Kalium chloricum

by William Boericke — Pocket Manual of Homoeopathic Materia Medica & Repertory

Historical reference for practitioners and students. The statements below reflect the named author’s homeopathic teaching and do not establish treatment effectiveness. This text is not medical advice and must not replace appropriate diagnosis or care.

Chlorate of Potassium-K clo. 3

(KALI CHLORICUM)

Acts very destructively upon the kidneys, producing a croupous nephritis, hemoglobinuria, etc. Parenchymatous nephritis with stomatitis. Produces most acute ulcerative and follicular stomatitis. Noma. Toxæmic conditions of pregnancy (urinary symptoms). Chronic nephritis; hepatitis. Septicæmia. Anæmia.

Mouth

Profuse secretion of acid saliva. Whole mucous surface red, tumid, with gray-based ulcers. Tongue swollen. Stomatitis -aphthous and gangrenous . Fetor. Mercurial stomatitis (as a mouth wash).

Stomach

Feeling of weight in epigastric and umbilical region. Flatulence. Vomiting of greenish-black matter.

Stool

Diarrhœa; profuse, greenish mucus.

Urine

Albuminous, scanty, suppressed. Hæmaturia; diuresis. Nucleo-albumin and bile, high Phosphoric acid, with low total solids.

Skin

Jaundice. Itching miliary or papular eruptions. Discolored; chocolate tint.

Dose

Second to sixth potency. Use cautiously locally as it is poisonous.

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