Caladium

Caladium seguinum, Vert. (Arum seguinum, Linn.) Nat. order, Aracese. Preparation, Tincture of the root.

Mind

Authorities. 1, Hering, Archiv f. Horn. Hielk., 11, 2, 161 ;f 2, Schroeder, Neu. Archiv., 3, 3, 153, proving with the 30th dil. ; 3, Dr. Chair, L'Union, 1863 (Schmidt's Jahrb., 119, 289), case of poisoning by the root; 4, Berridge, Am. J. Horn. M. M., 8, 126, a man proved the 200th dil. ; 5, ibid., a woman proved the 200th dil.

Mind p. 338

Emotional. Extreme excitement

Lond cries about an illness, like a child, with inconsiderate prattlings, after many days

He is very apprehensive about his health, and about everything apprehensive and anxious (after a fever, for several weeks)

Apprehensiveness, before going to sleep

Fear of cutting himself while shaving (eleventh day)

Becomes easily angry at everything

Intellectual. Very forgetful ; he cannot remember if what he ought to have done and written during the day is really accomplished until he convinces himself of it

Head p. 338

Confusion and Vertigo. Confusion and whirlings in the head

Vertigo, after some walking (second day)

Vertigo and nausea, in the morning, with stitches in the pit of the stomach (after fourteen days)

Stilisatioiis.

Occasional heat in the head

Heat ascends from below into the head and becomes an internal glowing heat (after two hours)

Pressive headache after the midday sleep, or after lying on the side; disappears when sitting

Drawing-tearing, extending to the head

Bursting headache, especially in the forehead (sixth day)

Forehead. Boring pain in the forehead

Temples. Boring and sticking in the left temple, relieved by pressure

On waking, stupefying pressure in the right temples (fifth day)

Sticking in the right temple, especially in the right eye

Occiput. Drawing in the occiput (first day)

External. Pimples on the hairy scalp behind the ear, sensitive when touched

Eyes p. 338

Burning in the eyes

Sensitive, stupefying pressure in the eyes and forehead, with heat in the face, and restlessness he can hardly control, while smoking tobacco; followed by much hawking of mucus and slimy vomiting, with urgency to stool

The eyes close from sleepiness before dinner, with tension in the temples (second day)

Pressure in the eyeballs, with painful sensitiveness when touching them, soon after rubbing his abdomen with Calad. (fifth day)

Ears p. 338

Sensations. Pains in the ear, during a fever (after seventh day)

Burning on the external upper margin of the ears, without redness or heat (fifth day)

Throbbing in the right ear, and a sensation around it as if warm water were flowing about it in a circle (after five days)

Tickling and itching in the right ear, evenings

Hearing. Extremely sensitive to noise, especially if he wishes to sleep (after three, four days)

When going to sleep he is waked by the folding of paper; he is sensitive to it (fifth day)

Something seems to be put before the ears which makes him deaf

Twittering in the ears

Roaring in the ears, frequently during the day

Nose p. 338

Sudden burning in the upper part of the nose, then a long-continuing irritation to sneezing, and at last violent, as from pepper; short sneezing, followed by fluent coryza (in the evening), (first day)

Face p. 339

Biting-burning stitches in the cheek

Mouth p. 339

Teeth. After vomiting, the teeth seem too long; insipid taste on the tongue, herbaceous, with a scratchy sensation in the throat, as of something sharp (second day)

Toothache, mornings and evenings

Toothache, in the evening, that wakes him from his sleep again in the morning

Boring toothache, with stitches in the- ear

Drawings through the left back teeth from above downward (after a few hours)

General 3fouth.

Mucous membrane of the mouth uniformly very red ; the curtains of the palate exceedingly red, not swollen ; the uvula slightly swollen

The mouth is sticky and herby (after several hours)

Burning in the mouth and fauces

Sensation in the mouth as if burnt with creasote

Taste. Milk tasted sour and was repugnant

Throat. Scratchy in the throat, with dry sensation, with much hawking of mucus

Tickling in the throat, with cough (after one hour), often renewed during the day

Dryness in the fauces and pharynx, not in the mouth, without thirst, and with aversion to cold water (after one and several hours)

Stomach p. 339

Appetite and Thirst. Sensation of hunger, soon after taking

Evenings, after the theatre, he is hungry, contrary to custom, but eats nothing; nausea in the morning while half asleep, a sensation like faintness, as if he had over eaten and must vomit; when fully awake this sensation ceased (second day)

Takes his breakfast with hunger and relish, but is hardly satisfied when he becomes discouraged and uncomfortable ; head exceedingly confused, and he grows sleepy (fifth day)

Has great desire to smoke, and relishes it uncommonly (fourth day)

He only eats because the stomach is so hollow, without hunger, but. very hastily, and is immediately satisfied

Thirst, with dry lips, wakes; him at night

Longing for beer, without decided thirst; he was not able to drink water throughout the proving

Does not drink the whole day,1-

After eating, he drank only because it seemed so dry in the stomach,, which sensation could not be called thirst; it was quite different from it

Eructations and Hiccough. ^Frequent eructations of very little wind, as if the stomach were full of dry food (after twelve hours),1.!

Incomplete eructations, because they are hindered by burning pressure in the abdomen

Hiccough continues for some time

Nausea. After, and while smoking his accustomed tobacco, nausea and inclination to vomit

While smoking a cigar, sudden inclination to vomit ; he must stop smoking ; at the same time urgency to stool, so that he thought he could scarcely retain it, yet is obliged to strain hard to get rid of the pappy yellow stool (second day)

Nausea, with confusion of the head

Stomach.

Pain deep, internally, when pressing on the pit of the stomach (after several hours)

A constant sensation as if a bird were fluttering in the stomach and trying to escape, causing nausea in the stomach, but without retching, from morning till afternoon (very soon)

Burning in the stomach, which is not relieved by drinking (after one hour) ; it continues the whole evening after drinking tea and chocolate (several hours after eating)

Dull internal burning in the stomach and upper part of the abdomen ; at last it becomes a very severe pressure, extending upward under the breast, and then a gnawing, in the orifice of the stomach, which prevents deep breathing and eructations (after several hours)

Pressure in the pit of the stomach impedes respiration and causes cough

Cuttings, as with glass, across the pit of the stomach

Cuttings in the pit of the stomach and in the left flank ; disturbed him at midnight so that he could no more sleep

Stitches, as with needles, deep in the pit of the stomach

Stitches in the pit of the stomach, which is drawn inward with every stitch ; worse when sitting ; it makes him weak and nauseated (Ignatia relieves)

Throbbing in the pit of the stomach, after walking; it makes him very tired

Abdomen p. 340

Hypochondria. Stitches, jerkings, and pressure in the region of the spleen

Umbilical. Spasmodic cutting in the abdomen, at the navel ; must bend himself double

General Abdomen. Abdomen very hard, distended, painful to pressure

Scanty, offensive flatus

Felt, three or four times, a sensation as if a long worm were writhing in the region of transverse colon or transverse duodenum

He eats a sour plum that does not agree with him, and is followed by a drawing in the abdomen ; he begins to smoke a cigar, which he is at once obliged to lay aside, as it causes nausea and inclination to vomit, although he has only taken a few whiffs ; soon after, the inclination to vomit is increased, and followed by a corrosive, acid vomiting, with much mucus, and a part of some cocoa he had taken ; he is hungry not long after, and eats bread and butter with relish (second day, forenoon)

If the pain extends into the abdomen it leaves behind a dull pressure

Sudden twisting pain in the abdomen, in the evening (first day)

The abdomen is painful to touch, especially the region of the bladder (one hour)

Violent throbbing, especially on the right side, above the navel

Violent pulsating in the upper part of the abdomen

Rectum and Anus p. 340

Sticking in the rectum,2.-

Stitches as of knives, in the rectum (first day)

Stitches in the rectum, soon after stool (second day)

Mornings, urgency to stool ; passage of noisy flatus at first ; is compelled to strain hard to eject the soft pappy stool (second day)

Stool p. 340

Diarrhoea. Frequent desire for a soft, pasty, yellow stool (first day)

Seven stools, at first watery, afterward thicker (three hours)

Soft stool, after one hour, followed by passage of blood ; later, moving about, and burrowing in the abdomen ; hemorrhoidal symptoms, an hour after a second stool, with passage of blood after the evacuation (after two hours)

Soft stool, yellow, pasty; he was scarcely dressed after the movement before he was obliged to go again (third day)

-Mucus passes after the stool, and later, a thin fluid flows from the anus (for three days)

After stool, thin red blood passes in considerable quantities

Constipation. Stool omits the first day, with a feeling of diarrhoea, in the evening

Very scanty pasty stool

Urinary Organs p. 340

Bladder. Region of the bladder painful to touch ; without desire to urinate, the bladder seems as if full, followed by moderate urination

Spasmodic drawing sidewise, from the bladder towards the penis, or deep behind and near the bladder

Urethra. Burning in the urethra, with and without urinating (sixth day)

Stitches in the urethra, evenings (after third day)

Sexual Organs p. 340

Sexual organs seem larger, as if puffed, relaxed and sweating ; the skin of the scrotum seems thicker than usual (after two hours)

Glans very red, covered with fine red points, very dry, which causes a desire to rub it; the prepuce is very much swollen along its margin, sore and very painful (after second day)

Prepuce swollen, sore on the margin, with biting on urinating, compelling him to rub it frequently

After coition, the prepuce remains retracted, does not cover the glans, with pain and swelling

Sore corrosive pain on the prepuce

The symptoms of the prepuce soon disappear after Mercurius 2d, but they return the same as ever after coition, and continue for two months

Erection mornings, without any desire (eighth day)

[HO.] Erections, when half asleep, mornings, that ceased when fully awake

An erection in the morning and cohabits, but suddenly his desire ceased, and he did not know if there was an emission or not

Painful erections, without sexual desire; it alternates one morning with desire, with relaxed penis

Incomplete erection; it seems as though it were broken, with which the semen emits too soon

No erection, even after amorous caresses (first day)

Impotency ; the penis remains relaxed during excitement and sexual desire (first night)

Dull burrowing in the penis

During an embrace, no emission and no orgasm ; penis less hard than usual

Respiratory Organs p. 341

Larynx. The epiglottis and adjacent parts decidedly swollen, and exceedingly painful to pressure

* Larynx and trachea seem constricted, so that it impedes deep breathing; and the attacks of cough seem to originate above the larynx

When asked where he suffered, he pointed to his larynx, then to his mouth, and lastly to his stomach

He desires to cough, but the heaviness in the pit of the stomach will not permit it

Voice. He was unable to speak a word, apparently on account of the swelling of the vocal cords, or on account of the continual cough

Coilf/Ji. Weak, toneless cough ; at night, prevents sleep ; continues the next morning

Incessant cough of a hoarse sound

The cough was not spasmodic, was without expectoration, and aggravated if he attempted to speak a word

Cough in slight, weak, sensitive paroxysms, with expectoration of small lumps of mucus

Continued weak cough ; after the expectoration of lumps of mucus, the chest seems hollow and empty

Respiration. Respiration very incomplete, inspiration catching ; on inspiration, the sinking in of the pit of the stomach was very noticeable

Respiration difficult and oppressed ; he grasped his throat with his hand every moment

Chest p. 341

On straightening up, cracking below the last ribs, as if they had been dislocated and snapped back again

Oppression of the chest, with burning in the stomach ; the oppression also continues afterwards

Dull sticking in the right side of chest, with oppression ; worse on the left, better when lying on the right side, evenings, in bed (fourth day)

Pressive sticking in the left side of the chest, near the sternum

Stitches, in a small spot between the left nipple and shoulder, as with needles, very deep internally, without influencing respiration or motion

Stitches in the chest, in the evening

Heart and Pulse p. 341

A peculiar throbbing below the heart, not palpitation, only perceptible on applying the hand

Hard, full, jerking pulse (after six hours)

Neck and Back p. 341

Stitches in the back, as if from incarcerated flatus (forenoon, sixth day)

The sacral region and back feel bruised ; in the morning, on rising

Pains in the sacrum, mornings, a kind of weakness, as if he had not sufficient strength in the sacrum; stitches even on certain movements, especially when walking

Boring and burrowing in the sacrum and anus (sixth day)

Superior Extremities p. 341

Drawing-pinching pains between the bones of the forearm, and behind the tendo Achillis

Feeling in palms, like pins and needles, similar to what is felt when the ulnar nerve is struck, or, by some people, when looking down from a height ; this lasted till sleep, causing her to rub them hard, towards evening (second day)

All the fingers felt very large, like sausages; she could not use them well; they felt as if they were going to be paralyzed ; this lasted till middle of the next day (first day)

Inferior Extremities p. 342

Sudden violent pain in the left knee, as if it would be torn asunder; it cracks on stepping, preventing walking (second day)

Cramp in the soles, at night

When standing, his knees feel weak and tremble; is obliged to sit down

Sticking in a corn (first day)

Stitches in a corn of the left little toe (after five minutes)

Stitches in a corn, left foot, and in the left eye, often during the day

Generalities p. 342

Restless during the forenoon, not inclined to anything, afterwards very busy and forgetful

Dread of motion ; wishes to lie down the whole time, though he is strong enough when he makes an effort

Must lie down and close the eyes, when it seemed as if he were rocked (after four hours)

Faintness after writing, when reflecting, lying, and on rising up

Stitches, as from insect-bites, pain very much ; they itch and burn afterwards

Evenings, after eating fish pickled in vinegar, feeling unwell, discomfort, and distension of the abdomen ; relieved when walking, worse when driving (seventh day)

Throbbing in the abdomen, after internal heat ; very much prostrated (after three hours)

Skin p. 342

Eruptions, Dry. Nettle-rash eruption on the chest; it alternates with asthma, for several weeks

Nettle-rash on the inner side of the forearm, consisting of very red pimples, which itch and burn very much, after three to four days, when it disappears, immediately ; great oppression of the chest, so that he could scarcely get the breath, as if mucus would suffocate him, without anxiety; especially after eating, and after a midday nap

Painful pimples on the septum of the nose, in the right nostril

Pimples on the mons veneris, and on the left ear

3Ioist. Rash, with white vesicles, on the wrist, forearm, and elbow ; it itches in the heat, at night, burns internally after scratching, the twelfth day. Carbo relieves it for some time

Pustular. White, suppurating pimples, with red areolae, appear here and there on the body, with an itching sensation, sore to the touch (after seven days)

A carbuncle had formed on the buttock, that pained him severely, when sitting. When the external application of Calad. was discontinued, the pain of the carbuncle ceased

Sensations. On the skin, especially in the face, frequent sensations, as if a fly were crawling there

Sudden, violent, corrosive burning frequently in small places in the skin, on the cheeks, nose, toes, and in other places ; obliges touching, always on the right side (without any contact with the juice of the plant), (after one hour)

Stitches in the skin of the forehead, as if with needles

Itching of the fingers, especially when lying down at night

Sleep and Dreams p. 342

Sleepiness. Sleepy very early in the evening ; cannot keep awake

Grows sleepy and fretful again at 7 in the morning, and would like to return to bed

Sleepy in the morning, after rising; his eyes close while walking in the open air, with nausea and qualmishness in the stomach, like a sensation of emptiness, with weakness and prostration in the knees

Slecjrtessness. He is obliged to lie down during the day, but is unable to sleep; he shivers, and is dizzy

Cannot get asleep till 1 at night (second day)

Sleep at night restless, with confused dreams

Restless night, with heat; is obliged to uncover, with light sleep, like slumber. Excessive erections, at 4 in the morning, without desire ; deep sleep towards 6 oclock, so that he can scarcely rouse himself, with vivid dreams of persons "whom he has not seen for years

Everything troubles him in sleep

He groans and moans anxiously in deep, so that he wakes the neighbors several times in the night, and for several nights

Violent starting in sleep

Dreams. During a confused sleep, everything comes to his mind which he had forgotten while awake

Very clear, vivid dreams

Restless, anxious dreams

Dreams of dead persons, and events of past years, so vivid that when he awakes, he falls asleep again directly, and continues to dream of them

Fever p. 343

Chilliness. Chilly in the evening, without thirst; coldness extends from the abdomen to the feet ; they are icy cold, as also are the fingers

Chilliness over the back and whole body, with drawing pains in the left little finger, that feels as if full and gone to sleep, besides a pulled, stretched sensation in the whole body (second day)

Heat. Fever the ninth day ; heat with thirst, in the evening, till midnight; it again wakes him, when it disappears

Fever after seven days; heat with thirst; violent pain in the ear; swollen submaxillary glands, and constipation

Internal feverish heat, exhausting sweat, as from oppressive heat (after one hour)

Internal fever disappears during sleep

Heat of the hands, face, and abdomen, with cold feet before midnight ; after midnight, the abdomen is cold, the feet hot, without thirst

Heat before midnight, chill after midnight

Heat after the midday sleep, then sweat, then chill in the open air

Fever on the twelfth and thirteenth days ; in the evening, till midnight, coldness with thirst, catching in the chest, therewith he feels sleepy; it wakes him again about midnight, and then disappears, together with throbbing in the chest and coryza (Ignatia cured)

Sweat. Perspiration toward evening, with prostration, yawning, and sleepiness (sixth day)

On account of perspiration after heat, flies trouble him very much, being allured by the sweat (first day and afterwards)

Excessive perspiration on the scrotum (after five days)

The sweat relieved all the symptoms (first day)

Conditions p. 343

Aggravation.

(Morning), Vertigo, etc.; till afternoon, sensation in stomach; urgency to stool, etc. ; erections; on rising, small of back, etc., feel bruised ; pains in sacrum ; 7 oclock, sleepy, etc.

(Forenoon), Restless, etc.

(Toward evening), Perspiration.

(Evening), Tickling, etc., in ear ; hungry ; pain in abdomen ; stitches in rectum ; sticking in side of chest, etc.; stitches in chest; after eating pickled fish, feels unwell, etc.; chilly; till midnight, heat, etc.

(Night), Thirst, etc.; cramp in the soles ; when lying down, itching of the fingers.

(Midnight), Cutting in pit of stomach, etc.

(After coition), Symptoms of the prepuce return.

(Driving), Feeling unwell, etc.

(After eating), Oppression of chest.

(Lying), Faintness.

(After lying on side), Headache.

(When reflecting), Faintness.

(On rising up), Faintness.

(After the siesta), Headache; oppression of chest.

(Sitting), Stitches in pit of stomach.

(Sleep), During the day, all the symptoms.

(Before going to sleep), Apprehensive.

(Attempting to speak), Cough.

(After stool), Sticking in the rectum; mucus passes.

(Tobacco smoking), Pressure in eyes, etc.; cramp in the soles ; when lying down, itching of the fingers.

(Walking), Vertigo; throbbing in pit of stomach ; stitches in the sacrum.

(After writing), Faintness.

(Lying on right side), Sticking in right side of chest.

(Pressure), Boring, etc., in left temple.

(When sitting), Headache disappears.

(During sleep), Internal fever disappears.

(Sweat), All symptoms.

(Walking), Feeling unwell, etc.

Footnotes p. 338

† I began with half a drop, and experienced most of the symptoms a few hours after taking it, or during the day; those that appeared later 1 have always marked with the number of the day; larger doses produced no more symptoms than the smaller, only more severe. An exceedingly healthy feeling appeared after twelve or twenty-four hours; all the symptoms seemed to disappear, but they always returned again ; in many provers on the fourteenth day there were quite new symptoms.

† From this characteristic, Caladium cured several asthmatic attacks. — C. Hg.