Baryta muriatica
Barium chloride · Barium chloride,Barium chloratum · Mineral
Baryta mur. has strong links with the nervous system. It is most appropriate for people with a predisposition to develop an aneurysm (ballooning of an artery).
The remedy is generally used for nervous symptoms, which may develop into manic nervous states. It is best suited to adults who behave “childishly” and to children who cannot play or interact with others because of their dullness or delayed mental development. Baryta mur. may be prescribed for mental disability in children whose development is delayed, and for elderly people with retardation. Principal physical symptoms treated with this remedy include disorders of the nervous system such as seizures, perhaps occurring periodically, with stiffness, restlessness, and a loss of sensibility. The hands and feet may swell, and the limbs may feel paralyzed and heavy, with trembling and twitching.
Baryta mur. is additionally used for acutely swollen glands, possibly the cervical or parotid glands, accompanied by a sore throat and possibly tonsillitis. Stroke symptoms or severe eczema may also respond to the remedy.
Key symptoms
- Arterio-sclerosis with high systolic and low diastolic pressure
- Narrowing of cardiac orifice with pain immediately after eating
- Icy coldness of body with paralysis
- Voluntary muscular power gone but patient perfectly sensible
- Multiple sclerosis of brain and cord
- Chronic hypertrophy of tonsils; paresis after influenza and diphtheria
- General lassitude in morning with weakness and muscular stiffness of legs
- Nymphomania and satyriasis; sexual desire increased in mania
Worse (aggravation)
Better (amelioration)
Barium Chloride
The different salts of Baryta are called for in organic lesions of the aged and dwarfish, both mentally and physically. Arterio-sclerosis and cerebral affections due to this condition. Headaches, but without acute crisis, occurring in old people; heaviness rather than pain. Vertigo, due to cerebral anæmia and noises in ears. Acts on lower alimentary canal, especially rectum; on muscles and joints, giving stiffness and weakness as from overwalking. The white blood corpuscles increased. Hypertension and vascular degeneration. Increased tension of pulse. Arterio-sclerosis (Aurum; Secale) where a high systolic pressure with a comparatively low diastolic tension is attended by cerebral and cardiac symptoms.
This remedy has indurated and narrowing of the cardiac orifice with pain, immediately after eating, and epigastric tenderness, which has been repeatedly verified, also its use in aneurism and chronic hypertrophy of the tonsils. Nymphomania and satyriasis. Convulsions. In every form of mania when the sexual desire is increased. Icy coldness of body, with paralysis. Multiple sclerosis of brain and cord. Voluntary muscular power gone but perfectly sensible. Paresis after influenza and diphtheria. General feeling of lassitude in the morning, especially weakness of the legs, with muscular stiffness. Children who go around with their mouth open and who talk through the nose. Stupid-appearing, hard of hearing.
Ears
Whizzing and buzzing. Noises on chewing and swallowing, or sneezing. Earache; better sipping cold water. Parotids swollen. Offensive otorrhœa. Inflates middle ear on blowing nose.
Throat
Difficult swallowing. Tonsils enlarged. Paresis of pharynx and eustachian tubes, with sneezing and noises. Tubes feel too wide open.
Respiratory
Bronchial affection of old people with cardiac dilation. Facilitates expectoration. Great accumulation and rattling of mucus with difficult expectoration. Arterio-sclerosis of the lung, thus in senile asthma, modifies the arterial tension.
Stomach
Gone feeling at epigastrium a good guiding symptom for it in chronic affections. Retching and vomiting. Sensation of heat ascending to head.
Urine
Great increase in uric acid, diminution of chlorides.
Abdomen
Throbbing (Selen); induration of pancreas; abdominal aneurism. Inguinal glands swollen. Spasmodic pain in rectum.
Relationship
Compare in sclerotic degenerations, especially of spinal cord, liver, and heart. Plumbum met and Plumb iod. Also Aurum mur (which will often accomplish more in sclerotic and exudative degenerations than other remedies. Multiple sclerosis, fulgurating pains, tremors, Morvan's disease, hypertrophy of fingers).
Dose
Third trituration. Bears repetition of dosage well.
Generalities
This is one of our deep acting constitutional remedies and one much neglected. It was much used by the earlier men in our school with great effect. In mental weakness, insanity, enlarged glands and sexual excitement we have a group of symptoms hard to cure without Baryta muriatica.
Add to this profound increasing muscular weakness and we must have this remedy sometime during the case or the cure will be slow.
Its complaints are prominent in the morning, forenoon, afternoon, evening, nightand after midnight. In the diseases most amenable to this remedy are the affection of the lymphatic glands and other glands.
The patient desires the open air, yet the open air often increases the symptoms. Many cases of aneurysm have been benefited by it.
Chloride of Barium. Ba Cl2 2H2O.
Clinical
Aneurism. Anus, abscess of. Asthma. Convulsions. Deafness. Dyspepsia. Fistula. Glandular swellings. Gleet. Gonorrhœa. Idiocy. Leucorrhœa. Mania. Mumps. Nymphomania. Otorrhœa. Pancreatitis. Paralysis. Scrofula. Sterility. Testicles, affections of. Tinea capitis. Tinnitus. Tonsillitis. Tumours.
Characteristics
The symptoms of Baryta mur. are like those of the other Barium salts, but it has a distinct character of its own. Convulsions are more marked in the muriate. Periodical attacks of convulsions, with excessive jactitation of the limbs. Idiocy. Mania, with increase of sexual desire; "in every form of mania as soon as the sexual desire is increased." Offensive otorrhœa. Parotid glands hard and swollen (especially right). It has cured whizzing and buzzing in ears; noises on chewing and swallowing. Deafness. Great salivation and odour from mouth as from mercurialisation. Swelling of salivary glands. Disposition to tonsillitis. There is great indigestion. Below stomach to …
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