Besides the great usefulness of Cocaine as a local anæsthetic, it has specific homeopathic uses, though the symptoms are mainly clinical only.
Sensation as if small foreign bodies or worms were under the skin.
Remedy Origin / Source
Natural
Clinical Applications
Compare: Stovain (an analgesic, a vasomotor dilator). Antidote to disagreeable effects occasionally resulting from injection of cocaine into skin or gums, drop doses of nitroglycer. 1 % sol.
Key Symptoms & Indications
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Besides the great usefulness of Cocaine as a local anæsthetic, it has specific homeopathic uses, though the symptoms are mainly clinical only.
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Sensation as if small foreign bodies or worms were under the skin.
Mental & Emotional Symptoms
Talkative. Constant desire to do something great, to undertake vast feats of strength . Cerebral activity. Frightful persecutory hallucinations; sees and feels bugs and worms. Moral sense blunted . Personal appearance neglected. Thinks he hears unpleasant remarks about himself. Hallucinations of hearing. Irrational jealousy . Insomnia.
Physical Symptoms
Head
Throbbing and bursting sensation. Pupils dilated . Hearing greatly increased. Roaring and noises in head.
Eyes
Glaucoma, increased tension, decreased corneal sensibility. Eyes staring, expressionless.
Throat
Dry, burning, tickling, constricted, paralysis of muscles of deglutition. Speech difficult.
Stomach
Loss of appetite for solid food. Likes sweets. Hæmorrhages from bowels, stomach.
Nervous System
Chorea; paralysis agitans; alcoholic tremors and senile trembling. Local sensory paralysis. Formication and numbness in hands and forearms.
Sleep
Restless, cannot sleep for hours after retiring.
Fever
Coldness with intense pallor.
Mentions in Classic Materia Medicas
Explore detailed descriptions for this remedy across famous historical textbooks:
COCAINUM HYDROCHLORICUM
Mind
Talkative. Constant desire to do something great, to undertake vast feats of strength. Cerebral activity. Frightful persecutory hallucinations; sees and feels bugs and worms. Moral sense blunted. Personal appearance neglected. Thinks he hears unpleasant remarks about himself. Hallucinations of hearing. Irrational jealousy. Insomnia.
Head
Throbbing and bursting sensation. Pupils dilated. Hearing greatly increased. Roaring and noises in head.
Eyes
Glaucoma, increased tension, decreased corneal sensibility. Eyes staring, expressionless.
Throat
Dry, burning, tickling, constricted, paralysis of muscles of deglutition. Speech difficult.
Stomach
Loss of appetite for solid food. Likes sweets. Hæmorrhages from bowels, stomach.
Nervous System
Chorea; paralysis agitans; alcoholic tremors and senile trembling. Local sensory paralysis. Formication and numbness in hands and forearms.
Sleep
Restless, cannot sleep for hours after retiring.
Fever
Coldness with intense pallor.
Relationship
Compare: Stovain (an analgesic, a vasomotor dilator). Antidote to disagreeable effects occasionally resulting from injection of cocaine into skin or gums, drop doses of nitroglycer. 1 % sol.
Dose
Lower potencies. As a local application to mucous membranes, 2-4 %.
Cocainum hydrochloricum
Cocainum hydrochloricum
Generalities
• The symptoms of coca and cocaina are mostly similar.
• Sensations as if a small foreign body or a worm under the skin, seeing and feeli ng of bugs on his own person and on his clothes, and as if parts of the body were absent, are more pronounced in cocaina.
• Moral sense blunted.
• Frightful persecutory hallucinations.
• Personal appearance neglected.
• Thinks he hears unpleasant remarks about himself.
• Irrational jealousy.
• Constant desire to do something great; to undertake vast feats of strength.
• Chorea.
• Paralysis agitans.
• Alcoholic or senile trembling.
Remedy Profile
- Type Remedy
- Common Name HOMOPATHIC MATERIA MEDICA by William BOERICKE, M.D. Presented by Médi-T
- Origin Source Natural
Dosage & Potency
Lower potencies. As a local application to mucous membranes, 2-4 %.
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