A Primer of Materia Medica for Practitioners of Homœopathy

Kali Bromatum kali-br.

Allen (1892)In every bookSave

General action

In large doses it produces tetaniform convulsions, opisthotonos in animals; in men, general failure of mental power, especially loss of memory, melancholia, anæsthesia of the mucous membranes of the eyes and throat and skin; acne, loss of sexual power, imbecility, paralysis.

Generalities

Clinical:
In moderate doses, it arrests for the time being, epileptic convulsions, but rarely prevents their recurrence.
In continued doses, it impairs the mental powers in a manner similar to that caused by true epilepsy.
Its homœopathic use is very limited.

Mind

Loss of memory, especially for words and syllables; when writing, omits words or parts of words.

Clinical:
Brain fag; a numb feeling in the head as if one would lose his reason.
Cerebral anæmia, with cold extremities, etc.
Night terrors of children, suicidal mania, with tremulousness.

Throat

Anæsthesia of the fauces, without impairment of swallowing.

Stomach

Persistent hiccough.

Urinary organs

Frequent, profuse micturition; urine is pale and watery.

Clinical:
Palliative in diabetes, with impaired mental power, dryness of mouth, etc.

Sexual organs

Clinical:
The effects of sexual excesses, melancholia, loss of memory, numbness of the limbs.
Ovarian neuralgia.
Even ovarian tumors.
Reflex symptoms in pregnancy, pruritis, cough, neuralgia, etc.

Respiratory organs

Cough dry, paroxysmal, recurring every night when lying down, resembling whooping cough.

Skin

Acne of the face, cheeks and forehead.