Homoeopathy — Page 171
Calcarea Carb 171 due to the weakness of the muscles, has delayed walking. If there is delay in speaking , then Baryta Carb is the best remedy. Natrum Mur will be useful when delays in both walking and speaking are present in a child. When there is a sodium imbalance in the body, it can adversely affect the mental faculties. The legs become weak and the patient becomes rather wasted. The special feature of Natrum Mur is the wasting of the legs as well as the upper part of the body. The tongue also is affected. Consequently the child starts walking and talking rather late. In Calcarea Carb, the tongue is not affected and the child learns to talk normally. However, he is late in learning to walk. Being short- statured is also a symptom of Calcarea Carb. Physical weakness and mental deficiency are symptoms of Baryta Carb. Calcarea Carb gradually produces clear improvement of unsightly bending of the bones if the patient is that of Calcarea Carb constitution. The patient feels cold inside but sometimes his hands and feet may feel burning. The symptoms aggravate before the onset of a storm such as a dust-storm. An asthma patient will start exhibiting signs of allergy to the dust many hours before the storm comes. Calcarea Carb is one of the remedies indicated for such patients. The patient who gets mentally fatigued, and various parts of his body shows signs of weakness will respond to Calcaria Carb. Calcarea Carb gives him relief and his restlessness does not last long. When extremely excited , a Calcarea Carb patient starts visualising pointed objects, and the pictures and bodies will appear to be dancing. Similarly, he visualises inanimate objects, nails, wires, piercing and cutting instruments. Calcarea Carb is a sure shot remedy, with rare exception, whenever these symptoms are present in children. Calcarea Carb is also indicated whena person feels generally tired, is chilly and experiences the burning of hands and feet. The Calcarea patient afflicted mentally keeps on pinching with his hands and has hallucinations about various faces before going to sleep but has no fear of death. The skin peels off at the nails causing great discomfort. This symptom is also present in Petroleum. The skin becomes dry as in dry eczema and recedes from the nails. In general, grief and dejection are more amenable to treatment with Sodium compounds. These include Natrum Mur, Aurum Mur, and