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Chlorum

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Chlorum Reference Specimen Botanical Specimen and Materia Medica Identification

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  • Temperament: ❄️ Chilly
  • Aggravation: 🌇 Morning

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🌿 Traditional Herbal Medicine Profile This page outlines the crude botanical applications, traditional herbal infusions, and active properties of Chlorum. Herbal preparations act biochemically on body tissues.
▲ HERBAL GENERAL ACTIONS
  • Chlorum has been proved in the form of “Chlorine water, ” and has been tested clinically.
  • Marked effect on the respira tory organs, producing spasm of the glottis as the chief symptom of the drug.
  • AsthmaChronic respiratory disease causing difficulty breathingA condition characterized by spasms in the bronchi of the lungs, causing difficulty in breathing, typically from an allergic reaction or hypersensitivity. to relieve the spasm of glottis.
  • Useful externally and internally in gangreneDeath of body tissue from lack of blood flowLocalized death and decomposition of body tissue, resulting from either obstructed circulation or bacterial infection..
  • Spasms and convulsions.
  • Laryngeal spasm is especiall y pronounced, the chief difficulty is in exhaling, can draw in the air well enough.
  • CoryzaCommon head cold with nasal dischargeAcute inflammation of the nasal mucous membranes, producing sneezing, congestion, and watery discharge. and catarrhInflammation of mucous membranes with dischargeExcessive buildup of mucus in the nose or throat, associated with inflammation of the mucous membrane..
  • Convulsive attacks on cutting eye-teeth.
  • Mouth inflamed, ulcerated.
  • Rapid emaciation.
  • Acute rheumaticRelating to joint or muscle painDescribe pain, stiffness, or inflammation affecting joints, muscles, or connective tissues. pains
▲ HERBAL PROPERTIES & MODALITIES
  • Chest affections better from open air, causes running of tea rs.
  • Spasm of glottis worse from midnight to 7 a.m.
  • Nasal complaints worse lying down.
  • Inclination to lie down with headache.
  • Restless, worse walking up and down.
  • Sitting with sun shining on back causes shuddering.
  • Damp air causes loss of voice
▲ HERBAL INTERACTIONS & SAFETY
📊 Comparative Herbal Actions:
ℹ️ Overview & Remedy Relations

It is antidote to: Hydrocyanic acid and Sulfuretted hydrogen. Albumen

📊 Side-by-Side Comparison
  • 1 Meph ➔ inability to exhale, closely resembles Bromine and Iodine.
  • 2 Nat-m ➔ sore mouth and other chlorides.
  • 3 Lyc. - impotence
  • 4 Plb-a ➔ blood-spitting and pleurisy
🔄 Follows Well & Companion Remedies

Phos.

▲ NERVOUS SYSTEM & MIND
  • Irritability, inclined to anger.
  • Ma rked loss of memory, especially for names.
  • Ap prehension.
  • Fear of becoming crazy.
  • Fear of poverty.
  • Inclined to anger.
  • Want of self confidence.
  • Effects of excitement.
  • Quiet de - lirium, alternating with greatest restlessness and desire to run away.
  • Coma, fainting with cold, viscous sweats.
▲ HEAD & BRAIN AFFINITY
  • Painful aching in vertex and down left side, with inclination to lie down.
  • Warm sweat breaks out on forehead while coughing.
▲ VISION & EYES
  • Running of tears, worse in open air.
  • Suddenly numerous, fantastic images appeared before the eyes, disappearing with lightning-like rapidity
▲ FACE & COMPLEXION
  • Face swollen with protruding eyes.
  • Face pale, often greenish.
  • Heightened color
▲ ORAL CAVITY
  • Mouth dry.
  • Putridodorfrommouth.
  • Very acid saliva.
  • AphthaeSmall painful mouth ulcers (canker sores)Small, painful, shallow ulcers that develop inside the mouth, on the tongue, cheeks, or gums..
  • Tongue black, as if burnt.
  • Nose dry, smoky or sooty.
  • Corrosive feeling in corners of nose.
  • Violent sneez ing, in the morning.
  • Sudden running in drops of sharp corroding fluid with tears in eyes, dry tongue, palate and fauces.
  • Coryza with headache.
  • Thin coryza, soon changing to yellow, copious mucus.
  • Loss of smell
▲ RESPIRATORY & THROAT
  • Dry, sore from uvula to bronchi.
  • Choking sensation, inability to swallow.
  • COMMENTS - Excessive sensitiveness of skin.
  • Nettle rash with fever.
  • Cutis anserina.
  • Skin dry, yellow, shriveled.
  • Malignant pustule and car - buncle.
  • Typhoid state.
  • Fears he will go crazy, that he won't be able to make a living.
  • Cannot remember names of people he sees, or if he sees the names, cannot remember the person.
  • E.
  • Z.
  • Bacon recorded two cases of chlorine poisoning.
  • The first case was in a boy of 5, who, after passing through diphtheria to apparent complete recovery, was suddenly seized with symptoms of croupChildhood throat infection with barking coughInflammation of the larynx and trachea in children, associated with infection and causing a barking cough..
  • Loss of voice, crowing inspiration, prolonged ex piration incessant dry cough, great restlessness, high fever, and profuse perspiration.
  • The symptoms were worse lying on a lounge by the fire, better wh en lying in his mother's lap and still more relieved by being carried about During the previous illness, Platt's chlorides had been placed in the room as a disinfectant and it occurred to the doctor that chlorine vapor is much heavier than air.
  • He himself lay down, and in a few minutes felt the irritating vapor and began to cough and hack.
  • This soon passed away on sitting up.
  • The removal of the chlorides has a remarkable effect on the child, cough and respiration were greatly relieved.
  • But the relief came too late, as the cause was not discovered for several days during which time the patient had become steadily weaker, and he died the same afternoon.
  • The other case was that of an old woman who suffered from chronic bronchitisInflammation of the bronchial tubesInflammation of the mucous membrane in the bronchial tubes, typically causing bronchospasm and coughing. and on January 2,1892, developed an attack of laryngitisInflammation of the larynx causing hoarsenessInflammation of the larynx, typically resulting in huskiness or loss of the voice..
  • In three days she was well, but in the two subsequent weeks, on exactly the same day, a fresh attack occurred.
  • As the doctor soon discovered, his patient went to the back room, where chlorides were kept, every Monday to wash a few things she did not care to send to the laundry.
  • The chlorides were banished, and though the washing was continued, there were no more attacks of laryngitis.
  • Dr.
  • Bacon added, that since giving up the use of disinfectants, other than plenty of fresh air, he has never had laryngeal complications in scarlatinaScarlet fever bacterial infectionAnother term for scarlet fever, an acute contagious bacterial disease causing a red rash. or diphtheria, though his neighbors have had plenty.
  • Whitman recommended chlorine water as a efficient palliative in a fit of asthma.
  • He began with 10 drops, then in five minutes 20 more, and than in another five minutes, half a teaspoonful in a little water.
  • It greatly facilitates expectoration.
  • In typhus fever, Goullon recommended chlorine water, five drops every two or three hours until the tongue is dry.
  • Clarke had excellent results from the 12c an d 30c in nasal catarrh and in breathlessness remain ing after acute bronchitis
▲ CARDIOPULMONARY & CHEST
  • Increased action of the heart.
  • Constriction with suffocation.
  • In spiration free with obstructed expiration (Meph.).
  • Sudden dyspneaDifficulty or shortness of breathLaborious or painful breathing, often associated with respiratory or cardiac conditions. from spasm of the vocal cords with staring protruding eyes, blue face, cold sweat, pulse small.
  • Spasm of the glottis.
  • Irritation of epiglot tis, larynx and bronchials.
  • Coryza with sudden gushes of sharp, corroding fluid, making nose sore inside.
  • Prolonged, loud, whistling rales.
  • Loss of voice from damp air.
  • Sooty, smoky nostrils, livid face
▲ GASTROINTESTINAL & ABDOMEN
  • Acid stomach and other gastric troubles (in workmen exposed to chlorine fumes and who eat chalk for it).
  • Desire to vomit when coughing, without nausea
▲ REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM
  • Sudden impotence and aversion to sexual intercourse

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📚 Literature Citation & References:
This clinical profile is compiled from: Andrew Chevallier, FNIMH — Herbal Remedies (Eyewitness Companions), and Dr. David Keifer, MD — Herbal Remedies Reference Guide. Synced with traditional botanical use and pharmacological outlines.
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This profile has been verified by the Herbalhomeo medical team in accordance with authoritative homeopathic references.

⚕️ Information is for educational purposes only. Always consult a professional homeopathic practitioner.