by E. B. Nash — Leaders in Homoeopathic Therapeutics
Historical reference for practitioners and students. The statements below reflect the named author’s homeopathic teaching and do not establish treatment effectiveness. This text is not medical advice and must not replace appropriate diagnosis or care.
Castoreum. “Exhausted, pains better from pressure, menstrual colic, with pallor and cold sweat.”
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Castoreum canadense appears in 8 of the 21 classic books on Similia. Each was written to do a different job — here is what each adds on this remedy, with the opening of its entry.
“Castor Fiber, Linn. Nat. order , Rodentia. Class , Mammalia. Common name , Beaver. Preparation , Tincture of the secretion contained in the preputial sacs. Authorities. Very sad, lachrymose, and languishing, in the afternoon (third day), 2. Very melancholy and depressed, as if something evil would befall her, in the…”
“The Beaver (CASTOREUM) A great remedy for hysteria. Prostration marked. Hysterical symptoms. Day-blindness; cannot endure the light. Nervous women who do not recover fully, but are continually irritable, and suffer from debilitating sweats. Spasmodic affections after debilitating diseases. Constant yawning. Restless…”
“NERVES. Female generative organs. Emotions. Cold. During menses. Debilitating diseases. Pressure. Weak and lacks reaction. Nervous and spasmodic effects of uterine origin. Fibrillar twitchings. Hysteria. Irritability. .................... Twitching in tongue. Abdominal symptoms, with yawning. Colics, with sudden…”
“The Beaver. N. O. Rodentia. Tincture of secretion, found in preputial sacs of beaver. Chorea / Convulsions / Digestion, disordered / Dysmenorrhœa / Eclampsia / Flatulence / Hernia / Hysteria / Ileus / Paralysis / Pregnancy, vomiting of / Reaction, deficient / Sexual organs, inflammation of; spasms of / Sycosis /…”
“Castor Fiber. Rodentia. Tincture of secretion in preputial sacs of the beaver. Mentioned by Galen, Hippocrates and Pliny, and in use among the Arabians, who gave it in hepatic and uterine troubles, and in epilepsy and convulsions. Recommended later for hysterical complaints by Pomet and Hill ; for deafness, by Lemery…”
“Predominant chilliness. Restless sleep with frightful dreams and starting. Attacks of chilliness with ice-coldness in the back.”
“Common name: beaver. Nervous, apprehensive and sad during menses (F.). Predominant chilliness (Ant-C., Aran., Arn., Bry., Camph., Chin., Meny., Nat-M., Nux-V., Sabad., Sec., Staph., Verat.). Is indicated in cases of nervous, hysterical woman, who are greatly prostrated as the result of some exhausting disease (Bl.)…”
Kent's Repertory lists Castoreum canadense in 444 rubrics. These are the ones where it carries the highest grade — the symptoms Kent treated as most characteristic. Most of them sit in HEAD (90), EXTREMITIES (55), MIND (38), ABDOMEN (36), STOMACH (35).
