View source for Camph, Camphora Officinale


=== 1 Core theme ===
Camph state contains cold body ([[Ledum Palustre|Led]]) + intolerance to cover ([[Secale Cornutum|Sec]])

=== 2 Coldness ===
Skin Coldness

You feel coldness of his body as a sign but he says that my body is hot and burning from the inside as a symptom (A state similar to [[Carbo vegetabilis|Carb-v]] internal Anxiety/restlessness),

He is uncomfortable being covered. ([[Secale Cornutum|Sec]])

[[Camph ₳ Carb-v]] , Camph ₳ Sec

Very sensitive to cold: Shivering + extreme cold feeling that does not warm up at all

He is better in warm weather, but cannot tolerate the heat of the bed and being covered.

He uses a warm compress for his problems to make him feel better but takes off his clothes and opens the windows in order to breathe<blockquote>CHILL - ICY COLDNESS of the body - skin; of - blue, yet wants to be uncovered; dry skin and

CHILL - ICY COLDNESS of the body - skin; of - whole body; the - cold breath; with

CHILL - ICY COLDNESS of the body - uncover, with desire to</blockquote>Coldness of the limbs (hands and feet) esp with diarrhea

Coldness of hands /feet makes him sleepy.

==== 2.1 Cyanotic coldness ====
Coldness + Cyanosis  + Paleness of face/lips + Shivering in epidemic diarrhea is an important diagnostic symptom.

==== 2.2 Dry Coldness ====

* Cold /dry / loose / trembling tongue
* Opposite to [[Secale Cornutum|Sec]] (A lot of discharge)
* Dry collapse

==== 2.3 Cold sweat ====

* Cold sweat with mania (Stram) (Camph ₳ Stram)
* Cold sweat causes  an anxious and sunken face.

==== 2.4 Neonatal asphyxia ====

* Best remedies are Ant-t, Carb-v, Op , Laur
* Collapse and cyanosis (Carb-v, Laur)
* Cheyne–Stokes respiration

=== 3 Collapse ===

* Dry collapse: sudden weakness + very little body secretions
* Weak sweat + weak and small pulse that can hardly be touched.

=== 4 Diarrhea ===

* Along with Cupr and Verat, Camph is the main remedy for severe epidemic diarrhea
* Epidemic  diarrhea  which is accompanied by cyanotic skin + extreme thirst + improvement with cold.Diarrhea + Cold sweat/ body  + Cyanosis
* Rice glaze diarrhea that makes the patient extremely weak (like [[Secale Cornutum|Sec]])
* Chronic debilitating watery diarrhea
* His body becomes cold and frozen and may even lead to the collapse
* Most of all, the patient's face becomes cold.
* Summer Diarrhea

=== 5 Cramps /Convulsion ===
Epistonus, tetanus

Severe tonic spasms of the body (Typical epilepsy)

Scattered contractions in different parts of the body (face, bladder, urinary-genital tracts, organs)

Convulsions + Cold body / skin / sweat

He screams / cries during the seizure.

Seizures caused by suppression of skin rashes

==== 5.1 Facial spasm ====
The patient's face is stretched and spastic, so that the teeth are visible from the bottom of the lips.<blockquote>FACE - Lips - drawn up (Boger Repertory)</blockquote>The patient's tongue is also loose and trembling + Mouth dryness

Trigeminal nerve palsy = stretching of facial muscles + cyanosis + pallor face

=== 6 Urethritis ===
Pain and burning in urinary ducts when urinating

Urgency for burning + gray urine

=== 7 Uncommon problems ===

* Bronchitis, emphysema
* Heartbreak ttacks + Restlessness and moaning (Stram) with tingling and discomfort in whole body
* Anxious/ Restless/ Moaning in disease
* Fear of unknown people and places, fear of the dark, ghosts, mania ([[Stramonium|Stram]])
* Adenite (Bar-m, Bell, Calc, [[Phytolacca Decandra|Phyt]], Merc)
* Cerebral hemorrhage, encephalitis
* Red wind, gangrene
* Gastritis, hepatitis
* Impotence
* Meniere's disease