INTRODUCTION
KAL. CHL. Chlorate of Potash. See “Archiv,” XVI. Duration of Action several weeks.
COMPARE WITH-
AM., ARN., Belladonna, Calcarea, Kali, Kali-hyd., Natr.-mur., Nitr.
ANTIDOTES.
Of small doses: puls., Belladonna
GENERAL SYMPTOMS.
Rheumatic pain in various parts. Great weariness. Great Weakness with diarrhoea. Twitching about the head and the rest of the body. Convulsions succeeded by delirium.
SKIN.
Violent itching of the whole body. rash, with single painful pimples. Eruption as of venereal patients.
SLEEP.
Somnolence. Restless sleep, with anxious dream towards morning, snoring, and oppression of breathing.
FEVER.
Great chilliness, even unto shivering. Shivering over the whole body. Febrile condition, with violent beating of the pulse and heart. Pulse accelerated by 10, 15, 20 beats.
MORAL SYMPTOMS.
Sad, apathetic mood, with chilliness in the evening.
HEAD.
Dullness and confusion of the head. Headache with vertigo. Headache extending into both jaws. Aching in the temples. Cutting pain in the head extending to the malar bone.
EYES.
Rush of blood to the eyes, they feel irritated. Redness in the eye, in the evening, with some pain. Luminous appearances before the eyes, when coughing or sneezing.
NOSE.
Drawing in the root of the nose. Bleeding of the nose. Violent coryza, with sneezing and profuse secretion of mucus.
FACE.
Flushes of heat in the face. Pressure and tension in the face. Cramp-like drawing in the cheeks. Stinging in the face. Twitching in the nerves of the lower jaw. Swelling if the lips Pimples on the lips.
TEETH.
Toothache in the upper jaw. dullness of the teeth. The gums bleed readily when cleaning them. The gums are bright red.
MOUTH AND THROAT.
Increased secretion of saliva, the saliva being sometimes acid. Stinging burning on the tongue. Coated tongue after diarrhoea. Roughness and dryness of the fauces and chest.
APPETITE AND TASTE.
Bitterish taste in the mouth, with a feeling of coldness on the tongue. Stinging-burning sourish taste. Want of appetite. Violent hunger. Increase of the thirst.
GASTRIC SYMPTOMS.
Empty, sourish, violent eructations, sometimes alternating with pain in the chest and abdomen. Loathing, with shivering. Nausea, with eructation.
STOMACH.
Pressure in the region of the stomach. Cutting and warmth in the stomach.
ABDOMEN.
Tensive pressure in the region of the liver and spleen. Colic, with diarrhoea, in the region of the pelvis. Obstructions in the liver and portal system, with haemorrhoidal complaints.
STOOL.
Sluggish stool. Painful diarrhoea, passing at last nothing but mucus. Constant pain in the rectum.
URINE AND GENITAL ORGANS.
Turbid urine. Voluptuous dreams with violent emissions. Diminished sexual desire, with chilliness and apathy.
LARYNX AND CHEST.
Hoarseness. Dryness of the throat and chest, with violent cough. Irritation in the larynx, with desire to cough. Oppression of the chest, with beating of the heart. violent but uniform beating of the heart.
ARMS AND LEGS.
Drawing and lacerating in the wrist-joints Cramp in the leg. Cold feet, with palpitation of the heart.
