Kent's - Classical Homeopathy Online

asthma where the shortness of breath is so marked that there is only a partial oxidation, as a result ofwhich he suffers much from occipital headache and wants to be fanned. Old cases of recurrent asthma.Every time there comes a warm wet spell his asthma comes on. It is common for Carbo veg. asthma tocome on in the night. He goes to bed without warning of an oncoming attack, only he says, "I don't likethe weather"; and he wakes up with asthma. He wakes up suffocating, springs out of bed and goes tothe window or wants to be fanned.Carbo veg. is required in old, badly-treated cases of pneumonia, with a remaining bronchitis; incases where there has been hepatization that was not cleared up, and there are bad places in the lungsand bronchial tubes, a with weakness of the chest. Weakness of the chest when coughing. He feels thatthere is not enough force in the muscles of the chest to get up a good cough, to to help him carry on thebreathing. Pneumonia, third stage, with fetid expectoration, cold breath, cold sweat, desire to befanned. Threatened paralysis of the lungs. This is a combination of clinical states that the remedycovers well.Sometimes these asthmatic cases go on for a while, and then comes in infiltration of tubercle. IfCarbo veg. can be given early it will prevent infiltration.There is pain in the chest and burning. Burning in the lungs; burning in the sides of the chest;burning with the cough; burning behind the sternum---the whole length of the trachea; burningaggravated when coughing; a sense of rawness even when breathing. He feel a load upon the chest, anoppression, a great weight. These are the various words that he uses, all descriptive of the same thing.The heart comes in for a great deal of trouble. It appears to be struggling. Of course it is thevenous side of the heart that is in distress. The veins are engorged. It is a venous condition of the wholepatient; the veins are performing their labor with great difficulty. A state of relaxation, struggling, andthere are orgasms of blood---described by some of the authors as an orgasm, by others as a tumultuousaction of the heart felt throughout the body. Pulsation felt all over the body. Flushes of heat mountingupwards, ending in a sweat. Suitable sometimes for women at the turn of life. Especially suitable topersons in advanced years.Carbo veg. complaints come on in a weakly state in young people;- as if it were a premature oldage- in the middle-aged people; or in the breaking down that naturally belongs to old age. It is a greatcomforter for aged people with enlarged veins, or fullness of the veins and coldness of the extremities.Oozing of blood, with palpitation---tumultuous action of the heart. The pounding goes on like a greatmachine, shaking the whole body.The pulse is almost imperceptible. It seems as though the volume of blood ought to betremendous, but it is not. Weakness of the whole Vascular system. Pulse irregular, intermittent,frequent. Blood stagnates in the capillaries. Complete torpor; impending paralysis of the heart. Burningin the region of the heart. With this there is an awful feeling of anxiety in the chest---in the region ofthe heart---as if he were going to die, or as if something were going to happen. He feels that tumultuousaction and tires out under it.In going over the remedy I have said so much about the limbs, their coldness-and the coldsweat, that I have practically covered most of the symptoms that belong to the extremities.Carbo veg. is an excellent remedy for the general constitutional disorder where there areindolent varicose ulcers upon the lower limbs the legs above the ankles. There is no activity in theseulcers; thin watery discharge or it is thick, bloody and ichorous. Burning indolent ulcers; varicoseulcers; swelling of the limbs. A gangrenous state from the extremely feeble circulation. Gangrenouscondition such as old people have, senile gangrene. The limbs wither; the toes and lower parts witherand look dusky. There are blisters upon them and they ooze a bloody, watery fluid. Burning like fire.Loss of sensation.Stiffness in the joints. Excoriating sweat between the toes, and numbness. Numbness in the limblain on. If he lies on the right side,the right hand gets numb. It he turns over on the left side, the left armgets numb. The circulation in the part is so feeble that if there is any pressure the part becomes numb.The surface is cold. The extremities are cold. He is indolent, weak and always tired, with an aversion tomental and physical work. Every little exertion brings on a feeling as if he would faint and collapse.The sleep is full of dreams. He wakes up with dyspnoea, wakes with cold limbs, especially coldknees. Legs drawn up during sleep. Unrefreshed after sleep. The dreams he has are the kind that mostof these patients have where the remedy acts so violently upon the veins, upon the basilar portion of thebrain, and upon the voluntary system. They are awful. He dreams of fire, burglars, fearful and horriblethings. Anxiety, restlessness and congestion of the head prevent his going to sleep. Rush of blood to thehead. His head feels hot, but to the hand the skin feels cold. The inner chest feels as if burning, but theouter chest feels cold to the hand. So it is in the abdomen. The feeling of internal heat and burning,with external coldness, is a common feature of Carbo veg.