Condurango
Remedy for strictures and cancerous conditions, especially of the esophagus and stomach. Painful cracks at corners of mouth. Chronic gastric catarrh. Epithelioma. Useful in painful esophageal conditions.
Source
Tincture of the bark of Marsdenia condurango (Asclepiadaceae).
Available Potencies
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Keynote Symptoms
Stricture of esophagus with pain on swallowing. Cancerous conditions of stomach and esophagus (palliative). Painful cracks and fissures at corners of mouth. Chronic gastric catarrh. Constant burning pain behind sternum. Sensation of constriction.
Mind & Emotional Symptoms
Anxious. Depressed. Indifference. Fear of disease.
General Symptoms
Acts on alimentary canal, especially esophagus and stomach. Tendency to stricture and constriction. Cancerous diathesis. Painful cracks at mucocutaneous junctions. Burning behind sternum. Chronic ulcerative conditions. Epithelioma.
Physical Symptoms
Mouth
Painful cracks at corners of mouth. Ulceration of lips. Fissures that bleed.
Throat
Stricture of esophagus. Difficulty swallowing. Burning behind sternum. Sensation of food sticking.
Stomach
Chronic gastric catarrh. Constant burning. Vomiting of food. Cancer of stomach (palliative). Epigastric pain after eating.
Skin
Epithelioma. Cancerous ulcers. Lupoid conditions. Cracks at mucocutaneous junctions.
Modalities
Better From
Warm drinks. Milk.
Worse From
Eating solid food. Night. Cold.
Constitutional Type
Not strongly constitutional. Used primarily in cancerous diathesis and chronic gastric conditions. Persons with tendency to strictures and constriction of hollow organs.
Clinical Indications
Esophageal cancer (palliative). Gastric cancer (palliative). Esophageal stricture. Chronic gastric catarrh. Fissured lips and corners of mouth. Epithelioma.
Comparative Materia Medica
Compare Arsenicum album (burning pains with restlessness in cancer), Hydrastis (stomach cancer with ropy mucus), Ornithogalum (gastric cancer with pyloric obstruction). Condurango is specific for esophageal conditions with stricture and painful fissures at lip corners.
Safety Information
No well-established antidotes.
Condurango bark contains condurangin glycosides. In material doses, large amounts may cause vomiting and convulsions. Mother tincture in therapeutic doses is generally well tolerated and has been used as a bitter tonic and appetite stimulant.
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