by C.M. Boger — General Analysis
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Croton tiglium appears in 12 of the 13 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.
“Croton Oil Seeds. (Euphorbiaccae) Affects mucous membrane of intestinal tract, producing transudations of watery portions of blood, a copious, watery diarrhoea (Ver.), and develops an acute eczema over the whole body (Rhus). The bowels are moved as if by spasmodic jerks, "coming out like a shot" (Gamb.); as soon as…”
“Croton tiglium, Linn. (Tiglium officinale, Klotzch). Natural order , Euphorbiaceæ. Common names of seeds , Croton oil seeds, Puergirkörner, Piñones de Maluco, Grames de Tilley, Petit Pignon d'Inde. Preparation , Tincture of the oil from the seeds. Authorities.”
“Croton-oil Seed Is a valuable remedy in diarrhœa, summer complaint, and skin affections . These may alternate with each other. Feels tight all over. It is one of the antidotes to Rhus poisoning, as is evident from its wide and intense action upon skin and mucous surface, causing both irritation and inflammation, with…”
“MUCOUS MEMBRANES: Bowels. Eyes. Bladder. Mammæ. Uterus. Skin: SCROTUM. FACE. DRINKING. Eating. Washing. Motion. Receding eruptions. Drawn backward feeling ; in eyes; nipples, etc. .................... Neuralgia of tongue. Pressure excites rectal pain or a stool. Gurgling or swashing as of water in bowels; THEN SUDDEN…”
“Tiglium. officinale. Croton oil seeds. N. O. Euphorbiaceæ. Tincture of the oil from the seeds. Cholera / Cholerine / Colds / Cornea, opacity of / Cough / Diarrhœa / Ear, affections of / Eczema / Eyes, affections of / Hypopion / Keratitis / Neuralgia / Nipples, painful / Ophthalmia / Proctalgia / Rheumatism / Rhus…”
“Croton Oil Seeds. Euphorbiaceæ. The Croton seed is spoken of by Avicenna and Serapion. Christoph d'Acosta is the first European who described it, which was in the year 1578. The physicians of the seventeenth century used it very little. In modern times, on account of its medicinal oil, it was brought more to the…”
“Croton oil, when applied to the skin, produces both vesicles and pustules upon an inflamed base, and the part becomes very red and sore. The inflammation often increases until it resembles erysipelas, but more commonly the eruption produced resembles a vesicular eczema. This eruption will come on for a few days and…”
“Pressing headache in the forehad, especially the orbits. Burning in the oesophagus. Red-scarlet skin. Nausea.”
“Vertigo, with dulness of the head, pale complexion, debility and nausea; worse in the open air. Heaviness of the head. Sensitiveness of the head to the pressure of the hat. Headache; worse in the morning. Itching of the eyelids. Œdematous swelling of the eyelids (eyelids look puffed). Twitching of the eyelids…”
“Common name: croton oil seeds. Can't inhale deeply enough (B.). Œdematous swelling of the eyelids (eyelids look; puffed). Eruptions around the eyes (Br.). Asthma with cough (Ant-T., Lyc., Nat-S.) (Br.). Pressing headache in the forehead, especially in the orbits (Sang., Spig.). As soon as the head touches the pillow a…”
“Stool yellow, watery, coming out like a shot, all at once; < after least food or drink. Excruciating pain, running from nipple to scapula; of same side when child nurses. Eczema, especially of the scrotum; itches intensely, but is so sensitive to touch and sore that he cannot scratch. When the Allopaths, in any case…”
Kent's Repertory lists Croton tiglium in 1,189 rubrics. These are the ones where it carries the highest grade — the symptoms Kent treated as most characteristic. Most of them sit in EXTREMITIES (179), ABDOMEN (122), STOMACH (92), RECTUM (76), CHEST (66).
