Kali Nitricum
Chest
William Boericke 1922
Dyspnoea so great that breath cannot be held long enough to drink, though thirsty. Chest feels constricted. Oppression worse in morning. Sour-smelling expectoration. Expectoration of clotted blood, after hawking mucus Acute exacerbations in phthisis; congestion of lungs. Spasmodic croup; paroxysm of crowing. Laryngeal diphtheria 432 KALI NITRICUM — KALI PERMAN-GANICUM
Compare
William Boericke 1922
Gun-powder (Nitre with sulphur and charcoal — 2x trit. Herpes facialis; crops of boils. Carbuncles). Cannab. sat. (which contains a large amount of Kali nit.). Lycop.; Sanguin.; Allium sat.; Antimon. iod.
Dose
William Boericke 1922
Third to thirtieth potency.
Extremities
William Boericke 1922
Stitches between shoulder-blades. Tearing and sticking in shoulders and joints. Hands and fingers seem swollen.
Eyes
William Boericke 1922
Burning and lachrymation.
William Boericke 1922
Vision becomes clouded. Turbid corpus vitreum. [Am.; Ham.: Solan, n.; Phos.] Variegatedcolored rings before
Female
William Boericke 1922
Menses too early, profuse, black; preceded and with violent backache. Leucorrhoea. Burning pains in the ovarian region only during menses. [Zinc. after.]
Guiding symptoms
William Boericke 1922
KALI NITRICUM — NITRUM (Nitrate of Potassium — Saltpeter) Often indicated in asthma, also valuable in cardiac asthma; of great value in sudden dropiscal sivellings over the whole body. Gastro-intestinal inflammation, with much debility, and relapses in phthisis, call for this remedy. Suppurative nephritis.
Head
William Boericke 1922
Scalp very sensitive. Headache, with vertigo, as if falling to right side and backwards; worse, stooping. Ennui.
Heart
William Boericke 1922
Pulse weak, small, thready. Violent stitch in praecordia, and heating of
Modalities
William Boericke 1922
Worse, eating veal ; towards morning and in afternoon. Better, drinking sips of water.
Mouth
William Boericke 1922
Tongue red, with burning pimples; burns at tip. Throat constricted and sore. Stool. — Thin, watery, bloody. Membranous shreds, with tenesmus. Diarrhoea from eating veal.
Nose
William Boericke 1922
Sneezing. Swollen feeling; worse, right nostril. Point red and itching. Polypus. [Sang, nit.]
Relationships
William Boericke 1922
Antidotes: Opium; Nitr. sp. dulc. Antidote to Opium and Morphine poisoning, 8-10 grains to glass of water.
Respiratory
William Boericke 1922
Hoarseness. Dry, morning cough, with pain in chest and bloody expectoration. Bronchitis. Asthma, with excessive dyspnoea, nausea, dull stitches, and burning in
References
This monograph is an original summary faithful to the classical tradition. It condenses material from these public-domain sources:
- James Tyler Kent, Lectures on Homoeopathic Materia Medica (1905)Primary remedy pictures; characteristic mental and general symptoms. · Public domain (USA, pre-1930 publication)
- William Boericke, Pocket Manual of Homeopathic Materia Medica and Repertory (1927)Reproduced here in full — the complete classical repertory-style monographs. · Public domain (USA, pre-1930 publication)
- Constantine Hering, The Guiding Symptoms of Our Materia Medica (1879–1891)Confirmed symptom aggregates behind the section organization. · Public domain
- Timothy Field Allen, Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica (1874–1879)Provings background referenced by the verification tradition. · Public domain
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