Calcarea arsenicosa
Remedy for corpulent women approaching menopause. Cardiac symptoms with kidney complaints. Constriction and oppression of chest. Anxiety about health, especially about heart disease. Epilepsy with rush of blood to head.
Source
Trituration of calcium arsenite (Ca3(AsO3)2).
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Keynote Symptoms
Fat, fleshy women at menopause with heart and kidney symptoms. Great anxiety and depression, especially about disease. Rush of blood to head before epileptic fit. Constriction of chest with palpitations. Faint, weak feeling around heart. Albuminuria. Complaints at climacteric.
Mind & Emotional Symptoms
Great depression. Anxiety about disease, especially heart. Desire for company. Fears being alone. Apprehension. Slight emotion causes palpitation.
General Symptoms
Combines features of Calcarea and Arsenicum. Corpulent persons with cardiac and renal complaints. Flushes of heat. Worse from slight exertion. Periodical complaints. Epilepsy with rush of blood to head.
Physical Symptoms
Head
Rush of blood to head. Weekly headaches. Headache with vertigo.
Chest
Constriction and oppression. Palpitations from least excitement. Suffocative feeling. Breathlessness on going upstairs.
Urinary
Albuminuria. Kidneys enlarged. Urine contains albumin and casts.
Female Genitalia
Climacteric complaints. Flushes of heat. Offensive leucorrhea.
Extremities
Swollen feet. Edema of ankles.
Modalities
Better From
Open air. Rest. After eating.
Worse From
Exertion. Wine. Going upstairs. Full moon. 1-2 AM.
Constitutional Type
Corpulent, fleshy women at or near menopause. Anxious about heart symptoms. Tendency to kidney disease. Combines the chilliness and sluggishness of Calcarea with the anxiety and restlessness of Arsenicum.
Clinical Indications
Menopausal complaints. Cardiac anxiety. Nephritis. Albuminuria. Epilepsy. Depression at menopause. Palpitations.
Comparative Materia Medica
Compare Calcarea carbonica (similar build but without arsenic anxiety), Arsenicum album (similar anxiety but thin, restless), Lachesis (climacteric but left-sided with jealousy). Calc-ars. combines the constitutional weight of Calcarea with the anxious restlessness of Arsenicum.
Safety Information
Nux vomica. Ipecacuanha.
Contains arsenic, which is highly toxic. Chronic arsenic exposure causes multi-organ damage, peripheral neuropathy, and cancer. Safe only in potencies above 12C where no material arsenic remains.
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