Chloralum hydratum

by C.M. Boger — A Synoptic Key of the Materia Medica

Historical reference for practitioners and students.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.

REGION

BRAIN.
Heart.
Muscles.
Liver.
Skin.

WORSE

Alcohol.
Night.
Exertion.

BETTER

Open air.

Muscle prostration. .................... Indifferent and sleepy or cerebral excitement; hears voices. Mania. Bileless stools. Bed-wetting. Wants to be fanned. Dyspnœa. As of a weight on chest. Weak heart. Urticaria. Sleepless from fatigue. Night terrors.

Related: Ap. Cancer-flu.

Chloralum hydratum across the other classic books

Chloralum hydratum appears in 7 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.
“Chloralum hydratum crystallisatum, Hydrate of Chloral. Formula , C2 HCl3 O+H2 Preparations , Triturations. Authorities.”
Boericke — The quick clinical read — keynotes, modalities and the conditions it is actually prescribed in.
“Chloral Hydrate (CHLORALUM) This drug, used in physiological doses, is a powerful hypnotic and cardiac depressant. It has a marked effect on the skin, producing erythema, ecchymosis, etc, which symptoms have been utilized homeopathically with much success, especially in the treatment of hives. Emotional excitability…”
Clarke — The widest entry — sources, provings, clinical uses, relationships and antidotes in one place.
“Hydrate of Chloral. C 2 HCl 3 OH 2 O. Solution; trituration. Anæmia / Angina pectoris / Apoplexy / Asthma / Bedsores / Bronchitis / Chorea / Conjunctivitis / Dropsy / Dysmenia / Enuresis / Erysipelas / Hæmorrhagic diathesis / Heart, hypertrophy of; paralysis of / Hydrophobia / Keratitis / Labour, abnormal / Leucorrhœa…”
Hale — The introduction story — early pathogenetic and clinical evidence for medicines new to Hale's generation.
“{Hydrate of Chloral.) Pharmacology— Chloral itself is not used in medicine. It is an oily substance— a liquid. At ordinary temperatures it gives off pungent fumes. It is manufactured by the action of Chlorine on alcohol. United with water, this oily liquid is converted into a hydrate. Chloral Hydrate is a volatile…”
Hering — Graded symptoms, each weighted by how often provers and practice confirmed it.
“Hydrate of Chloral. C 2 HCl 3 O + H 2 O. Discovered in 1832, by Liebig. Proved by W. Eggert, S. Swan, D. A. Babcock, etc. See Encyclopædia , vol. iii . Poisoning, by E. W. Berridge, N. Y. J. H., vol. i, p. 307. "Prepared by passing a stream of chlorine through absolute alcohol, until it comes over unchanged. The thick…”
Hughes & Dake — The source evidence — provings and poisonings retained with their experimental context.
“CHLORALUM. Chloral; product of action of dry chlorine gas on absolute alcohol. Commonly employed as hydrate, CCl,CH (OH )2 . I. Provings.-1 . a. Dr. D. A. BABCOCK took 6x trit. in frequently repeated doses. Only effect noticed was that on 2nd d. he could not keep thread of sermon in church. b. Took 15 gr. of crude…”

Chloralum hydratum in Kent's Repertory

Kent's Repertory lists Chloralum hydratum in 209 rubrics. These are the ones where it carries the highest grade — the symptoms Kent treated as most characteristic. Most of them sit in MIND (36), SKIN (25), EXTREMITIES (18), EYE (17), FACE (13).

SKIN - ITCHING - burning - as from nettles
EXTREMITIES - ERUPTION - Lower Limbs - urticaria
EXTREMITIES - ERUPTION - urticaria
FACE - ERUPTIONS - urticaria
SKIN - ITCHING - night
EYE - SWOLLEN
SKIN - ERUPTIONS - urticaria
SKIN - ITCHING - stinging
SKIN - ITCHING - burning
SKIN - ITCHING
SKIN - ERUPTIONS - urticaria - wine,from
SKIN - ERUPTIONS - urticaria - night
SKIN - ERUPTIONS - confluent
SKIN - ITCHING - scratch - until it bleeds,must
SKIN - ERUPTIONS - urticaria - nodular - rosy (erythema)
SKIN - ERUPTIONS - rash - scarlet
EXTREMITIES - ERUPTION - Upper Limbs - urticaria
EYE - ECCHYMOSIS
EXTREMITIES - ERUPTION - rash
RESPIRATION - ASTHMATIC - night

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