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Kalium Nitricum

30CKali Nit

Nitrate of Potassium · Saltpeter · "The Asthma 3AM Remedy"

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🎯 Acts primarily on the respiratory system, kidneys, and gastrointestinal tract, particularly in cases of asthma, dropsy, and inflammation.

📖 Boericke writes:

Nitrate of Potassium-Saltpeter

(KALI NITRICUM - NITRUM)

Often indicated in asthma, also valuable in cardiac asthma; of great value in sudden dropsical swellings over the whole body. Gastro-intestinal inflammation, with much debility, and relapse in phthisis, call for this remedy. Suppurative nephritis.

👤 Constitution

•Individuals who are prone to respiratory weakness, fluid retention, and digestive sensitivities, often showing signs of significant physical exhaustion.

⭐ Key Symptoms — Give When You See

KALIUM NITRICUM Nitrate of Potassium-Saltpeter (KALI NITRICUM - NITRUM) Often indicated in asthma, also valuable in cardiac asthma; of great value in sudden dropsical swellings over the whole body.

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Diarrhoea from eating veal.

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🩺 Systems & Indications

👤HEAD

Used for headaches involving dizziness and scalp sensitivity, particularly when worsened by stooping.

Scalp very sensitive.

Headache, with vertigo, as if falling to right side and backwards; worse, stooping.

Ennui.

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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.

3rd to 30th

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Primary Dosage

🌿 Remedy Relationships

🚫 Antidotes

Opium →Nitri Spiritus Dulcis →Cannabis Sativa →Antimonium Iodatum →Allium Sativum →Lycopodium Clavatum →

🔄 Compare With

Lycopodium Clavatum →Sanguinaria Canadensis →SepticaeminumGunpowder

Boericke's Materia Medica

In Boericke’s Repertory

About the repertory →

Kalium Nitricum is listed in 52 rubrics across 14 chapters — italicised by Boericke in 11 of them, marking the remedy as more frequently verified there.

Respiratory System18 Modalities6 Abdomen4 Circulatory System4 Female Sexual System4 Head3 Fever3 Urinary System3 Nose2 Locomotor System1 Throat1 Skin1 Male Sexual System1 Generalities1

See all 52 rubrics for Kalium Nitricum →