(Carbonate of Sodium)
Great debility caused by summer heat;
chronic effects of sunstroke: exhaustion; anemic; milky, watery skin; very
weak ankles, are all peculiar Natrum carbonicum conditions. | ||
| Mind. Unable to
think; difficult, slow comprehension. Mental weakness and depression;
worries; very sensitive to noise; colds, change of weather. Anxious and
restless during thunderstorm; worse from music. Marked gaiety. Sensitive
to presence of certain individuals. | ||
| Head. Aches
from slightest mental exertion, worse from sun or working under
gaslight. [Glon.] Feels too large. Oversensitive
of hearing. Head aches with return of hot weather. Vertigo from exposure to
sun. | ||
| Nose. All
troubles of external nose which may attain a morbid size: pimples and
puffiness. Constant coryza; obstruction of nose. Catarrh; bad smell of
nasal secretion. Many troubles of external nose. [Caust.] Posterior nasal catarrh. Hawking much mucus
from throat; worse, slightest draft. | ||
| Face. Freckles,
yellow spots, pimples. Swelling of upper lip. Pale, with blue rings
around eyes and swollen lids. | ||
| Stomach. Feels
swollen and sensitive. Ill effects of drinking cold water when overheated.
Water brash. Hungry at 5 a.m. 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. Diarrhea from milk. | ||
| Female.
Induration of cervix. Pudenda sore. Bearing-down sensation. [Sep.] Heaviness; worse, sitting; better, by moving.
Menses late, scanty, like meat washings. [Nit-ac.]
Leucorrheal discharge, offensive, irritating, preceded by
colic. | ||
| Respiratory.
Dry cough, when coming into warm room from out of doors. Cough with
coldness of left side of breast. | ||
| Sleep. Wakes
too early in morning. Amorous dreams. Drowsy during day. | ||
| Extremities.
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
Achilles tendon affected. Chapped hands. The hollow of the knee is painful
on motion. Icy cold up to knees. | ||
| Skin.
Inclination to perspire easily, or dry, rough, cracked skin. Eruption on
fingertips, knuckles and toes. Vesicular eruption in patches and circles.
Veins full. Soles of feet raw and sore. | ||
| Modalities.
Worse, sitting, from music, summer heat, mental exertion,
thunderstorm. Least draft, changes of weather, sun. Better,
by moving, by boring in ears and nose. | ||
| Relationship.
All the Natrums stimulate cellular activity and increase oxidation and
metabolism. Compare: Nat-s.; Caust. Antidote: Ars. | ||
| Dose. Sixth
potency. |