Croton Tiglium


Croton Tiglium homeopathy medicine – drug proving symptoms from Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica by TF Allen, published in 1874. It has contributions from R Hughes, C Hering, C Dunham, and A Lippe….


    Common names of seeds: Croton oil seeds, Puergirkorner, Pinones de Maluco, Grames de Tilley, Petit Pignond’Inde.

Introduction

Croton Tiglium, Linn. (Tiglium officinale, Klotzsch).

Natural order: Euphorbiaceae.

Preparation: Tincture of the oil from the seeds.

Mind.

Emotional.

Disinclined to speak; uttering no complaints (after three hours).

Sadness, Great depression of spirits. Anxiety. Great anxiety; (after one hour). A peculiar feeling of anxiety, as though some misfortune were about to happen. Solicitous mood. Fretful.

Peevishness and fretfulness; everything is unpleasant to him.

Morose mood. He is very morose and dissatisfied.

Intellectual.

He has no inclination to work; would much rather dance than attend to his business. Thought difficult. Loss of memory.

Head.

Confusion and Vertigo.

Confusion of the head. Confusion in the head, especially in the temples. Confusion of the head, immediately on rising. Confusion of the head, with dulness and pressure in the forehead. Confusion of the head, but especially of the frontal region, with pressure and heaviness. Confusion of the head, especially on the right side, with pressure downward from the vertex, so that there is sometimes sticking extending downward below the ear, with impaired hearing in the right ear. Confusion of the whole head, lasting through the night. Confusion of the whole head, on going into the open air. Great confusion of the head with the vomiting, which also lasted three days, with loss of appetite. Great confusion of the whole head, with pressure towards the frontal region, and nausea. Head very much confused. Confusion of the forepart of the head, especially of the frontal region. Confusion of the forehead. Confusion of the left half of the occiput.

Confusion of the occiput. Vertigo.

Vertigo, so that she could scarcely remain sitting, especially on looking up. Vertigo and confusion of the head, lasting all the afternoon. Vertigo, especially on the right side, with pressure in the right eye. Vertigo, with nausea, so that she was obliged to go into the open air, where she became worse, looked pale, seemed very weak and exhausted. Attacks of vertigo, while walking in the open air. Head felt dizzy. Dizziness of the forehead. He became very giddy and fell down insensible.

General Head.

Head feels as after intoxicating drinks.

Heaviness of the head (in half an hour). Heaviness and confusion of the whole head, with prickling in the eyes. Head heavy, dull, and confused, in the morning, on waking. Pains in the head, especially worse in the middle of the day, and particularly for a few hours after dinner. Headache, day and night, for three days, affecting the anterior and upper part of head; it is dull, continuous, and very confusing; not affected by rest or work.

Headache, as from disordered stomach. Headache, with confusion, followed by general heat and copious sweat. Violent headache.

Burning pain in the head. Feeling of fulness of the head. Head full and confused, with heaviness of the forehead. Head very full and heavy, so that she was unable to read. Congestion seems to rise form the abdomen to the head, with warmth of the skin and sweat. Sticking headache, extending to the vertex (2nd day).

Sticking twitching in the head. Sensitiveness of the head; the weight of his hat gives him a headache when out walking (which had not happened previously). When he took off his hat, the headache stopped (in an hour and a half). Jerkings in the head.

Forehead. Pain in the forehead, with tearing extending to the right temple, where it remains for two hours as a sticking pain.

Slight pain in the forehead, relieved after keeping quiet for half an hour. Violent pains in the forehead, with throbbing tension and pressure outwards, and general confusion of the head, aggravated by taking some beer and bread. Fulness and pressure in the frontal region. Tensive pains in the forehead, with pressure and sticking.

Pressure in the forehead. Pressure in the right side of the forehead and temporal region. Pressive pain in the left half of the forehead.

Sticking in the forehead, while walking.

Temples.

Pain in the left temporal region, as if burnt with hot coals.

Pressure in the temples. Sticking in the left temple. Twinging pain in the temples.

Vertex.

Tearing in the head, towards the vertex.

Sides.

Sticking, as from needles, in the right side of the brain, above the eye.

Occiput.

Pressive headache in the occiput.

External Head.

Prickling in the scalp on the vertex. Crawling in the occiput.

Eye.

Objective.

Eyes quite bright, peculiar at time. Violent inflammation of one eye. Violent ophthalmia and inflammation of penis and scrotum, in consequence of inadvertently carrying the fingers (after applying the drug) to the eyes and genital organs (2 cases).

Subjective. Heaviness, weakness of the eyes. Violent pains in the eye (local effect). Violent pains, followed by swelling of the whole eye and side of the face (from some of the oil getting into the eye). Sticking in the middle of the left eye, and afterwards some indications of it in the right.

Orbit.

Slight tensive pain above the right orbit, with pressure in the right side of the occiput.

Lids.

Violent twitching of the eyelids. Cramp like pain in the right eyelids, especially towards the external canthus. Jerking sticking in the right external canthus, with frequent contraction and twitching of the whole eye.

Lachrymal Apparatus. Running of water from the eyes and nose.

Copious lachrymation.

Conjunctiva.

Inflammatory redness of the conjunctiva of the left eye.

Ball.

Sticking in the left eyeball.

Pupil.

Pupils dilated.

Vision.

Vision impaired, with staring, glittering eyes. Sight dim, as if there were smoke in the room. The sight vanishes easily. Sight vanishes easily, as though a veil were before the eyes. Vision vanishes in the room, with slight vertigo. Fog before the right eye, followed by weakness of it.

Ear.

Sticking beneath the left ear. Dragging and twisting sensation towards the orifices of both ears. Dull dragging pain towards the orifices of both ears. Twinging pain in the left ear. Spasmodic twinging pains deep within the left ear.

Hearing. Roaring in the ears. Roaring in the ears, and a kind of vertigo; he was unable to stand from fear of falling. Hearing and sight disappeared with the nausea.

Nose.

Objective.

Increased secretion from the mucous membrane of the nose (after smelling the oil). Coryza, with slight discharge from the nose, lasting some days. Coryza, with slight watery discharge.

Subjective.

Dryness of the nose and throat. Burning in the right nostril, obliging him to rub it (in three hours and three-quarters).

Burning sensation in the nose and mouth. Drawing pains, extending through the nose to the root, and thence into the brain.

Constant irritation in the nose and in the conjunctiva of the eyes (from the fumes of the oil).

Face.

Objective.

Countenance distressed. Face expressive of fatigue and debility.

Countenance pale and rather shrunk (after three-quarters of an hour). Face pale, with sensation of coldness. Slight jaundice color. Face, hands, and toes cyanotic. Swelling of the face and hands (from triturating the grains in a mortar). Swelling and redness of the face and eyelids, which are covered with small vesicles (from the effluvia).

Subjective.

Increased warmth and burning in the right half of the face, starting from the corner of the mouth. An illusory sensation, as though insects were creeping on the face.

Lips. Lips swell and become quite sore (external application), (1 or 2 drops). Lips dry, cracked. Lips dry and tense, in the evening.

Burning in the angle of the mouth, with slight swelling on the outer border, lasting several days. Tension in the corner of the mouth.

Mouth.

Teeth.

Drawing in the right lower eye-tooth. Sore pain in the left molar of the lower jaw on chewing.

Gums.

Painful swelling of the gum of the inner side of the right upper jaw. Gum bleeds easily in the morning while washing.

Tongue. Tongue white, showing impress of teeth (one case), (after 18 hours). Tongue coated white. Tongue red, smooth, glistening, and dry in center (2nd day). Tongue furred and dry (2nd day). An eruption plainly visible at the root of the tongue, on the soft palate, and on the posterior wall of the pharynx (3rd day).

Swelling and numbness of the tongue. Burning and sensation of contraction at the tongue and pharynx (during 24 hours).

Sensation of peppery heat, at first not very marked, but gradually increasing, successively felt on the palate, uvula, isthmus faucium, pharynx, tongue, and lips (after a few seconds).

He stated that his tongue felt too large for his mouth, and appeared to be without feeling, and he had bitten it two or three times to ascertain whether there was any sensation in it. On examination, however, no change could be observed in the size of appearance of the tongue or parts about the mouth. Tickling painful sensation in the tip of the tongue. Feeling as though the tip of the tongue were electrically sensitive, with a sweetish bitter taste.

General Mouth. Inflammation of the mouth, lips, and pharynx.

TF Allen
Dr. Timothy Field Allen, M.D. ( 1837 - 1902)

Born in 1837in Westminster, Vermont. . He was an orthodox doctor who converted to homeopathy
Dr. Allen compiled the Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica over the course of 10 years.
In 1881 Allen published A Critical Revision of the Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica.