Kent's - Classical Homeopathy Online

BARYTA MURIATICA [bar-m] [Kent’s]This is one of our deep acting constitutional remedies and one much neglected. It was muchused by the earlier men in our school with great effect. In mental weakness, insanity, enlarged glandsand sexual excitement we have a group of symptoms hard to cure without Baryta muriatica. Add to thisprofound increasing muscular weakness and we must have this remedy sometime during the case or thecure will be slow. Its complaints are prominent in the morning, forenoon, afternoon, evening, night andafter midnight. In the diseases most amenable to this remedy are the affection of the lymphatic glandsand other glands. The patient desires the open air, yet the open air often increases the symptoms. Manycases of aneurysm have been benefited by it.General physical anxiety is a strong feature. Complaints are worse ascending stairs such asdyspnoea, palpitation and weakness. Dread of bathing, like Sulfur. The symptoms are often worse incold air and from becoming cold. The convulsive tendency is a very important feature; convulsionswith headache, deafness, vomiting and burning in the stomach; convulsions with full consciousnesswith electric shocks; clonic spasms. It has cured most stubborn cases of epilepsy. Distension of theblood vessels; emaciation, fainting spells. Complaints worse in fall and spring.Formication all over the body. Sensation of internal fullness.Bleeding from mucous membranes and from ulcers. Heaviness externally and internally as fromweakness and relaxation.Induration of glands; inflammation and swelling of glands.Extreme lassitude, compelled to lie down. Symptoms come before and during menses. Somesymptoms are better from motion; bruised feeling internally; burning in many parts; cutting pains ininternal parts; digging pains are not uncommon; gnawing in external parts. Painless symptomspredominant and pain is the exception. Convulsive jerking in the limbs; stitching in glands and alongnerves; downward tearing as if in the muscles; one- sided paralysis; left side. Many parts are tender topressure.Pulsation in abdomen and limbs. Pulse fast; 120; full, hard, small. Rising up brings on manysymptoms. Electric shocks with convulsions. Complaints left-sided - worse while sitting; must liedown. Symptoms come on during sleep---worse while standing.Painful swelling of glands, Dropsical swelling after scarlet fever; tension, trembling, twitching;weakness in whole body, can hardly move a limb; while walking; general muscular weakness; paralyticweakness; weariness. Complaints and symptoms grow worse in wet weather. It is the naturalcomplement of Conium in glandular affections and it is very similar, but much deeper acting.Easily angered. Anxiety in the evening; about the future; with nausea; retching and pressure inthe stomach. It is useful in children who are slow to learn or understand; children do not desire to playlike other children. Concentration impossible. The locality around him seems strange, transformed;timid and cowardly; delusion that he walks on his knees. Dullness of mind.Thinks she is going to die. Fear: of evil, of men; foolish behavior; idiocy; imbecility,indifference, insanity; erotic insanity. Insanity where the sexual excitement becomes strong.Irresolution. Irritable in the evening. Mania in any form when sexual desire is increased;nymphomania. Sadness in the morning; sits in silence. Children sit in the corner and give confusedanswers. Easily startled; suspicious; indisposed to talk; talks in sleep; unconsciousness; fainting;vertigo when walking; things turn around.The scalp feels constricted. It is a remedy of great usefulness in eruptions of the scalp. Thick,offensive crusts; eczema of the whole top of the head, extending to sides and occiput; suppurating withcopious pus. Crops of pimples. The head feels so heavy he cannot keep up; heaviness of forehead andocciput; sensation of looseness of the brain; a feeling of movement in the head. Pain in the head in themorning on rising; afternoon evening, worse in open air; from binding up the hair; after eating, whilelying; on moving the eyes; from noise; from pressure; on stooping; while walking; in the foreheadocciput, sides of head, temples; boring in temples; bruises in head; burning in head; pressing in headand in forehead; outwards; stitching in forehead, occiput, sides of head, in temples stunning pain inhead; tearing in occiput, sides of head; shocks in head, ulcers on scalp.Agglutination of the lids in the morning; discharge of mucus and pus from the eyes;inflammation of the eyes in scrofulous patients. Itching and smarting, pressing pain in eyes; paralysisof upper lids; photophobia; pupils dilated and immovable. Redness of the eyes; of the lids; veinsinjected; stiffness of the eyes; ulceration of the cornea; swollen lids; complaints of the eyes and headfrom exertion of vision, much like Conium dim vision with flickering.Abscesses behind both ears; discharge from both ears; copious; offensive; like spoiled cheese;purulent; after scarlet fever.