Author: Urenus

The mother tincture is prepared from the fresh aerial parts in bloom of Helianthe- mum canadense [L.] Michx., a native of North America. N.O. Cistaceae.

The main indications are:

Eruptions on the hands and fingers. Hard callosities on the palm of the hand, fis- sures. Tendency to glandular swellings, scrofula, caries. Cracked skin, fissured, bleeding easily. Diarrhoea accompanying complaints. Dryness of the oral and pha- ryngeal mucosa, throat as if varnished. Every cold goes to the throat. Sensation of coldness. Cold air is disagreeable.

Characteristic symptoms of Cistus Canadensis are the aggravation of complaints by unpleasant excitement and changes of mood, as well as the most extreme sensi- tivity to draughts, and a sensation of coldness in the chest.

As well as in catarrhal conditions and rheumatic/neuralgic complaints (including neuralgia in the arm), Cistus is indicated in herpes zoster and vesicular eczema, and also in colic with diarrhoea and in swelling of the lymph-nodes.

The German Monograph-Preparation Commission for the Homoeopathic Field of Therapy has, under the Preparation Monograph for Helianthemum canadense, pub- lished the following indication(s) in the German Bundesanzeiger (German Federal Gazette) for cistus canadensis: itching lichenoid skin diseases; lymphadenitis; mas- titis; pulmonary diseases.

The attenuations of this nosode are prepared from surgically or bioptic removed tissue of human cirrhotic liver.

In the last few decades there has been a considerable increase in the incidence of cirrhosis of the liver, which may be attributed not only to considerable alcohol con- sumption, but recently also to refinements in diagnostic techniques (liver biopsy) and probably also to the ever increasing use of chemotherapy in the treatment of minor diseases, since numerous drugs used in allopathic treatment have a deleterious effect on the liver, which is shown recently in an increase in the incidence of these diseases.

Thus the Cirrhosis Hepatis nosode is not only for use where cirrhosis of the liver is already established, but also in the preliminary stages, e.g. in widely varying kinds of iatrogenic damage, especially where liver symptoms are in evidence and changes in the serum proteins can be detected, and in pathological changes in the transami- nase values etc.

The Cirrhosis Hepatis nosode can also make a significant contribution in the treat- ment of other illnesses, e.g. in abnormal toxic states of many kinds, since the liver

acts as the most important detoxifying point in the body and in cirrhosis this detoxi- fying mechanism is considerably disturbed.

One should therefore think of using the Cirrhosis Hepatis nosode in rheumatic polyarthritis, septic conditions, to support the detoxification of the liver in a wide va- riety of chronic conditions in the area of cellular phases, and experimentally in neo- plasms also. Evidence for the use of this nosode exists in the testing procedure for medicaments developed by Dr. Voll (Plochingen) with the Diatherapunkteur, and this is also valid for the use of other nosodes.

The remedy may also be tried experimentally in cholangitis and in intrahepatic cholestasis.

The mother tincture is prepared from the dried inner bark of the plant, Cinnamo- mum verum J.S. Presl., cultivated in Sri Lanka, India, the Sunda Islands, the Philip- pines and Seychelles, in Brazil and Ghana. N.O. Lauraceae.

The main indications are:

Haemorrhage and haemorrhagic tendency, also in oesophageal varices; uterine haemorrhage with bright red blood, copious and gushing. Post partum. Menses last 8–14 days, followed by leucorrhoea.

The German Monograph-Preparation Commission for the Homoeopathic Field of Therapy has, under the Preparation Monograph for Cinnamomum zeylanicum, pub- lished the following indication(s) in the German Bundesanzeiger (German Federal Gazette) for cinnamomum: nervous disorders; uterine bleeding.

The attenuations are prepared from red Mercury(II)-sulphide, HgS, MW: 232.7.

The main indications are:

Sinusitis with offensive discharge. Otitis externa. Old cases of syphilis with skin eruptions, (pustules, reddish scurf). Pains shooting through the eyeball and around the eyeball.

Typical of Cinnabaris is a general painfulness of the skull and scalp, and even of the hair on being touched.

The suddenly occuring pains in various areas of the body in the form of stabbing and tearing pains to the sides of the spine, in the back and loins and also in the nerves of the arms, and painful twitching in the lower leg, waking the patient from sleep, with sensations of numbness and pressure in the foot, all point to involvement of the vertebrae.

Formerly Cinnabaris was frequently used in problems of syphilitic origin.

The German Monograph-Preparation Commission for the Homoeopathic Field of

Therapy has, under the Preparation Monograph for Hydrargyrum sulfuratum, pub- lished the following indication(s) in the German Bundesanzeiger (German Federal Gazette) for cinnabaris: purulent inflammations of the conjunctiva and paranasal sinus cavities; warts.

The mother tincture is prepared from the dried, unexpanded flower-heads of the plant, Artemisia cina O.C. Berg et F.C. Schmidt, which grows in the steppes of Cen- tral Asia, particularly Turkestan. N.O. Compositae.

The main indications are:

Facial pallor. Rims around the eyes. Paroxysms of coughing, ending with a sneeze. Worm problems. Convulsions from worm-irritation. Whooping cough.

Typical of Cina are twitchings and contortions of the limbs and general convul- sions. A pointer to the remedy can be that in these cramping states the fingers and toes are not involved.

Another indicator to this remedy can be the appearance of an incipient bulbar paralysis, with inability to swallow liquids, whilst otherwise it is mainly indicated in cramps of children, crying out and throwing themselves about during sleep, grinding the teeth. However, it may also be indicated in episodes of eclampsia, in digestive disturbances with gluttony and ravenous hunger, in periodic abdominal pains with or without distension and flatulence, also in whooping cough and enuresis. Numerous nervous complaints associated with worms are cured by Cina.

The German Monograph-Preparation Commission for the Homoeopathic Field of Therapy has, under the Preparation Monograph for Artemisia cina, published the following indication(s) in the German Bundesanzeiger (German Federal Gazette) for cina: intermittent episodes of fever; worms; tendency to spasmodic conditions; change of voice among children.

The mother tincture is prepared from the fresh rootstock with attached roots of Cimicifuga racemosa [L.] Nutt., which is commonly found growing in hedges and sparse groves in the eastern states of North America and Canada. N.O. Ranuncu- laceae.

The homoeopathic indications for Cimicifuga concern mostly nervous illnesses, the picture being dominated by neuralgic pains and a changed frame of mind with strong mood-swings and moodiness. Obviously the spinal column plays a consider- able part in many Cimicifuga symptoms as the starting-point of the complaints. In the remedy-picture we find shooting pains like lightning, neuralgias, and violent headaches pressing outwards as if the top of the skull were about to fly off, extend- ing to the eyes and possibly as far as the nose-wings. The pains may also be lo- calised in the occiput, shooting down the neck, or above the eyes as supra-orbital neuralgia, localised especially on the left. Likewise there are neuralgias which ap- pear to originate in the uterus, and also pains in the pleura, nerve and muscle pains in influenza, sciatic pains, stabbing pains in the heart, a sensation of heaviness in the left arm suggestive of angina pectoris, and a sensation as if a wedge were being driv- en into the head from below at the back, with raging occipital headache and mi- graine, particularly on the left. Eye pains occur particularly on turning around. There is also a sensitivity of the spine, especially in the cervical spine, to pressure with stiffness and pain along the whole length of the spine with weakness and a battered sensation in the sacrum, making it impossible to lie on the back.

In the area of the uterus, the Cimicifuga symptoms express themselves in the form of painful contractions and cramping labour pains, also threatened miscarriage. Here the pains shoot across from hip to hip. Frequently there is also chronic leucorrhoea and a bearing down sensation in the uterus (like Sepia and Lilium Tigrinum). In the ovaries there is neuralgic pain, especially on the left side, like Lachesis. There may also be amenorrhoea, or complaints which are ameliorated at the beginning or after the end of the menses. Pituitary disturbances may be suggested by the presence of either corpulence or emaciation of endocrine origin; so it could be concluded that Cimicifuga has a special action on the pituitary. However, in the end every medica- ment, whether in allopathic or in homoeopathic dosage, has some action on the mechanism of the pituitary/adrenal axis, so that no final conclusions may be drawn from the above phenomena.

The muscle-pains of Cimicifuga are charateristic insofar as they occur particularly in the belly of the muscle.

Also typical of Cimicifuga are certain hysterical signs, finding expression particu- larly in the female body. Twitching, cramps, convulsions, neuralgias, as well as a great variety of mental and emotional symptoms, all have a hysterical character. Shivering may occur with nervous chill when it is not cold, faint-heartedness being prominent with an incessant flow of speech, jumping frequently from one theme to another. The patients are troubled and confused, sighing much (as in Ignatia), or else

they exhibit deep depression with sleeplessness, so that they are afraid that they might be becoming mentally ill (cf. Calcium Carbonicum). Emotional symptoms may also occur in the form of St. Vitus’ dance, delirium tremens, melancholia or puerperal psychosis. Otosclerosis and tinnitus are also said to respond to low poten- cies of Cimicifuga sometimes.

All complaints are aggravated by cold and wet, and there is likewise an aggrava- tion before and during the menses.

The following is a summary of the main symptoms of Cimicifuga:

1. Neuralgic pains, principally originating in the spinal column, shooting, like lightning.
2. Supra-orbital neuralgia on the left. Cervical migraine with pains pressing up- wards as if the top of the skull would fly off, possibly extending down to the nose-wings.
3. Pains in the pleura; nerve and muscle pains in influenza.
4. Uterine pains, cramping labour pains shooting from hip to hip; bearing-down in the uterus.
5. Ovarian neuralgia on the left.
6. Amenorrhoea, menorrhagia and dysmenorrhoea.
7. Complaints ameliorated at the onset and after the end of the menses.
8. Muscular pains in the belly of the muscle.
9. General nervous/hysterical disposition, with twitching, cramps, convulsions, and a wide variety of mental and emotional symptoms.
10. Faint-heartedness and incessant flow of speech. Sighing. Puerperal psychosis.
11. All complaints aggravated by cold and wet, before and during the menses.

The German Monograph-Preparation Commission for the Homoeopathic Field of Therapy has, under the Preparation Monograph for Cimicifuga racemosa, published the following indication(s) in the German Bundesanzeiger (German Federal Gazette) for cimicifuga: rheumatic myalgia and myalgia associated with spinal af- fections; spasm; cramp (apparently, only for muscles); painful spasmodic conditions affecting the heart, the gastrointestinal tract, the gallbladder, and the areas of the fe- male reproductive organs; complaints associated with menstruation, pregnancy, and menopause; nervous conditions of excitement and depressive emotional discord or upset.

The mother tincture is prepared from the fresh rootstock with attached roots of Ci- cuta virosa L., gathered as it is coming into flower. The plant is a native of Europe, growing by ponds, streams and rivers. N.O. Umbelliferae.

The main indications are:

Sycosis barbae with purulent, crusty discharge. Craving for charcoal and other in- digestible things. Convulsions with worm-infestation. Epileptiform attacks. Menin- gitis with hypersensitivity and attacks. Complementary remedy in tuberculous meningitis. Eczema of the scalp.

Cicuta Virosa is suggested by a creeping sensation in the limbs, by burning, press- ing and tearing sensations in various parts of the body, and sensations of pushing, jerking and twitching through the whole body, with stiffness and coldness and a numbness of arms and hands with distended veins. The remedy may also be sug- gested by problems of deglutition and violent thirst with lack of appetite, and abnor- mal food-cravings such as “hunger for coal”. Cicuta is indicated in a wide variety of psychoses and conditions of the brain and spinal cord, with cramps, including teething cramps of small children and infants, possibly caused by worms; there may also be stomach cramps with haematemesis, paralysis of the bladder and skin dis- eases with simultaneous disturbances of the peripheral nervous system. (Try it in sy- ringomyelia.)

The German Monograph-Preparation Commission for the Homoeopathic Field of Therapy has, under the Preparation Monograph for Cicuta virosa, published the following indication(s) in the German Bundesanzeiger (German Federal Gazette) for cicuta virosa: pustular dermatitis of the skin and mucosae; spasmodic conditions; cerebral seizure disorders.

The attenuations are prepared from Cholesterol, (Cholest-5-en-3ß-ol) C₂₇H₄₆O, MW: 386.7.

The indications for an experimental use of this remedy are:

Liver cancer. Chronic swelling of the liver. Prevents recurrence of gall-stones. Plethora. May be tried in hypercholesterolaemia.

The German Monograph-Preparation Commission for the Homoeopathic Field of Therapy has, under the Preparation Monograph for Cholesterinum, published the following indication(s) in the German Bundesanzeiger (German Federal Gazette) for cholesterinum: liver disorders and elevated cholesterol levels in blood.

The attenuations are prepared from a solution of Chlorine gas, Cl₂, MW: 70.9, in water.

The main indications are:

Severe catarrhal conditions of the upper respiratory tract. Vasomotor rhinitis.

Typical of Chlorum is the sudden air-hunger resulting from spasms of the vocal cords, with episodes of suffocation and cramps of the glottis. This is accompanied by great dryness of the tongue, and also coryza with headache.

Sooty, scarred nostrils, such as are found in typhus, point to this remedy. The patient is usually emotionally altered, is afraid of going crazy and forgets names and people. In typhus, when the nasal symptoms mentioned above occur, Chlorum should be used.

The German Monograph-Preparation Commission for the Homoeopathic Field of Therapy has, under the Preparation Monograph for Chlorum, published the follow- ing indication(s) in the German Bundesanzeiger (German Federal Gazette) for chlo- rum: acute laryngitis.

The attenuations are prepared from the antibiotic Chloramphenicol C₁₁H₁₂Cl₂N₂O₅, MW: 323.1.

The main indications are:

Vitamin depletion following damage to the intestinal flora by antibiotics and chemotherapy. Other iatrogenic damage. Agranulocytosis.