CALCAREA CAUSTICA

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Remedy Origin / Source
Natural

Clinical Applications

Calcarea Caustica. Aqua Calcis. Ca H2 O2. Quicklime is slaked in distilled water. Afterwards alcohol is added and the clear liquid decanted. Clinical Back, pains in. Coccygodynia. Corns. Feet (pains in heels). Hoarseness. Jaw, affection of. Malar bones, pain in. Neuralgia. Paralysis. Rheumatism. ...

General Description

Calcarea Caustica. Aqua Calcis. Ca H2 O2. Quicklime is slaked in distilled water. Afterwards alcohol is added and the clear liquid decanted. Clinical Back, pains in. Coccygodynia. Corns. Feet (pains in heels). Hoarseness. Jaw, affection of. Malar bones, pain in. Neuralgia. Paralysis. Rheumatism. Spleen, affections of. Stiff-neck. Tapeworm. Toothache. Characteristics Calc. Caust. has been extensively proved. The most marked symptoms are: Thought very difficult. Confusion in the head. Vertigo; as if room turning in a circle. Sticking, tearing, throbbing pains in various parts. Pain in right eye as if a foreign body were in it. Burning and tearing in eyes. Tearing in right cheekbone; and in right articulation of jaw. Toothache every night, 2 a.m., with feeling as if teeth were fuzzy and to...

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Calcarea Caustica.

Aqua Calcis. Ca H2 O2. Quicklime is slaked in distilled water. Afterwards alcohol is added and the clear liquid decanted.
Clinical

Back, pains in. Coccygodynia. Corns. Feet (pains in heels). Hoarseness. Jaw, affection of. Malar bones, pain in. Neuralgia. Paralysis. Rheumatism. Spleen, affections of. Stiff-neck. Tapeworm. Toothache.

Characteristics

Calc. Caust. has been extensively proved. The most marked symptoms are: Thought very difficult. Confusion in the head. Vertigo; as if room turning in a circle. Sticking, tearing, throbbing pains in various parts. Pain in right eye as if a foreign body were in it. Burning and tearing in eyes. Tearing in right cheekbone; and in right articulation of jaw. Toothache every night, 2 a.m., with feeling as if teeth were fuzzy and too large (a fuzzy sensation was noticed in other parts). Mucus in throat; burning; sensation as if a bone were sticking in it. Burning in stomach. Tapeworm passes. Hoarseness, with pain in throat; rawness in trachea and cough. Stitches in chest. Stiffness and tearing in all regions of back and in coccyx. Tearing in either shoulder down arms. Tearing in left tendo Achillis; left heel. Sticking in corns. As an external application in the form of compresses, Lime-water has an ancient repute in allaying inflammation of many kinds. It has rapidly dispelled all inflammatory action in cases of appendicitis; and has removed all suffering in an aggravated case of phagedænic piles. As with Calc. c., there is < of most symptoms in the evening. Toothache 2 a.m. > From motion. < From hanging down limb. The Calc. < from working in water is paralleled by "pains in hands and feet after a foot-bath."

Relations

Compare: Besides the Calcareas, Rhus (pain in joint of jaw); Mez. and Mag. c. (pain in malar bones); Valer. (pain in heel); Pic. ac. and Sep. (loins); Hep. and Nit. ac. (bone sensation in throat).

1. Mind

Thought very difficult.Weary and peevish on waking; as if he had been intoxicated.

2. Head

Confusion of the head; esp. l. side.Vertigo, as if room turning in a circle; thinks she will fall from chair.Throbbing in frontal sinus > by contracting skin of forehead.

3. Eyes

Burning in eyes, evening by candlelight.Pain in r. eye as if foreign body under upper lid; in l. eye on rising in morning as if a thorn in it.

6. Face

Tearing in r. cheek-bone.Violent pain, swelling, stiffness of r. joint of Jaw.Lips unusually red.

7. Teeth

Severe toothache every night, 2 a.m., as if tooth was fuzzy and too large, with tensive pain in l. ear as if something was sticking in it.Teeth feel too large; fuzzy.

8. Mouth

Mouth offensive; palate feels as if mucus were upon it, but none is expectorated.

9. Throat

Mucus in throat, difficult to raise, almost causing vomiting.Hawking of granular, glutinous material like cooked rice.Burning in fauces and œsophagus caused by water.Sensation as of a bone sticking in pharynx.

11. Stomach

Severe hunger three hours after eating.Nausea followed by vomiting of some fluid.

12. Abdomen

Sticking in both hypochondria, esp. severe in l.Pain in l. side of region of spleen as if a ball were turning on its axis.Constrictive pain in abdomen; griping; stitches.Violent stitches in small intestines when bending forward.

13. Stool and Anus

Three thin stools before breakfast and one immediately after.Painful stool as if a nail were scratching in anus.Thin, pasty stool with much mucus immediately after breakfast.Passed many pieces of tapeworm.Hæmorrhoids.Sticking, tearing motions in rectum extending towards anus.Crawling in rectum and anus.

16. Female Sexual Organs

Menses eight days too early.

17. Respiratory Organs

Stitches in larynx; l. half.Hoarseness, with pain in throat; feeling of rawness in trachea; cough.Cough with stitches in chest, expectoration of mucus and blood.Sternum: oppression; pressive sticking under; stitches across.Stitches in l. chest.

20. Neck and Back

Stiffness of neck; of back of neck; of all neck muscles.Tearing in nape.Violent pains in scapulæ extending into small of back, when sitting; < on inspiration.Tearing between shoulders.Tearing in both scapulæ, between shoulders, then through neck and occiput as far as forehead.Sensation in both shoulder-blades as if they were fuzzy and had gone to sleep (8 p.m.).Pain in small of back; on waking > by moving about.Pressive, drawing pains; sticking; tearing, in small of back.Tearing in coccyx.

21. Limbs

Trembling in limbs; could not continue work; > by eating a piece of bread.Rheumatic pain alternating in all the joints.Wandering pains.Pains in hands and feet after a foot-bath.

22. Upper Limbs

Tearing in shoulders, arms and axillæ.Paralysed condition of r. hand.Stitches and tearing in l. wrist.

23. Lower Limbs

Severe tension in lower extremities.Stitches in hip-joints.Tearing in knees; in r. side of r. tibia down to toes; in l. tendo Achillis; in l. heel.Sticking in a corn.

25. Skin

Rash-like eruption on forehead.Biting, itching vesicles; on neck and back extending later to occiput and behind ears.

26. Sleep

Restless; many dreams; nightmare.

27. Fever

Violent chill with chattering teeth 7 to 7.30 p.m.

Clinical Tips & Practitioner Insights

"CALC. CARB. is of special value in cases of pedunculated fibroids: CALC. PHOS. when sessile."

By Dr. Burnett, M.D. Pedunculated Fibroids

"CALC. CARB. in earache: With stitching, throbbing pain, making the child cry out; its symptoms resemble BELLADONNA with the flushing of the pale face,high temperature and the dilated pupils. Where BELLADONNA is insufficient or ineffective, CALC. CARB will go deeper to relieve or cure."

By Dr. John V.Allen.Jr., M.D. Earache

"In biliary colic, CALC. CARB. has never failed me."

By Dr. Hughes, L.R.C.P. Biliary Colic

"CALC must not be administered at full or new moon, because those are the days of its aggravation. In phthisis, a repetition is almost always dangerous. In such a case, if CALC is indicated, I would recommend a single dose of the remedy in the 30th potency. You may go higher and repeat it, if you like, but do not lay blame on me, when the case gets irretrievably spoiled."

By Dr. K.C.Bhanja Phthisis

"If you have a case of Meniere-s disease, consider CALC. CARB. It is a near specific."

By Dr. Schwarts Meniere-s Disease

"CALC. CARB. is an excellent remedy for galactorrhoea. It will often modify the lacteal secretion and serve as a preventive of mammary abscess after weaning."

By Dr. Sheldon Leavitt, M.D. Galactorrhoea

"CALC.CARB. is indicated late in tuberculosis when large cavities are forming; it acts particularly upon the right lung about its middle third."

By Dr. Farrington, M.D. Tuberculosis

"Breast tumour"

By Dr. Balbir Singh (Rare Collection with Rare Medicines) Breast Tumour

"Carpal tunnel syndrome"

By Dr. Balbir Singh (Rare Collection with Rare Medicines) Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

"Cervical spondylosis"

By Dr. Balbir Singh (Rare Collection with Rare Medicines) Cervical Spondylosis

"Kidney tuberculosis"

By Dr. Balbir Singh (Rare Collection with Rare Medicines) Renal Tuberculosis

"Epileptic convulsions with valvular disease"

By Dr. Balbir Singh (Rare Collection with Rare Medicines) Epilepsy

"Hair falling in patches"

By Dr. Balbir Singh (Rare Collection with Rare Medicines) Alopecia

"Kidney failure (Avoid dialysis). To be used alternately with Sulph, Syph, Lyc, Thuj three times a day. Will surely relieve the patient and after few days, no need of dialysis"

By Dr. Balbir Singh (Rare Collection with Rare Medicines) Renal Failure

Remedy Profile

  • Type Plant
  • Common Name N/A
  • Origin Source Natural

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