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CAUSTICUM
A

GUIDING SYMPTOMS

Causticum is for paralysis and paralysis is for Causticum. Thus allow me to depict the totality of
Causticum through the word `Paralysis.
P

Paralysis.

Adaptability : Dark hair, rigid fibre; pessimistic.

Rawness, soreness.
Rheumatic symptoms with contracture.

Anal symptoms.

Late learning to walk.

Yellowishness of face.

Skin prone to intertrigo.

I have never been well since that burn,

Insanity after suppressed skin eruptions.

Sympathy for the suffering of others.

B.

PHYSICAL THEME
Weak memory (mental paralysis)
Mental
Apprehension

Negative
Paralysis

Paralysis of single parts: eyelid (ptosis);

larynx: aphonia; bladder: stress in continence

Weakness
gradually
appearing paralysis

Physical
Facial
paralysis:
Bells palsy

Raw
injured mind
sad, hopeless

Constipation (rectal
paralysis) > by
defecating or standing

Mental
Pessimistic

Fear: that something

bad will happen,
mental dullness
& forgetfulness

Mental: Long lasting grief,

long & suppressed sorrow
Rawness
& soreness

Long
lasting NBWS
Physical: sustained
night watching,
NBWS: burn

The Caustic property

the Doctrine of
signature
Burning

rawness & soreness

Dermatological:
ulcers, maltreated
with lead

Sensation as if
lime been slaked
in the stomach
(doctrine of
signature)

Physical
Throat, urethra,
skin, internal
organs raw
and sore
Scrofulous

Dark hair
Look
and diagnose

Diathesis
Rheumatic

Rectum,
piles: raw
& sore

Cicatrical

Rigid fibres

Periodic
Rheumatic

Paralytic
Characteristics

Restless

Nocturnal aggravation

Hydrogenoid constitution

Yellow complexion

C.

MENTAL ESSENCE

Survival depends on group

Need for power

`A
dog
looks up
to you(Phos);
a cat down on
you(Lyco);pig treats
you like an equal
(Caust)

Need to have a bond

Timid
From long
standing grief
Anxious

Nervous

Need for
control
over the
group

Need to
have a
bond

Rational, abiding citizens

(-Ars, struggle to perfect
himself, Nat. Mur, Staphys,
resentment from placing
herself in a precarious
situation; - Aurum, Sepia,
Thuja, self-reproach).

Campaigner of justice
Romantic
Supportive

Close succession of opposite phenomenas

(joy & sad
alternates)

Impends
Dark

Misfortune

Sensitive to
authoratarian control

Rebellious
Holds grudges

Idealistic
Deep sense
justice

Highly
analytical
mind

Excessive sympathy

becomes Vegetarian;
energized by helping others

Compulsive
neurosis
(Compelled
to re-check)

Reasonable

Deep empathy for the

suffering of others

EGALITARIAN,
LAW-BIDING,
RATIONAL,
SINCERE, SYMPATHETIC, PERFECTIONIST,
PESSIMISTIC,
TEENAGERS:
IDEALISTIC

FIGHTS
AGAINST INJUSTICE
FOR
BETTER WORLD

REBELLIOUS

Stiff & rigid

Feeling of being
right and
concerned
with `justice

Immovable
(Stiff); Dark
mood

Introvert
Grief sufferer

Contradicts
Hardness &
Toughness

Hopeless &
Pessimistic

Mood & temper (hopeless)

World goes dark

Appearance
Dark

Modality (twilight)

Fears (as if committed crime)

Senses (Eye sight : black spots)

Worry
Anticipation
(effects on nerves)

For bond

Grief (long drawn)

Disappointment of Love

D.

For control

Excitement

Mental
Aetiologies
Injustice &
Exploitation

For power

Pesssimistic

Idealistic

O.C.D.
(Obessive
Compulsive
Disorders)

Sympathetic

vegetarian

Mortification

SPHERE OF ACTION: WEAKEST LINKS

Campaigner of justice

Neurological
Rheumatic
E.

Skin

CATCH WORDS: KEY NOTES

Burning, rawness & soreness

Dark hair, darkest

mood and temper

F.

Paralytic weakness with rheumatic

stiffness, associated with
restlessness and pessimism

KEY WORDS FOR PERSONALITY PROFILE

Sympathetic, compassionate
Pessimistic

I3

Perfectionist

Incessed.
Intense
Idealistic

Selfrighteous
Law-abiding

G.
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H.

POTENCY OF CHOICE
Mind : 1 M.
Gastro-intestinal : 200 C.
Respiratory : 200 C.
Paralysis : 1 M (in strong vitality).
Rheumatism : 200 C.
Skin : 200 C.
NBWS Burn : 200
1 M or 1 M
10 M
(according to vitality)
MIASMATICS OF CAUSTICUM

Psora +++, Sycosis +++, Syphilis ++, Tubercular +++

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