# Chenopodium (HMT)

## Remedy Classification
- **Type:** Remedy
- **Alternative Names:** Jeros Oak
- **Miasm:** Psoric Miasm
- **Temperament:** Neutral
- **Aggravation Time:** Neutral/Anytime

## Keynote Indications
Chenopodium is prepared from oak trees  grown in Jerusalem.  It is a
fairly broad-spectrum remedy.  It is related to the nerves and paralysis
related to them.  According to most  physicians, there is no curative
treatment for the deafness resulting from the paralysis of the
auditory nerve .  Once the nerves are dead there is no hope of
reviving them, but recent research has shown that when a nerve has
been damaged, the ends of the ad joining nerves spread out to
compensate for the loss.  In particul ar, modern scientific research has
proved that when the nerves inside  the eye degenerate, new ones start
developing.  Sometimes when an eye has been lost, nerve fibres
develop from the healthy eye to connect with the dying and dead
nerve fibres of the affected eye.  More experiments are being done.
No doubt, the dead nerves do not vita lise, but other nerves spread out
to substitute them.  If the nerve endings are not completely dead,
Chenopodium may revive the dying nerve fibres.

Most Chenopodium patients can hear only some sounds.  For
example, they may not be able to appreciate the voice of men but can
appreciate the voices of women and children. Because they cannot
hear so-called low-pitched (heavy) sounds, they can perceive ones that
are high-pitched.  Many such patients who had limited hearing got
significantly better with the use of Chenopodium.  Sometimes, the
patient feels vertigo due to the ear problem.  The hearing decreases
and there are noises in the ears.  In this situation, Chenopodium will
restore the hearing.  Chenopodium w ill restore the functions of the
auditory as well as vestibular nerves .  If the voice is suddenly lost,
Chenopodium benefits this condition too.

Chenopodium is also useful in the treatment of right-sided paralysis
of the body (hemiplegia).  It is also useful in the treatment of shoulder
pain.  Lycopodium is also useful in the treatment of right shoulder
pain, but in Chenopodium the pain is on both sides.  In Chenopodium,
as in Opium, there is a tendency of  developing apoplexy that is more
pronounced in the case of Opium, but the Chenopodium apoplexy can
also resemble that of Opium.  Su ddenly, the face of such a patient
becomes red and congested.  The Chenopodium patient also suffers

from sudden vertigo.  The inborn tendency to develop vertigo is also a
symptom of Chenopodium.  This  condition is called Meniere’s
disease.  In this disease, there is  repeated vertigo associated with
severe vomiting. Chenopodium is also effective in treating lethargy,
insensitivity, unconsciousness, partia l paralysis of the nerves, and in
the enlargement of the tonsils and neck glands.

The Chenopodium patient suffers from severe pain in the backbone
that spreads out over the shoulders and chest.  Urination is very
frequent, the urine being yellowish in colour an d frothy.  There is an
associated tingling sensation at the urethra. Yellowish material
deposits on the walls of the container.  This sign is also present in
Chelidonium.

Some doctors have prescribed Chenopodium for the treatment of
roundworms and hookworm infestation.  When Chenopodium oil is
given in repeated small doses, after some time the patient becomes
free of these worms.  I howev er, have not practised using
Chenopodium for this purpose.

Potency: Chenopodium is usually used in potency 3 but I have
found it very useful in potency 30.  For worms,
Chenopodium oil is given 10 drops every two to three
hours.

## Symptoms by System