Strontium carbonicum

Common name: carbonate of strontian.

Tearing pains in the joints, especially in the evening and at night (Merc., Sil.).

Chronic sprains of the ankle-joint with œdema (Bl.).

Most pains seem to be in the long bones and marrow (Nit-Ac.).

Swelling and caries of the bones, especially the femur (Asaf., Aur., Flour-Ac., Nit-Ac.) (D.).

Uncomfortable fullness and swelling of the abdomen (Carb-V., Lyc., Nux-V.).

Cramp about navel (B.).

The symptoms gradually become worse and decrease at the same ratio (Stann.).

Diarrhœa of a very violent and persistent kind (Aloe, Podo., Sulph.).

Diarrhœa worse at night (Chin., Puls., Sulph.) (D.).

There is a continuous urging; he is hardly off the vessel before he must return (Bl.).

Exhausting diarrhœa of yellow water (Chin.) (B.).

Pain in urinating (Canth., Nux-V., Pareir.).

Distress about or around the heart, as if pressed upon (Cact.).

Great restlessness at night because of smothering, actually preventing access of breath to lungs (Ars., Kali-P., Samb.).

Sensation as of a load on the chest (Bry.) (B.).

Threatened apoplexy; there is violent congestion of the head, with a red face while exercising (Bl.).

Headache: The pain comes up from the nape of the neck and spreads over the head (Sil.) (Bl.).

Constant, slight showing of the menses (Sab., Sec.).

Violent, involuntary starts of the body (Bell., Stram.) (G.).

Tension in inner or outer parts (G.).

Heat, with aversion to undress or uncover one's self (Nux-V.) (G.).

Violent perspiration at night (Calc., Chin., Merc., Sil.).

Fleeting pains, seemingly in bones (B.).

Sense of paralytic weakness (Kali-P., Phos., Zinc.) (B.).

Pale, ammoniacal urine (Benz-Ac.) (B.).

Burning in anus lasts a long time after stool (Ratan., Sulph.) (Br.).

Hard, knotty, difficult stool (Plb., Sulph.) (B.).

Shock after surgical operations (Br.).

Great sensitiveness to cold (Hep., Psor., Sil.) (Br.).

Rheumatic pain in the right shoulder (Lyc.) (Br.).

Cramp in calves and soles (Cupr., Sec., Verat.) (B.).

FLUSHES OF HEAT, DURING CLIMACTERIC (Graph., Lach., Sep., Sulph.) (B.).

Loss of appetite (Kali-M., Nux-V., Puls., Sep., Sulph.) (Br.).

Aversion to meat (Graph.) (Br.).

Craves bread (Nat-M.) and beer (Bry.) (Br.).

Cardialgia (Mag-P., Nux-V., Puls.) (Br.).

AGGRAVATION: In the evening; at night; while urinating; from cold; from undressing; in darkness; from rubbing; after lying down and rising again; while exercising; and from walking.

AMELIORATION: From light; from warmth; from wrapping up warmly; and from immersing in hot water.

RELATIONSHIP: Remedies following: Bell., Caust., Kali-C., Puls., Rhus-T., Sep. and Sulph.

Compare: Arn., Bar-C., Bell., Carb-V., Chin., Ferr., Glon., Graph., Kali-M., Lach., Merc., Nit-Ac., Op., Puls., Ruta, Sep., Sil., Sulph., Thuj. and Verat.

Antidote: Camph.