Caladium seguinum
Remedy of sexual debility and tobacco craving. Impotence with mental desire but physical inability. Pruritus of female genitalia. Craves tobacco but it makes him sick. Mosquitoes avoid this person.
Source
Prepared from the fresh plant of Caladium seguinum (Araceae).
Available Potencies
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Keynote Symptoms
Sexual impotence — mental desire but no physical ability, relaxed genitalia. Pruritus vulvae driving to desperation. Craves tobacco but smoking makes him worse. Mosquitoes do not bite (or bites do not itch). Asthma from tobacco. Sweetish perspiration that attracts flies. Forgets what he has just done.
Mind & Emotional Symptoms
Forgetful — cannot remember what he just did or where he put things. Absent-minded. Fear of his own shadow. Very sensitive to noise. Dread of motion. Apathetic.
General Symptoms
Worse from motion, warmth, tobacco, after sleep. Better from short sleep, cold air, after sweating.
Physical Symptoms
Head
Headache pressing outward. Vertigo on closing eyes.
Stomach
Burning in stomach and intestines. Craves tobacco but it disagrees. Thirstless.
Male Genitalia
Impotence — the keynote. Mental desire but no erection, or erection that is incomplete and lost on coition. Relaxed penis. Nocturnal emissions without erection. Glans very red, itching.
Female Genitalia
Pruritus vulvae — intense, driving to desperation. Burning, itching. Voluptuous itching during pregnancy.
Respiratory
Asthma — worse from tobacco smoke. Breathing difficult, cannot lie down.
Skin
Sweetish perspiration attracting flies. Mosquito bites do not itch (or mosquitoes avoid). Itching, burning.
Sleep & Dreams
Falls asleep during evening fever. Groans and moans during sleep.
Modalities
Better From
Short sleep, cold air, after sweating
Worse From
Motion, warmth, tobacco, after sleep, coition
Constitutional Type
Men with sexual debility. Women with pruritus vulvae. Tobacco-sensitive individuals.
Clinical Indications
Impotence, pruritus vulvae, tobacco craving and sensitivity, asthma from tobacco, absent-mindedness, mosquito repellence
Comparative Materia Medica
Agnus castus also has sexual debility but with coldness of genitalia. Lycopodium has impotence with anticipatory anxiety. Staphysagria has sexual excess effects.
Safety Information
Capsicum, Mercurius, Tabacum.
Caladium (dieffenbachia-related) contains calcium oxalate raphides causing intense burning and swelling of mouth and throat. Do not chew the plant. Safe in potentised forms.
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