Natrum Carbonicum
Carbonate of Sodium
Compare
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Sodii bicarbonas (in vomiting of pregnancy with acetonuria, 30 grains in water 524 NATRUM CARBONICUM — NATRUM CHLORATUM spread over twentyfour hours); Nat. sulph.; Causi.; Natr. cacodyl, (in phthisis, 5 centigrams hypodermically, daily. Increase number of red blood corpuscles to double. Also in malignant disease). Antidote: Ars.; Camph.
Dose
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Sixth potency.
Extremities
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Old sprains. Great weakness of limbs, especially in morning. Easy dislocation and spraining of ankles. Foot bends under. [Caust.] Soreness between toes and fingers. Heel and tendo-Achilles affected. Chapped hands. The hollow of the knee is painful on motion.
Face
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Freckles, ydlow spots, pimples. Swelling of upper lip. Pale, with blue rings around eyes and swollen
Female
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Induration of cervix. Pudenda sore. Bearing-down sensation. MnrcA.] Heaviness; worse, sitting; better, by moving. Menses late, scanty, like meatwashings. [Nitric ac.] Leucorrhoeal discharge, offensive, irritating, preceded by colic.
Guiding symptoms
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Ureat debility caused by summer heat; chronic effects of sunstroke ; exhaustion ; anaemic ; milky, watery
Head
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Aches from slightest mental exertion, worse from sun or working under gas-light. [Glon.] Feels too large. Oversensitive of hearing. Head aches with return of hot weather.
Mind
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Unable to think ; difficult, slow comprehension. Anxious and restless during thunder storm ; worse from music. [Ambra.] Marked gayety.
Modalities
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Worse, sitting, from music, sun, summer heat, mental exertion, thunder-storm. Least draught, changes of weather. Better, by moving, by boring in ears and
Nose
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Catarrh; bad smell of nasal secretion. Many troubles of external
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Posterior nasal catarrh. Hawking much mucus from
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All troubles of external nose which may attain a morbid size — pimples and puffiness. Constant coryza; obstruction of
Respiratory
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Dry cough, when coming into warm room from out of doors. Cough with coldness of left side of breast.
Skin
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very weak ankles, are all peculiar Natrum carbonicum conditions.
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Inclination to perspire easily, or dry, rough, cracked
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Eruption on finger-tips, knuckles and toes. Vesicular eruption in patches and circles.
Sleep
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Wakes too early in morning. Amorous dreams. Drow'sy during day.
Stomach
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Feels swollen and sensitive. Ill effects of drinking cold water when overheated. Waterhrash. Very weak digestion, caused by slightest error of diet. Averse to milk. Depressed after eating. Bitter taste. Old dyspeptics, always belching, have sour stomach and rheumatism. Dyspepsia relieved by soda biscuits. Bowels. — Sudden call to stool. Escapes with haste and noise Yellow substance like pulp of orange in discharge. Diarrhoea from milk.
Throat
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ivorse. slightest draught.
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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