Homoeopathy — Page 241
Chamomilla 241 Chamomilla Chamomilla is prepared from a bushy plant growing wild amongst the crops of wheat and corn. It has been used to treat various diseases. In particular, it is useful to tone up the uterus weakened after childbirth. Many people use its leaves as tea. In , the fresh plant, along with its flowers is ground and mixed in alcohol. This is ideal to treat hypersensitive and irritable children who happen to be very stubborn and who lose their temper easily. They become furious over trivial matters and are very difficult to handle when sick. Nothing calms them down. They will ask for something and once their demand has been met, they throw away the object. They will demand to be taken to some place, and having reached there, they will question as to why they were brought there. They are very rude during an outrage. One of the reasons for this is, that the Chamomilla patient happens to be more sensitive to suffering than normal people. His ailments are related to nerves and emotions. Chamomilla is ideal to treat people of an extremely sensitive nature. Outwardly, they may be very ill mannered, but deep down they are very sensitive. Usually they are silent, yet can explode over a trivial matter and become very tense. On the face of it, they are quiet and lazy. Chamomilla, given in high potency, provides prompt relief to such a patient. While his emotions come under control, the other medicines get a chance to work. It must be remembered that Chamomilla patients with extreme mental anguish will not respond to other remedies unless the mental state improves as all of the body’s energy is focussed in one direction. A patient may apparently be of the Chamomilla nature, but may not exhibit its complete set of symptoms and thus may not benefit from Chamomilla. It is not always necessary that the working nature of a remedy and the constitution of the patient be a complete match. The physiology of the human body is very elaborate and intricate, therefore one particular remedy may need to be followed by many more. Chamomilla is ideal for the treatment of hypersensitive patients exhibiting mental anguish causing jerking and twitching (tonic contractions) of the muscles. The patient feels as if caught in a vice.