• General action on thickening of the skin and epithelium.

• It affects principally female organs.

• It acts on the nails and bones.

• General sensation of rawness and soreness.

• Suited to individuals with a tendency to skin affections and eruptions.

• Marked periodicity in symptoms.

• Often indicated in conditions with slow and chronic development.

• Symptoms tend to develop gradually.

• A constitution that is often chilly.

• General aggravation from suppressed eruptions.

• A history of skin disorders that have been treated with suppressive medications.

• Irritability and peevishness.

• Anxiety, especially about health.

• Depression, with a feeling of hopelessness.

• Aversion to mental work.

• Easily discouraged.

• Forgetfulness; difficulty concentrating.

• Restlessness, with a desire to move about, yet lacking energy.

• Apprehension, a sense of impending doom.

• It feels overwhelmed by responsibilities.

• Difficulty making decisions.

• Mental dullness, sluggish thinking.

• Easily startled by noise.

• Tendency to dwell on past events.

• Low self-esteem.

• Brooding and pessimistic outlook.

• Easily angered, but quickly regrets it.

• Hypochondriacal tendencies.

• Headache, often located in the forehead, accompanied by a feeling of pressure.

• Vertigo, with a tendency to fall to the left.

• Scalp feels tight and drawn.

• Inflammation of the eyes, with redness and burning.

• Photophobia.

• Dimness of vision.

• Itching in the ears.

• Dryness of the nasal passages.

• Sore throat with a raw, burning sensation.

• Sensation of a lump in the throat.

• Hawking up of mucus from the throat.

• Ears feel stopped up.

• Ringing in the ears (tinnitus).

• Nosebleeds, especially in the morning.

• Cracks at the corners of the mouth.

• Tongue feels coated.

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• Cough, dry and hacking, worse at night.

• Oppression of the chest.

• Palpitations, especially when lying down.

• Pressure and soreness in the chest.

• Shortness of breath on exertion.

• Sensation of tightness around the heart.

• Cough is aggravated by cold air.

• Wheezing.

• Sensation of suffocation upon waking.

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• Loss of appetite.

• Nausea.

• Abdominal distension.

• Constipation, with hard, dry stools.

• Frequent belching.

• Heartburn.

• Desire for sour foods.

• Aversion to fats.

• Rumbling in the abdomen.

• Sensation of fullness after eating a small amount.

• Hemorrhoids, painful and bleeding.

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• Frequent urination, with burning.

• Urine is dark and scanty.

• Involuntary urination, especially at night.

• Female: Violent itching in breasts.

• Female: Areola reddened.

• Female: Cracked and ulcerated nipples.

• Female: Pain in the uterus.

• Female: Leucorrhea, thick and yellow.

• Female: Menstrual irregularities.

• Female: Menses are too early and profuse.

• Female: Painful periods (dysmenorrhea).

• Female: Prolapse of the uterus.

• Male: Swelling of the prostate.

• Male: Reduced sexual desire.

• Male: Impotence.

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• Castor Equi is prepared from the rudimentary thumbnail of the horse, found on the inner side of the leg above the fetlock. The remedy appears to have an affinity for the sexual organs, limbs, and digestive system.

• Irritability and restlessness may be present.

• May exhibit a sense of being overwhelmed or burdened.

• Possible anxiety related to health or specific body parts.

• Pain in right tibia and coccyx.

• Pain in the joints, especially the knees.

• Weakness and trembling of the limbs.

• Stiffness of the joints, especially in the morning.

• Pain in the back, worse from sitting.

• Sciatica, pain radiating down the leg.

• Cramps in the legs at night.

• Swelling of the joints.

• Gout-like pains in the feet.

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• Psoriasis linguae.

• Warts on forehead.

• Warts on breast.

• Chapped hands.

• Dry, scaly skin.

• Eruptions that are itchy and burning.

• Thickening of the skin.

• Brittle nails.

• Thickened nails.

• Pain under the nails.

• Itching that is worse from scratching.

• Eruptions that ooze a sticky fluid.

• Urticaria (hives).

• Insomnia, difficulty falling asleep.

• Restless sleep.

• Dreams that are vivid and disturbing.

• Dreams of falling.

• Sleep is unrefreshing.

• Night sweats.

• Cold weather, Damp weather, Night, Rest, Pressure.

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• Before menses.

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• Motion, pressure, specific times of day.

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• Warmth, Motion, Open air.

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• From bathing in warm water.

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• From gentle pressure.

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• Complementary remedies: Calcarea carbonica, Sulphur, Graphites.

• Antidotes: Camphor.

• Comparisons: Petroleum, Sepia, Silicea.

• Consider also: Hepar Sulphuris Calcareum, Thuja Occidentalis.

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• Rest, open air, warmth (potentially).

• Pain in the limbs, potentially worse with motion.

• Weakness or fatigue in the legs.

• Possible skin eruptions or scaling on the limbs.

• Alteration in bowel habits, such as diarrhea or constipation.

• Offensive stools.

• Possible rectal irritation or itching.

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• Disorders of the male or female sexual organs.

• Possible issues related to libido.

• Irregular menses in females.

• Head

• Headaches.

• Skin

• Skin eruptions with scales.

• Debility:

• General weakness.