“Calcarea acts a long while. Calcarea generally acts well after Nitric-acid, when the action of this drug, although apparently homoeopathically indicated, had been rather unfavorable; on the other hand, Nitric-acid relieves the unpleasant symptoms of the homoeopathically chosen Calcarea, and imparts to its action a beneficent character. Nausea, consequent upon the use of Calcarea, is specifically counteracted by smelling of the Spirits of Nitre, which act even better in this case than Camphor. Other disagreeable symptoms of Calcarea are relieved by smelling of Nux-vomica. Calcarea is frequently useful after Sulphur, especially when the pupils are prone to become dilated.
“Calcarea generally in indispensable and curative when the catamenia appear a few days before the period, especially when the flow of blood is considerable. But, if the catamenia appear at the regular period, or a little later, Calcarea almost never is useful, even if the catamenia should be rather profuse.
“In affections of persons advanced in age, Calcarea, even after other intermediate remedies, can scarcely be repeated with advantage: a dose which is given after another, without any previous intermediate remedy, is almost always prejudicial; in cases of children, however, several doses my be given in succession, provided the remedy continues to b indicated; the younger the children, the more frequently may the remedy be repeated.”.
NOACK AND TRINKS
“According to Koch, Calcarea acts especially upon the mucous membranes, on the fibrous nd osseous system, on the nervous system, on the serous tissues, on the venous and also the lymphatic system of the abdomen, and upon the skin. Calcarea is especially suitable to the venoso-haemorrhoidal, plethoric, or the lymphatic, slow and heavy, or to the scrofulous, rickety constitution especially when there is a predominant disposition to fluent coryza, cold, and diarrhoea; or it is particularly adapted to frail individuals, being poorly fed, or also to such as had, in their young years, a marked disposition for growing fat and stout. In general, Calcarea is especially useful to the young organism; it corresponds, more than any other remedy, to diseases of the reproductive system, which are the basis of all the diseases inherent in the first age of man; it may therefore be used, with special benefit, in all scrofulous diseases, or in the diseases of new-born children, such as ophthalmia, muscular and nervous weakness, acidity of the stomach. Calcarea is likewise suitable for the diseases of females, especially when the menses are to abundant and frequent; according to Hahnemann, Calcarea is indispensable when the menses appear too soon and are to profuse whereas Calcarea is almost always prejudicial when the menses appear at or after the proper time; according to Lobethal, Calcarea is, in the former case, a beneficial remedy, which speedily and thoroughly cures affections resulting from menstrual irregularities, such as muscular weakness, excessive irritability of the nervous system, leucorrhoea. Calcarea is suitable for fancied diseases, for hysteria, hypochondria, melancholia, uneasiness, anguish, despondency, whining mood, peevishness, angriness, renouncing all hope of recovery, nervous weakness resulting from onanism, muscular weakness, difficulty of children of learning to walk. Diseases of drunkards, delirium tremens affections resulting from catching cold in cold water, bad effects of Quinine.”-ED.
GENERAL SYMPTOMS
1 Those symptoms which are included in parenthesis belong to Calcarea acet.
A feeling of painful tension over the whole body. Slight twitchings of the muscles and in the joints. Drawing pressure in the joints. Painless drawing in the limbs, in the afternoon. Lacerating in arms and legs, but always only in a small place. Burning in the palms of the hands and soles of the feet. Stitches in the upper arms, under thee arms, in the back, and lower extremities. Hands and feet go to sleep. Pain, as from bruises, with lameness, in the medullary bones, the joints of the lower extremities, and the small of the back; during motion, even when sitting or standing, thee small of the back aches as if bruised, and the muscles of the legs are painful to the touch. Liability to strain a part by lifting: pain in the small of the back immediately after raising heavy loads. Seething of the circulatory system. Congestion of blood to the head and the chest, after painful stiffness of the spinal column. Congestion of blood to the head, with discharge of blood from the rectum. Uneasy motions in the whole body. Anxious trembling, with languor. Continual trembling of the whole body, which became worse on going out into the open air. Great heaviness of the body. Sick feeling in the whole body, dreads the open air. Uncomfortable feeling in the evening, as before an attack of the ague. Great physical depression, hands and feet are often cold, with paleness of the face, and frequent palpitation of the heart; all these symptoms disappeared by taking exercise. Attack of general exhaustion, with dullness of the head, vertigo, pain in the small of the back, and chilliness of the whole body. Attack of fainting, with large drops of sweat in the face. Exhaustion and weariness of the limbs, especially the knees, extending to the small of the back, particularly during motion and when going up-stairs. Weakness in the thighs and groins, when walking. He is easily tired by bodily exertions. During a walk, he feels great weakness, especially in the lower extremities, with sweat and languor. She was completely exhausted by going up-stairs. Talking makes her weak. Weakness in the daytime, so that she could hardly bear the anguish with which she was oppressed, the fresh open air refreshed and strengthened her. Weakness from loss of animal fluids and onanism. Difficult walking of children. Atrophy, with tympanitis and glandular swelling of scrofulous subjects. Emaciation, with good appetite. Excessive obesity of young men. Chorea; hysteric spasms. For ten days she was attacked with excessive weakness, so that she was neither able to move about, nor do anything, with violent attacks of convulsive laughter.. Attack of epilepsy. Great sensitiveness to cold air; in the evening the feet feel dead. Great liability to cold. Symptoms of cold: stiffness of the nape of the neck and the muscles of the neck, stinging in the throat and head, above the eyes, and cough. Every walk in the open air makes her sad, and she weeps. Symptoms when walking in the open air: headache in the vertex, which continues until he goes to bed; visible inflation of the abdomen; palpitation of the heart, and pain in the chest; sense as of drawing through the whole body, extending into the head, and obliging one to sit down. Boring pain, externally, in the left side of the forehead, after walking in the open air. Indisposed, hoarse after a walk, with dyspnoea.
SKIN
The whole skin, especially that of the feet, is painful when touched. Dizziness in the head. Itching of the whole body. In the evening, when in bed, violent itching. Itching of a dry, hot skin, as if it were covered with salt and ashes. Burning in the skin, with itching. Prickings in the skin. Rough skin, as if covered with rash. Nettle-rash, which goes off in cool air. Itching, vesicular eruption over the whole body, especially the hips. Eruption of large, elevated patches of the size of a small pea, and even larger, mostly on the cheeks and elbows, with great heat and the thirst and little appetite. Scurfy places on the thigh, with burning during the night. Herpes speedily reappears. Unwholesome readily-ulcerated skin; even small wounds suppurate, and do not heal. A number of small warts make their appearance here and there. Warts become inflamed. Ulcers, particularly fistulous, with redness, swelling, and hardness of the surrounding parts; carious ulcers. Steatoma, reappearing and suppurating every four weeks. Rhagades, particularly of people who work in water. Polypus.
SLEEP
Early on waking he finds it difficult to rouse himself. Drowsiness in the daytime and weariness. Tired and sleepy the whole day. Sleepy and languid during the day, with chilliness and headache. Sleepiness early in the evening. In the evening, weariness in all the limbs, with drowsiness and chilliness. Frequently he falls asleep late in the evening. He tosses about in his bed almost the whole night. He finds it difficult to fall asleep, on account of many thoughts involuntarily thronging his mind. Uneasy waking in bed in the evening, the fancy being full of horrid images. Illusions of the fancy when falling asleep. Palpitation of the heart, and anguish before falling asleep, in the evening when in bed. Symptoms at night: full of anguish and raving, she starts in a dream as in affright, she apprehends she will become crazy, after which she experiences chills for a few minutes, which are followed by a sensation as if the body were dashed to pieces; horrid things crowd upon her, she is unable to keep them off; orgasm with uneasy sleep, especially during the catamenia; palpitation of the heart with uneasy sleep. Internal heat, especially in the feet and hands, with dry tongue in the morning, without thirst, and external heat in the head. Violent vertigo, with sense as of wavelets of light dancing before the eyes. Stupefaction of the head, which wakes him, and increases even unto fainting, followed by tremor of the limbs and continual languor, which prevent falling asleep again. Lacerating pain in the gums, and sense as of the teeth being loose when biting upon them; boring and drawing pain in most of the molar teeth; nightly toothache, or rather congestion of blood to the teeth, coming on immediately after going to bed. Pressure in the pit of the stomach, and rising to the throat and head; a good deal of colic without diarrhoea; at night lassitude in the knees; burning in the soles of the feet; drawing pain in the feet. Snoring groans the whole night, in a stupor-like slumber, with constant tossing about. Palpitation of the heart, in the siesta, when sitting, which wakes him. Talking when asleep. Screaming in the night, and uneasy sleep. Dullness of the head, early on waking, with tremor through the whole body, and congestion of blood to the head. Seething of the blood on waking early in the morning, after an uneasy sleep. Vivid, confused dreams. Anxious and frightful dreams. Frightful dreams the whole night. Horrid, frightful dreams.
