Cyclamen europaeum
H. A. Roberts द्वारा — The Rheumatic Remedies
Historical reference for practitioners and students.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.
Cyclamen is very similar to Pulsatilla in many ways, but indications for its use in rheumatic conditions differ in the aggravations and ameliorations, and in the decidedly saltish taste in the mouth.
In some of its aggravations it closely resembles Rhus tox., but differs in that it is not apparently affected by damp weather, which is so marked a characteristic of Rhus tox.
NECK AND BACK
Stiffness of neck with lame pain.
Drawing rheumatic pain in left side of neck.
Twinging pain up the back, < by stooping.
Deep dull stitches in region of right kidney < by inspiration.
Pain in small of back WITH ENTIRE > AFTER RISING FROM A SEAT.
SUPERIOR EXTREMITIES
Tearing ending in a stitch over scapulæ with laming pains in arms.
PRESSING TEARING PAINS IN ARMS AS IF IN THE PERIOSTEUM AND DEEPER MUSCLES, extending to fingers impeding writing.
Bruised pain on outer side of arm above elbow joint < by motion of arm and touch.
Tearing pain in elbow and wrist joints.
Painful drawing on inner side of ulna and wrist.
Lack of power to hold on to things with hands.
WRITER’S CRAMP; CANNOT OPEN THUMB AND INDEX FINGER.
INFERIOR EXTREMITIES
Rheumatic drawing in gluteus maximus near spine while sitting.
CEASES WHILE STANDING.
CRAMP-LIKE PAIN IN POSTERIOR PART OF RIGHT THIGH ABOVE THE POPLITEAL SPACE.
Drawing pain in flexors of leg, seems to start from hollow of knee and down to tips of toes.
Sprained pain in sole of foot near the heel.
Sore pain in heel.
EXTREMITIES IN GENERAL
Pressing drawing in periosteum where the skin covers the bone.
Drawing and pressure in muscles and bones.
Feeling as if the mobility of the limbs were impaired.
CONCOMITANTS
HEADACHE WITH FLICKERING BEFORE THE EYES IN MORNING.
DIMNESS OF VISION AND SPOTS BEFORE THE EYES; NEAR-SIGHTEDNESS.
ALL FOODS TASTE SALTISH.
NO THIRST IN DAY, BUT COMES ON IN EVENING.
MENSES TOO EARLY.
AGGRAVATIONS
WHEN SITTING.
Stooping.
STANDING.
AT REST.
EVENING.
AMELIORATIONS
ON CONTINUED MOTION.
AFTER RISING FROM A SEAT.