Kalium Silicicum kali-sil.

Silicate of Potash (KALI SILICATUM)

A deep-acting remedy. Lassitude is very marked. Desire to lie down all the time. Emaciation.

Absent-minded, anxious, indolent, timid. Feeble will power. Head congested, blood surges from body to head. Vertigo, coldness of head; photophobia. Nasal catarrh, discharge bloody, excoriating, offensive nose, swollen, ulcerated.

Weight in stomach after eating, nausea, pain, flatulence. Pain in liver region. Constipation. Construction of anus during stool.

Stiffness over body and limbs. Creeping sensation over limbs. Twitching of muscles. Weak and weary.

Worse, open air, drafts, cold, exertion, motion uncovering, bathing.

Higher potencies.

The silicate of potassium is a very deep acting remedy. Some of the symptoms are worse or come on in the morning, a few in the forenoon and afternoon, many in the evening, and very many in the night, and especially after midnight. Aversion to the open air and worse from the open air and from draughts.

He dreads bathing and is worse from bathing. He is sensitive to cold weather and worse from becoming cold ; after becoming cold complaints come on ; worse in cold room and in dry, cold weather ; cold, wet weather also makes him worse.

He takes cold easily. After eating complaints are all worse ; worse after slight exertion. Faintness, emaciation. He is worse after cold drinks, cold food, milk and fat food. Creeping feelings all over the body, but especially in the limbs. Induration in glands and muscles.

His painful parts are very sensitive to a jar. Lassitude is very marked and quite constant. Desire to lie down all the time. After straining muscles the weakness lasts long. He dreads to move or walk and he is worse from motion.

Mucous secretions all increased. The blood surges from the body to the head. Stitching, tearing pains are numerous ; he suffers if the perspiration is suppressed from a draft, or from insufficient clothing ; he is worse from pressure and very sensitive to touch.

Pulsation in head and limbs ; stiffness all over the body and in the limbs ; he trembles all over, especially in abdomen ; twitching of muscles. Symptoms all worse from uncovering the body ; worse walking and from walking fast. Great weakness in the morning on waking, also in the evening ; also after eating and after walking. Weariness. Worse in winter, in cold weather and better in summer.

Absent minded and becomes angered over trifles ; anxiety in the evening, in bed and during the night ; anxiety in the evening, in bed and during the night ; anxiety with fear ; anxiety after eating, about his health ; during menses, about trifles, capriciousness. It is a very useful remedy for children in school when they can not learn their lessons.

Difficult concentration of mind ; he has lost confidence in his own ability. Confusion of mind in the morning on arising, in the evening, after mental exertion, while sitting. Consolation aggravates the mental symptoms ; contrary and cowardly. His mind is full of imaginations ; about dead people ; illusions of fancy ; sees images in the night ; sees frightful images ; sees ghosts and thieves.

He is discontented and discouraged. Dullness of mind when reading and writing ; in the morning on waking. Much excitement. Mental exertion aggravates many symptoms. Fear with anxiety ; fear and dread of work ; easily frightened ; forgetful and heedless, which looks like approaching imbecility ; many hysterical manifestations. lie is very impatient, and indifferent to his friends and to pleasure ; he takes pleasure in nothing. Irresolution. He seems not to care how things go, one way is as good as another.

Has no opinions on prevailing questions. Extremely irritable ; worse in morning and evening ; worse after coition ; worse from any attempt to console him. Memory very feeble ; mistakes in speaking and writing ; misplaces words. He is very obstinate and his moods are constantly changing. Mental prostration. Great restlessness during the night. Very sad in the morning. Seems at times to lose his senses.

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