITATION heart - exertion - mental
COUGH - IRRITABLE
COUGH - MORNING - waking,on
EXTREMITIES - PAIN - sprained,as if - Knee

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