Carbamide
by William Boericke — Pocket Manual of Homoeopathic Materia Medica & Repertory
(UREA)
Tuberculosis. Lumps. Enlarged glands. Renal dropsy, with symptoms of general intoxication. Gouty eczema. Albuminuria, diabetes; uræmia. Urine thin and of low specific gravity. A hydrogogue diuretic in the treatment of dropsies. 10 grains every 6 hours.
Compare: Uric acid (gout, gouty, eczema, rheumatism, lipoma); Urinum (acne, boils, scurvy, dropsy); Urtica; Tubercul; Thyroid .
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Urea Pura appears in 3 of the 13 classic books on Similia. Each was written to do a different job — here is what each adds on this remedy, with the opening of its entry.
“UREA. Authorities. Face very much swollen, 1. Anasarca generally more prominent in the upper than in the lower parts of the body, 1. Fluid in the abdomen and in the parietes of chest and belly, swelling, however, greatest in the upper parts, 1. Urine scanty, thick, deep brown, and very offensive, 1. Heaviness of the…”
“Carbamide. The chief solid constituent of the urine of mammals. (White crystals.) CO(NH 2 ) 2 . Trituration. Solution. [also tincture or solution of the nitrate - Urea nitrica]. Albuminuria / Diabetes / Dropsy / Eczema, gouty / Gout / Liver, cirrhosis of / Tuberculosis / Uræmia The failure of the kidneys to eliminate…”
