CHLOROFORMUM

Chloroformum is a powerful homoeopathic medicine derived from Chloroform, a volatile, anesthetic agent with deep action on the nervous system, digestive organs, and special senses. Known for inducing altered mental states, muscular relaxation, and insensibility, it is especially suited for acute neurological disturbances, convulsions, and functional paralysis. It shows notable efficacy in cases of vertigo, sick headache, puerperal and tetanic convulsions, and delirium tremens. Its action extends to loss of smell and taste, aural disturbances, and visual hallucinations or floaters. Chloroformum is also recognized for its role in gall-stone colic and paralysis of bladder sphincter, particularly post-partum.

Common Name

English: CHCl₃ – Chloroform

SBL’s Chloroformum can be helpful in the following conditions:

Nervous Weakness & Convulsions

• Chloroformum aids in managing puerperal convulsions, tetanus, and typhus-related seizures.
• Helps in delirium tremens with wild excitement followed by unconsciousness.
• Supports in acute arachnitis, with sudden neurological collapse.
• Manages conditions with violent behavior, mental confusion, or desire to kill.
• Assists in paralysis of the bladder sphincter, especially post-childbirth.

Bursting Headache and Vertigo

• Helps in bursting frontal headaches, often with dizziness and nausea.
• Manages vertigo rising from spine, with a sensation of ground shifting or falling forward.
• Supports headaches with roaring in ears and severe vomiting.

Conjunctival Insensitivity and Vision Flashes

• Manages muscæ volitantes, including floating black and grey spots.
• Supports visual flashes, sparks, and temporary loss of sight.
• Aids in conjunctival insensitivity and strabismic or upward eye movement during episodes.

Roaring in Ear and Anosmia

• Helps in roaring in the ears, described like boiling water.
• Supports in complete loss of smell, especially following acute neuralgic or toxic conditions.

Loss of Taste and Burning in Throat

• Manages complete loss of taste with soapy or metallic sensations in the mouth.
• Supports scraping and burning in the throat, and coldness in fauces during inhalation.

Vomiting and Morning Sickness

• Aids in nausea, vomiting, and sea-sickness with great acidity and bloating.
• Helps in managing morning sickness and hiccough of nervous origin.
• Chloroformum supports eructation, burning in stomach, and alternating gastric chilliness.

Stertorous Breathing and Weak Heart

• Helps in stertorous breathing during unconscious episodes.
• Manages slowing and weakening of heart action, especially in toxic or anesthetic states.