Baryta Carbonica

Questions

What are the chief spheres of action of this drug ?

Atony of the lymphatic system, with especially hypertrophy of the parenchyma of the tonsils and chronic ulceration of the glandular system. Give the symptoms of Baryta carbonica in enlarged tonsils. In scrofulous children, where every little cold starts up inflammation of the tonsils; the glands of the neck and behind the ear are swollen; it removes the predisposition to tonsillitis, and cures chronic enlargement of the tonsils.

To what periods of life does Baryta carbonica correspond?

To the extremes of life, infancy and old age. Give unique uses of Strontia carbonica. Swelling and caries of the bones, especially the femur, with diarrhoea worse at night which recurs constantly. Give the principal uses of Lithium carbonicum. Joint affections, with debility; it causes also an undue dryness of mucous membranes, followed by a thick, mucous secretion.