Source: Mineral kingdom
Common Name: Barium carbonate
Family: Alkaline earth metals
Prover: Dr. Hahnemann
Miasm: Psora-Syphilitic
Temperament: Phlegmatic
Diathesis: Scrofulous
Thermal: Chilly patient
Duration of Action: 30 to 40 days
Active Principle: Barium
Inimical to: Calcarea carb
Side Affection: Right-sided affection more pronounced
INTRODUCTION
- It is a deep-acting constitutional remedy
- Especially indicated in childish, dwarfish and old people with mental & physical weakness
- HAHNEMANN described it as a remedy for retarded mental and physical growth
- Baryta carb is one of the main remedies for senile dementia & enlarged glands
- It is a remedy of extremes – used in infancy or old age
GUIDING SYMPTOMS
- Childish behavior in adults; acts immature even after reaching adulthood
- Shyness and bashfulness, can't face strangers
- Weak memory, forgets what has just been said or done
- Mental & physical dwarfism; delayed development in children
- Enlargement of glands, especially tonsils and cervical glands
- Chronic tonsillitis; tendency to catch cold easily
- Hard swelling of glands, painful or non-painful
- Tendency to paralysis in old age, specially left-sided hemiplegia
- Senile dementia, confusion, forgetfulness, childish behavior
- Vertigo on looking up, worse from raising arms or turning head
- Excessive salivation; offensive breath
- Palpitation of heart, especially in old people
- Scanty urination, often with dribbling after micturition
- Constipation in elderly, with hard, knotty stools
- Frequent cold and sore throat in children
MIND / MENTAL SYMPTOMS / PSYCHOLOGY
- Very timid and cowardly; cannot make decisions
- Fear of people, avoids company, especially strangers
- Weak memory; forgets familiar words, names
- Suspicious and distrustful
- Childish behavior in adults; emotionally and mentally immature
- Delusions that others are watching them or laughing at them
- Talks to self in a childish tone
- Very slow comprehension, cannot grasp or retain new info
- Lack of confidence, always seeks assurance
- Fears accidents, illness and insanity
FEVER
- Low-grade fever in weak children and old people
- Useful in recurrent tonsillitis with fever
- Chilliness, worse in open air
- Sweat mostly at night, cold and offensive
- Great weakness after fever, tendency to paralytic complaints
- No thirst or desire for cold drinks during fever
- Useful in slow-developing fevers, especially in scrofulous children
GLANDULAR AFFECTIONS
- Tonsils swollen and suppurating, worse from slightest exposure
- Cervical gland enlargement, hard, painless
- Tendency to repeated glandular infections
- Suits children with big belly and enlarged tonsils
- Tonsils look like balls of hypertrophied tissues
- Sweaty, flabby children with slow development
SKIN
- Dry, scaly skin, especially in old age
- Chronic eruptions behind ears or on scalp
- Itching worse at night, aggravated by cold air
- Glands around the ears or neck may be indurated
- Crusty eruptions in children with delayed milestones
- Senile skin changes in old age
URINARY & SEXUAL
- Prostatic enlargement in old people
- Dribbling urine, cannot empty bladder completely
- Loss of libido, erectile weakness in old men
- Sexual fear or aversion, especially in young adults due to shyness
- Nocturnal emissions with weakness
- Premature senility
BABY - GUIDING SYMPTOMS (IMPORTANT)
- Childish mind in adults – behaves like a small kid
- Very shy, can’t talk to strangers
- Always forgets things – weak memory
- Late walkers, late talkers (in kids)
- Big swollen tonsils, again and again
- Often catches cold & sore throat
- Dwarfish children – short height, weak body
- Paralysis in old people, mostly on left side
- Gets dizzy while looking up
- Excess saliva and bad breath
- Heart beats fast, mostly in old age
- Urine dribbles or comes slowly
- Constipation with hard stool
- Very sensitive to cold weather
MEMORIZING TIPS
B – Bashful, timid, childish behavior
A – Affects mainly old people and dwarfish children
R – Repeated tonsillitis & gland enlargement
Y – Young adults who act immature & lack confidence
T – Tendency to paralysis in old age
A – Avoids strangers, socially anxious
C – Cold patient with offensive sweat
A – Absent-minded and forgetful
R – Recurrent cold, tonsillitis, and enlarged glands
B – Brain development slow, memory weak
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