Magnesia Carbonica
By C.M. Boger — A Synoptic Key of the Materia Medica
REGION
- Malar bones.
- DIGESTIVE TRACT: Stomach. Bowels. Liver.
- NERVES: Facial. Dental.
WORSE
- NIGHT.
- Rest.
- Noise.
- Cold: Changes of weather. Wind. Drafts.
- Food; starchy; milk.
- Slight causes, touch, etc.
- Children.
- Nurselings.
BETTER
- Motion.
- Walking about.
- Open air.
Ailing, worn out, nervous, flatulent and flabby. Sour; all over (Rhe.); regurgitation; foamy vomitus; stool, etc. Emaciation. Marasmus. Sharp shoots along nerves; must walk about. Numb, distended feeling. Can't bear hands covered, yet chilled by uncovering. .................... Heavy brain. Tearing, digging, boring face or toothache; < pregnancy; > cold. Sudden deafness. Waxy pallor. Hawks cheesy masses from throat. Sorethroat at menses. Nibbling appetite. Vomits undigested milk or bitter water. Cutting colic. Stool, frothy; GREENISH, LIKE WATER AND SCUM OF A POND; lienteric, with gelatinous or fatty masses; grass green. Menses like thick, dark molasses; tarry; viscid; < night and on rising; leave a fast stain. Craves open air. Paroxysmal cough; difficult, thin, salty or bloody sputum. Heavy, weary feet. Chilly; takes cold, with coryza, toothache, sorethroat, etc.; before menses; and dry. Sour, greasy, indelible sweat.
Antidotes: Cham. Nux-v. Pul.
Related: Rhe.