(Carbonate of Potassium)
The weakness characteristic of all Potassium Salts
is seen especially in this, with soft pulse, coldness, general depression,
and very characteristic stitches, which may be felt in any part of
the body, or in connection with any affection. All Kali pains are sharp
and cutting; nearly all better by motion. Never use any Salts of Potash
where there is fever (T. F. Allen). Sensitive to every atmospheric change,
and intolerance of cold weather. One of the best remedies following
labor. Miscarriage, for consequent debilitated states. Early morning
aggravation is very characteristic. Fleshy aged people, with dropsical and
paretic tendencies. Sweat, backache, and weakness. Throbbing pains.
Tendency to dropsy. Tubercular diathesis. Pains from within out, and of
stinging character. "Giving out" sensation. Fatty degenerations. Stinging
pains in muscles and internal parts. Twitching of muscles. Pain in small
spot on left side. Hypothyroidism. Coxitis. | ||
| Mind.
Despondent. Alternating moods. Very irritable. Full of fear and
imaginations. Anxiety felt in stomach. Sensation as if bed were sinking.
Never wants to be left alone. Never quiet or contended. Obstinate and
hypersensitive to pain, noise, touch. | ||
| Head. Vertigo
on turning. Headache from riding in cold wind. Headache comes on
with yawning. Stitches in temples; aching in occiput, one sided, with
nausea, on riding in carriage. Loose feeling in head. Great dryness of
hair; falls out. | ||
| Eyes. Stitches
in eyes. Spots, gauze, and black points before eyes. Lids stick together in
morning. Swelling over upper lid, like little bags. Swelling of
glabella between brows. Asthenopia. Weak sight from excessive sexual
indulgence. On shutting eyes, painful sensation of light penetrating the
brain. | ||
| Ears. Stitches
in ears. Itching, cracking, ringing and roaring. | ||
| Nose. Nose
stuffs up in warm room. Thick, fluent, yellow discharge. Postnasal
dropping. Sore, scurfy nostrils; bloody nasal mucus. Crusty nasal openings.
Nosebleed on washing face in morning. Ulcerated
nostrils. | ||
| Mouth. Gums
separate from teeth; pus oozes out. Pyorrhea. Aphthae. Tongue white. Much
saliva constantly in mouth. Bad, slimy taste. | ||
| Throat. Dry,
parched, rough. Sticking pain, as from a fish bone. Swallowing difficult;
food goes down esophagus slowly. Mucous accumulation in the
morning. | ||
| Stomach.
Flatulence. Desire for sweets. Feeling of lump in pit of stomach. Gagging.
Dyspepsia of old people; burning acidity, bloating. Gastric disorders from
ice water. Sour eructations. Nausea; better lying down. Constant
feeling as if stomach were full of water. Sour vomiting; throbbing
and cutting in stomach. Disgust for food. Anxiety felt in stomach.
Epigastrium sensitive externally. Easy choking when eating. Epigastric pain
to back. | ||
| Abdomen.
Stitches in region of liver. Old chronic liver troubles, with soreness.
Jaundice and dropsy. Distention and coldness of abdomen. Pain from left
hypochondrium through abdomen; must turn on right side before he can
rise. | ||
| Rectum.
Large, difficult stools, with stitching pain an hour before.
Hemorrhoids, large, swollen, painful. Itching, ulcerated pimples around
anus. Large discharge of blood with natural stool. Pain in hemorrhoids when
coughing. Burning in rectum and anus. Easy prolapsus. [Graph.; Podo.] Itching. [Ign.] | ||
| Urine. Obliged
to rise several times at night to urinate. Pressure on bladder long before
urine comes. Involuntary urination when coughing, sneezing,
etc. | ||
| Male.
Complaints from coition. Deficient sexual instinct. Excessive emissions,
followed by weakness. | ||
| Female. Menses
early, profuse [Calc.] or too late, pale and
scanty, with soreness about genitals; pains from back pass down through
gluteal muscles, with cutting in abdomen. Pain through left labium,
extending through abdomen to chest. Delayed menses in young girls, with
chest symptoms or ascites. Difficult, first menses. Complaints after
parturition. Uterine hemorrhage; constant oozing after copious flow,
with violent backache, relieved by sitting and pressure. | ||
| Respiratory.
Cutting pain in chest; worse lying on right side. Hoarseness and loss of
voice. Dry, hard cough about 3 a.m., with stitching pains and
dryness of pharynx. Bronchitis, whole chest is very sensitive.
Expectoration scanty and tenacious, but increasing in morning and
after eating; aggravated right lower chest and lying on painful side.
Hydrothorax. Leaning forward relieves chest symptoms. Expectoration
must be swallowed; cheesy taste; copious, offensive, lump. Coldness of
chest. Wheezing. Cough with relaxed uvula. Tendency to
tuberculosis; constant cold taking; better in warm
climate. | ||
| Heart.
Sensation as if heart were suspended. Palpitation and burning in heart
region. Weak, rapid pulse; intermits, due to digestive disturbance.
Threatened heart failure. | ||
| Back. Great
exhaustion. Stitches in region of kidneys and right scapula. Small of
back feels weak. Stiffness and paralytic feeling in back. Burning in
spine. Severe backache during pregnancy, and after miscarriage. Hip
disease. Pain in nates and thighs and hip joint. Lumbago with sudden sharp
pains extending up and down back and to thighs. | ||
| Extremities.
Backs and legs give out. Uneasiness, heaviness, and tearing in limbs
and jerking. Tearing pains in limbs with swelling. Limbs sensitive to
pressure. White swelling of knee. Tearing in arms from shoulder to wrist.
Lacerating in wrist joint. Paralysis of old people, and dropsical
affections. Limbs go to sleep easily. Tips of toes and fingers painful.
Soles very sensitive. Itching of great toe, with pain. Pain from
hip to knee. Pain in knees. | ||
| Skin. Burning
as from a mustard plaster. | ||
| Sleep. Drowsy
after eating. Wakes about two o'clock and cannot sleep again. | ||
| Modalities.
Worse, after coition; in cold weather; from soup and coffee; in
morning about three o'clock; lying on left and painful side. Better,
in warm weather, though moist; during day, while moving about. | ||
| Relationship.
Complementary: Carbo-v. (Lowness of vitality may
suggest a preliminary course of Carbo to nurse up recuperation to the point
that Kali carbonicum would come in helpfully.) Follows Nux often in stomach and bladder troubles. Compare: Calc.; Phos.; Lyc.; Bry.; Nat-m.; Sep. Antidote: Coff. | ||
| Dose. Thirtieth
and higher. Sixth trituration. Do not repeat too often. Use cautiously in
old gouty cases, advanced Bright's and tuberculosis. |