Magnesia carbonica
as Cyrus Maxwell Boger recorded it in A Synoptic Key of the Materia Medica, 1931
MAGNESIUM CARBONICUM
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Keynotes
Ailing, worn out, nervous, flatulent and flabby. Sour; all over (Rhe.); regurgitation; foamy vomitus; stool, etc. Emaciation. Marasmus. Sharp shoots along nerves; must walk about. Numb, distended feeling. Can't bear hands covered, yet chilled by uncovering. .................... Heavy brain. Tearing, digging, boring face or toothache; < pregnancy; > cold. Sudden deafness. Waxy pallor. Hawks cheesy masses from throat. Sorethroat at menses. Nibbling appetite. Vomits undigested milk or bitter water. Cutting colic. Stool, frothy; GREENISH, LIKE WATER AND SCUM OF A POND; lienteric, with gelatinous or fatty masses; grass green. Menses like thick, dark molasses; tarry; viscid; < night and on rising; leave a fast stain. Craves open air. Paroxysmal cough; difficult, thin, salty or bloody sputum. Heavy, weary feet. Chilly; takes cold, with coryza, toothache, sorethroat, etc.; before menses; and dry. Sour, greasy, indelible sweat.
Worse
NIGHT. Rest. Noise. Cold: Changes of weather. Wind. Drafts. Food; starchy; milk. Slight causes, touch, etc. Children. Nurselings.
Better
Motion. Walking about. Open air.
Region
Malar bones. DIGESTIVE TRACT: Stomach. Bowels. Liver. NERVES: Facial. Dental.
Relationships
Antidotes: Cham. Nux-v. Pul. Related: Rhe.
What the other books say about Magnesia carbonica
The same remedy read by a different author. They disagree, and the disagreements are where the remedy becomes recognisable.
- Magnesia carbonica in Boericke — The concise clinical Materia Medica that most Indian colleges teach from, in full.
- Magnesia carbonica in Allen's Keynotes — The few symptoms that, when genuinely present, point at one remedy and not its neighbours.
- Magnesia carbonica in Farrington — Lectures that teach remedies in families, by comparing them with each other.
- Magnesia carbonica in Kent — Kent teaching a class, one remedy at a time — fewer remedies, far more on each.
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Create a free accountCite this page. Cyrus Maxwell Boger. A Synoptic Key of the Materia Medica. 1931. Magnesia carbonica — Keynotes. HomeopathyWorld, https://homeopathyworld.in/materia-medica/books/boger/magnesia-carbonica. Author died 1935: public domain in India. The catalogue records 1931; a 1931 edition is public domain in the US from 1 Jan 2027 at the latest — the edition this transcription follows is not stated in the file. Reproduced as the author wrote it; a historical reference for students and practitioners, not medical advice.