{"id":16295,"remedy_name":"Kalmia Latifolia","remedy_type":"Herbal Remedy","alternative_names":[""],"miasm":"Emotional Miasm","temperament":"Chilly","aggravation_time":"Morning","keynote_indications":"Source: Derived from the fresh leaves of Kalmia latifolia , a flowering evergreen shrub native to. North America, prepared for homeopathic use through trituration and serial dilution to eliminate. toxicity and enhance therapeutic action. Traditional  Context:  Historically  employed  in  homeopathy  for  cardiovascular,  neurological,. musculoskeletal,  ocular,  and  systemic  disorders,  particularly  those  involving  shooting  or. neuralgic pains, cardiac irregularities, and symptoms that shift or radiate. It is noted for symptoms. such as rheumatic pains, palpitations, vertigo, and visual disturbances, often aggravated by motion,. bending forward, or cold, and ameliorated by rest, lying down, or warmth. Modern  Context:  Indicated  for  cardiovascular  conditions (e.g.,  palpitations,  endocarditis),. neurological conditions  (e.g., neuralgia, vertigo),  musculoskeletal conditions  (e.g., rheumatoid. arthritis, fibromyalgia), ocular conditions (e.g., iritis, photophobia), and systemic conditions (e.g.,. chronic  fatigue,  inflammatory  disorders).  It  suits  patients  with  acute  or  chronic  symptoms. characterized by shooting pains, cardiac irregularities, vertigo, visual disturbances, or fatigue,. typically exacerbated by motion, cold, or bending forward, and often seen in individuals with. chronic inflammatory or cardiovascular conditions. The remedy is particularly relevant for those. with a chilly, sensitive constitution, often presenting with physical symptoms like sharp joint pains. or chest discomfort alongside systemic symptoms like exhaustion or dizziness, commonly observed. in patients with rheumatoid arthritis, supraventricular tachycardia, or chronic fatigue syndrome. triggered by physical exertion, cold exposure, or stress.","modalities":"Worse from: Motion, cold (weather, air, drinks), bending forward, exertion, cold damp. weather, morning, light, touch, emotional stress, lying on the left side, night, menstruation.","symptoms_by_system":{"Mind":"Confusion of brain. Memory and mental faculties are perfect in a recumbent posture, but vertigo on \nattempting to move. Anxiety and palpitations. Irritable, cross. Talk of others aggravates. Confusion of brain. Memory and mental faculties are perfect in a recumbent posture, but vertigo on \nattempting to move. Anxiety and palpitations. Irritable, cross. Talk of others aggravates.","Vertigo":"Vertigo with headache, nausea, blindness, pains in the limbs and weari ness. Vertigo worse from \nmotion (Bry.), worse stooping, looking down. Vertigo with blindness. \nVision - Impaired vision. Vision becomes black on looking downward. Diplopia, from paralysis of ocular \nmuscles. Glimmering vision, with dimness. \nCOMMENTS - For paralytic weakness and trembling. Neuralgias in almost all regions, generally on the r ight \nside. Wandering arthri tis, sharp, shooting pain jumps from joint to joint. Arthritis with heart conditions or \nneuralgias. Wandering rheumatic pains that travel from above downwards. Rheumatic fever.  \nPain, followed by numbness in the joints (Naphtin. with sciatica). Joints can swell, become red, hot and \nthrobbing (Bell. ). Pains worse sunrise to sunset (Nat -m., Spig.). Painful facial neuralgias (Spig., Mag -p.). \nNeuralgic pains are better from food. \nPain in the back, shuns all exertion, can hardly go up  stairs. Pains in the periosteum preventing sleep. Pain \nbetween shoulders coming up over the head. Pain with nausea and slow pulse. Pain during the early part of \nthe night or soon after going to sleep. Pain from a sudden chill or exposure to a sudden wind.  \nTumultuous action of the heart and slow pulse. Every heartbeat has a strumming as if it would burst, along \nsternum to throat. Palpitations are better lying on back and breathing, worse on left side, from mental effort.  \nGenerally acts on the right side of the head, the left side of the chest and the left arm. Vertigo from least motion, \nworse from motion (Bry.), even motion of eyes and eyelids is painful. Vertigo is worse on stooping, on looking \ndown, on rising from a seat. \nHeadache comes on in the morning, worse again in evening. Headache, worse heat, better cold. Sun \nheadache, worse or better with the sun. Headache and eye symptoms are worse in evening, from open air. \nRubbing eyes causes stinging in them. \nScleroderma. Cheek roughness every summer. Much external sensitiveness, face, pit of stomach, muscles of \nneck sore, worse by touch. \nDry throat. Feeling as if a ball was rising in the throat. Dry, stiff, swollen, cracked lips. Tingling in the salivary \nglands immediately after eating. Stitches in the tongue. \nSensation of weakness in abdomen ex tending to throat. Vomiting with ruminat ing action, without the least \nnausea, better with wine. Pressure on rectum after stool. Symptoms worse during leucorrhea.  \nVonder Luhe cured with Kalm. 200c an intercostal neuralgi a of the left side, so in tense that the patient could \nnot lie down or sleep at night. The chief guiding symptom was a concomitant numb sensation of the whole left \narm. \nLambert recorded the case of a gatekeeper, age 54, who had smoked since he was seven ye ars old. He \nsuffered from \u201ctobacco heart\u201d palpitations, occurring on the least exertion or fright and sometimes awakening \nhim in the night. Intermittent pulse, no valvular lesion, tingling in the left arm and leg and sensation as if the \nblood did not circulate in them. \nHe could walk, but not far. The chief complaint was a sharp pain in the right temple like pins and needles, of \neighteen months' duration. It was induced by touch \nand turning the head quickly. Kalm. 3x cured the temporal neuralgia and greatly alleviated all the other \nsymptoms. \nProell cured with Kalm. 1c, 2c and 3c headaches and weak memory in a boy of 13 that were preventing him \nfrom continuing his studies. He also had insufficiency of the mitral value.","Head":"Cracking in head, sounds like a horn blowing in the ears, frightens him. Head ache worse and better \nwith sun. Headache begins at sunrise, worse at noon and leaves at sunset.  Headache worse bright \nsunlight. Headache better profuse urina- \ntion. Shooting pain from nape to v ertex and face. Maddening supra -orbital pain (right). Pain in front and \ntemporal region from head, to nape, and to teeth, from cardiac origin. Aching in forehead. Cracking in head, sounds like a horn blowing in the ears, frightens him. Head ache worse and better \nwith sun. Headache begins at sunrise, worse at noon and leaves at sunset.  Headache worse bright \nsunlight. Headache better profuse urina- \ntion. Shooting pain from nape to v ertex and face. Maddening supra -orbital pain (right). Pain in front and \ntemporal region from head, to nape, and to teeth, from cardiac origin. Aching in forehead.","Eyes":"Stiff drawing sensation when moving eyes. Pains increased by mov ing the eye. Pressure in and \nabove right eye. Paralysis of upper lids. Stiff eyelids. Retinitis, albuminuria especially during pregnancy. \nRheumatic iritis. Scleritis. Itching in eyes, stinging when rubbing them. Eye symptoms worse evening and in \nopen air.","Ears":"Sharp pain in and behind right ear, at night. Acute inflammation of meatus. Sound like blowing a horn \nafter cracking in head. Meniere's disease.","Face":"Anxious expression. Flushing with vertigo. Redness of face during throbbing headache. Neuralgia, \nworse right side. Neuralgia from exposur e to cold, bet ter eating, worse from worry or mental exertion. \nTrigeminal neuralgia. Facial neuralgia after herpes zoster. Sharp and tearing pains in bones of jaw and face. \nItching of face at night. Tired feeling in masseters. Cracked lips with dry skin.","Mouth":"Tingling in salivary gland. Sublin gual salivary gland inflamed. Bitter taste with  nausea, better eating. \nTongue white, dry. Sharp pain in tongue. Tongue, sore left side, hurts when talking. Teeth tender, during facial \nneuralgia. Pressing in molars, late in evening. Tired feeling in chewing muscles. Lips, stiff, dry, swollen.  \nNose - Coryza, with increased sense of smell. Coryza with sneezing, dullness, headache and hoarseness. \nTearing in root of nose and nasal bones, with nausea. \nPerspiration - Cold sweat.","Throat":"Throat feels swollen. Sensation as of a ball rising. Pressure in throat, stitches in eyes and nausea. \nDryness in throat with aching pains, causing cough, difficult swallowing and thirst. Chronic syphilitic sore throat. \nTickling in trachea. Noise as from spasm in glottis when breathing. Hoarseness during coryza.","Chest":"Palpitations  or  irregular  heartbeat,  with  a  sensation  of  fluttering  or  oppression,. resembling  supraventricular  tachycardia  or  atrial  fibrillation,  worse  with  motion,. bending forward, or cold. Chest pain or angina, with a sharp or squeezing sensation, resembling endocarditis or. pericarditis, aggravated by exertion, cold, or lying on the left side. Sensation  of  heart  weakness  or  slow  pulse,  with  a  tendency  to  aggravation  in. inflammatory states, resembling heart failure, worse with motion or night. Tendency to cardiovascular hypersensitivity, with aggravation in chilly or stressed. states. Neurological:. Neuralgia  or  shooting  pains,  with  a  sensation  of  electric  shocks  or  burning,. resembling trigeminal neuralgia or sciatica, worse with cold, motion, or touch. Vertigo  or  dizziness,  with  a  sensation  of  spinning  or  unsteadiness,  resembling. vestibular disturbance or benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV), aggravated. by bending forward, motion, or cold. Headaches or migraines, with a sharp or throbbing sensation, resembling tension-. type headache, worse with mental exertion, cold, or light. Tendency  to  neurological  hypersensitivity,  with  aggravation  in  inflammatory  or. chilly states.","Stomach & Abdomen":"Crampy pain with eructation of gas. Pain in pit of stomach, worse by bendingforward, relieved \nby sitting erect. Sensation of something being pressed \nunder the epigastrium. Warm, glowing sensation in epigastrium. Gastralgia with empty eructations.  Bilious \nattacks with nausea, vertigo and headache. Nausea and vomiting. Wine relieves vomiting.  \nTemperature - Shivering and coldness. Shaking chill in cold air; chills run over back. Protracted and continued \nfevers with tympanites. Fever with burning and pain in back and loins. Incarcerated flatus with nausea. \nSensation of weakness in abdomen extend ing to throat, better by eructation. Sudden pains in paroxysms, \nacross abdomen, above umbilicus. Neuralgia of bowels.","Urinary & Genital":"Frequent, spontaneous, lasting erections without desire. Pain in the right testicle in morning, in the left \ntesticle in afternoon. Menses too soon. Menses regular but painful. Suppressed menses, with severe neuralgic pains \nthroughout whole body, with pain in limbs, back and inside of thighs. Leucorrhea, one week after menses, \naggravating other symptoms.","Extremities":"Sharp, shooting joint pains or stiffness, with a sensation of soreness or radiating pain,. resembling rheumatoid arthritis or fibromyalgia, worse with motion, cold, morning,. or damp weather. Rheumatic pains or muscle soreness, with a tendency to shift locations, resembling. polymyalgia rheumatica, aggravated by cold, exertion, or rest. Weakness in limbs or trembling, with a sensation of heaviness, resembling myalgia,. worse with cold or motion. Tendency to musculoskeletal hypersensitivity, with aggravation in inflammatory or. chilly states. Ocular:. Iritis  or  eye  inflammation,  with  a  sensation  of  burning  or  pressure,  resembling. anterior uveitis, worse with light, motion, or cold. Photophobia  or  sensitivity  to  light,  with  a  tendency  to  aggravation  in  bright. environments, resembling keratitis, aggravated by exertion or evening. Kalmia latifolia (Mountain Laurel) 1171. Blurred vision or visual disturbances, with a sensation of haziness or flickering,. resembling optic neuritis, worse with motion or cold. Tendency  to  ocular  hypersensitivity,  with  aggravation  in  inflammatory  or  chilly. states. Systemic:. Chronic  fatigue  or  weakness,  with  a  sensation  of  prostration  or  low  energy,. resembling chronic fatigue syndrome, worse with cold, exertion, or emotional stress. Low-grade fever or inflammation, with a tendency to aggravation in cold conditions,. resembling systemic inflammatory response syndrome, worse with motion or night. General chilliness or cold intolerance, with a sensation of shivering, resembling. hypothyroid-like states, aggravated by cold, damp, or rest. Tendency to systemic irritability, with aggravation in fatigued or inflammatory states.","Neck & Back":"Pain from neck down arm, brachial- gia. Pain down back, as if it would break. \nKalmia latifolia Pain in localized regions of spine, through the shoulders. Sharp pain in lower part \u2022 of left \nscapula. Lumbar pain of nervous origin,  with heat and burning. Sensation of lameness in small of back. \nDrawing or sharp pain in spine.","Skin":"Chronic  fatigue  or  weakness,  with  a  sensation  of  prostration  or  low  energy,. resembling chronic fatigue syndrome, worse with cold, exertion, or emotional stress. Low-grade fever or inflammation, with a tendency to aggravation in cold conditions,. resembling systemic inflammatory response syndrome, worse with motion or night. General chilliness or cold intolerance, with a sensation of shivering, resembling. hypothyroid-like states, aggravated by cold, damp, or rest. Tendency to systemic irritability, with aggravation in fatigued or inflammatory states.","Sleep":"Sleepless. Restless sleep, turns often. Periosteal pains prevent sleep. While sleeping, stands up and \nwalks about. Talks in sleep. Fantastic dreams. Dreams of murder. Wakes very early in morning.","Generalities":"As if something loose in head diagonally across the top. As if the body was surcharged with \nelectricity, as shuddering without coldness. As if something was being pressed away from under sternum."},"schema_version":"1.0","api_provider":"Allahshafi"}