Curare
Remedy of muscular paralysis and weakness. Paralysis of respiratory muscles. Extreme muscular weakness — cannot hold head up. Diabetes with muscular weakness. Catalepsy. Reflex action lost.
Source
Prepared from curare, the arrow poison of South American indigenous peoples, derived from Strychnos toxifera and other plants.
Available Potencies
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Keynote Symptoms
Muscular paralysis — the chief action. Weakness of all voluntary muscles. Cannot hold head up. Respiratory paralysis threatening suffocation. Paralysis ascending from extremities. Diabetes with great muscular weakness. Catalepsy — rigid immobility. Loss of reflex action. Facial paralysis (Bell's palsy).
Mind & Emotional Symptoms
Dull from weakness. Cannot think. Mind clear but body paralyzed.
General Symptoms
Muscular weakness and paralysis. Worse from damp, cold, 2 AM, right side. Better from warmth.
Physical Symptoms
Head
Cannot hold head up — muscles too weak. Headache with weakness.
Face
Bell's palsy. Facial paralysis — cannot close eye, mouth droops.
Respiratory
Paralysis of respiratory muscles — threatening suffocation. Shallow, weak breathing. Must be artificially ventilated.
Extremities
Extreme muscular weakness. Paralysis ascending. Cannot grip. Arms heavy. Legs give way. Reflexes abolished.
Urinary
Diabetes with muscular weakness. Copious urine.
Modalities
Better From
Warmth
Worse From
Damp, cold, 2 AM, right side, exertion
Constitutional Type
Not constitutional. Used for muscular paralysis conditions.
Clinical Indications
Muscular paralysis, Bell's palsy, respiratory paralysis, diabetes with weakness, catalepsy, loss of reflexes
Comparative Materia Medica
Gelsemium has paralysis with trembling and drowsiness. Conium has ascending paralysis but with glandular induration. Causticum has progressive paralysis with stiffness. Plumbum has paralysis with wrist drop.
Safety Information
Physostigma (physiological).
Curare contains tubocurarine — a powerful neuromuscular blocker. Causes complete paralysis of voluntary muscles including respiration. Fatal without ventilatory support. Used medically as an anesthetic adjunct. Use ONLY potentised forms.
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