Homoeopathy — Page 425
Kali Carbonicum 425 Such patients are extremely sensitive to cold. However, when these patients of Kali Carb are fomented with ice-cold water, the nerves become numb and relaxed. The relief is temporary because the symptoms recur as soon as the effect of the cold is gone. The heat also bothers the patient. It increases the burning sensation and becomes intolerable. In Merc Sol also, toothache becomes worse with both heat and cold. When the gums decay and start discharging offensive pus and blood, Kali Carb can still cure the condition if other general symptoms of Kali Carb are present, or Merc Sol may also offer a cure. Both localised as well as migrating type of pains are found in Kali Carb. The backache usually remains localized in one area. However, during childbirth, the pain starts to move from one area to another. If, during sleep, the quilt slips off from the body and a backache starts on exposure to the cold wind, Kali Carb is very effective. I have tested the remedy on myself and on many others, time and again. Once while travelling I woke up around three or four o’ clock in the morning with severe backache, even though by the grace of God I rarely suffered from backache. I took one dose of Kali Carb 30. It immediately alleviated the pain and never did I have this problem again. In Kali Carb often the ailment becomes worse during the winter, yet the affected parts of the body feel hot (and do not feel comfort from the outside cold). A draft of cold wind sometimes produces a blazing sensation along the course of the nerves with the appearance of prickly heat on the skin. It is one aspect of Kali Carb that the external cold, instead of having a cooling effect, enhances the feeling of heat. Heat ameliorates the symptoms. Once the nasal cold begins, it also causes headache. Light- headedness along with the headache is a specific symptom of Kali Carb. By the way, it should be remembered that the sinus headache resulting from flu often gets cured by just one dose of Nux Vomica 1000. Sometimes, the irritable bladder (cystitis), causing frequency of urination , may respond to Kali Phos better than Kali Carb. However, in Kali Phos, the frequent passage of urine is during the daytime while in the case of Kali Carb, the patient has to wake up repeatedly during the night, especially between three to four o’ clock