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Calcarea Carbonica

30C / 200C / 1MCalcarea Carb
Calcium Carbonate · Oyster Shell · "The Oyster Shell Remedy"
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🎯 A constitutional remedy that addresses impaired nutrition, swelling, and slow development in individuals with a sluggish, chilly, and damp temperament.
📖 Boericke writes:
(CALCAREA CARBONICA - OSTREARUM)
This great Hahnemannian anti- is a constitutional remedy par excellence. Its chief action is centered in the vegetative sphere, impaired nutrition being the keynote of its action, the glands, skin, and bones, being instrumental in the changes wrought. Increased local and general perspiration, swelling of glands, and conditions generally offer numerous opportunities for the exhibition of Calcarea. (Ars jod; Tuberculin). It covers the tickling cough, fleeting chest pains, , and dislike of fat. Gets out of breath easily. A jaded state, mental or physical, due to overwork. Abscesses in deep muscles; and . Pituitary and thyroid disfunction.
Raised blood coagulability (Strontium). Is a definite stimulant to the periosteum. Is a and gives this power probably to the gelatine injections.
Easy relapses, interrupted convalescence. Persons of type, who take cold easily, with increased mucous secretions, children who grow fat, are large-bellied, with large head, pale skin, chalky look, the so-called leuco-phlegmatic temperament; caused by working in water. Great sensitiveness to cold; partial sweats. Children crave eggs and eat dirt and other indigestible things; are prone to . Calcarea patient is fat, fair, and perspiring and cold, damp and sour.
👤 Constitution
•The typical patient is fat, fair, and , often with a large head and belly. They are leuco-phlegmatic, sensitive to cold, and prone to dampness and sour-smelling sweat.
⭐ Key Symptoms — Give When You See
A jaded state, mental or physical, due to overwork.
introduction
Abscesses in deep muscles; and .
introduction
Apprehensive; worse towards evening; fears loss of reason, misfortune, contagious diseases.
mind
Icy coldness in, and on the head, especially right side.
head
Open fontanelles; head enlarged; much perspiration, wets the pillow.
head
Spots and ulcers on .
eyes
Chronic of pupils.
eyes
with , and enlarged glands.
ears
Dry, nostrils sore, .
nose
Takes cold at every change of weather.
nose
Aversion to meat, boiled things; craving for indigestible things-chalk, coal, pencils; also for eggs, salt and sweets.
stomach
Frequent sour ; sour .
stomach
🩺 Systems & Indications
🧠Mind
Useful for anxiety and mental fatigue where the patient feels overwhelmed by fears and struggles with concentration.
Apprehensive; worse towards evening; fears loss of reason, misfortune, contagious diseases.
Forgetful, confused, low-spirited.
Anxiety with .
Obstinacy; slight mental effort produces hot head.
Averse to work or exertion.
🔑 Modalities
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💊 Dosage & Potency

Historical record, not a prescription. Boericke published this in 1927. It is not medical advice — consult a qualified practitioner before acting on it.

Summarised from the passage below — Boericke’s own wording is the record.

6X
Decimal
📝Sixth trituration.
30C
Centesimal
📝Should not be repeated too frequently in elderly people.
🌿 Remedy Relationships
🤝 Complementary
Calcarea Arsenicosa →Lycopodium Clavatum →Silicea Terra →Belladonna →Rhus Toxicodendron →
🚫 Antidotes
Nux Vomica →Ipecacuanha →Camphora →Nitricum Acidum →
⏭️ Similar
Pulsatilla Pratensis →
🔄 Compare With
Calcarea Arsenicosa →Parthenium Hysterophorus →Chamomilla →Silicea Terra →Sulphur →Calcarea Bromata →Pulsatilla Pratensis →Calcarea Muriatica →
⚠️ Inimical
Sulphur →Bryonia Alba →

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Calcarea Carbonica is listed in 825 rubrics across 25 chapters — italicised by Boericke in 249 of them, marking the remedy as more frequently verified there.

Female Sexual System86Locomotor System75Respiratory System71Abdomen58Generalities54Nervous System49Stomach48Skin44Modalities43Eyes41Fever40Head32Urinary System28Nose28Mind24Ears23Male Sexual System21Teeth15Circulatory System13Face10Throat6Tongue5Gums4Mouth4Taste3

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