Magnesia Carbonica Materia Medica
(Carbonate of Magnesia)
Obtained from mixing solution of Magnesium Sulphate (epson salts) and Sodium Carbonate
Frequently indicated in children, whole body smells sour and disposed to boils
Effects of shock, blows, mental distress
Ailments from excess of care and worry and constipation and heaviness
DIARRHOEA
Characteristic feature is the type of diarrhoea
Tends to be a green colour, slimy, frothy with green scum (frog pond scum)
White lumps like masses of tallow floating on a green stool
Sour but not as severe as Rheum
Cutting pains about the navel, distension of the abdomen, audible rumbling and gurgling followed by loose stools
Child has to double up (D/D Rheum, Coloc)
In the constipation, the stool is soft, white and putty-like due to the undigested milk. The milk passes continually in the stool in the form of soft china clay
Milk intolerance causing distension, nausea, child often refuses milk
SOURNESS
Sour taste, sour belching, vomiting, stool,sweat, breath and generally whole body
Not as severe as Rheum
Sourness < veggies. > + desires meat, fruit, acidic drinks
Neuralgia ~~~> restlessness
Amelioration from motion is very characteristic in the violent neuralgic pains
PAINS
< night
< Slightest touch
< Change of temperature
< Cold wind, any draft
< Pains make them restless and fidgety
Violent pains in roof of mouth, cheeks, eyes, nose > hot fomentation’s
Neuralgia of the left side of the face, at night, driving him out of bed needing constant motion
Startles easily
Rheumatism in right shoulder (D/D Sanguinaria)
SENSITIVENESS
Face has sensation as thou it has been smeared with white of an egg (D/D Alum)
Great tendency to dryness of the skin and mucous membranes
Sensitive to least touch, it causes starting
Cannot bear hands covered, yet chilled by uncovering
TEETH
Affections of the teeth and roots of the teeth
In every change of weather the roots of the teeth become painful, burn, shoot and ache continuously
Toothache before and during menstruation
Toothache during pregnancy (D/D Ratanhia) < at night
Toothache < night and cold
Must walk about as the pain is unbearable at rest
Acute : affinity for wisdom teeth pain
WEAKNESS
Generally lack vitality
In spite of good feeding they do not put on weight
Especially thought of in parents of tubercular origin
Emaciation
Weakness especially in morning < morning after a good sleep, more tired than when lying down in evening
DRYNESS
Tend to very dry skin
Almost scaly itches and burns
Dry catarrh, bronchial attacks with stringy sputum, that is very difficult to expel (D/D Kali bich)
Nose and eyes very dry, wakes with the lids sticking together
AGGRAVATIONS
< Touch
< Pressure
< Rest
< Drinking milk
< During menses
AMELIORATION
> Walking about
> Motion
> Open air
MENTALS
A remedy with a degree of sensitivity
Independent types who have to cope to compensate for underlying state.
Exhausted nerves in worn out women, like China is a for exhaustion from loss of vital fluids
Lack of stamina in children
Lack of muscle tone
General weakness, fatigue, overexertion wear out (physical and mental)
Mental exertion --> prone to neuralgic headaches < night with restless that ameliorates
Children conceived in clandestine affairs
Orphan type feeling/image
Great internal anxiety
Anxiety at night before midnight, in bed
Fear > evening in bed
Fear something will happen > warmth of bed
Great suppressed insecurity
Feeling need for nourishment, nurturing
Feels they have lacked protection from parents
Feels forsaken ***
Feels alone, unloved
Become independent (to cope to compensate for these feelings of not being loved and protected)
Startle easily
Desire to travel
Fears and worried over others safety
Irritability in children ***
Irritability > walking in open air
DREAMS
Of being left behind
Of being in danger and alone to face it
Of weddings
Of relatives
Of dead relatives
Of meeting friends
CAUSATION
Vexation. Fit of passion, Mental distress, Shocks, Blows, Pregnancy, Dentition, Cutting Wisdom Teeth. Injudicious feeding. Milk. Excess of care and worry
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Frequently indicated in children, whole body smells sour and disposed to boils
Effects of shock, blows, mental distress
Ailments from excess of care and worry and constipation and heaviness
DIARRHOEA
Characteristic feature is the type of diarrhoea
Tends to be a green colour, slimy, frothy with green scum (frog pond scum)
White lumps like masses of tallow floating on a green stool
Sour but not as severe as Rheum
Cutting pains about the navel, distension of the abdomen, audible rumbling and gurgling followed by loose stools
Child has to double up (D/D Rheum, Coloc)
In the constipation, the stool is soft, white and putty-like due to the undigested milk. The milk passes continually in the stool in the form of soft china clay
Milk intolerance causing distension, nausea, child often refuses milk
SOURNESS
Sour taste, sour belching, vomiting, stool,sweat, breath and generally whole body
Not as severe as Rheum
Sourness < veggies. > + desires meat, fruit, acidic drinks
Neuralgia ~~~> restlessness
Amelioration from motion is very characteristic in the violent neuralgic pains
PAINS
< night
< Slightest touch
< Change of temperature
< Cold wind, any draft
< Pains make them restless and fidgety
Violent pains in roof of mouth, cheeks, eyes, nose > hot fomentation’s
Neuralgia of the left side of the face, at night, driving him out of bed needing constant motion
Startles easily
Rheumatism in right shoulder (D/D Sanguinaria)
SENSITIVENESS
Face has sensation as thou it has been smeared with white of an egg (D/D Alum)
Great tendency to dryness of the skin and mucous membranes
Sensitive to least touch, it causes starting
Cannot bear hands covered, yet chilled by uncovering
TEETH
Affections of the teeth and roots of the teeth
In every change of weather the roots of the teeth become painful, burn, shoot and ache continuously
Toothache before and during menstruation
Toothache during pregnancy (D/D Ratanhia) < at night
Toothache < night and cold
Must walk about as the pain is unbearable at rest
Acute : affinity for wisdom teeth pain
WEAKNESS
Generally lack vitality
In spite of good feeding they do not put on weight
Especially thought of in parents of tubercular origin
Emaciation
Weakness especially in morning < morning after a good sleep, more tired than when lying down in evening
DRYNESS
Tend to very dry skin
Almost scaly itches and burns
Dry catarrh, bronchial attacks with stringy sputum, that is very difficult to expel (D/D Kali bich)
Nose and eyes very dry, wakes with the lids sticking together
AGGRAVATIONS
< Touch
< Pressure
< Rest
< Drinking milk
< During menses
AMELIORATION
> Walking about
> Motion
> Open air
MENTALS
A remedy with a degree of sensitivity
Independent types who have to cope to compensate for underlying state.
Exhausted nerves in worn out women, like China is a for exhaustion from loss of vital fluids
Lack of stamina in children
Lack of muscle tone
General weakness, fatigue, overexertion wear out (physical and mental)
Mental exertion --> prone to neuralgic headaches < night with restless that ameliorates
Children conceived in clandestine affairs
Orphan type feeling/image
Great internal anxiety
Anxiety at night before midnight, in bed
Fear > evening in bed
Fear something will happen > warmth of bed
Great suppressed insecurity
Feeling need for nourishment, nurturing
Feels they have lacked protection from parents
Feels forsaken ***
Feels alone, unloved
Become independent (to cope to compensate for these feelings of not being loved and protected)
Startle easily
Desire to travel
Fears and worried over others safety
Irritability in children ***
Irritability > walking in open air
DREAMS
Of being left behind
Of being in danger and alone to face it
Of weddings
Of relatives
Of dead relatives
Of meeting friends
CAUSATION
Vexation. Fit of passion, Mental distress, Shocks, Blows, Pregnancy, Dentition, Cutting Wisdom Teeth. Injudicious feeding. Milk. Excess of care and worry
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