DR KESSLER’S HOMEOPATHY BOOK

NATRIUM MURIATICUM
Salt
IDEA: Dehydration
Ranks first among homeopathic remedies.
Dry mucosa such as mouth and vagina. Thirst. Close correlation with Chin. The whiny Natm.-patient
wants to be left alone. Any attempt to solace is rejected. Irritated, frostily but hotblooded
with cold extremities and chilly feeling along the spine as opposed to Nat carb
(frosty), craving for salt.
Talent to write poetry or fantasy to compose tales (Vithoulkas) Specific tendency for
catarrh with abundantly running nose and frequent sneezing (C30) . Sore nose especially the
left ala. Herpes labialis on lips and nose. Loss of smell and taste in cases of acute colds.
Simultaneous coryza and lacrimation. Lacrimation with coughing is Burnett’s keynote in
whooping cough. Strabismus divergens.
Headache or back pain with waking up in the morning.
Has both, constipation and diarrhea. Unclean skin. Wan appearance. Sebaceous, fatty skin.
Complaints after dehydration, loss of fluids. It reminds us of Chin. and it is its antidote. Both
correlate with conditions after masturbation, bleedings, and loss of fluids. Both are remedies
for ague, remittent fever, and malaria. Nat-m. is the main antidot against conditions after
overdosing China and Chinin. Best antidote against intoxications with silver-nitrate (Arg nitr.)
Children with retarded learning of speech. Averseness to coitus (at females) Averseness to
males. Nat-m. matches many cases of anemia, leucocytosis. Irregular, flittering heartbeat.
Feelings of contraction are eminent: heart, chest, scalp, throat, rectum, anus (feeling as if
anus is closed) Uterine spasms. Vaginism. Contractions of knee tendines. Bending forward
without problems but streching up straight is painful. Chest pain like inner tension. Irregular
intermittent heartbeat.
Causae: Disappointment, shock, rage, loss of fluids, masturbation, head injury, chinine,
silver nitrate Arg-nitr., bread, fat, sour foods, salt.