{"id":11657,"remedy_name":"Natrum Carbonicum","remedy_type":"Homeopathic Remedy","alternative_names":[""],"miasm":"Syphilitic Miasm","temperament":"Chilly","aggravation_time":"Morning","keynote_indications":"Nat-c. was proved by Hahnemann and is one of the anti -psoric remedies. All the natmms \nstimulate cellular activity and increase oxidation and metabolism. It had been used in old -school practice as \nan external application in solution to bums and eczema, and as a douche in nasal or vaginal catarrh.  \nThe common practice of taking sodium bicarbonate for indigestion and heartbum is founded on a true \nrelationship (though Nat-c. is the carbonate and not the bicarbonate), but the indiscriminate and excessive use \nof it only intensifies the trouble. \nNat-c. forms the alkaline basis in most soaps, excess alkali almost bums off the superficial layers of the \nepidermis and leaves the skin dry and cracked. The provings confirm this irritating action. Nat-c. is particularly \nuseful for chapped hands and faces, rough, dry skin, eczema, herpes, warts  \nand scrofulous conditions of the skin. \nSwelling and induration of glands. Exhaustion. Emaciation, anemia. Milky, watery skin. Very weak ankles. \nPuffiness. Relaxation, easy dislocation. Twitching in the muscles and limbs. Contraction of muscles, tendons. \nPains cause tremors, cold sweat, anxiety etc. \nIrritation of the mucus membranes. Irritation, vesicles, ulcers and catarrh in the digestive tract from the mouth \nto anus. Keratitis and ulceration of the cornea. The nose is swollen and ulcerated with a thick yellow or green \noffensive discharge. Thick, yellow, putrid leucorrhea (Sep.). \nOversensitive to open air, music, noise and dietetic errors. Worse from any physi cal or mental exertion, \nstrain, from the least effort, from sun and gaslight. Debility from heat of summer, every spell of warm weather \ncauses headache. Chronic effects of sunstroke. Headache from sun or working under lights. \nChildren when asleep, jump, cry, grasp the mother. Startled, nervous children. Children cannot tolerate milk \nbut thrive better on cereals.","modalities":"Better from eating, sweating. Better wiping with hand. Better boring into nose or ears with fingers. \nBetter rubbing, motion, pressure. Aversion to cold air. Worse from heat of sun. Worse drafts, damp weather. \nWorse getting wet, change of weather. Worse extremes of temperature. Worse before a storm or dur ing a \nstorm. Worse drinking cold water, cold drinks when over heated. Worse from vegetable diet, starchy food. \nWorse milk, dietetic errors. Worse from music, noise. Worse mental or bodily exertion. Worse at 5 a.m. \nWorse alternate days. Worse the \nfull moon. Worse sun exposure.","symptoms_by_system":{"Mind":"Mental weakness. Weak memory. Difficulty thinking or concentrating. Slow comprehension. Mental \nwork is impossible. Transposes words. Spacey. Stupefaction in morning on waking.  \nImpatience while reading. Restlessness better mental labor. Conscientious about trifles. Sympathetic. Mild \nand kind. Pathologically cheerful. Tendency to sacrifice for others. Refined sensi bility. Dislikes intruding on \npeople, bothering people (Staph., Sil.). Selective friendships, air of detachment.  \nElusive nature. Strong sense of integrity. Humane, empathetic. Very self -conscious. Closed, controlled \nemotions. Avoidance of stress. Meditative. Difficulty dealing with suffering and pain in the world. \nProfound sadness, depression and melancholy.  Constantly occupied with sad thoughts, though there is \nalso the opposite, great gaiety and talkative. Philosophical about grief, resigned. Internal sor row, mel \nancholy. Suffers grief with dignity.  Unassimilated emotions. Sadness from errors of diet.  Thoughts of \nsuicide, overwhelmed with suffering. \nCross, irritable. Irritability during fever. Aversion to society, even that of their own family or spouse. Sensitive \nto the presence of certain persons.  Indifferent. Anxious and fearful. Anxiety, trembling and sweat during \npains. Delusions of being deserted, forsaken. \nVery sensitive to noise, cold, change of weather. Worse thunderstorms, electric changes in th e atmosphere. \nVery nervous during thunderstorm, hides in cellar. Anxious and restless during thunderstorms. Desires to \nbe magnetized. \nStarting from noise. Sensitive to music (Ambr.). Music causes tendency to suicide, sadness, religious \ninsanity. Playing on piano causes anxiety and trembling. Sensitive to sensual impressions. Mental weakness. Weak memory. Difficulty thinking or concentrating. Slow comprehension. Mental \nwork is impossible. Transposes words. Spacey. Stupefaction in morning on waking.  \nImpatience while reading. Restlessness better mental labor. Conscientious about trifles. Sympathetic. Mild \nand kind. Pathologically cheerful. Tendency to sacrifice for others. Refined sensi bility. Dislikes intruding on \npeople, bothering people (Staph., Sil.). Selective friendships, air of detachment.  \nElusive nature. Strong sense of integrity. Humane, empathetic. Very self -conscious. Closed, controlled \nemotions. Avoidance of stress. Meditative. Difficulty dealing with suffering and pain in the world. \nProfound sadness, depression and melancholy.  Constantly occupied with sad thoughts, though there is \nalso the opposite, great gaiety and talkative. Philosophical about grief, resigned. Internal sor row, mel \nancholy. Suffers grief with dignity.  Unassimilated emotions. Sadness from errors of diet.  Thoughts of \nsuicide, overwhelmed with suffering. \nCross, irritable. Irritability during fever. Aversion to society, even that of their own family or spouse. Sensitive \nto the presence of certain persons.  Indifferent. Anxious and fearful. Anxiety, trembling and sweat during \npains. Delusions of being deserted, forsaken. \nVery sensitive to noise, cold, change of weather. Worse thunderstorms, electric changes in th e atmosphere. \nVery nervous during thunderstorm, hides in cellar. Anxious and restless during thunderstorms. Desires to \nbe magnetized. \nStarting from noise. Sensitive to music (Ambr.). Music causes tendency to suicide, sadness, religious \ninsanity. Playing on piano causes anxiety and trembling. Sensitive to sensual impressions.","Vertigo":"Vertigo from wine, mental exertion, exposure to sun, better from exercise in open air. \nVision - Dim vision, has to wipe eyes constantly. Can\u2019t read small print. Sensation as if feathers before eyes. \nFlashes and streaks of light before closed eyes at night. Dazzling flashes or stars before eyes, on waking. \nBlack spots before eyes when writing. \nCOMMENTS - Sensitive digestion (Nat-s.). Chronic dyspepsia, stomachaches. Very weak digestion, burning, \ngas and bloating. Belching, ulcers, and indigesti on. Heartburn with acid regurgitations and esophageal \nproblems. \nMalassimilation, food allergies. Difficulty swallowing foods. Emaciation, \nanemia, and bloating. May get bloated from starchy foods. Ill effects of drinking cold water. Worse from milk, \nespecially in children (Aeth.), causing diarrhea. Worse from wine. \nStomach problems will often alternate with headaches. Depression and irritabil ity is worse after a meal, the \naggravation diminishing as digestion advances, \u201cas the food passes through the duoden um.\u201d \nCharacteristic blue ring around the eyes of children with allergies. Ptosis of the eyelids. Photophobia. Chronic \nnasal congestion. \nWomen can have a \u201cdischarge of mucus af ter an embrace\u201d causing infertility. Candida. Bearing down pain, \ndragging feeling in the stomach (Sep.). Worse after sex, exhaustion. Emotional detachment.  \nSymptoms of hysteria. Contractions of muscles and tendons, relaxation of tissues. Twitching in muscles and \nlimbs. Paralysis of the left leg. Conditions resulting from malabsorption . Swelling and induration of glands. \nBone problems, curved spine. Stooping forward. Ankle joints are weak and burn.  \nStitches go from within out. Right upper and left lower are particularly effected. Great debility from any exertion, \n \n \nunsteady walk, any litt le obstruction on pavement causes falling, or he falls without any apparent cause. \nAversion to exercise. Symptoms are worse from mental or bodily exertion. \nGenerally chilly. Worse extremes of temperature. Sensitivity to changes in atmosphere. Worse before a storm \nor during a storm. Restless before a storm or with a storm. May get migraine headaches or stomach problems \nbefore a storm. Condi tions resulting from exposure in the sun. Heat exhaustion. Headache from mental \nexertion, sun exposure. \nSensitivity to music, worse from loud music. Sensitive to particular things, not a general sensitivity (as is Phos.), \ncertain foods, people, sounds, light conditions. Pet peeves. Aggravations cause headaches, stomachaches, \nheartburn, indigestion, depression. Aware of limitations and sensitivities.","Head":"Head pains out through eyes, head bent backwards. Stupefying pain in forehead, with nausea, \neructations and dimness of sight. Headache altern ating with digestive troubles. Headaches from slightest \nmental exertion. Headachesfrom exposure to sunlight  (Glon.), gaslight. Dullness of head when at rest or \nwhen in sun. Headaches in hot weather.  Head feels too large. Pulsating, in vertex every morning.  Almost \npainless boil on occiput. Falling out of hair. Head pains out through eyes, head bent backwards. Stupefying pain in forehead, with nausea, \neructations and dimness of sight. Headache altern ating with digestive troubles. Headaches from slightest \nmental exertion. Headachesfrom exposure to sunlight  (Glon.), gaslight. Dullness of head when at rest or \nwhen in sun. Headaches in hot weather.  Head feels too large. Pulsating, in vertex every morning.  Almost \npainless boil on occiput. Falling out of hair.","Eyes":"Burning pain in eyes, worse reading and writing, with dryness. Shooting pain from within outward. \nNeedle-like stitches in both eyes, after dinner. Ulcers on cor nea, with shooting pains. Dim eyes, has to wipe \nthem constantly. Photophobia. Lachrymation during forenoon. Agglu tination of eyes in morning. E yes close \ninvoluntary. Heaviness of upper lids. Lids swollen. Inflammation of eyelids with photophobia.","Ears":"Dryness and heat. Sharp stitching pain in ears. As if something moved in ear on swallowing. As if a \nbubble bursting in ears. Oversensitive hearing. Sensitive to noise, music. Stopped sensation. Deafness with \nrecurring earache, with amenorrhea. Loss of hearing of right ear, sounds seem to come from left side when \nthey really come from right. Hardness of hearing and roaring in left ear, worse before menses.","Face":"Pale, withered, bloated face. Pale face, with dark streaks under eyes. Blue rings around eyes, swollen \nlids. Freckles, yellow spots, pimples. Yellow blotches on forehead and upper lip. Burning crack in lower lip. \nLips swollen, particularly upper lip. Swelling of both cheeks, with glowing redness. Swelling of submaxillary \nglands. Pains in bones of face, with chronic nasopharyngeal catarrh.","Mouth":"Constant dryness of mouth end lips, which she was constantly obliged to lick. Saliva increased. Bitter \ntaste in the mouth, food tastes bitte r. Taste perverted, too sensitive. Taste sour, metallic. Redness and \nsoreness of mouth, with flat, painful blisters. Vesicles and smooth ulcers in mouth with burning, mouth open. \nSensitiveness of lower teeth. Toothache, in lower jaw. worse eating fruits, sweets, better smoking. Nightly \npressing toothache with swelling of lower lip and of gums. \nNose - Swollen or peeling. Pimples and puffiness. Red nose with white pimples on it. Many troubles of external \nnose (Caust.). Humid herpetic eruptions and ulcers on  nose, around mouth and on lips. Ulceration high up in \nnostrils. Nosebleed. Stoppage at night. Catarrh, post -nasal catarrh.  Catarrh, foul, thick, yellow or green \ndischarge. Hawking mucus from throat,  worse slight draft. Constant coryza, obstruction of nose . Coryza, \nworse least draft, alternate days. Coryza, with burning in eyes. Bad odor of nasal secretions. Musty smelling \ndischarge. Violent sneezing. Squeaking sensation at root of nose. \nPerspiration - Profuse sweat from the least physical exertion. Perspir ation while eat ing, in morning. Patient \nbreaks into a cold sweat. Burning sweat on forehead where hat presses. Anxious sweat during pain, with \ndreams. Perspiration all over, during fever. Night sweat alternating with dryness of skin. Perspiration in \nmorning.","Throat":"Hoarseness with coryza, chilliness and scraping, painful cough. Throat pain ful when yawning and \nswallowing. Must drink to swal low solids from roughness, dryness of esophagus and throat. Hawks much \nmucus from the throat. Taste of blood, pus in throat. Glandular swellings in throat. Resistant swelling of middle \nlobe of thyroid gland. Hard goiter, with pressing pain. \nTongue - Tongue coated, dry. Burning about tip of tongue, as if it was cracked. Pimples on tip of tongue, which \nburns as if full of cracks. Affections of under-surface of tongue. Tongue heavy, immovable, with difficult speech. \nStammering on account of heaviness of tongue.","Chest":"Chilliness in one side of chest. Pressing, sharp pains in chest. Burning soreness in right mid chest.  \nConstitutions - Suited to light -haired people and persons of leuco -phlegmatic constitution with aversion to \nopen air and mental or physical exercise. Painful cracking in region of heart. Palpitations from noise, on going upstairs, when attention is directed \nto something, when lying on left side. Palpitations, a general accompaniment of indig estion. Pulse excited at \nnight, with ebullitions. \nKidneys - Pressure in region of bladder. Burning in urethra during and after urination. Frequent need to urinate, \nwith copious or scanty discharge. Bright or dark yellow urine. Urine smells like horse\u2019s uri ne, from vegetable \nor milk diet. Involuntary urination at night. Dyspnea and shortness of breathing, from tension of chest. Short cough with rattling in chest. Cough \nwith rawness in chest, worse morning. Cough, dry, tickling, worse at 9 to 11 a.m. Cough with coldness of left \nside of breast. Violent and dry cough on passing from cold to hot temperature. Cough with rumbling, \nincarcerated flatus. Loose, hollow cough, with salty, purulent, greenish  sputum. Bloody expectoration.","Stomach & Abdomen":"Stomach feels swollen and sensitive. Heaviness and pressure in stomach. Weak digestion, worse \nfrom slightest errors in diet. Dyspepsia relieved by soda biscuits. Old dyspeptics, always belching, have \nsour stomach and rheumatism. Gastric pains, better eating. Indigestion. Cramp in stomach, pressing, \ndrawing, cutting pain. Depressed after eating. Bit ter taste. Acidity. Waterbrash . Heartburn after fats. Sour \neructations. Frequent hiccough. Nausea and retching, with pain and soreness in stomach. Violent retching in \nmorning, without actual vomiting. Vomiting of bile, bitter. Food allergies. Ill effects of drinking cold water when \noverheated. Griping colic just after a meal. Abdominal colic somewhat better eating. Indigestion, gas and \nbloating. Accumulation, incarceration, and painful movements of flatus in abdome n. Flatus changes places, \nabdomen bloated here and there. Hard, bloated, swollen abdomen. Epigastrium painful to touch and talking. \nColic with retraction of naval and hardness of skin. Colic somewhat better eating and warmth. Pressure in \nlower abdomen, as if everything in abdomen would fall out. Violent sharp pain in right hypochondriac region, \nfollowed by griping in lower abdomen. Swelling of glands of groin and axilla. Itch-like eruption on lower part of \nabdomen. Hungry at 5 a.m. Greedy, always nibbling. Very weak digestion. Food tastes bitter. Food allergies. \nOversensitive to errors in diet.  Craving for sweets. Must drink in order to swallow solids. Aver sion to milk. \n \n \nWorse from milk, causes flatulence, diarrhea. Children who can\u2019t tolerate milk but thrive better on cereals. \nDrowsiness after meals. Heartburn after fats. Diarrhea from starch. Indigestion is worse from vegetables and \nstarchy foods. Ill effects of drinking cold water when overheated.","Urinary & Genital":"Straining and tenesmus, with voluptuous sensation in genitals. Glans penis becomes sore easily. \nInflammation, swelling and easy excoriation of prepuce and glans penis. Prostatic affections, dis charge of \nprostatic flui d at stool and when urinating. Bruised pain in testicles. Heavi ness and drawing in testicles. \nSoreness between scrotum and thighs. Increased sexual desire with priapism and painful pollutions. \nIncomplete sex, erection weak, emissions speedy. Nightly emissions. Sweats after sex. Soreness. Deficient menses in adult females. Menses too early, late, scanty, like meat -washings \n(Nit-ac.). Menses with pain in lumbar region and abdomen. Dysmenorrhea. Leucorrheal discharge, offensive, \nirritating. Leucor- rhea thick, yellow, ropy.  Leucorrhea better after urination. Profuse leucorrhea, after \nfrequent attacks of colic. Induration of \ncervix. Bearing down sensation  (Sep., Murx). Motion, as if fetus in uterus. Sterility. Infertility from non -\nretention of semen. Promotes conception. Labor pains weak, or with anguish, sweat and desire to be rubbed. \nPrevents false conception. Expels moles.","Extremities":"Great weakness of limbs, especially in morning. Locomotor ataxia, fulgurating pains better eating. \nHeaviness of legs and feet with tension in them. Unsteady walk, small obstruction on pavement causes him to \nfall, or falls without apparent cause. \nHollow of the knee is painful on motion. Popliteal, painful on motion. Legs are icy cold up to knees. Weak \nankles. Cramps from ankles to toes. Easy dislocation and spraining of ankles. Foot bends under (Caust.). \nOld sprains. Heel and Achilles tendon affected. Tender soles, needle like pain, burning while walking. Soles \nof feet raw and sore. Burning wrists and ankles. Jerking of hand on going to s leep. Contractions of fingers. \nFolds of fingers and toes sore. Chapped hands. Vesicles on tips of all fingers and toes.","Neck & Back":"Backache, violent pain in lumbar r egion after walking. Burning pain and distress along spine. Tingling \nin back. Cervical glands swollen. Cracking in cervical vertebrae, when moving the neck. Boring pain at tip of \nleft scapula. Coldness between scapulae. Stiffness and drawing between scapulae. Pustules on lumbar region. \nCausations - Sun, gaslight, heat, changes in temperature. Ill effects of sunstroke (chronic). Suppression of \nsweat. Cold \ndrink when over -heated. Extreme sensi tivity to electrical changes, like thunder storms. Over -study, str ains, \ngrief. Errors in diet, milk.","Skin":"Dry, rough, milky, watery. Inclination to perspire easily or dry, rough, cracked skin. Full veins. \nFormication. Itching as from fleas over whole body. Pustular erup tions. Blisters on small joints, tips of toes or \nfingers. Red vesicles filled with fluid. Vesicles with shooting pains and itching. Vesicular eruption in patches \nand circles. Yellow rings like remai ns of herpes. Herpetic eruptions, sometimes suppurating. Ulcers, burning, \npricking and pulsating. Ulcers, pus corroding, acrid, putrid and yellow. Ulcers, with swelling and inflamed \nredness. Warts, ulcerate, sensitive to touch. Elephantiasis.","Sleep":"Drowsy during day after meals. Falls asleep late at night. Sleeps with mouth open. Jerking and shocks \nduring sleep. Restless sleep with ebullitions, palpitations and nightmares. Pleasant, amorous dreams. Anxious, \nfrightful dreams. Dreams of traveling, floods, quarrels, robbers, devils, thieves, death. Wakes too early in the \nmorning. Sleepiness in morning.","Generalities":"As if head too large, as if forehead would burst, as if head would be drawn back. As if ears were \nclosed up, as of a bubble bursting in ear. As if tip of tongue were cracked. Dryness of mouth as if  caused by \nheat of breath. As if veins of right leg were bruised. Blisters on points of toes as if scalded. Motion as from a \nfetus in uterus."},"schema_version":"1.0","api_provider":"Allahshafi"}