Lithium Carbonicum
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General EN
Lithium Carbonicum.
Carbonate of Lithia. Lithic Carbonate. Li2 CO3. Trituration.
Clinical EN
Albuminuria. Aneurism. Angina Pectoris. Barber's itch. Bubo. Dyspepsia. Eyes, affections of. Gall-stones. Gastralgia. Glands, swelling of. Gout. Headaches. Heart, affections of Hemiopia. Hernia. Menstruation, disorders of. Nose, affections of. Obesity. Ossification of arteries. Prostatitis. Retina, anaemia of. Rheumatism. Spleen, affections of. Syphilis. Urethritis. Urinary disorders.
Characteristics EN
Hering introduced and made the first provings of Li. c. It affects the entire organism, but notably head and eyes, urinary organs, heart, and joints. In arthritic complaints accompanied with heart or eye symptoms it is very likely to be needed. Recurring attacks of acute inflammation of the small joints.
The skin of the Lith. patient is dry and harsh like a nutmeg-grater. According to Allen, the Lactate of Lithia has been found valuable for subacute rheumatism of the shoulder-joint. "Soreness" is a note of Li. c.: Bruised spots from falls or blows. Bones, joints, muscles, whole body sore as if beaten.
Rheumatic soreness in heart region. Eyes pain as if sore. "Pressing from within outward" is another common symptom: in head; abdominal ring; perineum; chest. There are two grand characteristics about the heart symptoms: < bending forward; and > after urinating, though < on rising to urinate.
This > after urinating may be compared with < on cessation of menses: "Menses cease suddenly and headache comes on." A pain in heart occurs before and at time of menses. The heaviness is > whilst eating, and < after. A good deal of confusion in the head. The nose is red and inflamed; there is dropping of solid lumps down the back of the nose.
Acidity of the stomach. Sensations are: Temples as if bound. Head too large. Eyes dry.
As if veil before eyes. Lancination as from red-hot needles in bubo. Arm as if paralysed. Border of foot and soles as if gouty; itching.
Prostration of whole body, especially knee-joints and sacrum. Paralytic stiffness of whole body. Most symptoms are < at night or early morning. Hot water < itching.
Open air = dropping from nose and constriction of chest. Inspired air feels cold even into lungs. Going out > headache. In general, rest > and motion <; but lying down < headache and cough.
Many symptoms of Lith. c. have Concomitants in other parts.
Relations EN
Compare: Alumina (asthenopia, dry eyes, eyes pain when reading); Eug. j., Lipp. (> after urinating); Bism.
(gastralgia); K. bi., Coral. (inspired air feels cold); K. bi., Sep., Teuc.
(catarrh with discharge of solid chunks from posterior nares); Led., Kalm. and Benz. ac. (valvular deposits Benz. ac. offensive urine);
Zn., Con., and Aur. (sudden jerks or shocks about heart); Kalm. and Calc. (gout and rheumatism);
Calc., Benz. ac., Lyc. and Am. ph. (nodular swellings); Dig., Cyc., Sel., Berb., Caust., Lyc., Cop. and Apis (prostatitis and urethritis); Gettys.
(scrofulous joints).
Causation EN
Bruises. Falls.
Mind EN
Difficulty in remembering names
Disposed to weep about his lonesome condition
Anxiety, hopeless all night.
Head EN
Confusion of head: with pain in sacrum; with out-pressing pain in l. abdominal ring
Pain and heaviness over eyes < towards evening
Pain in l. temple, extending into orbit, with gnawing in stomach; began an hour before dinner;
> while eating, but returning soon after; and remaining as a pressure in temples until night, and only goes away after falling asleep
Pains in small spot in r. temple
Pressure in temples from without inwards, with a pressing pain in middle of chest
Tension as if bound in temples, with half-vision
Early on awaking violent headache in vertex and temples (after sudden cessation of menses), with nausea
Heavy weight on vertex with pressure on l. temple
Headache like a stitch, superiorly in vertex, on r. side sensitive when touched
Headache < when lying down; it pains everywhere;
> when sitting up;
> by going out
Confusion of head
Looking at anything < headache; can hardly keep eyes open; they pain as if sore from morning till noon
Trembling and throbbing in head, pains in heart extend to head
Head seems too large
Head externally sensitive.—(Milk-crust.)
Eyes EN
Stitches in r. eye
Eyes pain as if sore
Sensation of dryness and pain in eyes after reading
Sensation as if sand in eyes
Pain over eyes with half-vision
Sunlight blinds him
Black motes before eyes, eyes sensitive after using them by candle-light; asthenopia
Uncertainty of vision and an entire invisibility of r. half of whatever she looked at (during second day of menstruation); if two short words occur in succession, that on r. hand is invisible
Scrofulous inflammation of eyes with hardening of meibomian glands
Ophthalmia, red sclerotica, muco-purulent discharge; sticking pains in eyes, photophobia, sensation as of a veil before them.
Ears EN
Earache, l. side, from throat, with prosopalgia.—Pain behind l. ear, in bone, extending towards neck.
Nose EN
Nose obstructed above, < morning and forenoon
Blows nose very much, evening, much mucus remains behind in choanae
Coryza; dropping from nose in open air
Nose swollen, red, esp. r. side, sore internally, shining crusts form in it; dry as if inflamed (at same time frequent urinating at night, disturbing sleep).
Face EN
Pain in r. side of face (afternoon) from root of the tooth that has been sawn off, extending to temple, followed next day by same pain in l. side, passing from throat to l. ear, causing earache and moderate, brief pain in l. temple.—Glandular swellings l. side of face, some hard, some suppurating.
Teeth EN
Teeth feel numb, dull and loose, cannot bite on them.—Toothache r. side.
Throat EN
Sore throat extending into ear.—Expectoration of mucus from choanae and out of fauces in solid lumps, esp. morning and forenoon.
Stomach EN
Gnawing in stomach < before a meal, > while eating
Nausea and gnawing in stomach
Nausea, with fulness in temples; with headache
Acidity in stomach
Fulness in pit of stomach, cannot endure pressure of clothes
Sticking burning extending upwards in epigastrium.
Abdomen EN
Pressure in hepatic region
Violent pain in hepatic region, between ilium and ribs
Sticking pain in l. hypochondrium (spleen)
Feels swollen as if distended with wind
Violent pain across upper abdomen
Out-pressing in left abdominal ring
Violent pain horizontally in hypogastrium, in upper region of bladder
Buboes; l. groin.
Stool And Anus EN
Diarrhoea after fruit (or chocolate)
Very offensive stools (during night)
Diarrhoea; stools light yellow
Very stinking discharge of flatus
Itching in anus, sharp, sudden, short
Violent, painful, dull stitch in perineum near anus, from above downward, and from within outward, when walking.
Urinary Organs EN
Sensitive pain, sharp pressure, in region of bladder, < r. side after urinating
Tenesmus vesicae and micturition (evening while walking)
Soreness of bladder and sharp, sticking pains in neck of bladder, on r. side, with soreness; frequent urination; pains in r. kidney
Pain in r. ureter, and through spermatic cord into testicle
Fugitive, sensitive pains in lower region of bladder, somewhat towards r. before urinating; pains extending into spermatic cord, more towards l., after urinating
Tenesmus of bladder for a while, then discharge of clear, frothy urine, thirteen ounces, more than he could retain in health
Quick, strong tenesmus
Frequent and copious micturition (disturbing sleep)
Turbid urine with mucous deposit
Less urine though he drinks as much as usual
Burning in urethra
Urine scanty and dark, very acrid
Dark, reddish-brown deposit
On rising to urinate a pressing in region of heart, which did not cease till after urination (morning).
Male Sexual Organs EN
Erection after urination at night
Greenish-yellow discharge from urethra, thick, profuse, alternating with haematuria
Pain: in ureter, spermatic cord, and testicle; in testes when sitting, stitches in penis
Burning in urethra.
Female Sexual Organs EN
Menses: late, scanty; cease suddenly and headache comes on.
Respiratory Organs EN
On inspiration air feels cold even into lungs.—Violent cough in evening, while lying down, compelling to rise, without expectoration; the irritation to cough is in a little spot, posteriorly and inferiorly in throat.
Chest EN
Pressure in middle of chest.—Constriction of chest when walking (after breakfast), followed by expectoration of much mucus, seemingly from middle of sternum.
Heart And Pulse EN
Rheumatic soreness in region of heart
Violent pain in region of heart as she bent over bed, morning on rising
Sudden shock in heart
Throbbing; like a dull stitch in region of heart
Pains in heart after pains in bladder
Pains in heart before and at time of commencement of menses
Trembling and fluttering of heart (after mental agitation of a vexatious character)
Pains in heart before and at time of urinating
Pressure in region of heart on rising to urinate, > after urination.
Back EN
Sore feeling r. side near spine, below loins, on small spot;
< from pressure; morning on rising
Stitch in sacrum
Pain in sacrum, when standing, with confusion of head
Feeling of prostration in sacrum at night
Pressure as with a dull point, here and there, internally, as if near sacral bone, in evening; most on l. side.
Limbs EN
Occasional rheumatic pains in limbs.
Upper Limbs EN
Pain in r. shoulder-joint near insertion of pectoralis major, at margin of muscle
Itching-throbbing very sensitive in all the fingers, as if it were in and upon the bones, extending from hands to ends of fingers, only during repose;
> by pressure, when grasping, and during motion
Soreness at margin of nail, with pain and redness
Burning stitch in ball of l. thumb.
Lower Limbs EN
Pain in r. hip, later in l
Rheumatic pains in lower extremities
Pain in and above knees, esp. when going upstairs
Prostrated feelings in knee-joints, on going upstairs
Rheumatic pains in r. foot on awaking at night, > on rising
Painfulness of feet, ankles, metatarsus, all the toes, esp. of border of foot and sole, as if gouty
Pain and weakness of feet
Burning in great toe, esp. around the corns
Great soreness of corns
Itching of sole of (l.) foot on inner margin
Pain in little toes.
Generalities EN
Paralytic stiffness in all limbs as if beaten; stiff and sore over whole body, in all the bones, joints., and muscles Swelling, tenderness, sometimes redness of last joint of fingers, with general puffiness of body and limbs; increase of bulk and weight; clumsiness in walking at night, and weariness in standing; sometimes intense itching of sides of feet and hands at night from no apparent cause, > by very hot water Pressing, as if with a dull point, here and there, internally, as if it were near the bone, most in l. side
Burning stitch which goes from within outwards, and ends in an itching Before menses, symptoms < l. side; after menses < r. side All symptoms < r. side.
Skin EN
Itching: at anus; in middle finger around margin of nail; in side of thigh; in sole; in palm.
Sleep EN
Sleepiness early in evening; late in morning
Sleep at night disturbed by urination
Voluptuous dreams, tenesmus vesicae, and erections, which subside after urination.
Fever EN
Shudder starting from thorax
Very copious sweat
General feeling of heat; sweat on back of hands.