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KREOSOTUM

Beech kreosote

Clinical Picture:
Children arVe old looking, wrinkled (Abrotanum); scrofulous or psoric affections; rapid emaciation (lodium); post-climacteric diseases of women (Lachesis).
Hemorrhagic diathesis; small wounds bleed freely (Crotalus cascavella, Lachesis, Phosphorus).
Itching so violent towards evening as to drive one crazy (itching, without eruption: Dolichos).
Children arVe old looking, wrinkled (Abrotanum); scrofulous or psoric affections; rapid emaciation (lodium); post-climacteric diseases of women (Lachesis).
Hemorrhagic diathesis; small wounds bleed freely (Crotalus cascavella, Lachesis, Phosphorus).
Itching so violent towards evening as to drive one crazy (itching, without eruption: Dolichos).

Modalities:
Worse:

In the open air.
Cold weather.
When exposed to cold.
From washing or bathing with cold water.
Especially when lying down.
Better:
Generally better from warmth.
Warm food.
Motion.

Relations:
Kreosotum is followed well by Arsenicum album, Phosphorus, Sulphur in diseases with a malignant tendency. Carbo vegetabilis and Kreosotum are inimical.

Summary of Indications:
Skin and gum diseases - menstrual disorders - incontinence of urine.

Antidotes:
Aconitum napeilus
Nux vomica