KALIUM BROMATUM
Bromide of Potash
(KALI BROMATUM)
Like all Potash Salts, this weakens the coronary heart and lowers temperature. Brominism is precipitated by means of it. General failure of intellectual power, loss of memory, melancholia, anaesthesia of the mucous membranes, mainly of eyes, throat, and skin; acne; loss of sexual desire, paralysis. Leading treatment in psoriasis. Nodular shape of persistent gout. Symptoms of apoplectic attacks, uraemic or otherwise; somnolence and stertor, convulsions, aphasia, albuminuria. Epilepsy (with salt-free diet).
Mind.–Profound, melancholic delusion; feeling of ethical deficiency; non secular depression; delusions of conspiracies in opposition to him. Imagines he is singled out as an object of divine wrath. Loss of memory. Must do something-move about; receives fidgety (Tarant). Fear of being poisoned (Hyos). Amnesic aphasia; can pronounce any phrase told, however can’t communicate otherwise. Night terrors. Horrid illusions. Active delirium.
Head.–Suicidal mania with tremulousness. Face flushed. Numb feeling in head. Brain-fag. Coryza with tendency to extension into throat.
Throat.–Congestion of uvula and fauces. Anaesthesia of fauces, pharynx, and larynx. Dysphagia, particularly of drinks (Hyos).
Stomach.–Vomiting, with extreme thirst, after every meal. Persistent hiccough (Sulph ac).
Abdomen.–Sensation as if bowels have been falling out. Cholera infantum, with reflex cerebral irritation, jerking and twitching of muscles. Green, watery stools with extreme thirst, vomiting, eyes sunken. Prostration. Internal coldness of abdomen. Diarrhoea, with a great deal blood. Green, watery stools. Retraction of abdomen.
Urinary.–Sensibility of urethra diminished. Urine profuse, with thirst. Diabetes (Phos ac).
Male.–Debility and impotence. Effects of sexual excesses, in particular loss of memory, impaired co-ordination, numbness and tingling in limbs. Sexual pleasure at some point of partial slumber.
Female.–Pruritus. Ovarian neuralgia with magnificent apprehensive uneasiness. Exaggerated sexual desire. Cystic tumors of ovaries.
Respiratory.–Spasmodic croup. Reflex cough at some stage in pregnancy. Dry, fatiguing, hacking cough at night.
Extremities.–Fidgety hands; busy twitching of fingers. Jerking and twitching of muscles.
Skin.–Acne of face, pustules. Itching; worse on chest, shoulders, and face. Anaesthesia of skin. Psoriasis.
Sleep.–Restless sleep. Extreme drowsiness. Sleeplessness due to fear and grief and sexual excess. Night terrors. Grinding enamel in sleep. Horrible dreams. Somnambulism.
Modalities.–Better, when occupied mentally or physically.
Dose.–A few grains of the crude salt to the 0.33 trituration. Remember the unstable persona of this salt. Said to be lots greater lively if salt is eradicated from the diet.
