Caladium seguinum

by Adolph von Lippe — Text Book of Materia Medica

Mind and Disposition

Low spirits and gloomy thoughts, (with impotence).

Forgetfulness.

Mouth

Swelling of the tongue with excessive ptyalism; the saliva resembling the white of an egg; the eyes are violently inflamed, the chest is oppressed, pulse small and accelerated, cold perspiration all over.

Throat

Dryness in the fauces and pharynx, with aversion to cold water.

Stomach and Abdomen

Frequent rising of air, as if the stomach were filled with dry food, (with asthma).

Burning in the stomach, not relieved by drinking.

Stool and Anus

Discharge of thin, red blood after the stool.

Discharge of mucus from the rectum after stool.

Urinary Organs

The bladder feels full, without desire to urinate.

Fetid urine, (with impotence and secondary gonorrhœa).

Sexual Organs

Men. The sexual organs are bloated, relaxed, and sweaty.

Swelling of the prepuce, (border), with smarting during micturition.

After coition, the prepuce remains behind the glans; it is painful and swollen.

Glans red, dry, dotted with fine points, which are still redder.

Painful erections without sexual desire, alternating with sexual desire with relaxed penis.

Imperfect erections, and premature ejaculation of the semen.

Impotence; the penis remains relaxed, even when excited.

Feeling of coldness, and cold perspiration of the sexual organs.

Larynx and Trachea

Sensation of constriction in the larynx and trachea.

Generalities

Attacks like fainting after writing and thinking when down, or when rising.

Disinclination to move, and desire to lie still.

Sleep

Sleepiness in the day-time, but cannot go to sleep on account of vertigo.

At night, cramps in the soles of the feet.

Fever

Chilliness in the evening, without thirst.

Internal heat, going off from sleep.

Heat with thirst, pain in the ears, swelling of the submaxillary glands, and retention of stool.

Sweat towards evening, with prostration, yawning and drowsiness.

The perspiration (after the heat) attracts the flies.

Skin

Itching, burning rash, (forearm and chest), alternating with asthma.

Conditions

All the symptoms are ameliorated by perspiration, and after sleeping in the day-time.

Caladium seguinum across the other classic books

Caladium seguinum appears in 11 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.

Allen HC — The keynotes that separate this remedy from its nearest neighbours.
“American Arum. (Araceae.) Very sensitive ot noise; slightest noise startles from sleep (Asar., Nux, Taren.). Eructations, frequent, of very little wind, as if stomach were full of dry food. Impotence: with mental depression; relaxed penis, with sexual desire and excitement (Lyc., Sel.). No erection, even after caress…”
Allen TF — The raw proving record — symptoms as the provers reported them, unedited.
“Caladium seguinum, Very. (Arum seguinum, Linn.). Nat. order , Araceæ. Preparation , Tincture of the root. Authorities. Emotional. Extreme excitement, 3. Loud cries about an vexation, like a child, with inconsiderate prattlings, after many days, 1. He is very apprehensive about his health, and about everything…”
Boericke — The quick clinical read — keynotes, modalities and the conditions it is actually prescribed in.
“American Arum This remedy has a marked action on the genital organs, and pruritus of this region. Coldness of single parts and inclination to lie down, with aggravation on lying on left side. Slightest noise startles from sleep. Dread from motion . Modifies craving for tobacco. Tobacco heart. Asthmatic complaints…”
Boger (GA) — Which general headings this remedy belongs under — the analytical scaffolding.
“COITION, Agg. ITCHING, tickling, etc., internal LYING, on side, Agg. PRESSURE, Agg., lying on painful or affected side, etc., Agg. TURNING OVER in bed., Agg. 12 Night”
Boger (Syn) — Generals and modalities in a short analytical portrait rather than a symptom list.
“GENITALS. NERVES. Skin. Mucous membranes. Sexual excesses. Motion. Sudden noises. On falling to sleep. Tobacco. Cool air. Short sleep. Sweating. DRYNESS; food eaten seems too dry; must drink to swallow. Red, dry stripe down center of tongue, widening toward tip. Inclines to lie down. Dreads to move…”
Clarke — The widest entry — sources, provings, clinical uses, relationships and antidotes in one place.
“seguinum. Arum seguinum. Dumb Cane. (South America.) N. O. Araceæ. Tincture of whole fresh plant. Asthma / Dropsical swellings / Gleet / Impotence / Irritation / Nymphomania / Pruritus vaginæ / Spermatorrhœa / Typhoid / Typhus / Worms Like the other Arums, Caladium has an intensely irritating effect on the mucous…”
Hering — Graded symptoms, each weighted by how often provers and practice confirmed it.
“Caladium seguinum. Araceæ. Proved in Surinam, where it is a common poison, in 1830, and published in Stapf's Archives, in 1832. Another proving by Schreter, one of our best men, followed in 1842. The last and best proving of all is by E. W. Berridge. Unconsciousness or coma. θ Typhus. Stupefying pressure in right…”
Kent — The mental and general picture — who the patient is, before what the remedy cures.
“Caladium is a wonderful remedy; perhaps some of you have read It endeavoring to understand it; it is a difficult medicine to understand, because it is quite evident from the provings that the prover did not understand how to describe and report symptoms; did not know how to tell his sensations because they were so…”
Lippe (KN) — Only the symptoms Lippe considered reliable enough to prescribe on.
“Inclination to rest, and aversion to move. Burning in the stomach and skin. Perspiration, which is very much attracts the flied. After a short sleep and after perspiring many symptoms are relieved.”
Lippe (Red) — Keynotes with the most-trusted ones marked as red-line symptoms.
“Common name: american arum. Very sensitive to noise; slightest noise startles him from sleep (Asar., Bell., Hyos., Kali-C., Nux V., Stram., Tarant.) (A.). Red, dry stripe down centre of the tongue widening toward tip (B.). Hard cough with asthma, relieved from expectoration (Caust., Guai., Hep., Iod., Ipec., Lach…”

Caladium seguinum in Kent's Repertory

Kent's Repertory lists Caladium seguinum in 940 rubrics. These are the ones where it carries the highest grade — the symptoms Kent treated as most characteristic. Most of them sit in GENERALITIES (113), EXTREMITIES (100), MIND (84), STOMACH (64), HEAD (53).

MALE GENITALIA - ERECTIONS, - wanting (impotence) - penis, - relaxed when excited
FEVER - SLEEP,heat comes on - after - amel
CHILL - MIDNIGHT - after
SLEEP - FALLING asleep - heat,during
FEVER - MIDNIGHT - midnight - before
FEMALE GENITALIA - ITCHING - Vagina
MALE GENITALIA - SWELLING - Penis - prepuce
SLEEP - SLEEPINESS - heat,during the
MALE GENITALIA - SEXUAL PASSION - erection,without
EXTREMITIES - COLDNESS - Lower Limbs
FEVER - SLEEP,heat comes on - during
RESPIRATION - SIGHING
GENERALITIES - MOTION - aversion to
GENERALITIES - LYING - side,on - painful - agg.
FEMALE GENITALIA - ITCHING
MALE GENITALIA - ERECTIONS, - wanting (impotence)
GENERALITIES - LIE down - inclination to
GENERALITIES - LASSITUDE
THROAT - DRYNESS
ABDOMEN - PAIN - burning - Ileocaecal region

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