Caladium seguinum
By Adolph von Lippe — Keynotes and Red Line Symptoms of the Materia Medica
Common name: american arum.
Very sensitive to noise; slightest noise startles him from sleep (Asar., Bell., Hyos., Kali-C., Nux V., Stram., Tarant.) (A.).
Red, dry stripe down centre of the tongue widening toward tip (B.).
Hard cough with asthma, relieved from expectoration (Caust., Guai., Hep., Iod., Ipec., Lach., Phos., Sang., Sep.) (B.).
Inclination to rest, and aversion to move.
Breathing impeded (Bry., Kali M., Lach., Lyc., Puls., Sulph.) (Br.).
Face, head and hands hot; legs and feet cold (C.).
Catarrhal asthma; mucus not readily raised (Amm-C., Hep., Nat-S.) (Br.).
Coldness of single parts (Calc., Camph., Carb V., Dig., Ipec., Lach., Nat-M.).
HEAT DURING SLEEP, CEASES ON WAKING (Mezer., Op., Samb.) (B.).
FALLS ASLEEP DURING EVENING FEVER AND WAKES WHEN IT STOPS (A.).
Respiratory symptoms alternating with skin symptoms (Ars.) (B.).
Soft, pasty, clay coloured stools, passed with difficulty (Alum., Hep., Sep.) (C.).
Limbs feel tired and weak (Bapt., Bry., Cimic., Kali-P., Rhus-T.) (C.).
Burning in the stomach and skin (Ars., Phos., Sulph.).
Eructations: frequent, of very little wind, as if stomach was full of dry food (A.).
Food eaten seems too dry; must drink to swallow (B.).
It is to be remembered in spermatorrhœa or in seminal weakness, particularly in nocturnal emissions, when there is complete relaxation of the organ; so that emissions occur without any dreams, or if there be a dream, it is entirely foreign to sexual subjects (F.).
Perspiration, which very much attracts the flies.
Effects of sexual excesses; there are emissions without any excitement (Con, Nux-V, Sel.) (D.).
Confused; cannot concentrate the mind (C.).
Forgetfulness (Ambr., Anac., Kali P., Lyc.) (C.).
Vertigo, with nausea in the morning (Bry., Cocc., Nux-V., Sep.) (C.).
Dull pressive or cutting pain in the temples (C.).
Very irritable and depressed (C.).
IMPOTENCE: WITH MENTAL DEPRESSION, RELAXED PENIS, WITH SEXUAL DESIRE AND EXCITEMENT (Agn., Con., Lyc., Nux-V., Sel., Sulph.) (A.).
Flaccid, sweaty genitals; glans like a rag (B.).
IMPOTENCY AFTER GONORRHŒA (Agn.; impotency after syphilis- Merc.) (B.).
Erections when half asleep; cease when fully awake (Br.).
Coldness of the sexual parts (Agn., Camph.) (G.)
NO ERECTION, EVEN AFTER CARESS; NO EMISSION, NO ORGASM DURING AN EMBRACE (Calc., Graph., Sel., Sep.) (A.).
Pruritus vulvæ, with burning; from pin worms (B.).
Pruritus, during pregnancy (Bor.); with mucous discharge (A.).
PRURITUS VAGINÆ; INDUCES ONANISM (Nux-V., Orig., Plat., Zinc.) (A.).
Crampy pains in the uterus at night (Br.)
When nymphomania occurs as the result of worms escaping into the vagina and there exciting irritation Calad. is the remedy (F.)
AGGRAVATION: From motion; lying on painful parts; inside a room; and from 3 or 4 P. M. till midnight.
AMELIORATION: After a short sleep; after perspiring; from expectoration; in the open air; and from motion.
RELATIONSHIP. It destroys craving for tobacco (destroys craving for alcohol or liquor- Sulphuric Acid). It is also useful for mosquito and insect-bites (which burn and itch intensely).
Incompatible: Arum-T.
Compare; Agn., Bry., Calc., Caust., Chin., Dig., Gels., Kali-P., Lyc., Nux-V., Op., Phos., Phos-Ac., Sel., Sulph and Zinc.
Caladium antidotes Nit-Ac.