Other names and synonyms
kalm.Description Source
Homeopathic Materia Medica – William BoerickePharmacological Group
Description
Mountain Laurel.
A rheumatic remedy. Pains shift rapidly. Nausea and slow pulse frequently accompanying. Has also a prominent action on the heart. In small doses, it accelerates the heart s action; in larger it moderates it greatly. Neuralgia; pains shoot downwards, with numbness. Fulgurating pains of locomotor ataxia. Protracted and continuous fevers, with tympanites. Paralytic sensations; pains and aching in limbs accompany nearly every group of symptoms. Albuminuria.
A rheumatic remedy. Pains shift rapidly. Nausea and slow pulse frequently accompanying. Has also a prominent action on the heart. In small doses, it accelerates the heart s action; in larger it moderates it greatly. Neuralgia; pains shoot downwards, with numbness. Fulgurating pains of locomotor ataxia. Protracted and continuous fevers, with tympanites. Paralytic sensations; pains and aching in limbs accompany nearly every group of symptoms. Albuminuria.
Head, face, and ears
Vertigo; worse stooping. сonfusion of brain. Pain in front and temporal region from head to nape and to teeth; from cardiac origin.
Vision impaired. Stiff, drawing sensation when moving eyes. Rheumatic iritis. Scleritis, pain increased by moving the eye.
Neuralgia; worse right side. Stitches in tongue. Stitches and tearing in bones of jaw and face.
Vision impaired. Stiff, drawing sensation when moving eyes. Rheumatic iritis. Scleritis, pain increased by moving the eye.
Neuralgia; worse right side. Stitches in tongue. Stitches and tearing in bones of jaw and face.
Gastrointestinal tract
Warm, glowing sensation in epigastrium. Nausea; vomiting. Pain in pit of stomach; worse by bending forward; relieved by sitting erect. вilious attacks, with nausea, vertigo, and headache. Sensation of something being pressed under the epigastrium.
Urogenital system
Frequent, with sharp pains in lumbar region. Post-scarlatinal nephritis.
Cardiovascular system
Weak, slow pulse (Dig; Apoc can). Fluttering of heart, with anxiety. Palpitation; worse leaning forward. Gouty and rheumatic metastasis of heart. Tachycardia, with pain (Thyroid). Tobacco heart. Dyspnoea and pressure from epigastrium toward the heart. Sharp pains take away the breath. Shooting through chest above heart into shoulder-blades. Frequent pulse. Heart s action tumultuous, rapid and visible. Paroxysms of anguish around heart.
Menses too early, or suppressed, with pain in limbs and back and inside of thighs. Leucorrhoea follows menses.
Menses too early, or suppressed, with pain in limbs and back and inside of thighs. Leucorrhoea follows menses.
Limbs and spine
Pain from neck down arm; in upper three dorsal vertebrae extending to shoulder-blade. Pain down back, as if it would break; in localized regions of spine; through shoulders. Lumbar pains, of nervous origin.
Deltoid rheumatism especially right. Pains from hips to knees and feet. Pains affect a large part of a limb, or several joints, and pass through quickly. Weakness, numbness, pricking, and sense of coldness in limbs. Pains along ulnar nerve, index finger. Joints red, hot, swollen. Tingling and numbness of left arm.
Deltoid rheumatism especially right. Pains from hips to knees and feet. Pains affect a large part of a limb, or several joints, and pass through quickly. Weakness, numbness, pricking, and sense of coldness in limbs. Pains along ulnar nerve, index finger. Joints red, hot, swollen. Tingling and numbness of left arm.
Sleep
Sleepless, wakes very early in morning.
Modalities
Worse, leaning forward (opposite, Kali carb); looking down; motion, open air.
Dif. diagnostics
Compare: Kalmia contains Arbutin g v. Derris pinuta (of great service in neuralgic headaches of rheumatic origin).
Compare: Spigelia; Pulsat.
Complementary: вenz acid.
Compare: Spigelia; Pulsat.
Complementary: вenz acid.
Method of drug use and dosage
Tincture, to sixth potency.