# Kali Muriaticum (HMT)

## Remedy Classification
- **Type:** Remedy
- **Alternative Names:** Chloride of Potassium
- **Miasm:** Tubercular Miasm
- **Temperament:** Neutral
- **Aggravation Time:** Neutral/Anytime

## Keynote Indications
Kali Mur. 429

Kali Mur is extremely useful in the treatment of catarrhal diseases.
One of its prominent symptoms is the deposition of grey coloured
material over the tongue of the patie nt.  As the deposits of Diphtheria
inside the throat are also grey coloured, Kali Mur is used in the
treatment of Diphtheria.  In fact , some physicians include it in the
standard remedies for Diphtheria.

In Kali Mur, infants develop eczema over the scalp (cradle cap) .
Kali Mur is also useful in the treatment of dandruff and chronically
discharging ears  (chronic otitis media).  The glands around the ear
become inflamed.  Noises and sounds are heard in the ears.

Blisters with whitish material form inside the mouth .  There is
catarrh with blocked nose and fo rmation of large amount of whitish
discharge. Kali Mur is also useful in the treatment of diseases of throat
and Tonsillitis.  I however, do not use this alone but combine it with
Silicea, Calcarea Fluor and Ferrum Phos, each in 6X.  The
combination proves immediately effective in most of the throat
conditions.

In Kali Mur, the patient has wind in the stomach. Kali Mur is useful in
the treatment of intestinal worms,  which cause lot of itching.
Whenever there is constipation, the liver also becomes afflicted.  The
stools become clay coloured or ve ry light and pale coloured.  One
must not forget to use Kali Mur in these conditions.  External piles
also develop and bleed.

In the women of Kali Mur constitution, the periods are either
delayed or stop altogether.  In this  case, if Kali Mur does not work,
Natrum Mur must be used.  The leaucorrhoeal discharge is milky in
appearance.  It is harmless and does not cause any burning.  The
vomitus during the pregnancy is also of a white colour.

In Kali Mur, the voice also becomes hoarse.  Symptoms of asthma, as
well as cough, associated with stomach upset, are common. Kali Mur
is useful in the treatment of Rheumatic fever and pains getting worse
Kali Mur. 430
at night.  These pains become worse on retiring to bed and radiate like
waves of lightning.

Skin diseases  are also manifest in Kali Mur.  The peculiar sign of
eczema associated with Kali Mur is that the skin sheds whitish dry
material like thick dry flour.  The ailments of Kali Mur become worse
with heavy fried food and on movement.

Potency: Biochemic, 3X to 12X
Homoeopathy, from 30 upwards

## Symptoms by System