Natrum Sulphuricum (HMT)

Natrum Muriaticum🌿 MuriaticumMateria Medica Clinical Profile: Click to explore Boericke keynotes, symptoms, modalities, and dosage guidelines. 524of the third day, and then slowly di sappears completely in eight to ten days. If the diseases🌿 DiseasesMateria Medica Clinical Profile: Click to explore Boericke keynotes, symptoms, modalities, and dosage guidelines. of Natrum Mur have become very complicated or have become chronic due to the wrong treatment, then Sulphur 200 will be found very effective in delineating the underlying symptoms of these patients clearly. Sulphur, being a profoundly active remedy, may also cure some of these diseases. Natrum Mur also clearly brings out and clarifies the symptoms of the patients with complicated fevers that have gone out of hand. When the fevers become complicated, they may adopt different forms. When malaria🌿 MalariaMateria Medica Clinical Profile: Click to explore Boericke keynotes, symptoms, modalities, and dosage guidelines. deteriorates further , the symptoms become very complicated. Sometimes the symptoms appear as pain and at other times, they may appear in some other way. A very eminent English doctor has sa id about malaria🩺 MalariaClinical Disease Treatment Profile: Read homeopathic remedies, dietary recommendations, and natural therapeutic options. that with the exception of pregnancy, it can mimic a ny disease.

It complicates the symptoms so much so that doctors ma y not arrive at the root cause of the disease. In this regard, both Natrum Mur and Sepia🌿 SepiaMateria Medica Clinical Profile: Click to explore Boericke keynotes, symptoms, modalities, and dosage guidelines. play a very important role. When given in hi gh potency to a healthy person, Natrum Mur sometimes proves to be very useful in protecting against the general tendency towards mala ria. Similarly, Arnica 1000 (or been found to be very effective when given as a precautionary measure against malaria. In Natrum Mur, like Hepar🌿 HeparMateria Medica Clinical Profile: Click to explore Boericke keynotes, symptoms, modalities, and dosage guidelines. Sulph, the patient feels as if something has got stuck inside the throat . The patient tries unsuccessfully, again and again to remove the entrapped th ing from the throat. He feels as if a thorn is stuck inside. However, if something like fishbone or something else is really stuck in th e throat, then Silicea has the ability to expel it.

Sometimes, in Natrum Mur, the throat becomes very dry and ulcers develop. Soft swellings , which pit on pressure, rese mbling those resulting from a honeybee sting, are also found in and are treatable with Natrum Mur.🌿 Mur.Materia Medica Clinical Profile: Click to explore Boericke keynotes, symptoms, modalities, and dosage guidelines. That is the reason why Natrum Mur is very effective in treating the symptoms of bee-sting . If Natrum Mur is used in combination with Arsenic and Ledum🌿 LedumMateria Medica Clinical Profile: Click to explore Boericke keynotes, symptoms, modalities, and dosage guidelines., it benefits th e patient astonishingly fast. Furthermore, Carbolic Acid🌿 Carbolic AcidMateria Medica Clinical Profile: Click to explore Boericke keynotes, symptoms, modalities, and dosage guidelines. is very famous as the fast acting antidoteNeutralizing substance or remedyA remedy or substance that stops, counteracts, or neutralizes the action of a previously taken remedy. of bee-sting venom. Natrum Muriaticum 525Natrum Mur is chronic of Apis.🌿 Apis.Materia Medica Clinical Profile: Click to explore Boericke keynotes, symptoms, modalities, and dosage guidelines. Chronic means that if a remedy, which works for a short while and then stops working, then another remedy takes its benefits further. The second remedy is called the chronic of the first. The swelling of the Apis🌿 ApisMateria Medica Clinical Profile: Click to explore Boericke keynotes, symptoms, modalities, and dosage guidelines., if not fully cured with Apis, will completely disappear when treated with Natrum Mur.

Clinical Observations

Similarly, some other diseases, whic h are not completely cured with Apis, will also be cured when the patient is treated subsequently with Natrum Mur. Therefore Natrum Mu r is called the chronic of Apis. Natrum Mur is a good treatment for weakness following childbirth . If a woman’s general health weakens after delivery, apart from Kali Carb, Natrum Mur is also very effective. Natrum Mur restores the health of the woman. If post-childbirth backache is not cured with Kali Carb, then it can be cured with Natrum Mur. If there is some kind of deficiency in the mother’s milk, due to which the child is not thriving normally or the milk dries up too soon, Natrum Mur should be used. Natrum Mur rectifies the internal defect due to which the child does not grow properly, as well as increasing the quantity of milk according to the need of the child.

Natrum Mur is the best treatment of the emaciating, underfeeding and wasting disease of the children (MarasmusSevere malnutrition causing wastingSevere undernourishment causing an infant's or child's weight to be significantly low for their age, leading to muscle wasting.). The emaciation process starts from the upper part of the body and then spreads downwards. Sometimes, this disease is secondary to some disease of the mother; therefore the mother should also be treated. Irregularity of periods , excessive bleeding, leucorrhoea causing burning and itching, depression and sadness before the onset of periods, heaviness in the lower part of the abdomen getting worse in the morning, are all the symptoms of Natrum Mur. The gums become swollen and bleed. The teeth become loose and sensitive to cold and cold air . Teeth hurt afte r eating food and at night, and the pain may also spread to the ears. A layer of dirty foam-like material deposits over the tongue.

There is a f eeling of hissing, as if a hair is stuck on the tongue. The heart beats fast on going up the st airs or lying on the left side. Furthermore, there is a feeling of cold over the heart. There is a feeling of tightness and su ffocation in the chest.

Natrum Muriaticum 526Whooping cough with watering of the eyes, severe headache and also worsening of the cough on movement on taking deep breathing and upon getting warm in bed are comm on symptoms of Natrum Mur. The symptoms of Natrum Mur a ggravate in the coastal areas.

Adjuvants: Apis, Sepia, Ignatia🌿 IgnatiaMateria Medica Clinical Profile: Click to explore Boericke keynotes, symptoms, modalities, and dosage guidelines. Antidotes: Arsenic, Phosphorus🌿 PhosphorusMateria Medica Clinical Profile: Click to explore Boericke keynotes, symptoms, modalities, and dosage guidelines. Potency: 6X to 30 or even to CM Natrum Phosphoricum🌿 PhosphoricumMateria Medica Clinical Profile: Click to explore Boericke keynotes, symptoms, modalities, and dosage guidelines. 527

Detailed Symptomatology

NATRUM PHOSPHORICUM (Phosphate of Sodium)

Natrum Phos is a compound present in the blood, muscles, nerves, brain tissue and various secretions of the human body. It keeps the sugar level balanced and is very good for the treatment of high blood sugar . However, its general symptoms include nervous tension and its related ill effects, mental dispos ition, fear and anger. Furthermore, Natrum Phos is very effective against the diseases resulting from moral transgression and inapprop riate sexual conduct during the youthful years . Usually it is given in 6X potency. If the desired results are not produced with 6X, th en it becomes necessary to give the remedy in potency 30 or 200 or sometimes even in higher potency. Natrum Phos has a deep relationship with the formation of red cells in the blood, although Ferrum Metallicum🌿 Ferrum MetallicumMateria Medica Clinical Profile: Click to explore Boericke keynotes, symptoms, modalities, and dosage guidelines. or Ferrum Phos are the actual remedies for treating the deficiency of red blood cells.

However, sometimes these remedies by themselves are not effective. When Ferrum Phos and Ferrum Met are given in combination with Natrum Phos, this becomes a very good treatment for iron🌿 IronMateria Medica Clinical Profile: Click to explore Boericke keynotes, symptoms, modalities, and dosage guidelines. deficiency anaemia. For the treatment of iron deficiency, at the beginning, Ferrum Phos, Kali Phos or Calcarea Phos should be given. These are the best treatment for iron deficienci es in pregnant women. However, they should not be used continuously. After being used for some time, they should be stopped and then give n again. If this formula does not work and the blood defi ciency in women, whether pregnant or not, needs to be corrected, then Natr um Phos should also be added. Natrum Phos is very useful in th e treatment of both blood deficiency and diabetes. One symptom of Natrum Phos is that the patient does not like open air.

The patient of Natrum Phos, lik e that of Sulphur, dislikes taking a bath and there is a tendency to permanent nasal catarrh . Hunger is unbearable and satisfied only by taki ng a lot of food. The patient does not like greasy heavy foods, vinegar, fruit and milk, etc. The dislike for fatty foods resembles Pulsatilla🌿 PulsatillaMateria Medica Clinical Profile: Click to explore Boericke keynotes, symptoms, modalities, and dosage guidelines.. Natrum Phosphoricum 528

When due to prolonged illness, the body secretions dry up and the digestive juices decrease , Natrum Phos does an excellent job of rectifying them. However, China ha s clear superiority over Natrum Phos.🌿 Phos.Materia Medica Clinical Profile: Click to explore Boericke keynotes, symptoms, modalities, and dosage guidelines. Sometimes a part of the body becomes numb . If the hand, finger or a part of the ear becomes numb, Natrum Phos is a good remedy. Similarly Natrum Phos is useful, if the blood rushes to a particular part of the body. Sudden body shakes at night and associated sharp pain along the course of the arteries is also one of the symptoms of Natrum Phos. But in all these conditions, Natrum Phos will be effective only if it matches the constit ution of the patient. Otherwise, these conditions may resemble several other remedies, though every one of them cannot be a match. So metimes, while lying in the bed, the body may suddenly start to shake violently. Natrum Phos is very effective in the treatment of weak musculature and nervous tension especially affecting the eye , as well as in the treatment of muscular twitching. Si nce the patient of Natrum Phos suffers from hyperacidity in the stomach, it also reflects in the sourness of their perspiration and on their person. This pungent type of smell does not remain unnoticed by others.

Further Indications

Sometimes, on hearing some bad news, a patient becomes totally mute. In this condition besides ot hers, Natrum Phos produces an immediate benefit, safeguarding agai nst future dangers. Otherwise, the patient may either become insane or start having fits of hysteria. The scalp starts itching with yellow🌿 YellowMateria Medica Clinical Profile: Click to explore Boericke keynotes, symptoms, modalities, and dosage guidelines. pimples. Natrum Phos is also effective against eczema over the forehead. If the head feels heavy and hairs start falling, then Natrum P hos is also useful. In general, there is no cure for baldness, however, if hair loss is due to a particular deficiency , then the hair loss may start to improve by itself when that deficiency is treated. In particular, there is a specific formulary that has shown extraordinary success in homoeopathy for AlopeciaHair loss or baldnessPartial or complete loss of hair from areas where it normally grows, especially the scalp. . In Alopecia, the hair on the head starts to come off in bunches. With appropriate treatment, the hair starts growing rapidly in a very short period of time. In Natrum Phos, the headache becomes worse on mental exertion. The pain begins in the eyes, at the nape of the neck and temples with pins and needles and burning sensation. Natrum Phos is very Natrum Phosphoricum 529

beneficial for the eyes as well. If while reading, the right eye starts to twitch, Natrum Phos will be especially effective. If some other symptoms of Natrum Phos are also present, then Natrum Phos will be effective against squint also. If on being ti red during the day, the patient sees stars dancing before hi s eyes, then Rhus🌿 RhusMateria Medica Clinical Profile: Click to explore Boericke keynotes, symptoms, modalities, and dosage guidelines. Tox is the best, although Natrum Phos may also be effective. In Natrum Phos, yellowish fluid starts to flow from the eyes, and the eyes also become yellowish. The eyesight becomes foggy. There is an itching and burning sensation in the eyelids. The distant vision becomes weak. The patient hears all sorts of noises in his ears . The hearing either increases or decreases. There is earache and a pins and needles sensation behind the ears. Only one ear becomes red, hot and itchy.

The Natrum Phos patient generally suffers from cold and catarrh . Thick secretions stick insi de the nose. There is a tendency to sneeze . The sense of smell becomes sharp. There is irritation in the left nostril causing sneezing and the eyes start watering. Natrum Phos may be effective to treat the post-nasal drip of yellowish colour. In Natrum Phos, the gums bleed . A yellowish crust is formed on the tongue. The palate becomes yellowish while the mouth and tongue become dry. Children grind their teeth at night . The teeth decay, the cavities in the teeth due to excessive consumption of sugar , respond well to Natrum Phos. Natrum Phos may be useful in the treatment of peptic ulcers of the stomach , resulting from hyperacidity, associated with throbbing pain and a piercing sensation over the stomach.

The symptom of diarrhoea alternatin g with constipationInfrequent or difficult bowel movementsA condition where stool is dry, hard, and difficult or painful to pass. is common to many drugs. If the constitution of such a patient resembles Natrum Phos, then Natrum Phos alleviates the problem. Intestinal worms are also treatable with Natrum Phos. Some children urinate on the bed during the night . For this symptom, Natrum Phos, when give n in combination with Kali Phos and Natrum Mur, is very effective. If one sweats a lot, then the urine output decreases. However it is st range that in Natrum Phos both sweat and urine increase. Natrum Phos may be useful for the treatment of the diseases of the reproductive organs of both men and women that are due to diabetes. If the uterus happens to sag from its normal position, hindering pregnancy, then Natrum Phos can restore the uterus to its original place and thus promote pregnancy.

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Constitutional Features

Natrum Phos is also good for the treatment of a dry hacking cough , which starts with a hissing sound in the chest and trachea. A special symptom of Natrum Phos is that a ‘bubble’seems to originate from the heart region and he has a feeling of constriction and tightness in the chest. The patient feels uncomfort able due to fullness in the upper part of the chest. Sometimes, ther e is pain also. After eating and on deep breathing, the blood vessels of the heart are compressed and the heart symptoms can develop. The heartbeat becomes rapid with anxiety. The noise aggravates the symptoms. Lying on the left side also aggravates all the symptoms, whic h are a prelude to heart disease. The palpitationsSensation of rapid or irregular heartbeatA noticeably rapid, strong, or irregular heartbeat due to agitation, exertion, or physical conditions. increase on climbing the stairs. The backache during menstruation responds very well to Natrum Phos.

However, according to my experience, Natrum Phos given in combination with Kali Phos and Mag Phos is much more effective. Natrum Phos is very useful when the symptoms of tightness at the back, pain and sweating are more prominent. Natrum Phos may also be useful to control the cardiac pa in felt on both sides of the neck. During menstruation, the hands and feet become cold especially during the day. Cramps on writing, th e feeling of ants crawling over the arms and legs, the limbs feeling heavy and numb are all the symptoms of Natrum Phos. There is pain in the joints and a feeling of cramps and weakness in the legs. Th e joints crackle (crepitus). Joint pains usually start from the right shoulder and may sometimes remain limited to the shoulder area only. The whole body feels abrased. While walking, a leg may suddenly give way temporarily.

Dry pimples with burning sensation form on the skin, with golden🌿 GoldenMateria Medica Clinical Profile: Click to explore Boericke keynotes, symptoms, modalities, and dosage guidelines. yellow scabs. Red or yellow spots become visible on the body, as in Ferrum Phos. In Natrum Phos, the skin becomes pale. There is swelling of the affected area and the skin. There is a feeling of ants crawling. Moles also form.🌿 Form.Materia Medica Clinical Profile: Click to explore Boericke keynotes, symptoms, modalities, and dosage guidelines. Although the Natrum Phos patient sleeps a lot, the sleep is never deep. The patient sees worrisome dreams and may drop asleep while seated in a chair. Sleep overwhelm s the patient after eating food.

Potency: 6X and 30 up to 200 Natrum Sulphuricum 531NATRUM SULPHURICUM

Natrum Sulph, which is made of two elements i.e. Sodium and Sulphur, has the ability to produce im portant internal body changes. It is intimately related to the liver and is very useful in diabetes . Natrum Sulph given once or twice a week, in potency 200, along with Calcarea Phos, Kali Phos and Natrum Phos, three to four times a day in 6X potency, has proven to be a widely effective formula for diabetes. Sometimes all these four remedies can be given in 6X potency with good results. The symptoms of Natrum Sulph appear before midnight. In wet weather the symptoms become worse. Natrum Sulph patients are of very sensitive nature, physically as well as mentally. They are extremely sensitive to pain that is relieved on movement. The entire body seems to be hurting. The catarrhal conditions become more pronounced during spring.

Advanced Modalities

Natrum Sulph is an excellent homoeopathic remedy to protect agains t deep internal ill effects of a head injury. Natrum Sulph, in combin ation with Arnica, is very useful for the treatment of an old head injury . During birth , sometimes, the baby’s head comes under severe pressure. Such babies must immediately be given Natrum Sulph through the mother’s milk, so that the ill effects of the pressure may be averted and the child saved from becoming mentally deficient. Natrum Sulph is also the best remedy for asthma , particularly in those patients, whose asthma becomes wors e in humid weathe r. It starts with the nasal catarrh, which soon becomes worse and then invades the chest, leading to the onset of asthma. The cough with a lot of phlegm is accompanied by severe di fficulty in breathing.

The phlegm (expectoration) is whitish and stic ky. The patient becomes short of breath on slight movement or walking. In Natrum Sulph, there is a tendency of mole formation on the entire body. Eczema over the head is also a characteristic symptom of Natrum Sulph. Red spots form too. Eyes sensitive to light respond well to Natrum Sulph. The eyes tend to water. If water flows out of one eye, associated with pain at the nape of the neck on the same si de, this is an early sign of glaucoma . Natrum Sulphuricum 532For this, Calcarea Phos and Gelsemium are the best remedies. However, if the water flows out of both eyes and the eyesight has become weak then Natrum Sulph is the best treatment. If the eyes become yellowish and badly infecte d, with the formation of greenish coloured pus making the eyelids s tick together, even then Natrum Sulph can be effective.

Noises in the ear , associated with a feeling of pressure in the ear will also benefi t from Natrum Sulph, if the patient is of Natrum Sulph constitution. In Natrum Sulph, the ailments are mo re prevalent on th e right side of the body than the left. If there is a tendency of nosebleeds , either before or after the menses, Natrum Sulph is well worth a trial. Natrum Sulph is also used during an epidemic of influenzaViral infection of the respiratory tract (flu)A highly contagious viral infection of the respiratory passages causing fever, severe aching, and catarrh. . It may also be of significant use for the treatment of the gums receding from the teeth; infection of the throat, wi th the formation of thick sticky phlegm and the f eeling of suffocation or shortness of breath on walking fast . Natrum Sulph is also useful in the treatment of goitre. Natrum Sulph is deeply rela ted to the tonsils. If the glands have become enlarged and swolle n inwardly and the patient vomits sour greenish material, then Natrum Sulph happens to be the unique homoeopathic remedy.

Natrum Sulph given regular ly can even dissolve stones in the gall bladder . The other important remedy fo r this disease is Lycopodium in 200 potency, which with Chelidonium 30, should be given three times a day. If the stomach becomes distended with gas and there are griping pains or the abdominal glands have become enlarged and hardened, then also, Natrum Sulph is very beneficial. When person contracts sudden diarrhoea on exposure to heat and the stools are copious offensive and greeni sh in colour and explosive; then besides many other possible remedies, Natrum Sulph can also be useful. Natrum Sulph is considered to be one of the best treatments for liver disorders . Frequent nocturnal urination that is not due to diabetes may well be treated with Natrum Sulph. Sometimes, either due to nervousness or due to change in weather, the patient urinates several times during the night .

For this problem, Arsenic and other nerve related re medies could prove to be more Natrum Sulphuricum 533beneficial. If one fails to work, then based on the situation, other remedies should be tried. If the prostate gland becomes enlarged and other symptoms of Natrum Sulph are also present in th e patient, then Natrum Sulph alone is sufficient to cure the disease. However, it would be better if Natrum Phos 30 or 200 potency is also given with Natrum Sulph. A rattling of the chest due to sticky phlegm, deep severe pain in the chest on coughing , and a cough having become chronic, may all well respond to treatment with Natrum Su lph. The patient aspires to be able to take a deep breath. The ch est hurts, especially on the left side. Natrum Sulph is an excellent treatment for meningitis or swelling of the brain (encephalitis).

Psychological Profile

If a child develops meningitis, then first of all he should be treated with Ferrum Phos, Silicea, Kali Mur, Mag Phos and Kali Phos in 6X potency. At th e same time, Natrum Sulph in 200 potency should also be given tw o to three times a day. This prescription has proven to be very effective in the treatment of meningitis. If meningitis is not treated promptly, epileptic fits may ensue which may even become permanen t. Especially if the fever is suppressed with antibiotics, then th ere is danger of l ong-lasting effects on the brain. Therefore, only th e above stated prescription for meningitis including Natrum Sulph should be used. Meningitis may be cured within a few days. Body aches generally become worse duri ng humid weather. Natrum Sulph is also useful in the treatm ent of joint pains, which aggravate during winter and also against severe body aches due to fever .

Natrum Sulph can also be useful to treat the warts on the hands and arms. Natrum Sulph in 6X potency has proven to be an extraordinarily useful treatment of eczema on the palms of the hands and the wet eczema between the fingers. Even if a disease has become chronic, it can be cured with low potency Natrum Sulph. However at times, based on the symptoms and constitution of the patient, it becomes necessary to cha nge the potency of the medicine. Like Sulphur, in Natrum Sulph, ther e is a feeling of intense heat on the top of the head. After eating there is severe pain over the forehead, characterized further by the heaviness in the head, pain at the nape of the neck and dizziness.

Natrum Sulphuricum 534One symptom of Natrum Sulph is that the roots of the nails become inflamed (Paronychia) . There is a burning se nsation over the heels, and tightness and stiffness of the knee joints. Pain in the hip joints, hands and feet aggravate during humid weat her.🌿 Her.Materia Medica Clinical Profile: Click to explore Boericke keynotes, symptoms, modalities, and dosage guidelines. Natrum Sulph plays an important role in maintaining the fluid imbalance in the body (i.e. between the blood and intr a-cellular and interst itial compartments).