Kali Bich 3X

Description

Kali Bich 3X
Introduction: – Acts through the ganglionic system upon the mucous membranes; the glandular
system; fibrous tissue and skin.This remedy has a powerful and peculiar effect upon the mucous
membranes, affecting more especially those portions which are covered with columnar
epithelium; these are found in the nares (excepting that portion to which is distributed the
olfactory), larynx, trachea, body of the uterus, and Fallopian tubes. It so changes the functions of
the mucous follicles as to cause them to secrete a tough, viscid, ropy mucus, capable of being
drawn out into fine threads two or three feet long.
-Hughes says: “The action of Kali Bichromicum on the mucous membranes should be compared
with that of Arsenic, of Mercury, and of Tartar emetic.
It causes a marked increase in the quantity of mucus formed, which mucus is sometimes tough
and stringy, and sometimes degenerates into pus.
Synonym: Potassium Bichromate. Formula- K2Cr2O7.
Source: It is a chemical compound of Potassium and Chronic acid. The salt is available from
chemist’s shops.
Preparation: Triturations are prepared with sugar of milk. Higher potencies are prepared from
3c in alcohol.
Proved by: Dr. Drysdale of London. A year later the Austrian Society published the results of
their provings.
Constitution:
General appearance : Fatty persons having light hair, fine complexion and suffering from
catarrhal affections and short necked. (Long neck. Nat. mur.) disposed to croup and croupy
affections.
Miasm : It covers al the three miasms, but especially syphilis is in the back ground.
Guiding symptoms/Indications:
1. Affections of the mucous membrane – eyes, nose, mouth, throat, bronchi, gastro-intestinal and
genitourinary tract – discharge of a tough, stringy mucous which adheres to the parts and can be
drawn into long strings. (Compare, Hyd., Lys.).
2. Pains : In small spots, can be covered with the tip of finger. (Arn., Saba., Ign.) shift rapidly
from one part another. (Kali. sulph., Lac. c., Led., Puls.), appear and disappear suddenly (Bell.,
Nit., acid., Arg. nit., Phyt., Ign., Mag. ph.).
3. Compalints occuring in hot weather.
4. Liability to take cold in open air.
5. Rheumatism alternating with gastric symptoms, rheumatism and dysentery alternate (Abrot.).
6. Neuralgia ever day at same hour (Chin. sulph.).
7. Gastric complaints : Bad effects of beer, loss of appetite, weight in pit of stomach, flatulence;
agg. soon after eating, vomiting of ropy mucous and blood, round ulcer of stomach. (Gym.).
8. Nose : Pressive pain at the root of nose (in forehead and root of nose, Stict.), discharge of
plugs, “Clinkers” tough, ropy, green fluid mucus, in clear masses, and have violent pain from
occiput to forehead if discharge ceases.
9. Oedematous bladder like appearance of uvula, much swelling but little redness. (Rhus. tox.)
10. Cough: Violent rattling, with gagging from viscid mucus in the thorat; agg. when
underessing. (Hep.).
11. Croup: Hoarse, metallic with expectoration of tough mucus or fibro-elastic casts in morning,
on awakening; with dyspnoea, amel. by lying down (worse when lying down, Aral., Lach.).
12. Headache: Blurred vision or blindness precedes the attack. (Gels., Lac. d.), must lie down,
aversion to light and noise; sight returns as headache increases. (Iris., Nat., Lac. d.).
13. Sexual desire absent in fleshy people.
Particulars:
Headache :
Kali bi. has violent headahce and his headache is blow associated with catarrhal conditions. The
patient always suffers more or less from catarrhal nose, and if he is exposed to cold weather the
catarrhal condition will turn to dryness. Then will come on a violent headache, also headache
during coryza. Headache often begins with dim vision. Pains are violent. Headache is better from
warmth, especially warm drink, better from pressure. Worse from stooping; worse from motion,
and walking; worse at night, still much worse in the morning, pain is pulsating, shooting and
burning. Headache comes on with vertigo. Headache is often one-sided. It is a very useful
remedy in syphilitc head pains. Pains over the eyes and in the and in the forehead. It is very
useful when the headache are with retching and vomiting. When the pain is very confined to a
very small spot that could be covered with the thumb and is violent, when the headache comes
periodically and with dizziness. Headache is somewhat ameliorated in open air, if it is not too
cold.
Diphtheria :
The throat symptoms are numerous.
Inflammation of the throat in general, involving all the tissues in it, extending up into the nose
and down into the larynx, even with a high degree of ulceration with copious rop with mucus.
It is apt to be deep ulceration and associated a thick, tenacious, exudation often streaked with
blood.
The membrane is yellow and the cough is croupy and accompanied with pain in chest.
The pain which is of shifting in nature extends to neck and shoulders.
There is a peculiar type of swelling of uvula i.e. bladder like oedematous swelling of uvula,
associated with yellow coated or dry, red tongue.
It is most useful in the later stage of the disease when the line of demarcation has formed and the
slough has commenced to separate, make the indications for the drug.
In this sore throat there is quite commonly a shooting pain extending to the ears.
There are also enlarged veins on the throat.
Dry burning sensation in the throat is very common quite a characteristic symptom of Kali bi. is
the intense pain in the root of the tongue when putting the tongue down.
Kali bi. in Respiratory troubles :
Asthma :
In asthmatic patient, the attack comes on about 3 or 4 O’clock in the morning, compelling the
patient to sit up, to breathe.
He sits up and bends forwards which relieves some what.
A peculiar feature about the patient’s complain is about his discharge, that is, expectoration of
stringy yellow mucus.
There is some what a foetid odor from the nose, troubled much with a sensation of dryness of
the nose.
Loss of smell and the nose is obstructed in night with this thick, yellow mucus, too viscid to be
blown out.
accompanying this, there is a hard pain at the root of the nose.
There is a cold sensation in the chest which is generally felt in the region of the heart and the
rattling in the chest is more.
Catarrhal Symptoms :
The complaints of nasal passages are more numerous.
It has catarrhal symptoms of both acute and chronic form with copious, thick, viscid, yellow or
white mucus.
The odor from nose is very much foetid and the patient always complains of nose being
obstructed at night, the nose can hardly be blown.
Accompanying the catarrh catarrh there is a hard pain at the root of the nose.
Catarrhal conditions of larynx and trachea are worse in winter especially in cold, damp weather.
Cough :
The patient complains of constant metallic barking and its great characterstic is the presence of a
thick tenacious mucus, which is exceedingly difficult to expectorate.
There is chronic hoarseness, rough voice, swollen feeling in the larynx and a sensation as if
there was a rag in the larynx, associated with the dry cough.
These coughs are always come in cold, damp weather, which are associated with much
coughing and uneasiness.
Sometimes this cough is entirely relieved and the patient is comfortable in a warm room or bed.
He has much wheezing when breathing.
Tightness at the bifurcation of trachea.
Quite characteristic is the pain in chest, and the pain from the sternum to back.
Cough is caused from tickling in the larynx and at the bifurcation, dry, frequent hard cough,
great soreness in the chest when coughing and on deep breathing.
Cough with pain in the sternum through on the back.
Cough with stitching pain, when he wakes up in the morning he begins with this loud hard
coughing.
He is ameliorated by lying down and by the warm bed, is worse from undressing, from exposure
to the air, worse after eating and aggravated by taking deep breath.
The irritation and cough is intense when exposed to cold air.
Cough is also choking sometimes a hoarse cough.
It is sometimes much like whooping cough, spasmodic and constrictive.
Cough is ropy, yellow or yellowish green sometimes bloody.
There is much rattling in the chest, catarrhal conditions in the winter, last all winter, with
rattling.
Catarrhal conditions in old people with rattling in chest.
Rheumatism :
Mostly this is indicated in syphilitc rheumatism.
The rheumatic pain are worse from stooping and like other pains worse from motion.
An exception to this is in sacrum where there is an aching pain at night when lying and is better
in day time on motion.
There is pain in sacrum, on standing up from sitting.
Pain in the coccyx from rising, after sitting.
Pain in the coccyx from first sitting down and in the act of sitting down.
The limbs are stiff in the morning, on rising and pains wander about specially in the joints.
The rheumatic pains in the limbs that wander about are worse from cold and motion.
They are better by heat and rest.
Periodical pains coming at regular times.
Rheumatic pains are very common in shoulder, lameness.
There is burning in the forearms; rheumatic pains in the elbow, weak feeling in the fingers and
hands with much clumsiness, spasmodic contractions of the fingers.
Bones in the hands and fingers feel brusied and very tender to hard pressure.
In lower limbs we have marked rheumatic pains through hips and knees, worse walking and on
motion.
Pain in the sciatic nerves, very severe, worse in hot weather; these are better by motion, better in
warmth of the bed, worse from changes in the weather and better from flexion of legs.
Drawing pain in the tibia is very common.
Tearing sensation in tibia with swelling and stiffness of joints.
Sometimes expectorates quantities of clotted blood.
Dose and administration: 1 tab 3 to 4 times daily. ½ tab for children.
Side effects: No significant side effect has been observed in proper dosage
Contraindication: There is no known contraindication.
Relationship:
– COMPLEMENTARYREMEDY : Ars a.
– REMEDIES THAT FOLLOW WELL : Ant t, Berb, Puls.
– Incompatible: Clac c.
– Antidotes: Ars, Lach, Puls.
Presentations: 50 tabs (20 gm in PET bottle), 450gm powder in container.