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Kali Picricum
6XKali-picKali Picricum · Picrate of Potash · "The Nervous Exhaustion Potassium Salt"
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🎯 It acts primarily as a liver stimulant and metabolic regulator, often used for intermittent fevers.
📖 Clarke writes:
Potassium picrate. C6H2K(NO2)3O. Trituration (which must be made with great care, on account of the explosive nature of the salt).
👤 Characteristics
Sphere of Action & Core States
•Intensely yellow salt
•Acts powerfully on the liver
•Pathogenetic effects observed in intermittent fever
Key Characteristics & Guiding Symptoms
•Jaundice
•Diarrhoea
•Pain in pit of stomach
•Violent eructations
•Colic
•Urine clear, brownish red
•Urine color not from bile pigment, but from large quantities of urate of ammonia
⭐ Key Symptoms — Give When You See
Intense yellow coloration of the salt reflecting its affinity for the liver.
Clarke
Jaundice associated with intermittent fever.
Clarke
Urine is clear but brownish-red in color.
Clarke
Brownish-red urine caused by high levels of urate of ammonia rather than bile pigment.
Clarke
Violent eructations and gas.
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Pain localized in the pit of the stomach.
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Diarrhea accompanying febrile conditions.
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Colic pains.
Clarke
🩺 Systems & Indications
⚙️Generals
Used for cases of jaundice and digestive disturbances involving colic and stomach pain.
Icterus
- •diarrhoea ;
- •pain in the pit of the stomach ;
- •violent eructations ;
- •colic ;
- •urine clear, brownish-red, not containing any coloring matter from the bile, but large quantities of urate of ammonia. [1] ..
🌿 Remedy Relationships
🔄 Compare With
Picricum Acidum →
📚 Sources & References
✓ Clarke's Dictionary↗✓ Allen's Encyclopedia↗Boericke's Materia MedicaHering's Guiding SymptomsHahnemann's Materia Medica PuraKent's Materia MedicaPhatak's Concise MM
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