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..
The entire neuromuscular system is in disarray. Chamomilla
is somewhat similar to Coffea, Nux Vomica and Opium. The patients of Coffea and
Nux Vomica are also of very sensitive nature. The patient of Opium is
apparently listless, carefree and stuprose, but deep down he is very sensitive.
The Opium poisoning makes the patient very irritable and restless. When given
in a larger quantity, the first reaction caused is unconsciousness, then mental anguish and irritability
followed by state of withdrawl. In addition, some symptoms resemble those of
Chamomilla. On that basis, some Opium patients are of a furious nature, they
like to be left alone and are silent. Anything
can provoke them and make them very irritable.
Chamomilla offers immediate relief in children who develop convulsions due to any
ailment and fever (their nature being that of Chamomilla). Chamomilla is very
useful in the treatment of dysentery
of children, when the stools are sticky and of green colour, as if
grass has been mashed into them. Ipecac is also a very good remedy in this
situation. The stools are of a similar kind but the constitution is quite
different.
In Chamomilla, heat brings relief to most pains, except
for the neuralgic pain of teeth, face and the jaw, which respond favourably to cold.
Nerve endings of a patient, when covered, will get relief by warmth but when
the nerve endings become exposed, heat aggravates the symptoms. These details
are not mentioned in most books. The treating physicians must carefully study
all the symptoms so that no confusion is left and the proper remedy may be
identified. The toothache of a Chamomilla
patient starts at night and disappears in the morning. Usually it is more
intense in the first part of the night.
After midnight, the pain starts dissipating. The toothache of an Arsenic
patient lingers on throughout the night. In Chamomilla, there is swelling of the gums along
with the formation of blisters and the gums start receding from the teeth.
People who do not clean their teeth properly also begin to suffer from these
kinds of symptoms. As a matter of fact,
Chamomilla patients are narrow-minded and they are somewhat mean. They do not
care for others and have no sympathy for them. They are very sensitive for
their own sake. They are self-centred and self-interested. To lose one’s temper
with others is part of the same constitution.
The Chamomilla symptoms worsen at about 9 a.m., like
Natrum Mur and sometimes at 9 p.m. also. The patient hears noises in the ears like
firecrackers going off. The ear is very sensitive to wind draft, aggravating
the symptoms. Otherwise, the patient likes open air but keeps the ears covered.
People who use a scarf either feel very cold or dislike the air, but the
patient of Chamomilla is different, he merely protects the ears but not the
face.
Chamomilla is the best remedy for an angry type of person
who has a sore throat,
associated with spasms and inflammation. The Chamomilla patient feels awfully
thirsty. Sleeplessness due
to Coffee, in general responds very well to Nux Vomica but to dispel all the side
effects of Coffee, Chamomilla is more effective. Similarly, the ill effects of
Chamomilla can be neutralised by Coffee.
Chamomilla is mentioned to be a good treatment when a person develops
gas smelling like rotten eggs and belches out the same odour. In allopathy, doctors use morphine as
analgesic, especially during a heart attack. Morphine may cause severe vomiting which can be usefully
treated by Chamomilla. In Chamomilla, the abdominal
pain bends the patient over, as in Colocynth. The pain is unbearable,
located at the umbilicus and the liver area. After a furious fit, the patient
develops a colicky pain in the abdomen. The belching is malodorous. The patient
dislikes anything hot. The tongue is yellowish and the taste is bitter.
Vomiting also tastes bitter. The abdomen feels very heavy. All these are the
symptoms of Chamomilla.
Some women pass blood clots during their menstrual period. It looks
as if the inner lining of the uterus is being shredded and peeled off. This
particular condition is closely related to Chamomilla. A Chamomilla patient will develop convulsions during pregnancy and at the time of childbirth. Chamomilla should also be
remembered for the treatment of excessive
bleeding after childbirth. Often, this alone may control the post-partum haemorrhage. Some
lactating women may develop cramps of some part of the body. In
particular, if this spasm is that of the legs or the neck, a dose or two of
Chamomilla will provide relief. In fact, Chamomilla will prove to be
beneficial for the nursing child also. A suckling baby can get the medicine
through
its mother’s milk but this is not always the case. If
possible, he should be treated separately. If the symptoms of the child are
similar to the constitution of his mother, then treating the mother only may
suffice. Chamomilla is also useful for
the treatment of cough,
especially coughing during sleep or on getting furious. Chamomilla also invigorates
the resistance during an epidemic of whooping
cough. Chamomilla will be more
effective if the child is of irritable nature, but it can be useful in the
simple seasonal type of cough too. Chamomilla
is most essential to treat the persistent peevishness and restlessness
associated with diarrhoea during teething.
If the child is in the habit of crying
and screaming at night due to dreadful dreams, he should be treated
with Chamomilla.
Chamomilla is one of the topmost remedies for the
treatment of earache.
In fact in this condition, one of the three following remedies is routinely used.
If the child cries and feels helpless, he should be treated with Pulsatilla. If
he cries with anger, then Chamomilla should be administered. When none of these
two symptoms are present, Alium Cepa will often work.