Kalium chloricum
Potassium chlorate · Mineral
Kalium chloricum acts most destructively upon the kidneys and oral mucosa, producing severe nephritis and ulcerative stomatitis. It is suited to septicemic conditions with tissue infiltration and sloughing, and to toxic states associated with pregnancy. Chronic nephritis and hepatitis with marked anemia are characteristic features of this remedy.
Key symptoms
- Acute ulcerative and follicular stomatitis, aphthous and gangrenous
- Parenchymatous nephritis with stomatitis
- Noma (cancrum oris) with fetor
- Hematuria and albuminuria with suppressed urine
- Jaundice with chocolate-tinted skin discoloration
- Vomiting of greenish-black matter
- Profuse greenish mucous diarrhea
- Toxemic conditions of pregnancy
Chlorate of Potassium-K clo. 3 (KALI CHLORICUM)
Acts very destructively upon the kidneys, producing a croupous nephritis, hemoglobinuria, etc. Parenchymatous nephritis with stomatitis. Produces most acute ulcerative and follicular stomatitis. Noma. Toxæmic conditions of pregnancy (urinary symptoms). Chronic nephritis; hepatitis. Septicæmia. Anæmia.
Mouth
Profuse secretion of acid saliva. Whole mucous surface red, tumid, with gray-based ulcers. Tongue swollen. Stomatitis-aphthous and gangrenous. Fetor. Mercurial stomatitis (as a mouth wash).
Stomach
Feeling of weight in epigastric and umbilical region. Flatulence. Vomiting of greenish-black matter.
Stool
Diarrhœa; profuse, greenish mucus.
Urine
Albuminous, scanty, suppressed. Hæmaturia; diuresis. Nucleo-albumin and bile, high Phosphoric acid, with low total solids.
Skin
Jaundice. Itching miliary or papular eruptions. Discolored; chocolate tint.
Dose
Second to sixth potency. Use cautiously locally as it is poisonous.
Potassium Chlorate. Potassic Chlorate. KClO3. Trituration. Solution.
Clinical
Albuminuria. Aphthæ. Asthma. Cancrum oris. Clumsiness. Crusta lactea. Cystitis. Dysentery. Epithelioma. Hæmaturia. Hæmorrhages. Hæmorrhoids. Hangnails. Mercurial poisoning. Mouth, inflammation of. Nephritis. Neuralgia. Œdema. Paralysis (facial). Pharyngitis. Pimples. Proctalgia. Purpura. Scurvy. Stomatitis. Syphilis. Tic-douloureux. Ulcers.
Characteristics
The Chlorate of Potash is not to be confounded with the chloride which constitutes the Kali muriaticum of Schüssler. Hering has amalgamated the symptoms of the two under the heading Kali mur., but I think it best to keep them separate. Kali chlor. is an exceedingly active poison. It has long been used in the old school, in solution, as a wash for sore mouth and for foul ulcers. Hutchinson observed a number of case in which it produced the very condition which it was given to cure: "Most acute ulceration and follicular stomatitis. The whole mucous surface was red and …
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