CALCAREA CARBONICA

GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT

MOUTH

• Sour Taste: The patient often experiences a sour taste in the mouth.
• Thirst: There is a significant thirst, especially in the afternoon.
• Toothache: The toothache occurs only while eating and is made worse by both hot and cold stimuli, and it tends to be more painful in the evening.
• Bad Breath: The breath has a putrid and offensive smell.

STOMACH

• Swelling: The area at the pit of the stomach is swollen, resembling an inverted saucer, and is very painful when pressed.
• Cravings: There is a strong craving for non-food items like chalk, coal, pencil, and salt (similar to symptoms seen in conditions treated with Alumina, Cina, Cicuta, Nitric acid, and Psorinum).
• Desire for Eggs: The patient has a great longing for eggs, particularly during times of sickness or recovery.
• Aversion to Certain Foods: There is a dislike for meat, fat, and milk, which tend to disagree with the patient.
• Acidity: The digestive tract exhibits high acidity, leading to frequent sour burps, vomiting, and stools.
• Loss of Appetite: When the patient is tired and overworked, there is a complete loss of appetite, accompanied by pain in the upper abdomen, which is very tender to touch. These symptoms worsen after eating and when pressure is applied to the stomach.

ABDOMEN

• Pot-Bellied: The abdomen appears swollen and rounded, like a pot-belly, and is very sensitive to even slight pressure.
• Liver Pain: The liver area is very painful, and the pain worsens when the patient bends forward.
• Swollen Glands: The glands in the groin (inguinal) and those in the abdominal region (mesenteric) are swollen and painful.
• Fat Deposition: There is increased fat deposition in the abdomen, leading to noticeable distension and hardness.

STOOL

• Constipation: The patient usually suffers from constipation and feels better in general when constipated.
• Occasional Diarrhea: There may be occasional bouts of diarrhea, especially in children during teething periods.
• Stool Characteristics: The stool is often white and has a sour smell.

RESPIRATORY SYSTEM

NOSE

• Symptoms: Frequent sneezing without a cold, and dry nasal passages with much sneezing.
• Cause: Exposure to cold.
• Aggravation: Symptoms worsen with exposure to cold.
• Concomitant Symptoms: These nasal issues can be associated with or followed by a violent headache.

THROAT

• Cause: Symptoms arise from exposure to cold.
• Hoarseness: Painless hoarseness that is worse in the morning.
• Comparison: Worse in the evening: Carbo veg., Phos., Hepar sulph. (with splinter-like sensation), Causticum (with soreness or rawness).

• Pain: Stitching pain in the throat during swallowing.
• Uvula: Dark red with vesicles.

COUGH

• Cause: Triggered by exposure to cold, standing on damp surfaces, or working in cold water (e.g., modellers or workers in cold clay).
• Sensation: Feeling as if dust or a plug is in the throat.
• Character of Cough
  • Dry and tickling.
  • Occurs in single paroxysms (Merc. sol., Puls. for 2 paroxysms; Cuprum met., Stannum for 3 paroxysms).
  • Sputa is yellow and tastes sweet, often ejected in pieces resembling pus, sometimes blood-stained.
• Aggravation: Worse in the evening and night, and aggravated by eating and playing the piano.
• Concomitants: Stitching pain in the chest with the cough.

BRONCHIAL ASTHMA

• Symptoms: Severe anxious asthma with difficulty breathing (dyspnoea) and stitching pains in the chest. Tension in the lower chest, hot breath, and heat in the mouth but no thirst.
• Aggravation: Worse in the morning, forenoon, and by sitting.

TUBERCULOSIS

• Use: Effective in pretubercular conditions and for tubercular lung affections in tall, slender, rapidly growing young people.
• Affected Area: Typically affects the upper third of the right lung (Ars. for upper left, Sulphur).

FEMALE SYMPTOMS

MENSES

Calcarea carbonica is an excellent remedy for menstrual troubles with the following indications:

• Menarche: Suitable for women whose first menstruation began at an early age.
• Timing: Menstruation occurs too early.
• Quantity: Typically, too profuse, but can sometimes be scanty or suppressed.
• Duration: Periods last too long, often followed by a period of amenorrhea (absence of menstruation).
• Character of Blood: Bright red.
• Aggravation: Even the least mental excitement can cause a profuse return of menstrual flow.

Concomitant Symptoms

Before Menses

• Habitually cold and damp feet, as if wearing cold damp stockings.
• Constantly feeling cold in bed.
• Voluptuous dreams.
• Headaches the day before menstruation, accompanied by chills in the evening and colic throughout the night.

During Menses

• Vertigo with a rush of blood to the head and heat on the top of the head (vertex).
• Nausea, sometimes with vomiting.
• Tenesmus (a feeling of needing to pass stools or urine).

After Menses

• Pinching colic once menstruation ceases.

Leucorrhoea

• Women needing Calcarea carbonica may also experience milky white but acrid leucorrhoea (vaginal discharge).
• Effective for treating leucorrhoea in young children as well (similar to Caulophyllum).

Other Conditions

• Uraemia and Related Diseases: Conditions brought on by standing on cold, damp pavements or working while standing in cold water (common in modellers or workers in cold clay) can be treated effectively with Calcarea carbonica.

BONE SYMPTOMS

Calcarea carbonica exhibits notable bone symptoms, especially in rickety children.

Bone Weakness and Slow Development

• Bones are soft, weak, and develop very slowly.
• Unable to support the weight of a bulky, flabby body, leading to curvatures, particularly in the spine and long bones.
• Extremities are often crooked and deformed with irregular bone development.
• Pathological fractures, especially in long bones, are common.
• Children learn to walk late due to weak bones.
• Large head with fontanelles and sutures that remain open longer than usual, indicating delayed ossification.
• Teeth emerge late, leading to difficult and delayed dentition.
• Bones lack sufficient calcium and phosphorus.

Caries of Vertebrae

• Calcarea carbonica is considered superior in treating caries of the vertebrae.

Specific Cases

Old Man

• Suffering from fatty degeneration of the heart, experiencing palpitation and dyspnea with minimal exertion.
• Pyaemic state with cold abscesses in deep muscles.

Young Man

• Rapid growth with tubercular infiltration, especially in the upper lobe of the right lung.
• Accompanied by other characteristic symptoms of Calcarea carbonica.

Young Girl

• Rapid growth leading to anemia and chlorosis.
• Exhibits characteristic menstrual symptoms and general constitutional features, including profuse sweating with coldness.

BABY

Physical Characteristics

• Fair complexion, with a fatty and flabby build.
• Red face and flabby muscles.
• Large head and a swollen abdomen that resembles an inverted saucer.

Skeletal Development

• Bones develop slowly and are weak.
• Fontanelles and sutures on the skull remain open for an extended period, indicating delayed ossification.
• Curvatures are observed in bones, particularly in the spine and long bones, leading to crooked and deformed extremities.
• Late walking due to weak bones.

Dental Development

• Dentition is difficult and delayed, with teeth emerging late.

Gastrointestinal Symptoms

• Tendency towards constipation, but may experience sour, offensive diarrhea during teething, accompanied by sour vomiting.
• Body and excretions emit a sour odour.

Developmental Milestones

• Milestones such as walking and tooth eruption are delayed.

Mental and Emotional Characteristics

• May exhibit mental deficiency and appear somewhat intellectually impaired.

Sweating Pattern

• Sweats profusely, especially on the back of the head, neck, chest, and upper body, notably during sleep, wetting the pillow.

Health Susceptibility

• Prone to colds and has a predisposition to tuberculosis, with enlarged glands.

Desire for Magnetization

• Shows a desire to be magnetized, similar to the symptom observed in individuals requiring Phosphorus.