# Carcinosinum

## Remedy Classification
- **Type:** Homeopathic Remedy
- **Miasm:** Tubercular Miasm
- **Temperament:** Hot
- **Aggravation Time:** Morning

## Keynote Indications
A nosode prepared from breast cancer by Foubister. Carcinosin acts favorably and modifies 
all cases in which either a history of cancer can be elicited or symptoms of the disease itself exist.  
Care, can be used as an intercurrent remedy. Indicated in constantly changing symptoms and states. 
Contradictory and alternating states. Many symptoms similar to AIDS, periodic high fevers, swollen glands, 
emaciation, chronic severe insomnia, diarrhea. 
Cancers. Tumors, benign, cystic, fibroids. Lipoma. Cancerous affections, hereditary, breast cancer. Cancer 
of the breast glands with great pain. Induration of the uterus and cervix. History of cancer in the Family; - 
Keloids. Prevents keloid formation. Polyps. 
Cancerous cachexia, emaciation. Emacia tion from cancer or progressive muscular disease. Hodgkin's 
disease, lymphogranulomatosis. Osteitis, chronic osteomyelitis. Brittle bones (Calc-p.). 
Childhood diseases too severe, absent or too late. Child's development is arrested. Dwarfishness. 
 
 
Malformations, mongolism. Down's syndrome. 
Hemophilia. Hemorrhages from orifices of the body. Pernicious anemia or family history. Thallasemia. 
Ailments from blood transfusions. Retinal hemorrhage. Veins are prominent all over body. Varicose veins.  
Chronicfatigue. Excessive weariness and fatigue.  Low blood sugar, causing fatigue, revived from sleep. 
Trembling in morning on waking. Chronic insomnia from no apparent cause (Coff.). 
Complaints due to anticipation. Antidotes the ill effects of vaccinations (Thuj., Sil.).  
Tendency to inflammation. Inflammation of joints, rheumatoid arthritis. Rheumatism. Physical exertion, 
aggravates or ameliorates. Pains, constricting, throbbing internally. Of fensive discharges, hemorrhages and 
pain. Discharges, acrid, thick. 
Mononucleosis, never well since. Pneumonia, never well since. Tuberculosis, prophylaxis, hereditary. 
Sycosis. Syphilis. Glandular fever. Glands are enlarged, tubercular, open. Multiple allergies. Allergy to foods, 
and chemicals. 
Diabetes insipidus. Diabetes mellitus, hereditary. Indigestion, accumulation of gas in stomach and bowels. 
Worms. Obesity. 
Phobias. Sea-bathing aggravates. Aversion to bathing or washing. Hot flashes of menopause with perspiration. 
Good health before the paroxysms. Annual periodicity. Symptoms on one side or alternating sides (Lac-c.).
COMMENTS - Phatak stated “A nosode prep ared from Carcinoma is claimed to act favorably, modifying the 
cases in which there is a history of carcinoma or the disease itself exists. Can be used as an intercurrent 
remedy along with indicated.” 
Clarke used it more frequently than any other as a miasmatic remedy. Clarke had met with a suicidal tendency 
in several cancer patients, the cancer nosodes may be appropriate in mental cases, especially where the 
heredity points that way. 
Burnett had a number of different cancer preparations and followed his i nstincts large ly in their use and 
selection. He used Care, in treating depraved inherited conditions in children, such as infantile self-abuse, with 
good effects, which Clarke later confirmed. 
Kent used Care, for cases of incurable cancer with sharp, burning,' tearing pains. He claimed it would palliate 
the cancer for years, although it would not cure it. 
Foubister studied 200 pregnant women who had cancer and, later, their children. The children had a tendency 
to birthmarks and to blue sclera, a blue spot  in the white of the eye, or blue shading in the white of their eye. 
Useful fro deep pigmentations, strawberry angioma. Can prevent keloids.There can be a cancer miasm if 
cancer is on one or both sides of the family. Useful for children with multiple miasms. Indicated remedies don't 
work, or there isa short ame lioration and needs repeating, with a strong history of cancer, diabetes, 
tuberculosis or gonorrhea. 
Etiology can include trauma, frights, grief, physical injuries, vaccinations and attacks on the immune system. 
Hormone use. Grimmer thought that cancer came from living or thinking wrongly. 
Foubister made an observation that people who lived under severe fear for long periods of time often needed 
this remedy. Sexual abuse and abusive relationships, particularly if it leads to suppressed emotions. Chronic 
insomnia. Phobias. Glandular fever, mononucleosis and chronic fatigue. 
Down's syndrome. History of severe acute infections in the child, especially whooping cough and pneumonia, 
and the child never totally recovered. Asthma in children, worse from vaccinations. Antidotes the ill effects of 
vaccinations (Thuj.). Worms. 
Similar to many polycrest remedies. Better from naps (Phos.). Better or worse by the seashore. Better dancing 
(Sep.). Craves cold drin ks (Phos.). Moles, birthmarks and freckles (Thuj.). Fastidiousness (Ars.). Enjoys 
thunderstorms (Sep.).
Temperature - High fevers of unknown origin. Influenza, constantly relapsing, never well since. Acute or 
chronic mono nucleosis. Recurrent h istory of glandular fever. Rheumatic fever in childhood. Fever after 
vaccinations. Flatulence. Inguinal, hernia in children. Chronic, ulcerative colitis. Burning pains like fire in the 
ascending colon. Right iliac region painful. Con strictive pain, better bending. Cramping pain, better bending 
double. Pains, worse 
from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m., better pressure and bending forward, hot drinks. Capricious, changeable appetite. Ravenous or warning appetite. Desires chocolate, coffee, sweets, 
sugar, fat, eggs, butter, cheese, cream, milk, ham far. bacon, and smoked meat. Desires raw potatoes and 
onions, garlic, vinegar, fruit, soup, salt and pepper, spicy foods, farinaceous food, food that makes him vont 
Aversion to soup, sweets, fat. butter, eggs, ice cream, nch foods, alcoholic drinks, coffee, meat, sally food, and 
fruit. Aggravated from alcoholic drinks, wine, coffee, milk, eggs. fat. meat, fruit, rich food, salty things, sweets. 
Thirst for large quantities Desirescold drinks, cold milk, warm drinks, alcoholic drinks, wine.

## Modalities (Aggravations / Ameliorations)
Better from open air. Better during thunderstor m.* Worse from warm room. Worse weather 
extremes. Worse air at seashore. Worse full or new moon. Approach! ng storms can either ameliorate or 
aggravate.

## Symptoms by System

### Mind
- Passionate people who over-extend themselves.
- Sympathetic.Desires dancingand music.
- Desire 
for traveL  Restless, feel hur ried.
- Bored easily.
- Difficult concentration.
- Autism.
- Mental retardation.
- Hyperactivity.
- Attention deficit syndrome.
- Fastidious.
- Obsessive-compulsive disorder.
- Anxiety of what might happen.
- Fears of the unknown, death, dark, or being alone.
- Fears of failure , of exams, 
heights, crowds.
- Fear of not being able to accomplish their goals.
- Chronic nightmares and night terrors.
- Fear 
of getting cancer  or that they have cancer.
- Fear that they have an incurable disease.
- Worry about health.
- Loves the excitement of thunderstorms (Sep.), or a fear of thunderstorms (Phos.).
- Foubister observed that people who lived under severe fear for long periods  of time often needed this 
remedy, chronic terror or fearful situations, never well since fear ful time.
- Sexual abuse and for abusive 
relationships.
- History of emotional suppression and deep guilt (Staph.).
- History of nursing a loved one with some chronic, 
debilitating disease.
- Closed emotionally.
- Ameliorated from weeping, aggravated by suppressing tears.
- Worse 
reprimanded or reproached.
- Worse with consolation.
- Passionate people who over-extend themselves.
- Sympathetic.Desires dancingand music.
- Desire 
for traveL  Restless, feel hur ried.
- Bored easily.
- Difficult concentration.
- Autism.
- Mental retardation.
- Hyperactivity.
- Attention deficit syndrome.
- Fastidious.
- Obsessive-compulsive disorder.
- Anxiety of what might happen.
- Fears of the unknown, death, dark, or being alone.
- Fears of failure , of exams, 
heights, crowds.
- Fear of not being able to accomplish their goals.
- Chronic nightmares and night terrors.
- Fear 
of getting cancer  or that they have cancer.
- Fear that they have an incurable disease.
- Worry about health.
- Loves the excitement of thunderstorms (Sep.), or a fear of thunderstorms (Phos.).
- Foubister observed that people who lived under severe fear for long periods  of time often needed this 
remedy, chronic terror or fearful situations, never well since fear ful time.
- Sexual abuse and for abusive 
relationships.
- History of emotional suppression and deep guilt (Staph.).
- History of nursing a loved one with some chronic, 
debilitating disease.
- Closed emotionally.
- Ameliorated from weeping, aggravated by suppressing tears.
- Worse 
reprimanded or reproached.
- Worse with consolation.

### Vertigo
- Rising from stooping.

### Head
- Constriction and contraction sensation in brain Heaviness in forehead.
- Head in)arias ( N at - s.
- ).
- S we 
11 ing of brai n.
- Tired feeling with headache.
- Headaches on sides.
- Pressing pain in right side of temples.
- Headaches after excitement of emotions.
- Headache deep inside brain.
- Deep aching in brain.
- Headaches after 
injuries, after childbirth Throbbing, pulsating in brain.
- Pulsating pain in forehead, extending to eyes, above the 
eyes or heh ind them.
- Worse windy, stormy weather and physical exertion.
- Constriction and contraction sensation in brain Heaviness in forehead.
- Head in)arias ( N at - s.
- ).
- S we 
11 ing of brai n.
- Tired feeling with headache.
- Headaches on sides.
- Pressing pain in right side of temples.
- Headaches after excitement of emotions.
- Headache deep inside brain.
- Deep aching in brain.
- Headaches after 
injuries, after childbirth Throbbing, pulsating in brain.
- Pulsating pain in forehead, extending to eyes, above the 
eyes or heh ind them.
- Worse windy, stormy weather and physical exertion.

### Eyes
- Soreness in eyes.
- Weakness of eyes.
- Bluish tinge or spots on sclera, especially in children.
- Blueness 
of iris.
- Cornea ulcer ation.
- Retinal bleeding, diabetes.
- Blinking.
- frequent winking.
- Twitching of lower eyelids, 
eyebrows.
- Stinging pain, lids, upper.
- Stitching in upper lids.
- Recurrent styes.
- Eyelashes long and silken.

### Ears
- Boils inside, alternately one ear, then the other.
- Eruptions in meatus.
- Otitis media.
- Inflammation, right 
lobe.
- Noises in ears.
- Stopped up sensation.

### Face
- Brown, cafe-au-lait spots, copper colored, pale.
- Heat flushes in the face, during menopause.
- Bluish 
lips.
- Stiffness of lower jaws.
- Facial paralysis.
- Twitches, tics with frequent blinking of the eyes.
- Acne.
- Herpes 
on upper lips and nose.

### Mouth
- Aphthae.
- Patches of white discol oration.
- Putrid taste in mouth Sensation of lumps on palate Soreness 
in palate, worse hot drinks Prickling in palate, worse in morning and evening Papillae absent al lip of tongue.
- Ulcers on edges of tongue.
- Pressing in gums Burning vesicles on gums.
- Stammering speech

### Throat
- Sore throat, in morning, better cold drinks, worse warm drinks.
- Scraping in throat before able to speak.
- Chronic hoarseness.
- Clears throat before speaking.
- Lump sen sation in larynx.
- Lump in throat, worse from 
empty swallowing, at night, on waking, and from heat, better cold.
- Pain on empty swallowing.
- Enlargement of 
tonsils.
- Recurrent tonsillitis.

### Chest
- Swelling of axillary glands.
- Con striction.
- Oppression of chest, on inspi ration.
- Tuberculosis.
- Lipoma, 
left side, non-malignant.
- Acne.
- Eczema on sternum.
- Constitutions - Cancer miasm.
- Coughs - Morning cough while dressing, worse bathing.
- Coughs, worse from eat ing, inspiration, laughing, 
shaving, singing.
- Tickling in throat-pit causes cough.
- Coughs, on becoming warm, when entering a warm room 
from open air.
- Whooping cough, early in life, hereditary, ailments ever since.
- Constriction, grasping sensation.
- Sighing breath, causing the heart to con- strict.
- Palpitations, audible, 
tumultuous, violent and visible.
- Palpitations in the afternoon, 2 p.m.
- Io 6 p.m.
- Kidneys Frequent unnaiion.
- involuntary at night.
- Albuminous and bloody urine, contain.* granular casts.
- Nephritis.
- Kidney diseases.
- Breasts - Violent tension in breasts, before menses.
- Swelling and tenderness before menses.
- Induration.
- Chronic mastitis.
- Breasts changes shape.
- Breast cancer, especially with a family history of cancer.
- Nodules.
- Retraction of nipples.
- Discharge from nipple like bloody water.
- Causations - Family history of cancer.
- Loss of sleep, night -watching, nursing of loved ones.
- Overwork or 
exertion.
- Emotional shocks, grief, anticipation.
- Sexual abuse victims.
- Vaccinations.
- Ailme nts from windy 
weather.

### Stomach & Abdomen
- Anxiety in pit.
- Pain on bending double, from coughing, worse hot drinks, better pressure.
- Indigestion.
- Belchings.
- Heartburn in children.
- Congenital steno sis.
- Stomach ulcers.
- Nausea, from motion, in the morning, 
 
 
at beginning of menses, during menses.
- Persistent nausea during pregnancy.
- Periodic vomiting, alternating 
with diarrhea.
- Vomiting from anticipation.
- Cyclic vomiting in infants, bulimia.
- Malnutrition due to effects of additives.
- Teeth - Decayed, hollow teeth.
- Toothache.
- Grinding of teeth during sleep.

### Urinary & Genital
- Increased sex drive.
- Disposition to masturbation, in children.
- Troublesome or wanting erections 
Condylomata.
- Frequent menses, too early, loo soon.
- Bleeding between menses.
- Imagi nary pregnancy.
- Increased 
sex drive.
- Disposition to masturbation, too frequent or too early.
- Uterine bleeding after sex.
- Harus from vagina.
- Ailments since menopause Encysted tumors.
- Ovarian cysts.
- Uterine fibroids and tumors Cancer.

### Extremities
- Weakness, numbness and aching, especially in the thighs.
- Twitching of I i mbs and individual muscles.
- Rheumatic pain 
in joints.
- Ganglion Sciatica.
- Varicose veins in lower limbs.
- Weakness of thigh, better exertion.
- Pain in lower 
limbs, better warmth of bed.
- Aching pain in thigh, better exertion.
- Numbness of thigh, better exertion or nap 
Pain in legs, better from heat, warmth of bed.
- gentle exertion, quick motion, after a short sleep.
- Warts on soles 
of feet, hands, palms.
- Crippled or distor ted nails, hangnails.
- Itching eczema eruptions on hands.
- Abnormal 
hairiness of arms and legs.
- Sudden heaviness of upper arms.
- Twisting sensation in upper limbs.
- Liver - 
Hepatitis infectious.
- Enlarged and weak liver.
- Cirrhosis of liver, hereditary.
- Lungs - Deep desire to breathe.
- Yawning.
- Difficult breathing, after running.
- Asthma and recurring bronchitis.
- Asthma, after fright, wet weather, in morning, 
forenoon.
- 10 a.m.
- Chronic pneumonia in children.
- Cough, worse from talking, laughing, yawning, undressing 
or dressing, cold air.
- tickle in throat Expectoration is bloody, spitting blood.

### Neck & Back
- Neck - Hypothyroid.
- Goiter.
- Induration of gland* Swelling of thyroid.
- Clothing aggravates.
- Nose - Recurring sinusitis.
- Catarrh of sinuses.
- Catarrh in cold weather.
- Hay fever, allergies.
- Frequent, 
recurrent coryza.
- Excoriating, thick, yellow discharge.
- Persistent, recurrent nosebleeds.
- Varicose veins.
- Perspiration - Profuse, with an offensive smell.
- Sweat during sleep.
- Spondylitis.
- Eczema.
- Pustules.
- Formication.
- Itching, thoracic region, between scapula, while 
undressing.
- Pain, right side of neck on turning head.
- Pain, right lumbar region.
- Twitching of muscles.

### Sleep
- Chronic or acute insomnia,  causeless.
- Insomnia from grief, mental activ ity.
- Sleeplessness from 
anticipation or anxiety.
- Sleeplessnessfrom nursing loved ones.
- Child must be carried or rocked to sleep.
- Deep, 
heavy sleepers.
- Sleeps in the knee-chest position or on the right side.
- Sleeps on abdomen.
- Sleeps with arms 
over head.
- Genu-pectoral position during sleep, on knees with face forced into pillow.
- Children sleep on their 
knees and elbows.
- Restless sleep, but ameliorated from short naps (Phos.).
- Unrefreshing sleep.
- Waking after 
midnight, 4 a.m., from dreams.
- Wakes early and frequent,  as from a fright, from shocks through the body or 
twitching.
- Worse from interrupted sleep.