About
Chamomilla is a well-known remedy for irritability, fussiness, and pain, especially in infants and children. It is indicated when the patient is extremely cross, impatient, and cannot bear to be looked at or touched.
Keynotes
Intolerance of pain, extreme irritability, desire to be carried, but cries when touched or looked at; worse from anger; green stools.
Constitution
Often indicated for infants and children who are irritable, sensitive, and prone to colic and digestive disturbances. Also for adults who are easily angered, impatient, and have a low pain threshold.
🤒Symptoms Profile
● General Symptoms
extreme irritability, restlessness, crying, anger, impatience, intolerance of pain, colic, teething pain, earache, diarrhea, sleeplessness, nausea, vomiting, cough, headache, toothache
● Mental Symptoms
Extremely irritable, cross, angry, impatient, peevish, whiny, discontented; cannot bear to be looked at, spoken to, or touched; wants to be carried constantly, but cries when carried; desires things and then rejects them; sullen; obstinate.
● Physical Symptoms
Headache with throbbing pain; earache with sharp, shooting pains; toothache, especially during teething; colic with griping, cutting pains, often with flatulence; diarrhea with green, watery, frothy stools, like chopped spinach; cough, dry and hacking, worse at night; nausea and vomiting, especially from anger or rich food; fever with hot skin, but wants to be covered.
Uses
Teething difficulties in infants, colic, earaches, diarrhea with green, watery stools, irritability and sleeplessness in children, toothache, headaches, menstrual cramps, motion sickness, coughs, and conditions where pain is intolerable and causes extreme crossness.
Modalities
Worse from anger, pain, touch, being looked at, being carried (though desired), night, cold air, uncovering.
💊Dosage Information
Available Potencies
6C, 30C, 200C, 1M, 10M
Recommended Dosage
Generally 30C or 200C for acute conditions, taken every 2-4 hours. For infants, a few drops of a liquid preparation or one pellet. Higher potencies for more severe or chronic symptoms.
🔗Relationships & Affinities
🫀 Organ Affinity
Nervous system, digestive system (stomach, intestines), ears, teeth.
🤝 Complementary
Arsenicum album, Belladonna, Calcarea carbonica, Cina.
🛡️ Antidotes
Arsenicum album, Belladonna, Cina, Nux vomica, Pulsatilla.
⚠️Important Cautions
Use with caution in individuals with a history of severe emotional trauma or anger issues, as it can temporarily exacerbate these states if not the correct remedy. Always consult a qualified homeopath for proper diagnosis and prescription.
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