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Causticum

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Hahnemann's Tinctura Acris Sine Kali · "The Paralysis and Warts Remedy"
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🎯 It acts primarily on the muscular and fibrous tissues, causing progressive weakness, paralysis, and chronic rheumatic deformities.
📖 Boericke writes:
Hahnemann's Tinctura acris sine Kali
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 catarrhal 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. This weakness progresses until we have gradually appearing paralysis. Local paralysis, vocal cords, muscles of deglutition, of tongue, eyelids, face, bladder and extremities. Children are slow to walk. The skin of a Causticum person is of adirty white sallow, with warts, especially on the face. Emaciation due to disease, worry, etc, and of long standing.Burning, rawness, and soreness are characteristic.
👤 Constitution
•Typically dark-complexioned, rigid-fibered individuals who are prone to a sallow, dirty-white skin appearance and the development of warts.
⭐ Key Symptoms — Give When You See
Burning, rawness, and soreness are characteristic.
introduction
Intensely sympathetic.
mind
Warts.
face
Coryza, with hoarseness.
nose
Pimples and warts.
nose
Uterine inertia during labor.
female
Cough, with raw soreness of chest.
respiratory
Cough with pain in hip, especially left worse in evening; better, drinking cold water; worse, warmth of bed.
respiratory
Contracted tendons.
extremities
Rheumatic tearing in limbs; better by warmth, especially heat of bed.
extremities
Restless legs at night.
extremities
🩺 Systems & Indications
🧠Mind
Indicated for emotional distress caused by grief or excessive empathy.
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.
Thinking of complaints, aggravates, especially haemorrhoids.
🔑 Modalities
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💊 Dosage & Potency
3rd to 30th
Centesimal
🕒once or twice a week
📝In chronic ailments and especially in paralytic states
Primary Dosage
🌿 Remedy Relationships
🤝 Complementary
Petroselinum Sativum →
🔄 Compare With
Rhus Toxicodendron →Arsenicum Album →Ammonium Phosphoricum →
⚠️ Inimical
Phosphorus →
📚 Sources & References

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