Caltha palustris
Plant · Ranunculaceae
Caltha Palustris is an unproved remedy with irritant and possibly anti-neoplastic properties, related to other Ranunculaceae. It is primarily indicated in pemphigus (blistering skin disease) and has been used empirically in uterine cancer. Its skin symptoms feature bullae with surrounding rings and intense itching.
Key symptoms
- Pemphigus with bullae surrounded by a ring and much itching
- Bullae transforming into crusts by the third day
- Uterine cancer
- Face much swollen, especially around the eyes
- Itching eruption on thighs and pustules
- Anasarca (generalized oedema)
Cowslip
Pain in abdomen, vomiting, headache, singing in ears, dysuria and diarrhœa. Anasarca.
Skin
Pemphigus. Bullæ are surrounded by a ring. Much itching. Face much swollen, especially around the eyes. Itching eruption on thighs. Pustules. Uterine cancer.
Dose
Tincture.
Marsh Marigold. N. O. Ranunculaceæ. Tincture of fresh shoots and flowers.
Clinical
Cancer. Pemphigus.
Characteristics
This is an unproved remedy, but it has irritant properties like the other Ranunculaceæ. Hansen gives as indications: "Pemphigus; bullæ are surrounded by a ring, much itching. On the third day they are transformed into crusts." Cooper has used it with excellent effect in a case of uterine cancer, giving single doses of the Ø tincture at long intervals.
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