REMEDIES FOR
THE EMERGENCY KIT
Dr. Pierre Schmidt Geneva,
Switzerland.
Presented by Vladislav G.Ivantsov
(See Russian version)Translated from the Proceedings of the Groupement
Hahnemannien De Lyon;
7th series, by Roger Schmidt, M.D., San Francisco, Calif. P.184-188.Calcarea
ostrearum, Calcarea arsenicosa, Cadmium sulphuratum.CALCAREA OSTREARUM:
This remedy is never considered as an acute one, yet it
has many interesting acute indications. CALCAREA is one of the great
monuments of the Hahnemannian genius. His idea of preparing from insoluble
substances with his process of trituration and dynamization, thus
transforming completely inactive substances and developing a therapeutic
power entirely unknown, constitutes one of the most splendid discoveries
in medicine. Hahnemann experimented with it first on himself by dissolving
oyster shells in vinegar, calling it: TERRA CALCAREA ACETICA. Later he
abandoned this procedure and triturated the middle layer of the oyster
shell representing pure CALCIUM CARBONATE, calling it CALCAREA OSTREARUM.
Thus it is a living calcium produced by the animal with a much greater
value than the ordinary lime carbonate.Noticing the much more intense efficacy of dynamized
insoluble substances (as compared with simply dissolved substances) then
dissolved in water and alcohol, he abandoned the calcium acetate which had
been proved on healthy humans. So the complete proving of calcarea is a
MIXTURE OF THE SYMPTOMS OF CALCAREA ACETICA AND CALCAREA OSTREARUM.Let us not forget that lime is a constituent of the
body. It is part of our bones and teeth, but also a part of our muscles,
nerves, blood, and other fluids of our body.CALCAREA, with SULPHUR and LYCOPODIUM is one of the
great triumvirate of Psora. It is Hahnemann’s PSORA-SYCOTIC par
excellence. Although indicated mostly in chronic disturbances, it has
numerous indications in acute states, as in acute exacerbations of chronic
diseases. They are listed below according to the Hahnemannian scheme:First observe in these 3 remedies the required
sequence: SULPHUR, CALCAREA, LYCOPODIUM. From long experience, one can say
that 85% of patients are found in the big cycle of these 3 remedies; and
always in this order, and sometimes along the line, a patient will need
these 3 remedies. If you prescribe lycopodium AFTER sulfur, you run the
risk of provoking a symptomatic imbroglio which will be very difficult to
unravel later. So my advice to you is to follow the experience of the old
masters and follow the prescribed order.Everybody knows that Calcarea fits particularly both
EXTREMES OF LIFE, mostly indicated in leuco-phlegmatic children, indolent,
with a large head, a big tummy, a puffed and pale face, with a slow and
imperfect bone development, with delayed closing of the fontanelles,
delayed dentition, delayed growth and delayed walking. Strange enough,
these children are not delayed in talking. (It is NATRUM MURIATICUM, who
talks late.)However it is also the remedy of girl growing too fast.
It acts perfectly in many acute conditions where the constitutional
characteristics are utterly absent. There is no need at all to be indolent
and fat in order to need CALCAREA in an acute condition. At the beginning
of life, the child is fed with milk containing lots of calcium needed for
bone and teeth formation; yet at the end of life we get calcified,
sclerosed, everything hardens and one becomes again a little lump of
brittle calcium. . . .If CALCAREA is the remedy of too fast growing girls,
the remedy for boys who grow too fast is often PHOSPHORIC ACID.MENTAL SYMPTOMS:
Mentally speaking, CALCAREA is a great worrier and very
fearful. It is one of the most ANXIOUS remedy of the Materia Medica. It
has practically all the types of anxiety and fears that are on the book
and their sequellae as well. So it is first a great remedy for ailments
FOLLOWING BAD NEWS, whether heard by telephone, wire, letter or directly:
the police coming and telling you your wife had an automobile accident, or
notice by telephone that some dear one passed away. In such cases, give
the XM of CALCAREA at once in case GELSEMIUM, which is a vegetable drug,
and which should be your first choice, fails usually give GELSEMIUM first,
as CALCAREA is rather the remedy corresponding to recurring situations.Did I tell you the case of a janitor of the Geneva
Conservatory who was taking a stroll every morning with a friend, for
years, regularly, and one day his friend failed to come; so he phoned and
was told that his friend was dead. Our janitor then suddenly felt a
terrible noise in his right ear, and so became deaf in that ear ever
since. He went to see his doctor first, without relief he then consulted
three different specialists who could find nothing in his ear, yet
prescribed tranquilizer of various kinds which did nothing to improve his
ear, yet they produced dyspesia, constipation and insomnia as iatrogenic
symptoms. . . . Several months later, his brother who is professor at the
Conservatory told me about his case, and asked if anything could bo done
for this unfortunate man. I simply administered GELSEMIUM XM, one dose:
ten minutes later the noise stopped and has not returned. I could have
given CALCAREA, but when we hesitate between remedies, one of which is a
vegetable the other a mineral, it is always better to start with the
vegetable, keeping the mineral in reserve as acting deeper. Vegetables
live from minerals and not vice-versa. Minerals act deeper than either
vegetable or animal remedies. When in the study of a case you find mostly
vegetable remedies, you can be sure that the case is never as serious as
if minerals were rather indicated. Animal remedies, like minerals, are a
bad sign. Of course, we know that mineral remedies have acute phases, for
example a chronic type of Phosphorus might need Phosphorus in an acute
condition, but then you better go no higher than the 200th potency.
Likewise with vegetable remedies. Pulsatilla for example you deal with
both acute and chronic situations. The safe rule is, in an acute case, to
prefer a vegetable remedy and keep the mineral remedy in reserve, as
William Tell did his second arrow. Although produced by an animal,
CALCAREA OSTREARUM is a mineral substance nevertheless.CALCAREA IS ANXIOUS. He is afraid to go to bed. You
will be called to see children having this fear. It isn’t the fear of the
night nor that of obscurity. You also find: fear at night; fear to go to
sleep; fear of death; of insanity, of possible mishap, OF THE FUTURE; of
getting poor, of suffering; of going to the dentist and naturally of
operations; for his health; thinks he is getting sick for his soul’s
salvation. It is the remedy for the type of children who are afraid to go
to bed because they see all kinds of grimaces and strange figures on
falling asleep. They can’t bear to go to the movies or look at a scene of
crime, cruelty, battle, a western. I have seen a 10 year old boy who could
not sleep since he saw a western at the movies, and CALCAREA improved him
almost at once. As I have often repeated, when a patient has more than
three kinds of fears, think of CALCAREA.Calcarea is particularly fearful DURING FEVER and
DURING CHILLS. That is the child who wakes up between 2-3 a.m. Howling and
cannot be quieted down. He has forgotten everything in the morning. So it
is really one of the best remedies for nocturnal fears to remember. The
aura of Calcarea fear is generally in the epigastric region. It is also
for sad children and who think that they are unhappy. Calcarea is sad
during FEVER mostly, before menses, and during SWEATS.It is the King pin for children’s diseases during
dentition. After prescribing Chamomilla for troubles during dentition
without success, or after it fails to act, then try Calcarea. It works
beautifully for children filching money. Women are very agitated and
nervous during menses. Calcarea cries at the least remark or scolding or
reproach, and is no better from consolation. Weeping often alternates with
laughter. Calcarea weeps DURING TRANSPIRATION and mostly during chills.Children are very unstable during dentition, and
startle from noise. The Calcarea child can bite, spit in people’s face, or
howl day and night. The other day, I was travelling by air between London
and Bruxelles and could hardly contain myself: there was a Scandinavian
mother holding a pretty baby in her arms but it never ceased howling
during the whole trip. I would have abstained giving Chamomilla, because
the mother was holding the baby in her arms, coddling it without getting
anywhere. Maybe Cina was indicated or perhaps Calcarea. . . . Later on, it
will be irritable during headaches and, in women before or during menses,
but mostly during SWEATS and DURING CHILLS. It is a wonderful remedy for
ailments following EMOTIONAL CONFLICTS. The imagination is exhalted at
night, and in certain states like grippe, fever, etc., desires to go home
though being at home. (However Bryonia is more typical For this symptom.)GENERAL SYMPTOMS:
It is the classical remedy for any trouble developing
during DENTITION, and the remedy for babies, par excellence. It is
indicated for LOSS OF VITAL FLUIDS: Hemorrages; diarrheas, sweats, seminal
emissions. It is useful for THOSE WHO CANNOT FAST and have ailments from
lack of nutrition. The sun aggravates, producing headaches and sunstrokes.
Remember that Calcarea has both lateralities. However, it acts mostly on
the right side for the head, the eye, the face, the abdomen, the male
genitalia, and the upper extremities; But on the left side for the neck,
the chest and the lower limbs.In the Repertory, Calcarea is indicated for the left
testicle ectopy in small print at “Retractation” p.709. These
ectopies are difficult to treat and one is thinking of Calcarea because it
works well in congenital disturbances. Surgical operations often modifies
the psyche of these children in an extraordinary way. Up to now, I have
been lucky with a few remedies such as Calcarea, Tuberculinum, sometimes
Psorinum or Syphilinum. But Calcarea comes first in such cases.Remember that it is a remedy in the 3d degree for
sprains, muscle strain after lifting heavy material; it has an elective
action on sinews and ligaments (Ruta). Generally one thinks of Rhus Tox.
For such things, but you well know that Calcarea is the chronic of Rhus,
and it works well even in acute cases.Calcarea can faint during severe headaches or after
stool, or during menses, or in the street. The patient states that his
illness starts from the stomach and rises into the throat.You might be called to prescribe for an epileptic;
think of Calcarea for convulsion epileptic and epileptoid. Epilepsy is a
mysterious disease of unknown origin; be generous and when talking to the
parents speak of “epitoid” state, not epilepsy. Epitoid is a
very general term covering epilepsy. Also during OB deliveries, do not
speak of “pains” but of contractions, and your lady will be
quieted knowing she will get contractions and not pain during delivery of
their child.If epilepsy fits or convulsions occur or are worse
during the full moon think of Calcarea. The aura starts from the solar
plexus, as for the fears or the fainting spells, or he feels that a mouse
is climbing up a limb before a convulsion. I had such a case which
responded beautifully with Calcarea. The causes of convulsions vary a
great deal and can be from fears, from vexation or mortification, in
children during dentition, or from suppressed eruptions, i.e. So called
“cured” by an ointment or other outer applications; Finally
after masturbation.These convulsions can be either tonic or clonic. Most
of the time there is loss of consciousness. It is a great remedy for
CHOREA, most often for hemi-chorea from fears, from worms or in onanism.
It is specific for convulsions in Addison’s disease. They occur mostly
evening, but also night or morning, at 4 a.m. And last until 4 p.m.Vertigo:
Acute vertigo. The homeopathic remedy will seldom fail
to stop vertigo. The Calcarea vertigo is latero-pulsive, sometimes
retro-pulsive. Worse turning the head, looking up, but mostly looking down
a staircase or through a window. It is the best remedy for MOUNTAIN
SICKNESS, with the Lily Of The Valley, Convallaria Maialis. Mountain
sickness is to be found in the Repertory in Generalities: Ascending High
Places, p.1345. What are the symptoms of mountain sickness (from 3500 feet
up): precordial anxiety, dyspnea from exertion, nausea, intense fatigue,
prostration cutting the legs, headaches, vertigo, cyanosis, epistaxis,
blurred vision. All these symptoms lead to the following remedies:
Arsenicum, Aurum, Belladonna, Calcarea, Carbo-veg; Causti-cum, Conium,
Cuprum, Gelsemium, Lachesis, Lycopodium, Natrum mur; and Pulsatilla.But the main remedies are LACHESIS and CALCAREA, next
ARSENICUM. For cardiac symptoms, think of Convallaria, and for the
prostration Oleander and Spigelia.Vertigo ascending stairs rapidly. So much for the
picture of Calcarea Ostrearum for you to remember.Head:
Warm head during menses. Yet, Calcarea is notoriously
characterized by everything COLD; it has icy INTERNAL feelings or external
on head, mostly on the right side. Very useful in students’ headaches,
often with midriasis (school girls).Headaches from sun stroke. Profuse sweat localized
exclusively to the scalp, especially in children with late hardening of
the fontanelles, leaving a large greasy spot on the pillow.Eyes:
Calcarea is often indicated in TRAUMATIC OPHTALMIAS; in
new-born CONJUNCTIVITIS. Infantile kerato-conjunctivitis with marked
photophobia; morning agglutinated eyes and lachrymation, outside. Corneal
ulcers. Children complain of having horrible visions at night when closing
the eyes. They are afraid to go to bed because as soon as they close their
eyes, they see hideous, frightful figures. Be careful never to tell tragic
or terrible stories to the Calcarea type children, or to let them see
violent movies because of their extreme sensitivity that makes them dream
for several nights and they get night terrors for a long time.Ears:
Indicated for those catching cold in their ears when
the neck is exposed. Acute external otitis, but mostly INTERNAL. Pussy
otitis, particularly when the drum is ulcerated.Nose:
Sniffles, worse morning. Colds at each change of the
weather. Colds with Frequent sneezes. Coryza with cough, dry nose,
obstructed nose, violent attacks; epistaxis.It is one of the remedies in the 3d degree for
EUSTACHIAN TUBE CATARRH. Sneezing without coryza. For the sneezing morning
on waking, think of Ammonium Carbonicum.Face:
Crusta lactea. In the very beginning of my practice, I
converted a colleague who went to all his classes with me, by curing one
of his patients, a six months old child covered with crusta lactea over
the entire body. I had prescribed SULPHUR XM which aggravated frightfully
with enormous cervical glands. This ganglion association in a child having
a rather big head and late fontanelles, indicated Calcarea XM, one dose,
which, in 3 days improved all the symptoms. The glands faded away, the
itching disappeared, and gradually the eruption cleared.PAROTIDITIS: Calcarea fits all kinds of swellings.
PAROTIDITIS DURING SCARLET FEVER: Calcarea is a specific. ADENITIS, mostly
the acute submaxillary. PROSOPALGIA better from warm applications.Mouth:
Calcarea sleeps with an open mouth. When, entering the
room, if you see a child sleeping with an open mouth, think of Calcarea.
Then putting your hand in front of it, you find a very warm breath: it is
Calcarea. Chewing motions, and swallowing during sleep. Such things should
be mentioned by the parents. Hahnemann described it. In order to find the
remedy, we need the symptoms observed by the physician, by the patient and
by the bystanders. It is a great remedy for EPULIS, this little tumor of
the gum betwixt and between benignancy and malignancy. Before advising
surgery, try Calcarea which quite often might take it away.Teeth:
Odontalgias due mainly to cold wind exposure. The pains
are always worse from cold air and cold food. Odontalgia during pregnancy.
In such case you’ll help both mother and child. Any disturbances during
dentition.Throat:
Aphthous angina.
Stomach:
Calcarea has strange and very marked DESIRES: for SALT,
SWEETS (pastry, chocolate, etc.), SUGAR, ACIDS, WINE and EGGS,
particularly SOFT BOILED, mostly when sick or convalescent. He is very
fond of things STRANGE, INDIGESTIBLE and DIRTY; paper, pencils which he
often chews, coal, flour and raw potatoes. (This desire for indigestible,
unassimilable materials is called PICA.)HE HATES COFFEE, MEAT, TOBACCO AND MILK. Peas, cabbage,
saurkraut, milk and veal, give him indigestion. Warm food, warm milk and
dry foods are very poorly tolerated.Acid vomitings, worse DURING DENTITION. Diarrhea and
vomiting during dentition. Vomiting worse AT NIGHT; the child vomits
curdled milk after sucking the breast or bottle.Abdomen:
Diarrhea worse during dentition; infantile, acid,
watery. Hepato-biliary colics with profuse perspirations, has to
double-up. Sensation of COLD IN THE ABDOMEN. Helminthiasis, tenia,
ascarides. Anal abcess. Redness with peri-anal irritation in babies (even
after correction of the diet).Certain adults mention a GENERAL AMELIORATION of all
symptoms WHEN CONSTIPATED. This is a rather rare and peculiar symptom
which i have noticed occasionally; when regular stools recur, everything
goes wrong. There are only three remedies expressing this symptom:
CALCAREA, Mercurius and PSORINUM. Acute entero-colitis of children;
infantile hernias, umbilical and inguinal.OOZING OMPHALITIS. You meet rheumatic patients
complaining that their umbilicus smells horribly. You find usually a deep
umbilicus with a kind of intertrigo and very fetid suppuration. Careful
local disinfection usually clears it up, but if the application of a
Calendula ointment is not effective, think of Calcarea. Often such
patients are acidified from eating too much sweets. Insist that they curb
this habit.Very light stools, MASTIC, WHITE, LIENTHERIC (ergo
pancreatic insufficiency, and remember that Calcarea has a definite action
on the pancreas). Enormous stools not only in children, but also in
adults. Semi-liquid, hard and formed then fluid stools. Acid stools.
Rectal prolapse worse during stool.Urinary tract:
Nephretic colics with hematuria. Did I tell you about
the patient I saw-in india, who received several doses of Belladonna 200
without much success. Against my advice, he got some morphine to be
injected. My master who happened to be beside me said: “Say, why
don’t you give him Calcarea? Since calculi are usually made of
calcium?” and so in a few hours, with Calcarea 200, the pains
receded. . . Therefore Calcarea works also as an acute remedy in renal
colics, often even spectacularly. Have no fear to repeat the dose even at
the 10 M.Male genitals:
HYDROCELE of the new-born, also in adults, particularly
after a suppressed eruption. New-borns are apt to have a hydrocele which,
normally will disappear in a few days. In adults, if a rash has been
suppressed by an ointment followed by an hydrocele, consider CALCAREA as
an important remedy.Phimosis. I must say that I wouldn’t think of giving
Calcarea for a phimosis. Suffice it to take forceps and dilate the
prepuce; I can’t understand why gynecologists or pediatricians are
neglecting the care of the gentitals of infants. Seems to me that is the
first thing to do. When I see a new-born, I first ascertain whether he has
5 fingers, check the umbilicus, the ears, the eyes, and then the genitals.
It often happens that you have to free the clitoris in little girls; or in
boys the prepuce from adhesions. It might bleed a little, but use some
Calendula ointment and you will have no trouble. I saw the other day a
14-year-old boy with preputial adhesions, very difficult to break and very
painful; requiring even surgery.Did I tell you the story of the parents who brought me
their 4 month old son with a phimosis. I dilated and retracted it, all
very well and told them to bring him back a week later. They did, I
dilated again but not easily. The third time, the father said:
“Doctor, it’s rather inconvenient for me to bring the boy so often
for such a little thing. Why not show me how to do it?” “With
pleasure, I replied…” A week later, at 4 p.m., that was the day my
chauffeur had his day off, and my car was being serviced, I was asked to
come and see that child immediately. I ran out, stopped a car in the
street and was conveyed graciously to my destination. Arriving at the foot
of the stairs, I heard wild shrieks, at each story all doors open, the
doorman all , excited. Landing on the 4th floor, I see blood all over the
kitchen, the child convulsed on a cushion with bloody drapes all around,
and the father battling with the child, the mother-in-law shouting:
“Disgusting, he is a bandit…” All around people were
screaming: Villain, Brute… what a commotion! Examining the child, I saw
a paraphimosis completely strangling the glands, now enormously swollen
and red. Papa had used vaseline which made it so slippery that it was
impossible to retract the prepuce. At each try, blood was squiriting; the
baby screaming, papa in a foul temper, mother-in-law crying… a horrible
scene. I suggested a bath followed by a careful wiping of the ointment.
Then griping at the very base of the penis I brought very gently the skin
back up and suddenly everything snapped in place. I then told the father:
“Listen, Sir, you are an electrician, so take care of such things;
when you have medical problems, let your doctor attend to it.” I
checked the child twice after and everything got fine. No operation was
needed.Calcarea has genital and scrotal sweats. Vesicles on
the penis or prepuce; herpes genitals. Inflammation of the frenulum,
glands or prepuce. Frequent nocturnal pollutions. What do you call
frequent pollutions? Once weekly is not abnormal; but if it occurs every
night, think of Calcarea.FEMALE GENITALS:
The least emotion or upset brings back the menses.
Menopausal metrorrhagia, with leucorrhea, mostly after emotional upsets.
Abortion threats in women with heavy menses. Scanty menses, lasting only
one day is an important indication for not using Calcarea.PUERPERAL FEVER with vaginal pains or head perspiration
and stitching pains in the uterus. Too early, too copious and too long
menses. It is the RULE OF THE THREE P’s: PREMATURE, PROFUSE, PROLONGED and
points to Calcarea.The baby is a sort of “tumor” needing
Calcium. Remember that Calcarea is a most important remedy for PREGNANCY.
Vomitings at the onset, even more indicated when you find toothache at the
same time. False pains rising from the pelvis to the stomach. Odontalgia
during pregnancy. Cramps in the soles, also toes during pregnancy.LARYNX:
Painless hoarseness, worse in the morning. Laryngitis.
Aphonia.THORAX:
Loose cough in the morning, dry at night. COUGH WHEN
PLAYING THE PIANO. Irritating, persistant cough, particularly in apartment
painted green (paints with arsenical basis. CLARKE).Cough on entering a warm room. Whooping cough worse
a.m., in children, during dentition. Itchy cough as with a feather in the
throat. Cough with coryza. Hemoptysis during cough, mostly diurnal.
Thoracic pains by touch, by percussion or pressure on the thorax.BREASTS:
Calcarea has a special affinity for the breasts; LARGE
breasts. Mammary hypertrophy. Swollen, warm breasts with little milk.
Painful breasts during menses. AGALACTIA with big breasts. GALACTORREA too
copious and bad milk which is refused by the baby. If accompanied with
neurasthenia, give CHINA 10 M. If the baby sucks and does not grow, give
Calcarea 10M, one dose, to the mother. The milk is too thin, watery,
bluish, tasting bad, nauseating. The baby refuse to suck and cries much.BACK:
Back pains after efforts: lifting, carrying, pushing
heavy objects (GRAPH., LYC., RHUS TOX.). Cutting pains under the right
scapula radiating to the epigastrium. LUMBAGO, can hardly get up in the
morning.UPPER EXTREMITIES:
CRAMPS in the hands, arms, during the night. Wrist
sprain.LOWER EXTREMITIES:
CRAMPS, in the popliteal space, legs, CALVES, mostly in
bed at night, around 3 a.m., when stretching; of the feet, soles and toes
especially during pregnancy.All cramps and spasms depend on the kidneys. Eclampsia,
you know the relationship of the kidneys on convulsions; therefore see to
it that the patient urinates sufficiently. In May and June, suggest the
famous cherry-soup. Providence always give you the necessary fruit at the
right time. You prescribe 2 handfuls of fresh cherries in one litre of
water, boil them for 10 minutes. Cherry stems are good diuretics; the
kernel contains prussic acid acting on cardiac contraction, and the pulp
acts on the intestine. Drink a glass every 2-3 hours of this cherry soup.
Very effective for arthritic hepatic and renal cases. Sulfur has similar
cramps.Calcarea has sprains of the hands and wrists, and
ankles. PHLEBITIS; phlegmasia alba dolens, better elevating the legs,
worse going down. Cold knees. Cold feet. Clammy hands and feet. One thinks
of SILICA for bad smelling feet when undressing. But Calcarea has bad
smelling feet, with socks eroded by very acid sweats.Sleep:
The Calcarea patient chews and swallows during sleep.
Terrifying visions when closing eyes and falling asleep.Fever:
FEVER with CHILLS and CHILLINESS. Too hot externally,
yet chilly. Typhoid fevei. Chills at 2 p.m., FROM THE EPIGASTRIUM. Fever
during menses. Summer fever.Perspiration:
Many symptoms are aggravated by sweats (as Mercurius).
Calcarea cries and becomes irritable when sweating. It is the main remedy
for LOCAL sweats, mostly the anterior and superior parts of the body.
Perspiration mostly of the head, the neck, the chest, the axillae, the
hands, the knees, the feet and male sexual organs.******************************************************************************
CADMIUM SULPHURATUM:
We use four combinations of the metal CADMIUM:
1. Cadmium bromatum
2. Iodatum
3. Chloratum or muriaticum
4. Sulfuratum. This one is particularly useful in the
homeopathic kit for acute manifestations.Do not confuse Cadmium Sulfuratum Cd-S, with Cadmium
Sulfuricum Cd-S04, which is the sulfate, which is a good homeo-psoric its
primary action affects mostly the STOMACH, and its closest analogue is
Zincum which acts primarily on the brain. Cadmium is found in nature as a
metal always associated with ZINCUM, with similar action but stronger than
Zinc. It is classified between BRYONIA and ARSENICUM. Like BRYONIA, it has
the desire to be quiet, looking for peace, ease, but it has also the
exhaustion, the irritable weakness of ARSENICUM.Following the Hahnemannian scheme, we note that it is a
CHILLY remedy, chilly even close to the fire. Works particularly well for
alcoholics, for the sequellae of drafts suppressing sweats. Worse in cold
air, but also worse in the sun.Good remedy for BLENNORRAGIC OCULAR DISEASES. Deep
rings under the eyes. Mydriasis. Often anisocoria. FACIAL PARALYSIS,
mostly left sided after exposure to the North wind, cold wind, to the
face. Its main sphere of action is gastro-intestinal. It has intense
nausea even so-called fatal nausea which should be written in the 3d
degree in Kent’s Repertory, p.506. The black vomit of typhus amaril, i.e.
Coffee ground hematemesis characteristic of yellow fever. That’s why it is
so useful in the advanced phase of cancer of the stomach with extreme
prostration, fatal vomiting and nausea and all the symptoms of an
impending death. You can bring considerable help in such cases and stop
this vomiting when all other remedies fail. It has also intense burning
and stomach clamps, cutting plains, craving for cold drinks which are
vomited as soon as absorbed. CADMIUM is indicated after food intoxication
better from eating; gastralgia with terrible and incessant efforts to
vomit, bringing up a sticky mucus. It works very well in alvine
evacuations and CHOLERA MORBUS.Heart palpitations with thoracic constriction. Wakes up
suffocating, dares not fall asleep again; suffocation when falling asleep.
Prolonged insomnia.Zymotic and septic fevers with nausea and vomiting.
Chills and algidity even close to a fire. Trembling maxillary. Strong
pruritus without particular localization, worse at night and in bed, worse
touching, better from scratching, which causes a voluptuous sensation.
Remedy for ailments following anxiety, grief, strong emotions, or exposure
to cold wind – as, for example, in facial paralysis. It is aggravated by
the sun, morning on waking, walking, going up stairs, and swallowing.*****************************************************************************
CALCAREA ARSENICOSA:
Also called Calcium Arsenicosum. Formula: Ca3(As 03)2.
Not to be confused with Calcarea Arsenicica which is the Arsenite of
Calcium – Ca3 As 04. Arsenici albi subtilissime pulverate, is a white
powder insoluble in water, a combination of Arsenic Acid with Lime. It is
dangerous and toxic up to the 3d centesimal; it is used from the 4th
Centesimal Hahnemannian.Generally it fits the LYMPHATIC subjects, SCROFULOUS
and TUBERCULOUS. It acts particularly well in subjects who have been
intoxicated with quinine it has three main indications:* Epilepsy
* Albuminuria
* Cancer
For the Epileptics: EPILEPSY RELATED TO CARDIOPATHIES:
Before the attack:
* Vasomotor symptoms: Congestive flushes to face and
head.* Aphonia: patient looses his voice before the attack.
* Pain in the left hand. Constrictive pain in the
heart.* Urge to defecate before the attack.
The aura of this remedy starts either from the HEART
REGION with flushes to the head, or from the LEFT ARM.Never forget to consider, in epileptics, the remedy FOR
THE ATTACK, and the remedy for the general state to be given BETWEEN THE
ATTACKS.For the Albuminurics: Albuminuria in the nephretics,
during pregnancy, in alcoholics, in all cardiopathies, in sequellae of
scarlet fever and measles. Edematous face, mostly around the eyes, edema
of the lower extremities, edema of the back of the hands. Chills creeping
up the back, mostly nightly.Albuminuria with GREAT SENSITIVITY OF THE KIDNEY REGION
FROM PRESSURE. Pollakiuria. Even: hematuria and oliguria. Pulse rapid and
compressible, going up to 120. Dropsy.TROPHO – NEUROTIC REMEDY FOR CANCEROUS PATIENTS:
a) For the burning pains of cancer of the pancreas,
b) For the burning pains of cancer of the uterus;
c) For adenocarcinomas and malignant tumors of the
mesentery.These are the general indications of this remedy. Now
let us consider other symptoms which could be useful:GREAT MORAL DEPRESSION.
VERTIGO with sensation of gliding on air, as if the
feet were not touching the ground when walking. Hot head. Face is pale
with deep blue circles. Patient looks pale and suffering. Tongue and lips
dry; great thirst; good remedy for gastric ulcer. Inguinal adenopathy,
with tearing pains in the leg. Hypomenorrhea. Fear, with a sensation of
oppression, of suffocating with palpitations. Tumultuous PALPITATIONS with
pain in the heart from physical or mental exertion, from the least
emotion. Rapid and depressed pulse. Regular extrasystoles every 4 beats.
Sepsis with embolic focus, myocarditis. Tired painful back between
shoulders and on sacral area, cannot rise. Vasomotor disturbances in obese
females at the menopause. According to Majumbar, it is a very efficient
remedy for liver and spleen hypertrophy in children. Infantile spleno- and
hepatomegaly.
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