Indication / Benefits
Natrum Muriaticum, commonly known as Sodium Chloride or Table Salt, is a homoeopathic medicine derived from Sodium chloride. It has been traditionally valued for its therapeutic properties in treating conditions related to water balance, emotions, and skin health. In homeopathy, Natrum Muriaticum is primarily used to address symptoms such as excessive dryness of mucous membranes, watery discharge from nose or eyes, and emotional sensitivity. It is also employed for its effects on headaches, migraines, and skin conditions like eczema.
Common Names:
Hindi: Natrum Muriaticum
English: Sodium Chloride
SBL’s Natrum Muriaticum can be helpful in the following conditions:
- Nutritional and Metabolic Disorders
- Excessive Salt Intake: Leads to profound nutritional changes, including salt retention, dropsies (swelling due to fluid retention), and edemas (fluid accumulation in tissues).
- Anemia and Leucocytosis: Alterations in blood composition, resulting in conditions like anemia (low red blood cell count) and leucocytosis (high white blood cell count).
- Gouty or Rheumatic Symptoms
- Retention of waste materials in tissues, leading to symptoms resembling gout or rheumatic gout.
- Intermittent Fever
- Effective for Intermittent fever.
- Anemia
- A deficiency in red blood cells or hemoglobin, leading to fatigue and weakness.
- Chlorosis
- A form of anemia characterized by greenish skin pallor.
- Debility
- Great debility and weakness felt especially in the morning.
- Coldness and Emaciation
- Notable thinness, especially in the neck.
- Sensitivity
- High susceptibility to catching colds and being oversensitive to various influences.
- Diabetes
- Effective in high blood sugar levels.
- Emotional stress
- Useful in emotional stress such as grief, fright, and anger.
- Depression and Irritability
- Depression, especially in chronic diseases, and irritability over minor issues.
- Desire for Solitude: Wanting to be alone to cry, with episodes of crying and laughing together.
- Headaches
- Throbbing, blinding headaches, especially in the morning, after menstruation, and from sunrise to sunset.
- Headaches in Schoolgirls: Anemic headaches, often associated with nervousness and a feeling of being broken down.
- Chronic and Periodical Headaches: Semi-lateral and congestive, with associated symptoms like pale face, nausea, and vomiting.
- Visual Disturbances
- Bruised feeling in eyes, heavy eyelids, weak and stiff eye muscles, visual anomalies like sparks or zigzag lines, and burning eyes.
- Lachrymation Issues
- Suppuration of the lachrymal duct, swollen lids, and eyes that appear wet with tears.
- Ear Noises
- Roaring and ringing in the ears.
- Coryza
- Violent, fluent nasal discharge followed by nasal blockage, making breathing difficult.
- Loss of Smell and Taste
- Internal soreness and dryness of the nose.
- Numbness of tongue
- Frothy coating on the tongue, numbness, tingling, vesicles, and burning sensations.
- Hunger with Weight Loss
- Strong hunger but loss of weight.
- Heartburn and Palpitations
- Throbbing in the stomach’s pit and sticking sensation.
- Abdominal Pain
- Cutting pain in the abdomen and distension.
- Constipation and diarrhoea
- Constipation with dry, crumbling stool or painless and copious diarrhea preceded by abdominal pain.
- Pain after Urination
- Increased and involuntary urination, especially when walking or coughing.
- Impotence
- Emission issues even after coitus, impotence with retarded emission.
- Menstrual irregularities
- Irregular and usually profuse menses, dry vagina, acrid leucorrhea, bearing-down pains, prolapsed uterus, suppressed menses, and hot flashes during menses.
- Cough
- Tickling in the pit of the stomach, coughing with stitches in the liver, and spurting of urine.
- Shortness of Breath
- Particularly on exertion or climbing stairs.
- Whooping Cough
- Accompanied by a flow of tears.
- Tachycardia
- Rapid heartbeat.
- Palpitations and Pulse Issues
- Intermittent pulse and sensation of coldness in the heart.
- Pain in Back and Extremities
- Weakness in arms and legs, especially the knees, and painful contractions.
- Cracking in joints
- Cracking joints on motion, dryness, and cracking about fingernails.
- Sleepiness
- Especially in the forenoon.
- Nervous Jerking
- During sleep.
- Sleeplessness due to grief.
- Dry Eruptions
- Especially on the margin of the hairy scalp and bends of joints.
- Eczema and Hives
- Itchy and inflamed eruptions.
- Fever Blisters
- Chills between 9 and 11 am, marked coldness, and sweats on exertion.
