Characteristic Mental: 1. Feel complaints more when thinking about them. 2. Wishes to be at home, and when at home, to go out. 3. Involuntary sighing, always want to go somewhere. 4. Confusion, very forgetful, low spirited. 5. Irritable without causes, peevishness and obstinacy. 6. Writes wrong wordRead more
Characteristic Mental:
1. Feel complaints more when thinking about them.
2. Wishes to be at home, and when at home, to go out.
3. Involuntary sighing, always want to go somewhere.
4. Confusion, very forgetful, low spirited.
5. Irritable without causes, peevishness and obstinacy.
6. Writes wrong words or same words twice.
7. Difficulty in performing intellectual operation.
8. Anxiousness, anxiety in pit of stomach of children.
Characteristic Physical:
1. Coldness- Lack of animal heat; chill runs up back, tendency to perspiration.
2. Weakness- Great weakness and prostration both mentally and physically.
3. Sensitiveness- Great sensitiveness to take cold and coryza; cannot tolerate cold in any form.
4. Craving- Great desire for salted and smoked meats, bacon etc.
5. Perspiration- Profuse sweating from head during sleep, mostly on back of head, neck or chest.
6. Malassimilation- Malnutrition and malassimilation causes emaciation, pit of stomach swelling, sunken, flabby abdomen, neck slender, child looking old and wrinkled. skin is dry and cold.
7. Defective bone development- Imperfect ossification, defective formation of bones, swelling and softening of bones. Difficulty in learning to walk or stand, dentition, fontanelles remain open for long time.
8. Congestion- Of head, external coldness and internal heat.
9. Glandular affection- Inflammation and induration of glands, parotid, facial, cervical, inguinal, maxillary etc.
10. Ulceration- Ulcer with induration, cancerous ulcers which burn and sting. Every injury tends to ulceration.
11. Stiffness and cramps- All over the body, joints. Cramps and contraction of limbs.
12. Cough- During dentition, contraction of chest and difficulty breathing, suffocative cough better by laying down.
13. Leucorrhoea- Like white of egg. worse in the morning.
14. Fistula, fissure- Fistula alternating with chest symptoms.
15. Numbness- Crawling and numbness in parts affected with rheumatism. Crawling in generals.
16. Sexual organs- Erection while riding in a carriage without desire.
17. Too early, excessive and bright, sometimes dark, with violent backache, nymphomania.
18. Dyspepsia- Where pain is relieved by passing wind and temporary relief by eating.
Differentiating between Calcarea Carbonica and Calcarea Phosphorica in homeopathy for bone diseases involves understanding their distinct characteristics and indications: 1. Calcarea Carbonica -Constitutional Type: Often indicated for individuals who are fair, flabby, and prone to perspiration, espeRead more
Differentiating between Calcarea Carbonica and Calcarea Phosphorica in homeopathy for bone diseases involves understanding their distinct characteristics and indications:
1. Calcarea Carbonica
-Constitutional Type: Often indicated for individuals who are fair, flabby, and prone to perspiration, especially on the head.
-Symptoms: Slow-healing fractures, joint pains, and bone deformities. Patients may also have a tendency to catch colds easily and feel chilly.
-Mental and Emotional: Anxiety, fears, and a need for security and protection.
-Physical Traits: Large head, pale skin, and a tendency to gain weight.
2. Calcarea Phosphorica
-Constitutional Type: Often indicated for individuals with dark skin and a general feeling of discontent.
-Symptoms: Delayed dentition, rickets, and bone diseases in children. It is also used for conditions like knock knees and bow legs.
-Mental and Emotional: Unhappiness, discontent, and a lack of direction
-Physical Traits: Patients may present with skeletal abnormalities and a tendency to feel weak and consumptive.
3. Key Differences
-Skin Tone: Calcarea Carbonica is often indicated for fair-skinned individuals, while Calcarea Phosphorica is more suited to dark-skinned individuals.
-Symptoms: Calcarea Carbonica is used for slow-healing fractures and joint pains, whereas Calcarea Phosphorica is indicated for delayed dentition and rickets.
-Emotional State: Calcarea Carbonica patients often have anxiety and a need for security, while Calcarea Phosphorica patients may feel discontent and unhappy.
By considering these differences, homeopaths can better select the appropriate remedy for treating bone diseases.
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