Source :- Mineral Kingdom
Common Name :- Carbonate of Lime, Impure Calcium Carbonate
Family :- Not Applicable (Mineral)
Prover :- Dr. Hahnemann
Miasm :- Psora, Sycosis
Temperament :- Phlegmatic
Diathesis :- Scrofulous and Tubercular
Thermal :- Chilly patient
Duration of Action :- 40 to 60 days
Active Principle :- Calcium Carbonate
Inimical to :- Bryonia alba
Side Affection :- Right side more than left
INTRODUCTION (IMPORTANT)
:- A deep-acting constitutional remedy and one of the greatest polychrests of our materia medica
:- HAHNEMANN says, “CALCAREA CARBONICA IS SUITED TO PERSONS OF LEUCOPHLEGMATIC CONSTITUTION”
:- Especially indicated in FAT, FAIR, FLABBY individuals with CHILLY nature
GUIDING SYMPTOMS
- Chilliness with profuse perspiration, especially on the head
- Sweating of the head during sleep so profuse it wets the pillow
- Craving for indigestible things like chalk, pencils, lime, coal
- Craving for eggs (especially boiled eggs) and undigestible things
- Great debility and weakness, worse from exertion or ascending stairs
- Slowness in comprehension and difficulty in concentration
- Constipation with stool like little balls, difficult to pass
- Menses too early, too profuse, and long-lasting
- Glandular swellings, especially cervical and mesenteric
- Tendency to take cold easily, especially from exposure to cold or damp weather
- Head is large in proportion to body in children; fontanelles open for long
- Pot-bellied children with delayed teething and slow development
- Sour smell of body discharges — sweat, stool, vomit, etc.
- Complaints worse from cold, exertion, ascending stairs, and mental work
- Better in dry climate, from warmth, and lying on painful side
MIND / MENTAL SYMPTOMS / PSYCHOLOGY
- Great anxiety especially about health, fear of insanity or misfortune
- Fear of going insane, fear that something bad will happen
- Timid, easily startled, mentally sluggish, forgetful
- Obstinate yet shy; does not want to mingle with people
- Sadness, despondency, discouragement, and homesickness
- Delusions — sees monsters or visions on closing the eyes
- Anxiety worse from evening till midnight
- Dull and confused mind with lack of confidence
FEVER
Indicated in chronic fevers, tuberculosis, or glandular fever conditions.
Chill Stage
- Chilliness predominates, even in a warm room
- Chill starts in legs and spreads upward
- Wants to be covered in all stages
Heat Stage
- Moderate heat, with desire to be covered
- Head hot, body cold
- Perspiration follows immediately
Sweat Stage
- Profuse sweating especially on the scalp, even during sleep
- Sweat has sour smell
- Relieves the complaints partially
BONE & JOINTS / RICKETS / RHEUMATISM
- Especially suited in rickets, slow bone development, and delayed dentition
- Swollen joints with stinging or tearing pain
- Weakness and fatigue on ascending or even slight exertion
- Easy dislocation or sprain of joints
- Curvature of spine and bones due to weakness
SKIN
- Dry, scaly eruptions
- Unhealthy skin – wounds heal slowly
- Cracks in skin, especially in winter
- Warts, ulcers, and eczema with thick crusts
- Urticaria due to working in water
- Children with unhealthy skin and a sour odor
CHILDREN (IMPORTANT)
- Late teething, late walking, pot-bellied, slow in learning to talk
- Sweat on scalp that wets the pillow
- Craving for chalk, lime, and eggs
- Prone to worms and enlarged glands
FEMALE SYMPTOMS (IMPORTANT)
MENSES / MENSTRUAL COMPLAINTS
- Menses too early, too profuse, and last too long
- Flow is bright red, often with clots
- Accompanied with labor-like pains in the abdomen and backache
- Leucophlegmatic females who are fat, fair, and flabby
- Headache, vertigo, and chilliness before menses
- Great weakness and exhaustion during and after menses
- Itching of vulva and vagina before and during menses
- Suppressed menses with congestive headache or respiratory complaints
- Menses delayed in young girls with slow puberty, obesity, and delayed development
LEUCORRHOEA / VAGINAL DISCHARGE
- Thick, milky white, or yellowish leucorrhoea
- Worse before or after menses
- Acidic in nature – causes itching, burning, and irritation
- Profuse, creamy, and offensive discharge, especially at night
- Associated with backache, weakness, and dragging pain in pelvis
- Leucorrhoea in young girls with delayed puberty, obesity, and sluggish growth
- Leucorrhoea with delayed menses and enlarged glands (especially cervical)
- Worse from cold bathing, during exertion, or overheating
- Better by rest and warmth
MEMORIZING TIPS – “CALC CARB CODE”
C – Craving for chalk, coal, pencils
A – Anxiety about health, future, and going insane
L – Large-headed children, delayed milestones
C – Constipation, stool hard like balls
C – Cold aggravates, chilly patient
A – Averse to milk (also can have intolerance)
R – Right-sided affections
B – Bone diseases, rickets, and delayed teething
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