Author: Urenus

The attenuations are prepared from Sodium nitrate, NaNO₃, MW: 85.0.

The main indications are:

Asthma, dyspnoea. Haemorrhagic tendency. Sensation of a weight on the chest. Choroiditis. Exophthalmos.

The German Monograph-Preparation Commission for the Homoeopathic Field of Therapy has, under the Preparation Monograph for Natrium nitricum, published the following indication(s) in the German Bundesanzeiger (German Federal Gazette) for natrium nitricum: infections; rheumatism; haemorrhages; digestive insufficiency; conditions of weakness.

The attenuations are prepared from Sodium chloride, NaCl, MW: 58.4.

No other homoeopathic remedy stands so squarely in the focus of doubt as to the effectiveness of homoeopathy as does Natrum Muriaticum, cooking salt.

After all, it is known that fluids within the body’s tissues as well as blood contain sodium ions in considerable concentration. If in spite of this homoeopathic doses of Natrum Muriaticum act – and such action has been reported by conscientious and objective physicians from their observations over many decades and is also familiar to the author, especially in the high potencies, – then from this action at the same time there proceeds the principle of the harmony of potencies, a remedy of a higher dilution acting even when it is incorporated in a lower potency.

On the other hand it is well known that the ingestion of too much salt can lead   to deep-reaching disorders of nutrition and other symptoms, e.g. oedema, hyperten- sion, and possibly following on from this, a state of aneamia. In the course of the provings, many symptoms came out which showed Natrum Muriaticum to be a great remedy for intermittent fever, according to Nash also for malaria, and also for anaemia, complaints of the alimentary tract and of the skin. There is also a charac- teristic sensation of intense weakness with cold shivers running over the back, as well as a distinct emaciation of the neck and a tendency to catch cold. In Natrum Muriaticum the mucosa is usually dry, and this is associated with irritability and hy- persensitivity to all kinds of external influence.

Nash describes Natrum Muriaticum as one of the best remedies for anaemia, no matter whether this is a result of loss of vital fluids (cf. China, Kali Carbonicum), menstrual disorders (cf. Pulsatilla), seminal loss (cf. Phosphoricum Acidum, China), or from physical influences.

There is usually pallor and emaciation, although the patient is eating well. There may be pulsating headaches, shortness of breath on going upstairs and on physical exertion, and especially constipation and a tendency to depression, which is typical of Natrum Muriaticum, also a tendency to cry. In contrast to Pulsatilla, consolation does not have a good effect, but rather aggravates the situation.

If pulsating headaches do not respond to Belladonna, then Natrum Muriaticum is often indicated. In that case there is often anaemia present with a pale, or only slightly flushed face. The remedy has a certain relationship to China, which likewise has pulsating headaches, also following loss of blood, e.g. after the menses. As in Calcium Phosphoricum, schoolgirls’ headaches may also be an indication for Na- trum Muriaticum. Palpitations and fibrillation with occasional missing beats are par- ticularly indicative of Natrum Muriaticum, likewise discomfort of the heart when at rest, the complaints becoming worse (including the headache) after intensive mental work.

The digestive disturbances of Natrum Muriaticum are striking, being characterised by a strong sensation of dryness, especially in the mouth (without actual dryness being present – Nash). Deep cracks (rhagades) occur in the centre of the upper –

sometimes of the lower – lip. Cracks in the corners of the mouth are also a symptom of Natrum Muriaticum.

As in Silicea, there is the sensation as of a hair on the tongue (also in Kali Bichromicum – Nash). A mapped tongue may also respond to Natrum Muriaticum. Labial herpes, in many cases, requires not only Rhus toxicodendron, Mezereum or Variolinum (Vaccininum), but reacts to Natrum Muriaticum, as may follicular pharyngitis, particularly after local application of silver nitrate.

The dryness of the mucosa in the alimentary canal might well be responsible for the dry, crumbling, irregular, hard stool, the rectum usually being very sluggish without pain, and defaecation difficult, possibly associated with fissures and severe bleeding, the feeling of great soreness remaining.

Natrum Muriaticum can be a very good remedy in fever, especially in intermittent fever, when the chill occurs between about 10:00 and 11:00 in the morning (Nash). Fever, headache and all other symptoms of Natrum Muriaticum are often ameliorat- ed by sweating.

The skin symptoms of Natrum Muriaticum include particularly fissures in the nails (ingrowing nails) with inflammatory irritation of the fingers and toes, cracked and peeling surface of the lips, and swelling of the lips, especially the upper lip (cf. Causticum). Nodules, vesicles, diffuse red patches with loosening of the epidermis and seborrhoea, and particularly vesicular eruptions in the creases of the joints may all be present, the latter bursting and exfoliating with secretion of an acrid fluid (Nash). Nash particularly refers to the fact that Natrum Muriaticum works better in high potencies.

Boericke also describes other typical symptoms, such as violent fluent coryza with sneezing and loss of smell and taste, internal soreness and dryness of the nose, also irregular menstruation, acrid, watery vaginal discharge, giving-way of the joints, rheumatic complaints with coldness of the legs, nervous twitching in sleep with somnolence in the mornings, eruptions at the hair-margins, warts on the palms of the hands, and amelioration in the open air, from cold bathing and lying on the right- hand side.

Boericke also recommends Aqua Marina in suitable potency subcutaneously in the treatment of skin, kidney and intestinal diseases, in gastroenteritis and tuberculosis, and also for detoxification in cancer.

Natrum Muriaticum should also be tried in neuralgias, especially infraorbital and ciliary and in headaches, if other symptoms agree (emaciation, anaemia, long-stand- ing rheumatism, gouty or rheumatic arthritis).

Natrum Muriaticum is also indicated in infiltration of cellular tissue and the glands, and where there are exudates and transudates which are not easily reab- sorbed. One must pay attention primarily to the constitutional symptoms of the pa- tient, and to the mentality, the irritability, sacral pain and constipation above all of- fering an important indication, together with the amelioration in dry, warm weather and the aggravation in damp, cool weather, and the general shivering.

The main symptoms of Natrum Muriaticum may be summed up in the following remedy-picture:

1. Pale patients, looking relaxed, easily irritated, despondent and pessimistic; they cry easily but refuse consolation (“autonomically labile asthenics” – Schilsky), reproachful answers when medical history is taken.
2. Pulsating headaches, especially in the temples and during the forenoon. Neural- gias. Shuddering from chilliness even in a warm room.
3. Sacral pains with desire for something hard on which to lie. Neuralgias and rheumatism. Joints give way.
4. Palpitations with arrhythmias, especially at rest.
5. All complaints aggravated by mental work and by exertion. Irregular menstrua- tion.
6. Febrile attacks with shivering, thirst, heat and violent headache, ameliorated by outbreak of sweating. Intermittent fever. Malaria. Attacks commencing in the forenoon.
7. Labial herpes. Corners of the mouth cracked. Deep cracks in the centre of the upper lip (possibly also the lower lip).
8. Urticaria. Eczema in the crease of the elbows with acrid fluid discharge. Also at the hair margins.
9. Desire for salt and highly-seasoned food. Sensation of thirst, without drinking much. Mapped tongue.
10. Mucous catarrhs, coryza with sneezing and nasal discharge like white of egg (also from urethra, vagina). Sensation of a hair on the tongue.
11. 11.  Constipation with hard, dry, crumbling stools, in some cases like sheepdung, with sorenses of the anus, fissures and bleeding. Sensation of weakness in the in- testines.

The German Monograph-Preparation Commission for the Homoeopathic Field of Therapy has, under the Preparation Monograph for Natrium chloratum, published the following indication(s) in the German Bundesanzeiger (German Federal Gazette) for natrium muriaticum: migraine; diseases of the gastrointestinal tract; emotional discord or upset; skin diseases; disorders of the supporting tissue.

The attenuations are prepared from Sodium molybdate-dihydrate, Na₂MoO₄ · 2H₂O, MW: 242.0.

With the increasing shortage in plants and exhausted soil, Molybdenum has been recognised as an important trace element and co-factor in enzyme-functions. It is found in xanthine oxidase (in the liver and milk), which contains iron, apart from molybdenum, as an active factor.

Natrum Molybdaenicum is indicated for long-term treatment of neoplasms, since here there is normally a lowered molybdenum level, which may also be of causal significance.

Nitrate reductase, a flavoprotein enzyme, also contains molybdenum in a complex compound. It is found in numerous bacteria, such as Escherichia coli, Clostridium Welchii, and in fungi (neurospora, aspergillus), and can reduce a nitrate to a nitrite, whilst azobacteria are able to build up gaseous nitrogen from the air into nitrogen compounds in the presence of the smallest quantities of molybdenum.

Thus it is possible that small doses of molybdenum are able to counteract dysbac- terial action, particularly in view of the combination with sulphur.

The attenuations are prepared from desiccated Sodium carbonate-monohydrate, Na₂CO₃ · H₂O, MW: 124.0.

The main indications are:

Sensitive to warmth, thunderstorms, rest. Ameliorated by movement. Headache in the sun, or after school. Milk causes diarrhoea. Morning sickness. Joints give way. Ulcers on the heel. Leucorrhoea and nasal catarrh with thick mucus. Tendency to catch cold. Wary of going into the fresh air.

The German Monograph-Preparation Commission for the Homoeopathic Field of Therapy has, under the Preparation Monograph for Natrium carbonicum H₂O, pub- lished the following indication(s) in the German Bundesanzeiger (German Federal Gazette) for natrium carbonicum: chronic inflammations of the respiratory pas- sages; abnormal discharges; digestive insufficiency; conditions of physical and men- tal weakness; emotional discord or upset.

The attenuations are prepared from Sodium bromide, NaBr, MW: 102.9.

Whereas the bromides occupied a favoured position among the sedatives and as cough remedies many decades ago, reducing the excitability of the brain cells, in ho- moeopathic prescribing the bromides, especially Natrum Bromatum, are used ac- cording to the Reversal effect or Hahnemann’s Law of Similars.

The author was made frighteningly aware of what damage can be wrought even by such apparently harmless, mild drugs as bromides when, in the thirties and in the early years of his medical practice, he was the family doctor of a Berlin civil ser- vant’s family, and was introduced to a boy of about 20 who in early childhood had suffered from whooping cough and had been treated with high doses of bromides.

It was a situation which left a deep impression. In the little nursery bedroom, in a child’s bed, a handsome youth’s head looked up at the author, strangely agitated, from large, dark eyes. The author spoke to him, but received no reply. When the au- thor pulled back the bed-covers to examine him, he saw a large, handsome young man’s head attached to child’s body. Externally the head had developed normally; however, the general physical development was retarded, corresponding roughly to that of a 10-year-old. The mental development was completely retarded. The lad could not talk, he could only communicate with his parents by sign language: a ghastly fate for both the patient and his family.

We use Natrum Bromatum in potency for signs of bromism, in mental sluggish- ness, lack of will-power, in vertigo, when the ground seems to sway beneath the feet, and also – as in the case of the 20-year-old retarded patient – when pallor of the face is a striking symptom. However, Natrum Bromatum can also act in salivation, salty taste (like bromium), in anaesthesia in the throat, and also in hysterical conditions with the typical anaesthesia, as well as in cases of rapid, small pulse and in morbid

lethargy. On the other hand, it can also, in its homoeopathic form, compensate for the effects of other sleep-inducing agents, including herbal preparations such as Va- leriana, hops etc. Menorrhagia during the menopause is also an indication. Natrum Bromatum is used almost exclusively in combination-remedies.

The mother tincture is prepared from the fresh herb in flower of Nasturtium offici- nale [L.] R. Br., a native of Europe, Asia, Africa and America, and frequently culti- vated as a vegetable. N.O. Cruciferae.

The main indications are:

Liver and gall remedy. Stomachic. Aphthae. Diuretic.

The German Monograph-Preparation Commission for the Homoeopathic Field of Therapy has, under the Preparation Monograph for Nasturtium officinale, published the following indication(s) in the German Bundesanzeiger (German Federal Gazette) for nasturtium aquaticum: conditions of irritation of the urinary tract col- lection system.

The attenuations are prepared from 1,4-Dioxo-1,4-dihydro-naphthaline, C₁₀H₆O₂, MW: 158.6.

As a quinone derivate, Naphthoquinone has carbonyl group functions, and thus, according to W. F. Koch (USA) is able to metabolise toxic amino-groups from azomethine compounds. It should be used in all cellular phases, viral diseases, and also in toxic infections (reaction phases), and particularly in neoplasm phases.

The area of indication for Naphthoquinone is smaller than that of other quinones. However, its penetration is considerably greater and there is scarcely another remedy to take its place.

In particular, serious forms of carcinoma in the areas of the intestines and genitalia are the main indications, especially when radiotherapy follows surgical removal of the carcinoma, and particularly in carcinoma of the uterus and the prostate. With Naphthoquinone, freedom from pain can then be achieved.

As well as in rapidly growing brain tumours (occurring without any particular pre- ceding symptoms), Naphthoquinone is also indicated in epilepsy with a brief aura, in traumatic epilepsy and in shock following serious head injury.

Naphthoquinone is also indicated in threatened vaccinial encephalitis. Other indi- cations are diseases of the air passages, commencing with very severe sinusitis and usually associated with intestinal sluggishness, laryngeal cancer with very hard nodes, lung cancer and also particularly bronchial asthma with chronic catarrh, in smokers also. Naphthoquinone is also required in degeneration of the oesophagus, the salivary glands, or in cancer of the oral cavity.

Naphthoquinone patients like highly seasoned food, and add extra salt. They have a typically grumpy, peevish mood. The patients either gradually lose more and more weight, in spite of eating well, or there is obesity with a pale, yellowish, sallow skin.

Not only is Naphthoquinone indicated in stomach cancer with complete emacia- tion, but also in infantile gastritis after artificial feeding with disorders of intestinal evacuation. Naphthoquinone is also required in degenerative kidney diseases, chron- ic nephritis with albumen excretion and increasing residual nitrogen, cancer of the bladder with agonising pain and suppurating inflammations of the renal pelvis, kid- ney damage following scarlet fever, influenza and rheumatism of the joints, and renal hypertension; it may be required in combination with quinhydrone and benzo- quinone.

In spite of the bad general state of health and the cancer, the libido is good. The emotional mood vacillates between religious mania, apathy and complete indiffer- ence towards all relations, and a peevish nature to the point of schizophrenic mani- festations, even in puberty. Symptoms of multiple sclerosis and neuralgic pain sug- gest Naphthoquinone, especially if there is almost complete intestinal atony. The paralyses arising from poliomyelitis may possibly be reversed if the muscular atro- phy has not progressed too far, ongoing exercises being necessary, and Naphtho- quinone should also be tried in post-apoplectic paralysis (otherwise use Gelsemium, Causticum, Arnica etc.).

Aortic stenosis and the status following abuse of digitalis also point to Naphtho- quinone, as does a lowering of the blood pressure during sleep. The heart complaints are dependent on the activity of the intestines, and chronic congestion of the liver with bradycardia may be present.

The shortage of oxygen in the tissues is expressed as cyanosis of the lips, con- junctiva and nails, and in severe cases of cancer, lymphatic congestion may also be present. The deficient adrenalin function is suited to the cachectic patient, whose whole vital activity is exclusively directed to the rapidly multiplying cancer cells.

In such cases as these, Naphthoquinone should at least be given one more try, in order to achieve a change.

Since Naphthoquinone has particular affinities for the tonsils and the appendix,

i.e. for the secondary defences of the lymphatic mechanism, it should also be used after tonsillectomy or  appendectomy,  and  also  in  adenoma  of  the  pancreas  and adrenals, in myxoedema, and in chronic states of spasm because of hy- poparathyroidism.

In all these cases a leading symptom is a certain apathy on the part of the patient, the practitioner being given the impression that the patient is entirely uninterested as to whether any efforts are made on his behalf or not. Although he maintains that nothing is wrong with him, it then transpires that he has had problems for decades with his defaecation, with the consequent secondary toxic effects.

There is no doubt that Naphthoquinone is often indicated in therapy. The quinones take hold of the respiratory enzymes and regulate the oxidation, as do the catalysts of the Citric Acid cycle, so it seems understandable if all the Citric Acid cycle cata- lysts and quinones show disorders of internal respiration, asthmatic complaints to a greater or lesser degree and damage to the oxidation enzymes in their symptomatol- ogy. Alongside para-Benzoquinone and Quinhydrone, Naphthoquinone must be brought clearly into focus as a most important therapeutic agent.

The drug picture of Napthochinonum was composed in October 1996 by David Riley, M.D., Santa Fe (New Mexico), USA.

The most important symptoms from David Riley’s drug proving were:

Essential characteristics

Affecting sleep patterns with easy falling asleep or restlessness, and increased re- membrance of dreams.

Improvement of premenstrual abdominal distentsion and swelling or extremity swelling, premenstrual spotting, and not waking to urinate.

Head pains like a band. Diarrhea.

Mind

DREAMS with the color red in cars and in flags, of betrayal, and silly dreams. Dreams remembered even throughout the day. Vivid dreams. Dull mind and unclear thoughts when feverish. Less worried and more hopeful. Feeling smart and intelli- gent. Talking in sleep that awakens the person without memory of what was being spoken. Waking with weeping after a dream. Apprehension and anxiety and with the feeling time moved to slowly.

Generalities

Cravings for icy cold things, salad, and sweets. Feeling shaky and jittery as if from a reaction to diet medication. Lethargic. Premenstrual symptoms decreased with less bloating and swelling. Engorgement of blood vessels.

Vertigo

Dizzy after eating with a relaxed and floating sensation.

Head

Stitching, sharp, and stabbing pain in the forehead or sharp shooting pains on the top right side and like a band. Piercing head pain on the left side and left occiput. Head pain like a cap that is a dull constant ache. Raging head pain like a vise on waking.

Eye

Uncontrollable twitching of right eye lid.

Ear

Bright yellow ear wax.

Hearing

Plugged sensation as if less sound is being received.

Nose

Increase of mucus in post nasal passages. Tickling in nose that leads to sneezing.

Face

Cold sore on the right corner of mouth.

Mouth

Aphthae on right side of mouth. Soreness on the tongue like a swollen taste bud or as from biting. Biting the inside of mouth.

Teeth

Tooth sensitive to hot and cold.

Throat

Dryness in the throat worse at bedtime. Euphoric feeling in throat that was like tingling. Scratchy sensation of throat with post nasal mucus. Throat clearing in the evening.

Stomach

Decreased appetite. Thinking of food causes desire to gag. Increased hunger. Ab- dominal cramps with nausea. Stomach growling.

Abdomen

Sensation of a hole like an empty cavity. Dull pain above the umbilicus. Abdomi- nal cramping with nausea and cold perspiration. Aching in the abdomen followed by bowel movements. Decreased abdominal swelling and distension before menses.

Rectum

Feeling of incompletion after a bowel movement. Flatus with unnoticed stool. Di- arrhea with waking or that causes rushing to the toilet. Intense itching in the anus.

Stool

Diarrhea with foul smelling stools. Stool starts solid and becomes more liquid. Rushing to the toilet with runny loose stools.

Genitalia, Female

Menses that starts and then stops suddenly. No spotting preceding menstrual flow. No cramping pain with onset of menses.

Speech and Voice

Hoarseness towards the evening.

Back

Sensation of swollen neck with dullness of the mind. Left sided tightness of neck and back extending to the hamstrings and calves.

Extremities

Stiffness and aching in the ankle and elbow joints. Tightness in muscles of the left side of the body extending from the neck and back to the hamstrings and calf. De- creased hand, finger, and ankle swelling before menses. Cramp in left calf on wak- ing in night.

Sleep

Falling asleep late with difficulty falling asleep as if eyes did not want to close or falling asleep early. Restless sleep with tossing and turning. Getting warm during sleep and throwing off the covers. Not waking to urinate. Sleeping on the back.

Skin

Moles on neck that disappear.

The attenuations are prepared from Naphthaline C₁₀H₈, MW: 128.2.

The main indications are:

Corneal opacities. Glaucoma. Asthma with spasmodic cough and dry catarrh. Ure- thritis with redness of the urethral meatus. Emphysema in old people. Whooping cough.

The German Monograph-Preparation Commission for the Homoeopathic Field of Therapy has, under the Preparation Monograph for Naphthalinum, published the following indication(s) in the German Bundesanzeiger (German Federal Gazette) for naphthalin: inflammations of the respiratory passages; inflammations of the urinary tract collection system, various age-related diseases of the eyes.

The attenuations are prepared from the careful dried venom found in the poison- glands of the cobra, Naja naja L., which inhabits the East Indies and China. N.O. Elapidae.

The main indications are:

Weakness of the heart. Threatened collapse with thready, rapid pulse; dyspnoea, must sit upright in bed. Desire for warmth, with cold extremities. Oedema of the eyelids. Dry, tickling cough. Cholera with collapse.

The German Monograph-Preparation Commission for the Homoeopathic Field of Therapy has, under the Preparation Monograph for Naja naja, published the fol- lowing indication(s) in the German Bundesanzeiger (German Federal Gazette) for naja tripudians: spasmodic conditions of the oesophagus and the respiratory pas- sages; cardiac disorders; emotional discord or upset.

The attenuations of this nosode are prepared from the secretions and scales which form during a filiform fungal infection of the nails (Tinea ungium).

Indications as for Nail Mycosis Nosode.