# Caladium (HMT)

## Remedy Classification
- **Type:** Remedy
- **Alternative Names:** A type of turnip growing in America
- **Miasm:** Tubercular Miasm
- **Temperament:** Neutral
- **Aggravation Time:** Neutral/Anytime

## Keynote Indications
Caladium is commonly used for the treatment of tobacco addiction
and this is what it is famous for. However, it is not just for this limited
use.  It has many more prominent f eatures.  Its mental manifestations
are unique.  Caladium poi son adversely affects the memory of a
person.  He forgets as soon as he  has done something.  Caladium
could be used for the treatment of epilepsy.  It is also related to the
hardening of the arteries  (arteriosclerosis) but it is not a specific
treatment for arteriosclerosis.

After having done a task, a Caladium patient will typically keep
wondering whether he did it or not.  He cannot recall if he said what
he had to, or did not say it, or in fact did write a letter to somebody, or
not.  In short, he is very unsure in his day-to-day life, but this
symptom does not relate to his eat ing and drinking.  For example, he
will not forget having taken breakfast.  Routine things are forgotten
because a person usually remains lost in his own thoughts and cannot
remember if he has done what he had to.  It is correct to think that a
Caladium patient is under great mental pressure.  His mind is occupied
by two kinds of activities.  One is the routine activity and the other is
being mentally preoccupied.  This is the reason why a Caladium
patient is absent-minded, like the philosophers who also tend to forget
things.  Such patients get mentally fatigued and cannot perform any
literary work.

Caladium is also the treatment for sexual weakness, secondary to
tobacco addiction .  In this respect, it is similar to Picric Acid and
Selenium.  The Caladium patient is in a state of constant fear; fear of
darkness, fear of future, so much so  that he becomes even scared of
his own shadow.

The Caladium patient suffers from vertigo that worsens on closing the
eyes.  In contrast, the vertigo ge ts in Conicum worse on opening the
eyes.  The patient feels dizzy ev en on lying down and moving the
eyes.  In this kind of vertigo, C onium alone is not effective, but
becomes a powerful treatment when given with Cocculus.  In both
Caladium and Conium, movement intensifies the symptoms.

Caladium symptoms intensify with heat.  Hot weather or a heated
room aggravate the symptoms, while cooling relieves them.  Although
the stomach symptoms aggravate by taking cold things, it is the
opposite of Phosphorus.  In Phosphorus , the stomach feels relief by
taking cold drinks.  A Caladium patie nt’s sleep is disturbed even with
the slightest noise.  Once awakened it is extremely difficult for him to
go back to sleep.

In Caladium, the skin feels a tingling  sensation, as if some insect is
creeping on it.  The sweat has a sweet smell that attracts flies.  The
skin is very itchy for no specific re ason.  When the creeping sensation
intensifies, the entire body starts it ching all the time.  There is no rash
or eczema. Some women may suffer from internal itching which can
cause severe irritability.

Caladium symptoms intensify on  movement and are relieved by
sweating and with sleep.

Adjuvant:  Nitric Acid
Antidote:  Aurum Triphylum
Potency:  30

## Symptoms by System