Croton tiglium

Common name: croton oil seeds.

Can't inhale deeply enough (B.).

Œdematous swelling of the eyelids (eyelids look; puffed).

Eruptions around the eyes (Br.).

Asthma with cough (Ant-T., Lyc., Nat-S.) (Br.).

Pressing headache in the forehead, especially in the orbits (Sang., Spig.).

As soon as the head touches the pillow a spasmodic paroxysm of cough sets in (Caps., Con., Dros.) (A.).

Feels suffocated from coughing; must walk about the room or sleep in a chair (for fear of coughing) (A.).

Colic, relieved by hot milk (Chel., Op.).

NAUSEA (Ant-C., Bry., Cina, Ipec., Nux-V., Podo., Tab., Verat.).

BURNING IN THE ŒSOPHAGUS (Alumn., Ars., Camph., Carb-Ac., Cycl., Euph., Hep., Kreos., Lyc., Merc-C., Nit-Ac., Phos., Sang.).

Drawing pain through the chest from breast to scapula, of same side, every time the child nurses (A.).

Nodes in the mammæ (Carb-An.) (B.).

Very sore nipple (Arn., Bapt., Caust., Cham., Fluor-Ac., Lach., Nit-Ac., Phel., Sil.) (A.).

Copious lachrymation (Euphr., Merc., Nat-M., Sulph.) (C.).

Opacity of the cornea (Arg-N., Calc., Caust., Con., Kali-B., Merc-C., Sil.) (K.).

Conjunctiva full of dark vessels (Apis, Bell., Con., Euphr., Graph., Kali-B., Merc-C., Nat-M., Sep., Sulph.) (K.).

Photophobia (Euphr., Graph., Lyc., Merc., Nat-M., Nux-V., Rhus-T., Sulph.) (K.).

Pustular conjunctivitis (Apis, Calc., Clem., Graph., Kali-Chl., Petr., Puls., Sep., Sulph.) (K.).

The bowels are moved as if by spasmodic jerks-"coming out like a shot" (Gamb.) (A.).

PASSAGE OF STOOLS AS SOON AS THE PATIENT EATS, DRINKS, OR EVEN WHILE EATING (Arg-N., Ars., Chin., Ferr., Sanic.) (A.).

YELLOW, WATERY STOOLS (Aloe, Dulc., Gamb., Nat-S., Olnd., Pic-Ac., Podo.) (A.).

STOOLS POURING OUT LIKE WATER FROM A HYDRANT (Gamb., Olnd., Podo.) (D.).

Diarrhœa associated with nausea and vomiting (Ars., Camph., Ipec., Verat.) (D.).

Watery stools that escape suddenly from the bowels, with great prostration (Ars., Bism., Camph., Phos.,) (Bt.).

Intense itching of genitals of both sexes (Petr., Rhus-T., Sulph.); vesicular eruption on the male genital organs; so sensitive and sore is unable to scratch (A.).

VESICULAR ERUPTION ON THE SCROTUM AND PENIS, WITH FREQUENT, CORROSIVE ITCHING (Rhus-T.) (N.).

Vesicles on the skin, with a yellow, plastic exudation, that burns like a fire (Bt.).

Urticaria of the skin of the abdomen (Bt.).

Vesico-pustular eruptions (Canth., Rhus-T., Sep., Sulph.) (B.).

Vesicular erysipelas (Apis, Canth., Rhus-T.) (Br.).

Herpes zoster (Ars., Clem., Graph., Iris, Merc., Mezer., Ran-B., Rhus-T.) (Br.).

SCARLET-RED SKIN (Agar., Am-C., Apis, Bell., Graph., Merc., Rhus-T., Stram.).

INTENSE ITCHING OF THE SKIN, BUT SO TENDER IS UNABLE TO SCRATCH; RELIEVED BY GENTLE RUBBING (Rhus-T.) (A.).

ECZEMA OVER THE WHOLE BODY (Ars., Graph., Mezer., Petr., Psor., Rhus-T., Sulph.) (A.).

Coldness of the feet, extending as far up as the calves (C.).

Perspiration on the forehead (Verat.).

Stitches in the region of the heart during an expiration.

Palpitation prevents him from going to sleep.

Burning in the urethra when urinating (Canth., Merc., Nat-M., Sep., Sulph., Tereb., Thuj.).

CONSTANT URGING TO STOOL FOLLOWED BY SUDDEN EVACUATION, WHICH IS SHOT OUT OF THE RECTUM (Gamb., Grat., Podo., Thuj.) (A.).

Colic and diarrhœa immediately after nursing (G.).

Cholera infantum: excessive nausea and frequent discharges of greenish or yellowish stools (Sm.).

Colicky pain in the transverse colon before every stool.

SWASHING SENSATION IN THE INTESTINES AS FROM WATER, BEFORE STOOL (Aloe, Kali-C., Merc., Nat-M., Phos-Ac.) (A.).

Stools with burning at the anus (Aloe, Ars., Sulph.).

AGGRAVATION: From every motion; after drinking; while eating or nursing; during summer; from fruit and sweetmeats; the least food or drink; from scratching; and from lying down.

AMELIORATION: From gentle rubbing; and after sleep.

RELATIONSHIP: Compare: Aloe, Arg-N., Ars., Chin., Ferr., Kali-Br., Phos., and Sulph. in chronic infantile diarrhœa; and Sil., in pain from the nipple through to the back when nursing.

Antidote: Ant-T.

Croton Tig. antidotes: Rhus poisoning.