Secale Cornutum

Introduction of secale cor

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Common name :

• Spurred rye (1) 

Synonyms :

• Ergot of rye (1) 

Family / Group / Class / Order:

• A fungus (1) 

Habit and habitat / Description:

• Ergot is found in all countries where the plants grow which may be ergotized.  
• It was imported into this country from Germany, France and America.  
• Mature ergot is violet-black in colour and scarcely has any filaments and sporadia.  
• Their form is cylindrical or obscurely triangular with obtuse angles, tapering at the extremities (fusiform), curved like the spur of the cock, unequally furrowed on two sides, often irregularly cracked and fissured.  
• The grains are externally purplish-brown or black, more or less covered by bloom, moderately brittle. (1)

Name of prover : 

• Dr H.C. Allen (1) 

Introduction and history :

• Rye and grasses are apt to be affected with the ergot disease during damp season and when growing around, ill-drained lands.
• If pregnant cows are turned on pastures where infected grasses grow, they are liable to drop their calves.
• Ergot has been known to hasten childbirth from remote Times. (1) 

Parts used :

• Mature ergot is gathered before the grain is harvested, and the first three and higher potencies are generally made by trituration and attenuation. (1)

Constitution of Secale Cornutum

Physical make up of Secale Cornutum :

• Suits women of thin, scrawny, feeble, cachectic appearance who are irritable, have a nervous temperament with a pale, sunken countenance. Also suited to very old, decrepit, feeble persons. (1) 

Temperament of Secale Cornutum:

Irritable and nervous (1) 

Diathesis of Secale Cornutum:

Haemorrhagic (1) 

Relation with heat & cold of Secale Cornutum :

Hot (1) 

Miasm of Secale Cornutum :

Psora (1) 

Clinical conditions of Secale Cornutum

In Homeopathy Secale Cor medicine use by Homeopathic Doctors in treatment of During labour or uterine haemorrhage, it is extremely dangerous when there is albuminuria, it may bring on convulsions.  Puerperal metritis (Dr. Allen). Claudication, Cholera, Diarrhoea, Ecchymosis, Gangrene, Haemorrhages, Miscarriage, Raynaud’s syndrome, Seizure disorder, Ulcerations, Varices. (2) 

Sites of action / Pharmacodynamics

It acts upon female genital organs, blood vessels, capillaries, skin, stomach, gastrointestinal tract, mind, breasts, uterine muscles and cerebrospinal nervous system. (1)

Causation of Secale Cornutum (Causes / Ailments from)

Abortion, childbirth, haemorrhages, miscarriage, wounds, suppression of tears, lochia, milk, sweat. (1) 

Physiological action of Secale Cornutum

1) Heart:  

i) Inhibitory paralysis. 

ii) Lessened pulsations.

2) Circulation:  

i) Tonic arterial contraction

ii) Veins dilated.

3) Temperature:  

i) Greatly lowered 

ii) Sometimes 5 degrees,

4) Uterus:  

i) Abortifacient

ii) Violent tetanic contraction from arterial anaemia and venous hyeraemia.

iii) Death of foetus from uterine tetanus. 

5) Stomach:  

i) Violent emesis 

ii) Haematemesis.

6) Intestines:  

i) Increased peristaltic movements.

ii) Watery diarrhoea.

7) Sphincter muscles:

All paralysed 

8) C. N. S.:  

i) Formication 

ii) Muscular cramps. 

iii) Epilepsy. 

9) Eyes:  

i) Pupils dilated

ii) Amaurosis from anaemia (4)

Patho-physiological changes / Pathogenesis of Secale Cornutum

1. • It produces contraction of the unstripped muscular fibres, hence there is a constringent feeling throughout the whole body.
   • This produces an anaemic condition, coldness, numbness, petechiae, mortification and gangrene.
   • Secale decreases the flow of pancreatic juice by raising the blood pressure. (1)

Characteristic mental symptoms of Secale Cornutum (psychology)

• Weakness of mind after spasm or exhausting sex.
• Madness, with an inclination to bite or drown himself.
• There is mania, fear or depressed fear. Specially indicated for puerperal mania; exposes the body, tears at genitals, inserts her finger into the vagina and scratches until it bleeds; all idea of modesty lost.
• Patient laughs, claps her hand over her head; seems besides herself. (1)

Guiding symptoms of Secale Cor

S-Skin feels cold to the touch yet can riot tolerate covering. 

E-Enuresis of old people,  

C-Craves acids and lemonades 

A-Adapted to haemorrhagic diathesis 

L-Leucorrhoea: B-Brown, O-Offensive, G-Green 

E-Everything seems loose and open but no expulsive action. 

C-Cachetic, scrawny, thin, feeble appearance. 

O-Old, decrepit persons.  

R-Ravenous appetite: even with exhausting diarrhoea. (5)

1.Generalities of Secale Cornutum

• Produces contraction of the unstriped muscular fibers; hence a constringent feeling throughout the whole body.  
• This produces an anaemic condition, coldness, numbness, petechiae, mortification, gangrene.  
• A useful remedy for old people with shriveled skin- thin, scrawny old women.  
• All the Secale conditions are BETTER FROM COLD; the whole body is pervaded by a sense of great heat.  
• Haemorrhages; continued oozing; THIN, fetid, watery black blood. 
• DEBILITY, ANXIETY, EMACIATION, THOUGH APPETITE AND THIRST MAY BE EXCESSIVE. 
• Facial and abdominal muscles twitch.
• Secale decreases the flow of pancreatic juice by raising the blood pressure. (7) 

2.Head of Secale Cor

• Feels light or heavy with tingling in legs. Twisting of head to and fro. Falling of hair. (8) 

3.Eye of Secale Cor

• Sparks before the eyes.  
• Incipient cataract esp. in women.  
• Sunken; surrounded by blue rings.  
• Paralysis of upper lid; from coal gas.  
• Tears suppressed.  
• Double or triple vision.  
• Blindness.  
• Diabetic retinitis. (8) 

4.Ears of Secale Cor

• Hardness of hearing, after cholera. (8) 

5.Nose of Secale Cor

• Bleeds persistently; blood; dark; with great prostration, in old people, drunkards or young women. (8)

6.Face of Secale Cor

• Distorted or sunken, pale, pinched.  
• Wild look.  
• Tingling or twitching in face; which spreads all over the body.  
• Lock-jaw. (8) 

7.Mouth of Secale Cor

• Tongue; dry, cracked, exudes blood inky black; stiff, with tingling at tip; feels paralyzed; stuttering indistinct speech. (8) 

8.Throat of Secale Cor

• Painful tingling; burning.  
• Post diphtheritic paralysis. (8) 

9.Stomach of Secale Cor

• Thirst; unquenchable.  
• Unnatural ravenous appetite; craves sour things and lemonade.  
• Vomiting; of dark brown, coffee-ground fluid.  
• Empty retchings.  
• Burning.  
• Nausea, easy vomiting.  
• Haematemesis. (8) 

10.Abdomen of Secale Cor

• Excessively inflated and tight; wants uncovered.  
• Empty feeling in hypogastrium; or bearing down; must lie doubled up in bed.  
• Gushing, offensive; painless, watery, olive-green or bloody stools; with collapse; icy coldness and intolerance of being covered.  
• Anus feels loose, and wide open; faeces pass involuntarily.  
• Twitching of abdominal muscles.  
• Formation of large lumps and swelling in abdomen. (8) 

11.Rectum & Anus of Secale Cor

• Paralysis of rectum and anus. 
• Anus wide open. (9) 

12.Stool of Secale Cor

• Cholera-like stools, with coldness and cramps.  
• OLIVE-GREEN, THIN, PUTRID, BLOODY, WITH ICY COLDNESS AND INTOLERANCE OF BEING COVERED, WITH GREAT EXHAUSTION. INVOLUNTARY STOOLS; no sensation of passing faeces, anus wide open. (7) 

13.Urinary Organ of Secale Cor

• Enuresis in old people.  
• Bloody urine, white cheesy deposit.  
• Urine; suppressed, pale, watery.  
• Retention, with unsuccessful urging. (8) 

14.Sexual Organ of Secale Cor

FEMALE,  

• Menses; irregular, copious, dark, continuous oozing of watery, foetid, blood; until next period, Inert uterus, or bearing down with coldness. 
• Contracted uterus; hour-glass contraction.  
• Brownish, offensive, continuous, leucorrhoea.  
• Threatened abortion; at the third month.  
• Dark, offensive, green lochia.
• Septic placenta.  
• Metritis.  
• Gangrene of female organs.  
• Severe after-pains.  
• Suppression of milk, with stinging in mammae.  
• Never well since abortion.  
• Vagina hot or cool.  
• Puerperal fever.  
• Prolapsus uterus after forceps delivery. (8) 

15.Respiratory System of Secale Cor

• Pains through chest, on pressing spine.  
• Burning in lungs. (8) 

16.Heart & Pulse of Secale Cor

• Palpitation of heart after sexual excess; in males.  
• Pulse intermittent. (8) 

17.Neck & Back of Secale Cor

• Tingling in back extending to fingers and toes.
• Pressure on affected portion causes pain there as well as through the chest.
• Myelitis. (8) 

18.Extremities of Secale Cor

• Limbs cold.  
• Bluish fingers and toes.  
• Cramps in hands; legs and feet.  
• Fingers spread apart, bent backwards or clenched, look water soaked. Fingers feel fuzzy; of smokers.  
• Cramps in calves.  
• Trembling, staggering or shuffling gait, as if feet were dragged along. 
• Toes drawn up.  
• Locomotor ataxia.  
• Paraplegia.  
• Hands and feet cold and dry, of smokers. (8) 

19.Skin of Secale Cor

• Boils with green pus; matures slowly.  
• Bloody blisters.  
• Skin cold, dry, wrinkled or bluish; Agg. over affected part.  
• Raynaud’s disease. 
• Oedema neonatorum. 
• Ulcers, foul, indolent; varicose. 
• Twitchings or quivering in skin. 
• Formication under the skin. (8)

20.Sleep of Secale Cor

• Insomnia of drug and liquor habitues.  
• Deep, lethargic. (8) 

21.Fever of Secale Cor

• • INTERNAL BURNING; WITH ICY COLDNESS EXTERNALLY, YET AVERSE To BEING COVERED worse abdomen.  
  • Heat as of sparks.  
  • Erysipelas.  
  • Cold or foul sweat destroys shoes. (8) 

Keynotes / Redline of Secale Cor

• Skin feels cold to touch but patient feels burning heat and cannot tolerate covers > cold < heat. 
• Haemorrhagic diathesis, continuous passive oozing of black, watery blood.
• Burning all over the body as if fine sparks were falling on the patient.
• Appearance is thin, emaciated, hippocratic face like a dead man. (2)
   

Guiding of Secale Cor

• Haemorrhage:PASSIVE, VENOUS, DARK, OOZING BLOOD (Ham) 
• Adaptable to thin, scrawny cachectic appearance, pale and sunken countenance, lax musculature. Weak people with shrivelled skin 
• BURNING PAIN > COLD APPLICATION 
• Paralysis. Convulsions 
• Burning of all parts as if sparks of fire were falling on parts, worse from heat. 
• Craving for acids, sour and lemonades. 
• Headache with nose bleed (dark oozing). 
• Vomiting of blood and coffee-grounds fluid. 
• Bladder-Paralysis of bladder. Retention. 
• Female Genitalia-CONTINUOUS, PASSIVE HAEMORRHAGE OF DARK, THIN BLOOD. 

 PQRS of Secale Cor

• The skin feels cold to touch, yet the patient cannot tolerate covering (Camph): icy coldness of extremities 
• Everything seems loose and open; no action; very lax muscular fibre.
• The slightest wound causes bleeding for weeks (Lach., Phos). 
• Un-natural, ravenous appetite; even with exhausting diarrhoea; craves lemonade. 
• Enuresis of old people.
• During labor pains irregular, too weak, feeble or ceasing everything seems loose and but no expulsive action. (6)

Confirmatory of Secale Cor

• Warm blooded, skin cold to touch < heat > debility.  
• Gangrenous conditions. (2)

Nucleus symptom of Secale Cor

• Sec cor acts on circulation. Used for circulatory imbalance, including states of gangrene. Controls haemorrhage by constricting capillaries.
• Purplish spots on withered skin.  
• Parts cold to touch but amelioration from cold and cannot bear external heat. (2)

Therapeutic value of Secale Cor

Abortion, After pains, Bladder affections, Boils, Carbuncles, Cholera, Convulsions, Cramps, Diabetes, Diarrhoea, Epilepsy, Gangrene, Glandular affections, Haemorrhages, Heart affections, Labour, Leucorrhoea, Liver troubles, Menstrual disorders, Miscarriage, Neuralgia, Numbness, Paralysis, Pregnancy disorders, Skin affections, Spinal irritation, Ulcers, Uterine troubles, etc. (1) 

Modalities of Secale Cor

Aggravation of Secale Cor:

By heat, warm coverings, warm drinks, after eating and from touching. 

Amelioration of Secale Cor:

In the open air, getting cold, uncovering, exposing the affected parts, rubbing, wants to be fanned, cold application and open air. (1) 

Remedy Relationship of Secale Cor

Complimentary Symptoms of Secale Cor

• Asaf. (chorea), Aur-m. (sclerosis, r. heart), Both. (blood symptoms), Chin. (diarrhoea), Lol-t. (nerve symptoms), Nat-m.,Thuj. (10) 

Follows Well to Secale Cor

• Acon, Bell, Chin, Merc, Puls. (1)

Antidoted By Secale Cor

• Camph, Op. (1) 

of Secale Cor Antidotes

• Solan-n (11) 

Comparison with of Secale Cor

• Acon, Agar, Apis, Ars, Bar-c, Bell, Bov, Calc, Camph, Caul, Cinch, Cinnam, Colch, Con, Croto-t, Ergot, Erig, Ferr, Ferr-p, Goss, Ham, Iod, Kali-bi, Lach, Lap-a, Lath, Lil-t, Lyc, Mitch, Phos, Plb, Puls, Sabin, Samb, Scut, Sep, Sulph, Thyr, Tril, Ust, Verat, Vib. (2) 

Dose of Secale Cor

Potency

• Dose- As per Physician’s Advice 

          Potency- 3x to 200 (1)

Duration of action

• 20-30 days 

Reference of Secale Cornutum

1. Materia Medica by Dr. J. D. Patil > chap. Secale cor
2. Zomeo Lane > Materia medica > Keynotes > chap. Secale cor
3. Synoptic Memorizer of Materia Medica by Dr. Subrata Kumar Banerjee Vol.1. > Chap.2 > Secale Cor
4. Synoptic Memorizer of Materia Medica by Dr. Subrata Kumar Banerjee Vol. 1. > Chap. 4> Secale cor.

5.  Synoptic Memorizer of Materia Medica by Dr. Subrata Kumar Banerjee Vol. 2. > Part. 2> Secale cor.

6. Synoptic Memorizer of Materia Medica by Dr. Subrata Kumar Banerjee Vol. 1. > Chap. 3> Secale cor.
7. Materia Medica by Boericke W.> Secale cor.
8. Concise Materia Medica Of Hom. Remedies By S.R. Phatak > Secale cor.
9. Dictionary Of Practical Materia Medica (All 3 Vol.) By Clarke J. H.> Secale cor.
10. A Select Homoeopathic Materia Medica (Part 1) By Tarkas P. And Ajit Kulkarni.> Secale cor.

11. A Synoptic Key of the Materia Medica by Cyrus Maxwell Boger> Secale cor.

12. Encyclopedia Of Pure Materia Medica, Vol.8 By Allen T.F.> Secale Cor.

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