Minutus

Does anyone have info on the remedy cortico, beyond its use to counter
steroid use?

Thanks!
Shannon

You mean homeopathic info, as opposed to folk medicine?

O.A. Julian's "MM of New Homeopathic Remedies"
-has a great deal of information, including the "Hahneamannian proving"
of cortisone (1963) by Templeton.
There are 369 symptoms in Synthesis 8

There's some info in J.A. Stephenson's "MM & Repertory" .. much of which
seems derived from O.A. Julian.
Dave Hartley
www.localcomputermart.com/dave
Santa Cruz, CA (831)464-8127

Thanks Dave, that was helpful.
Yes, I meant homeopathic information, tho frankly I'd be happy for
"folklore" at this point, too!

Also, tho, it seems as tho there are two remedies which I'm having trouble
separating:

Corticosteroid (cortico) - (picture includes Cushings disease)
Cortisone (cortiso) - (picture includes Addisons disease)

Julian has a section on "Cortisone and Corticoid (cortiso)". Which might
suggest that cortico means or is the same as cortiso (whew), but they are in
different rubrics, both appearing in just a few.

Can anyone help me sort this out? (Robyn, or Dr. R?)

Thanks!
Shannon
Cortiso (julian)
...
General lack of reaction (diminution of the organic reactional
capacity).
...
Rhythmic disorders of several glands: pituitary, adrenal, pancreas.
Acrid dyspepsia, which can lead to gastric ulcers.
Cataract.
Osteoporosis.

on 1/29/03 12:13 PM, Dave Hartley at dave@localcomputermart.com wrote:

Shannon asked
two remedies which I'm having trouble
in
Shannon,
Cortico and Cortiso are different products

Cortico is also known as ACTH (adrenocorticotropic hormone), Acthar,
Adrenocorticotrophin/pin, Cortrosyn and Cosyntropin. It is a type of peptide
hormone produced in and released by the anterior pituitary gland. One of its
functions is to govern the release of Corticosteroid hormones Cortisone
(CORTISO/cortisonum) being one of these.

As I explained in another post, Cortisone is a type of glucocorticoid
corticosteroid adrenal hormone produced by the Adrenal glands.

Julian has both these as separate provings. The term corticoid, he seems to
use to describe a synthetic analogue of the naturally produced cortisone.

bye

Robyn

"Each progressive spirit is opposed by a thousand mediocre minds appointed
to guard the past" (Maurice Maeterlinck)

Thanks Robyn!
I guess that relationship (cortico governs the release of cortiso) explains
why there is overlap in the pictures.

So Cushings is a disease of the pituitary, not of the adrenal?
Thanks so much -- you're a fountain of awesome information!

Shannon
on 1/29/03 7:59 PM, Robyn Foley at folcook@dodo.com.au wrote:

Shannon wrote
explains
Whilst considering why the rubrics for Cushing's and Addisons and Cortico
and Cortiso overlap I tried the following comparative extraction under
Generals in RADAR . the following rubrics came up for both remedies

GENERALS - MORNING
GENERALS - ANEMIA
GENERALS - CONVULSIONS
GENERALS - CUSHING's syndrome
GENERALS - DIABETES MELLITUS
GENERALS - DRY sensation
GENERALS - FOOD and DRINKS - fat - agg.
GENERALS - FOOD and DRINKS - milk - agg.
GENERALS - HYPERTENSION
GENERALS - INFLAMMATION - Joints; of
GENERALS - INJURIES - Bones; fractures of
GENERALS - SOFTENING bones - x-ray, from
GENERALS - TREMBLING - Externally
GENERALS - WARM - agg.
GENERALS - WEAKNESS
GENERALS - WEARINESS

This is only from Generals --Mmm interesting!
Cushing's syndrome is also called Hypercortisolism and reflects a
glucocorticoid excess, in particular, a cortisol excess. (Cortisol is one
step before cortisone in the biochemical pathway for steroids and is
secreted by the adrenal cortex - and fyi pharmaceutical (synthetic)
cortisol is known as Hydrocortisone).
To make it more complicated, the cause of Cushing's can vary:
-About 43% are due to ACTH hypersecretion by the pituitary, usually due to a
benign pituitary adenoma;
-10% due to nonpituitary neoplasms which produce excessive amounts of
ectopic ACTH;
-about 15% are due to ACTH from a source that cannot be initially located;
-about 32% are due to excessive autonomous secretion of cortisol by the
adrenals - independently of ACTH, serum levels of which are usually low.
Most of these cases are due to unilateral adrenal tumor

Just to make it even more interesting, Addison's disease (adrenocortical
insufficiency) can be:
Primary --> an insufficient production of cortisol due to atrophy of the
adrenals leading to destructive lesions within the adrenal cortex - a
relatively rare chronic disorder
Secondary --> reflects reudced ACTH secretion from the anterior pituitary
gland, caused by pituiraty disease or suppression from exogenous steroid
administration.

So this is why they are overlapping - it all depends on the cause it seems

Nothing's ever simple is it?
Robyn

"Each progressive spirit is opposed by a thousand mediocre minds appointed
to guard the past" (Maurice Maeterlinck)