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homeopathic remedy
Carbo vegetabilis
homeopathy
definition
source: vegetable charcoal, made from birch wood
organ affinities: mucous membranes, GI tract, heart, circulation, veins, blood
associated conditions: debility, shock, hemorrhage, food poisoning, cancer
miasms: syphilitic, sycotic
indication:
» imperfect oxidation causing blueness, coldness and ecchymosis
» Best stagnant blood remedy; old, congealed blood (Wood)
» never fully recovered from effects of some previous illness
» ailments from drugs, food, from getting overheated; from loss of fluids
» daily nosebleeds for weeks
» WEAK DIGESTION: simplest food disagrees, excessive gas in stomach and intestine < lying down, sensation stomach may burst after eating, > ERUCTATIONS
» putrid diarrhea, involuntary stools, cadaverous smelling
» LAST STAGE OF DISEASE with cold sweat, cold breath, cold tongue, lost voice
» dyspnea with cyanosis, fainting from least exertion, extreme debility from menses
» diseases of venous system, blue skin, cold extremities; vital powers exhausted, DESIRE TO BE CONSTANTLY FANNED
appearance:
» blue and yellow around mouth and eyes (Wood)
pulse:
» choppy, bounding, strong (Wood)
modalities:
» worse: evening, night and open air, cold, fat food, butter, coffee, milk, warm damp weather, wine, singing or reading aloud, after menses
» better: eructation, cold, from FANNING
relationships:
» complementary: Kali-c., Dros.
» remedies that follow well: Acon., Ars., Chin., Lyc., Nux-v., Puls., Ph-ac., Sep., Sulph., Verat.
» antidotes: Ambr., Ars., Camph., Coff., Lach.
dosage: low for GI disorders, mid potency for specific conditions, high when
constitutional symptoms present
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