# Carbo Animalis (HMT)

## Remedy Classification
- **Type:** Remedy
- **Miasm:** Tubercular Miasm
- **Temperament:** Neutral
- **Aggravation Time:** Neutral/Anytime

## Keynote Indications
Carbo Animalis is very similar to Carbo Veg.  Carbo Veg is prepared
from the coal of vegetable matter, while Carbo Animalis is prepared
from the animal ashes.  Although th ey are chemically very closely
related, yet in certain symptoms there is a clear distinction between
them.

The ailments related to the symptoms of Carbo Animalis have a
tendency to change to cancer.  It is particularly useful for the diseases
of old age.  Typically, the patient is anaemic, his face is sallow, the
limbs become weak, and the body defe nces start to decline.  As in
Carbo Veg, the glands become hard ened, with the tendency towards
becoming cancerous.  Like Aesculus, Ca rbo Animalis is useful in the
treatment of clotting of  the blood inside the veins, and the formation
of spider webs on the skin.

The Carbo Animalis patient is usua lly sad and depressed and likes to
be alone.  Mostly, he is  quiet.  At night, he is restless and frightened.
The blood flows towards the head.  The mind is confused.  The
eyesight is dim and the eyes feel heavy.  There is pain at the nape of
the neck.  Lips and cheeks are bluish.  The nose swells and bluish
lumps develop on its surface.  Heari ng declines and it is difficult to
recognize the direction of  the source of sounds.  There is dry nasal
cold with loss of sense of smell.   Copper coloured pimples and acne
develop on the face.  The head and the face feel warm.  Warts appear
on the face and on the ha nds of old people.  The patient has scary
dreams.

The stomach of a Carbo Animalis patient feels weak and empty .
After taking food, he feels weak and tired.  Heavy lifting or hard
labour physically exhausts him.  The hips and wrists hurt.

The conventional doctors suggest surgical removal of the uterus as a
treatment of cancer of the cervix .  This does not necessarily
succeed, however early administration of Carbo Animalis will cure the
condition.  It is also useful fo r the treatment of generalized
inflammations of the uterus and asso ciated pains.  The erosion at the
cervix of uterus is associated with leucorrhoea of burning nature.  In
Carbo Veg too, there is a similar burning sensation internally.

Outwardly, the patient feels calm a nd cool.  The prompt usage of
Carbo Animalis for the treatment of the burning type of leucorrhoea
can pre-empt the development of cancer.

Carbo Animalis is very useful for the treatment of nausea in
pregnancy which is worse at night.

Carbo Animalis must not be forgotten when a woman feels weakness
during lactation and suffers from mental exhaustion.  This is a good
remedy for cancer of the uterus as well as cervical cancer.

The special characteristic of Car bo Animalis is the swelling of the
lymph glands along with a bluish colouration of lips and cheeks.

In Carbo Animalis, women have more frequent, heavy and more
prolonged bleeding (menorrhagia) .  The menstruating woman
becomes very weak.  As in Sepi a, a saddle-shaped darkish area
develops on the nose extending to th e cheeks.  In the absence of its
own specific symptoms, Sepia will not  relieve this.  A Sepia lady is
usually of a slim build, feels aloof amongst the near relatives and loses
affection especially towards her husba nd and children.  In fact, she
feels indifferent towards them.  If such a patient also has a typical
mark on the nose, Sepia should be ad ministered.  If ineffective, Carbo
Animalis must be tried.  In my experience, Carbo Animalis is very
effective in ailments de veloping after childbirth .  It also cures the
mark on the nose.  It is useful in  treating the nausea of pregnancy.
While associated with other symptoms of Carbo Animalis, it is very
beneficial in treating the indurati on of mammary glands and the pain
thereof.

It is also useful in the treatment of deafness .  Often, both ears
become deaf and voices cannot be r ecognised.  The di rection of the
sound is also difficult to ascertain.  Amongst the remedies for deafness
is Chinopodium. If the deafness is  due to the degeneration of the
nerves, or sequestered secretions inside the ear, Chinopodium 30 or
200 should be used for two to th ree months.  Sometimes, such a
patient suddenly feels better.  Befo re the recovery of his hearing, he
feels frequent gusting of air into the ears.

Carbo Animalis is not the treatment of locked up discharge in the ear
but it is the treatment for nerv e deafness affecting both ears.
Chinopodium often affects one ear.

Carbo Animalis is a good medicine for the treatment of acne  and
swelling of hands and feet due to co ld.  It also prevents against the
tendency of the formation of warts on hands and face.  Sometimes,
due to structural mal-development, the bones start thickening and have
a tendency to transform into cancer (Paget’s disease).  If any abnormal
change is noticed like this, Carbo An imalis should be promptly given.
The ankles of Carbo Animalis patients are weak and turn in easily and
repeatedly.  To prevent this tendency  of spraining of the ankle, Carbo
Animalis 30 should be given to strengthen them, but Bellis should not
be forgotten in such a condition.

The hands become numb, the wrists and the calves hurt  along with
cramps during walking.  The small joints of the body become stiff.
The back feels taut and hurts.

In Carbo Animalis patients, the lungs develop lesions and the chest
feels cold.  There is greenish sputum along with cough .  The
patient’s sweat is malodorous du ring the night.  The symptoms
aggravate in cold air, while heat relieves the symptoms.

Adjuvants:  Helonias, Calcarea Phos
Antidotes:  Arsenic, Nux Vomica
Potency: Usually 30.  For the treatment of cancer,
potencies of 200 to CM may be used.

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