Tuberculinum
Tuberculinum
Key Characteristics
Tubercular miasm; weak, delicate; desires travel, change; worse cold, damp; better open air; constant catarrh; night sweats; respiratory weakness; left-sided.
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
200C as a single intercurrent dose in chronic cases with a tubercular diathesis (restlessness, desire for travel, respiratory weakness); not for routine acute use.
Chronic Dosing
1M at long intervals as a tubercular miasmatic clearer; repeat only after a clear return of the tubercular picture.
Notes
Best used as an intercurrent when the simillimum stalls; wait weeks to months between doses. Family history of tuberculosis supports the choice.
Dosing Guidance
Potency scale and acute / chronic dosing notes drawn from the primary literature.
Potency Scale
30C, 200C, 1M
Acute
30C 2-3x daily for acute respiratory complaints, recurrent colds, or weakness with tubercular history; reduce as symptoms ease.
Chronic
200C weekly for chronic tubercular diathesis — recurrent respiratory infections, weakness, desire for travel; 1M only under professional supervision.
Notes
The tubercular nosode — for the tubercular miasm, recurrent respiratory infections, weakness, desire for change/travel, dissatisfied, needs to keep moving. Worse from cold, damp, early morning; better from warmth, motion, open air.
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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Desires change, travel; restless; cannot stay in one place; depression; fears being alone; anticipatory anxiety; religious; worse night; forgetful; cannot concentrate; irritable; fears death; suicidal; childish; capricious; romantic.
Headache, congestive; worse cold, damp; better open air; pressing; from suppressed eruptions; vertigo; head heavy; scalp sensitive; worse night; falling hair; dandruff; head feels large; offensive scalp.
Eyes red, inflamed; better open air; photophobia; lachrymation; styes; conjunctivitis; worse cold; better open air; dim sight; falling lashes; ulcers on cornea; thick discharge; photophobia.
Remedy Relationships
Complementary, follow-up, inimical, and antidotal remedies linked to Tuberculinum.
- Complementary
- Follows well
- Compare
- Inimical
- Antidote
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