{"id":988,"remedy_name":"Kali Nitricum","remedy_type":"Homeopathic Remedy","alternative_names":[""],"miasm":"Tubercular Miasm","temperament":"Chilly","aggravation_time":"Morning","keynote_indications":"The Saltpetre of the Alche mists, Kali-n. is known in old -school practice principally as a \n\u201crefrigerant diuretic\u201d and as the active agent in the well known \u201cnitre papers,\u201d which are burnt, producing fumes \n \n \nto allay attacks of asthma. \nA solution of saltpetre as an application was an old remedy for inveterate mange in cats. Nitre with sulphur \nand charcoal forms gunpowder. A teaspoonful of this in hot water was a favorite remedy for gonorrhea among \nsoldiers in the days when black powder was used. \nAffects the respiratory organs, kidneys, heart and blood vessels. Secretions are increased into cavities. \nSudden dropsical swellings over the whole body.  Pains are dull stitching, throbbing. Wooden, numb ness. \nVery weak. \nAsthma and cardiac asthma. Relapsing  tuberculosis. Hemorrhagic tendency. Rheu matism. Gastro-intestinal \ninflammation with much debility and relapse in tuberculosis. Suppurative nephritis. Incontinence of urine in \nchildren.","modalities":"Better lying down, lying on right side, uncove ring head, gentle motion, drinking water in sips. \nWorse cold, damp, taking cold, morning, afternoon. Worse lying with head low, walking, breathing, eating veal, \ncoffee, wine, beer.","symptoms_by_system":{"Mind":"Peevish, fretful. Bored. Mental wea riness from lack of occupa tion or interest. Discouragement. \nSadness when alone. Aversion to thinking in morning. Fear of death. Anxiety and congestion to chest. Anxiety \nduring headache. Peevish, fretful. Bored. Mental wea riness from lack of occupa tion or interest. Discouragement. \nSadness when alone. Aversion to thinking in morning. Fear of death. Anxiety and congestion to chest. Anxiety \nduring headache.","Vertigo":"Fainting fits with vertigo in morning, worse on standing, better sitting down. Vertigo and tinnitus. \nCOMMENTS - Kali-n. has been extensively proved by homeopaths and symptoms have been added from \ncases of poisoning, so that its characteristics are well defined. It is almost equal to Kali-c. in producing stitching \npains and it is similar to it in having a cough at 3 a.m. \nSevere stitching, cutting, lancinating, tearing and pressing pa ins. As with many other Kalis, there is external \nsensitiveness of scalp, of abdomen, of testes. \nKali nitricum \nDiabetes insipidus. Bedwetting. Painful colic. Diarrhea and dysentery. Sexual excite ment. Pain in testes and \ncords. Menorrhagia with flow of ink-like blackness. \n\u201cThe pain-like contraction in the eyes, forehead and face concentrates in the tip of the nose. Swollen feeling \nin right nostril, which is painful on pressure, sore pain in upper part of right nostril with external sensitiveness,\u201d \nthese two last symptoms led to the cure of large nasal polyps in a girl. \nIn a poisoning case, during the recovery there was intense vertigo with tinnitus, which should indicate Kali -n. \nin some cases of Meniere's disease. Easy intoxication by wine or beer was noted by several provers. A peculiar \nsymptom is a sour taste in the throat. \nIn the asthmatic state the breathlessness is so great that the patient, though thirsty, can only drink a sip at a \ntime between the breaths. Allen defined the asthma of Kali -n. as asthma with excessive dyspnea, faintness \nand nausea with dull stitches or with burning pain in chest, rather free expectoration.","Head":"Headache with vertigo, as if falling to right side and backwards, worse stoop ing. Head pain, better \nmotion of carriage. Pains in occiput, better letting hair down. Scalp very sensitive. Headache with vertigo, as if falling to right side and backwards, worse stoop ing. Head pain, better \nmotion of carriage. Pains in occiput, better letting hair down. Scalp very sensitive.","Eyes":"Burning in eyes, with lachrymation and photophobia. External angle of right eye twitches, worse \nchewing. Vision becomes clouded. Turbid corpus vitreum (Arn., Ham., Phos.). Transient blindness. Colored \ncircles before eyes. In evening, candles appear surrounded by a rainbowlike halo.","Ears":"Shooting in ears. Inflammation and swelling of lobe of right ear. Chronic deafness from paralysis of \nauditory nerve. Vertigo and tinnitus. Tinkling and ringing in ears.","Mouth":"Tongue loaded with a white coating. Tongue red with burning pimples. Burning blister at tip of tongue. \nCrawling on tongue. Taste disagreeable, nauseous, disgusting, sour. Fetid breath. Throat constricted and sore. \nNose - Violent coryza with obstruction of nose, and loss of smell. Sneezing. Swollen feeling, worse in the right \nnostril. Burning in nose with digging and clawing pain. The nasal bones are painful, especially to the touch. \nSwelling of interior of nose. Ulcers in the nostrils covered by a scurf. Nosebleed with acrid blood. Polyps (Thuj., \nSang-n.). Point red and itching. \nPerspiration - Profuse perspiration every alternate night (Nit-ac.).","Throat":"Laryngeal diphtheria. Sore throat with shooting pain. Nocturnal pain in throat, as if it were contracting. \nImpeded swallowing from tension and cutting in the larynx. Hoarseness. Loss of speech.","Chest":"Chest feels constricted. Oppression on chest, when ascending. Contractive pain in chest. Sticking in \nleft side near sternum. Inflammation of lungs. \nConstitutions - Suited to asthmatic constitutions and chest complaints. Violent stitch in pr\u00e9cordia and beating of heart. Palpitations, worse lying. Pulse is weak, small  and \nthready. \nKidneys - Diabetes insipidus. Dull kidney pains. Burning in urethra while urinating and greatly diminished \nurine. Frequentand profuse emission of clear urine. Rapid gasping breathing, sits upright. Congestion of right lung. Dyspnea so great that breath cannot \nbe held long enough to drink, though thirsty. Asthma with excessive dyspnea, nausea, dull stitches and \nburning in chest. Spasmodic croup, paroxysm of crowing. Bronchitis with sharp, short, dry, hack ing cough. \nAcute exacerbations in tuberculosis. Dry, morning cough with pain in the chest and bloody expectoration. Sour-\nsmelling expectoration. Expectoration of clotted blood after hawking mucus.","Stomach & Abdomen":"Faint-like weakness at stomach pit. Epigastric or sub -sternal pains go towards axilla. Gnawing, \nspasmodic weakness, and pressure on epigastrium. Burning in stomach. Severe pain after every meal. \nNausea, as if about to vomit worse at night. Ineffectual retching. Vomiting of mucus, mixed with blood. \nTeeth - Toothache, with sharp drawing, or tearing pains in teeth and head. Shooting in carious teeth, when \ntouched. Pulsative toothache, at night, worse by cold things. Swelling of gums, of an inflammatory or scorbutic \ncharacter, they bleed readily. \nTemperature - External coldness, chin, skin. Extraordinary shiverings not bet ter by hot drinks or coverings. \nColdness in afternoon with thirst, or coldness, preceded by headache. Quotidian fever, with drawing pains in \nlimbs. Profuse and colliquative sweat. Sweat in morning, especially on chest. Internal burning. Excessive distention of abdo men. Griping about umbilicus. Stitching and sticking pai ns. Violent \npain in right side after eating veal. Peritonitis. Incarceration of flatus, especially in afternoon \nand evening. Very loud rumbling in abdomen. Better hot food. Aversion to beef, eggs, meat, veal. Worse from eating veal, causing headache, \ndiarrhea. Worse from cold food, fats, rich food, milk. Worse from beef, fish, lobster, oysters. Worse from beer, \nwine, bread, coffee, rice, soup, watery fruits and vegetables.","Urinary & Genital":"Profuse menses, black like ink. Menses too early, profuse, preceded and with violent backache. \nBurning pains in the ovarian region only during menses (Zinc, after menses). Leucorrhea.","Extremities":"Drawing in limbs with paralytic weakness. Rheumatic pains and stitches in limbs and joints. Stitches \nbetween shoulder blades. Tearing and sticking in shoulders and joints. Hands and fingers seem swollen.","Neck & Back":"Aching in lumbar region. Pains in back on stooping. Shootings in and between scapula. Pains extend \ninto the chest. Shooting pains in sacral region. Violent pains in loins on waking. Feeling in back as if kidneys \nengorged.","Skin":"Lancinations in skin. Pricking like needles, followed by burning. Tubercles, size of a pea. Burning \nvesicles filled with yellowish serum, which break when scratched. Sudden dropsical swelling.","Sleep":"Drowsiness during day. Disturbed sleep at night, constant dreaming, with frequent awakening. Anxious \nand uneasy dreams about dangerous situations. Nightmare. Coma."},"schema_version":"1.0","api_provider":"Allahshafi"}