Baryta carbonica
Henry N. Guernsey tarafından — Key-Notes to the Materia Medica
Historical reference for practitioners and students.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.
One is reminded of this drug by seeing a dwarfish and delicate person, a person that is mentally and physically so, i.e., a man dwarfish in size, and the mind seems dwarfish, cannot grasp ordinary ideas; also for backward children. Right hypochondriac region. Micturition too frequent. Tension in outer parts. Cystic tumors. particularly occurring on the wrist. Pricking after scratching; itching after scratching; pricking in the skin. Sleep unquiet. Perspiration on one side, as on one hand, one foot, one side of the face or body, etc.; stinking, particularly on the feet.
Mental.--Great aversion to strangers; the sight of them makes the symptoms worse, or causes a recurrence of. Suddenly overwhelmed with evil apprehensions. Great solicitude and anxious care. Feebleminded children.
Head.--Losing hair from the crown of the head. Itching and gnawing of scalp; external head, particularly behind the ears; lobe of the ear, or lobes of the ears; upper lip; nape of neck.
Eyes.--Pressing pain deep in, relieved by looking downward. Sensation as of gauze before eyes.
Ears.--Tearing in bone in front of right ear.
Nose.--Troublesome dryness and stoppage of.
Mouth.--Swelling of submaxillary glands, with induration. Frequent and considerable bleeding of gums. Toothache before menses.
Throat.--Sore throat occurs from the least cold that is taken; throat often suppurates; swollen glands after scarlet fever. Sensation as of smoke in.
Gastric.--When eating, as the food descends into stomach, much pain is felt, as if it had to force itself into the stomach through sore places.
Chest.--Obstructed with mucus; sensation as if something hard had fallen down in.
Worse.--Lying on painful side; from pressure from without.
The following medicines often follow:--Calc. carb., Conium, Pulsat., Phosphor., Rhus tox., Sepia, Silic., Sulphur.
Antidote:--Camphor.