Carb-v, Carbo vegetabilis

Carb-v in brief

• Carb-v is a very widely used Remedy.
• It is known to revive the dead.
• Two main uses:

1. Acute fatigue due asphyxia (lack of tissues oxygen) (Op, Ant-t)
2. Chronic disease or Altitude sickness remedies (Coca), (Carb-v ₳ Coca) that has disrupted the oxygen delivery system (Decrease in blood O2 or increase in CO2) and has led to cyanosis

Peculiarity

• Internal burning + External coldness are diagnostic features
• Carb-v's body is cold but wants you to fan him

Flatulence

• Abdominal Flatulence / Bloating / Distention along with Lyc and Chin (Carb-v ₳ Lyc) (Carb-v ₳ Chin)
• As a diagnostic feature, Carb-v is acute and cyanotic.
• Sever bloating, as if his stomach is about to explode
• He can't pass gas, and gets better with lots of Belching / Flatus (Opposite to Chin) (Carb-v ₳ Chin)
• Graph has flatulence similar to Carb-v and amel after passing gas (Rumx)
• Loud belching sounds (Camph)

Respiratory tract

• Tracheitis, Bronchiolitis, Bronchitis, Pneumonia
• Paroxysms of Productive / Severe coughs
• Dyspnea, Tachypnea, Wheezing, Apnea
• Rale, Rhonchi
• Retraction of intercostal muscles
• Hypoxia / Cyanosis / Asphyxia
• Phlegmatic coughs in morning and dry at night (Squil, Puls, Alum, Stram, Sep, Ph-ac)
• Burping to expel phlegm (Sil)

Asthma

• Palliative remedy in the acute phase of asthma (Ip, Ars, Spong, Bry) (Ars ₳ Carb-v)
  • In this case Carb-v will quickly relieve the patient and he can sleep
  • But his asthma will recur with a cold, in such a case, Nat-s is the appropriate remedy.
• Severe dyspnea that seems to be dying.
• He becomes cold while sitting, drenched in sweat, but wants someone to fan him
• Asthma caused by heatstroke (Puls, Sil)
• Nasal congestion that does not improve with nasal drainage (Stict, Psor, Naja, Kali-bi)

Hay fever

• Carb-v has watery secretions and the irritation of the nose spreads into the chest (lungs) and causes bruising and soreness.
• Acute and large secretions that end in sneezing (Puls, ARS, All-c, Euphr)

Apnea

• Tends to breathe deeply.
• When he falls asleep, he feels as if he is dead and does not breathe, and when he wakes up, he faces severe suffocation (Dig, Psor, Lach)
• Wakes up with intense fear (Spong, Phos, Lach, Samb) (Carb-v ₳ Spong)
• A constant tendency to breathe deeply. (Dig) (Carb-v ₳ Dig)

Aphonia

Voice hoarseness at night (Graph) (Carb-v ₳ Graph)

Blood problems

Aplastic anemia, Leukemia, Multiple myeloma and Polycythemia

Hematological disorders - anemia - aplastic anemia : BENZOL

Hematological disorders - leukemia - lymphoid leukemia ARS

Hematological disorders - leukemia - myeloid leukemia ARS

Hematological disorders - polycythemia vera

Heart disease

Coronary disease

• Coronary disease esp when it causes collapse.

  Cardiovascular disorders - coronary artery disease

Cardiovascular disorders - vascular collapse : AM-C

Congestive Heart failure

• Palliative remedy in CHF

• Weakness / Fatigue / Hypotention
• Active dyspnea
• Lower lung rales and crackles
• Nocturnal dyspnea attacks /Apnea, orthopnea
• Cyanosis: Blood oxygen deficiency
• Heart gallop rhythm/ Marble
• Pitting edema of the lower limbs

Eruptions

• Scabies

• Vesicular rash, itching and burning at night (Agg by the heat of bed sheets)
• It scratches until it bleeds.
• Crusted and eczematous rashes, urticaria
• Pimple-like rashes and ulcers on the legs
• Red-scaly eruptions
• Red and brown patches and seeds

  Dermatological disorders - superficial mycotic infection

SKIN - ERUPTIONS - scaly - bran-like

SKIN - DISCOLORATION - red - spots

SKIN - DISCOLORATION - red - spots - brownish red

SKIN - DISCOLORATION - red - spots - coppery

Acne

Acne (rosacea and vulgaris).

Diseases - ACNE, rosacea

Diseases - ACNE, rosacea - acne, vulgaris

Face - ACNE, face

Face - ACNE, face - forehead

• Acne in thin and weak people

  Face - ACNE, face - emaciation, cachexia, with

• Acne with stomach problems

  Face - ACNE, face - stomach, derangements, with

Gangrene

• Inflammation/ Infection of tissues that leads to induration, cyanosis, coldness and finally gangrene (Sec) (Carb-v ₳ Sec)
• Gangrene results from local tissue blood supply disorder. A combination of thrombophlebitis and endothelial damage
• After burns: Ars, Sec, Caust

  Diseases - GANGRENE - burns or sores, from

• Caused by cold and frostbite: Ars, Sec, Plb

  Diseases - GANGRENE - cold

• Caused by inflammatory diseases: Ars, Canth, Lach, Sec, Sil

Diseases - GANGRENE - inflammation, gangrenous

Face - GANGRENE - erysipelas, gangrenous ARS , CARB-V , LACH , SEC

• Caused by trauma: Calen, Ars, Lach

Diseases - GANGRENE - injuries, from

• Wet Gangrene (oozing secretions) (Chin)

  Diseases - GANGRENE - moist

• Elderly people Gangrene (Sec)

  Diseases - GANGRENE - senile

Feet - GANGRENE - gangrene, toes - senile : SEC

• Gangrene Wounds (Ars, Lach)

  Diseases - GANGRENE - wounds, gangrenous

Bleeding

Regions

• Skin: Purpura , Ecchymosis

• Mouth, Gums: Gums scurvy, mouth bleeding: dark blood, gums bleeding with minimal irritation even when sucking or brushing teeth.

Mouth - BLEEDING - black blood

Mouth - BLEEDING - bleeding, gums - cleaning them, when

Mouth - BLEEDING - bleeding, gums - easily

Mouth - BLEEDING - bleeding, gums - sucking them

• Retinal bleeding: Prominent retinal veins (choroiditis) that bleed with the slightest blow (cough).

Blood - VEINS, general - distended - hyperemia of veins, chronic cases of choroiditis in persons subject to - venous, slightest irritation causes bleeding

Eyes - BLEEDING, from eyes - coughing, from

Eyes - BLEEDING, from eyes - burning, with

• Uterus Inertia: Uterine bleeding due to atony or retained placenta (Missed Abortion)

Female - BLEEDING, uterus, metrorrhagia - atony, from uterine

Female - BLEEDING, uterus, metrorrhagia - coldness of body, with

Female - BLEEDING, uterus, metrorrhagia - placenta, preavia, from - retained placenta, from

• Menopause Metrorrhagia

Female - BLEEDING, uterus, metrorrhagia - menopausal period, during

• Bladder bleeding, Hemorrhoid

Bladder - BLEEDING, from PHOS

Bladder - HEMORRHOIDS, of – bleeding CALC

Complications, Accompaniments

• Weakness / Anemia / Hypotension / Cold sweat after bleeding

  Female - BLEEDING, uterus, metrorrhagia - perspiration, with cold

Diseases - ANEMIA - bleeding, after : CHIN, FERR

Nerves - FAINTING, faintness - bleeding, from

Generals - WEAKNESS, sensation of being - bleeding, in : CHIN , CHININ-AR , CHININ-S , FERR , PH-AC

• Bleeding accompanied by

  Fevers - BLEEDING symptoms, or tendency to putrescence

Legs - ULCERS - bleeding easily MERC

Lungs - BLEEDING, from lungs and chest - hemorrhoidal flow, after suppression of : NUX-V

Mind - INSANITY, general - bleeding, after

• Urgent bleeding from an aneurysm with risk of collapse and death (Patient's blood does not clot)

  Blood - ANEURISM, of large arteries - bleeding violently from least wound

Diseases - ANEURISM, large arteries - bleeding violently from least wound

Emergency - BLEEDING, blood does not coagulate

• Vicarious Bleeding from lungs, bladder due to suppression of period

  Chest - BLEEDING, from lungs and chest - hemorrhoidal flow, after suppression of

Quality

• Dark, brown, runny blood or blood mixed with clots

  Blood - BLEEDING, general - brownish, blood

Female - BLEEDING, uterus, metrorrhagia - black

Female - BLEEDING, uterus, metrorrhagia - coagulated - mixed with, dark liquid blood : BELL

Female - BLEEDING, uterus, metrorrhagia - fluid

Blood - BLEEDING, general - watery, blood

• Profuse bleeding from a small wound, Wounds that bleed easily with the slightest provocation

  Emergency - WOUNDS, general - bleeding, freely - small wounds

Skin - ULCERS, general - bleeding - easily, when touched

Skin - ULCERS, general - bleeding - touched, when

• Passive, continuous and mild (Oozing).

  Emergency - BLEEDING, blood does not coagulate - passive, oozing

Female - BLEEDING, uterus, metrorrhagia – passive

Female - BLEEDING, uterus, metrorrhagia – scanty

Female - BLEEDING, uterus, metrorrhagia - thick, blood

Female - BLEEDING, uterus, metrorrhagia - thin, fluid

Female - BLEEDING, uterus, metrorrhagia - pale, blood

• Continuous but slow uterine bleeding

Female - BLEEDING, uterus, metrorrhagia – continuous PHOS

Female - BLEEDING, uterus, metrorrhagia - continuous - but slow

• Foul-smelling metrorrhagia, pale

  Female - BLEEDING, uterus, metrorrhagia - offensive – putrid : ARS

Varicose veins / Hemorrhoids:

• Hemorrhoids Esp in Large / Suppressed or Infected ones
• Infectious process, foul-smelling pus formation

  RECTUM – HEMORRHOIDS – offensive

RECTUM - HEMORRHOIDS - discharging - mucus

• Large, engorged, blue and swollen hemorrhoids

  RECTUM - HEMORRHOIDS – swollen NUX-V

RECTUM - HEMORRHOIDS – bluish

RECTUM - HEMORRHOIDS – suppurating SIL

Gastroenteritis

• Infantile cholera, enteric fever

• Intestinal cramps and distension due to flatulence, which improves with passing of wind

Intestines - RUMBLING, in - flatus, passing, amel : LYC , NAT-S

Intestines - FLATUS, intestinal - hypochondria, region : LYC

• Dysentery and small intestinal ulcer, esp with pain and burning

Intestines - ULCERS and ulceration : NIT-AC

RECTUM - PAIN - burning - dysentery, in : CAPS

Important usage

• Mumps: Carb-v is a good choice in mumps with orchitis or mastitis along with Puls, Con and Merc and Abrot.

• Measles: The main remedy for lasting complications of measles such as cough and pneumonia is Kali-c, followed by Carb-v, Dros, Sul

• Offensiveness: Secretions / Menstrual blood /Breathing /Sweating (Graph, Psor, Kali-p, Kali-ars)
• Post-op remedy: After surgery, when the patient is extremely lethargic and cold. Blood is oozing from the wounds. Do not give Car-v to the patient. Stront-c is actually the same as Carb-v after surgery
• Neonatal cholera
• Cancer esp uterine cancer
• Atrophy of organs caused by disease (Plb, Led)
• Elderly emaciation (Lyc, Iod)

Facial heat caused by anxiety: Someone who gets anxious in crowd and this anxiety is accompanied by a hot face (Arg-n, Lyc, Puls)

MIND - FEAR - appearing in public, of

FACE - HEAT - anxiety, during

HEAD - HEAT - anxiety, with

MIND - ANXIETY - head - heat of; with

MIND - ANXIETY - face - heat of face; with

• Earwax increased
  • Con is the first choice in excessive accumulation of earwax
  • Odorless: Calc and Carb-v
  • Offensive: Caust, Carb-v

Headache

• Occiputal Headache (Sil) that extends to forehead and eyes (Carb-v ₳ Sil)
• Headache which causes temporary blindness and loss of consciousness (Petr) (Carb-v ₳ Petr)

• Feeling of a heavy weight on occiput as if his head is pulled back + Rush of blood to the head (Sil, Sep)