CALCAREA CARBONICA (CARBONATE OF LIME)
(CALCAREA CARBONICA OSTREARUM)
Calcarea carbonica/ Calcarea carb. is a constitutional remedy used to treat acne, arthritis, vaginal discharges in women, night terrors in children, and ringworm on the scalp. The patients tire easily, move slowly and sluggishly, sweat readily, and have poor muscle tone and swollen lymph nodes. They are passive, overweight people with fair or chalky complexions, large heads, and large puffy abdomens. Their perspiration and other body discharges often have a sour smell. Women may have excessively heavy menstrual periods and sore breasts before the flow begins. The patients often crave cold or iced drinks even when they do not have much appetite. They may dislike milk or meat, and complain of headaches and nausea after meals. Children are slow to teethe and to walk, but they are also likely to be stubborn and strong-willed.
Mind.- Apprehensive; worse towards evening; fears loss of reason, misfortune, contagious diseases. Forgetful, confused, low-spirited. Anxiety with palpitation.
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.
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. Chronic dilatation of pupils
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 muco-purulent otorrhśa.
Nose.- Dry, nostrils sore, ulcerated. Stoppage of nose, also with fetid, yellow discharge. Offensive odor in the nose. Polypi; swelling at root of nose. Epistaxis. Coryza. Takes cold at every change of weather.
Face.- Swelling of the upper lip. Pale, with deep-seated eyes, surrounded by dark rings. Crusta lactea; itching, burning after washing. Submaxillary glands are swollen. Goitre. Itching of pimples in whiskers
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 the current of air, anything cold or hot.
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.
Abdomen.-Sensitive to the slightest pressure. Liver region painful when stooping. Cutting in abdomen; swollen abdomen. Incarcerated flatulence. Inguinal and mesenteric glands swollen and painful.
Stool.- Crawling and constriction in the rectum. Stool large and hard (Bry); whitish, watery, sour. Prolapse ani, and burning, stinging hemorrhoids. Diarrhea of undigested, food, fetid, with a ravenous appetite.
Urine.- Dark, brown, sour, fetid, abundant, with white sediment, bloody. Irritable bladder. Enuresis
Male.– Frequent emissions. Increased desire. Semen emitted too soon. Coition followed by weakness.
Female.– Before menses, headache, colic, chilliness and leucorrhśa. Cutting pains in uterus during menstruation. Menses too early, too profuse, too long, with vertigo, toothache and cold, damp feet.
Respiratory.- Tickling cough troublesome at night, dry and free expectoration in morning, cough when playing piano, or by eating Persistent, irritating cough from arsenical wallpaper. Extreme dyspnea.
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 over lifting. Pain between shoulder-blades, impeding breathing. Rheumatism in lumbar region, weakness in small of back.. 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.
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.
Fever.- Chill at 2 pm 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.
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.
Relationship.-Antidotes: Camph; Ipec; Nit ac ;Nux.Complementary: Bell, Rhus: Lycop; Silica.
Dose.- Sixth trit. Thirtieth and higher potencies. Should not be repeated too frequently in elderly people.
