Syphilinum
(Syphilinum · Nosode)
The remedy of sundown to sunrise. In the materia medica, Syphilinum is associated with complaints that build at night and ease by daylight, a dread of the night and the exhaustion of waking, and deep-seated, persistent symptoms.
Source
A homeopathic preparation made from syphilitic discharge
Kingdom
Nosode
Abbreviation
Syph.
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)
Everything is worse at night, from sunset until daybreak
Dreads the night and the exhaustion felt on waking
Pains that rise and fall gradually and keep shifting
A need to wash the hands repeatedly; memory for names and places may falter
Tends to feel better
Daytime
Inland and in the mountains
Moving about slowly
Tends to feel worse
Night, from sundown to sunrise
At the seashore
Summer
How it compares
(remedies that are often confused with Syphilinum)
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Mercurius solubilis
(Mercurius solubilis Hahnemanni)
Both are worse at night; Mercurius is sweaty and sensitive to every change of temperature.
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Medorrhinum
(Medorrhinum)
Medorrhinum is often better at night and by the sea, the opposite of Syphilinum.
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Aurum metallicum
(Aurum metallicum)
Both can carry a heavy, hopeless mood; Aurum’s centers on duty and failure, Syphilinum’s on dread of the night.
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From the classic texts
“Loss of memory; remembers everything previous to his illness. Apathetic; feels as if going insane or being paralyzed. Fears the night, and the suffering from exhaustion on awakening.”
“Pains from darkness to daylight; begin with twilight and end with daylight (Merc., Phyt.). Pains increase and decrease gradually (Stan.); shifting and require frequent change of position.”
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