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Kreosotum

Beechwood kreosote

19 health issues Boericke 1927

Main symptoms

  • Kreosotum is a mixture of phenols obtained from this distillation.
  • Pulsations all over the body, and profuse bleeding from small wounds.
  • Very severe, old neuralgic affections; pains rather aggravated by rest.
  • Haemorrhages, ulcerations, cancerous affections.
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  • Rapid decomposition of fluids and secretions, and burning pains.
  • Overgrown, poorly developed children.
  • Post-climacteric diseases.
  • Tumefaction, puffiness, gangrene.
  • Ailings of teething children.

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Mind & mood

  • Music causes weeping and palpitation.
  • Vanishing of thought; stupid, forgetful, peevish, irritable.
  • Child wants everything but throws it away when given.

What makes it better or worse

Worse

In open airCold restWhen lyingAfter menstruation

Better

From warmthMotionWarm diet

Symptoms by body part

Head

Dull pain, as from a board pressing against forehead. Menstrual headache. Occipital pain.

Eyes

Salty watering eyes. Lids red and swollen.

Ears

Rash around and pimples within. Difficult hearing and buzzing.

Face

Sick, suffering expression; hot, cheeks red.

Mouth

Lips red, bleeding. Very painful dentition; child will not sleep. Very rapid decay of teeth, with spongy, bleeding gums; teeth dark and crumbly. Putrid odor and bitter taste.

Nose

Offensive smell and discharge. Chronic mucus discharge of old people. Acrid rawness.

Throat

Burning, choking sensation. Putrid odor.

Stomach

Nausea; vomiting of food several hours after eating; of sweetish water in the morning. Feeling of coldness, as of ice water in stomach. Soreness; better eating. Painful hard spot. Haematemesis. Bitter taste after a swallow of water.

Abdomen

Distended. Diarrhoea; very offensive; dark brown. Bloody, fetid stools.

Urine

Offensive. Violent itching of vulva and vagina, worse when urinating. Can urinate only when lying; cannot get out of bed quick enough during first sleep. Dreams of urinating. Bed-wetting in the first part of night. Must hurry when desire comes to urinate.

Female

Corrosive itching within vulva, burning and swelling of labia; violent itching between labia and thighs. During menses, difficult hearing; buzzing and roaring; rash after. Burning and soreness in external and internal parts. White vaginal discharge, yellow, acrid; odor of green corn; worse between periods. Haemorrhage after coition. Menses too early, prolonged. Vomiting of pregnancy, with excess saliva. Menstrual flow intermits; ceases on sitting or walking; reappears on lying down. Pain worse after menses. Discharge after childbirth offensive; intermits.

Respiratory

Hoarse, with pain in larynx. Cough; worse evening, with efforts to vomit, with pain in chest. Raw burning in chest; pains and oppression. Cough after influenza. Winter coughs of old people, with heavy pressure on sternum. Gangrene of lungs. After every cough, copious, purulent phlegm coughed up. Coughing up blood; periodic attacks. Sternum feels pressed in.

Back

Dragging backache, extending to genitals and down thighs. Great debility.

Extremities

Pain in joints, hip and knee. Boring pain in hip-joints. Scapulae sore.

Skin

Itching, worse towards evening. Burning in soles. Senile gangrene. Small wounds bleed freely. Pustules and herpes. Ecchymosis; dorsal surface of fingers and hands eczematous.

Sleep

Disturbed with tossing. Paralytic sensation in limbs on waking. Anxious dreams of pursuit, fire, erections, etc.

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