Chlorum

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

REGION

Respiratory organs.
Mucous membranes.
Nerves.
Skin.
Glands.

WORSE

Expiration.
After midnight.
Lying.

BETTER

Motion.
Open air.

Rapid emaciation. Constrictions. .................... Fears insanity or losing senses. Protruding eyes. Acrid coryza. Putrid aphthæ. Dry tongue. DYSPNŒA; CAN'T EXHALE. Spasm of glottis. Laryngitis. Laryngismus stridulus. Asthma of hay fever. Throat-pit; aching, tickling or whistling in. As if air were forced into upper chest (Sabi.). Sensitive skin. Easy sweat.

Antidote: Lyc.

Related: Ars-io. Iod. Meph. Merc.

Chlorum across the other classic books

Chlorum appears in 6 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.
“The element. Chlorine; (G.), Chlor-gas; (Fr.), Chlore. Preparations , Saturated solution of the gas in ice-cold water; lower dilutions with water. Authorities.”
Boericke — The quick clinical read — keynotes, modalities and the conditions it is actually prescribed in.
“Chlorine Gas in Water The marked effect on the respiratory organs, producing spasm of the glottis, is the chief symptom of the drug. Asthma to relieve the spasm of glottis. Useful externally and internally in gangrene. Fear of becoming crazy. Marked loss of memory, especially for names . Sooty, smoky nostrils. Coryza…”
Boger (GA) — Which general headings this remedy belongs under — the analytical scaffolding.
“EXHALATION. AGG.”
Clarke — The widest entry — sources, provings, clinical uses, relationships and antidotes in one place.
“Chlorine, the element. Cl. Solution. Aphthæ / Asthma / Catarrh / Chlorosis / Cold / Convulsions / Croup / Dentition / Diphtheria / Gastritis / Hæmoptysis / Impotence / Laryngismus / Phthisis / Pleurisy / Sore-throat / Typhus / Ulcers Chlorum has been proved in the form of "Chlorine water, and has been tested…”
Hering — Graded symptoms, each weighted by how often provers and practice confirmed it.
“Chlorine. The element. Introduced and first proved by C. Hering, in 1846, and published in Archives, 2, 3, p. 165, which contains his symptoms and those of another prover, Mr. Whitey, besides numerous chemical, toxicological and pharmacological observations. For later provings, including S. A. Jones' involuntary…”

Chlorum in Kent's Repertory

Kent's Repertory lists Chlorum in 301 rubrics. These are the ones where it carries the highest grade — the symptoms Kent treated as most characteristic. Most of them sit in EXTREMITIES (29), CHEST (24), NOSE (24), MIND (22), RESPIRATION (20).

RESPIRATION - DIFFICULT - expiration
FEVER - CONTINUED fever,typhus - typhoid - petechial
URETHRA - DISCHARGE - gonorrheal - chronic
FEVER - CONTINUED fever,typhus - typhoid
GENERALITIES - PARALYSIS agitans - painless
HEAD - PAIN, - coryza, - with
RESPIRATION - DIFFICULT
LARYNX TRACHEA - LARYNGISMUS stridulus - night - midnight, - to 7 a.m.
LARYNX TRACHEA - VOICE, - lost - air, - damp
LARYNX TRACHEA - LARYNGISMUS stridulus - expiration,on
STOMACH - DESIRES - cloves
EXTREMITIES - ERUPTION - Leg - urticaria
RESPIRATION - LONG
LARYNX TRACHEA - LARYNGISMUS stridulus - sleep,during
NOSE - SOOTY nostrils
RESPIRATION - DIFFICULT - spasmodic
RESPIRATION - ROUGH - crowing
RESPIRATION - ASPHYXIA
FACE - DISCOLORATION - ashy
MIND - DELIRIUM - quiet

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