Kreosotum
By Adolph von Lippe — Keynotes and Red Line Symptoms of the Materia Medica
Common name: kreosote.
Acrid, fœtid, decomposed, mucous secretions; sometimes ulcerating, bleeding, malignant (N.).
Difficulty of hearing, before and during the menses, with buzzing and humming in the head (G.).
Intense itching of the margins of the eye-lids, greatly aggravated by rubbing or touching them (Bt.).
HAEMORRHAGIC DIATHESIS; SMALL WOUND BLEEDS PROFUSELY (Lach., Phos.) (N.).
Oedema of the feet (Apis, Ars., Chel., Graph., Lyc., Med., Merc-C., Phos., Samb.) (Bt.).
Fetid sweat of the feet (Bar-C., Calc., Graph., Kali-C., Lyc., Nit-Ac., Puls., Sil.) (Bt.).
Herpes: Humid, scaly, pustulous on ears, eyelids, cheeks, mouth, elbows, fingers and malleoli (Sep.).
Eruptions on the extensor surfaces (eruptions on the flexor surfaces- Nat-M.) (D.).
Large, greasy, pox-shaped pustules all over the body.
Itching, so violent toward evening as to drive one almost wild (itching, without eruption- Dol.) (A.).
Cholera infantum: profuse vomiting; cadaverous smelling stools (Calc-P., Kali-P., Podo., Sulph.) (N.).
Children old-looking and wrinkled (Arg-N., Lyc., Op.) (A.).
PUTRID, ACRID, AND CORROSIVE LEUCORRHOEA (Ars., Carb-Ac., Merc-C., Nit-Ac., Sulph.), STAINING THE LINEN YELLOW (N.).
The parts with which the leucorrhœal discharge comes in contact itch and burn, while scratching does not relieve but inflames the parts (N.).
Leucorrhœa worse between the periods (Bor., Bov.) (A.).
Cancer of the uterus, with profuse discharge of dark, coagulated blood, or of a pungent bloody ichor, preceded by a pain in the back (G.).
Voluptuous itching, deep in the vagina (Hr.).
Leucorrhœa, with great debility, particularly of the lower extremities (G.).
Post-climacteric diseases of women (Cimic., Graph, Lach., Sang., Sulph.) (A.).
She always feels chilly at the menstrual period (Puls.) (G.).
MENSES FLOW ON LYING DOWN, CEASE ON SITTING OR WALKING ABOUT (A.).
BURNING AND SWELLING OF THE EXTERNAL AND INTERNAL LABIA (G.).
Lochia: dark, brown, lumpy, offensive, acrid; almost ceases, then freshens up again (Con., Sulph.) (A.).
awful BURNING, AS OF RED-HOT COAL IN THE PELVIS, WITH DISCHARGE OF CLOTS OF BLOOD HAVING A FOUL SMELL (G.).
Leucorrhœa gushing like bloody water (Calc., Cocc., Graph., Lyc., Sep., Sil., Thuj.).
In cancer, the whole mammæ is hard, bluish-red, and covered with little, scurfy protuberances (G.).
BLEEDING FROM THE FEMALE GENITALIA AFTER COITUS (Arg-N., Arn., Ars., Hydr., Sep., Tarant.) (K.).
BURNING IN THE VAGINA DURING COITION (Kali-B., Lyc., Nat-M., Sulph.). (K.).
Dragging from back to genitals, as if to come out (Sep.) (B.).
Scraping and roughness of the throat, with hoarseness (Mezer., Nux-V.) (C.).
Shortness of breath (Acon., Ars., Dig., Phos., Seneg.) (C.).
Chronic bronchitis with offensive expectoration (Puls., Seneg., Sil.) (Bl.).
Tormenting cough, with little expectoration (Con., Dros., Hyos.) (B.).
Neglected phthisis (Kali-C.) (B.).
AGGRAVATION: In the open air; during and after menstruation; during cold weather; when growing cold; during dentition period; from washing or bathing with cold water; from rest, especially when lying; while eating; and during pregnancy.
VOMITING OF SWEETISH WATER (Cupr., Iris, Kali-B., Plb., Psor., Tub.) (A.).
Vomiting of pregnancy (Bry., Ign., Puls., Nat-M., Sep.) (A.).
COLICKY PAINS DURING, BUT ESPECIALLY AFTER MENSES (A.).
Cold drinks relieve menstrual pains (A.).
Severe headache before and during menses (Am-C., Bell., Glon., Graph., Lyc., Nat-M., Sep.) (A.).
GUMS PAINFUL, DARK RED OR BLUE; TEETH DECAY AS SOON AS THEY COME (Merc., Staph.) (N.).
Gums scorbutic (Merc-C., Nat-M., Nit-Ac., Sulph.)
Soft, spongy and bleeding gums (Carb-V., Merc., Nat-M.) (A.).
Sad and irritable (Aur., Ign., Nat-M., Stann.) (G.).
Cross, wilful and obstinate (Bry., Cham., Nux-V., Sulph.) (B.).
Desire for death (Aur., Lac-C., Nat-M.) (B.).
Copious, pale urine (Acet-Ac., Gels., Merc., Nat-S., Phos-Ac., Sars., Sulph.) (A.).
INCONTINENCE OF URINE (Sep., Sulph., Thuj., Uran., Verb., Viol-T.) (A.).
Smarting and burning during and after micturition (Sulph.) (A.).
Can only urinate when lying (only when sitting bent back- Zinc.) (N.).
SUDDEN URGING TO URINATE OR DURING FIRST SLEEP, WHICH IS VERY PROFOUND (N.).
Menses too early, too profuse, and last too long; inclined to be intermittent; she thinks she is almost well, when the discharge returns afresh (G.).
Stitches in the vagina (G.).
AMELIORATION. From warmth; from hot food; and motion.
RELATIONSHIP: Antidotes: Carb-V. and Nux-V.
Similar to: Arum-T., Ars., Bism., Calc., Carb-Ac., Graph., Lach., Lyc., Merc-C., Nat-M., Nit-Ac., Nux-V., Petr., Rhus-T., Sep., Sil., Sulph. and Thuj.
Kreosote is followed well by Ars., Phos. and Sulph. in cancer and diseases of a malignant tendency.