Kreosotum


Kreosotum symptoms of the homeopathy remedy from Keynotes and Red Line Symptoms by Adolph von Lippe. What are the symptoms of Kreosotum? Keynote indications and uses of Kreosotum…


COMMON NAME:

      KREOSOTE.

Symptoms

      Acrid, foetid, decomposed, mucous secretions; sometimes ulcerating, bleeding, malignant (N.)

Difficulty of hearing, before and during the menses, with buzzing and humming in the head (G.)

Intense itching of the margins of the eye-lids, greatly aggravated by rubbing or touching them (Bt.)

HAEMORRHAGIC DIATHESIS; SMALL WOUND BLEEDS PROFUSELY (Lachesis, Phosphorus) (N.).

Oedema of the feet (Apis, Arsenicum, Chelidonium, Graphites, Lycopodium, Medorrhinum, Merc-C., Phosphorus, Sambucus) (Bt.).

Fetid sweat of the feet (Bar-C., Calcarea, Graphites, Kali carb., Lycopodium, Acid nitricum, Pulsatilla, Silicea) (Bt.)

Herpes: Humid, scaly, pustulous on ears, eyelids, cheeks, mouth, elbows, fingers and malleoli (Sepia).

Eruptions on the extensor surfaces (eruptions on the flexor surfaces – Natrum muriaticum) (D.).

Large, greasy, pox-shaped pustules all over the body.,

Itching, so violent toward evening as to drive one almost wild (itching, without eruption – Dol.) (A.)

Cholera infantum: profuse vomiting; cadaverous smelling stools (Calcarea phos., Kali- P., Podophyllum, Sulphur) (N.).

Children old-looking and wrinkled (Argentum nitricum, Lycopodium, Opium) (A.)

PUTRID, ACRID, AND CORROSIVE LEUCORRHOEA (Arsenicum, Carb-Ac., Merc-C., Acid nitricum, Sulphur), STAINING THE LINEN YELLOW (N.).

The parts with which the leucorrhoeal discharge comes in contact itch and burn, while scratching does not relieve but inflames the parts (N.)

Leucorrhoea worse between the periods (Borax, Bovista) (A.)

Cancer of the uterus, with profuse discharge of dark, coagulated blood, or of a pungent bloody ichor, preceded by a pain in the back (G.).

Voluptuous itching, deep in the vagina (Hr.)

Leucorrhoea, with great debility, particularly of the lower extremities (G.).

Post-climacteric diseases of women (Cimic., Graphites, Lachesis, Sanguinaria, Sulphur) (A.)

She always feels chilly at the menstrual period (Pulsatilla) (G.)

MENSES FLOW ON LYING DOWN, CEASE ON SITTING OR WALKING ABOUT (A.)

BURNING AND SWELLING OF THE EXTERNAL AND INTERNAL LABIA (G.).

Lochia: dark, brown, lumpy, offensive, acrid; almost ceases, then freshens up again (Conium, Sulphur) (A.).

AWEFUL BURNING, AS OF RED-HOT COAL IN THE PELVIS, WITH DISCHARGE OF CLOTS OF BLOOD HAVING A FOUL SMELL (G.)

Leucorrhoea gushing like bloody water (Calcarea, Cocc., Graphites, Lycopodium, Sepia, Silicea, Thuja).

In cancer, the whole mammae is hard, bluish-red, and covered with little, scurfy protuberances (G.)

BLEEDING FROM THE FEMALE GENITALIA AFTER COITUS (Argentum nitricum, Arnica, Arsenicum, Hydrastis, Sepia, tarent.) (K.)

Dragging from back to genitals, as if to come out (Sepia) (B.)

Scraping and roughness of the throat, with hoarseness (Mezer., Nux vomica) (C.)

Shortness of breath (Aconite, Arsenicum, Digitalis, Phosphorus, Seneg.) (C.)

Chronic bronchitis with offensive expectoration (Pulsatilla, Seneg. Silicea) (Bl.).

Tormenting cough, with little expectoration (Conium, Drosera, Hyoscyamus) (B.)

Neglected phthisis (Kali carb.) (B.)

AGGRAVATION:

      In the open air; during and after menstruation; during cold weather; when growing cold; during dentition period; from washing or bathing with cold water; from rest, especially when lying; while eating; and during pregnancy.

VOMITING OF SWEETISH WATER (Cuprum, Iris, Kali bichromicum, Plb., Psorinum, Tuberculinum) (A.)

Vomiting of pregnancy (Bryonia, Ignatia, Pulsatilla, Natrum muriaticum, Sepia) (A.)

COLICKY PAINS DURING, BUT ESPECIALLY AFTER MENSES (A.)

Cold drinks relieve menstrual pains (A.).

Severe headache before and during menses (Am-C., Belladonna, Gloninum, Graphites, Lycopodium, Natrum muriaticum, Sepia) (A.)

GUMS PAINFUL, DARK RED OR BLUE; TEETH DECAY AS SOON AS THEY COME (Mercurius, Staphysagria) (N.)

Gums scorbutic (Merc-C., Natrum muriaticum, Acid nitricum, Sulphur) (A.).

Soft, spongy and bleeding gums (Carbo vegetabilis, Mercurius, Natrum muriaticum) (A.)

Sad and irritable (Aurum, Ignatia, Natrum muriaticum, Stann.) (G.)

Cross, willful and obstinate (Bryonia, Chamomilla, Nux vomica, Sulphur) (B.)

Desire for death (Aurum, Lac-C., Natrum muriaticum) (B.)

Copious, pale urine (Acet-Ac., Gelsemium, Mercurius, Nat-S., Acid phosphoricum., Sarsaparilla, Sulphur) (A.)

INCONTINENCE OF URINE (Sepia, Sulphur, Thuja, Uran., Verb., Viola tricolor) (A.)

Smarting and burning during and after micturition (Sulphur) (A.)

Can only urinate when lying (only when sitting bent back -Zincum met.) (N.)

SUDDEN URGING TO URINATE OR DURING FIRST SLEEP, WHICH IS VERY PROFOUND (N.)

Menses too early, too profuse, and last too long; inclined to be intermittent; she thinks she is almost well, when the discharge returns afresh (G.)

Stitches in the vagina (G.)

AMELIORATION:

      From warmth; from hot food; and motion.

RELATIONSHIP:

      ANTIDOTES: Carbo vegetabilis and Nux vomica

Similar to : Arum-T., Arsenicum, Bism., Calcarea, Carb-Ac., Graphites, Lachesis, Lycopodium, Merc- C., Natrum muriaticum, Acid nitricum, Nux vomica, Petroleum, Rhus toxicodendron, Sepia, Silicea, Sulphur and Thuja

Kreosote is followed well by Arsenicum, Phosphorus and Sulph. in cancer and diseases of a malignant tendency.

Adolph Lippe
Adolph Lippe (born near Goerlitz, Prussia, 11 May 1812; died in Philadelphia, 23 January 1888) was a homeopathic physician who worked in the United States. Adolph got a legal education at Berlin. After completing his legal studies, Lippe became interested in homeopathy, and emigrated to the United States in 1837 to further his study. In 1838, he enrolled in the North American Academy of Homeopathy at Allentown, Pennsylvania, from where he graduated in 1841. He settled in Philadelphia, where from 1863 until 1868 he was professor of materia medica in the Homeopathic College of Pennsylvania. Besides some essays and treatises from the French, German, and Italian which became standards, Lippe was the author of:
Comparative Materia Medica (Philadelphia, 1854)
Text-Book of Materia Medica (1866)