Kalium nitricum

by Adolph von Lippe — Keynotes and Red Line Symptoms of the Materia Medica

Common name: nitrate of potash.

In the morning sensation of debility with sensation of heat in the face and hot forehead.

Greater debility when sitting than when moderately exercising.

Tearing and stinging in the limbs and joints.

Tingling in the ears (Am-C., Bell., Calc., Carb-V., Chin-S., Colch., Graph., Ign., Kali-C., Laur., Mur-Ac., Nux-V., Sep., Sulph., Verat.) (N.).

Deafness from paralysis of auditory nerve (Phos.) (N.).

Inflammation of internal organs (Ferr-P.).

Bad effects from veal.

Useful in bronchitis (Bry., Kali-C., Lyc., Nat-S., Phos., Puls., Seneg.).

Cough aggravates.

ONE OF THE VERY BEST REMEDIES, GENERALLY IN CASES OF asthma (Ars., Kali-B., Lyc., Nat-S., Sulph.).

VERY VALUABLE IN CARDIO-ASTHMA (Ars., Aur., Cact., Dig., Lach., Nat-M., Spig., Sulph.).

ABUNDANT PALE URINE (Acet-Ac., Ars., Gels., Helon., Lyc., Merc., Nat-M., Phos-Ac., Sep., Sulph., Uran.).

Frequent and profuse urine (Phos-Ac., Sulph.) (G.).

Of very great value in sudden dropsical swellings over the whole body (Apis, Ars, Kali-C., Phos.).

Catamenia too early and too profuse with black blood. (Cycl., Kali-N.).

AGGRAVATION: In the after-noon; towards morning; from taking veal; and from coughing.

AMELIORATION: From moderate exercise; and from sitting.

RELATIONSHIP: Remedies following: Bell., Calc., Puls., Rhus-T., Sep. and Sulph.

ANTIDOTE: Dulc.

Kalium nitricum across the other classic books

Kalium nitricum appears in 10 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 TF — The raw proving record — symptoms as the provers reported them, unedited.
“Potassium nitrate. (Saltpetre), KNO3 (Nitrum, or Nitre). Preparation for use , Triturations. Authorities. ( 1 to 11, from Jorg's "Materielen" ).”
Boericke — The quick clinical read — keynotes, modalities and the conditions it is actually prescribed in.
“Nitrate of Potassium-Saltpeter (KALI NITRICUM - NITRUM) Often indicated in asthma, also valuable in cardiac asthma; of great value in sudden dropsical swellings over the whole body . Gastro-intestinal inflammation, with much debility, and relapse in phthisis, call for this remedy. Suppurative nephritis. Scalp very…”
Boger (GA) — Which general headings this remedy belongs under — the analytical scaffolding.
“EPIGASTRIUM LYING, on back, Agg. LYING, with head low, Agg. PULSE, slow 3 A.M.”
Boger (Syn) — Generals and modalities in a short analytical portrait rather than a symptom list.
“Cavities: Blood-vessels. Heart. Kidneys. Vaso-motors. Respiratory organs. Walking. Cold. Damp. Taking cold. Veal. Lying with head low. Gentle motion. Increased secretion into cavities. Very weak. Hæmorrhage. Sudden œdema. Throbbing. Dull stitches. Numb, as if wooden. .................... Faintness. External angle of…”
Clarke — The widest entry — sources, provings, clinical uses, relationships and antidotes in one place.
“Nitrum. Nitre. Saltpetre. Nitrate of Potassium. Potassic Nitrate. KNO 3 . Trituration. Solution. Asthma / Chest, pain in / Colic / Diabetes insipidus / Dysentery / Dysmenorrhœa / Enuresis / Gastritis / Headache / Heart, affections of / Herpes preputialis / Menière's disease / Menorrhagia / Nose, bleeding of /…”
Hering — Graded symptoms, each weighted by how often provers and practice confirmed it.
“Nitre. KNO 3 . Proved by Hahnemann and his provers, also by Engler, Hecker, Heisterbergkh, Kneschke, Kummer, Richter, Siebenhaar, Jörg, Assman, Alexander, Rummell, Schroeder, Lier, Frienzelberger, Nicol, Traub, Frank, Muhlenbein, and others See Allen's Encyclopædia, vol. 5, p. 355 . CLINICAL AUTHORITIES. Polypus of…”
Lippe (KN) — Only the symptoms Lippe considered reliable enough to prescribe on.
“In the morning, sensation of debility with sensation of heat in the face and hot forehead. Greater debility when sitting than when moderately exercising. Tearing and stinging in the limbs and joints. Bad effects from veal. Inflammation of internal organs. Useful in bronchitis. Abundant pale urine. Of very great value…”
Lippe (MM) — The strict Hahnemannian reading — the symptom picture without clinical interpretation.
“Despondency, out of humor, uneasy. Timidity and apprehension (of death). Headache, causing the eyelids to close; worse when the head is allowed to hang down (stooping). Stupefying heaviness of the head in the morning, as after free indulgence in intoxicating drink. Pain, as from constriction in the back part of the…”
Nash — The comparisons — the remedy set beside the ones it is most often confused with.
“Great difficulty in drinking on account of short breathing; drinks in sips.”

Kalium nitricum in Kent's Repertory

Kent's Repertory lists Kalium nitricum in 1,726 rubrics. These are the ones where it carries the highest grade — the symptoms Kent treated as most characteristic. Most of them sit in EXTREMITIES (332), HEAD (197), GENERALITIES (159), BACK (108), CHEST (107).

EXTREMITIES - WOODEN sensation, - hand
EXTREMITIES - WOODEN sensation, - hand - walking,while
RESPIRATION - ASTHMATIC - midnight,after - 3 a.m.
EXTREMITIES - NUMBNESS - Lower Limbs - walking,while
GENERALITIES - FOOD - veal agg.
EXTREMITIES - PERSPIRATION - Lower Limbs
CHILL - PAIN,with
SLEEP - DREAMS - journey
FEMALE GENITALIA - MENSES - black
CHEST - PERSPIRATION
COUGH - AIR, - open
EXTREMITIES - PAIN - chill - during
COUGH - AIR, - cold
GENERALITIES - NUMBNESS - suffering parts,of
GENERALITIES - NIGHT - midnight - after
CHEST - PAIN - cough,during
GENERALITIES - NUMBNESS - single parts,in
GENERALITIES - PULSE - full
EXTREMITIES - NUMBNESS - Hand
EXTREMITIES - NUMBNESS - Upper Limbs

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