Matricaria chamomilla
German Chamomile
Key Characteristics
Extreme sensitivity to pain; irritable, cross, snappish; one cheek red, one pale; teething children; worse from heat, anger; better from being carried.
Commonly used in these styles
Prescribing approaches where this remedy is frequently selected.
Typical Potencies & Dosing
Common potency scales and dosing guidance for acute and chronic use.
C
Potency Scale
C
Acute Dosing
30C every 1-2 hours for teething colic, earache, or tantrums in children; 200C in severe, hypersensitive cases.
Chronic Dosing
30C infrequently for recurrent teething or sensitivity patterns; constitutional use is uncommon.
Notes
One cheek red and one pale; the child is only calm when carried. Re-evaluate if the picture shifts to a different remedy.
Dosing Guidance
Potency scale and acute / chronic dosing notes drawn from the primary literature.
Potency Scale
30C, 200C, 1M
Acute
30C every 30 minutes to hourly for acute teething, colic, or earache with extreme irritability; reduce as child settles.
Chronic
200C weekly for chronic oversensitivity or teething complaints; 1M under supervision.
Notes
The irritable, impatient, cross child — wants to be carried, then pushed away. One cheek red, the other pale. Worse from heat, anger, teething; better from being carried.
Miasmatic Affinity
The chronic miasm — inherited disease pattern — most associated with this remedy.
Constitutional Type
The constitutional profile — physical and emotional temperament — this remedy is most suited to.
Nervous
Materia Medica
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Excessive irritability; snappish; cannot answer civilly; impatient; demands things then throws them away; averse to being spoken to; peevish; children want to be carried; capricious; quarrelsome; sensitive; whining; cannot bear pain.
Headache, one-sided; throbbing; worse heat, anger; better in open air; one cheek red, one pale; head hot; convulsions; dentition; scalp sensitive; vertigo.
Eyes red, inflamed; better cold; photophobia; lachrymation; eyes swollen; styes; worse anger; convulsions with staring eyes; squinting.
Remedy Relationships
Complementary, follow-up, inimical, and antidotal remedies linked to Matricaria chamomilla.
- Complementary
- Follows well
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- Inimical
- Antidote
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