Caladium seguinum
as William Boericke recorded it in Homoeopathic Materia Medica, 1927
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General
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. Asthmatic complaints.
Modalities
Better, after sweat, after sleeping in daytime. Worse, motion.
Head
Headaches and mental states of smokers. Very forgetful, does not know about the occurrences of things. Confused headache with pain in shoulder, pressure in eyes and forehead; extremely sensitive to noise, throbbing in ear.
Stomach
Gnawing in orifice of stomach, which prevents deep breathing and eructations. Eructations. Stomach feels full of dry food; sensation of fluttering. Acrid vomiting, thirstless and tolerates 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 excitement. No emission and no orgasm during embrace.
Female
Pruritus of vulva (Ambr; Kreos) and vagina during pregnancy (Hydrogen peroxyd 1: 12 locally). 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 flies. Insect bites burn and itch intensely. Itching rash alternates with asthma. Burning sensation and erysipelatous inflammation.
Relationships
Incompatible: Arum triph. Complementary: Nitr ac. Compare: Capsic; Phosph; Caust; Selen; Lyc. Ikshugandha (sexual weakness, emissions, prostatic enlargement).
Dose
Third to sixth attenuation.
What the other books say about Caladium seguinum
The same remedy read by a different author. They disagree, and the disagreements are where the remedy becomes recognisable.
- Caladium seguinum in Allen's Keynotes — The few symptoms that, when genuinely present, point at one remedy and not its neighbours.
- Caladium seguinum in Farrington — Lectures that teach remedies in families, by comparing them with each other.
- Caladium seguinum in Kent — Kent teaching a class, one remedy at a time — fewer remedies, far more on each.
- Caladium seguinum in Boger — A compressed key — the generals and the characteristic modalities, with very little narrative.
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Create a free accountCite this page. William Boericke. Homoeopathic Materia Medica. 9th edition (preface dated San Francisco, June 1927). Caladium seguinum — General. HomeopathyWorld, https://homeopathyworld.in/materia-medica/books/boericke/caladium-seguinum. Published 1927: public domain in the US (since 2023) and in India (author died 1929). Reproduced as the author wrote it; a historical reference for students and practitioners, not medical advice.