NATRUM CARB


NATRUM CARB homeopathic remedy keynotes and indications from the Decachords by Gladstone Clarke, of the medicine NATRUM CARB …


Symptoms

      1. Anaemic, emaciated subjects with pale face, blue-ringed eyes, dilated pupils, etc.

2. Intense melancholy and apprehension; mental slackness and inability to think; irritability; dislikes society esp. men; easily started.

3. Great debility; heaviness of whole body; short walk greatly fatigues.

4. Ailments from exposure to sun, also artificial light; chronic effects of sunstroke or overstudy.

5. Gastric disorders with great acidity; large appetite; (<) after vegetable diet, starchy foods; discomfort (>) while eating.

6. Bearing down pains in female pelvic organs.

7. Chronic catarrhal conditions of all mucous membranes; gen. with copious secretion of thick mucus, usually yellowish-green; much nasal mucus passes through the mouth; (<) daytime, slightest draught, (>) sweating.

8. Ankles weak, give way when walking; easy dislocation and springing.

9. Skin dry, rough, chapped esp. dorsi of hands and feet; chronic dry eczemas.

10. Patient (<) during thunder-storm (from electrical changes not timidity); excessive summer heat yet dislikes open air; (<) mental exertion, music; between meals.

A. Gladstone Clarke
Arthur Gladstone Clarke, a christian missionary working with the North China Mission, made good practical use of the homeopathy. He learnt as a student at MSM. He published a short introduction to the use of over 100 commonly used medicines—Decachords—first published in 1925 and still in print today.