Kali carbonicum
kali-carKALIUM CARBONICUM
Carbonate of Potassium The weakness characteristic of all Potassium Salts is seen especially in this, with soft pulse, coldness, general depression, and very characteristic stitches, which may be felt in any part of the body, or in connection with any affection. All Kali pains are sharp and cutting; nearly all better by motion. Never use any Salts of Potash where there is fever (T. F. Allen). Sensitive to every atmospheric change, and intolerance of cold weather. Read on in Homoeopathic Materia Medica, General →
These texts come from 5 classic Materia Medicas dating from 1908 to 1931, now in the public domain. They record what their authors observed and taught, as historical reference for students and practitioners of homeopathy — not current clinical evidence. Nothing on this page is medical advice: for any health problem, see a qualified doctor.
Where each author writes about Kali carbonicum
A map of the books. Each number counts the sections, or the paragraphs the author labelled himself, that one book gives a topic, and opens the first of them in that book. Kent and Farrington wrote lectures, so only what they labelled is counted.
| Topic | Boger | Allen | Boericke | Kent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keynotes | 1 | 1 | none | none |
| Mind | none | none | 1 | 1 |
| General | none | none | 1 | none |
| Modalities | 2 | none | 1 | none |
| Head | none | none | 1 | 1 |
| Face | none | none | none | 1 |
| Eyes | none | none | 1 | none |
| Ears | none | none | 1 | none |
| Nose | none | none | 1 | none |
| Mouth | none | none | 1 | 1 |
| Throat | none | none | 1 | none |
| Stomach | none | none | 1 | 1 |
| Abdomen | none | none | 1 | 2 |
| Rectum | none | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Urinary | none | none | 1 | none |
| Male | none | none | 1 | none |
| Female | none | none | 1 | 1 |
| Respiratory | none | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Heart | none | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Back | none | none | 1 | none |
| Extremities | none | none | 1 | 1 |
| Skin | none | none | 1 | none |
| Sleep | none | none | 1 | none |
Relationships
- Complementary:
- Bacillinum burnett (Boericke),
- Carbo vegetabilis (Boericke, Boger),
- Lycopodium clavatum (Boger),
- Nitricum acidum (Boger),
- Nux vomica (Boger),
- Phosphorus (Boger)
- Followed well by:
- Fluoricum acidum (Allen)
- Related:
- Kali bichromicum (Boger),
- Lycopodium clavatum (Boger),
- Nitricum acidum (Boger),
- Phosphorus (Boger)
As each book states it.
Kali carbonicum in A Synoptic Key of the Materia Medica
Cyrus Maxwell Boger · 1931
KeynotesWEAKENING, intellection; muscles, heart, back, limbs, etc. Gives out, leans on something or lies down; with backache, profuse secretions, sweat, etc. Soft, thin blooded and cold. Old, fleshy, dropsical or paralytic. SHARP STITCHINGS, stabbings or catches in joints, muscles, chest, head, epigastrium, back, etc. Throbbing, numb or cold single parts, abdomen, fingers, etc. Acrid discharges. Sub-acute conditions.
Words in capitals are Boger's highest grade.
Read Boger on Kali carbonicum in full →Kali carbonicum in Allen's Keynotes
H.C. Allen · 3rd edition (1910) · Philadelphia: Boericke & Tafel
KeynotesKali carbonicum Potassium Carbonate. For diseases of old people, dropsy and paralysis; with dark hair, lax fibre, inclined to obesity (Am. c.. Graph.). After loss of fluids or vitality, particularly in the an?emic (Cinch., Phos. ac., Phos., Psor.). Pains stitching, darting, worse during rest and lying on affected side (stitching, darting, better during rest and lying on painful side, Bry.).
Read Allen on Kali carbonicum in full →Kali carbonicum in Clinical Materia Medica
Ernest Albert Farrington · 4th edition, revised and enlarged by Harvey Farrington (1908) · Philadelphia: Boericke & Tafel
LectureLecture LXXIII — Kali carb. Phos. , Carbo veg., Arsen. Ant. tart. Hypophosphite of lime, Psorinum. Caust., Senna. Natr. m. V I^Lachesis. Kali carb. < Carbo veg. To-day I will study with you Carbonate of potash, known in our nomenclature as Kali carb. This is complemental to Carbo veg. and similar to it in many forms of disease, particularly in lung inflammations.
Read Farrington on Kali carbonicum in full →Kali carbonicum in Homoeopathic Materia Medica
William Boericke · 9th edition (preface dated San Francisco, June 1927)
MindDespondent. Alternating moods. Very irritable. Full of fear and imaginations. Anxiety felt in stomach. Sensation as if bed were sinking. Never wants to be left alone. Never quiet or contented. Obstinate and hypersensitive to pain, noise, touch.
- Mind
- General
- Modalities
- Head
- Eyes
- Ears
- Nose
- Mouth
- Throat
- Stomach
- Abdomen
- Rectum
- Urinary
- Male
- Female
- Respiratory
- Heart
- Back
- Extremities
- Skin
- Sleep
- Relationships
- Dose
Kali carbonicum in Lectures on Homoeopathic Materia Medica
James Tyler Kent · 2nd edition (preface dated 1 September 1911)
LectureKalium Carbonicum The Kali carb. patient is a hard patient to study, and the remedy itself is a hard one to study. It is not used as often as it should be, and the reason is that it is a very complex and confusing remedy. It has a great many opposite symptoms, changing symptoms, and thus it is related to patients that withhold their symptoms and have many vague symptoms.
Read Kent on Kali carbonicum in full →Where the repertories grade Kali carbonicum highest
Rubrics in which Kali carbonicum has the top grade (Kent’s 3, Bönninghausen’s 4). Each page lists every remedy in the rubric with its grade.
- Mind, touchedKent’s Repertory · 33 remedies
- Mind, capriciousnessKent’s Repertory · 61 remedies
- Mind, talkingKent’s Repertory · 69 remedies
- Mind, frightenedKent’s Repertory · 83 remedies
- Generalities, emissions agg.Kent’s Repertory · 39 remedies
- Generalities, relaxation of musclesKent’s Repertory · 63 remedies
- Generalities, uncovering agg.Kent’s Repertory · 70 remedies
- Generalities, anaemiaKent’s Repertory · 88 remedies
- Aggravations, cloudy weatherBönninghausen’s Pocket-Book · 32 remedies
- Aggravations, musicBönninghausen’s Pocket-Book · 44 remedies
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