Castor equi
Remedy of cracked, sore nipples during nursing. Nipples extremely tender, painful, cracked. Breast swollen, engorged. Useful when nursing is agonizing due to nipple damage. Also ragged, split nails and warts.
Source
Prepared from the rudimentary thumbnail (chestnut) on the inner surface of the horse's leg.
Available Potencies
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Keynote Symptoms
Cracked, sore nipples during nursing — the chief indication. Nipples tender, raw, painful, fissured. Breast swollen and sensitive. Ulcerated nipples. Also useful for: nails that split, ragged, peel; warts; cracked skin.
Mind & Emotional Symptoms
Irritable from pain. Anxious about nursing.
General Symptoms
Nipples, nails, skin. Worse from nursing, touch, cold. Better from warmth.
Physical Symptoms
Female Genitalia
Cracked, sore nipples — the keynote. Fissured, raw, bleeding. Ulcerated. Pain radiates from nipple. Breast swollen, engorged. Nursing agonizing.
Extremities
Nails split, ragged, peeling. Brittle nails. Cracking.
Skin
Warts. Cracked skin. Fissures. Rough, dry.
Modalities
Better From
Warmth
Worse From
Nursing, touch, cold
Constitutional Type
Not constitutional. Specific for cracked nipples in nursing mothers.
Clinical Indications
Cracked nipples during nursing, sore nipples, split nails, warts, fissured skin
Comparative Materia Medica
Phytolacca has breast pain radiating all over body during nursing. Graphites has cracked nipples with honey oozing. Silica has sore nipples with ulceration. Ratanhia has fissures (anal).
Safety Information
Not well established.
The horse chestnut (rudimentary thumbnail) is a keratinous structure. Non-toxic. Safe in all potencies.
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