Causticum

Common name: hahnemann's tinctura acris sine kali.

Adapted to persons who are subject to affections of respiratory and urinary tracts (Lyc., Merc., Nat-M.) (A.).

Useful for dark-haired persons with rigid fibres, psoric constitutions, suffering from long ago suppressions of skin diseases (N.).

Disturbed functional activity of brain and spinal cord, from exhausting disease or severe mental shock, resulting in paralysis.

Tension in the limbs with paralysis, especially of the extensor muscles (Plb.).

Rheumatic and gouty tearing in the limbs, relieved by warmth, especially by the heat of the bed.

Shortening of the flexor muscles.

Paralytic trembling, debility of the limbs when out of bed.

Numbness of the single parts, or of the right side of the body.

In children, soreness, swelling of the abdomen, easy falling, and late learning to walk (Bar-C., Calc-P., Sil.).

In the evening and while sitting, insupportable restlessness through the whole body and anxiety about the heart.

Burning of the exterior parts (ulcers) (Ars., Lach., Phos., Sulph.).

Warts of eye-brows and nose.

Dryness of the larynx (Bell., Con., Lach.) (D.).

MORNING HOARSENESS (Calc., Calc-P., Carb-V., Kali-B., Mang., Phos., Sil., Sulph.).

COMPLETE LOSS OF VOICE (Am-Caust., Phos.) (D.).

Weakness of voice from over-exertion (Hg.).

PARALYTIC APHONIA (Alumn., Arg-M., Brom., Carb-V., Phos., Stram.) (D.).

Cough, being obliged to swallow what has been raised (Arn., Cann-S., Con., Dros., Gels., Kali-C., Kali-S., Lyc., Nux-M., Sep., Spong., Staph., Zinc.).

COUGH, RELIEVED BY A DRINK OF WATER (D.)

Cough, worse when bending forward (N.).

COUGH, ACCOMPANIED BY A SPURT OF URINE (Apis, Bry., Hyos., Nat-M., Nux-V., Phos-Ac., Phos., Puls., Rumx., Sep., Squil., Staph., Sulph., Thuj., Verat., Zinc.) (D.).

Can not speak loud (Phos.) (D).

Cough, with a sensation as if one could not cough deep enough to raise the mucus (N.).

Cough with pain in the hip (N.).

Phlegm in the throat that cannot be hawked up, which produces nausea (Bt.).

Sensation of tension and pain in the jaws, so that she could only with difficulty open the mouth, and also could not eat well because a tooth seemed too long (N.).

Can not keep the upper eyelids up, they are nearly paralyzed, and will fall down over the eyes (N.).

PARALYSIS OF THE EYELIDS (Alum., Con., Dulc., Gels., Graph., Mag-P., Nat-C., Nit-Ac., Nux-M., Plb., Rhus-T., Sep., Spig., Stann., Zinc.) (D.).

Heat, burning and feeling of sand in the eyes (Arg-N., Ars., Sulph.) (D.).

Double vision (Alumn., Aur., Bell., Cann-I., Cycl., Dig., Gels., Hyos., Iod.) (D.).

Constantly complains of shivering coldness (Kali-I.).

Frequent ineffectual efforts to stool (Anac., Nux-V., Sulph.), with much pain, anxiety and redness in the face (N.).

STOOL PASSES BETTER WHEN THE PATIENT IS STANDING (D.).

Hæmorrhoids: worse when preaching or straining the voice, or from standing (N.).

Fistula in ano (Berb., Calc-P., Fluor-Ac., Phos., Sil.), and fistula dentalis (Fluor-Ac., Hep., Merc., Sil.).

Obstinate constipation, with varices in the anus (G.).

Can not evacuate the stool sitting down, is obliged to stand (D.).

WORDS, SOUNDS AND THE PATIENT'S OWN VOICE RE-ECHO IN THE EARS (D.).

Fissures and other troubles in the anus or rectum rendering walking intolerably painful (Nit-Ac., Sulph.) (N.).

Mucus collects in the throat, can not be raised, has to swallow it (N.).

Warts on the back of the tongue (N.).

Speechlessness from paralysis of the organs of speech (Gels., Plb.) (N.).

Neuralgia, right side of cheek bone to mastoid process; worse at night (Ra.).

FACIAL PARALYSIS (Agar., Anac., Bar-C., Cocc., Cupr., Cur., Dulc., Graph., Kali-Chl., Kali-P., Nux-V., Op., Plb., Strych., Zinc.), DUE TO EXPOSURE TO DRY, COLD WINDS (D.).

Burning itching in the face, discharging an acrid fluid, which forms crusts when drying (Ra.).

A white coating on both sides of the tongue (N.).

Paralysis of the tongue, lips and throat (Gels., Plb.) (D.).

PARALYSIS OF THE BLADDER (Alum., Arn., Ars., Bell., Camph., Canth., Cupr., Dulc., Gels., Hyos., Kali-P., Lach., Merc., Nux-V., Op.) (D.).

INVOLUNTARY URINATION WHILE COUGHING (Apis, Caps., Ferr-P., Kreos., Lyc., Nat-M.) (D.).

Difficult, frequent, and painful urination (Canth., Dig., Gels., Lyc.) (Hg.).

Urine loaded with lithic acid and lithates, with great debility (Hg.).

Nocturnal enuresis of children, during the first sleep (Benz-Ac., Cina, Kreos., Phos Ac., Sep.) (D.).

INVOLUNTARY EMISSION OF URINE WHEN SNEEZING, BLOWING THE NOSE OR WALKING (N.).

Itching of the orifice of the urethra (Petrosel., Thuj.) (N.).

Numbness or insensibility of the urethra; can not tell when the urine is passing in the dark, only by the sense of touch (N.).

Sudden and frequent loss of sight, with a sensation of a film before the eyes (G.).

The parts upon which he lies become sore (Arn., Bapt., Pyrog.) (D.).

MENSES FLOW ONLY DURING THE DAY (Cact., Coff., Cycl., Ham., Puls.; menses flow only during the night- Bor., Bov., Coff., Cycl., Mag-C., Nat-M.) (D.).

Menses cease at night and flow during the day, while leucorrhœa flows at night, not during the day (N).

Spasms of the rectum, preventing walking (Æsc., Nit-Ac., Thuj.) (G.).

Very apt to have hæmorrhoids, which are made intolerable by walking (Æsc., Brom., Carb-An., Mur-Ac., Sulph.; better from walking- Ign.).

Painful pustules near the anus, discharging pus, blood and serum (Ra.).

Ailments from long lasting grief (Gels., Nat-M., Phos-Ac.) (Br.).

Greasy taste in the mouth (Asaf., Cham.) (Br.).

SENSATION AS IF LIME WERE BEING SLAKED IN THE STOMACH (N.).

Flatulence (Chin., Dios., Lyc., Nat-S., Puls., Sep., Sulph.) (Ra.)

Water-brash (Ars., Bar-C., Bry., Calc., Carb-V., Graph., Lyc., Mezer., Nux-V., Par., Petr., Puls., Sabad., Sang., Sil., Staph., Sulph., Verat.) (Ra.).

Pressure and fullness in the abdomen, as if it would burst; nourishment greatly increases the pain (G.).

Great melancholy; looks on the dark side of everything; especially during menstruation (G.).

Very suspicious and mistrustful (G.).

Excessive sympathy for others (G.).

Absent-minded (Apis, Cann-I., Lach.) (G.).

Pains in the abdomen, causing her to bend double (Bell., Coloc., Mag-P., Nux-V., Puls.); greatly aggravated by the least nourishment (Calc-P.), or tightening her clothes (Arg-N., Lach., Lyc., Nux-V.) (G.).

Menses too early and too abundant; after it ceases, a little blood is passed from time to time, for many days, which smells badly (G.).

Old ulcers originating in a blister, with burning or itching (N.).

Burns that recover slowly, or remote effects of them (N.).

Dry, hollow cough, with soreness in the chest, caused by tickling and mucus in the throat, with expectoration only at night, of acrid tasting mucus, which he can not raise but has to swallow it again (J.).

Sensation of rawness or soreness of the scalp, throat, respiratory tract, rectum, anus, urethra, vagina, etc. (N.).

Sour perspiration (Ars., Bry., Calc., Colch., Hep., Iod., Lyc., Mag-C., Merc., Nit-Ac., Psor., Sep., Sil., Sulph., Verat.) (Bt.).

Glandular indurations (Bad., Carb-An., Iod., Merc., Nit-Ac., Phyt., Rhus-T., Sil.) (Bt.).

Cicatrices freshen up; old injuries reopen (Graph.) (Br.).

Aversion to sweets (Ars., Graph., Merc., Nit-Ac., Phos., Sulph., Zinc.) (Br.).

Fresh meat causes nausea; smoked meat agrees.

Stitches in the liver (Bell., Berb., Bry., Calc., Chel., Con., Lept., Mag-M., Merc, Nux-V., Ran-B., Sep.).

Epileptic spasms (at night during sleep).

Left-sided sciatica (Am-M., Cimic., Kali-B., Kali-C., Lach., Phos., Thuj.), with numbness (Coloc., Gnaph., Nux-V., Phyt., Rhus-T.) (Br.).

Sciatic pains, worse from cold and coughing, and better from warmth or warmth of bed (K.).

Involuntary nodding of the head while writing (Phos-Ac.).

Dim-sightedness as if a thick fog were before the eyes (Ars., Calc., Chin., Croc., Cycl., Gels., Merc., Phos., Puls., Sulph., Zinc.).

Affects the right side most prominently (A.).

Vertigo: at night in bed, on rising and lying down again; on looking fixedly at an object (Cur., Kali-C., Lach., Nat-M., Phos., Sil., Spig., Sulph.); and during menses (C.).

Photophobia, with constant necessity to wink (C.).

Leucorrhœa: profuse, flows like the menses, and has the same odour (C.).

May be used in spasmodic diseases, even in convulsions. When walking in the open air, the patient falls but soon recovers. During the unconscious stage, he passes urine. These attacks especially recur at the new moon (F.).

May be called for in colic after failure of Colocynth. The pains are of a griping, cutting character and are relieved by bending double (F.).

AGGRAVATION: In the evening; in the open air; after drinking coffee; while perspiring; in clear, fine weather; during new moon; from getting wet or bathing; and from coming from the air into a warm room.

AMELIORATION: From warmth; in damp, wet weather.

RELATIONSHIP. Complementary: Carb-V., Petrosel.

INCOMPATIBLE: Phos. Must not be used before or after Phos., always disagrees; the Acids; Coffea.