COMMON NAME:
CROTON OIL SEEDS.
Symptoms
Can’t inhale deeply enough (B.).
Oedematous swelling of the eyelids (eyelids look puffed).
Eruptions around the eyes (Br.).
Asthma with cough (Ant-T., Lycopodium, Nat-S.) (Br.).
Pressing headache in the forehead, especially in the orbits (Sanguinaria, Spigelia).
As soon as the head touches the pillow a spasmodic paroxysm of cough sets in (Caps., Conium, Drosera) (A.).
Feels suffocated from coughing; must walk about the room or sleep in a chair (for fear of coughing) (A.).
Colic, relieved by hot milk (Chelidonium, Opium).
NAUSEA (Ant-C., Bryonia, Cina, Ipecac., Nux vomica, Podophyllum, Tabacum, Veratrum).
BURNING IN THE OESOPHAGUS (Alumina, Arsenicum, Camph., Carb-Ac., Cyclamen, Euphrasia, Hepar, Kreosotum, Lycopodium, Merc-C., Acid nitricum, Phosphorus, Sanguinaria).
Drawing pain through the chest from breast to scapula, of same side, every time the child nurses (A.).
Nodes in the mammae (Carb-An.) (B.).
Very sore nipple (Arnica, Baptisia, Causticum, Chamomilla, Fluor-Ac., Lachesis, Acid nitricum, Phel., Silicea) (A.).
Copious lachrymation (Euphr., Mercurius, Natrum muriaticum, Sulphur) (C.).
Opacity of the cornea (Argentum nitricum, Calcarea, Causticum, Conium, Kali bichromicum, Merc-C., Silicea) (K.).
Conjunctiva full of dark vessels (Apis, Belladonna, Conium, Euphr., Graphites, Kali bichromicum, Merc-C., Natrum muriaticum, Sepia, Sulphur) (K.).
Photophobia (Euphr., Graphites, Lycopodium, Mercurius, Natrum muriaticum, Nux vomica, Rhus toxicodendron, Sulphur) (K.).
Pustular conjunctivitis (Apis, Calcarea, Clem., Graphites, Kali-Chl., Petroleum, Pulsatilla, Sepia, Sulphur) (K.).
The bowels are moved as if by spasmodic jerks–“coming out like a shot” (Gambogia) (A.).
PASSAGE OF STOOLS AS SOON AS THE PATIENT EATS, DRINKS, OR EVEN WHILE EATING (Argentum nitricum, Arsenicum, China, Ferrum, Sanicula) (A.).
YELLOW, WATERY STOOLS (Aloe., Dulcamara, Gambogia, Nat-S., Olnd., Pic-Ac., Podophyllum) (A.).
STOOLS POURING OUT LIKE WATER FROM A HYDRANT (Gambogia, Olnd., Podophyllum) (D.).
Diarrhoea associated with nausea and vomiting (Arsenicum, Camph., Ipecac., Veratrum) (D.).
Watery stools that escape suddenly from the bowels, with great prostration (Arsenicum, Bism., Camph., Phosphorus). (Bt.).
Intense itching of genitals of both sexes (Petroleum, Rhus toxicodendron, Sulphur); vesicular eruptions on the male genital organs; so sensitive and sore is unable to scratch (A.).
VESICULAR ERUPTION ON THE SCROTUM AND PARTS, WITH FREQUENT, CORROSIVE ITCHING (Rhus toxicodendron) (N.).
Vesicles on the skin, with a yellow, plastic exudation, that burns like a fire (Bt.).
Urticaria of the skin of the abdomen (Bt.).
Vesico-pustular eruptions (Cantharis, Rhus toxicodendron, Sepia, Sulphur) (B.).
Vesicular erysipelas (Apis, Cantharis, Rhus toxicodendron) (Br.).
Herpes zoster (Arsenicum, Clem., Graphites, Iris., Mercurius, Mezer., Ran-B., Rhus toxicodendron) (Br.).
SCARLET-RED SKIN (Agaricus, Am-C., Apis, Belladonna, Graphites, Mercurius, Rhus toxicodendron, Stramonium).
INTENSE ITCHING OF THE SKIN, BUT SO TENDER IS UNABLE TO SCRATCH; RELIEVED BY GENTLE RUBBING (Rhus toxicodendron) (A.).
ECZEMA OVER THE WHOLE BODY (Arsenicum, Graphites, Mezer., Petroleum, Psorinum, Rhus toxicodendron, Sulphur) (A.).
Coldness of the feet, extending as far up as the calves (C.).
Perspiration on the forehead (Veratrum).
Stitches in the region of the heart during an expiration.
Palpitation prevents him from going to sleep.
Burning in the urethra when urinating (Cantharis, Mercurius, Natrum muriaticum, Sepia, Sulphur, Terebintha, Thuja).
CONSTANT URGING TO STOOL FOLLOWED BY SUDDEN EVACUATION, WHICH IS SHOT OUT OF THE RECTUM (Gambogia, Gratiola, Podophyllum, Thuja) (A.).
Colic and diarrhoea immediately after nursing (G.).
Cholera infantum; excessive nausea and frequent discharges of greenish or yellowish stools (Sm.).
Colicky pain in the transverse colon before every stool.
SWASHING SENSATION IN THE INTESTINES AS FROM WATER, BEFORE STOOL (Aloe., Kali- C., Mercurius, Natrum muriaticum, Acid phosphoricum.) (A.).
Stools with burning at the anus (Aloe., Arsenicum, Sulphur).
AGGRAVATION:
From every motion; after drinking; while eating or nursing; during summer; from fruit and sweetmeats; the least food or drink; from scratching; and from lying down.
AMELIORATION:
From gentle rubbing; and after sleep.
RELATIONSHIP:
Compare: Aloe, Argentum nitricum, Arsenicum, China, Ferrum, Kali-Br., Phosphorus, and Sulph. in chronic infantile diarrhoea; and Silicea, in pain from the nipple through to the back when nursing.
Antidote: Ant-T.
Croton Tig. ANTIDOTES: Rhus poisoning.