Crocus sativus
(Crocus sativus · Saffron)
A remedy of quick-changing moods. In the materia medica, Crocus is associated with sudden swings from joyful and affectionate to angry or sad, along with dark, stringy bleeding and a sensation of something moving inside.
Source
The dried stigmas of the saffron crocus
Kingdom
Plant
Abbreviation
Croc.
Home acute kit
Usually prescribed by a homeopath
The classic picture
(a remedy is chosen when the whole picture fits the person, not from a single symptom)
Moods change suddenly, from great hilarity, singing and affection to anger or deep sadness
Dark, thick, stringy blood, for example in nosebleeds or heavy periods
Sensation of something alive moving in the abdomen or other parts
Eyes feel as if after weeping or as if in smoke; twitching of single muscles
Tends to feel better
Open air
Tends to feel worse
Lying down
Hot weather and warm rooms
Morning, before breakfast
Looking fixedly at something
How it compares
(remedies that are often confused with Crocus sativus)
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Ignatia
(Ignatia amara)
Both swing between moods; Ignatia's changes come from grief and sighing, Crocus' from an excitable, playful temperament.
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Nux moschata
(Myristica fragrans)
Nux moschata also flips from laughing to crying, but is dreamy, drowsy and very dry.
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Sabina
(Juniperus sabina)
Sabina's flow is bright red and partly clotted with pain from sacrum to pubis; Crocus' is dark and stringy.
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From the classic texts
“Vacillating; pleasant mania; sings and laughs. Happy and affectionate; then angry. Sudden changes from hilarity to melancholy.”
“Frequent and extreme changes in sensations; sudden, from the greatest hilarity to the deepest despondency (Ign., Nux m.). Excessively happy, affectionate, wants to kiss everybody; next moment in a rage.”
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