Magnesia carbonica appears in 12 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.
- Allen HC — The keynotes that separate this remedy from its nearest neighbours.
“Carbonate of Magnesia. (MgCO3,3H2O.) For persons, especially children, of irritable disposition, nervous temperament (Cham.); lax fibre; sour smell of whole body (Rheum). The whole body feels tired and painful especially the legs and feet; aching, restless. Spasmodic affections of stomach and intestines (Col., Mag…”
- Allen TF — The raw proving record — symptoms as the provers reported them, unedited.
“Magnesium carbonate, hydrated, MgCO3 Magnesia alba precipitata. Preparation , Triturations. Authorities. Emotional. Unwilling to talk, gloomy, and apprehensive (after one hour and a quarter), 4. She is gloomy and unwilling to talk (after two hours), 4. Very talkative; everything prospers (first afternoon); not so…”
- Boericke — The quick clinical read — keynotes, modalities and the conditions it is actually prescribed in.
“Carbonate of Magnesia (MAGNESIA CARBONICA) Gastro-intestinal catarrh, with marked acidity. Often used with advantage for complains arising in people who have been taking this drug to sweeten the stomach. Is frequently indicated in children; whole body smells sour, and disposed to boils. Broken-down, "worn-out" women…”
- Boger (Syn) — Generals and modalities in a short analytical portrait rather than a symptom list.
“Malar bones. DIGESTIVE TRACT: Stomach. Bowels. Liver. NERVES: Facial. Dental. NIGHT. Rest. Noise. Cold: Changes of weather. Wind. Drafts. Food; starchy; milk. Slight causes, touch, etc. Children. Nurselings. Motion. Walking about. Open air. Ailing, worn out, nervous, flatulent and flabby. Sour; all over (Rhe.)…”
- Clarke — The widest entry — sources, provings, clinical uses, relationships and antidotes in one place.
“Magnesiæ carbonas levis. Light carbonate of magnesium of B. P. Magnesia carbonate 3(MgCO 3 ) Mg(HO) 2 . 4 H 2 O. Trituration. Antrum of / Highmore, affections of / Ascarides / Catarrh / Constipation / Cornea, opacities of / Cough / Deafness / Debility / Diarrhœa / Dyspepsia / Eyes, inflammation of / Hernia /…”
- Hering — Graded symptoms, each weighted by how often provers and practice confirmed it.
“Magnesium Carbonate. Mg CO 3 , 3H 2 O. Introduced by Hahnemann and proved by himself, Schreter and Wahle (Chronische Krankheiten, vol. 4) ; also by Nenning and Hartlaub (Hartlaub and Trink's Materia Medica, vol. 2, p. 257). CLINICAL AUTHORITIES. Scrofulous inflammation of eyes , Rückert, Rück. Kl. Erf., vol. 1, p. 272…”
- Kent — The mental and general picture — who the patient is, before what the remedy cures.
“This remedy has only been partially proved, and comes to us now as Hahnemann left it. The mental symptoms and symptoms of some portions of the body and particulars have not been fully brought out. The remedy really needs reproving with high potencies upon sensitive provers that the finer shades may be understood. I…”
- Lippe (KN) — Only the symptoms Lippe considered reliable enough to prescribe on.
“Painless twitching here and there. Great sensation of fatigue whilst sitting. Sudden falling down with consciousness. In the evening after sitting restlessness in the limbs which compels one to walk about. Swelling of the glands. Catamenia retarded. Before the catamenia there is toothache. In the evening and at night…”
- Lippe (MM) — The strict Hahnemannian reading — the symptom picture without clinical interpretation.
“Anxious, with perspiration all day. Uneasiness, with trembling of the hands and absence of mind. Sad mood, with indisposition to talk. Anxious and warm through the whole body, especially in the head, while eating warm food. Trembling, anguish and fear as if some accident would happen, all day, going a off after going…”
- Lippe (Red) — Keynotes with the most-trusted ones marked as red-line symptoms.
“Common name: carbonate of magnesia. Useful for persons, especially children, of irritable disposition and nervous temperament (Cham., Nux-V., Staph.) (A.). Painless twitching, here and there. In the evening, after sitting, restlessness in the limbs, which compels one to walk about. Swelling of the glands (Bell…”
- Nash — The comparisons — the remedy set beside the ones it is most often confused with.
“Stools green and frothy, like the scum of a frog pond; doubling up colic > after stool. Toothache in decayed teeth, worse at night; must get up and walk about for relief (especially during pregnancy). To exhausted nerves in worn-out women what China is for loss of blood. Menses; flow only at night or when lying, and…”
