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Chamomilla

Matricaria chamomilla
CHAM · 16 entries across 16 books
Chamomilla
PreparationTincture of whole fresh plant. Clarke
3X–30X
Third to thirtieth attenuationDose · Boericke

Reason for use

Persons, especially children, with light brown hair, nervous, excitable temperament; oversensitive from use or abuse of coffee or narcotics. Children, new-born and during period of dentition. Peevish, irritable, oversensitive to pain, driven to despair (Coff.); snappish, cannot return a civil answer. Child exceedingly irritable, fretful; quiet only when carried; impatient, wants this or that and becomes angry when refused, or when offered, petulantly rejects it (Bry., Cina, Kreos.); "too ugly to live;" cross, spiteful. Piteous moaning of child because he cannot have what he wants; whining restlessness. Patient cannot endure any one near him; is cross, cannot bear to be spoken to (Sil.); averse to talking, answers peevishly. Complaints from anger, especially chill and fever. Pain: seems unendurable, drives to despair; < by heat; < evening before midnight; with heat, thirst and fainting; with numbness of affected part; eructations <. One cheek red and hot, the other pale and cold. Oversensitive to open air; great aversion to wind, especially about ears. Toothache if anything warm is taken into the mouth (Bis., Bry., Coff.); on entering a warm room; in bed; from coffee; during menses or pregnancy. Labor pains; spasmodic, distressing, wants to get away from them; tearing down the legs; press upward. Diarrhoea: from cold, anger or chagrin; during dentition; after tabacco; in child-bed; from downward motion (Bor., Sanic.). Stool green, watery, corroding, like chopped eggs and spinach; hot, very offensive, like rotten eggs. Nipples inflamed, tender to touch (Helon., Phyt.); infant's breasts tender to touch. Milk runs out in nursing women (runs out after weaning, Con.). Convulsions of children from nursing, after a fit of anger in mother (Nux - after fright in mother, Op.). Violent rheumatic pains drive him out of bed at night, compel him to walk about (Rhus). Sleepy, but cannot sleep (Bell., Caust., Op.). Burning of soles at night, puts feet out of bed (Puls., Med., Sulph.).

▲ Worse

By heat; anger; evening, before midnight; open air; in the wind; eructations

▼ Better

From being carried; fasting; warm, wet weather

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Relations

Complementary: Bell. in diseases of children, cranial nerves; Cham., abdominal nerves. In cases spoiled by the use of opium or morphine in complaints of children. Compare: Bell., Bor., Bry., Coff., Puls., Sulph. Mental calmness contra-indicates Chamomilla.

Complete text of the Chamomilla entry in Allen - Keynotes of Leading Remedies; origin and preparation from Clarke. Historical text from the classical materia medica (1828–1950). Not medical advice, and not a claim that any remedy works.
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16 entries across 16 books · abbreviations: CHAM · Family: Compositae

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1 Boericke

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2 Kent

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3 Clarke

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4 Hering

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5 Allen · shown above

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7 Hering

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12 Hahnemann

Chamomilla · Samuel Hahnemann · 184,940 chars

14 T. F. Allen

CHAMOMILLA · Timothy Field Allen · 513 chars

15 Tyler

Chamomilla · Margaret Lucy Tyler · 16,806 chars

16 Guernsey

CHAMOMILLA · Henry Newell Guernsey · 3,588 chars

17 Cowperthwaite

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18 Dewey

Chamomilla · Willis Alonzo Dewey · 3,481 chars

19 Gross

Chamomilla · Gustav Wilhelm Gross · 32,232 chars

22 Roberts

Chamomilla · Herbert Alfred Roberts · 4,296 chars

23 T. F. Allen

CHAMOMILLA · Timothy Field Allen · 10,273 chars

33 Gladstone Clarke

Chamomilla · A. Gladstone Clarke · 1,350 chars

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Research (17)

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  1. Antimicrobial effect of chamomile-containing over-the-counter ear and eye dropsFarsi S, Chaudhry S, Khan A et al. · Journal of investigative medicine : the official publication of the American Federation for Clinical Research · 2024 · doi
  2. Understanding Why Homeopathic Medicines are Used for Menopause: Searching for Insights into Neuroendocrine FeaturesMacías-Cortés E · Homeopathy : the journal of the Faculty of Homeopathy · 2024 · Review · doi
  3. Complementary and Alternative Medicines in Oral Health Care: An Integrative ReviewAbuzenada BM, Pullishery F, Elnawawy MSA et al. · Journal of pharmacy & bioallied sciences · 2021 · Review · doi
  4. An Assessment of a Public Health Initiative of Homeopathy for Primary TeethingTaneja D, Khurana A, Vichitra A et al. · Homeopathy : the journal of the Faculty of Homeopathy · 2019 · doi
  5. Effectiveness of a homeopathic complex medicine in infantile colic: A randomized multicenter studyRaak C, Krueger P, Klement P et al. · Complementary therapies in medicine · 2019 · Randomized Controlled Trial · doi
  6. Antiproliferative potential and phenolic compounds of infusions and essential oil of chamomile cultivated with homeopathyUbessi C, Tedesco SB, de Bona da Silva C et al. · Journal of ethnopharmacology · 2019 · doi
  7. [Management of Acute Gastroenteritis in Children: A Systematic Review of Anthroposophic Therapies]Schwermer M, Längler A, Fetz K et al. · Complementary medicine research · 2018 · Systematic Review · doi
  8. A randomized controlled trial comparing Pentazocine and Chamomilla recutita for labor pain reliefZafar S, Najam Y, Arif Z et al. · Homeopathy : the journal of the Faculty of Homeopathy · 2016 · Randomized Controlled Trial · doi
  9. The use of homeopathic products in childhood: data generated over 8.5 years from the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC)Thompson EA, Bishop JL, Northstone K · Journal of alternative and complementary medicine (New York, N.Y.) · 2010 · doi
  10. Assays of homeopathic remedies in rodent behavioural and psychopathological modelsBellavite P, Magnani P, Marzotto M et al. · Homeopathy : the journal of the Faculty of Homeopathy · 2009 · Review · doi
  11. Oil extracts of herbal drugs--optimisation of the extraction parametersHeldmaier M, Beyer-Koschitzke J, Stahl-Biskup E · Die Pharmazie · 2009
  12. Chamomile · 2006 · Review
  13. Matricaria chamomilla CH12 decreases handling stress in Nelore calvesReis LS, Pardo PE, Oba E et al. · Journal of veterinary science · 2006 · Randomized Controlled Trial · doi
  14. The homoeopathic treatment of otitis media in children--comparisons with conventional therapyFriese KH, Kruse S, Lüdtke R et al. · International journal of clinical pharmacology and therapeutics · 1997 · Clinical Trial
  15. [Acute otitis media in children. Comparison between conventional and homeopathic therapy]Friese KH, Kruse S, Moeller H · HNO · 1996
  16. Homoeopathy: 2. In pregnancy and for the under-fivesKaplan B · Professional care of mother and child · 1994
  17. Homoeopathy: 3. Everyday uses for all the familyKaplan B · Professional care of mother and child · 1994

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