China Officinalis

Peruvian bark · Abbrev.: CHIN

Abdomen

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Distension with flatulence difficult to expel; colic better doubling up; tenderness to slightest touch of clothing.

Dose

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6C–200C according to depth of exhaustion state.

Fever

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Periodicity strongly marked — anticipating paroxysms; chill with thirst before the chill; sweat profuse over whole body except the face.

Head

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Headaches from loss of fluids, worse light touch and temple pressure, better hard pressure; throbbing after haemorrhage; hair sensitive at roots.

Introduction

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Debility from fluid loss — haemorrhage, lactation, diarrhoea — with periodicity, sensitiveness to touch and to sound, and bloating not relieved by belching.

Mind

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Oversensitive to noise, odours, and criticism; broods over fancied wrongs and plans of revenge; apathy after exhaustive losses; dread of animals.

Modalities

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Worse: light touch, every other day periodicity, loss of fluids, cold, drafts, alternate days. Better: hard pressure, warmth, fasting.

Relationships

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Complementary Calcarea, Ferrum; compare Carbo veg (collapse with air-hunger), China's debility-from-loss is distinctive.

Stomach

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Hungry yet food worsens; bloating after the lightest meal with gas that does not relieve; hiccup; craving sour and coarse food.

References

This monograph is an original summary faithful to the classical tradition. It condenses material from these public-domain sources:

James Tyler Kent, Lectures on Homoeopathic Materia Medica (1905)Primary remedy pictures; characteristic mental and general symptoms. · Public domain (USA, pre-1930 publication)
William Boericke, Pocket Manual of Homeopathic Materia Medica and Repertory (1927)Reproduced here in full — the complete classical repertory-style monographs. · Public domain (USA, pre-1930 publication)
Constantine Hering, The Guiding Symptoms of Our Materia Medica (1879–1891)Confirmed symptom aggregates behind the section organization. · Public domain
Timothy Field Allen, Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica (1874–1879)Provings background referenced by the verification tradition. · Public domain

Published by Gentle Pills under CC0 1.0 — original wording, dedicated to the public domain. Not a substitute for the primary texts.

Reminder: this information is published for qualified practitioners. Patients must not self-medicate — homeopathic prescribing depends on the complete individual symptom picture, which only a doctor can evaluate. Please visit a homeopathy doctor.