Kalmia latifolia
Right-sided remedy for neuralgic pains that shoot downward and heart conditions. Pains shift rapidly, go from above downward. Rheumatism alternating with heart symptoms. Slowness of pulse.
Source
Prepared from fresh leaves of Kalmia latifolia (Ericaceae).
Available Potencies
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Keynote Symptoms
Pains shoot downward — the great keynote (opposite of Ledum which shoots upward). Right-sided. Neuralgic pains shift rapidly and change location. Rheumatism and heart symptoms alternate — when one improves, the other worsens. Slow pulse. Numbness and tingling accompany pains.
Mind & Emotional Symptoms
Anxious during heart symptoms. Confusion. Gloom. Dullness. Difficulty concentrating.
General Symptoms
Pains shoot downward. Right-sided. Rheumatism and heart alternate. Worse from motion, leaning forward, open air, cold, looking down. Better from lying down, rest, eating, continued motion after initial aggravation.
Physical Symptoms
Head
Vertigo looking down. Pain shoots down neck. Right-sided headache.
Eyes
Stiff feeling on moving eyes. Iritis. Scleritis.
Face
Right-sided neuralgia with stitching, tearing, shooting downward. Prosopalgia, right side. Numbness.
Chest
Heart — slow pulse, sometimes irregular. Palpitation worse leaning forward. Angina with shooting pains down left arm (or right). Valvular disease. Sharp pains from heart to scapula. Rheumatic heart disease.
Back
Pain shoots down the back. Stiffness of neck and back.
Extremities
Pains shift rapidly from joint to joint, always shooting downward. Rheumatic pains, worse from motion. Weakness of limbs. Numbness. Deltoid rheumatism (like Sanguinaria).
Modalities
Better From
Lying down, rest, eating, continued motion (after initial worsening), warmth
Worse From
Motion (initial), leaning forward, open air, cold, looking down, night, sun, right side
Constitutional Type
Rheumatic individuals with heart involvement. Right-sided types. Those with rapidly shifting neuralgic pains.
Clinical Indications
Rheumatic heart disease, neuralgia (shooting downward), trigeminal neuralgia (right), slow pulse, iritis, angina, deltoid rheumatism, wandering joint pains
Comparative Materia Medica
Ledum has pains that ascend (opposite direction). Spigelia has heart pains but left-sided and stitching. Rhus tox has rheumatism but better from continued motion. Cactus has band-like heart constriction.
Safety Information
Aconitum, Belladonna, Benzoin.
Mountain laurel is highly toxic — contains andromedotoxin (grayanotoxin) causing vomiting, convulsions, cardiac depression, and death. Honey from Kalmia flowers ("mad honey") is poisonous. Use only potentised forms.
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