Baryta carbonica
Remedy for the extremes of life — dwarfish, backward children and senile old people. Mental and physical retardation. Enlarged glands, especially tonsils. Extreme timidity and childishness.
Source
Trituration of barium carbonate (BaCO3).
Available Potencies
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Keynote Symptoms
Mental and physical dwarfishness. Children who are backward mentally and physically — late walking, late talking, late developing. Senile dementia in old people. Chronically enlarged tonsils. Takes cold easily — every cold settles in tonsils. Extreme shyness and timidity — hides behind furniture when strangers come.
Mind & Emotional Symptoms
Childish behavior at any age. Loss of memory, especially in old people. Irresolute, extremely timid. Hides from strangers. Aversion to meeting people. Cannot make decisions. Dullness, sluggishness. Loss of confidence. Senile dementia.
General Symptoms
Dwarfish mentality and growth. Children who fail to develop normally. Old people with childish behavior. Takes cold easily, always catching it. Glandular enlargement — tonsils, lymph nodes. Offensive foot sweat. Slow development of body and mind.
Physical Symptoms
Head
Sensation of looseness of brain. Baldness in young people. Hair falls out.
Throat
Chronic tonsillar enlargement. Takes cold at every change of weather. Quinsy. Suppurating tonsils. Stitching pain on swallowing.
Stomach
Weak digestion. Aversion to sweets, fruits. Pressure in stomach after eating.
Male Genitalia
Diminished sexual desire. Premature impotence. Enlarged prostate.
Female Genitalia
Scanty menses. Infertility.
Extremities
Offensive foot sweat. Toes and soles sore. Weak knees. Fatty tumors.
Skin
Fatty tumors (lipomas). Warts. Unhealthy skin.
Modalities
Better From
Walking in open air. Wrapping up warmly. Being alone.
Worse From
Cold and damp. Company of strangers. Thinking of symptoms. Washing. Lying on painful side.
Constitutional Type
Two main types: (1) Dwarfish, backward children — short, underdeveloped, late in every milestone, shy. (2) Senile elderly — loss of memory, childish, dependent. Both share timidity, glandular enlargement, and tendency to catch cold.
Clinical Indications
Developmental delays. Intellectual disability. Enlarged tonsils. Senile dementia. Alzheimer's disease. Atherosclerosis. Lipomas. Dwarfism. Recurrent tonsillitis. Enlarged prostate.
Comparative Materia Medica
Compare Calcarea carbonica (slow development but more sweaty, chalky, fat), Silicea (delicate children with deficient nutrition), Borax (timidity but with fear of downward motion). Baryta carb. is distinguished by the extreme mental/physical backwardness and tendency to glandular enlargement.
Safety Information
Camphor. Antimonium tartaricum. Dulcamara. Zincum.
Barium carbonate is toxic. Ingestion causes severe gastroenteritis, muscular stimulation then paralysis, cardiac arrhythmias, and hypokalemia. All material-dose preparations require extreme caution. Safe in potencies above 12C.
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