- Source :- Vegetable Kingdom
- Common Name :- Saffron
- Family :- Iridaceae
- Prover :- Dr. Stapf
- Miasm :- Sycotic
- Temperament :- Hysterical
- Diathesis :- Hemorrhagic
- Thermal :- Chilly patient
- Duration of action :- Short acting
- Active Principle :- Crocin, Picrocrocin, Safranal
- Inimical to :- Not well defined
- Side affection :- More marked on left side
INTRODUCTION
- CROCUS SATIVUS is a remarkable remedy from the vegetable kingdom, known for its action on hemorrhages, hysteria, and choreic movements.
- It is especially indicated in cases where blood is dark, clotted, and stringy like pitch.
- Mind symptoms are very peculiar with hysterical laughter and extreme alternation of mood.
- Crocus is highly suitable for women with hormonal disturbances and functional nervous disorders.
GUIDING SYMPTOMS
- Bleeding from nose, uterus or other parts – blood is dark, black, stringy, forming long clots
- Hysterical behavior with rapid mood changes – from extreme laughing to crying
- Patient thinks there is a living thing or child moving in the abdomen (sensation of movement – keynote symptom)
- Very sensitive, excitable, and cheerful in one moment and weeping in another
- Jerking and twitching of muscles like in chorea
- Eyes feel pressed, stitches in eyes with black floating spots
- Metrorrhagia with black, stringy, thick blood with clots
- Menses too early, too profuse and dark clotted – worse from slightest motion
- Sensations of fluttering or trembling in chest and epigastrium
- Coldness of hands and feet with internal heat
- Pulse full, soft, and bounding – sometimes intermittent
- Strong craving for acidic things and stimulants
MIND / MENTAL SYMPTOMS / PSYCHOLOGY
- Extremely moody – alternate laughing and crying without cause
- Excessive cheerfulness followed by deep sadness
- Hysteria with sudden impulses – singing, dancing, laughing
- Thinks she is pregnant or has a child in her abdomen
- Delusion of pregnancy or something alive in abdomen
- Cannot concentrate, confused, dreamy state
- Impulsive tendency to kiss persons affectionately
- Loss of control, easily excited, very expressive emotionally
FEMALE COMPLAINTS
- Metrorrhagia or Menorrhagia with dark stringy blood
- Sensation as if something alive is moving in uterus
- Menses too early, profuse, long lasting with large clots
- Leucorrhoea thick, stringy, blackish or blood-streaked
- Ovarian pain with hysterical symptoms
- Useful in uterine fibroids with hemorrhagic tendency
HEMORRHAGIC TENDENCIES
- Bleeding from any part – but especially uterus, nose, or rectum
- Blood is always black, stringy and forms long clots
- Bleeding is passive in nature – no pain, just flow of black thick blood
SKIN
- Itching with formication – sensation like something crawling under skin
- Eruptions that bleed easily with dark clotted blood
- Bruised feeling and ecchymosis
EYE SYMPTOMS
- Sensation as if pressing or stitching pain in the eyes
- Black floating spots before eyes (Muscae volitantes)
- Eyes feel heavy, bruised, and fatigued – especially after using them
- Violent itching and burning in eyes, especially at night
- Inflammation of eyelids with smarting and dryness
- Photophobia with watering eyes
- Feeling as if sand is in the eyes
- Pupils dilated, vision dim or clouded at times
- Jerking of eyelids or twitching around eyes in choreic conditions
- Bloodshot eyes in connection with hemorrhagic states
- Particularly useful in eye troubles associated with uterine problems or emotional disturbances.
- Indicated when there is eye strain due to excitement, overexertion, or hormonal imbalance.
MEMORIZING TIPS (Mnemonic – C.R.O.C.U.S.)
- C – Clotted, stringy, black blood from uterus or nose
- R – Rapid mood changes – laughing to crying
- O – "Object" alive in abdomen sensation
- C – Chorea-like jerking and twitching of muscles
- U – Uterine hemorrhage with large black clots
- S – Sanguine temperament – affectionate, impulsive, hysterical
NOTE-
- CROCUS SATIVUS is a beautiful remedy for cases of emotional instability, uterine hemorrhage, chorea, and hysterical tendencies.
- Particularly suited for young girls or women with hormonal imbalances and emotional swings.
- Its hallmark symptom – "sensation of something living moving in abdomen" makes it a standout remedy in many gynecological and nervous conditions.
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MATERIA MEDICA