Author:
Cyrus Boger
Book:
Synoptic key
Type:
Remedy
Chapter:
Natrium carbonicumn
Natrium carbonicum
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; < 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, < least draft; < 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, > eating. Abdomen pouts here and there. Diarrhoea, from starches. Stools like orange pulp. Pollutions. Cough; loose; hollow; 9-11 morning; < entering warm room. Purulent, salty sputum. Cough from continuous tickle in throat, < going from a cold into a warm room. Boring at tip of left scapula. Painful popliteae. 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 scapulae. Burning wrists and ankles. Sweats easily.
Region: DIGESTION; Nerves; Skin; Hands (Dorsae:; 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.