Dr. Reckeweg Causticum

Details of Dr. Reckeweg Causticum :

Dr. Reckeweg Causticum manifests its action mainly in chronic rheumatic, arthritic and paralytic affections, indicated by the tearing, drawing pains in the muscular and fibrous tissues, with deformities about the joints; progressive loss of muscular strength, tendinous contractures. Causticum patients are broken down senile. Causticum is a chief remedy for rheumatism and nervous symptoms. Rheumatism of joints with stiffness and contraction of flexor tendons, shortening of muscles. Pains worse in clear fine weather and better in damp weather and by warm air. Causticum is also useful in left sided sciatica with numbness, heaviness and weakness. Causticum also helps in paralysis especially of right side. Progressive loss of muscular strength, which progresses until there is a gradually appearing paralysis. It also helps in paralysis of single part like face, extremities, vocal cords, etc. It also helps in ptosis, that is drooping of upper eyelids. The patient cannot keep eyes open.

Causticum has marked action on cough. There is severe cough with rawness and soreness in the chest. Expectoration is scanty. Sputa cannot be raised and if raised at all, unable to expectorate and therefore, must swallow it. Cannot cough deep enough to get relief by raising the sputa. Cough is worse on expiration and in clear fine weather and relieved by drinking cold water and in damp wet weather. While coughing there is involuntary passage of urine and shortness of breath, with pain in left hip and cannot speak loudly. Causticum is also useful in aphonia or loss of voice with pain in chest. It also helps in hoarseness of singers. There is soreness and rawness in throat and larynx due to exposure to draught of cold air. Cracking in throat when swallowing.

Causticum is suited for patients in catarrhal affections of the air passages, and seems to choose preferably dark-complexioned and rigid-fibered persons. There is restlessness at night, with tearing pains in joints and bones, and faint-like sinking of strength. This weakness progresses until we have gradually appearing paralysis. Causticum has a role in curing vocal paralysis, vocal cords, muscles of deglutition, of tongue, eyelids, face, bladder and extremities. Children of causticum are slow to walk. The skin of a Causticum person is of a dirty white sallow, with warts, especially on the face. Emaciation due to disease, worry, etc, and of long standing are seen in the patients. Burning, rawness, and soreness are characteristic.

Causticum also helps in many skin conditions like acne rosacea, burns, scalds, warts etc. There is rawness and soreness of the affected parts. It helps in old burns that do not get well. Patient says have never been well since that burn. Causticum is also useful in warts all over the body, especially on the eyelids, face and nose. Large pedunculated warts, which bleed easily. Causticum also helps in other conditions like bedwetting, leucorrhoea, impotence and intermittent fever .