Materia Medica
Caladium Seguinum
American Arum
This remedy has a marked action on the genital organs, and pruritus of this region. Coldness of single parts and inclination to lie down, with aggravation on lying on left side. Slightest noise startles from sleep. Dread from motion. Modifies craving for tobacco. Tobacco heart.
Head
Headaches and mental states of smokers. Very forgetful, does not know about the occurrences of things. ( Confused headache with pain in shioulder, pressure in eyes and forehead; extremely sensitive to noise, throbbing in ear.
Stomach
Eructations. Stomach feels full of dry food; sensation of fluttering. Acrid vomiting, and toierates only warm drinks. Sighing respiration.
Male
Pruritus. Glans very red. . Organs seem larger, puffed, relaxed, cold, sweating; skin of scrotum thick. Erections when half-asleep; cease when fully awake. Impotency; relaxation of penis during excite- ment. No emission and no orgasm during embrace.
Female
Pruritus of vulza [Ambr.; Kreos.] ana vagina during pregnancy. Voluptuousness. Cramp pains in uterus at night.
Respiratory
Larynx seems constricted. Breathing impeded. Catarrhal asthma; mucus not readily raised. Patient afraid to go to sleep.
Skin
Sweet sweat -— attracts fies. Insect bites burn and itch intensely. Itching rash alternates with asthma. Burning sensation and erysipelatous inflam- mation.
Modalities
Better, after sweat, after sleeping in daytime. Worse, motion.
Relationships
Incompatible: Arum triph. Complementary : Nitr. ac. Compare: Capsic.; Phosph.; Caust.; Selen.: Lyc. Ikshugandha (sexual weakness, emissions, prostatic enlargement).
Dose
Third to sixth attenuation.