CARBO ANIMALIS


An excellent compilation of symptoms of homeopathic medicine Carbo Animalis from the book Pearls of Homeopathy by M.E. Douglass, published in 1903….


Adapted to scrofulous subjects, especially the young; or the venous plethora of elderly persons, with blue cheeks, blue lips and great debility circulation feeble, stagnated, and vital heat sinks to a minimum.

Glands indurated, swollen painful in neck axillae inguinal region, mammae pains lancinating, cutting burning.

Benignant suppurations change into ichorous conditions.

Early sprained from lifting even small weights; straining and overlifting easily produce great debility.

Joints weak; easily sprained.

Headache at right has to sit and hold head with both hands to prevent it from falling to pieces.

Aversion to open dry, cold air. After appearance of menses so weak she can hardly speak.

Desire to be alone; she is sad and reflective avoids all conversation.

Nosebleed in the morning for several mornings preceded by vertigo.

Chill without thirst great chilliness during the day,

Chill after eating.

Offensive night-sweat stains the linen yellow.

Sweat in hollows of knees.

Melford Eugene Douglass
M.E.Douglass, MD, was a Lecturer of Dermatology in the Southern Homeopathic Medical College of Baltimore. He was the author of - Skin Diseases: Their Description, Etiology, Diagnosis and Treatment; Repertory of Tongue Symptoms; Characteristics of the Homoeopathic Materia Medica.