Kreosotum
Beech Wood Kreosote, Kreosote, Kreos Kreos.Below are the main rubriks (i.e strongest indications or symptoms) of Kreosotum in traditional homeopathic usage, not approved by the FDA.
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▲ GENERAL
General
Kreosotum is a mixture of phenol obtained from this distillation.
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Worse
WORSE, in open air, cold, rest, when lying; after menstruation.
Better
BETTER, from warmth, motion, warm diet.
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Compare
Compare also: Fuligo ligni; Carbolic Acid Carbol-ac.; Iodium Iod.; Lachesis Laches.
Complementary
Complementary in malignant diseases: Arsenicum Album Ars.; Phosphorus Phos.; Sulphur Sulph. Guaiacol (is the principal constituent of Kreosotum, and similar in action. Used in pulmonary tuberculosis. Dose 1 to 5M. Matico - Artanthe or Piper augustifolia, (Gonorrhoea, hemorrhage from lungs; catarrhal condition of genito-urinary organs and gastro-intestinal tract. Topically a hemostatic. Difficult, dry, deep, winter cough. Use tincture.)
Antidotes
Antidote: Nux Vomica Nux.
Inimical
Inimical: Carboneum Oxygenisatum Carbo.
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Mind
Music causes weeping and palpitation
Vanishing of thought; stupid, forgetful, peevish, irritable
Child wants everything but throws it away when given.
Restlessness, nervousness
evening; 6 p.m. till 6 a.m.
night
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Head
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Headache
Dull pain, as from a board pressing against forehead
Menstrual headache
Occipital pain ( Gelsemium Sempervirens Gels.; Zincum Metallicum Zinc)
Pain, headache
in women; before period
in women; during period
temples
pressing (see bursting, pulling); during period
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Face
Sick, suffering expression; hot, cheeks red.
Skin
out-breaks on skin
out-breaks on skin; cheeks
out-breaks on skin; forehead
out-breaks on skin; pimples
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Nose
Offensive smell and discharge
Chronic catarrh of old people
Acrid rawness
Lupus ( Arsenicum Album Ars.)
Discharge from nose; wearing away skin
Skin or lining of nose; ulcer like lesions, leaving scars
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Mouth
Very painful dentition; child will not sleep
Odour (halitosis, bad breath); offensive
putrid
Lips
Lips red, bleeding
Gums and teeth
Very rapid decay of teeth, with spongy, bleeding gums; teeth dark and crumbly ( Staphysagria Staph.; Ant)
Bleeding; gums; easily
Discoloration
gums; bluish-red
gums; redness
Growths, blisters, swellings; ulcers; gums
Inflammation; gums
Gums
teeth detached from gums; scurvy-like
softening gums
spongy
Teeth
decay, hollow; premature tooth decay in children
offensive odour from teeth (see mouth, odour)
pain; molars
pain; upper teeth
pain; extending to other parts; ear
pain; extending to other parts; temples
pain; pulling; extending to other parts; ear
Saliva
Salivation; during pregnancy
Taste
c.) Putrid odor and bitter taste.
Taste; bitter; after drinking
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Chest
Lungs; gangrene of lungs
Respiration
Hoarse, with pain in larynx
Cough; worse evening, with efforts to vomit, with pain in chest
Raw burning in chest; pains and oppression
Cough after influenza ( Eriodyction.) Winter coughs of old people, With heavy pressure on sternum
Gangrene of lungs
After every cough, Copious, purulent expectoration
Hemoptysis; periodic attacks
Sternum feels pressed in.
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Skin
Itching, worse towards evening
Burning in soles
Senile gangrene
Small wounds bleed freely ( CROT.; Lachesis Lach.; Phosphorus Phos.) Pustules and herpes
Ecchymosis; dorsal surface of fingers and hands eczematous.
Abnormal growths; ulcers; reopening of old ulcers; when partly healed
Itching; evening
Out-breaks on skin
herpetic; moist
rash (see granular); scaly; bran-like
Pain; excoriated (as if grazed, chaffed); between skin folds
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Back
Dragging backache, extending to genitals and down thighs
Great debility.
Pain; coccyx (bottom tip of spine)
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Abdomen
Feeling of coldness, as of ice water in stomach
Soreness; better eating
Painful hard spot
Hematemesis
Bitter taste after a swallow of water.
Distended
Burning hemorrhoids
Diarrhoea; very offensive; dark brown
Bloody, fetid stools
Bladder
urging to urinate (unhealthy desire); sudden
urging to urinate (unhealthy desire); sudden; must hasten to urinate, or urine will escape
urination; involuntary, incontinence; night, bed wetting
difficult to waken the child
Eating
Stomach
Nausea; vomiting of food several hours after eating; of sweetish water in the morning
vomiting; food; after eating; undigested food 2 or 3 hours after
vomiting; food; undigested
Nausea
Cholera infantum in connection with painful dentition, green stools, nausea, dry skin, exhaustion, etc.
Stomach
nausea; in women; during pregnancy
Vomiting
vomiting; in women; during pregnancy
vomiting; strong and sharp (acrid)
vomiting; frothy
vomiting; sweetish
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Urine
Offensive
Violent itching of vulva and vagina, worse when urinating
Can urinate only when lying; cannot get out of bed quick enough during first sleep
Dreams of urinating
Enuresis in the first part of night
Must hurry when desire comes to urinate.
Copious
Sediment; white
Female
Female
Corrosive itching within vulva, burning and swelling of labia; violent itching between labia and thighs
vaginal discharge
strong and sharp (acrid), wearing away skin
burning
before period
offensive smelling; putrid
during pregnancy
yellow
yellow; stains linen
irritation; itching; from vaginal discharge
irritation; itching; between lips of vagina
irritation; itching; vagina
feels erotic
pain; gnawing, biting; between lips of vagina
pain; sore, tenderness; vagina
Womb
pain; bearing down; womb, and region of womb (see labour-like pains, also pains in abdomen); as if everything would come out
Genitals
Burning and soreness in external and internal parts
Hemorrhage after coition
Vomiting of pregnancy, with ptyalism
Menstrual flow intermits (Pulsatilla Puls.); ceases on sitting or walking; reappears on lying down
Lochia offensive; Intermits.
Female
after-birth; strong and sharp (acrid)
after-birth; dark
after-birth; lumpy
after-birth; offensive smelling
hardness
inflammation
indurated (hard from inflammation)
irritation; itching
metrorrhagia (non-menstrual bleeding); after sexual intercourse
pain; gnawing, biting
pain; burning; while urinating
pain; burning; after urinating
pain; sore, tenderness
swollen
Menses
During menses, Difficult hearing; buzzing and roaring; eruption after
Leucorrhoea, yellow, acrid; odor of green corn; worse between periods
Menses too early, prolonged
Pain worse after menses
Female
period; intermittent
period; offensive smell
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Extremities, limbs
Pain in joints, hip and knee
Boring pain in hip-joints
Scapulae sore.
Coldness; lower limbs; foot
Pain
thumb
thumb; left
as if sprained; thumb
Skin; excoriated (as if grazed, chaffed); between thighs
Stiffness; thumb
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Sleep and dreams
Disturbed with tossing
Paralytic sensation in limbs on waking
Anxious dreams of pursuit, fire, erections, etc.
Deep
Yawning
after coughing
Generalities
Blood vessels; excited, rapid blood flow
In women; symptoms after period
Pulsation
Pulse; abnormal
Symptoms not symmetrical
symptoms on one side
left
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