Remedy

Causticum

Hahnemann's tinctura acris sine kali

36 health issues Boericke 1927

Main symptoms

  • Manifests its action mainly in chronic rheumatic, arthritic and paralytic affections, indicated by the tearing, drawing pains in the muscular and fibrous tissues, with deformities about the joints; progressive loss of muscular strength, tendinous contractures.
  • Broken down seniles.
  • In with mucus affections of the air passages, and seems to choose preferably dark-complexioned and rigid-fibered persons.
  • Restlessness at night, with tearing pains in joints and bones, and faint-like sinking of strength.
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  • Children are slow to walk.
  • The skin of a Causticum person is of a dirty white sallow, with warts, especially on the face.
  • Emaciation due to disease, worry, etc., and of long standing.
  • Burning, rawness, and soreness are characteristic.

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Mind & mood

  • Child does not want to go to bed alone.
  • Least thing makes it cry.
  • Sad, hopeless.
  • Intensely sympathetic.
  • Ailments from long-lasting grief, sudden emotions.

What makes it better or worse

Worse

DryCold windsIn clear fine weatherCold airFrom motion of carriage

Better

In dampWet weatherWarmthHeat of bed

Symptoms by body part

Head

Sensation of empty space between forehead and brain. Pain in right frontal eminence.

Face

Warts. Pain in facial bones. Pain in jaws, with difficulty in opening mouth.

Eyes

Inflammation of eyelids; ulceration. Sparks and dark spots before eyes Ptosis. Vision impaired, as if film were before eyes.

Nose

Runny nose (cold), with hoarseness. Scaly nose. Nostrils ulcerated. Pimples and warts.

Mouth

Bites inside of cheek from chewing. Joint and muscle pain of articulation of lower jaw. Gums bleed easily.

Stomach

Greasy taste. Aversion to sweets. Feels as if lime were burned in stomach. Worse after eating fresh meat; smoked meat agrees. Sensation of ball rising in throat. Acid indigestion.

Stool

Soft and small, size of goose-quill. Hard, tough, covered with mucus; shines like grease; small-shaped; expelled with much straining, or only on standing up. Itching. Rectum sore and burns.

Urine

Involuntary when coughing, sneezing. Expelled very slowly, and sometimes retained. Involuntary during first sleep at night; also from slightest excitement. Retention after surgical operations. Loss of sensibility on passing urine.

Female

Uterine inertia during labor. Menses cease at night; flow only during day. White vaginal discharge at night, with great weakness. Menses delay, late.

Respiratory

Hoarseness with pain in chest; aphonia. Larynx sore. Cough, with raw soreness of chest. Phlegm coughed up scanty; must be swallowed. Cough with pain in hip, especially left worse in evening; better, drinking cold water; worse, warmth of bed. Sore streak down trachea. Mucus under sternum, which he cannot quite reach. Pain in chest, with palpitation. Cannot lie down at night. Voice re-echoes. Own voice roars in ears and distresses. Difficulty of voice of singers and public speakers (Royal).

Back

Stiffness between shoulders. Dull pain in nape of neck.

Extremities

Left-sided nerve pain down the leg, with numbness. Dull, tearing pain in hands and arms. Heaviness and weakness. Tearing joints. Unsteadiness of muscles of forearm and hand. Numbness; loss of sensation in hands. Contracted tendons. Weak ankles. Cannot walk without suffering. Rheumatic tearing in limbs; better by warmth, especially heat of bed. Burning in joints. Slow in learning to walk. Unsteady walking and easily falling. Restless legs at night. Cracking and tension in knees; stiffness in hollow of knee. Itching on dorsum of feet.

Skin

Soreness in folds of skin, back of ears, between thighs. Warts large, jagged, bleeding easily, on tips of fingers and nose. Old burns that do not get well, and ill effects from burns. Pains of burns. Cicatrices freshen up; old injuries reopen. Skin prone to intertrigo during dentition.

Sleep

Very drowsy; can hardly keep awake. Nocturnal sleeplessness, with dry heat, inquietude.

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