Caladium Seguinum – Dumb Cane

The mother tincture is prepared from the whole fresh plant, Dieffenbachia seguine (Jacq.) Schott, a native of East Asia, Central America and tropical South America.

N.O. Araceae.

It is recommended in pruritus vulvae.

Further indications are pulsating, cramping pains, reduced by perspiration and short sleep. There is fear of movement and an inclination to lie down, also a sensa- tion of being rocked. Sleep is restless and anxious, with groaning and moaning, starting and easy awakening.

In spite of dryness in the mouth there is no desire for water, rather an aversion to it, and no thirst. Burning in the stomach and the abdomen.

Premature ejaculation with incomplete erection and reduced libido.

The German Monograph-Preparation Commission for the Homoeopathic Field of Therapy has, under the Preparation Monograph for Dieffenbachia seguine, pub- lished the following indication(s) in the German Bundesanzeiger (German Federal Gazette) for caladium seguinum: genital pruritus.