# Cistus Canadensis (HMT)

## Remedy Classification
- **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
areas.  The nature of this medicine is very cold.  Every kind of ailment
related to it carries the feeling of chill and cold.

Cistus is a profoundly effective antis poric medicine, meaning that it is
basically related to skin diseases .  Whether these diseases involve
glands or mucous membranes, they ar e still called as Psoric.  Cistus is
one of those medicines used for th e treatment of psoric ailments.
Thus, it is very important in th e treatment of gravely dangerous
diseases.  Lupus and cancer too ar e not beyond its jurisdiction.
Compared to Calcaria, it is somewhat mild but in some diseases, it
actually works better than it and also  over the diseases of the glands.
It is also useful in the treatme nt of intestinal diseases.  In intractable
diarrhoea which does not respond to a ny other medicine, especially
when associated with inflammation of the glands, one should not
forget Cistus.  Similarly, the chronic cold  in a patient who has the
disposition of Cistus will not be treatable with any other kind of
remedy.  Such patients are, in genera l, flabby and pale in colour.
They easily become short of breath, especially on climbing heights.

Peculiarly, Cistus is very effective in treating headache during
fasting.  Lycopodium, Bryonia, Nux Vomica and Gelsemium also
may be useful in treating the headache resulting from prolonged
fasting or starvation.

In Cistus, often the irritation is not manifest externally but remains
suppressed in the deeper layer of the skin. Therefore the skin feels
uneasy with a sensation of crawling lik e the movement of ants over it.
The patient may feel a sinking of the heart and as a reaction, he
constantly pounds the area over his heart with his hands.  Prolonged
itching over the skin makes the disease manifest externally.  Blisters
form that bleed when scratched.  The use of Cistus will offer relief to
the patient.  However Cistus should be repeated often, with intervals,
to cure itching of long standing.  It is indeed a very strong and
effective medicine.  The experienced capable physicians have claimed
that this alone can cure Lupus of the face, which is considered almost

incurable.  Cistus is well known in the treatment of cancer of the
lower lip.

The symptoms of Cistus related to the teeth and gums resemble those
of Sulphur, except that in Sulphur there is intense burning and stinging
sensation, and the teeth tend to rot.  In Cistus, the jaw muscles become
weak resulting in relative loosen ing of the teeth, but there is no
burning sensation.  The cold in the pa tient of Cistus also is devoid of
any burning sensation.  The nose, in fact, feels cold inside.  The
feeling of cold actually brings  on the symptoms of the common cold.
The timely use of Cistus will stop the cold developing.  Once the cold
has settled and there is an accumulation of discharge in the nose
(which causes burning when scratched)  Cistus should be used.  In the
case of Arsenic, the burning sensation continues even in the presence
of discharge.  In the case of Cistus, when the discharge is let out, the
patient feels relief.  There is a cold  sensation in the mouth and throat.
The dry cold air provokes pain.  The throat/pharynx becomes
inflamed and then proceeds to pus formation.  Secondary to the
inflammation of the throat and pus formation, the person’s head
turns to one side (due to spasm of the overlying muscles of the neck).
The patient feels cold in different parts of the body.  There is a feeling
of cold in the stomach and the a bdomen before and after taking food.
The patient likes to eat cheese.  The stools are thin, watery and
propulsive, and more frequent in the morning.  The patients,
especially women, love to eat spicy food.  In Cistus, the skin of the
hands becomes hard, dry and thick and itches a lot.  The patient
cannot sleep due to restlessness.

Cistus is also useful in the treatment of the diseases of the breast in
women (mammary glands).  Though there is no one specific sign,
probably the presence of other sympto ms would settle the diagnosis.
Enlargement of the mammary glands can sometimes transform into
cancer.  Cistus could be one of the possible remedies.  The presence of
a chain of swollen, enlarged glands in the neck is a typical sign of
Cistus.  Absence of the involvement of the glands inside the throat and
outside on the neck rules out the diagnosis of Cistus.

Cistus may be of use in the treatment of intractable itching of the ear,
which develops sores as a result of scratching, and then pus formation.
The cough of Cistus is also, associated  with itching and irritability.
The disease process being seated in the deep tissues will not benefit

from superficial scratching unle ss the disease manifests itself
externally on the surface of the skin.  According to allopathic science,
diseases deep inside the body and the ones on the surface of the skin
are different.  But according to th e homoeopathic view, both are the
manifestation of one basic weakness , affecting the inner linings, the
glands, as well as the external surface of the skin.

Cistus is very important for the treatment of nail problems .  Many
diseases, when well established, affect the nails.  Streaks form over
the nails, which become thick and deformed.  Cistus is a prominent
remedy for treating the skin condition due to chronic diseases.  There
are some other medicines also which can be used for the treatment of
the nails.  In Cistus, any kind of  deformity of the nails can be
expected.  Other symptoms of Cistus  being present, this would be the
most ideal and the best remedy to treat the skin condition.  The
symptoms of Cistus aggravate on t ouch, movement, draft of cold air,
at night and by mental work.  The symptoms ameliorate after taking
food or bringing out sputum.

Adjuvants: Conium, Carbo Ve g, Calcaria and Argentum
Nitricum
Antidotes: Rhus Tox, Cepia
Potency: Commonly 30 but high  potency may be used as
needed

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