Cyclamen
(Cyclamen europaeum · Sowbread)
A remedy of quiet remorse. In the materia medica, Cyclamen is associated with sadness and a troubled conscience over duties left undone, flickering vision with headaches, and heavy, early periods.
Source
The root of the European cyclamen, also called sowbread
Kingdom
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Abbreviation
Cycl.
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)
Grieves over duty neglected or something done wrong; weepy and wants to be alone
Headache on rising with flickering, sparks or spots before the eyes
Pale and easily tired; full after a few mouthfuls, with a salty taste and a dislike of fatty food such as pork
Periods early, heavy, dark and clotted; feels better once the flow starts
Tends to feel better
Warm room, indoors
During the period
Moving about
Rubbing the affected part
Tends to feel worse
Open air
Cold water and cold bathing
Evening
Sitting and standing
How it compares
(remedies that are often confused with Cyclamen)
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Pulsatilla
(Pulsatilla pratensis)
Close in temperament and in disliking fat, but Pulsatilla longs for open air while Cyclamen wants a warm room.
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China officinalis
(Cinchona officinalis)
Both pale and depleted; China's weakness follows fluid loss, Cyclamen's comes with remorse and flickering vision.
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Ignatia
(Ignatia amara)
Both carry suppressed grief; Ignatia sighs and changes moods quickly, Cyclamen withdraws with self-reproach.
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From the classic texts
“Terrors of conscience. Grieves over duty neglected. Depression, with weeping desire to be alone. Aching in morning, with flickering before eyes”
“Ailments: from suppressed grief and terrors of conscience; from duty not done or bad act committed. Great sadness and peevishness, irritable, morose, ill-humored; inclined to weep; desire for solitude”
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