Magnesia carbonica
Made from magnesium carbonate — the white chalk of the antacid shelf, and the classical remedy of the milk-aggravated colic.
The whole picture, in one breath
Think of a stomach that cannot bear milk: cramping colic and diarrhea brought on by milk, the books' great milk-remedy, with the spasmodic pains and the restless, teething frame of the milk-fed child. The milk-colicky remedy: that is Magnesia carbonica.
The substance, in plain words
Magnesium carbonate is the white chalk of the antacid shelf — a genuine, mild antacid and laxative of the old and modern pharmacy alike, its magnesium the element the body's muscles and nerves genuinely run on. The proving gave the salt the milk-colicky portrait.
The traditional picture Classical sources
The inner state
- Anxiety and irritability. Cross, worried, worse with the colic and the evening.
- Restlessness of the colic. Tossing with the cramping pains, worse at night.
- Despondency. Gloomy in the chronic, recurrent states.
The body
- Colic from milk. The keynote: cramping abdominal pains and looseness brought on by milk — the books' great milk-aggravated remedy.
- Spasmodic pains. The griping, contracting pains that come and go with the food.
- Diarrhea of the milk-fed. The sour, fermenting stool of the child who cannot digest its milk.
- Teething and restlessness. The books pair it with the restless, teething, milk-fed infant.
- Worse milk and night. Milk restarts the colic; the night owns the pains.
- Better for warmth and the bowels moving. Warmth and the passing of wind and stool ease the gripes.
Modalities (worse and better factors)
| Worse from ⬇ | Better from ⬇ |
|---|---|
| milk; cold damp weather; night; rest. | warmth; the bowels moving; rest. |
Where it acts (organ affinities)
Digestion (milk colic, diarrhea), nerves and muscles, general vitality.
Where the classical picture comes from
The antacid chalk's proving gave the milk-colicky portrait; Mag carb became the classical remedy of the milk-aggravated colic — the white chalk of the antacid shelf serving the stomach it settles.
The substance in real medicine Pharmacology
What this section is: the pharmacology and toxicology of the source substance. It is not clinical evidence that a homeopathic preparation of it treats any condition. What controlled trials do and do not show is set out on the Evidence page.
Magnesium carbonate is genuinely still on the pharmacy shelf — a mild, real antacid and laxative, its magnesium the element every muscle and nerve depends on, and genuine magnesium deficiency a real medical matter. The salt's chemistry is humble and true; the milk colic it portrayed is now paediatric allergy and intolerance medicine's.
Look-alikes (how the classical authors told it apart)
| Remedy | Looks similar because… | Tells it apart because… |
|---|---|---|
| Rheum | The sour, colicky child | Rheum's child is sour-smelling and teething; Mag carb's is milk-aggravated and spasmodic. |
| Aethusa cynapium | Milk intolerance | Aethusa's is the curdled vomiting with the stupor; Mag carb's the colic and diarrhea. |
| Calcarea carbonica | Milk and the chalk family | Calc-carb is the sour-sweating, egg-craving child; Mag carb the milk-colicky one. |
| Chamomilla | Colic with rage | Chamomilla's colic is the furious, carried one; Mag carb's the milk-aggravated spasmodic one. |