Kalium muriaticum
as William Boericke recorded it in Homoeopathic Materia Medica, 1927
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General
Cloride of Potassium - KCl Although not proven, this remedy has a wide clinical use, through its introduction by Schuessler. It certainly is of great value in catarrhal affections, in
sub-acute inflammatory states, fibrinous exudations, and glandular swellings. White or gray coating of base of tongue, and expectoration of thick, white phlegm, seem to be special guiding symptoms. Bursitis præpatellaris.
Modalities
Worse, rich food, fats, motion.
Head
Imagines he must starve. Headache, with vomiting. Crusta lactea. Dandruff.
Face
Cheek swollen and painful.
Eyes
White mucus, purulent scabs. Superficial ulcer. Trachoma. Corneal opacities.
Ears
Chronic, catarrhal conditions of the middle ear. Glands about the ear swollen. Snapping and noises in the ear. Threatened mastoid. Great effusion about the auricle.
Nose
Catarrh; phlegm white, thick. Vault of pharynx covered with adherent crusts. Stuffy cold. Nosebleed (Arn; Bry).
Mouth
Aphthæ; thrush; white ulcers in mouth. Swollen glands about jaw and neck. Coating of tongue grayish-white, dryish, or slimy.
Throat
Follicular tonsillitis. Tonsils inflamed; enlarged so much, can hardly breathe. Grayish patches or spots in the throat and tonsils. Adherent crusts in vault of pharynx. "Hospital" sore throat. Eustachian catarrh.
Stomach
Fatty or rich food causes indigestion. Vomiting of white, opaque mucus; water gathers in the mouth. Pain in the stomach, with constipation. Bulimia; hunger disappears by drinking water.
Abdomen
Abdominal tenderness and swelling. Flatulence. Thread-worms, causing itching at the anus.
Stool
Constipation; light-colored stools. Diarrhœa, after fatty food; clay- colored, white, or slimy stools. Dysentery; purging, with slimy stools. Hæmorrhoids; bleeding; blood dark and thick; fibrinous, clotted.
Female
Menstruation too late or suppressed, checked or too early; excessive discharge; dark-clotted, or tough, black blood, like tar (Plat). Leucorrhœa; discharge of milky-white mucus, thick, non-irritating, bland. Morning sickness, with vomiting of white phlegm. Bunches in breast feel quite soft and are tender. Respiratory Organs.––Loss of voice; hoarseness. Asthma, with gastric derangements; mucus white and hard to cough up. Loud, noisy stomach cough; cough short, acute, and spasmodic, like whooping-cough; expectoration thick and white. Rattling sounds of air passing through thick, tenacious mucus in the bronchi; difficult to cough up. Back and Extremities.––Rheumatic fever; exudation and swelling around the joints. Rheumatic pains felt only during motion, or increased by it. Nightly rheumatic pains; worse from warmth of bed; lightning-like from small of back to feet; must get out of bed and sit up. Hands get stiff while writing.
Skin
Acne, erythema, and eczema, with vesicles containing thick, white
contents. Dry, flour-like scales on the skin (Arsenic). Bursitis.
Relationships
Compare: Bellad which Kali mur follows well in catarrhal and hypertrophic conditions. Kino (otorrhœa, with stitches in right ear); Bry; Mercur; Puls; Sulph.
Dose
Third to twelfth potency. External use in skin affections with burning sensation.
What the other books say about Kalium muriaticum
The same remedy read by a different author. They disagree, and the disagreements are where the remedy becomes recognisable.
- Kalium muriaticum in Boger — A compressed key — the generals and the characteristic modalities, with very little narrative.
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Create a free accountCite this page. William Boericke. Homoeopathic Materia Medica. 9th edition (preface dated San Francisco, June 1927). Kalium muriaticum — General. HomeopathyWorld, https://homeopathyworld.in/materia-medica/books/boericke/kalium-muriaticum. Published 1927: public domain in the US (since 2023) and in India (author died 1929). Reproduced as the author wrote it; a historical reference for students and practitioners, not medical advice.