Kalium muriaticum
van H. A. Roberts — The Rheumatic Remedies
Historical reference for practitioners and students.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.
Kali mur. finds its usefulness in rheumatic fever with exudation and swelling around the joints; in rheumatism of shoulder and elbow, < morning on rising; in chronic rheumatic conditions due to exposure to wind, which has lasted over several months.
Compare: Ferrum phos. in rheumatic conditions and mechanical injuries.
HEART
PALPITATION OF HEART WITH CONSTRICTION OF CHEST.
PALPITATION WITH SENSATION OF COLDNESS IN REGION OF HEART.
PERICARDITIS WITH DROPSY EXUDATION.
ACUTE PERICARDITIS OF RHEUMATIC ORIGIN.
SUPERIOR EXTREMITIES
Drawing tearing in wrist joints.
Tearing in right wrist joint along the ulna.
PAIN IN RIGHT SHOULDER WHEN MOVING ARM, LASTING SEVERAL MONTHS, EXTENDING TO WHOLE ARM AND HAND; PAIN CONTINUOUS, PRESSING, CANNOT BEAR LIGHT CLOTHES OR TO LIE ON THE AFFECTED SIDE.
INFERIOR EXTREMITIES
Inflammation of hip joint.
Drawing in thigh.
Darting pain in right knee.
PERSISTENT CHRONIC SWELLING OF FEET AND LOWER LIMBS OF ARTHRITIC ORIGIN.
EXTREMITIES IN GENERAL
RHEUMATIC PAINS WITH SHINY RED SWELLINGS, CHRONIC RHEUMATISM OF JOINTS.
PARALYSIS CAUSED BY CHRONIC RHEUMATISM.
RHEUMATIC GOUT.
JOINTS
ACUTE ARTICULAR RHEUMATISM, ALL JOINTS SWOLLEN; COULD NOT STAY IN BED A SINGLE NIGHT.
CHRONIC ARTICULAR RHEUMATISM AFFECTING THE JOINTS.
AGGRAVATIONS
AFTER TAKING COLD IN A DRAFT.
MOTION.
WARMTH OF BED.
LYING ON AFFECTED SIDE.
TOUCH OF CLOTHES.
ANY FATTY FOODS.
CONCOMITANTS
WHITE TONGUE.
WHITENESS OF ALL SECRETIONS.
OFFENSIVE BREATH.
APHTHÆ OF MOUTH.
CROUPOUS EXUDATE.
SPUTUM WHITE AS MILK.