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Carbo Vegetabilis (HMT)
Remedy

Carbo Vegetabilis (HMT)

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📚 Hazrat Mirza Tahir Ahmad Materia Medica:
This homeopathic remedy profile is compiled directly from the authoritative Materia Medica lectures of Hazrat Mirza Tahir Ahmad (ra), former head of the Worldwide Ahmadiyya Muslim Community and a renowned homeopath. It presents clinical insights, comparative analysis, and potency guidelines.
🧠 General & Mental Health
GENERAL

The vegetable carbon i.e. coal pr epared from wood, is called Carbo

Veg. Dr. Hahnemann experimented with this on himself and noticed

its long-lasting effects and therefore used it in the treatment of deep,

chronic illnesses. In allopathy, Ca rbo Veg tablets are used to combat

Carbo Veg is one of the most potent life-saving treatments. When a

serious sickness advances and brings the patient on the verge of death,

Carbo Veg plays a very important role in reviving the dying patient. It

is extremely difficult to encompass the basic mechanism of its

extraordinary functions, but it has been repeatedly found to be very

effective in bringing a dying person b ack from the verge of death. It

Veg would certainly raise a lowered blood pressure. On use, I found

that it definitely elevates the blood pressure . I also noted that it

does not elevate the blood pressure blindly. There is certainly no

danger that Carbo Veg would unnecessarily raise the blood pressure to

an abnormal level, it simply normalizes the blood pressure after it has

seriously dropped. Normally, th e blood pressure drops profoundly

when the patient is at the point of death. A single dose of Carbo Veg

Carbo Veg into his mouth. Within a very short time, he started

Veg, became very effective. I have used Carbo Veg in many other

patients and have always found it very effective. It should be in the

first-aid kit for saving lives.

Carbo Veg is also deeply related to asthma, especially when the

the patient is so weak that he can not expel the secretions from his

symptoms of Ammonium Tart whose initial symptoms have been of

Ipecac. The symptoms of Antimonium Crude are the worst type of

the tongue being covered with a dirty white coating. When the

condition of this patient further aggr avates, and he is unable to expel

from this dangerous situation. However, Antimonium Tart is not

curative for asthma. Carbo Veg resembles Antimonium Tart. Once I

saw a patient who was seriously sick with asthma. When I gave him

the appropriate asthma treatment, he recovered completely. It proves

patient is in moribund state. Typi cally, the asthmatic patient sweats

face helps. On the contrary, the Arsenic patient does not sweat, and

homoeopathic medicines. This alon e will not help to arrive at the

correct diagnosis. One has to try di fferent medicines. There is no

equal to the long, vigilant experien ce of the treating physician. With

is also mentioned in relation to Ar senic Iodide. In fact, it is the

patient feels extremely weak. As such, its symptoms resemble those

treat this condition, because it not on ly elevates the blood pressure but

dying patient.

Another important characteristic of Carbo Veg is that it prepares the

Carb resemble those of Carbo Veg, but Carbo Veg is a relatively mild

may produce a serious reaction. Th erefore, Carbo Veg should be

When I first started homoeopathy, I used Carbo Veg. My experience

showed that Carbo Veg itself has some beneficial effects on the pains

blood pressure is high and the face is flushed with blood, Belladonna

of hydrochloric acid but rather due to the lack of it. When the normal

decaying and produces foul acidic substances, resulting in severe

compromise of the process of digestion. In simple terms, it may be

lower end is known as the pyloric end. The foul acidic matter puts

both ends into a state of contraction and the blocked-up food

Under pressure, the upper end ma y open letting the foul-smelling

produces burning and foul eructati on or belching. The pyloric end

opens only under very high pressure. Normally, digestion of the food

the gut. These foul contents work as a good medium for the growth of

germs and worms which cause further putrefaction. Carbo Veg is

used in controlling this vicious symptom complex and after use for

some period, it normalises the digestive system.

When given in appropriate potencie s, Carbo Veg as well as Carbo

Animalis, helps to kill germs and worms in the intestines. However,

some kinds of bacteria and worms settle permanently inside the

In my experience, the most effective medicines to kill worms in the

intestines are Santoninum, Cina and Te ucrium. I have also used

Sabadilla for the same purpose, ev en though most of homoeopathic

books only describe Sabadilla in reference to sneezing and irritation of

the nose due to allergies. I believe that the allergy of the nose and

itching can be secondary to the pres ence of worms in the intestines.

gets referred to the nose and the face . In Boericke, Sabadilla has been

mentioned for the treatment of worms, although Boericke does not

specifically describe its use for worms under Sabadilla. Carbo

repertory should be consulted as needed.

the evening. Hands and feet become numb . There is physical as

sluggish. There is a feeling of bur ning inside, while the patient feels

It seems as if he is not tuned to think any more.

if being hammered. This also happens in Natrum Mur. The hair

discharge foul smelling material indicating the presence of deep

part of the body making the patient permanently sick. If the chronic

Veg will best treat sores in the mouth and white blotches,

inflammation of the gums and loosening of the teeth, if its other

symptoms are also present.

The feet may suffer in many different ways. Carbo Veg is also useful

in the treatment of varicose veins.

patient resembles that of Laches is. Asthma comes on suddenly at

night.

associated with foul smelling, darkish vaginal discharge. Carbo Veg is

also very useful in the treatment of lactating mothers when the milk is

not enough; they are very weak and suffer from remittent fever. Carbo

MODALITIES ETC

restores the body temperature. In view of this, I thought that Carbo

starts warming up the body. Once I happened to see a patient who had

him. His forehead was covered with profuse cold sweat and the

breathing normally. The cold sweats disappeared from the forehead,

and his body started to warm up gr adually. I then gave him the

patient’s temperature has dropped, there is profuse cold sweating and

profusely, is cold and has air hunger. For this purpose, fanning on the

cold outwardly. The patient takes no interest in any kind of news, be

It starts with the onset of cold and then makes the entire head throb as

tends to fall . Cold sweats appear on the forehead. Its patient gets

infection and fever. In Carbo Veg, the chronic cold can afflict any

cold of a Carbo Veg patient is suppr essed by some other treatment, it

may result in serious consequences later. Hence, the chronic cold

should better be treated with Carbo Veg.

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MIND

well as mental lethargy. In f act, the entire life process becomes

it of sorrow, happiness or something st artling, as if he does not care.

frightened at night and thinks of demons and the devil. The ears

Veg patients usually see fire, stealing and accidents in their dreams.

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👁️ Head & Sensory Organs
HEAD

suffered a very severe heart attack. He was virtually dead when I saw

him. His forehead was covered with profuse cold sweat and the

breathing normally. The cold sweats disappeared from the forehead,

specific remedies to strengthen his heart which, with the help of Carbo

Carbo Veg is very useful in treating the failing heart muscle. It is the

terminology, the calf muscles are called the second heart, because they

pump back the venous blood towards the heart. One may feel light-

headed on sudden standing up, showing that the calves have not

In Carbo Veg, the headache is usually towards the back of the head.

It starts with the onset of cold and then makes the entire head throb as

tends to fall . Cold sweats appear on the forehead. Its patient gets

frightened at night and thinks of demons and the devil. The ears

Carbo Veg will also clear the picture of suppressed diseases. Carbo

Carbo Veg is also very useful in th e treatment of the early stages of

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suffered a very severe heart attack. He was virtually dead when I saw

him. His forehead was covered with profuse cold sweat and the

breathing normally. The cold sweats disappeared from the forehead,

specific remedies to strengthen his heart which, with the help of Carbo

Carbo Veg is very useful in treating the failing heart muscle. It is the

terminology, the calf muscles are called the second heart, because they

pump back the venous blood towards the heart. One may feel light-

headed on sudden standing up, showing that the calves have not

In Carbo Veg, the headache is usually towards the back of the head.

It starts with the onset of cold and then makes the entire head throb as

tends to fall . Cold sweats appear on the forehead. Its patient gets

frightened at night and thinks of demons and the devil. The ears

Carbo Veg will also clear the picture of suppressed diseases. Carbo

Carbo Veg is also very useful in th e treatment of the early stages of

🫁 Respiratory & Throat
CHEST

starts warming up the body. Once I happened to see a patient who had

breathing was hardly noticeable. I dropped two or three drops of

breathing normally. The cold sweats disappeared from the forehead,

and his body started to warm up gr adually. I then gave him the

chest. This kind of patient may be of two types: one exhibiting the

the sputum from his chest due to severe weakness, Antimonium Tart

Carbo Veg and his body gained strength. He coughed out the

expectoration and his sturtrous breathing became normal. When given

his chest does not rattle with accumulated secretions.

The symptoms of Carbo Veg also include numbness of hands and

In Carbo Veg, there is a tendency towards hoarseness of the throat in

whooping cough and rattling chest . The cough of a Carbo Veg

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🥗 Digestive & Genitourinary
ABDOMEN

gas in the abdomen. To some extent , they absorb some gas, but have

no effect on the acid production by the stomach. In homoeopathy too,

Carbo Veg is used for excessive gas in the stomach . In addition, it

controls production of gas by suppressing the causative mechanism.

symptoms of Ipecac. The stomach becomes inflammed, resulting in

best tonic for the muscles. When the pressure of gas from the

stomach is directed upwards, Carbo Veg is very beneficial. The

accumulation of gas in the stomach is mentioned in reference to many

may not have been detected with formal proving. Gas in the stomach

treatment for the peptic ulcer of the stomach and its deleterious

effects. In Carbo Veg, the gas is in the upper part of the abdomen and

smells foul. The stools in Carbo Veg diarrhoea also smell foul and the

condition as well as for the treatm ent of foul-smelling diarrhoeal

stools of typhoid. Carbo Veg is of no use in typhoid diarrhoea.

In a Carbo Veg patient, the acidity in the stomach is not due to excess

acidity of the stomach ( hydrochloric acid) is not sufficient, food starts

said that the stomach has two ends that are capable of remaining open

or closed. The upper end of the stomach is the cardic end, and the

containing foul acidic contents prod uces gas, distending the stomach.

gases, as well as the acidic contents of the stomach, regurgitate. This

in the stomach takes about three hours. After this, the stomach

contents are let to pass into the intestines and the foul gas also enters

stomach and intestines and are difficult to completely eradicate.

The irritation they produce inside the stomach and the intestines also

infestation of the abdomen. Besi des these, there are many more

It is also very useful for the treatment of ulcers in the stomach, which

result in foul smelling diarrhoea and swelling of the liver. The limbs

GENITALS ETC

Carbo Veg should be the treatment of choice for a prolapsed uterus

🦴 Musculoskeletal & Skin
EXTREMITIES, LIMBS

may well stabilise the condition of the patient and bring him back

Carbo Veg is very useful in treating the failing heart muscle. It is the

best tonic for the muscles. When the pressure of gas from the

feet. Legs feel numb too , especially the calf muscles. In medical

terminology, the calf muscles are called the second heart, because they

pump back the venous blood towards the heart. One may feel light-

pumped the blood back up sufficiently. Carbo Veg is very useful to

also invigorates the calf muscles. This is how it helps to revive a

of joint pains in hands, feet and wrists.

and aches, especially backache and muscular pains . However, if

muscles.

In Carbo Veg, the headache is usually towards the back of the head.

result in foul smelling diarrhoea and swelling of the liver. The limbs

become flabby and the legs and feet gradually start withering away.

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📚 Literature Citation & References:
This clinical profile is compiled from: Hazrat Mirza Tahir Ahmad — Homoeopathy: Like Cures Like (English Rendering of Lectures delivered on MTA International). Compiled exclusively in accordance with the clinical insights and Materia Medica of Hazrat Mirza Tahir Ahmad (ra).
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