Kali-c, Kalium carbonicum

Between Lyc , Ars Nat-m

• It is a Polycrest with a lot of Peculiarities.
• It is located between Lyc , Ars and Nat-m
  • Very polite and self-extended like Nat-m (Kali-c ₳ Nat-m)
  • More accurate than Nat-m like Ars (Ars ₳ Kali-c)
  • Milder than Ars like Lyc (Kali-c ₳ Lyc)

Core theme

• High health anxiety. (Kali-c ₳ Nit-ac)
• Anovulation when the menses are suppressed altogether for several months.
• High sensitivity to sound and waking up
• Chest Anxiety
• Task-Oriented
• Chilly

Mind

Task-oriented

• High sense of responsibility
• He is a completely Task-oriented, while
  • Aur is a Moral-Oriented (Aur ₳ Kali-c)
  • Nux-v is Goal-Oriented (Kali-c ₳ Nux-v)
  • Carc is obsessed with getting approval (Carc ₳ Kali-c)
  • Ars is Detailed / Ambitious oriented

Routinism

• A good programmers and second-rate manager.
• A calm and routinist, who gets anxious if he gets out of the routine.
• Worried about the unlimited space and time, therefor has to make a regular schedule.
• Gradually sinks into his self-made schedules.
• He even has structure in his speech.

General

• Severe Weakness/ Fainting / Lethargy (Carb-v ₳ Kali-c)
• Sensitive to touch: Pain begins with touch esp feet
• Body is weak, puffy and fleshy
• Chilly
  • Cold and chilly , who shivers but not too much
  • Agg with all kinds of cold and recovery with heat
  • He is cold and catch cold easily

Chief Complaints

1. Asthma, tuberculosis, pleurisy , Pneumonia
2. Cardiovascular disorders - coronary artery disease
3. Constipation, Hemorrhoids
4. Amenorrhoea
5. Low-back pain
6. Psoriasis, Tinea capitis and favus

Respiratory tract

Kali-c like other Kaliums is widely used in respiratory tracts.

Inflammatory states

• Asthma, Tracheitis , Laryngitis, Bronchiolitis (Kali-c ₳ Phos)
• Prolonged complications of measles such as cough and pneumonia (Carb-v, Dros, Sul)
• Serous mucosal involvement (Apis, Bry), (Bry ₳ Kali-c)

Asthma : ant-t. ars. ip. kali-ar. kali-c. nat-s. nux-v. puls. samb.

Second stage of bronchitis : ant-t. kali-c. lyc. phos. puls. sulph

Pleurisy : apis ars. bry. kali-c. Merc. nat-m. phos. sulph

Pneumonia, specific localization of specific symptoms: Bry, Kali-c, Lyc, Phos, Sul

Pneumonia, second stage : Ars. Kali-c. Laur, Lyc. Phos. Sep, Sul

Cough

• Intense / Dry/ Suffocating Cough
• Esp after midnight, 2 -4 A.M (The most important Peculiarity)

Coughing - SUFFOCATIVE, cough - midnight - after

Coughing - SUFFOCATIVE, cough - morning - 5 a.m.

Coughing - WHOOPING, cough - midnight, after - after, 3 a.m.

• Irritation/ Tickling/ Itching / Tightness in larynx Con, Sang, Caust, Lach, Puls, Dros
• Spastic attacks Hyos, Dros, Bell, Spong, Squil, Samb

Coughing - SPASMODIC, cough - midnight - after

Coughing - PAROXYSMAL, cough, attacks - consisting of, few coughs - short coughs

Coughing - PAROXYSMAL, cough, attacks - temperature, change of

• Cough + Belching / Vomiting of undigested food

• Viscous sputum that must be swallowed. (Caust, Kali-bi, Seneg, Hep)
• Cough with White-gray /Hard sputum (Chel)

Lungs - EXPECTORATION, general - swallow, must, what has been loosened

Lungs - EXPECTORATION, general - copious

Lungs - EXPECTORATION, general - copious - warm room

Lungs - EXPECTORATION, general - tough

Lungs - EXPECTORATION, general - viscid

Lungs - EXPECTORATION, general - bloody, spitting up - acrid  SIL

Lungs - EXPECTORATION, general - yellow - orange colored

Chest anxiety

• Anxiety / Fear is coming from Stomach / Epigastrium (Mez) (Kali-c ₳ Mez)

STOMACH - ANXIETY - excitement, after

CHEST - ANXIETY in - Heart, region of - sitting, while

STOMACH - ANXIETY - Epigastrium - excitement; emotional

MIND - ANXIETY - hungry, when

MIND - ANXIETY - cramp - during - Stomach, in

MIND - ANXIETY - stool - after - bloody

MIND - ANXIETY - lying - side, on - right - flatulence; from

STOMACH - NAUSEA - vomit; sensation as if about to - anxiety; with

CHEST - ANXIETY in - Heart, region of - night - midnight - after - 2 h

CHEST - ANXIETY in - night - midnight - after - 2 h

• Emptiness Illusion: As if there is a deep hole behind him
• Throbbing sensation in the back of the stomach

GI tract

Constipation

• Large, difficult stools (Nat-m, Sul) (Kali-c ₳ Sul)

• Pain and burning after defecation
• Stitching pain up to two hours before defecation
• Incomplete Emptying / Defecation (Nux-v, Sep, Sil, Nat-m)
• Constipation Before / During Menses (Sil, Graph)

Abdominal Colic

• In acute abdominal pain that improves with bending forward, first give Coloc 30, then Coloc 200, then Caust, then Kali-c (Caust ₳ Kali-c) (Coloc ₳ Kali-c)
• Heartburn and epigastric pain (Flatulence / Cramps /Nausea / Hungriness ) esp 2 A.M. agg

Female remedy

PMS

• Dysmenorrhea (Lach, Puls, Sul), Esp severe weakness
• Abdominal colic before menses followed by pain and irritability + Back pain
• Pre-menses symptoms (Bell, Puls) such as breast pain (Lac-c, Calc)

Amenorrhoea

• When Nat-m, which is selected correctly, does not work
• Suppressed menses: Long delay and low volume (Puls, Nat-m, Sep, Lyc, Calc, Graph) due to various reasons such as
  • Anemia (Puls)
  • Panic attacks (Nux-m, Ign)
• Menses starts again immediately (Lyc, Calc, Lach)

• Note: Do not give Kali-c during menses, since it causes heavy bleeding
• It is Contraindicated in Fibroid + Severe bleeding
• Prolonged / Copious menses (Sabin, Phos) containing Bright clots (Kali-c ₳ Sabin)

Peculiarities

• Sexual intercourse agg (Agar) (Agar ₳ Kali-c): General aggravation / Eye weakness / Abortion / Ejaculation
• Acidified menstrual blood (Lach)
• Abortion tendency

Back pain

• Low-back pain: Coccyx is the center of pain

  Pelvis - PAIN, coccyx, tailbone

• Down-Extending pains esp buttocks, groin, or along legs (Berb) (Berb ₳ Kali-c)

Back - PAIN, lumbar - extending to - buttocks / Glutei muscles, to and thighs / Legs, down the

Pelvis - ACHING, pain - aching, ilium, crest of - extending to knee

Pelvis - DRAWING, pain, buttocks - drawing, sacrum

Pelvis - SHARP, pain, buttocks - sharp, sacrum - extending to - gluteal and hips

Pelvis - SHARP, pain, buttocks - sharp, sacrum - pregnancy

• 2-3 A.M agg ( Am-m)getting out of bed and walking to get better

Back - PAIN, back - night - 3 a.m

Back - PAIN, back - night - 3 a.m. - driving him out of bed

Back - PAIN, lumbar - night - 3 a.m., driving him out

• Pain starts in Walking / Sitting upright. Pain forces him to go bent over (Sul)

Back - PAIN, lumbar - walking, while - bent compelled to

Back - PAIN, back - walking, while - bent, compelled to

Back - PAIN, back - sitting, while - bent - has to sit

Back - PAIN, back - sitting, while - erect

• Pressure amel: Better by leaning on something firm (Nat-m, Lyc, Sep)

Back - DRAWING, pain - drawing, lumbar - lying, while - amel

Back - PAIN, back - lying, while - hard, on something, amel : NAT-M

Back - ACHING, pain - pressure, amel.

• Walking agg: He has to stop walking and lie down

Back - PAIN, back - walking, while

• Sharp /Stinging pain, like a stitch

Back - SHARP, pain - night - 3 a.m., must get up and walk

Back - SHARP, pain - sharp, lumbar - extending to - buttocks, 3 a.m.

Back - SHARP, pain - sharp, lumbar - extending to - gluteal regions and hips

Back - SHARP, pain - sharp, lumbar - morning - 3 a.m.

• Back weakness, sweat esp after Abortion / Metrorrhagia
• As if his back is breaking

Back - BREAK, lumbar, as though the back will

• Pain similar to labor pain in Small of back

Back - LABOR-like, pain

Back - LABOR-like, pain - labor-like, small of back

Back - LABOR-like, pain - labor-like, small of back - extending, glutei muscles

Peculiar Symptoms

• Bag-like swelling between Eyelid / Eyebrow
• Nosebleeds, esp on morning washing of face (Am-c, Arn)
• Toothache only when eating: Sensitive to cold or hot things
• He feels that his heart is hanging by a thread (Lach)
• Stinging pains in the heart area
• Terrible dreams cause insomnia