Materia Medica de A a Z

KALIUM CHLORICUM (kali-chl)

Acts very destructively upon the kidneys, producing a croupous nephritis, hemoglobinuria, etc. Parenchymatous nephritis with stomatitis. Produces most acute ulcerative and follicular stomatitis. NOMA. TOXAEMIC CONDITIONS OF PREGNANCY (urinary symptoms). Chronic nephritis; hepatitis. Septicaemia. Anaemia.

Mouth

Profuse secretion of acid saliva. Whole mucous surface red, tumid, with gray-based ulcers. Tongue swollen. STOMATITIS-aphthous and GANGRENOUS. Fetor. Mercurial stomatitis (as a mouth wash).

Stomach

Feeling of weight in epigastric and umbilical region. Flatulence. Vomiting of greenish-black matter.

Stool

Diarrhoea; profuse, greenish mucus.

Urine

Albuminous, scanty, suppressed. Haematuria; diuresis. Nucleo-albumin and bile, high Phosphoric acid, with low total solids.

Skin

Jaundice. Itching miliary or papular eruptions. Discolored; chocolate tint.

Dose

Second to sixth potency. Use cautiously locally as it is poisonous.