Chloroformum
Remedy of post-anesthetic effects and liver damage. Nausea, vomiting after anesthesia. Liver damage from anesthetic exposure. Fatty degeneration. Cardiac depression. Used for lingering effects of chloroform anesthesia.
Source
Prepared from chloroform (CHCl3), potentised.
Available Potencies
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Keynote Symptoms
Post-anesthetic effects — nausea, vomiting, hepatic damage from chloroform exposure. Fatty degeneration of liver. Cardiac depression. Chronic effects of anesthetic exposure. Headache after anesthesia. Jaundice from liver damage. Historical anesthetic — now largely replaced.
Mind & Emotional Symptoms
Dull, confused after anesthesia. Drowsy.
General Symptoms
Liver and heart. Worse from anesthesia, rich food. Better from fresh air, rest.
Physical Symptoms
Stomach
Post-anesthetic nausea, vomiting.
Abdomen
Liver damage. Fatty degeneration. Jaundice.
Chest
Cardiac depression. Weak heart action.
Head
Post-anesthetic headache.
Modalities
Better From
Fresh air, rest
Worse From
Anesthesia, rich food
Constitutional Type
Post-anesthetic patients.
Clinical Indications
Post-anesthetic effects, liver damage from anesthesia, fatty liver, cardiac depression, chronic effects of chloroform
Comparative Materia Medica
Phosphorus has fatty liver. Nux vomica has post-anesthetic nausea. Opium has post-anesthetic stupor.
Safety Information
Ammonium carbonicum, Aconitum.
Chloroform is hepatotoxic and cardiotoxic. Causes fatty degeneration of liver, cardiac arrhythmias, death. Was used as anesthetic but largely abandoned due to toxicity. Use ONLY potentised forms.
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