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CAULOPHYLLUM THALICTROIDES [caul] [Kent’s]Weakness in the reproductive system of the woman. From weakness she is sterile, or she abortsin the early months of gestation. During parturition the contractions of the uterus are too feeble to expelthe contents, and they are only tormenting.Labor-like pains during menstruation with drawing pains in the thighs and legs, and even thefeet and toes. Uterine hemorrhage from inertia of the uterus. Relaxation of muscles and ligaments.Heaviness, and even prolapsus. Subinvolution. Excoriating leucorrhoea. Menses too soon, ortoo late. She is sensitive to cold and wants warm clothing, quite unlike Pulsatilla. She is hysterical, likeIgnatia. She is fretful and apprehensive. She is rheumatic, like Cimicifuga, only the small joints arelikely to be affected. Later she suffers from after pains, and they are felt in the inguinal region.Rheumatic stiffness of the back, and very sensitive spine. She is sleepless, restless, and withal veryexcitable. This remedy has cured chorea at puberty when menstruation was late.CAUSTICUM [caust] [Kent’s]Causticum is a very searching medicine, suitable in old, broken down constitutions, sufferingfrom chronic diseases. Only occasionally is it indicated,in acute diseases. Its complaints are such as areprogressive, slow, and accompanying a declining state of the economy. Gradual decrease of muscularpower, a paralysis. Paralysis of the esophagus, paralysis of the throat, such as occurs after diphtheria;paralysis of the upper eyelids; paralysis of the bladder; paralysis of the limbs, of the lower limbs; greatlassitude, muscular relaxation, indescribable fatigue and heaviness of the body. And there is atremulousness, a quivering, jerking, twitching of the muscles, twitching in sleep.The next most striking feature is found in the tendons, which become shortened, resulting in atemporary or permanent contracture, and the limb is drawn up. Tendons of the forearms contract, andthere is gradually increasing flexion. Sometimes a whole muscle will harden and shorten, so that it canbe felt by the hand as a hard ridge. contractures of muscles and tendons.Closely related to this is a rheumatic state of the tendons and ligaments about the joints,sometimes with swelling, but always with pain and ending in a shriveling of the joint, a tightening upof the joint so that it becomes ankylosed. Great stiffness of the joints, and while this is going on thepatient is growing weaker, is running into a state of melancholy, of hopelessness, anxiety and fear.Constantly present in his mind is the hopelessness, and a feeling that something is hanging over him,that something is going to happen. These are general features of Causticum. They all go to make up onepicture, they are inseparable.Another kind of progressive trouble in Causticum is hysteria.Gradually increasing hysteria. Hysterical cramping. The woman loses all control of herself andsays foolish things. Her nervous system becomes extremely sensitive to noise, touch, excitement oranything unusual. Starting from the slightest noise; starting in sleep, twitching and jerking; the child iseasily startled, or acts as if startled without cause.The paralytic weakness is associated with the rheumatic diathesis. The rheumatic states arepeculiar. The patient himself can endure neither heat nor cold. They both aggravate his rheumaticconditions, his nervous conditions and himself in general. His pains are ameliorated by heat, but theyare aggravated in dry weather. Great deformity of the joints; they are enlarged, soft and infiltrated,always worse in dry weather; more pains and aches during dry weather. Rheumatism that affects boththe muscles and the joints. This patient is also aggravated by exposure to cold, dry winds. Many anindividual who has gone from the low lands of the East up into Colorado will come down withrheumatism from the cold, dry winds. Let such a patient as I have described take a ride in the cold lakewind and he will have paralysis of the side of the face exposed to the wind. A long drive with the eastwind coming against the face. The next day that side of the face will be paralyzed. Such a paralysis willalmost always recover under Causticum.Rending, tearing, paralytic pains; pains that benumb; pains that fairly take the life out of him,they are so severe. And they are likely to remain in one place for a long time. Causticum has oftengreatly mitigated the lightning-like pains of locomotor ataxia.Now, with all these sufferings the patient is slowly growing weaker, till at length he can nolonger walk, he can no longer sit up, he is so tired and weak that he must lie down. He is tired in bodyand mind. It is a paralytic fatigue.Convulsive symptoms. Cramps, now here, now there. If frightened he is almost sure to havesome form of convulsive condition. The woman with tendency to hysteria will have hysterics fromfright; nervous girls that are more inclined to chorea, will start with jerking of muscles and will keep it