{"id":13620,"remedy_name":"Cistus Canadensis (HMT)","remedy_type":"Remedy","alternative_names":["Rock Rose"],"miasm":"Tubercular Miasm","temperament":"Neutral","aggravation_time":"Neutral\/Anytime","keynote_indications":"Cistus is prepared from a floweri ng plant which grows wild in snowy\nareas.  The nature of this medicine is very cold.  Every kind of ailment\nrelated to it carries the feeling of chill and cold.\n\nCistus is a profoundly effective antis poric medicine, meaning that it is\nbasically related to skin diseases .  Whether these diseases involve\nglands or mucous membranes, they ar e still called as Psoric.  Cistus is\none of those medicines used for th e treatment of psoric ailments.\nThus, it is very important in th e treatment of gravely dangerous\ndiseases.  Lupus and cancer too ar e not beyond its jurisdiction.\nCompared to Calcaria, it is somewhat mild but in some diseases, it\nactually works better than it and also  over the diseases of the glands.\nIt is also useful in the treatme nt of intestinal diseases.  In intractable\ndiarrhoea which does not respond to a ny other medicine, especially\nwhen associated with inflammation of the glands, one should not\nforget Cistus.  Similarly, the chronic cold  in a patient who has the\ndisposition of Cistus will not be treatable with any other kind of\nremedy.  Such patients are, in genera l, flabby and pale in colour.\nThey easily become short of breath, especially on climbing heights.\n\nPeculiarly, Cistus is very effective in treating headache during\nfasting.  Lycopodium, Bryonia, Nux Vomica and Gelsemium also\nmay be useful in treating the headache resulting from prolonged\nfasting or starvation.\n\nIn Cistus, often the irritation is not manifest externally but remains\nsuppressed in the deeper layer of the skin. Therefore the skin feels\nuneasy with a sensation of crawling lik e the movement of ants over it.\nThe patient may feel a sinking of the heart and as a reaction, he\nconstantly pounds the area over his heart with his hands.  Prolonged\nitching over the skin makes the disease manifest externally.  Blisters\nform that bleed when scratched.  The use of Cistus will offer relief to\nthe patient.  However Cistus should be repeated often, with intervals,\nto cure itching of long standing.  It is indeed a very strong and\neffective medicine.  The experienced capable physicians have claimed\nthat this alone can cure Lupus of the face, which is considered almost\n\nincurable.  Cistus is well known in the treatment of cancer of the\nlower lip.\n\nThe symptoms of Cistus related to the teeth and gums resemble those\nof Sulphur, except that in Sulphur there is intense burning and stinging\nsensation, and the teeth tend to rot.  In Cistus, the jaw muscles become\nweak resulting in relative loosen ing of the teeth, but there is no\nburning sensation.  The cold in the pa tient of Cistus also is devoid of\nany burning sensation.  The nose, in fact, feels cold inside.  The\nfeeling of cold actually brings  on the symptoms of the common cold.\nThe timely use of Cistus will stop the cold developing.  Once the cold\nhas settled and there is an accumulation of discharge in the nose\n(which causes burning when scratched)  Cistus should be used.  In the\ncase of Arsenic, the burning sensation continues even in the presence\nof discharge.  In the case of Cistus, when the discharge is let out, the\npatient feels relief.  There is a cold  sensation in the mouth and throat.\nThe dry cold air provokes pain.  The throat\/pharynx becomes\ninflamed and then proceeds to pus formation.  Secondary to the\ninflammation of the throat and pus formation, the person\u2019s head\nturns to one side (due to spasm of the overlying muscles of the neck).\nThe patient feels cold in different parts of the body.  There is a feeling\nof cold in the stomach and the a bdomen before and after taking food.\nThe patient likes to eat cheese.  The stools are thin, watery and\npropulsive, and more frequent in the morning.  The patients,\nespecially women, love to eat spicy food.  In Cistus, the skin of the\nhands becomes hard, dry and thick and itches a lot.  The patient\ncannot sleep due to restlessness.\n\nCistus is also useful in the treatment of the diseases of the breast in\nwomen (mammary glands).  Though there is no one specific sign,\nprobably the presence of other sympto ms would settle the diagnosis.\nEnlargement of the mammary glands can sometimes transform into\ncancer.  Cistus could be one of the possible remedies.  The presence of\na chain of swollen, enlarged glands in the neck is a typical sign of\nCistus.  Absence of the involvement of the glands inside the throat and\noutside on the neck rules out the diagnosis of Cistus.\n\nCistus may be of use in the treatment of intractable itching of the ear,\nwhich develops sores as a result of scratching, and then pus formation.\nThe cough of Cistus is also, associated  with itching and irritability.\nThe disease process being seated in the deep tissues will not benefit\n\nfrom superficial scratching unle ss the disease manifests itself\nexternally on the surface of the skin.  According to allopathic science,\ndiseases deep inside the body and the ones on the surface of the skin\nare different.  But according to th e homoeopathic view, both are the\nmanifestation of one basic weakness , affecting the inner linings, the\nglands, as well as the external surface of the skin.\n\nCistus is very important for the treatment of nail problems .  Many\ndiseases, when well established, affect the nails.  Streaks form over\nthe nails, which become thick and deformed.  Cistus is a prominent\nremedy for treating the skin condition due to chronic diseases.  There\nare some other medicines also which can be used for the treatment of\nthe nails.  In Cistus, any kind of  deformity of the nails can be\nexpected.  Other symptoms of Cistus  being present, this would be the\nmost ideal and the best remedy to treat the skin condition.  The\nsymptoms of Cistus aggravate on t ouch, movement, draft of cold air,\nat night and by mental work.  The symptoms ameliorate after taking\nfood or bringing out sputum.\n\nAdjuvants: Conium, Carbo Ve g, Calcaria and Argentum\nNitricum\nAntidotes: Rhus Tox, Cepia\nPotency: Commonly 30 but high  potency may be used as\nneeded","modalities":"","symptoms_by_system":[],"schema_version":"1.0","api_provider":"Allahshafi"}