Calc-c, Calcerea carbonica

Clinic

• Skin, digestion, female genitalia, knee arthritis
• Anxiety
• Moderate metabolic syndromes (Obesity, Insulin resistance, Slightly increased fat, sugar, liver enzymes)
• Perspiration with slight activity
• Children remedies / Calc in Children
• In 80% of cases, prescriptions are easy, unlike complicated remedies such as Kali-c and Chin.

Core theme

Insecurity

• Anything that disturbs this stability scares them. (Bad news about their family, War, Earthquake, Robber, ...)
• Calc tries to build a protective wall of defense around himself which will ensure that he is Safe / Secure (Protective, Reliable friends / Money, ...)
• He is not worried about social affairs (unlike Caust) and is more concerned about his family insecurity
• He is really dependent to his family

Fear, poverty of

Sankaran view

• It is a mineral remedy belonging to the psoric miasm. It also has some sycotic traits.
• But in order to get Stability/ Security / Protection, he does not need to make any effort. All he has to do is show a vital reaction.
• There is a Delusional feeling of being too Weak / Small to face the cruelty and roughness of the world.
  • Doctor, tell me what to do, I will do exactly as you say.
  • I am happy when everybody is around me

Magnetized, desire to be magnetized

Examples

• A woman, who is completely protected by her parents during childhood and now hesitate and fear to get married, unable to trust that they will find the same security elsewhere. They remain unmarried as long as is possible, till they suddenly realize that their parents are getting old too, and will not protect them permanently.

• He doesn’t want any adventure in life. He chooses Friends / Partners who are protective and on whom they can depend.

Paradox

• He is afraid of events such as accidents, wounds, injuries, diseases (esp infectious diseases), metaphysical issues (Ghost, spirit, etc.). But he is curious about their news. An interesting example is those children who like to watch violent movies but are afraid of them.

• He keeps his peace with his family so tries to keep the house calm despite his inner turmoil.
• Hypochondriasis: He is afraid of getting sick because Illness, but he is curiosity about diseases, which makes him learn about them.

Full of Fears

• Anything that disturbs the security and makes the atmosphere dumb makes them afraid such as
  • Darkness, predatory animal
  • Disturbed financial conditions
  • Worried about the family (100% of cases)
  • Fear of losing Reason / Logic causes mental confusion (Act-r)
  • Delirious fears of human (murder), animal (rat) and natural (fire) elements.
  • Bad news: Watching or hearing about cruelty: Calc child leaves the room or closes his eyes on watching fighting or horror on TV.
  • Intense fear of pain and suffering.
  • Fear of the physician, esp dentists, injections and surgery

Mildness

• He is mild Generally and mentally. His disease are not Destructive / Aggressive.
• Basically, they are peaceful people.
• Their disease progresses slowly, therefore they may not be diagnosed until advanced stages.
• The presence of multiple symptoms and malignant diseases decreases the possibility of Calc.
• The word "very" is alien for Calc. He's not even "too" dependent or "too" sever. etc.
• Usually, there are healthy women with few problems who refer because of irregular periods or heavy uterine bleeding.

Generality

• Dilation of the Eye-pupils (Bell, Hyos, Stram)
• Body swelling (Apis, Ars, Bry, Merc, Phos, Sul)
  • Esp facial and abdominal swelling in children
• Feeling of dryness and internal shaking (Sul-ac)
• Painful lymphadenopathy (Bell, Carb-An, Hep, Kali-m, Lach, Lyc, Merc, Nit-ac, Rhus-t, Sil)

Modalities

• Agg with
  • Exertion, (Mental / Physical: Ascending / Standing)
  • Cold (In every form such as Water, Washing, Moist air, Wet weather)
• Amel in
  • Dry climate
  • Lying on painful side

Low energy

• Good choice for the negative effects of excessive Mental/ Physical activity (Worry, thinking, etc.).
• Tendency to Inactivity / Imbecility (Phlegmatic field)

Appearance

• Positive / Calm /Mild / Smiling
• Sad for his family, hence it may be confused with Nat-m. (Calc ₳ Nat-m)
• He did not have a strong internal parent and his internal-child is leaking out.
• Chlorosis (Anemia + Pale skin) with Scanty / Suppressed menses (Alum., Ferr, Graph, Puls, Sep)

Heat-cold

• Most of his body parts get cold quickly and heat bothers them quickly.
• He is often warm in childhood (Puls, Sul) but gradually becomes cold in youth and middle age and
• He feels cold inside his body. (Opposite to Ars, Sul) (Calc ₳ Sul) (Ars ₳ Calc)
• Generally col aggravation.
• Local cold feeling in small parts (Kali-bi) such as head, stomach, stomach, foot and leg
• Sensitive to Cold /Humid weather, gets cold early (unlike Sul) , (Dulc, Nat-s, Rhod, Rhus-t)

Perspiration

Sour smell

• Sour but mildly sour.(The sourest remedy is Rheum)
• Sour Stool (Slightly more pungent than sweat).

localized perspiration

• Head sweat is common but its absence does not rule out (Sep)

• Infantile sweating during sleep and breastfeeding.
• Excessive sweating during sleep (Sil, Sanic) (Calc ₳ Sanic)
• Excessive Local sweat on Back, Neck, Occiput, and Upper parts of body (Sil)
• Delayed and difficult teething with head sweat

Skin

• Desquamating, Mild psoriasis with typical patch

  Acute Disease- Dermatological disorders - psoriasis

• Wart, Mild eczema, Burning sweat

• Scalp Eczema + itching, esp in children which disturbed sleep
• Ichthyosis (Calc ₳ Phos)

Acute Disease- Dermatological disorders - ichthyosis: PHOS

• Skin fungus

Acute Disease- Pediatrics - tinea capitis and favus

Acute Disease- Dermatological disorders - superficial mycotic infections

• Buzzing hair Hirsutism of women's face (Na-m, Sul, Psor) (Calc ₳ Sul)

Menstrual problems

• Calc is a female remedy
• Early, intense and long menses (Chin, Ferr, Ham, Phos, Sep, Sul)
• Secondary amenorrhea with anemia, scanty and suppressed menses
• The least mental excitement causes menses to come forward (Sul, Tub)
• Anemia with suppression or low volume menses (Alum, Ferr, Graph, Puls, Sep)

Feet

• Cold / Wet feet (As if wearing wet socks) /Feet remain frozen even under cover
• Burning of the soles of the feet due to sweating (Graph, Sanic, Sil)
• Smelly feet

Respiration

• Dry coughs at night along with daily phlegm coughs (Hep, Puls)
• Dyspnea esp when stepping (Ars, Bry, Phos)
• Right chest pain
• Purulent sputum (Hep, Merc)
• Lung diseases in tall young people esp pneumonia, Phos and Tub are its main differential diagnosis. (Calc ₳ Tub)
• Right-apex Pneumonia (Right lung rales similar to Ars) (Ars ₳ Calc)
• Left-apex Pneumonia (Sul, Tub) (Calc ₳ Tub)
• Morning Voice-Hoarseness without pain (Carb-v, Caust)
• Nasal Polyp (All-c, Aur, Calc-s, Con, Hydr, Kali-b, Lem-m, Merc, Phos, Sang, Sil, Sul, Teucr, Thuj)

Stool

• He is better when he is constipated.
• Chronic constipation: He must remove his stool mechanically (Aloe, Alum, Plat, Sanic, Sel, Sep, Sil)
• Itching / Tickling of anus (Calc-s, Graph, Lyc, Nux-v, Phos)
• White stool like chalk (Aur-m-n, Chel, Podo)
• Chronic diarrhea, clay-like stools (Dig, Mag-c, Podo, Sil)

Rheumatism

• Rheumatism leading to nodosities (Am-m, Calc-f, Sil)
• Cramps and locking of limbs, esp Fingers / Toes (Cupr, Mag-p, Sec)
• Swelling / Softness / Curvature of the bones/ Open fontanelles (Aur, Merc, Sil)
• Destruction of bones (Asaf, Calc-f, Calc-s, Hep, Merc, Nit-a., Phos, Sil).
• Bone formation disorders due to Malabsorption (Osteogenesis imperfecta)
• In Gout with structural change, give Sul. Without that changes Calc or Lyc are useful
• In weakness of tendons caused by trauma, Arn is not enough and Rhus-t can be used instead. But if after Rhus-t, the weakness still remains, give Calc. After Calc, Staph could complete the treatment

Genito -Urinary tract

• Offensive urine (Benz-ac, Canth, Nit-ac, Tereb, Viol-t)
• White sediment in urine (Cina, Nat-m, Ph-ac)
• Nocturia (Apis, Bell, Caust, Graph, Kreos, Mag-p, Nat-m, Puls)

• Resistant Milky Leukorrhea, esp in girls (Cann-s, Merc, Puls, Sep) which sometimes leads to Cauterization / Cryo therapy needs Calc, Ars, Sul.
• Thick and gushing Leukorrhea(Am-c, Borx, Calc-p, Cop, Ferr, Kali-m, Puls, Sep)
• Uterine polyps (Ars, Aur, Bell, Calc-p, Con, Lyc, Phos, Sang, Sep, Staph, Teucr, Thuj)
• Any effort and activity causes uterine bleeding (Nit-ac)
• Vaginal orifice inflammation (Redness / Swelling) (Ars, Borx, Calc-s, Kreos, Merc, Sep)
• PCOD (Calc ₳ Thuj)
• Her menses does not stop during breastfeeding. (Sil)

Ear

• Hearing impaired (Phos)

• Otorrhea and purulent secretions (Calc-s, Hep, Merc)
• Otitis media

Acute Disease- Pediatrics - otitis media

• Painful skin cracks behind the ears

Tooth

• Delay and defects in teething (Calc-p, Sil)
• Night Teeth-grinding (Tub, Ars, bell, Cann-I, Cina, Hyos, Ign)

• Chewing movements while sleeping (Podo, Sep, Zinc)

Nutrition / Development

• Malnutrition (Abrot, Calc-p, Nat-m, Sanic, Sul)
• She is thin but her appetite is good (Nat-m)
• Tendency to obesity in young people
• Egg lover: He tends to eat eggs when he is sick. (Hydr, Nat-p, Ol-an) (unlike Sul)
• Pica (Alum)
• Aversion to meat

• Developmental arrested which causes late talk and walk.
• Nat-m is only slow in learning to talk and Calc in walking, as if Calc's problem is more bone-joint oriented.
• Marasmus emaciation / General muscular atrophy + Large abdomen (Sul)
• Severe weakness / Loss of strength after nervous excitement (Ars, Kali-p, Nux-v, Sep).

Radar suggestions:

• OCD: ARS (Ars ₳ Calc)

• Petimal epilepsy: Sil.
• Laryngitis: Bell (Bell ₳ Calc)
• Milk intolerance: Sil (Calc ₳ Sil)
• Palpitation
• Rhinitis: Acute Disease- Ear / nose / throat disorders - coryza
• Sinusitis: Acute Disease- Ear / nose / throat disorders - sinusitis : KALI-BI
• Sarcoidosis
• Rectal polyp
• Polycythemia
• Infective endocarditis
• Anemia, esp hemolytic anemia and pernicious anemia

  Acute Disease- Hematological disorders - anemia - aplastic anemia : BENZOL

Acute Disease- Hematological disorders - anemia - hemolytic anemia - thalassemia minor : ARS

Acute Disease- Hematological disorders - anemia - pernicious anemia

Kent clinical experience

• Sore throat only during menses (Lac-c)
• Noise sensitivity (Epigastrium discomfort) (Kali-c, Phos)
• Abscess: Inflammation, pain and infection around a foreign body requires Hep, but if surrounding tissue is calcified, give Calc.
• Headache: If you force Calc to do things quickly, he will get a headache. Lyc baby gets headache from hunger
• Visaul Spark: Seeing sparks in front of his eyes is characteristic for Calc (Aur above visual field).

• Likes to be attracted by others (Phos)
• He is afraid of future misfortunes. (Anac, Chin-s, Graph, Psor)
• Heartburn, tremors starting in the evening (Acon, Kali-c, Phos)
• Depressed, despairing of recovery, with fear of death,
• Disturbing thoughts with time modality

Remedy relations

Acute Calc

Calc is not acute remedy and in acute stresses converts to other remedies:

• If the Calc woman marry a violent drunkard, she can develop a Rhus-t state, tense, nervous and threat of being killed inside her own house. (Calc ₳ Rhus-t) or When Calc has rheumatic problems, he goes to the Rhus-t phase.
• In infectious processes, Bell is the best complementary remedy in acute conditions of Calc (Bell ₳ Calc)
• When a Calc person comes to the doctor from an unprotected environment at home, she may weep and ask for his protection, seek support and reassurance – so you have: “Narrating her symptoms aggravates”. This might seem like Puls, especially if we were to only notice the weeping and the seeking of consolation, while ignoring the nervousness and edginess at home.
• Bry and Calc are Similar / Inimical remedies. Both have the aversion to movement and the need for security and stability, and the “Fear of poverty”

Calc -Stram - Hyos

Calc is very similar to Stram in 70% of cases and Hyos in the remaining 30%.

• Stram is starring with fear and desperation
• Hyos is worried and paranoid. (Calc ₳ Hyos)
• Calc goes to Stram in stress and worry phase.
• When all attempts to seek protection fail, they become indifferent: “Sits and breaks pins the whole day”, “Indifferent about recovery”.
• If he loses the security of his home, he feels as if left alone in the wilderness, thus going into a Stram state which is that of an unprotected person out in the dark night, wanting to come home (in contrast to Calc who is the one inside the house and not wanting to get out). (Calc ₳ Stram)

Follow wells

• After Calc you can give Lyc, Nux-v, Phos, Sil.
• Calc is a good remedy after Nit-ac, Puls, Sul.
• Give Calc after Sul, esp when the pupils are dilated.
• Calc is good choice after Kali-bi in catarrh of the nose
• According to Hahnemann you should not give Nit-ac after Calc
• It is better not to give Sul after Calc. If you have to give a Lyc and then Sul
• Calc in children may need to be repeated
• Calc should not be repeated in elderly people, esp when the first dose is useful.

Rubrics

MIND - RELIGIOUS AFFECTIONS - too occupied with religion - metaphysical concerns