Emaciation

Remedies

	Quality	Etiology	Appetite	Accompanied By
Abrot	Ascending		Bad	Rashes around the navel in babies Developmental disabilities Facial atrophy + facial pallor Abdominal muscle atrophy + Swelling of the mesenteric glands Discharge from the navel in babies
Lyc	Lower limbs Descending	Senile (Bar-c, Iod)
Nat-m	Descending Great debility; most weakness felt in the morning in bed. Coldness. Emaciation most notable in neck. Great weakness and weariness.	Diarrhea (Acet-ac, Calc, Chin, Sars) Hyperparathyroidism: Calc-p, Calc-iod, Calc, Sul, Hep	Maybe Good Anorexia nervosa Tendency for excessive salt	Anemia Leucocytosis Great liability to take cold Dry mucous membranes. Constrictive sensation throughout the body.
Ign		Psychologic (Sil)/ Grief (Petr)	Anorexia
Ph-ac		Infection disease Esp Diarrhea Grief (Petr) Diabetes mellitus (Arg-n)
Coloc		Diabetes mellitus Chronic Diarrhea	Good
Ferr		Anemia Diarrhea		Weakness
Plb	Localized esp limbs (Legs)	Breastfeeding period Ataxia (Neurologic causes)		Weakness / Ataxia Pain in legs is also present. Difficulty in raising or lifting anything with hands.
Hydr		Stomach Cancer or Stomach ulcer Cirrhosis: Merc, Mag-m
Cact		Heart problems
Ars		Malnutrition (Nit-ac) Diarrhea		Perspiration Weakness
Iod		Senile	Good
Med
Lath	Local Lower limbs Emaciation	Ataxia (Neurologic causes)		Tottering gait + Ataxia Jerking and trembling while walking Marked rigidity of the legs while walking.

Repertory

Due to Anemia: Ferr Breastfeeding period: Plb Cirrhosis: Merc, Hydr, Mag-m Common cold: Ip Diabetics: Arg-n, Ph-ac Ars, Tarent Diarrhea : Acet-ac, Ars, Calc, Chin, Ferr, Nat-m, Sars Acute Diarrhea + Lacrimation: Phos Chronic Diarrhea: Calc, Chin, Coloc, Dulc, Podo, Thuj Grief: Ign, Petr, Ph-ac Heart problems: Cact Hyperparathyroidism: Calc-p, Calc-iod, Calc, Nat-m, Sul, Hep Hysteria: Sil Infection disease: Ph-ac Malnutrition: Ars, Nit-ac Stomach Cancer: Hydr Pneumonia: Arn Senile: Bar-c, Iod, Lyc Worm: Cina

Accompanied by Perspiration + Weakness: Ars, Tub, Verat Good Appetite: Iod, Nat-m Diabetes + Good appetite: Coloc Weakness: Ferr, Plb Rashes around the navel in babies + Loss of appetite: Abrot

Quality Ascending: Abrot, Arg-n Descending: Lyc, Nat-m Localized: Plb Limbs: Led, Puls, Plb Esp lower limbs: Lyc

Tissue Salt Remedies

• KP: The most important remedy for Weight loss/ Weakness / Atrophy
• CP: Child has Pale / Wrinkled face and Delayed teething
• SIL:
  • It is very useful as an intercurrent remedy
  • Babies with a big head and a thin body
• NM: Rapid emaciation starting from the neck and throat / Descending
• NP: Weight loss in formula-fed children