POTASSII BICHROMAS


Clarke gives the toxic effects of homeopathy drug Potassii Bichromas and its therapeutic uses in non-toxic doses in his book The ABC Manual of Materia Medica and Therapeutics, published in 1901….


      Kali Bichromicum-Bichromate of Potash.

CHARACTERISTICS.

      Dyspepsia. Yellow-coated tongue. Sense of weight with tenderness in the stomach. Ulcer of the stomach. Ulcer of the intestines with chronic diarrhoea. Ulceration of nasal and bronchial membranes with secretion of glutinous yellow mucus. In bronchial catarrh the mucus is difficult to expectorate.

TOXIC EFFECTS.

      Inflammation and ulceration of the mucous membrane of the nose and throat. The secretion is thick and stringy, or muco- purulent. Inflammation with ulceration of the bronchi, stomach and intestines: secretion of viscid, stringy mucus. Thick, yellow coating on the tongue, painful and slow digestion. Vomiting, purging, severe abdominal pain.1.

DOSE.

      Potassii bichromas, 1/12 -1/6 gr.

The first to fourth decimal triturations are generally used.

THERAPEUTIC USES.

Bronchial catarrh. The mucus is viscid and difficult to expectorate.1.

Chronic coryza. The mucus is thick, yellow and glutinous, and the nose tender.1.

Dyspepsia. Pain nausea vomiting and epigastric tenderness.1.

Chronic gastric catarrh. Tongue has thick yellowish coat. Sense of weight in the stomach.1.

Gastric ulceration not dependent upon blood impoverishment.1.

George Hardy Clark
Clark, George H. (George Hardy) 1860-1941 was the author of: Homeopathic Treatment of Asthenopia; Lee and Clark's Cough and expectoration : a repertorial index of their symptoms; The A B C Manual of Materia Medica and Therapeutics; A system for the care and training of children; The Black Plague and Its Control.