Middle layer of Oyster Shell (Calcium Carbonate)
- Leucophlegmatic, blond hair, light complexion, blue eyes, fair skin; tendency to obesity in youth.
- Psoric constitutions; pale, weak, timid, easily tired when walking.
- Disposed to grow fat, corpulent, unwieldly.
- Children with red face, flabby muscles, who sweat easily and take cold readily in consequence.
- Large heads and abdomens; fontanelles and sutures open; bones soft, develop very slowly.
- Curvature of bones, especially spine and long bones; extremities crooked, deformed; bone irregularly developed.
- Head sweats profusely while sleeping, wetting pillow far around (Sil., Sanic.).
- Profuse perspiration, mostly on back of head and neck, or chest and upper part of body (Sil.).
- Difficult and delayed dentition with characteristic head sweats, and open fontanelles.
- During either sickness or convalescence, great longing for eggs; craves indigestible things (Alum.); aversion to meat.
- Acidity of digestive tract; sour eructation, sour vomiting, sour stool; sour odor of the whole body (Hep., Rheum.).
- Girls who are fleshy, plethoric, and grow too rapidly.
- Menstruation too early, too profuse, too long lasting; with subsequent amenorrhoea and chlorosis with menses scanty or suppressed.
- Women: menses too early, too profuse; feet habitually cold and damp, as if they had on cold damp stockings; continually cold in bed.
- The least mental excitement causes profuse return of menstrual flow (Sulph., Tub.).
- Fears she will lose her reason or that people will observe her mental confusion (Act.).
- Lung diseases of tall, slender, rapidly growing youth; upper third of right lung (Ars. - upper left, Myr., Sulph.); oftener the guide to the constitutional remedy than Phosphorus (compare, Tub.).
- Diseases: arising from defective assimilation; imperfect ossification; difficulty in learning to walk or stand; children have no disposition to walk and will not try; suppressed sweat.
- Rawness of soles of feet from perspiration (Graph., Sanic.); blisters and offensive foot sweat.
- Longing for fresh air (when in a room) which inspires, benefits, strengthens (Puls., Sulph.).
- Coldness: general; of single parts (Kali bi.); head, stomach, abdomen, feet and legs; aversion to cold open air, "goes right through her:" sensitive to cold, damp air; great liability to take cold (opposite of Sulph.).
- Sweat: of single parts; head, scalp wet, cold; nape of neck; chest; axillae, sexual organs; hands, knees; feet (Sep.).
- Pit of stomach swollen like an inverted saucer, and painful to pressure.
- Uremic or other diseases brought on by standing on cold, damp pavements, or working while standing in cold water; modelers or workers in cold clay.
- Feels better in every way when constipated.
- Stool has to be removed mechanically (Aloe., Sanic., Sel., Sep., Sil.).
- Painless hoarseness < in the morning.
- Desire to be magnetised (Phos.).
Relations
- Complementary: to Bell., which is the acute of Calc.
- Calcarea acts best: before Lyc., Nux., Phos., Sil.
- It follows: Nit. ac., Puls., Sulph. (especially if pupils are dilated); is followed by, Kali bi. in nasal catarrh.
- According to Hahnemann, Calc. must not be used before Nit. ac. and Sulph.; may produce unnecessary complications.
- In children it may be often repeated.
- In aged people should not be repeated; especially if the first dose benefited, it will usually do harm.
Aggravation
- Cold air; wet weather; cold water; from washing (Ant. c.); morning; during full moon.
Amelioration
- Dry weather; lying on painful side (Bry., Puls.).
