Camphora

What is Camphor and where is its pathogenesis found ?

The gum of the Camphor tree , which grows in Eastern Asia. In Hahnemann's Materia Medica Pura .

How are our preparations made ?

One part, by weight, of refined Camphor dissolved in nine parts, by weight, of Alcohol and then filtered forms our tincture. "Rubini's Camphor" is a saturated solution of the gum in Alcohol.

Give the symptoms of Camphor in cold in the head.

First stage when the nose is stuffed up and the inspired air feels cold ; the patient feels chilly.

What are the indications for Camphor in cholera ?

Body cold as ice ; great prostration ; voice squeaky or husky ; upper lip retracted ; indicated more at the beginning without any vomiting or diarrhoea.

Tongue, nose and ears are cold ; collapse, with scanty or absent discharges.