Carcinosnum

A Select Homoeopathic Materia Medica by Dr. Ishwardas Tarkas

A Nosode from Carcinoma Carc.

REGION

Nutrition
Metabolism
Liver
Solar plexus
Skin
Mucous Membranes: Throat, stomach, rectum
Sides, alternating

WORSE

Seashore
Thunderstorm
Warmth. Summer. Yearly.
Morning. Night, 1-6 or 6-7 p.m.
Exertion
Undressing
Short sleep
Vaccinations (Thuj.)
Blood transfusion
Surgery
Climacteric
Suppressions

Depressing factors: Anticipation. Fright. Grief. Frustrations. Deprivation of love. Reprimands. Tensions. Consolation

BETTER

Evening
Seashore (Med.).Open air (agoraphilia).Thunderstorm
Sleep
Cold; food, drink
Rest

Depraved. Degenerant. Malignant.

Cachectic.  Hysterical. Allergic. Syco-syphilitic.

Highlights:

• Chronicity; recurrent attacks; infections, past history of. Damaged nutrition. Paucity of symptoms. Lack of reaction to well-selected remedies. Degenerative history. Threatened malignancy. Slow – insidious development of symptoms. Bipolarity. Heightened sensitivity.
• The ‘cancerinique’, a precancer cachexy: sudden decline, weakness, brownish, olive the typical ‘cafe-au-lait complexion, blue sclerotics (Tub.), blinking eyes, bizarre antics, numerous pigmented naevi etc., esp. when no single remedy could cover the whole case by itself, or there is a paucity of helpful symptoms, or standard remedies do not go beyond palliation.
• Multiple infections in history of self (or inherited), like bronchitis, whooping cough, pneumonia, tonsillitis (also excision), recurrent colds, influenza, glandular fevers (infectious mononucleosis), P.U.O. etc.
• Family history of depraved, inherited conditions; troubles starting early in life, like recurrent colds, asthma, dust allergy, acidity, eczema, diabetes, cancer, T.B., leukemia, pernicious anemia, secondary and tertiary syphilitic troubles, ataxia, alcoholism etc., degeneracies in short. The more troubles combine the better indicated (cp. Streptoc.). Cases whose parents or relations needed Carc.
  
• Suspected malignancy, but the farther away from frankly developed cancer the better indicated. Any way, useful in the stress/shock stage of malignancy. In active cancers, according to some, it is rather “risky and fraught with dangerous possibilities of distant metastases and severe aggravations.” This may refer to low potencies; since we are told also that “as an intercurrent in cancer cases its use is not precluded. There is no case of carcinoma that it will not help at some stage. It may even be suggested: when in doubt give Carc.” Cancers of the softer variety (for hard, Calc-f., Con., Scir.).

Nerves:

• Apprehension in stomach (Dys., Med.); sinking in pit from shock. Anticipation agg. generally or causes vomiting, eczema etc. Dyslexia.Conversion hysterias (Tarent.).  Locomotor ataxia. Lastly cerebral torpor, a mental inertia.

Tissues:

• Growths: e.g. corn-like, with severe burning on touch (with Rad-met.); painful swelling at the spot of injection, Led not helping; exudating cicatrix after a scald; (cancerous) brain tumor; traumatic neurofibroma; painless lump near outer canthus. Warts. Post-vaccinal or post-surgical keloids. Moles. Polyps. Lipomas.
• Malignancies: Rapid or slow. From maltreated T.B. Hodgkin’s disease, lympho-granulomatosis. Ca breast, with great pain, hemorrhagic, offensive, acrid discharge. Ca uterus, cervix. Leukemia.
• Tendency to inflammations.
• Hemophilia. Thallasemia. Hemorrhages from orifices of body.
• Bones: Brittle (Calc-p.).
• Soft: Mind. Cancer. Skin. Scar. Light. Music.

Generally:

• Tired in morning, fresh in evening. Burning or constricting pains (head, abdomen, rectum, heart). Throbbing internally. Well before attack (like Psor.). Discharges offensive, acrid, thick. Twitchings: from tension; of eyelids, of various muscle groups.

Make-up:

• Hard-yielding, anxious, tense, high-strung (like Dys.). Spruce. Hysterical. Perfectionist. Industrious. Fastidious. Exacting. Soft, mild. Refined (like Sil.). A knowledge-hunter (DNA.). Artistic. Nature lover, love of travel, of animals. Literary, poetic bend. Creative. Attuned to life’s rhythm (Sep.), hence lover of dance and music (Tarent.). Romantic; prefer soft, dim lights. One with a drive. Affectionate. Frank (simple, open, transparent).Good sense of responsibility. Distinguished, in short.

Children:

• Sensitive to reprimands, but will not weep. Precocity (Lyc.). Restless children with destructive outbursts. Frequent tantrums; when angry become stiff and hysterical (like Mosch.).
  
• Shyness. Cannot hold his own with other children, fear of other children (Sil.). Cry (day and) night, nightmarish. Tendency to insomnia even in young children.
• “A scape-goat.” A victim of sexual abuse. Under excessive parental control (overdisciplinized) (Foll., Mag-c., Nat-m.). Therefore cowardice (fear of being punished or humiliated), self-depreciated.
• Backward, autistic, Attention deficit, dwarfish or even mongols (Bar-c., Med.); also disobedient; refusal to parental control.
• A blend of Mag. (non-protected) and Nat. (ill-protected) childhood. Also over-protected and spoilt childhood. Puny. Averse to play. Self-contempt. Guilty, self-reproaching. Repeats actions. Masturbating (Med.). Biting nails (Med., Nat-m.).

Mind:

• Psychogenic causes:  rejection, deprivation of love, shock, prolonged and unresolved grief, bad news, harsh upbringing, fright, anticipation, reproaches, etc.
• Sentimental. Sensitive; to reprimands (Med.). Averse to being alone. Vulnerable. Does not like consolation. Intelligent, perseverant but slow.
• Obstinate; takes life too seriously, as a life or death matter; strong sense of duty (Aur.); will not relax, will waste emotional e’lan, will maintain the show of fitness; even take more responsibilities, though in reality breaking down. Rigidly conscientious. Can’t say no to others.
• Self-sacrificing. Penalty of unlived life (Whitmont). Also the rebellious, contentious, non-conformist, yet considerate (Bry.). Also the timid escapist (Arg-n.).
  
• Also the amiable: sympathetic and loves affection (Phos.). Puts himself in the shoes of others. Wants to please everyone. Likes soft music, but it makes him weep (Graph.,   Nat-c., Nux-v., Thuj.). Likes travelling (Calc-p.,Tub.).
  
• Religious minded. A spiritual bend. Wants to be one with God and nature.
• Forgetful. Attention to detail, exaggerated precision, or meticulousness (Anac., Ars., Graph., Nux-v.), or (may be) untidy (Sulph.).
• Love of thunderstorm, enjoys watching it (Sep.) and at seashore (opposite Syph.).
• A victim of prolonged suppressions, repressions, tensions, struggle or unhappiness, becomes melancholic, goes into brooding (Nat-m.), even thinks of suicide (may be a family trait too). Effects of prolonged fear, frustration or a severe fright.
• Fear: of failure, humiliation, horrible things, heights, losing self-confidence, of dogs (Syph., Tub.); of cancer (“Cancer is often preceded by fear of cancer”).
• Maladjusting.

Noteworthy Symptoms

1.          Presence of bipolar symptoms: either < or > from heat or cold, or else the patient is sensitive to cold; both < and > from sea air (Med., Nat-m.); < on the East coast  and > on the West coast or vice-versa; desire as well as aversion to salt, milk, eggs, meat, fat, fruit. Cough < cold or warm, wrapping or undressing. Softness and harshness. Slow appearance and sudden appearance.  Paucity of symptoms and abundance of symptoms. Recurrent fever or no fever for a long time. Lack of reaction or severe reaction. Tired in morning, fresh in evening. Shyness or openness. Sharp or backward. Obedient or disobedient. Narcissistic or self-contempt. Pushing or escapist. Restless or tranquil. Artistic or dyslexic. Desire and aversion of food. A genius or a moron. Love of life or suicidal.

2. Alternation of symptoms from one side of the body to the other (as in Lac-c., Sep.).

3.          Constant change of symptoms.

4. Reaction to change of attitude: worse undressing (cough, skin) (as in Rumx.); worse talking or laughing (cough) (as in Phos); better after a short sleep (as in Phos).

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Ajit Kulkarni

Dr. Ajit Kulkarni - D.H.M.S.(Mumbai),Gold Medalist.D.I.Hom.(London)H.M.D.( U.K .). Dr. Kulkarni is a homoeopath, international teacher and Directorof the Homoeopathic Research Institute, Satara. He is an Assistant professor, Homoeopathic Medical College, Satara and Hon. Emeritus Professor for Post-gr. (M.D.) courses in Homoeopathy at Beed, Pune, Aurangabad, Anand, New Delhi. www.ajitkulkarni.com