Causticum

Mind

(Causticum)

Weakness of memory.

Melancholy mood ; apprehensive, despondent ; with exhaustion.

Anxious, uneasy ; unfitted for anything.

Peevish , fretful. (Calc. phos., Cham., Cina.)

Inattentive and distracted.

Disinclined to work.

Head

(Causticum)

Vertigo , ; forward and sideways ; at night in bed, on rising and lying down again ; on looking fixedly at an object.

Painless digging in the whole head.

Throbbing and stitches in vertex.

Pressive pain in the right frontal eminence.

Pain at small spot on vertex as if bruised, only on touch.

Stitches in the temple.

Itching of scalp. (Graph., Nitr. ac., Phos., Sep., Sulph .)

Tension of the scalp. (Asar., Phos.)

Eyes

(Causticum)

Inflammation, with burning, stinging ; dryness and photophobia .

Pressure in eyes as if sand were in them. (Ars ., Ign., Natr. mur., Sulph .)

Itching of the eyes, especially of the lids. ( Calc. c., Sulph .)

Inclination to close the eyes, lids seem heavy (Coni.), even paralysis of upper lids . (Gels., Plumb., Sep., Zinc .)

Weakness in the recti muscles.

Burning and itching in inner canthi. (Ars.)

Flickering or sparks before the eyes. (Cycl., Merc ., Phos.)

Light obscured ; as from gauze (Baryt., Croc., Rhus tox., Sulph .) ; as from a thick fog or cloud (Nux v., Phos., Puls .) ; momentarily on blowing the nose.

Ears

(Causticum)

Roaring or buzzing in the ears. (Bell., Cinch.)

Words and steps reecho in her ears . (Merc., Phos.)

Stitches in the right ear.

Nose

(Causticum)

Dry coryza, with stoppage of the nose. ( Nux v.)

Frequent sneezing.

Pimples on tip of nose.

Profuse nosebleed.

Old warts on nose.

Face

(Causticum)

Transient, violent drawing pain in right cheek, and then in the ear.

Sensation of tension and pain in the jaws, so that she could only with difficulty open the mouth, and could not eat well because a tooth seemed too long. (Merc.)

Paralysis of one side of the face.

Rheumatic pains in lower jaw.

Mouth

(Causticum)

Painful looseness and elongation of the teeth. (Lyc., Nitr. ac.)

Tearing, stitching toothache. (Puls.)

Gums painfully sensitive. ( Carb. v., Merc .)

Painful vesicle on tip of tongue.

Greasy, putrid taste. (Cham., Puls .)

Stuttering, difficult, indistinct speech. (Hyos., Stram .)

Speechlessness from paralysis of organs of speech. (Dulc., Gels ., Hyos., Naja, Nux m.)

Throat

(Causticum)

Mucus collects in throat ; cannot be raised by hawking ; is obliged to swallow it.

Dryness, rawness, scraping, tickling in the throat. (Amm. carb., Carb. v., Phos., Puls.)

Stomach

– (Causticum)

Eructations, burning hot ( Lyc .) ; empty ; tasteless.

Pains in stomach, relieved by lying down.

Pinching, clawing in pit of stomach on deep breathing.

Pressure in pit of stomach.

Stitches in hepatic region.

Abdomen

(Causticum)

Pains in abdomen, causing her to bend double (Aloe, Coloc., Iris) ; worse from eating or tightening the clothes.

Stool And Anus

(Causticum)

Haemorrhoids, large, hard, stinging, burning ; painful when touched ; walking unendurable .

Fissures in anus ; pains worse when walking.

Frequent passage of offensive flatus.

Pressure in the rectum.

Frequent sudden piercing pain in the rectum.

Itching and sticking in rectum.

Itching in the anus. (Cham., Sulph .)

Frequent ineffectual urging to stool.

Stool passes better when standing.

Stool tough and shining, as if greased. (Amm. mur.)

Urinary Organs

(Causticum)

Paralysis of the bladder from long retention of urine.

Involuntary passage of urine at night when asleep (Ars., Cupr.) ; when coughing (Colch.), sneezing, or blowing nose . (Natr. mur., Puls., Zinc.)

Burning in urethra. (Apis, Acon., Ant. crud., Canth .)

Retention of urine, with frequent and urgent desire ; occasionally a few drops or small quantity may dribble away. (Acon.)

Urinates so easily, not sensible of the stream . (Arg. nit.)

Urine dark-brown ( Bry .), turbid, and cloudy on standing.

Male Organs.- (Causticum)

Pressive pain, as if crushed, in right testicle. (Acon., Arg. nit .)

During coition, blood discharged from urethra with the semen.

Female Organs.- (Causticum)

Aversion to coition.

Menses too late, but profuse ; no discharge at night ; offensive odor, and cause itching of the pudenda.

Cutting colic and diarrhoea during menses.

Leucorrhoea profuse ; flows like the menses, and has same odor.

Respiratory Organs.- (Causticum)

The laryngeal muscles refuse their service ; cannot speak a loud word. (Arum, Phos.)

Great hoarseness, worse mornings and evenings , with scraping in the throat ( Nux v .) ; could not speak aloud for several days. (Puls.)

Dry sensation in air passages.

Cough violent, hollow, at times dry, with pain in right chest ; night and morning, with tightly adhering mucus in chest ; soreness in chest ; tickling ; in paroxysms, with sore sensation in a streak down along trachea, where every cough pains ; wakes from sleep ;

caused by crawling, or from stooping ; always from speaking.

Cough, with pain in hip, and involuntary discharge of urine. (Alum.)

Cough relieved by a swallow of cold water.

Shortness of breath precedes the cough.

Arrest of breath when speaking or walking rapidly ; must suddenly catch for breath.

Rattling in the chest when coughing.

Tightness of chest ; must frequently take deep breath.

Soreness in chest. (Arn., Baryt.)

Burning soreness in a stripe down under the sternum, with cough, etc.

Stitches in the chest. (Bry., Kali carb.)

Neck and Back.- (Causticum)

Painful stiffness and tension of neck.

Sharp stitches in left lumbar region.

Pressing, cramp-like pain in region of kidneys.

In coccyx, dull, drawing pains ; bruised pain.

Limbs

(Causticum)

Paralytic weakness of the limbs ; trembling.

Intolerable weariness in limbs in evening.

Arthritic pains in all parts of the limbs.

Upper Limbs.- (Causticum)

Trembling of the hands.

Drawing pains in finger joints.

Lower Limbs.- (Causticum)

Cracking in knees when walking.

Bruised pain in the thighs and legs.

Tension and stiffness in hollow of knee when walking.

Cramps in the calves in the morning.

In ball of great toe, crawling, burning, severe pressive pain ; burning stitches.

Generalities

(Causticum)

At night cannot get a quiet position, or lie still a minute.

Parts upon which he lies feel bruised. (Arn. Bapt.)

Tearing in joints and bones.

Faint-like sinking of strength.

Sour-smelling night sweats all over. ( Sil .)

Hemiplegia after cerebral haemorrhage or softening.

Epileptic attacks during time of puberty ; also worse during new moon. ( Sil .)

Convulsions, with screams, gnashing of teeth, and violent movements of limbs, with feverish heat and coldness of hands and feet.

Chorea, even at night ; right side of face and tongue may be paralyzed.

Emaciation of the feet.

Haemorrhages of very dark blood.

Painful varices, ulcers, or warts ; net-like appearance of capillaries.

Skin

(Causticum)

Itching over the whole body. Intertrigo during dentition.

Excessive. itching ; moist tetter on the neck.

Eruption of pimples on tip of nose.

Injuries of the skin which had healed become sore again.

Sleep

(Causticum)

Uneasy, restless sleep.

Yawning and stretching.

Many motions with arms and legs during sleep.

Intense sleepiness ; cannot resist it ; must lie down.

Startings from sleep.

Aggravation

Therapeutic Range.- (Causticum)

Rheumatic and arthritic inflammations, with contractions of flexors and stiffness of joints ; epilepsy ; chorea ; convulsions ; paralysis, especially of bladder and face ; neuralgia ; hoarseness ; aphonia.

Conditions

(Causticum)

Persons of dark hair and rigid fiber most affected.

Compare

(Causticum)

Amm . mur., Prom., Calc. c., Gels ., Ign., Lach., Nux v., Phos ., Puls., Rhus tox., Spong ., Stan., Sep., Sulph.

Antidotes

(Causticum)

Asaf., Coloc., Coff., Nux v., Sp. nitr. d.

Causticum Antidotes.-

Merc., Sulph.

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