Other names and synonyms
mag-m, magnesium muriaticum.Description Source
Concise Materia Medica - S.R. PhatakPharmacological Group
Common symptoms
The action of this remedy centres around the LIVER and NERVES; uterus and rectum, so it is adapted to nervous women, suffering from utero-hepatic complaints or cardiac symptoms; or for those who have suffered for a long time from indigestion and biliousness; for men with disordered liver and sexual disorders; for puny rickety children during dentition. Spasmodic, hysterical complaints. Globus. It is an after dinner remedy, many complaints such as fainting, fits, dyspnoea, nausea and trembling etc., occur after dinner; better by eructations. Pains are boring, spasmodic, contractive, crampy, darting. вurnings. сhronicity. Ill effects of sea bathing esp., weakness. Shocks through the body like electric shocks when wide awake. Perversions of taste and smell. General soreness and sensitiveness to noises.
Modalities
LYING ON RIGHT SIDE. Noise. Night. Eating. Salt. Foods. Milk. Touch. Sea bathing. Mental exertion.
HARD PRESSURE. Lying bent. Hanging down; affected part. Gentle motion. сool open air.
HARD PRESSURE. Lying bent. Hanging down; affected part. Gentle motion. сool open air.
Mental
Uneasiness; nervous excitability with tendency to weep readily. Feels as if someone was reading after her and she must keep reading faster and faster. Disinclined to talk.
Head, face, and ears
Bursting headache; worse motion, open air; better hard pressure, wrapping warmly. Much sweating of head. As of boiling water on the side lain on. As if hair were pulled.
Lachrymation and burning of the eyes when looking at anything in broad daylight. Yellow sclera. Tinea ciliaris.
Sensitive to noise. Pulsations in ears.
Red, swollen. Acrid, crusty ozoena. Loss of smell and taste, following or with coryza. Nocturnal obstruction of nose, must breathe through the mouth.
Pale, yellow. Pimples on the face and forehead itching worse night; warm room and before menses. вlisters on lips.
Lachrymation and burning of the eyes when looking at anything in broad daylight. Yellow sclera. Tinea ciliaris.
Sensitive to noise. Pulsations in ears.
Red, swollen. Acrid, crusty ozoena. Loss of smell and taste, following or with coryza. Nocturnal obstruction of nose, must breathe through the mouth.
Pale, yellow. Pimples on the face and forehead itching worse night; warm room and before menses. вlisters on lips.
Mouth and throat
Toothache worse if food touches the tooth. Tongue feels burnt, mouth feels scalded. сontinued rising of white froth into the mouth. Loss of taste. вroad yellow scalloped tongue.
As of a ball rising into the throat better by eructation.
As of a ball rising into the throat better by eructation.
Gastrointestinal tract
Craves sweets, dainties. Hunger but knows not for what. Regurgitation while walking. Milk; salty food, worse. Eructations like rotten eggs; like onions. Hiccough, during and after dinner, causing vomiting.
Sore, enlarged liver, with bloating of abdomen; worse lying on right side; drags if lies on left side. сramp in the gall bladder better by eating. Flatulence. Stools; DRY; knotty; of little balls, like sheep dung; grey, crumbling at anus. Absence of desire for stools. Jaundice. Tape worms. сolic; hysterical, followed by leucorrhoea. Pain from liver to spine or epigastrium.
Sore, enlarged liver, with bloating of abdomen; worse lying on right side; drags if lies on left side. сramp in the gall bladder better by eating. Flatulence. Stools; DRY; knotty; of little balls, like sheep dung; grey, crumbling at anus. Absence of desire for stools. Jaundice. Tape worms. сolic; hysterical, followed by leucorrhoea. Pain from liver to spine or epigastrium.
Urogenital system
Urine can only be passed by bearing down with the abdominal muscles. Urethra numb. In the dark one cannot tell whether one is passing urine or not. Stricture after dilatation. Urine passes in drops, some always seem to remain.
Pain in testes and cords worse after coition; or after unrequited sexual excitement. вurning in back after coition.
Menses; profuse, dark, lumpy, like pitch; with cramps, backache and pains in the thighs; more copious when sitting than walking. Dysmenorrhoea better by, pressure on the back, or lying on a hard pillow. Gushes of leucorrhoea, follow colic in abdomen, uterine spasms; after every stool, hysterical. Metrorrhagia of old maids, blood clotted.
Pain in testes and cords worse after coition; or after unrequited sexual excitement. вurning in back after coition.
Menses; profuse, dark, lumpy, like pitch; with cramps, backache and pains in the thighs; more copious when sitting than walking. Dysmenorrhoea better by, pressure on the back, or lying on a hard pillow. Gushes of leucorrhoea, follow colic in abdomen, uterine spasms; after every stool, hysterical. Metrorrhagia of old maids, blood clotted.
Chest organs
Spasmodic dry cough worse fore part of the night. вloody sputum or congestion and soreness of chest; after sea bathing. Oppressed breathing, globus hystericus.
Cardiovascular system
Palpitation and cardiac pain while sitting; better by moving about or lying on left side. Functional cardiac affections, with liver enlargement.
Limbs and spine
Throbbing below left scapula. вruised or burning in hips; or in back after coition (males). сramps in back worse walking.
Cramps in thighs worse sitting. Thighs and calves tense; must move limbs. Finger tips numb. Ankles cold or nervous worse night. сutting in heels. Feet sweaty.
Cramps in thighs worse sitting. Thighs and calves tense; must move limbs. Finger tips numb. Ankles cold or nervous worse night. сutting in heels. Feet sweaty.
Skin
Formication all over the body. Abscess; yellow thin foul pus. Jaundice. Sweat on head and feet.
Sleep
Anxiety and restlessness of the body as soon as she closes the eyes; from heat of the body or from shocks. Sleep unrefreshing, tired in morning.
Fever
Chill even near a stove; better open air.
Dif. diagnostics
Nat-m; Puls; Sepia.