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Natrium Muriaticum

30C / 200C / 1MNatrum Mur
Common Salt · Sodium Chloride · "The Silent Grief Remedy"
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🎯 It acts on the blood and tissues to regulate fluid balance and nutrition, particularly in cases of , chronic grief, and digestive disturbances.
📖 Boericke writes:
(NATRUM MURIATICUM)
The prolonged taking of excessive salt causes profound nutritive changes to take place in the system, and there arise not only the symptoms of salt retention as evidenced by dropsies and oedemas, but also an alteration in the blood causing a condition of and . There seems also to be a retention in the tissues of effecte materials giving rise to symptoms loosely described as or . The provings are full of such symptoms (Dr. Stonham) A great remedy for certain forms of , , , many disturbances of the alimentary tract and skin. Great ; most weakness felt in the morning in bed. Coldness. most notable in neck. Great liability to take cold. Dry mucous membranes. Constrictive sensation throughout the body. Great weakness and weariness. Oversensitive to all sorts of influences. Hyperthyroidism. . Addison's disease. Diabetes.
👤 Constitution
•Typically thin, pale individuals who are prone to and feel weak, especially in the morning. They are often emotionally sensitive, reserved, and prefer to be alone when upset.
⭐ Key Symptoms — Give When You See
Coldness.
introduction
Dry mucous membranes.
introduction
Great weakness and weariness.
introduction
Consolation aggravates.
mind
Before attack, numbness and tingling in lips, tongue and nose, relieved by sleep.
head
Feels bruised, with headache in school children.
eyes
Muscles weak and stiff.
eyes
Tears stream down face on coughing (Euph).
eyes
due to insufficiency of internal recti muscles (Gels and Cup acet, when due to external muscles).
eyes
Pain in eyes when looking down.
eyes
Violent, , lasting from one to three days, then changing into stoppage of nose, making breathing difficult.
nose
Infallible for stopping a cold commencing with .
nose
🩺 Systems & Indications
🧠Mind
Useful for emotional distress caused by grief or anger where the person prefers to suffer in isolation.
Psychic causes of disease; ill effects of grief, fright, anger, etc. Depressed, particularly in chronic diseases.
Consolation aggravates.
Irritable; gets into a passion about trifles.
Awkward, hasty.
Wants to be alone to cry.
Tears with laughter.
🔑 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.

Twelfth to thirtieth
Centesimal
🕒infrequent dosage
Primary Dosage
🌿 Remedy Relationships
🤝 Complementary
Apis Mellifica →Sepia Officinalis →Ignatia Amara →
🚫 Antidotes
Arsenicum Album →Phosphorus →
🔄 Compare With
Dolichos Pruriens →Fagopyrum Esculentum →Sepia Officinalis →Thuja Occidentalis →Alumina →Ignatia Amara →Graphites →Natrum Selenicum →

Boericke's Materia Medica

In Boericke’s Repertory

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Natrium Muriaticum is listed in 612 rubrics across 25 chapters — italicised by Boericke in 194 of them, marking the remedy as more frequently verified there.

Eyes46Locomotor System44Head44Nervous System42Stomach42Abdomen39Skin37Female Sexual System37Mind35Fever32Generalities26Modalities26Nose25Respiratory System23Mouth19Circulatory System19Male Sexual System17Urinary System15Tongue12Face11Throat11Taste5Ears3Teeth1Gums1

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