by C.M. Boger — General Analysis
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Bromum appears in 12 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.
“Bromine. (The Element.) It acts best, but not exclusively, on persons with light blue eyes, flaxen hair, light eyebrows, fair, delicate skin; blonde, red-cheeked, scrofulous girls . Sensation of cobweb on the face (Bar., Bor., Graph.). Fan-like motion of the alae nasi (Ant. t., Lyc.). Sailors suffer with asthma "on…”
“The pure elementary substance (Bromine). Preparation , Tincture, and dilutions with distilled water. Authorities. ( 1 to 17, from Hering's résumé, Neues Archiv , 2, 3; when the preparation used is not noted with the symptom or referred to in this list, it is understood to be the 30th); 1 , Lippe, provings on himself…”
“Bromine (BROMUM) Most marked effects are seen in the respiratory symptoms, especially in larynx and trachea. It seems to affect especially scrofulous children with enlarged glands. Blond type . Enlarged parotid and goitre. Tendency to spasmodic attacks. Left-sided mumps . Sense of suffocation; excoriating discharges…”
“LARYNX. RESPIRATION. Heart. Circulation. Glands: Parotid. Thyroid. Ovaries. Mammæ. WARM: DAMPNESS. Overheating. Room. Chilled while hot. Sea bathing. Dust. Drafts. Until midnight. Nosebleed (vertigo, head, chest). At sea. Motion. Scrophulous blondes. Constrictions, glandular induration or membranous formations. Weak…”
“Bromine. Br. (A. W. 79.9). Solution in distilled water. Apoplexy / Asthma / Breast, cancer of / Cancer / Cough / Croup / Diphtheria / Dysmenorrhœa / Emphysema / Feet, pain in / Fistula lachrymalis / Glands, enlargement of / Goître / Heart, disease of; hypertrophy of / Laryngismus / Migraine / Parotid gland, induration…”
“Bromine. The element. Proved by C. Hg., in 1838, and later ; a carefully made collection, numbering five hundred and ten symptoms, obtained with the use of high and low doses from fourteen provers, four of them being females, and containing nearly all the characteristics which have hitherto led to innumerable cures…”
“Bromium is one of the routine medicines. It is one of the medicines that the neophyte will make use of for every case of diphtheria and croup, and laryngitis he comes across; and when it does not work he will " try something else." All who prescribe on the name use Bromium as one of their routine medicines; but…”
“Faucial angina and very sore throat. General trembling. A sensation of something being alive in the skin, principally in the arms and legs. Great watchfulness in the evening. He has much trouble in getting to sleep at night. Anguish in sleep, and sleep full of dreams. Constant dreaming in sleep. Jerking and starting…”
“Cheerful mind; desire for mental labor. Low-spirited, and out of humor. Crying and lamentation, with hoarse voice. Headache after drinking milk. Pain over the left eye. Scald-head. Lachrymation (right eye) with swelling of the tear-gland. Darting through the eyes, (left). Dilatation of the pupils. Flashes before the…”
“Common name: bromine. An important remedy in laryngeal affections; also in scrofulous and tubercular affections of the glands (N.). Has done some wonderful work in diphtheria. The membrane first forms in the bronchi, trachea or larynx running upward (just opposite of Lyc., which often forms first in the nose and runs…”
“An element proven and arranged by Hering and an important remedy in laryngeal affections. Also in scrofulous and tubercular affections of the glands. It is well known to act best on persons with light blue eyes, flaxen hair, light eye-brows, fair, delicate skins, red cheeked scrofulous girls. It will be remembered how…”
Kent's Repertory lists Bromum in 1,324 rubrics. These are the ones where it carries the highest grade — the symptoms Kent treated as most characteristic. Most of them sit in EXTREMITIES (151), HEAD (108), COUGH (87), CHEST (85), ABDOMEN (82).
