Chenopodium is one of the excellent remedies in homeopathy and has a traditional reputation as a remedy for the affection s of the nervous system, cerebral paralysis, and paraplegia.
It is a wonderful remedy from the vegetable kingdom. It is commonly known as Worm-seed and belongs to the family Chenopodiaceae.
It is an invaluable remedy in the treatment of various ailments like deafness, aphasia, cerebral paralysis, and vertigo.
The Mother Tincture of Chenopodium is made from a fresh plant.
Mother Tincture and trituration of the fresh plant is prepared and subsequent potencies are made.
The process of dynamization arouses the latent curative powers and makes Chenopodium an invaluable homeopathic medicine to serve a therapeutic purpose when given in dynamic doses.
It has attained an important position in therapeutic purposes as it is specifically used for diseases of deafness, vertigo, and ill effects of poisoning.
Chenopodium Constitution /Personality
Chenopodium is a remedy, best suited for people with phlegmatic and irritable temperaments.
It is suited to people who are thermally chilly, and who have complaints from suppressed grief, neglect of duty, and suppressed menses.
It is adapted to the person who is blonde leu-co-phlegmatic mostly pale and anemic.
Guiding symptoms of Chenopodium
Chenopodium is one of the best remedies for Characteristic pain in the scapula which is very marked.
It is a wonderful remedy for symptoms of apoplexy, right hemiplegia, and aphasia.
It is one of the top listed remedies in cases of asthma where there is Stertorous breathing.
It is a great remedy for Vertigo, mostly indicated in cases of sudden vertigo.
It is a great remedy for Meniere’s disease, indicated when there is vertigo, noise in the ears, and the otitis media infection has progressed to the affections of auditory nerves.
It is a wonderful remedy for deafness to the sound of the voice, but exquisite sensitiveness to the sound of passing vehicles, they sounded like cannons in his ears; also annoying buzzing. Roaring in ears as of cannons going off, also there is ringing and deafness in the ears.
It is a wonderful remedy for the symptoms of eyes when there is a vanishing of sight and roaring in ears with right-sided hemicrania.
Chenopodium is a top-listed remedy for hookworm and roundworm.
The most characteristic pain of Chenopodium is a dull pain below the angle of the right scapula, and nearer the spine. Chenopodium has a similar pain below the angle of the left scapula.
It is an important remedy in cases of poisoning in which all the symptoms of apoplexy and consequent right hemiplegia with aphasia were reproduced.
It is a wonderful remedy for an asthma attack when there is stertorous breathing, with a very peculiar rattle as of a ball rolling loose in the trachea.
There is heavy breathing with the flapping of cheeks.
It is a wonderful remedy for subacute and chronic enlargement of tonsils in pale, scrofulous children.
It is indicated when there are Caseous deposits with painful inflammation of the tonsils.
There is a constant Rough, furry feeling in the throat.
It is a great remedy for menses that are suppressed; and when there is leucorrhoea instead of menses.
It is a wonderful remedy for heart symptoms like pains through the heart; under the right scapula, and in the right shoulder.
It is a great remedy for Fever after a fright.
It is a wonderful remedy for cases of poisoning when the person is insensible, convulsed, and foaming at the mouth.
The patient has all remembrance of taking the poison and has lost on his recovery.
It is a wonderful remedy for deep, heavy, stertorous breathing accompanied by a very peculiar rattle as if there were a ball rolling loose in the trachea;
The pulse is small, weak, frequent, and feeble; the eyes are insensible to light or external objects; there are convulsive movements of the right half of the body; the extremities are cold and any attempt to swallow causes threatened instant suffocation.
There are disagreeable eructations; nausea; staggering of gait like a drunken man.
There is no disposition to engage in conversation making it an important remedy in Aphasiain which the person wants his attendant to get or do something but could not make the attendant understand.
It has got an important action on the brain when after great efforts he wrote distinctly the words with no meaning.
It is a wonderful remedy for deafness when the Voice-hearing became progressively worse, but the person can hear the tea-bell three stories below promptly, indicating the person can hear distance clearly but cannot hear near voice.
It is a great remedy in cases in which there was deafness to voice-hearing but sensitiveness to other sounds.
It is a great remedy for aphasia mostly during the afternoon the patient becomes completely aphasic.
The person in the aphasic phase has the problem of finding himself unable to express his ideas, this seems to amuse him much, and he laughed heartily and whatever he did he would keep repeating.
It is a wonderful remedy when during eating, there is a distinct spasm of the right forearm and hand; fingers firmly clenched, hand forcibly flexed on the forearm, from side to side of the bed, suggesting abdominal distress.
It is an important remedy when the patient has a brain- stroke where the patient gets unconscious; his right arm gets paralyzed and there is dragging helplessly of the arm.
Then on the next day, there is a continued impairment of motion and sensation on the right side; the right eyeball is very insensitive to touch.
Further, there is frequent twitching and stiffness of the right limbs, culminating in a one-sided convulsion in the early morning of the fourth day.
It is a wonderful remedy for copious involuntary urination in bed.
More or less constant regurgitation of yellow frothy material from mouth, smelling of worm-seed, as also did the perspiration.
It is a wonderful remedy for dyspnoea when during one of the attacks of dyspnoea, the person has drenching sweat, which suggests dissolution, and when gently turning in bed, the person will immediately get general convulsion that sets in, markedly opisthotonic, lasting ten minutes.
It is a wonderful remedy for cerebral deafness when the watch-hearing is good whilst the voice-hearing is bad or absent.
It is a wonderful remedy for Hemiplegia with contractions of limbs, and with certain epileptic seizures
It is a great remedy for cases with slight chronic otitis media of both ears, with deafness in the left ear for several years; there is no tinnitus but the patient feels consciousness of the ear.
There is increased sensitivity to musical sounds; the person becomes deaf for watch and voice only the per osseous hearing is diminished.
It is a wonderful remedy for roaring tinnitus synchronous with the heart the patient is sensitive to cold, hearing better for high-pitched than low-pitched sounds.
Chenopodium Uses
This article will cover from head to toe all the complaints body. And wherever the symptoms are matched, this medicine can be used-
Mind symptoms
Chenopodium patient often has a weeping mood, is insensible, and convulsed, there is foaming at the mouth.
It is a wonderful remedy for Complete aphasia that can occur due to poisoning by the oil.
It is a great remedy for loss of memory and attack after it is over.
Head symptoms
Chenopodium
is a great remedy for headaches but those accompanied by Vertigo with the transient vanishing of sight.
There is pain in the whole right side of the head with roaring in the ears, and there is dim sight or complete loss of vision.
It is a wonderful remedy for headaches where there is dull, pressive pain in the vertex extending through the head.
Eyes symptoms
It is a great remedy for eye conditions where there are flickering and impaired movements of the right eyeball; and loss of sensitivity of eyes with dryness of eyes.
There is a Vanishing of sight suddenly progressing to vertigo.
Ear symptoms
Chenopodium is a great remedy for roaring in ears as of cannons, leading to deafness.
There is progressive deafness to the human voice, with extreme sensitivity to other sounds indicative of cerebral deafness.
It is a great remedy for tinnitus synchronous with heartbeats. There is a torpor of the auditory nerve, and the patient has hearing better for high-pitched sounds.
The person suffers from Comparative deafness to the sound of the voice, but great sensitivity to sound, as of passing vehicles, and also a shrinking from low tones.
It is a wonderful remedy for buzzing in the ears due to the enlargement of the tonsils.
It is a wonderful remedy for Aural vertigo.
Mouth symptom
Chenopodium is a wonderful remedy when there is no disposition to engage in conversation making it an important remedy in Aphasia in which the person wants his attendant to get or do something but could not make the attendant understand.
It is a great remedy for aphasia mostly during the afternoon the patient becomes completely aphasic.
The person in the aphasic phase has the problem of finding himself unable to express his ideas, this seems to amuse him much, and he laughed heartily and whatever he did he would keep repeating.
The tonsils and palate are shriveled and covered with the white caseous matter.
Face symptom
Chenopodium is indicated in cases where there is flapping of cheeks with stertorous breathing.
Throat symptom
Chenopodium
is indicated in, cases of Chronically enlarged tonsils with the typical caseous disposition of the tonsils.
Heart symptoms
Chenopodium. Pis is a wonderful remedy for pains through the heart, under the right scapula, and in the right shoulder.
There is Pain throughout the right chest, beginning at the attachment of the 6th rib to its cartilage, and extending to the front of the right scapula.
Chest symptoms
It is a wonderful remedy for dyspnoea there is stertorous breathing with the flapping of cheeks dyspnoea; a peculiar rattle as of a ball rolling loose in the trachea.
It is indicated in cases where there is respiration that is embarrassed by the quantity of yellow frothy material which the patient constantly regurgitates in the throat and neck region.
Stomach symptoms
Chenopodium is a great remedy for stomach disorders where there is a frequent perversion of taste.
There are disagreeable eructations all day making the patient restless.
It is a wonderful remedy for nausea, during which there is constant profuse regurgitation of yellow frothy material smelling of worm seed.
Abdomen and Rectum symptoms
Chenopodium is a wonderful remedy for uneasiness in the abdomen, with nausea, there is a sensation of stitches in the stomach, in the region of the liver, navel, and abdomen, there is distension of the abdomen.
It is a great remedy for constipation when the evacuations are hard and frequent due to a lack of adequate intake of food as there is a perversion of taste.
It is a great remedy for jaundice, where there is a yellowish discoloration of skin, eyes, and nails.
Urinary symptoms
Chenopodium
has got wonderful action on the urinary organs, there is Slight pain in the region of the kidneys, accompanied by involuntary urination, the urine is very copious, and yellow, and at times there is foaming urine, with an acrid sensation in the urethra. Sometimes there is Yellowish sediment in urine.
Male symptoms
Chenopodium
has got a wonderful action on male Sexual Organs, their impotence due to weakness and debility, and soreness of the organs, due to cerebral paralysis and also due to ill-effect of jaundice or poisoning.
Female symptoms
Chenopodium has got wonderful action on female sexual organs where the menses are suppressed with less bleeding.
It is a wonderful remedy for leucorrhoea associated with a rough furry feeling in the throat.
Hand and Leg symptoms
Chenopodium is a wonderful remedy for rheumatism with violent rheumatic twitching and stiffness in the right limbs.
It is a wonderful remedy for Paralysis and spasm of the right forearm and hand in flexion.
It is a wonderful remedy for Staggering gait, the patient constantly repeats an action.
It is a wonderful remedy for right-sided convulsions and paralysis. There is frequent twitching and stiffness of the right limbs.
It is a wonderful remedy for Hemiplegia with the contraction of limbs.
Back symptoms
Chenopodium is indicated to treat conditions of backache there is pain beneath the point of the right scapula, with giddiness in the forehead progressing to vertigo, ringing in the ears, and a pale face.
There is slight dull pain a little lower down than the point of the right scapula, but nearer to the spine.
Fever symptoms
Chenopodium is a wonderful remedy for fever, especially jaundice fever which is accompanied by a slow pulse, there is dyspnoea, with severe breathing difficulty
Skin symptoms
It is a great remedy for insupportable itching and paleness of the skin especially in cases after jaundice.
Modalities
Modalities are the factors that, increase or decrease the complaints in a patient.
They are categorized as aggravating factors and amelioration factors.
Aggravating factors make the condition of the illness worse, while the amelioration factor improves the condition of the disease.
It can be time, any part of the day, season, position, or any applications, etc.
Aggravated By
The condition of Chenopodium gets aggravated when in by rest, sitting, and standing before menses.
Amelioration By
The conditions of the Chenopodium get better when rubbing the parts, when indoors, and during menstrual flow.
Relationship with Other Medicine
Complementary Medicines
This remedy completes the process of cure that is started by the first medicine given.
The remedies complementary to Chenopodium are Apis mellifica and Cheledonium majus,Chenopodium vulvaria.
Similar Medicines
These remedies have many similarities in action but are different in origin, which means the source from which the medicine is prepared is another.
Remedies similar to Chenopodium In apoplexy and puffing respiration are in China Officinalis, Opium, and Lycopodium Clavatum.
In deafness, China, and Salicylates in general.
It Antidotes
Chenopodium antidotes the ill effects of coffee.
Antidoted by
The bad effects of Chenopodium are antidoted by Camphor.
Chenopodium Uses, Dosage & Potencies
The dosage and potency of the medicine depend on the individual case.
Chenopodium 30 Uses
Lower potency is given when very few symptoms of the patient match with the medicine and help the doctor only to diagnose the disease condition.
It is of great value in the treatment of hemiplegia, and stiffness of joints.
This potency requires frequent repetition, 3-4 times a day, till the expected result is seen.
Chenopodium 200 Uses
This is considered as higher potency; they are given when the majority of mental symptoms and physical symptoms of Chenopodium match.
Higher potencies are advisable to be not repeated very often; they act for a long duration of days, so the second dose is repeated every 7 days or every 15 days once.
Chenopodium 1M Uses
This is very high potency. One should give it only after careful case analysis, where all medicinal symptoms of the Chenopodium and that given by the patient match perfectly.
One should not repeat 1 M potencies. It is given 30 days once and waiting for symptoms to disappear.
Chenopodium Q (Mother Tincture) Uses
The mother tincture of Chenopodium is used by many homeopaths to relieve the symptoms associated with chronic dyspnoea.
It is mainly used to relieve symptoms of hookworms and roundworms, and should only be given when all the symptoms of Chenopodium are matched with the patient’s symptoms.
Take 10 drops of mother tincture in half a cup of water three times a day till the improvement occurs.
Chenopodium 3X/6X Uses
This lower potency of Chenopodium works well to treat the conditions like aphasia, and vertigo and has a therapeutic effect on patients suffering from such conditions.
Take 2-3 drops of dilution directly on the tongue thrice a day for 3 months.
Clinical Indication of Cyclamen
- Aphasia
- Apoplexy
- Asthma
- Cerebral deafness
- Convulsions
- Dropsy
- Epilepsy
- Headache
- Hemicrania
- Hemiplegia
- Leucorrhoea
- Menses, suppressed
- Paralysis
- Scapula, pain in
- Tinnitus
- Tonsillitis.
Chenopodium Side Effects
Homeopathic medicines are prepared by potentization where the dynamic curative power of the medication is aroused, so homeopathic medicines produce negligible side effects.
If any side effects of Chenopodium are seen mostly vomiting or skin rash, then it can be antidoted by Camphor.