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Calcarea Carbonica (Calc. Carb.) - Complete Exam Guide for MD/MO Homoeopathy
Source / Preparation
- Common name: Carbonate of Lime
- Full name: Calcarea Carbonica Ostrearum
- Source: Middle (soft white) layer of the oyster shell (Ostrea edulis)
- Prepared by: Trituration (insoluble substance), then potentization
- Chemical formula: CaCO3
- Miasm: Primarily Psoric (Hahnemann's great anti-psoric constitutional remedy)
Constitutional Type - "The Calc. Carb. Person"
Boericke's classic description: "Fat, fair, flabby, perspiring and cold, damp and sour."
- Body type: Leucophlegmatic - fair skin, light hair, blue eyes, pale chalky look, obese/plump with large abdomen
- Temperament: Phlegmatic - slow, calm, methodical, stubborn
- Diathesis: Scrofulous / Rachitic / Tubercular
Key Mental/Psychological Symptoms (Important for MD/MO)
- Apprehensive, anxious, worse towards evening
- Fear of loss of reason / fear of insanity - fears they will be observed and others will notice their condition (MIND - FEAR, observed, of her condition being)
- Fear of misfortune, contagious diseases, darkness
- Obstinacy - slight mental effort produces heat in the head
- Forgetful, confused, low-spirited
- Anxiety with palpitation
- Averse to work or exertion - "Sits and breaks pins the whole day, indifferent about recovery"
- Difficult to concentrate, learns with difficulty
- Desires to be let alone; indolent
- In children: intense curiosity about supernatural things; anxious from watching or hearing about cruelty (leaves room during horror TV)
- Delusions: visions of fire, sees figures, someone behind him, being sick
- Indifference to duties and important things
Characteristic / Keynote Physical Symptoms
Head
- Profuse perspiration on the head during sleep - wets the pillow (esp. occiput) - KEY KEYNOTE in children
- Open fontanelles; head enlarged
- Vertigo on ascending stairs or turning head quickly
- Head feels hot and heavy; cold hands and feet simultaneously
- Icy coldness in the head, especially right side
- Headache from overlifting or mental exertion with nausea
- Scratches head on waking
Eyes
- Photophobia; lachrymation in open air
- Corneal ulcer; cataracts
Ears
- Throbbing, cracking noises in ears
- Scrofulous deafness
Nose
- Dry; loss of smell
- Fetid smell; polypi
GIT
- Craving for eggs (very characteristic), indigestible things, chalk, dirt (pica), starchy foods, potatoes, ice cream
- Aversion: meat, tobacco, fat
- Taste sour in mouth; everything tastes sour
- Vomiting of sour tasting ingesta
- Heartburn after every meal; excessive acidity
- Intolerance of tight clothes around the waist
- Constipation - stool at first hard, then pasty, then liquid
- Children's diarrhea - sour-smelling, undigested; child is fat with big abdomen
- Gall-stone colic; swollen mesenteric glands
Urogenital
- Menses: too early, too profuse, too long (menorrhagia)
- Milky leucorrhea before menses; itching during menses
- Bloody discharge between periods
- Sexual desire increased or diminished
Respiratory
- Gets out of breath easily; shortness of breath on ascending stairs or going uphill
- Tickling cough; fleeting chest pains
- Chest tight as if congested with blood
- Incipient phthisis (early TB)
Musculoskeletal
- Children late in learning to walk
- Late teething, slow tooth eruption
- Swelling and softening of bones (rachitis / rickets)
- Curvature of bones; caries
- Easily sprained; joints weak
- Cramps in calves and feet at night in bed
Skin
- Unhealthy skin; easily excoriates in children
- Multiple small warts, especially on hands and arms
- Polypi; follicular tumors recurring at full moon
- Nettle rash that disappears in cold air
Glands
- Swollen, painful glands throughout - cervical, mesenteric, inguinal
- Scrofulous glandular enlargements
Characteristic Modalities
| Aggravations | Ameliorations | |
|---|---|---|
| Weather | Cold, wet weather; cold air; cold water; washing | Dry weather |
| Time | Morning; during full moon | - |
| Activity | Ascending stairs; mental exertion | Lying on painful side (Bry., Puls.) |
| Other | From washing (Ant. c.) | Constipation (cheerful with constipation!) |
Important Characteristic Expressions / Aphorisms (Exam Favorites)
- "Fat, fair, flabby, perspiring and cold, damp and sour" (Boericke)
- "Sit and break pins the whole day" (Hahnemann)
- Cold and damp and sour: cold perspiration, damp sweat, sour taste, sour vomiting, sour stool
- Calc. child: "Heavy, fat, big-headed and big-bellied, sour diarrhea, profuse head-sweats"
- Sweats on the occiput while sleeping - wets the pillow
Relations (Highly Exam-Important)
| Relation | Drug |
|---|---|
| Complementary | Belladonna (Bell. is the acute of Calc.) |
| Antidotes | Camphor, Ipecac, Nitr. ac., Sulph. |
| Acts best BEFORE | Lycopodium, Nux vomica, Phosphorus, Silica |
| Follows well | Nitr. ac., Pulsatilla, Sulphur (esp. if pupils dilated) |
| Followed by | Kali bichromicum (in nasal catarrh) |
| Chronic remedy of | Belladonna |
Critical Rule (Hahnemann): Calc. must NOT be used before Nitric acid and Sulphur - may produce unnecessary complications.
In aged people: Should NOT be repeated, especially if first dose benefited - will usually do harm. In children: May be repeated often.
Therapeutic / Clinical Range
- Scrofula - swollen glands, emaciation
- Rickets / Rachitis - softening of bones, open fontanelles, delayed milestones
- Incipient tuberculosis
- Children's disorders - dentition, diarrhea, worms
- Menorrhagia / Leucorrhea
- Polypi - nasal, uterine
- Epilepsy
- Obesity in children
- Gallstone colic
- Chronic catarrh (especially gastric)
- Conditions caused by working in water
- Chorea, rheumatism, ophthalmia
- Pituitary and thyroid dysfunction
Comparison with Similar Remedies (Differentials - MD Favorite)
| Feature | Calc. carb. | Silica | Calc. phos. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Build | Fat, plump, flabby | Thin, delicate | Thin, spare |
| Perspiration | Head (occiput) | Head and feet | Head |
| Temperament | Phlegmatic, stubborn | Yielding, timid | More irritable |
| Bones | Rachitis + obesity | Non-union of fractures | Delayed bone growth |
| Key feature | Impaired nutrition, scrofulosis | Cannot assimilate food | Delayed dentition, anemia |
Compare also: Lycopodium, Pulsatilla, Sulphur, Graphites, Kali carb., Baryta carb.
Potency & Dose (MD/MO Practical)
- Constitutional use: 200C, 1M (single dose, wait)
- Acute: 30C can be repeated
- Children: 6C, 30C repeated
- Elderly: Single dose, do NOT repeat (especially 1M and above)
Source References
- Boericke's Materia Medica - Calcarea Carbonica Ostrearum
- H.C. Allen's Keynotes and Characteristics - Calcarea Ostrearum
- Cowperthwaite's Textbook of Materia Medica - Calcarea Carbonica
Quick-Revision Exam Bullets
- Drug source: Middle layer of oyster shell
- Constitutional type: Fat, fair, flabby, perspiring
- Greatest miasm: Psora (great Hahnemannian anti-psoric)
- Characteristic keynote: Profuse head sweat wetting the pillow (in children)
- Craving: Eggs, starchy food, indigestible things
- Fear: Loss of reason / insanity
- Classic symptom: Sour everything - taste, vomit, stool, sweat
- Belladonna is the acute of Calcarea
- Do NOT use before Nitr. ac. and Sulphur (Hahnemann's rule)
- Aggravated: Cold, wet weather; full moon; ascending stairs
- Ameliorated: Dry weather; lying on painful side
- Key clinical: Rickets, scrofula, menorrhagia, polypi, incipient TB
It's key note
Calcarea Carbonica - Keynotes (H.C. Allen + Boericke)
The "SOUR" Keynote (Most Exam-Important)
Everything about the patient is SOUR:
- Sour taste in mouth
- Sour vomiting
- Sour stool
- Sour perspiration
- Sour body odor
Top 10 Keynotes for Exam
1. "Fat, Fair, Flabby, Perspiring" (Boericke)
The Calc. carb. patient is fat, fair, flabby and perspiring and cold, damp and sour.
2. Head Sweat Wetting the Pillow
Profuse perspiration on the occiput during sleep - so much that it wets the pillow.
Especially in children. Child wakes with wet hair at back of head.
3. Cold Feet in Bed
Feet feel as if wearing cold, damp stockings in bed - a characteristic keynote.
4. Craving for Eggs
Intense desire for eggs - especially boiled eggs. Also craves indigestible things (chalk, dirt, coal - pica), starchy food, potatoes, ice cream.
5. Sits and Breaks Pins
"Sits and breaks pins the whole day, indifferent about recovery" (Hahnemann).
Obstinate, averse to work or exertion. Slight mental effort produces heat in head.
6. Fear of Insanity
Fear of losing reason / going mad. Fears others will observe that she is losing her mind.
Also fears: misfortune, contagious diseases, darkness, being alone.
7. Vertigo on Ascending
Vertigo on ascending stairs or when turning the head quickly. Worse going uphill; gets out of breath easily on ascending.
8. Open Fontanelles + Late Milestones
In children:
- Open fontanelles (delayed closure)
- Late teething
- Late walking
- Large head, big belly, pale chalky look
9. Menses Too Early, Too Profuse, Too Long
Menorrhagia with leucorrhoea - milky white discharge before menses. Least excitement causes uterine haemorrhage.
10. Constipation Without Urging
Patient is cheerful during constipation. Stool: first hard, then pasty, then liquid. No desire to go - and this does not disturb them.
Keynote Modalities
| Worse | Cold wet weather, ascending, full moon, washing, morning |
| Better | Dry weather, lying on painful side, constipation |
One-Line Keynotes (Quick Revision)
| Keynote | Description |
|---|---|
| Source | Middle layer of oyster shell |
| Type | Fat, fair, flabby, cold, damp, sour |
| Sweat | Profuse on occiput - wets pillow |
| Feet | Cold damp feeling in bed |
| Craving | Eggs, starchy food, indigestibles |
| Fear | Loss of reason / insanity |
| Child | Big head, big belly, late teeth, late walk |
| Menses | Too early, too profuse, too long |
| Mind | Obstinate, averse to work, sits and breaks pins |
| Acute | Belladonna is the acute of Calc. |
| Rule | Do NOT use before Nitr. ac. / Sulphur |
Allen's Special Notes on Calc. Carb.
- Complementary to Belladonna (Bell. = acute of Calc.)
- Acts best before Lyc., Nux., Phos., Sil.
- Follows Nit. ac., Puls., Sulph.
- In children: may be repeated often
- In aged: should NOT be repeated - even one benefited dose should not be followed by another
- Hahnemann's rule: Calc. must not be used before Nitr. ac. and Sulph. - produces unnecessary complications
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