(KALI MURIATICUM)
Although not proven, this remedy has a wide clinical use, through its introduction by Schuessler. It certainly is of great value in catarrhal affections, in sub-acute inflammatory states, fibrinous exudations, and glandular swellings. White or gray coating of base of tongue, and expectoration of thick, white phlegm, seem to be special guiding symptoms. Bursitis praepatellaris.
Kali muriaticum treatment for Head ailments: Imagines he must starve. Headache, with vomiting. Crusta lactea. Dandruff.
Kali muriaticum treatment for Eyes ailments: White mucus, purulent scabs. Superficial ulcer. Trachoma. Corneal opacities.
Kali muriaticum treatment for Ears ailments: Chronic, catarrhal conditions of the middle ear. Glands about the ear swollen. Snapping and noises in the ear. Threatened mastoid. Great effusion about the auricle.
Kali muriaticum treatment for Nose ailments: Catarrh; phlegm white, thick. Vault of pharynx covered with adherent crusts. Stuffy cold. Nosebleed (Arn; Bry).
Kali muriaticum treatment for Face ailments: Cheek swollen and painful.
Kali muriaticum treatment for Mouth ailments: Aphthae; thrush; white ulcers in mouth. Swollen glands about jaw and neck. Coating of tongue grayish-white, dryish, or slimy.
Kali muriaticum treatment for Throat ailments: Follicular tonsillitis. Tonsils inflamed; enlarged so much, can hardly breathe. Grayish patches or spots in the throat and tonsils. Adherent crusts in vault of pharynx. "Hospital" sore throat. Eustachian catarrh.
Kali muriaticum treatment for Stomach ailments: Fatty or rich food causes indigestion. Vomiting of white, opaque mucus; water gathers in the mouth. Pain in the stomach, with constipation. Bulimia; hunger disappears by drinking water.
Kali muriaticum treatment for Abdomen ailments: Abdominal tenderness and swelling. Flatulence. Thread-worms, causing itching at the anus.
Kali muriaticum treatment for Stool ailments: Constipation; light-colored stools. Diarrhoea, after fatty food; clay-colored, white, or slimy stools. Dysentery; purging, with slimy stools. Haemorrhoids; bleeding; blood dark and thick; fibrinous, clotted.
Kali muriaticum treatment for Female ailments: Menstruation too late or suppressed, checked or too early; excessive discharge; dark-clotted, or tough, black blood, like tar (Plat). Leucorrhoea; discharge of milky-white mucus, thick, non-irritating, bland. Morning sickness, with vomiting of white phlegm. Bunches in breast feel quite soft and are tender.
Respiratory Organs:
Loss of voice; hoarseness. Asthma, with gastric derangements; mucus white and hard to cough up. Loud, noisy stomach cough; cough short, acute, and spasmodic, like whooping-cough; expectoration thick and white. Rattling sounds of air passing through thick, tenacious mucus in the bronchi; difficult to cough up.Back and Extremities:
Rheumatic fever; exudation and swelling around the joints. Rheumatic pains felt only during motion, or increased by it. Nightly rheumatic pains; worse from warmth of bed; lightning-like from small of back to feet; must get out of bed and sit up. Hands get stiff while writing.Kali muriaticum treatment for Skin ailments: Acne, erythema, and eczema, with vesicles containing thick, white contents. Dry, flour-like scales on the skin (Arsenic). Bursitis.
Kali muriaticum treatment for Modalities ailments: Worse, rich food, fats, motion.
Kali muriaticum treatment for Relationship ailments: Kali muriaticum treatment for Compare ailments: Bellad which Kali mur follows well in catarrhal and hypertrophic conditions. Kino (otorrhoea, with stitches in right ear); Bry; Mercur; Puls; Sulph.
Kali muriaticum treatment for Dose ailments: Third to twelfth potency.
External use in skin affections with burning sensation.