Cyclamen Europaeum – Constitution, Keynotes & Mnemonics 🌿🔑 WORD MNEMONIC – C Y C L A M E N
C – Chlorotic / anemic, leuco-phlegmatic
Y – Yawning fatigue, easily tired, aversion to work
C – Conscience troubles (suppressed grief, remorse, duty undone)
L – Lights & flickering before eyes (colored sparks, glittering needles)
A – Aversion to open air (worse in open air, better indoors)
M – Menses abnormal (too early, black, clotted; better during flow)
E – Early satiety (full after few mouthfuls; nausea in throat)
N – Night < sitting & lying, warm room >
👉 If you remember CYCLAMEN = conscience + chlorosis + colored lights, you’re safe.
⭐ KEYNOTE POINTS OF CYCLAMEN EUROPAEUM
1. Constitution
Leuco-phlegmatic
Anemic / chlorotic
Easily fatigued, weak, inactive
Feeble or suspended functions of organs and special senses
2. Mind – VERY IMPORTANT
Ailments from suppressed grief
Terrors of conscience
Sad, peevish, irritable
Desire for solitude
Aversion to open air (important differentiator from Pulsatilla)
3. Head & Eyes (STRONG KEYNOTE)
Headache in anemic patients
On rising in morning
Flickering before eyes
Fiery sparks, colored lights, glittering needles
Dim vision as of fog or smoke
➡️ Cyclamen = anemia + vertigo + visual disturbances
4. Mouth
Salty taste of saliva and food
Pork disagrees
5. Gastro-intestinal
Satiety after a few mouthfuls (like Lycopodium)
Food becomes repugnant
Nausea in throat and palate
6. Female Reproductive System (EXAM FAVORITE)
Pale, chlorotic women
Deranged menses
Menses:
Too early
Too profuse
Black and clotted
Membranous
Associated with vertigo, headache, dim vision
Better during flow (⚠️ opposite of Cimicifuga, Pulsatilla)
7. Extremities
Burning, sore pain in heels
Worse sitting, standing, walking
Worse in open air
8. Modalities (VERY HIGH YIELD)
Aggravation
Open air ❌
Cold water, cold bathing
Sitting & lying at night
- Menses < sitting
Amelioration
Warm room
Indoors
Walking during menses
Made by Stephen Ryan Nadar 3rd year bhms
