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Croton Tiglium

Croton Oil Seed, Purging Croton

Potencies: 6C, 30C, 200C, 1M, 10M
Thermal: Chilly
Miasm: Psora
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About

Croton Tiglium is a powerful homeopathic remedy primarily known for its drastic action on the gastrointestinal tract and skin. It is a leading medicine for severe, gushing diarrhea and intense skin eruptions with violent itching. Its symptoms are characteristically sudden and violent in their onset.

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Keynotes

All discharges are sudden and forcible; diarrhea drives him out of bed. Skin symptoms alternate with internal complaints. Itching is so violent that scratching causes bleeding, but is not relieved by it.

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Constitution

Often suited to children and elderly with weak digestion and violent skin or bowel symptoms.

🤒Symptoms Profile

General Symptoms

Sudden, gushing diarrhea, violent skin itching, eruptions with tiny vesicles, headache over left eye, nausea from sight or smell of food, cough with diarrhea

Mental Symptoms

Irritable, anxious, hurried feeling. Dread of work. Mental symptoms are often overshadowed by the violent physical suffering.

Physical Symptoms

Explosive, watery, yellow diarrhea provoked by eating or drinking. Intense itching of skin, especially scalp, face, and genitals, with vesicles. Cough that provokes diarrhea. Pain over left eye.

Uses

Acute gastroenteritis with forceful diarrhea, summer diarrhea, choleraic conditions, eczema, herpes, and skin eruptions with intense itching and vesication.

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Modalities

Worse: From eating or drinking, slightest touch, summer. Better: From rest, lying on abdomen.

💊Dosage Information

Available Potencies

6C, 30C, 200C, 1M, 10M

Recommended Dosage

Lower potencies (6C to 30C) are commonly used for acute conditions. A single dose is often sufficient; repeat only upon clear return of symptoms.

🔗Relationships & Affinities

🫀 Organ Affinity

Gastrointestinal tract (especially intestines), Skin, Mucous membranes.

🤝 Complementary

Sulphur, Arsenicum album

🛡️ Antidotes

Camphor, Nux vomica

⚠️Important Cautions

Use with caution in debilitated patients. Do not confuse with the crude, highly toxic croton oil. Use only in homeopathic potencies.

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