Magnesium muriaticum

Common name: chloride of magnesia.

It is useful in women and children; in hysteria, scrofula and liver affections (D.).

Great tendency of the head to sweat (Calc., Sanic., Sil.) (A.).

Aptness to take cold (Calc-P., Hep., Kali-C., Psor., Sil., Sulph., Tub.) (G.).

Much weakness of the limbs (Gels., Kali-P., Pic-Ac., Zinc.) (G.).

Swelling of the glands (Brom., Carb-An., Iod., Merc., Sil.).

Blood boils (Arn., Hep., Lach.).

Great sensitiveness to noise (Ign., Nux-V., Ther.) (A.).

Enlargement of the liver; pains worse from touch or from lying on the right side (D.).

Hyperæmia of the liver with constipation (Bry., Chel., Sep., Sulph.) (Bl.).

Pressing pain in the liver, when walking and touching it (A.).

Jaundice (Chin., Iod., Merc., Plb., Sep.) (B.).

Violent hiccough during and after dinner (R.).

The tongue is large and yellow and takes the imprints of the teeth (Chel., Merc., Plb.) (D.).

Poor appetite (Chin., Lyc., Puls., Sep.) (G.).

Bad taste in the mouth (Carb-V., Nux-V., Puls.) (G.)

Continual rising of white froth into the mouth (A.).

Throbbing in the pit of stomach (R.).

Palpitation of the heart when the patient is quiet, better when moving about (N.).

Acidity after dinner (Nux-V.) (C.).

Dreams of robbers in the house; on awaking will not believe to the contrary until a search is made (G.).

Painful, smarting hæmorrhoids (Br.).

Headache: Every six weeks, in the forehead and around the eyes; as if it would burst: worse from motion and in the open air; better from lying down, strong pressure (Puls.), and wrapping up warmly (Sil, Stront.) (A.).

CONSTIPATION: STOOLS KNOTTY OR LUMPY, LIKE SHEEP DUNG (Op., Plb., Verat.); CRUMBLING AT THE VERGE OF THE ANUS (N.).

Slow dentition (Calc., Sil.), with large, distended abdomen (G.).

CHILDREN ARE UNABLE TO DIGEST MILK; IT CAUSES PAIN IN THE STOMACH AND PASSES UNDIGESTED (Mag-C.) (A.).

Useful particularly for puny and rachitic children, who crave sweets (Arg-N.. Calc., Lyc., Merc., Sulph.) (A.).

Constipation of infants during dentition (Sil.) (A.).

Micturition in drops (Clem., Hep.) (R.).

Urine pale yellow; can only be passed by bearing down with the abdominal muscles; weakness of the bladder (Alum., Op.) (N.).

Sensation as if a ball were ascending from abdomen into œsophagus, ameliorated by eructations (R.).

Dysuria due to partial paralysis of the muscles of the bladder (R.).

Eructations, tasting like rotten eggs, like onions (breath smells of onions- Sinap.) (A.).

Toothache: Unbearable when food touches the teeth (A.).

Much excited at the menstrual crisis (G.).

Uterine spasms extending to the thighs (G.).

Metrorrhagia, worse at night in bed, causing hysteria (Act-R., Caul.) (A.).

Menstrual flow black and clotted (Cham.) (A.).

Profuse, dark, lumpy menses; like pitch; with crumps, backache and pains in the thighs (B. ).

Leucorrhœa, after every stool (G.).

Leucorrhœa, two weeks after menses, for three or four days (Bar-C., Bov., Con.) (A.).

Hysterical complaints and spasmodic turns; many spasms day and night; with great sleeplessness; fainting fits (G.).

Bruised or burning feeling in the hips and back (B.).

Coryza: Nose stopped; cannot lie down; must breathe through the mouth (Lyc., Nux-V.) (Br.).

Loss of smell and taste, following catarrh (Nat-M.) (Br.).

Gums swollen; bleed easily (Carb-V., Merc., Nit-Ac.) (Br.).

Fretful, morose, peevish (Cina, Nux-V., Sulph.) (C.).

Chilliness every evening; disappears after going to bed (C.).

Sleep unrefreshing; tired in the morning (Nux-V.) (C.).

AGGRAVATION: While sitting; from lying on the right side; immediately after eating; from sea-bathing; at night; from noise; from milk; and from salt foods.

AMELIORATION: By motion; from exercise; in the open air; and from hard pressure.

RELATIONSHIP: Antidotes: Camph. and Cham.

Similar to: Am-M., Bry., Calc., Caust., Cham., Chel., Chin., Cycl., Ferr., Graph., Hep., Iod., Kali-C., Lach., Lyc., Merc., Nat-M., Puls., Sep., Sulph. and Zinc.