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KALMIA LATIFOLIA

KALMIA LATIFOLIA
kalmPlantCommonPsoric
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🎯 A rheumatic remedy with a specific affinity for shifting pains, neuralgia, and cardiac conditions.
About: Kalmia Latifolia is primarily used for rheumatic and neuralgic conditions where pains shift rapidly or shoot downwards with numbness. It has a significant impact on the heart, often indicated for palpitations, slow pulse, or heart issues stemming from rheumatism. It is best suited for individuals experiencing intense, lightning-like pains or paralytic sensations.
👤 Constitution
Individuals prone to rheumatic and neuralgic complaints, often with cardiac involvement and a tendency toward shifting, shooting pains.
Key Symptoms — Give When You See
Rapidly shifting rheumatic pains.
Boericke
Pains shoot downwards with numbness.
Boericke
Cardiac symptoms with sharp pains that take away the breath.
Boericke
Right-sided facial neuralgia.
Boericke
Stomach pain relieved by sitting erect, worse bending forward.
Boericke
Stiff, drawing sensation when moving the eyes.
Boericke
Vertigo worse when stooping.
Boericke
Slow, weak pulse.
Boericke
Palpitations worse leaning forward.
Boericke
Pains along the ulnar nerve.
Boericke
🩺 Systems & Indications
👤HEAD
Useful for vertigo and neuralgic headaches that radiate from the head to the teeth or neck.
Vertigo that worsens when stooping.
Pain starting in the front and temples, extending to the back of the head and teeth, often originating from heart issues.
Confusion of the brain.
🔑 Modalities
Worse from
💊 Dosage & Potency
Tincture
Mother Tincture
🕒As directed
Primary Dosage
6th
Centesimal
🕒As directed
Primary Dosage
🌿 Remedy Relationships
🤝 Complementary
BENZOICUM ACIDUM
🔄 Compare With
PULSATILLA PRATENSISDIGITALIS PURPUREASPIGELIA ANTHELMIAAPOCYNUM CANNABINUM
📚 Sources & References
Boericke's Materia MedicaHering's Guiding SymptomsHahnemann's Materia Medica PuraKent's Materia MedicaClarke's DictionaryAllen's KeynotesPhatak's Concise MM

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