Castor equi

Rudimentary Thumb-nail of the Horse

by William Boericke — Pocket Manual of Homoeopathic Materia Medica & Repertory

Historical reference for practitioners and students.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.

General action on thickening of the skin and epithelium. Psoriasis linguæ . The clinical experience of Hering and his fellow-provers has shown this to be highly useful remedy in cracked and ulcerated nipples . Affects principally female organs. Acts on the nails and bones; pain in right tibia and coccyx. Warts on forehead. Warts on breast. Chapped hands.

Chest

Cracked, sore nipples, excessively tender. Swelling of mammæ. Violent itching in breasts; areola reddened.

Relationship

Compare: Graphites; Hippomanes; Calc. Oxal .

Dose

Sixth and twelfth potency.

Castor equi across the other classic books

Castor equi appears in 6 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.

Allen TF — A compiled symptom record drawing on proving reports and other named observations.
“"The rudimentary thumb-nail of the horse." The small, flat, oblong-oval, rough, dark, horny substance found on the inner side of the leg above the fetlock; called by Paracelsus Verrucæ equorum genuum. Preparation , Triturations. Authorities. Unusual laughing about not laughable things, 3. Vertigo, headache, nausea …”
Clarke — The widest entry — sources, provings, clinical uses, relationships and antidotes in one place.
“The Rudimentary Thumbnail of the Horse. A small, flat, oblongoval horn, wrinkled on surface, breaking off in scales, darker than the hoof, growing on inner side of leg above fetlock. Scales triturated. Coccygodynia / Epilepsy / Nails, affections of / Nipples, cracked; ulcerated / Warts This is a very ancient remedy…”
Hering — Graded symptoms, each weighted by how often provers and practice confirmed it.
“The Rudimentary Thumbnail of the Horse. A small, flat, oblong-oval horn, wrinkled on the surface, breathing off in scales, darker than the hoof, growing on the inner side of the leg above the fetlock of horses, styled by Oken "the rudimentary thumbnail of the horse," and by Paracelsus Verrucæ equorum genuum . The…”
Lippe (MM) — The strict Hahnemannian reading — the symptom picture without clinical interpretation.
“Excessively sore nipples, bleeding, suppurating, and only hanging on strings.”
Lippe (Red) — Keynotes with the most-trusted ones marked as red-line symptoms.
“Common name: a red substance growing on the inside of the legs of the horse. Acts on nails and bones (Sil.). (Br.). Affects principally the female organs (Carb-An., Lach., Phos.) (Br.). Swelling and violent itching of the breasts (Bl.). SORE NIPPLES (Graph., Nit-Ac., Sil.). THEY ARE CRACKED AND RAGGED, AND ALMOST…”

Castor equi in Kent's Repertory

Kent's Repertory lists Castor equi in 91 rubrics. These are the ones where it carries the highest grade — the symptoms Kent treated as most characteristic. Most of them sit in EXTREMITIES (36), CHEST (12), STOMACH (9), HEAD (5), ABDOMEN (4).

CHEST - PAIN - sore - bruised - Mammae - nipples - touch of clothing
CHEST - ULCERATION of - nipples
CHEST - CRACKS of nipples
BACK - PAIN - Coccyx - evening
BACK - PAIN - Coccyx - sitting - while
EXTREMITIES - PAIN - Leg - tibia
VERTIGO - MORNING
STOMACH - FULLNESS,sensation of
CHEST - DRYNESS - Nipples
EAR - ERUPTIONS - meatus - in - pustules
EXTREMITIES - PAIN - sprained,as if - Wrist - extending into fourth and fifth fingers hanging arm down
SLEEP - DREAMS - fruit
STOMACH - ERUCTATIONS - empty - forenoon - 10 a.m.
EXTREMITIES - BRITTLE - Toe Nails
CHEST - ABSCESS - nipples
EXTREMITIES - PAIN - Knee - hollow of - bending knee
ABDOMEN - MOVEMENTS in - forenoon
CHEST - DISCOLORATION, - Mammae, - nipples
NOSE - PAIN in - aching - bones
EXTREMITIES - PAIN - Elbow - evening

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