Magnesium Group Homoeopathy remedies

January 1, 2013 admin Materia Medica - Group Study 1

World’s lightest metal

Highly active in pure state

3rd most abundant of the metals forming 2.5% of the earth crust.

In human body too it is the 3rd most abundant cation after Na &Ca.

It has an intermediate position between alkalis and transition metals—alkali earth metals

It is discovered by Sir Hemphery Davy (Na, K, Mg, Cl, Ba, Bo).

Symbol – Mg

Group – II A (alkaline earth metal) (Be, Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba, Ra)

Series – 3rd

Atomic no – 12

Atomic weight – 24.302 amu

PHYSICAL PROPERTIES

 Mg is a salt. It is odorless, tasteless& insoluble in alcohol but soluble in dilute acids.

 Mg is brilliant silver white metal sold in form of ribbon and wire.

GENERAL — USES

1. Lightness of Mg has earned it a place in aerospace and electronics (Making electronic

devices, air planes, missiles, fire works etc.)
2. Making alloys, Mg forms an active alloy with lead (Mg2Ph) that readily absorbs O2 from air.
3. Mg amalgam can be prepared by heating Mg with Mercury.
4. Mg was used as a laxalive, antacid. Since time, Mg is used as a purgative medicine.
 5. In organic chemistry, it is used as an intermediate for introduction of new radicals.
6. It has high affinity for O2 and hence used as a reducing agent.

BIOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS

 In the serum, its contents 2-4 mg. Mg is particularly important in respect to germination.
Sperms are rich in Mg and stimulate sexual function.
 Brain, muscle and testes are rich in magnesium.
 It is an intracellular iron. It is useful in signalling , enzyme activation and catalysis.

FOOD SOURCE

 Green leafy veg – Spinach, Nuts- Cashew, almonds, beans Soyabeans,pumpkin seeds.
 Whole grain buck wheat flour, Barley.
 Fish
 Lowfat vanilla
 Yoghurt.

DEFICIENCY
Due to excessive loss of Mg in urine, GI system disorders, that cause loss of Mg or and absorption
or chronically law intake of Magnesium.

Signs and Symptoms

 GI symptoms – Loss of appetite, nausea and vomiting

 CVS symptoms – Irregular heart beat, palpitation and HTN, Kidney stones.
 Nervous Symptoms – Disorientation, tired feeling, sleep disorders irritability.

EXCESS
Mg toxicity associated with Kidney failure .A large dose of laxatives and antacid causes Mg excess.

Symptoms
Nausea diarrhea loss of appetite and muscle weakness, low BP and irregular heart beat.

IMPORTANT REMEDIES

 Magnesium Carbonicum (Carbonate of Magnessium)

 Magnesium Muriaticum (Mureate of Magnesium)
 Magnesium phospohoricum (phosphate of Magnesium)
 Magnesium Sulphuricum (Epsom salt)
 Mag Flouricum
 Mag bromatum
 Mat Iodatum
 Mag aceticum
 Mag borocitricum
 Mag usta
  Mag selecatum

CHARACTERISTIC FEATURES

CONSTITUTION
Stout, fair flabby, skin is pale, puffy, oily and waxy with slow healing and scar formation. Premature
loose skin, hangs down with lax fiber

TEMPERAMENT : NERVOUS

THERMAL : Chilly, very sensitive to cold.

Miasm : Psoric

SPHERE OF ACTION
All magnesium remedies act on GI tract ,sexual organs especially uterus, NS, Musles, liver and GB,
prostate, nails etc. Magnesium shows more affinity towards right side.

PATHO PHYSIOLOGICAL ACTION

Magnesium injections reduce body temperature.

Mg ions are a depressant of CNS and neuro muscular transmission. Mg++ relaxes muscle. In heart
Mg slows the rate of impulse formation at SA node. The intestinal action of Mg salts need not be
concerned with a purgative action as is known of MgSO4. With MgSO4 the fluidity of stool depends
not upon a reabsorptive action but exactly on the poor reabsorption of this salt.

CHARACTERISTIC MENTAL SYMPTOMS

1.Pacifism : They hate aggression in any form. They try to avoid violence in any form. They find it
very difficult to get angry, because they are extremely disturbed by violence.

2.Aggression : On the other hand they can be very aggressive (Mag C Eg) This part is not much
emphasized in literature. But whitmont describes Mgs the most violent, ill tempered, erratic but also
fearful, depressed remedy in our MM.

3.Fear of loss of friends, family etc. Kent describes Mag C as a remedy for orphans. Mag carb Magmur
are important remedies for children of divorced or quarrelling parents.

4.Repression

Main feeling of Mg is tremendous internal anxiety and insecurity but this feeling is usually
repressed. (Natrum suppresses) Emotions are so repressed that even the patient is unaware of
them.

5.Insecurity ,Neglected feeling

Mg patients have the history of being neglected in some way by the parents.

6. Dreams of feeling loneliness, of having to face the problem alone etc.

Of being left behind- dreams that they were on a railway platform and the train departed with all
relatives while patient was left behind. Among the pleasant dreams, that magnesium patient get
dreams of being with people, a picnic with relatives etc.

These feature of tremendous anxiety, insecurity a need for protection and nourishment and a
strong repression of emotions are seen in orphans, one who has no one to protect him or whom he
can confide in.

PHYSICAL SYMPTOMS

1. Right Sided affections

2. Chilly patients (except Mag Iod,)
3. Periodicity of Complaints
4. Desire – For, meat, vegetables and refreshing things,
5. Aversion – to cooked food, sweets, fatty food, Milk is intolerable < sweet, fat
6. Discharges are sour, profuse and offensive, stool green watery with mucus. Menses – Blood is
very dark ,tar like and many complaints excited or aggravated in relation with menses.
7. Mg group have affinity to nervous system peripheral paralysis and affections of muscle
excitability Neuralgic pains are present.
8. Poor resistance, lack of vital heat, and increased susceptibility which leads to allergic
manifestation. Eg : urticaria, eosinophilia, asthma etc.
9. Pains : Neurlgias- Pain is darting , tearing, boring and shooting.
10. Having antispasmodic character useful in abdominal colic, renal colic angina biliary colic etc.
11. Tendency to new growth, like tumours and warts
12. Sleep Unrefreshed, more tired in evening.
13. Mg group mainly psoric similar to calcareas.
14. General Modality
 < By cold, touch, 7am, Rt side and motion
 >Warm application, pressure and Bending double.

MAGNESIUM CABONICUM

Mind
Remedy for children of quarreling or divorsed parents. In Mag C feeling that he is not appreciated.
This makes to understand why Mag C children so aggressive. They have to be recognized and
accepted & if this does not happen, they will show their presences in another way, they well force
you to respect them.

Physicals

1. Spasmodic affections of stomach and intestines (Col, Mag P), increased Secretions from
mucus membranes, marked acidity.
2. Menses preceeded by serethroat , labour like pain, cutting colic, weakness chilliness flows only
at night or when lying, ceases when walking (Ammo m, Kreos, opposite of Lil tig) acrid dark
pitch like, difficult to wash off (med).
3. Children whole body smells sour ,disposed to boils.
4. Diarrhea -Stool-Green, watery, frothy like a frog ponds scum.
5. Milk passes undigested in nursing children, sour with tenesmes (Rheum).
6. Constipation after mental shock or severe nervous strain.
 7. Agg – change of temperature, every 3 weeks, rest, milk, during menses. Ame. – Warm air,
but worse in warmth of bed (Led, Merc – better in warmth of bed – As).

MAGNESIUM MURIATICUM

Mind
Remedy for children of quarrelling or divorced parent. In Mag Mur feeling that there is fear of losing
his sense of being safe and cured for. They crave for attention of nurturing, Ist stage they crave for
attention, whine, but they might also get very irritated if they don’t get attention. Irritation may
marked and change into bad temper or fits of anger. Same time they are afraid of aggression
themselves because of fear of losing the support.

They can’t stand violence

Afraid of people’s anger

Quarrels between parents can throw them completely out of balance.

Physicals

1. Children – difficult dentition, unable to digest milk, causes pain in stomach and passes
undigested, pung, rachitic and crave sweets.
2. Great sensitiveness to noise
3. Sweating of head (Calc, Sani, Sili))
4. Leucorrhoea – after exercise with every stool with uterine spasm, followed by metrorrhagia
two weeks after menses for 3 to 4 days (Bar, Bov, Con)
5. Constipation – stool hard, large, knotty like sheep’s dung, difficult to pass, crumbling at the
vage of anus (Anumm, Natm) of infants during dentition.

MAGNESIUM PHOSPHORICUM

Mind
Fear that their aggression will take away the possibilities of contact. They need to make contact to
exchange ideas and feelings . But they are afraid that they will say some thing wrong which makes
other person angry and even break of the friendship. So they became very careful. They become
more and more tense and almost spastic. Eventually they avoid making contact and even develop
fear of people.

They can also cause the withdrawing and timid behaviour.

They like traveling or quite the opposite ,they often suffer from Homesickness.

Physical

1. 1.Pains –Sharp cutting, stitching, lighting like coming and going (Bell). Paroxysmal.
Spasmodic or cramp of stomach with clean tongue as if a band around the body.
2. 2.Colic – flatulent forcing to Bend double and by heat, rubbing, hard pressure (Col, plumb)
3. 3.< Cold air, cold washing, bathing, motion, touch,>Bending double, heat, warmth, pressure
MAGNESIUM SULPHURICUM (EPSUM SALT)

Mind : Mag sulph is afraid of getting angry, out of fear of losing his love or his loved one.

Physical

Skin
Itching suppressed itch, small pimples itch violently, warts, erysipelas and dropsy.

Urinary
Diabetes : Stiches & burning in the orifice of urethra after micturition (urethritis) .Urine in morning
copious and yellow later become turbid with red deposits. Urine greenish when passed, is of a clear
colour and in large quantity.

Female
Leucorrhoea as profuse as menses with weary pain in lumbosacral region and on moving about.
Metrorrhagia, returns after 14 days.

Physiologic dose
Mag. S is of diagnostic and therapeutic value in gallstone colic. From 2-4 teaspoonfuls in a glass of
hot water taken at the onset of a colicky attack may abort or stop the colic.