Calcarea Carbonica

Mind

(Calcarea carbonica)

Great anxiety, with palpitation of the heart . (Acon., Cact., Spig.)

Despondent and melancholy. (Ign., Puls., Natr. mur.)

Disinclination for every kind of work.

Frightened, apprehensive mood, as of some future misfortune or impending evil. (Acon., Alum., Anac.)

Feared she would lose her reason, or that people would observe her confusion of mind. (Cimic.)

Shuddering and dread as evening draws near. (Acon., Ars., Merc., Rhus tox.)

Head

(Calcarea carbonica)

Vertigo when walking in the open air (Agar., Glon., Led., Sep., Sulph.), especially on suddenly turning the head (Sang.) ; when ascending a height, or looking upward. (Cupr., Sang.)

Rush of blood to the head, with heat in it , and with redness and puffiness of the face. (Bell., Op.)

Constant feeling of fullness in the head.

Icy coldness in and on the head (Laur.) ; also one-sided. (Phos., Verat. alb.)

Headache, as if a board lay upon the head.

Heaviness in forehead ; worse when reading or writing.

Painful pressure in forehead, extending down into nose. (Acon., Kali bi.)

Large, open fontanelles ; head large. (Calc. phos., Sil.)

Itching of the scalp ; children scratch their heads on being disturbed or awakened out of sleep.

Falling off of the hair (Graph., Natr. mur., Nitr. ac ., Phos., Sep .), especially on sides of head.

Scabs on hairy scalp.

Eyes

(Calcarea carbonica)

Painful sensation, as if a small foreign body were in the eye. (Acon.)

Profuse lachrymation. (Euphr., Merc.)

Swelling and redness of the lids, with nightly agglutination. ( Aeth., Lyc., Merc., Puls ., Sil., Sulph.)

Itching in the margins of the lids. (Carb. v., Sulph.)

Burning or stitches in the inner canthi.

Ears

(Calcarea carbonica)

Swelling in front of left ear ; painful to touch.

Singing, roaring, or crackling in the ears. (Cinch., Sulph .)

Purulent discharge from the ears. (Hep. s., Graph., Lyc .)

Eruption behind right ear, which becomes moist. ( Graph ., Hep. s.)

Polypus of the ear.

Hardness of hearing ; also after suppression of intermittent fever by Quinine .

Nose

(Calcarea carbonica)

Swelling of the nose, especially at the root.

Sore, ulcerated nostrils. (Alum., Aur., Graph., Kali bi., Nitr. ac., Puls .)

Frequent sneezing without coryza, or with dry coryza.

Very offensive smell from the nose (Kreos.), as from bad eggs or gunpowder.

Bleeding of the nose, especially in the morning. (Agar., Ambr., Bry .)

Polypus of the nose. (Mar. ver., Phos.)

Face

(Calcarea carbonica)

Face pale and hollow or bloated, with deep-seated eyes, surrounded by blue rings. (Cinch., Kali iod., Sec .)

Moist, itching, scurfy eruption on face, chiefly on cheeks and forehead. (Ant. crud., Graph., Lyc.)

Eruption on lips and mouth. (Ant. crud., Graph ., Lyc.)

Swelling of the upper lip in the morning. (Apis, Bell.)

Painful swelling of the submaxillary glands. ( Arum , Aur., Baryt. c., Natr. carb., Rhus tox., Sil .)

Mouth

(Calcarea carbonica)

Toothache, caused by a current of cold air, or by drinking cold liquids. (Ant. crud., Coca, Staph., Sulph.)

Inclination to gnash the teeth, as in a chill.

Difficult dentition. (Calc. phos.)

Tongue coated white. (Ant. crud., Bry., Merc ., Nux v., Puls., Sulph .)

Burning pain at tip of tongue (Calc. phos., Carb. an., Coloc.), as from soreness ; worse from warm food or drink.

Pain beneath the tongue when swallowing.

Sour taste in mouth. (Cinch., Ign., Mag. carb., Nitr. ac.)

Throat

(Calcarea carbonica)

Pain in throat, extending to the ears. (Bell., Hep. s., Kali bi.)

Stitches in the throat when swallowing. (Bell., Bry.)

Sensation as if the throat were contracted when swallowing.

Spasmodic contraction of the oesophagus. ( Bell.. Hyos .)

Stomach

(Calcarea carbonica)

Ravenous hunger in the morning.

Loss of appetite, but when he began to eat he relished it.

Great thirst. ( Acon., Bry., Sulph .)

Frequent eructations, tasting of the food ( Ant. crud ., Cinch., Carb. an., Graph ., Phos., Puls .) ; of tasteless fluid.

Nausea in the morning ( Nux v ., Puls.), with qualmishness and shuddering.

Nausea, with a flow of sour water from the mouth.

Sour vomiting , especially during dentition. ( Aeth .)

Pit of stomach swollen, like a saucer turned bottom up.

Burning in stomach, extending up into throat. (Ars.)

Pressure in stomach, as if a lump were in it. ( Ars., Bry .)

Severe pressure in pit of stomach.

Abdomen

(Calcarea carbonica)

Tight clothes about the hypochondria are unendurable . (Carb. v., Graph., Lach.)

A feeling as if laced below the hypochondria, with trembling and throbbing in the epigastric region.

Pressure in the hepatic region with every step.

Stitches in the hepatic region during or after stooping.

Abdomen hard and very much distended. (Ars., Baryt. c.)

Frequent severe cramps in the intestinal canal, especially

in the evening and night, with coldness in the thighs.

Incarcerated flatulence. (Aur., Carb. v., Lyc .)

Mesenteric glands swollen and hard in children.

Relieves pain attending the passage of biliary calculi.

Swelling and painfulness of the inguinal glands. (Clem.)

Painful pressure in lower abdomen ; on physical exertion.

Stool And Anus

(Calcarea carbonica)

Swollen haemorrhoids protrude and cause pain during stool. (Aloe, Lach., Mur. ac., Puls .)

Discharge of blood from the rectum.

Feeling of heaviness in lower portion of rectum. (Aloe.)

Cramp in the rectum the whole forenoon ; a griping and stitching, with great anxiety ; was not able to sit, but obliged to walk about.

Burning in rectum ; in anus. (Ars., Canth., Iris .)

Stool frequent ; first hard, then pasty, then liquid ; undigested (Ant. crud., Cinch ., Podo.) ; offensive, like bad eggs (Ascl. t., Cham .) ; white ; sour.

Stools look like lumps of chalk, in children during dentition.

Tendency to diarrhoea and acid stomach, and prolapsus recti ; precursory of tuberculosis of the lungs.

Constipation ; stools large and hard. ( Bry., Sulph .)

Urinary Organs

(Calcarea carbonica)

Very dark-colored urine, without sediment ; offensive (Kreos., Sulph.) ; dark-brown, with white sediment. (Canth., Colch.)

Frequent urination ; also at night.

Burning in urethra during urination.

Male Organs.- (Calcarea carbonica)

Inflammation of the prepuce, froenum, and orifice of the urethra, with a little yellow pus beneath froenum and glans.

Excessive sexual desire, with retarded erection, and too early emission of semen during coitus (Natr. carb.) ; followed by excessive weakness.

Female Organs.- (Calcarea carbonica)

Menses too early ; lasts too long ; too profuse. (Ambr., Amm. carb., Coccus, Nux v .)

Leucorrhoea like milk (Coni., Lyc., Puls., Sep ., Sulph. ac.), with itching and burning.

Mammary glands pain as if suppurating (Merc., Phyt., Sil.), especially when touched.

Inflammation and swelling of genitals.

Respiratory Organs.- (Calcarea carbonica)

Whistling in the larynx after lying down evenings.

Painless hoarseness mornings. (Caust., Carb. v.)

Frequent need to breathe deeply.

Shortness of breath on going up the slightest ascent. (Acon., Amm. carb., Ascl. t., Ars ., Cact.)

Cough : tickling, as from a feather in the throat ; at night ; dry, especially at night ( Hyos .) ; first dry, afterward with profuse salty expectoration ( Lyc ., Ambr., Carb. v., Phos., Stan., Sep.), with pain as if something had been torn loose from the larynx ; in the morning, with yellowish expectoration. ( Puls .)

Cough caused by a sensation of plug, which moved up and down the throat.

Cough excited by inspiration ; by eating.

Expectoration of mucus, with a sweetish taste (Stan .) ; of blood, with a rough, sore sensation in chest.

Chest painfully sensitive to touch, and on inspiration.

Tightness and oppression of the chest, as if filled too full with blood.

Cutting in chest on inspiration.

Sore pain in chest on inspiration.

Heart

(Calcarea carbonica)

Palpitation of the heart. (Acon., Cact ., Spig .)

Neck and Back.- (Calcarea carbonica)

Hard swelling of the cervical glands. ( Baryt. c ., Carb. v., Iodi.)

Painless swelling of the glands in the neck, at the margin of the hair.

The glands of the neck pain.

Pain in neck on turning the head, as if a tumor would protrude there.

Pains in loins and back, as if sprained. ( Rhus tox.)

Limbs

(Calcarea carbonica)

Weakness and weariness of all the limbs.

Paralytic, bruised pain in the long bones and in the joints of the limbs ; also in the small of the back on motion.

Upper Limbs.- (Calcarea carbonica)

The arms feel bruised on moving them, or taking hold of them.

The arm goes to sleep if he lies on it, with pains.

Cramps in the whole of one or the other arm.

Weakness and a kind of paralysis of the left arm.

Pain as from a sprain in right wrist, or as if something had been wrenched or dislocated. (Acon., Bry., Rhus tox., Eupat .)

Trembling of the hands ; finger joints much swollen.

Sweating of the palms.

Lower Limbs.- (Calcarea carbonica)

Painful weariness of the lower limbs, especially of the thighs and feet, as after a long walk. (Arg. nit., Cinch ., Nitr. ac.)

Weakness and trembling in the legs after coition. (Cinch., Phos. ac.)

Swelling of the knees.

Cramps in the legs (Camph.) ; in calves at night (Acon., Camph., Nux v., Sil., Sulph.) ; in hollow of knee when stretching out leg ; in the soles ; in the toes.

Legs go to sleep in the evening when sitting.

Burning in the soles. ( Sulph .)

Feet feel cold and damp ; sweating of the feet. (Sep., Sil .)

Generalities

(Calcarea carbonica)

Twitching of the muscles. (Ign., Stram .)

Trembling of the body.

Great weariness ; not able to walk .

Easily strained ; cannot lift anything. (Rhus tox.)

Weak and sick for several days after coition.

Great exhaustion in the morning ; unable to go up stairs , or becomes much exhausted from it.

Takes cold very easily. ( Kali carb ., Natr. ars. Phos., Sil .)

Epileptic attacks. (Ars., Bell .)

Tendency in children and young persons to grow very fat.

Great heaviness of the body.

Children cannot walk ; they have no disposition to do so, and will not put their feet down.

Skin

(Calcarea carbonica)

Elevated red stripes on the tibia, with severe itching and burning after rubbing.

Unhealthy, ulcerative skin ; even small wounds suppurate. ( Graph., Hep. s., Sulph.)

Nettle rash, mostly disappearing in cold air.

Scurfy pimples on border of red portion of lower lip.

Moist, scurfy eruptions. ( Graph., Hep. s., Lyc., Merc.)

Sleep

(Calcarea carbonica)

Sleepiness and weariness during the day.

Difficult to arouse on awaking, mornings.

Persistent sleeplessness ; so soon as he closes his eyes he sees figures.

Late falling asleep in the evening.

Frightful, anxious dreams. (Arn., Bell., Bry.)

Fever

(Calcarea carbonica)

Excessive internal chilliness.

Chill and heat alternating. (Coccul., Merc.)

Frequent flushes of heat, especially at night. (Lach.)

Internal heat at night, especially in hands and feet ; in morning, dry tongue.

Profuse sweat from the slightest exertion. (Ambr., Chin. sulph., Kali nit., Merc., Phos ., Sep., Sil.)

Profuse sweat in the mornings . (Chin. sulph., Nitr. ac ., Phos., Rhus tox.)

Night sweat. ( Cinch., Merc., Phos., Phos. ac., Sulph.)

Aggravation

Therapeutic Range.- (Calcarea carbonica)

In scrofulous, tubercular, and rachitic affections in general ; diseases of bones, of glands, of skin ; polypi ; vesicular and pustular eruptions ; delirium tremens ; sufferings of drunkards ; epilepsy ; chorea ; rheumatism ; ophthalmia ; difficult dentition ; chronic catarrh, especially gastric ; dandruff ; diarrhoea ; constipation ; menorrhagia ; leucorrhoea, etc.

Conditions

(Calcarea carbonica)

Fair, plump children ; leuco-phlegmatic temperament.

Excessively obese young people.

Compare

(Calcarea carbonica)

Arn., Ars., Baryt. c ., Bell., Calc. phos ., Cinch., Cupr., Iodi ., Graph., Lyc., Kali bi., Nitr. ac., Merc., Phos., Sil., Sulph.

Antidotes

(Calcarea carbonica)

Camph., Nitr. ac., Nitr. sp. d., Nux v., Sulph.

Calcarea Antidotes.-

Acet. ac., Bism., Cinch., Chin., Chin. sulph., Nitr. ac., Sulph.

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