Kreosotum

1 . Tall, lean, dark-complexioned persons ; poorly nourished and subject to bacterial infections ; overgrown girls ; children old-looking and wrinkled ; women at post-climacteric period.

2 . Children ill-humoured, peevish, cry for things which they push or throw away on receiving ( Staph .).

3 . All secretions (especially from mucous surfaces) corrosive, acrid, very offensive, debilitating. Septic discharges.

4 . Violent burning pains, especially in diseases with a gangrenous or malignant tendency.

S. Haemorrhagic diathesis ; flow passive, dark, oozing.

6 . Painful dentition ; teeth begin to decay as soon as they appear ; scorbutic condition of the mouth ; pyorrhea.

7 . Persistent vomiting ; of sweetish water ; of undigested food in large quantities long after meals : often sympathetic (pregnancy, etc.).

8 . Female disorders ; periods premature, profuse, protracted ; flow only on lying down ; intermitting ; between periods-leucorrhoea, offensive, acrid causing itching and burning to the parts < scratching ; stains linen yellow ; with debility.

9 . Urinary troubles ; sudden urging ; copious, pale discharge ; can only micturate when lying down ; incontinence in children during first sleep ( Sepia ) which is very profound.

10 . Modalities ; < cold weather, cold air, cold bathing < rest especially when lying.

Note : Inimical to Carbo Vegetabilis .