Natrum salicylicum
Made from sodium salicylate — the salt of the willow chemistry, and the classical remedy of the ear noises and the Meniere-like vertigo.
The whole picture, in one breath
Think of ears that ring and whirl: the noises in the ears, the Meniere-like vertigo of the books' hearing chapter, the deafness that comes and goes, and the salt of the same salicin family as the aspen and the willow. The ringing-ear salt: that is Natrum salicylicum.
The substance, in plain words
Sodium salicylate is the salt of the salicin family — the same natural aspirin chemistry as the willow, the aspen and the meadowsweet, the lineage that became the salicylate drugs. The proving gave the salt the ear-and-vertigo portrait of the books' hearing chapter.
The traditional picture Classical sources
The inner state
- Anxiety with the noises. The worry and distress of the ringing and the vertigo, worse at night.
- Irritability. Cross from the constant noise no one else hears.
- Despondency. Gloomy in the chronic, recurrent states.
The body
- Noises in the ears. The keynote: the ringing, roaring and buzzing of the books' hearing chapter.
- Meniere-like vertigo. The whirling vertigo with the nausea of the same chapter — the books' great use.
- Deafness coming and going. The fluctuating hearing of the proving.
- Headache with the ear. The books add the congestive headache riding the ear complaints.
- Worse cold damp and night. Wet weather and night deepen the ringing and the whirl.
- Better for rest and quiet. Rest and quiet ease the hearing chapter.
Modalities (worse and better factors)
| Worse from ⬇ | Better from ⬇ |
|---|---|
| cold damp weather; night; noise; motion. | rest; quiet; warmth. |
Where it acts (organ affinities)
Ears (tinnitus, vertigo, hearing), head, general vitality.
Where the classical picture comes from
The salicylate salt's proving gave the ringing-ear portrait; Natrum salicylicum became the classical remedy of the Meniere-like vertigo and the noises — the willow family's salt serving the hearing chapter of the old books.
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.
The salicylate family is genuinely the aspirin lineage: sodium salicylate itself was an early anti-rheumatic, and the family's modern descendants are the NSAIDs — among the most-used drugs on earth. Salicylate ototoxicity — the ringing of the family — is real, documented pharmacology: the remedy's portrait and the drug's side-effect are the same chemistry. The Meniere's it portrayed is now ENT's: diagnosed with hearing tests, managed with real treatment.
Look-alikes (how the classical authors told it apart)
| Remedy | Looks similar because… | Tells it apart because… |
|---|---|---|
| Salicylicum acidum | The salicylate family | Sal-acid is the rheumatism and the ringing; Natrum salicyl is the vertigo and the hearing chapter. |
| Chininum sulphuricum | Ringing ears | Chin sulph's ringing rides the periodic fever; Natrum salicyl's the Meniere-like whirl. |
| Theridion curassavicum | Vertigo | Theridion's vertigo is noise-and-motion-triggered with the eyes closed; Natrum salicyl's is the ear's own chapter. |
| Cocculus indicus | Vertigo and nausea | Cocculus is the emptied, motion-sick one; Natrum salicyl the ear's ringing whirl. |