Galcarea Muriatica

Calcium Chloride. Chloride of Lime. Ca CI,. GttlkiL— Bof/s. Glandular swellings. Impetigo, Scrofula. Vomiting.

Characteristics

The following symptoms have been noted : Faintness, anxiety and weakness. Trembling and giddiness. Respiration quick and snoring ; increased secretion of mucus (as with other chlorides), perspiration and urine. Nausea and vomiting ; precordial tender ; diarrhoea ; pulse accelerated. Cold sweats ; convulsions; paralysis. In scrofulous cases it promotes the action of mercury. Under its use glandular swellings and indurations soften and disappear. Hence its use in scrofula and boils. "C. W." has recorded a remarkable instance of the action of this remedy (Horn, W,j March, 1891). A scrofulous and rheumatic woman had suffered from abscess of cornea, followed by rheumatic iritis, and a dense opacity was left. An old-school practitioner had treated her with mercurials during two years in a vain endeavour to " touch her mouth." C. W. put one grain of Calc. mur. in an 8-oz. bottle, and directed the patient to take a tablespoonful three times a day. The medicine had not been taken tea minutes before she felt it at her fingers' ends. The mercurial action was evoked, and she was in bed a fortnight, terribly salivated. The condition of the eye was unchanged. Calc. Mur,, in the form of the Liquor (i part to 2 of distilled water), was one of Rademacher's ''Stomach Remedies," and was used with great success by him in cases of obstinate vomiting. He gave 15 drops of the liquor in half a cup of water five times a day. The indications were : Vomiting of all food and drink ; vomiting when no food had been taken ; jaundice ; pain in left hypochondrium. He also found it indicated in gastric pain ; bloating and eructations.

Relations

Compare : Calc. iod., Calc. chlor., Nat. hypochlor.