Carbo animalis
Remedy of glandular induration and venous stasis in elderly. Hard, indurated glands that are dark and painful. Copper-colored spots on skin. Hemorrhage of dark blood. Desire to be alone. Everything seems to flow sluggishly.
Source
Prepared from charcoal made from ox-hide leather, triturated and potentised.
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Keynote Symptoms
Glandular induration — hard, dark, painful swollen glands with tendency to malignancy. Venous stasis — everything sluggish, congested, dark. Copper-colored spots on skin. Hemorrhages of dark decomposed blood. Burning pains. Desire to be alone. Hearing better in noise. Weakness of elderly.
Mind & Emotional Symptoms
Desire to be alone. Aversion to company. Homesick. Sad, reflective. Night anxiety. Hears better when there is noise (paracusis).
General Symptoms
Glandular hardening and venous stasis. Worse from cold air, after eating, menses, shaving, dampness. Better from warmth, wrapping up, loose clothing.
Physical Symptoms
Head
Headache from pressure of hat. Vertigo. Hearing paradoxically better in noise.
Throat
Glands of neck indurated. Tonsils hard, dark.
Stomach
Weak digestion in elderly. Flatulence. Loathing of fat, rich food.
Female Genitalia
Induration of uterus, ovaries, or cervix. Copper-colored leucorrhea. Burning in vagina. Cancer of uterus or breast (palliative). Hard, painful breasts.
Male Genitalia
Indurated testicles.
Rectum
Dark, offensive hemorrhage. Hemorrhoids.
Skin
Copper-colored spots. Dark, indurated areas. Ulcers with dark, offensive discharge. Spongy, bleeding easily.
Extremities
Joints stiff. Burning in extremities.
Modalities
Better From
Warmth, wrapping up, loose clothing
Worse From
Cold air, after eating, menses, shaving, dampness, night, open air
Constitutional Type
Elderly with glandular induration and venous congestion. Those with cancerous tendency. Dark, venous, sluggish constitution.
Clinical Indications
Glandular induration, breast lumps, cervical cancer (palliative), venous stasis, copper-colored skin spots, dark hemorrhages, glandular hardening
Comparative Materia Medica
Carbo vegetabilis has more collapse and desire for air; Carbo animalis has more glandular hardening. Conium has glandular induration but with ascending paralysis. Calcarea fluorica has stony-hard glands.
Safety Information
Arsenicum album, Camphora, Nux vomica, Vinegar.
Animal charcoal is inert and non-toxic. Used medicinally as an adsorbent (similar to activated charcoal). Safe in all potencies.
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