(Carbonate of Lime)
This great Hahnemannian antipsoric is a
constitutional remedy par excellence. Its chief action is centered in the
vegetative sphere, impaired nutrition being the keynote of its action, the
glands, skin, and bones, being instrumental in the changes wrought.
Increased local and general perspiration, swelling of glands, scrofulous
and rachitic conditions generally offer numerous opportunities for the
exhibition of Calcarea. Incipient phthisis. [Ars.] It
covers the tickling cough, fleeting chest pains, nausea, acidity and
dislike of fat. Gets out of breath easily. A jaded state, mental or
physical, due to overwork. Abscesses in deep muscles; polypi and
exostoses. Pituitary and thyroid disfunction. | ||
| Mind.
Apprehensive; worse towards evening; fears loss of reason,
misfortune, contagious diseases. Forgetful, confused,
low-spirited. Anxiety with palpitation. Obstinacy; slight mental effort
produces hot head. Averse to work or exertion. | ||
| Head. Sense of
weight on top of head. Headache, with cold hands and feet. Vertigo on
ascending, and when turning head. Headache from overlifting, from mental
exertion, with nausea. Head feels hot and heavy, with pale face. Ice
coldness in, and on the head, especially right side. Open fontanelles;
head enlarged; much perspiration, wets the pillow. Itching of the
scalp. Scratches head on waking. | ||
| Eyes. Sensitive
to light. Lachrymation in open air and early in morning. Spots and
ulcers on cornea. Lachrymal ducts closed from exposure to cold. Easy
fatigue of eyes. Farsighted. Itching of lids, swollen, scurfy. Chronic
dilatation of pupils. Cataract. Dimness of vision, as if looking
through a mist. Lachrymal fistula; scrofulous ophthalmia. | ||
| Ears.
Throbbing; cracking in ears; stitches; pulsating pain as if something would
press out. Deafness from working in water. Polypi which bleed easily.
Scrofulous inflammation with mucopurulent otorrhea, and enlarged
glands. Perversions of hearing; hardness of hearing. Eruption on and
behind ear. [Petr.] Cracking noises in ear. Sensitive
to cold about ears and neck. | ||
| Nose. Dry,
nostrils sore, ulcerated. Stoppage of nose, also with fetid, yellow
discharge. Offensive odor in nose. Polypi; swelling at root of nose.
Epistaxis. Coryza. Takes cold at every change of weather. Catarrhal
symptoms with hunger; coryza alternates with colic. | ||
| Face. Swelling
of upper lip. Pale, with deep-seated eyes, surrounded by dark rings. Crusta
lactea; itching, burning after washing. Submaxillary glands swollen.
Goitre. Itching of pimples in whiskers. Pain from right mental foramen
along lower jaw to ear. | ||
| Mouth.
Persistent sour taste. Mouth fills with sour water. Dryness of
tongue at night. Bleeding of gums. Difficult and delayed dentition. Teeth
ache; excited by current of air, anything cold or hot. Offensive smell from
mouth. Burning pain at tip of tongue; worse, anything warm taken into
stomach. | ||
| Throat.
Swelling of tonsils and submaxillary glands; stitches on swallowing.
Hawking up of mucus. Difficult swallowing. Goitre. Parotid
fistula. | ||
| Stomach.
Aversion to meat, boiled things; craving for indigestible things (chalk,
coal, pencils); also for eggs, salt and sweets. Milk disagrees.
Frequent sour eructations; sour vomiting. Dislike of fat. Loss of
appetite when overworked. Heartburn and loud belching. Cramps in
stomach; worse, pressure, cold water. Ravenous hunger. Swelling over pit of
stomach, like a saucer turned bottom up. Repugnance to hot food. Pain in
epigastric region to touch. Thirst; longing for cold drinks.
Aggravation while eating. Hyperchlorhydria. [Phos.] | ||
| Abdomen.
Sensitive to slightest pressure. Liver region painful when stooping.
Cutting in abdomen; swollen abdomen. Incarcerated flatulence. Inguinal
and mesenteric glands swollen and painful. Cannot bear tight clothing
around the waist. Distention with hardness. Gallstone colic.
Increase of fat in abdomen. Umbilical hernia. Trembling; weakness, as if
sprained. Children are late in learning to walk. | ||
| Stool. Crawling
and constriction in rectum. Stool large and hard [Bry.]; whitish, watery, sour. Prolapse ani, and
burning, stinging hemorrhoids. Diarrhea of undigested food, fetid, with
ravenous appetite. Children's diarrhea. Constipation; stool at first
hard, then pasty, then liquid. | ||
| Urine. Dark,
brown, sour, fetid, abundant, with white sediment, bloody. Irritable
bladder. Enuresis. (Use 30th.) | ||
| Male.
Frequent emissions. Increased desire. Semen emitted too soon.
Coition followed by weakness and irritability. | ||
| Female. Before
menses, headache, colic, chilliness and leucorrhea. Cutting pains in uterus
during menstruation. Menses too early, too profuse, too long, with
vertigo, toothache and cold, damp feet; the least excitement causes
their return. Uterus easily displaced. Leucorrhea, milky. [Sep.] Burning and itching of parts before and after
menstruation; in little girls. Increased sexual desire; easy conception.
Hot swelling breasts. Breasts tender and swollen before menses. Milk too
abundant; disagreeable to child. Deficient lactation, with distended
breasts in lymphatic women. Much sweat about external genitals. Sterility
with copious menses. Uterine polypi. | ||
| Respiratory.
Tickling cough troublesome at night, dry and free expectoration in morning;
cough when playing piano, or by eating. Persistent, irritating cough from
arsenical wall paper. (Clarke.) Extreme dyspnea. Painless
hoarseness; worse in the morning. Expectoration only during the day;
thick, yellow, sour mucus. Bloody expectoration; with sour sensation in
chest. Suffocating spells; tightness, burning and soreness in chest;
worse going upstairs or slightest ascent, must sit down. Sharp pains
in chest from before backwards. Chest very sensitive to touch,
percussion, or pressure. Longing for fresh air. Scanty, salty
expectoration. [Lyc.] | ||
| Heart.
Palpitation at night and after eating. Palpitation with feeling of
coldness, with restless oppression of chest; after suppressed
eruption. | ||
| Back. Pain as
if sprained; can scarcely rise; from overlifting. Pain between
shoulderblades, impeding breathing. Rheumatism in lumbar region; weakness
in small of back. Curvature of dorsal vertebrae. Nape of neck stiff and
rigid. Renal colic. | ||
| Extremities.
Rheumatoid pains, as after exposure to wet. Sharp sticking, as if parts
were wrenched or sprained. Cold, damp feet; feel as if damp
stockings were worn. Cold knees. Cramps in calves. Sour foot sweat.
Weakness of extremities. Swelling of joints, especially knee. Burning of
soles of feet. Sweat of hands. Arthritic nodosities. Soles of feet
raw. Feet feel cold and dead at night. Old sprains. Tearing in
muscles. | ||
| Sleep. Ideas
crowding in her mind prevent sleep. Horrid visions when opening eyes.
Starts at every noise; fears that she will go crazy. Drowsy in early part
of evening. Frequent waking at night. Same disagreeable idea always
arouses from light slumber. Night terrors. [Kali-p.] Dreams of the dead. | ||
| Fever. Chill
at 2 p.m. begins internally in stomach region. Fever with sweat. Pulse
full and frequent. Chilliness and heat. Partial sweats. Night sweats,
especially on head, neck and chest. Hectic fever. Heat at night during
menstruation, with restless sleep. Sweat over head in children, so that
pillow becomes wet. | ||
| Skin.
Unhealthy; readily ulcerating; flaccid. Small wounds do not heal readily.
Glands swollen. Nettle rash; better in cold air. Warts on face and hands.
Petechial eruptions. Chilblains. Boils. | ||
| Modalities.
Worse, from exertion, mental or physical; ascending; cold in
every form; water, washing, moist air, wet weather; during full moon;
standing. Better, dry climate and weather; lying on painful side.
Sneezing (pain in head and nape). | ||
| Relationship.
Antidote: Ip.; Nit-ac.; Nux-v. Complementary: Bell.; Rhus-t.; Lyc.; Sil. Calcarea is useful after Sulphur where the pupils remain dilated. When Pulsatilla failed in school girls. Incompatible: Bry.; Sulphur should not be given after Calcarea. Compare: Sulph.; Lyc.; Sil.; Puls.; Cham. | ||
| Dose. Sixth
trituration. Thirtieth and higher potencies. Should not be repeated too
frequently in elderly people. |