Chenopodium anthelminticum
Remedy of right-sided deafness and worm complaints. Deafness for high-pitched sounds. Auditory nerve torpor. Meniere disease. Round worms, hook worms. Tinnitus.
Source
Prepared from the whole plant of Dysphania ambrosioides (Amaranthaceae).
Available Potencies
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Keynote Symptoms
Right-sided deafness — especially for high-pitched sounds (tuning fork C above middle C inaudible). Auditory nerve torpor — the keynote ear condition. Meniere disease. Tinnitus — buzzing. Round worms, hookworms. Used as anthelmintic in South America. Apoplexy.
Mind & Emotional Symptoms
Dull from deafness.
General Symptoms
Ears and worms. Worse from noise. Better from quiet.
Physical Symptoms
Ears
Right-sided deafness — high-pitched sounds lost. Auditory nerve torpor. Tinnitus. Meniere.
Abdomen
Worms — round worms, hookworms. Colic.
Modalities
Better From
Quiet
Worse From
Noise, right side
Constitutional Type
Right-sided deafness patients.
Clinical Indications
Right-sided deafness (high tones), auditory nerve torpor, Meniere disease, tinnitus, worms
Comparative Materia Medica
Chininum sulphuricum has tinnitus with periodicity. Cina has worms with irritability.
Safety Information
Not established.
Wormseed oil contains ascaridole — toxic, hepatotoxic, neurotoxic. Has caused deaths in children from crude anthelmintic use. Use ONLY potentised forms.
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