Anacardium occidentale
Remedy of skin eruptions and corns. Vesicular eruptions resembling poison ivy. Umbilical hernia. Corns. Warts. Mental confusion.
Source
Prepared from the nut of Anacardium occidentale (Anacardiaceae).
Available Potencies
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Keynote Symptoms
Skin eruptions — vesicular, like poison ivy. Corns and warts. Umbilical hernia. Mental confusion. Erysipelas. Similar to Rhus tox skin but from cashew contact.
Mind & Emotional Symptoms
Confused. Dull.
General Symptoms
Skin. Worse from touch. Better from cold.
Physical Symptoms
Skin
Vesicular eruptions. Corns. Warts. Erysipelas.
Abdomen
Umbilical hernia.
Modalities
Better From
Cold
Worse From
Touch, warmth
Constitutional Type
Skin eruption patients.
Clinical Indications
Vesicular eruptions, corns, warts, umbilical hernia
Comparative Materia Medica
Anacardium orientale has two wills. Rhus tox has vesicular rash.
Safety Information
Rhus tox.
Cashew shell oil contains anacardic acid — caustic, causes dermatitis like poison ivy. Nut meat is edible when processed. Safe in potentised forms.
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