Materia Medica de A a Z

NATRUM CARBONICUM (nat-c)

Region

DIGESTION. Nerves. Skin. Hands (Dorsæ). Heels.

Worse

HEAT: Sun. Weather. (Head). Sultry air. Gas-light. Periodically; Winter (Body), 5. A.M. Music. Mental exertion. Onanism. Dietetic errors. Milk. Drafts. Thunder-storms.

Better

Motion. Rubbing. Eating. Sweating.

General

Irritable weakness. Puffy, relaxed, easily exhausted. Easy dislocation. Oversensitive; to open air, music, noise, dietetic errors, etc. Pains cause tremor, cold sweat, anxiety, etc..................... Cross and irritable. Gloomy. Lively, yet fearful; agg. thunder-storms. Averse to company. Vertigo, from wine. Hot weather headache. Head bent backward; pains out through eyes. Dazzling flashes or stars before vision. Swelled or peeling nose. Coryza, agg. least draft; agg. alternate days. Violent sneezing. Post-nasal discharge. Pale, wilted face. Mouth open. Must drink to swallow solids. Acidity, flatulence and rheumatism. Weak digestion. Averse to milk. Greedy, always nibbling. Gastric pain, amel. eating. Abdomen pouts here and there. Diarrhoa, from starches. Stools like orange pulp. Pollutions. Cough; loose; hollow; 9-11 A.M.; agg. entering warm room. Purulent, salty sputum. Cough from continuous tickle in throat, agg. going from a cold into a warm room. Boring at tip of l. scapula. Painful popliteæ. Heavy legs. Weak ankles. Cramps from ankles into toes. Sleepy after meals. Blisters on small joints; tips of toes or fingers. Milky, watery or dry, rough skin; pustular eruptions. Cold between scapulæ. Burning wrists and ankles. Sweats easily.

Complementary: Sep.

Related: Lyc, Nat-m.