- Causticum is a profoundly effectiv e Homoeopathic remedy which has been found very useful in the treatm ent of many day-to-day illnesses.
- It is normally used as the instant treatment of muscular paralysisLoss of voluntary muscle functionThe loss of the ability to move (and sometimes to feel anything) in part or most of the body., especially facial palsy , though it is also useful in many other illnesses.
- The Causticum symp toms progress gradually.
- The paralysis that follows exposure to cold is usually considered as having occurred suddenly.
- In fact, the pa tient has been exposed a few days earlier and then suffers from gradual progressive restlessness, weakness and tiredness before exhib iting the symptoms of paralysis of a sudden kind is seen in Aconite.
- In the case of Causticum, the exposure to cold occurs two to three days, or at least twenty-four hours before the onset of signs.
- Stammering due to partial paralysis of the muscles of the tongue, but not due to fear, is best treated with Causticum.
- However, once a child starts stammering, an element of f ear also prevails.
- In such a situation, the combination of Stra monium and Causticum will offer much faster relief from paralysis.
- In the illnesses of Causticum, the nerves become afflicted resulting in permanent changes in the muscles.
- The glands become hard.
- If the paralysis prolongs, the limbs become stiff and contracted.
- Causticum is the ideal treatment if other symptoms of Causticum are also present.
- Hysteria is another condition in which successive fits gradually become more and more severe lead ing to convulsions.
- The patient of the nature of Causticum is over-sensitive and can neither tolerate noise nor light touch.
- Cold and the heat both do not suit him.
- Usually the spasm affects individual muscles.
- Joint pains associated with Causticum are relieved by the application of heat, except in the case of the fingers where cold offers greater relief than heat.
- Similarly, the cough associated with Causticum also responds better to intake of cold water.
- The patient of a Causticum nature suffers more in the hot climate or with heat, except in the areas of the throat and the hand.
- Causticum by nature causes restlessness.
- Causticum is also related to epilepsyNeurological disorder causing seizuresA neurological disorder marked by sudden recurrent episodes of sensory disturbance, loss of consciousness, or convulsions..
- However, epilepsy resulting from a deformity of the skull or a se vere accident is not amenable to any kind of medicine.
- For this, su rgery is the only treatment.
- In America, a neurosurgeon was awarded a Nobel Prize for the successful surgical treatment of thirty-four epileptic patients.
- In Causticum, if the symptoms relating to the skin are suppressed by any means, then mental illnesses ensue.
- The headache that may potentially result in a stroke can be treated with Causticum.
- Some kinds of severe headache may render the patient temporarily blind.
- If in such a patient, the vision returns and there are no paralytic signs, Ge lsemium would be found more effective than Causticum.
- In case of paralytic symptoms, Causticum would be the most ideal remedy The slowly progressive drooping of the eyelids (ptosisDrooping of the upper eyelidAbnormal drooping or falling of the upper eyelid.) also requires Causticum.
- This condition develops and progresses slowly and so will be the road to recovery.
- The treatment with Causticum should be continued with perseverance.
- At times, the alternation of Sulphur and Causticum will also be found to be useful.
- Sometimes, the patient sees spots.
- Green spots specify Causticum.
- In Causticum, there is a tendency to develop warts.
- Thuja and Medorrhinum are both usef ul in the treatment of fine, soft warts but when the warts are large and in abundance, Causticum and Nitricum Acid are more useful.
- Warts relate d to Causticum appear on the face and the nose, especially a big wart y area over the nose establishes its diagnosis.
- Another symptom of Causticum is the development of paralytic symptoms in the throat.
- The voice is hoarse in the morning.
- The symptoms gradually develop and can progress to difficulty in swallowing.
- The patient is afraid of choking himself by entry of food into the air passage.
- This sympto m may be associated with many other Homoeopathic remedies.
- But a successful outcome rests on the constitutional remedy.
- The Causticum patient is not usually superstitious.
- Sometimes he may lose his appetite altogether at the sight of food.
- Sometimes, women develop urinary retention/stoppage at the time of childbirth due to anxiety, pressure or inflammation of the kidneys.
- Causticum becomes indispensable to co mbat this urgent situation.
- In fact, it becomes a life saving measur e in some cases.
- I have found in my practice, that some women do not pass urine for twenty-four hours after giving birth.
- On administer ing Causticum, they first passed blood-mixed urine, showing that th e kidneys were only inflamed and not totally shut down.
- The blood in the urine started clearing and urination became free and normal.
- After this, they were given a course of Pareira Brava Q, which acts as diuretic and washes the kidneys naturally clean.
- In other situations when urinary stoppage occurs, Causticum has a different role.
- For example, the patient cannot pass urine while sitting.
- When the patient stands up, the pressure expels the urine invol untarily and unknowingly.
- Causticum has been found significantly useful in treating this condition.
- In Causticum, sometimes there is pa ralysis of the lower part of the large gut (rectum) and the patient su ffers from faecal incontinence.
- The stools become hard in the rect um in the form of stones.
- The patient happens to pass those hardened stools while walking, unknowingly.
- Such patients are rare but in my experience, and I have seen two or three, all of who were old people.
- The patient of Causticum exhibits a reddish glare on the tongue.
- Women experience pain and spasms in the lower abdomen before their periods, which cease once menstruation begins.
- When bleeding stops, the spasms recur.
- The spasms get better when menstruation resumes.
- When periods stop as a reaction to some shock , fear or at the death of a dear one, Causticum may be useful to abate this condition.
- Similarly, nursing mothers may stop producing milk due to sudden shock or severe grief.
- Causticum will restore their lactation.
- The paralysis of the throat in a Causticum patient is not only related to the muscles of swallowing but also affects the voice box.
- The three Homoeopathic remedies Phosphorus, Bryonia and Causticum are very similar.
- In short-lived illnesses, they can be given together without any danger.
- In fact, the combination works at a greater advantage.
- This combination should not be used in a potencyStrength level of a remedyThe dilution and succussion scale of a remedy (e.g., 6C, 30C, 200C, 1M), indicating its energetic concentration. higher than 30.
- If this combinati on does not prove to be effective, then one of these remedies whose symptoms match with the patient the most, may work on its own.
- Adjuvants: Carbo Veg, Petrosel Antidotes: Colocynth, Dulcamara, Guaiacum, Nux Vomica Potency: 30 to CM