Boger's Synoptic Key — Materia Medica

Natrum Carbonicum nat-c.

Boger (1915)In every bookSave

Region

DIGESTION. Nerves. Skin. Hands (Dorsæ). Heels.

Worse

HEAT: Sun. Weather. (Head). Sultry air. Gas-light. Periodically; Winter (Body), 5. A.M. Music. Mental exertion. Onanism. Dietetic errors. Milk. Drafts. Thunder-storms.

Better

Motion. Rubbing. Eating. Sweating.

General

Irritable weakness. Puffy, relaxed, easily exhausted. Easy dislocation. Oversensitive; to open air, music, noise, dietetic errors, etc. Pains cause tremor, cold sweat, anxiety, etc.

Particulars

Cross and irritable. Gloomy. Lively, yet fearful; < thunder-storms. Averse to company. Vertigo, from wine. Hot weather headache. Head bent backward; pains out through eyes. Dazzling flashes or stars before vision. Swelled or peeling nose. Coryza, < least draft; < alternate days. Violent sneezing. Post-nasal discharge. Pale, wilted face. Mouth open. Must drink to swallow solids. Acidity, flatulence and rheumatism. Weak digestion. Averse to milk. Greedy, always nibbling. Gastric pain, > eating. Abdomen pouts here and there. Diarrhœa, from starches. Stools like orange pulp. Pollutions. Cough; loose; hollow; 9-11 A.M.; < entering warm room. Purulent, salty sputum. Cough from continuous tickle in throat, < going from a cold into a warm room. Boring at tip of l. scapula. Painful popliteæ. Heavy legs. Weak ankles. Cramps from ankles into toes. Sleepy after meals. Blisters on small joints; tips of toes or fingers. Milky, watery or dry, rough skin; pustular eruptions. Cold between scapulæ. Burning wrists and ankles. Sweats easily.

Related

Complementary: Sep. Related: Lyc. Nat-m.