KALI MURIATICUM

(Potassium Chloride, a ‘muscle salt’)
Like Ferrum Phos, it is a constituent of every cell. It ‘unites with
hydrogen and forms hydrochloric acid,
’ hence dissolves fibrinexudations, and excretes redundant cell-substances. So it is a remedy for
smallpox, chickenpox, scarlet fever and measles.
It assists in the formation of protein and in carbohydrate utilization. It
stimulates metabolism. It is therefore an indispensable constituent of the
living organism. The principal characteristic symptoms are ‘a white or
gray coating at the base of the tongue, white or gray exudations,
glandular swellings, discharges or expectorations of a thick, white
fibrinous slime or phlegm.’ (Boericke & Dewey); it is therefore a
remedy for catarrh of mucous membranes.
It almost always follows Ferrum Phos.
It has proved curative in:-
1) Dysentery in 6x potency in alternation with Ferrum Phos 6x.
2) Diphtheria, can gargle with it also.
3) Laryngeal croup.
4) Croupy cough; croupous pneumonia and pleurisy.
5) Inflammation of the skin with or without erysipelas.
6) Cutaneous eruptions from bad vaccine.
7) Chronic cystitis with discharge of thick white mucus.
8) Eczema, if the skin blisters and excretes.
9) It is used with Kali Phos in typhoid, enteric and typhus fevers.
10) The 3x potency as a lotion controls blistering in burns & scalds;
simultaneously 6x potency 5grain doses should be taken internally,
every two hours.
11) Closed Eustachian tubes; snapping and noises in the ear.
12) Mumps, swelling of the parotid glands.
13) Obstinate constipation; Jaundice.
14) Want of appetite; dyspepsia and indigestion.
15) Diarrhea after fatty food.
16) Principal remedy in gonorrhea and orchitis (inflammation of testis).
17) Bubo with soft swellings of glands (use 3x potency) especially if it
is in armpit or groin.
18) Amenorrhea.
19) Leucorrhea.
20) Aphthae (whitish gray).
21) Cheeks swollen and painful, alternate with Ferrum Phos.
22) “Sore, cutting, stitching, shifting pains relieved by cold and hot and
aggravated by hard pressure” (Kodanda Ramaiah).
23) ‘Rheumatic pains felt only during motion or at night’ (Dr Kamal
Kansal)
24) It is recommended for diseases of children such as whooping cough,
pneumonia, pleurisy, bronchitis, renal inflammation, chronic cystitis, ear
infection.
25) Ulceration of the os & cervix uteri; hypertrophy of any organ or
gland.
26) Epilepsy after suppression of eczema; eczema after vaccination;
patient imagines he must starve.
27) ‘Arthritis, bursitis, pustules and vesicles’ (Dr P. N. Verma);
inflammation of bursa (synovial sacs)
Modalities: Worse after taking any rich or spicy food; pains increase by
movement and towards morning; warmth alleviates the symptoms.