Abstract: This drug is known for it’s usage in acute and chronic conditions ranging from acute catarrh, delayed milestones, exostosis, indurations with great affinity for female reproductive system and gastric derangements. It’s peculiar state of mind also helps us in differentiating and identifying this gem amidst the walking Materia medica of people around us. This article is for the reader to divulge deep into the mind and physicality’s of Calcarea Carb, for easier and thorough knowledge and understanding.
Key Words: Calcarea Carb, Repertory, Mind Rubrics, Calc, Mineral
Introduction: The hallmark of Fat, Flabby constitution with Weak digestion is well marked in this drug. The want of security and comfort, with obstinacy and fearful of challenges, we will be exploring different angles of Calcarea Carb.
Name: Carbonate of Lime
Kingdom: Mineral
Part: Calcium in oyster shell
Mind of Calcarea Carb
Calcarea’s often prefer to live inside the shell, clinging to a rock for security. Shell is soft and activities revolve around assimilating food. The prefer familiar surrounding, that is that they want comfort and security from their environment. They may stay at the same job for 20 years despite having the ability to take on more. The are wary of new experiences.
Calcarea is very concerned with MATERIAL SECURITY. Worry about future and material sense.
But they want to lead an easy and cosy life, everything in abundance and spends lavishly.
- DELUSION-Wealth of
- BOASTER, SQUANDERS through OSTENTATION
- OSTENTATIOUS
Ostentatious:- Pretentious or showy display, to impress others
Squander:- Waste, Reckless, Foolish Manner wasting money or time.
He will never do usual things, wants to stand out , wearing different clothes.
- EXCLUSIVESNESS
He would spend money on himself , but never on his relatives or people who really need, wouldn’t spend a dime on them.
- AVARICE, ALTERNATING WITH SQUANDERING
- AVARICE, SQUANDERING ON ONESELF
As long as he is feeling rich, minor losses or sufferings don’t bother him, at that stage he will not bother for treatment as long as the symptoms don’t bother much.
- INDIFFERENCE, RECOVERY TO
When the injury/disease starts hurting him, he will start to worry, thinking this will affect his whole life, and will start fearing how his future is going to be.
- FEAR, PAIN OF
- FEAR, SUFFERING OF
She cannot hear bad things, situation and events, she thinks it will happen to her.
- FEAR, DARKNESS OF
- DOUBTFUL, RECOVERY OF
For Calc, Wealth is health and comfort, he wants no more of suffering, worrying about how he would live without health.
- FEAR, POVERTY OF
- FEAR, OBSERVED, OF HER CONDITION BEING
He wants a dignified life; he doesn’t want anyone knowing of her condition.
- SOCIAL POSITION, CONCERNED ABOUT
He does not want to seem vulnerable, his image is important.
- INDUSTRIOUS, MANIA FOR WORK
- ACTIVITY DESIRES
- BUSY FRUITLESSLY
Calc is always busy, industrious, physical exertion gives relief although physical exertion exhausts her.
She is fruitlessly busy at the cost of her illness.
- SENSITIVE, MENTAL IMPRESSIONS TO
Smallest mistakes makes Calc apprehensive and start anticipating a lot of problems like something bad is likely to happen.
It will deeply terrorise him, gets affected and imagines that scenario happening with him, to te extent that he feels anxious as if he going to through it.
- ANGUISH-HORRIBLE THINGS, AFTER HAPPENING
- SENSITIVE, CRUELITIES WHEN HEARING OF
- FEAR, SUFFERING OF
-FRIENGTENED EASILY. BLOOD, SIGHT OF
- CHARLATAN
- BOASTER, braggart
One who tries to tries to show off his knowled, giving the impression that he is well informed than you.
- PRESUMPTOUS – EGOTISM
He feels he knows everything that is right, he acts and gestures to things as if he is more informed than you.
- LIAR
- DECIETFUL, sly
- GAMBLING, PASSION FOR GAMBLING
It can also mean literally, but also that he would trying every system of medicine hoping something will reduce his complaints, he will try every other doctor or system in hope for cure.
- ADMONITION, AGGARAVATION
- OFFENEDED EASILY
He has no regard for anybody’s suggestion or advice.
If somebody tries to suggest how to do a particular job, he takes it implying that his knowledge is being questioned. He cannot tolerate and gets irritated.
- CHEERFUL WHEN CONSTIPATED
- LIBERTISM
Likes to enjoy life, alcohol
Calc Carb has many fears and apprehensions, lets see in rubrics
- FEAR-IMPERIOUS DISEASE
- FEAR, EVERYTHING, CONSTANT OF –
- FEAR, DISEASE IMPENDING OF
- FEAR, INFECTIONS OF
- ANXIETY, HYPOCHRONDRIAL-READ MEDICAL BOOKS- MANIA TO
- FEAR, OBSERVED, OF HER CONDITION BEING
She is having a basic feeling of insecurity, manifesting in fear, threats, anxiety, worry. Reacts to stimulus in a passive manner. Withdraw themselves. Whenever there is a threat, they withdraw into a shell. The smallest problem makes her anxious, apprehensive and starts anticipating the worst.
- SLOWNESS
- DULLNESS
- MATHEMATICS, INABILITY FOR
- CALCULATING, INABILITY FOR
Physical Generals/Particulars
MOST STRIKING SYMPTOMS
- Sourness of discharge
- Perspiration of single parts i.e. feet or hands or head
- Relaxation of tissues, muscles and blood vessels – flabbiness
- Congestion – arterial and venous throbbing. / ICY COLDNESS of parts
- Swelling and indurations of glands i.e. hardening of glands
- Growths such as polyps in the nose, ears and vagina and exostoses i.e. bony growths
- Sensation of heat and burning
- Mental symptoms ameliorated by physical exertion; Obstinate
- Cravings for soft boiled eggs, ice cream and milk
Calcarea is full of Congestions, determination of blood to the head cold feet; hot head; congestion of the chest. Calcarea corresponds in a very high degree to the chlorotic and anaemic, pale and waxy, and in spite of this plump.
Great relaxation in the tissues everywhere; relaxation of muscles; relaxation of veins; relaxation of the walls of blood-vessels to such a great extent, especially in the lower limbs and anus, that there are marked hemorrhoidal manifestations or marked varicose veins in the legs. Distended veins, burning in these varicose veins.
- Tendency to ATTACK GLANDS
CALCAREOUS DEGENERATIONS, CALCAREOUS GLANDS, INDURATION OF GLANDS. It is useful in indurations in ulcers, and the base of ulcers, and round about ulcers.
Exostoses. This state of disorder comes from the irregularity in the distribution of the lime. Defective formation of bone.
SENSITIVENESS TO COLD AND WEAKNESS run through the remedy. Weakness in the legs. Inability to endure. Worse from every kind of exertion. Out of breath.
MILK SOURS. MILK DISAGREES; the digestion is also slow, feeble. He has a feeling of tumefaction and fullness; enlargement after eat ing; and everything sours in the stomach; everything disorders the stomach.
The Calcarea patient has a VERY STRONG LONGING FOR EGGS. Little children crave eggs; at every meal they will eat eggs, and eggs, will digest better than anything else. It is very seldom that little children naturally long for eggs; children with cold feet, emaciated extremities, large heads.
“The leucophlegmatic patient” – Sweats when cold. Sweats in cold room. Sweats at night and soaks the pillow. (It is Calcarea and Silicea that soak the pillow at night and during sleep). Coldness comes in patches, even spots-cold head, cold feet, cold abdomen.
She comes in puffily, and presents you with a froggy hand, that makes you shiver and look round for soap and water-so boneless it is, so moist and cold. Bracelets of fat begin to surround the wrists and ankles.
The EPILEPSY OF CALC. HAS AN AURA SPREADING UP FROM THE SOLAR PLEXUS, in which case the convulsion comes on immediately; or it may be like a mouse running on the arm; or it may run down from epigastrium into uterus or limbs.
Conclusion
This understanding of Calcarea Carbonium gives us a comprehensive idea of the drug picture which helps us in prescribing the similimum. The ease of prescribing any drug will be present only when the mental plane and physical plane are both well understood.
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Author
Dr. Sujit Pal,
PG Guide, Department of Repertory
Guru Mishri Homeopathic Medical College and hospital, Shelgaon
Dr. Apoorva Sishtla V.N ,
(BHMS, DNHE)
MD Scholar, Department of Repertory
Guru Mishri Homeopathic Medical College and hospital, Shelgaon
