The Magnesium and its Salts
NATIONAL JOURNAL OF HOMOEOPATHY 1997 Mar / Apr VOL VI NO 2.
Dr Lata M Ningas
Magnesium is an element present in Group II of Periodic Table along with Beryllium, Calcarea, Strontium, Barium and Radium.
Central Theme in a Magnesium Person
The feeling of needing nourishment like a nursing child not yet cut off from the umbilical cord, or needing mercy; he feels a need for protection, nurturing, needing the parents' support in order to survive. There is tremendous anxiety, insecurity, a strong repression of emotions as seen in orphans. Kent narrates that it is especially suited to illegitimate infants born of clandestine coition and there is a tendency of sinking of skull at the back of head seen in Mag-carb children. There is a history of being neglected, of being unwanted by the parents, and if looked after by a foster parent in the absence of the parent, such children tend to become self-sufficient, non-demanding and repress their emotions.
Forsaken feeling, being alone. Forsaken by friends, parents, family. Fear of loss of friends, family and their support. Delusion forsaken by family and friends: Mag-carb.
Delusion, he has no friends: Mag-mur. This leads to tremendous anxiety from small matters and suffering from psychosomatic conditions like ulcerative colitis, lichen planus, etc.
Remedy for children of divorced or quarreling parents, who react back either by trying to soothe or avoiding a quarrel or starting a quarrel themselves as a diversion.
Repression of emotions, not allowing the emotions to come up at all, manifested as having enormous number of dreams or no dreams at all, which is more characteristic, as dreams are a healthy phenomenon. If none are present it indicates a very severe suppression.
Dreams
- of falling
- of dead relatives
- death of relatives
- of danger eg flood, water
- of being alone, to face a problem or in a danger situation like having robbers at home when he or she is alone.
- Of being Lt behind eg person is Lt behind on the railway platform and the train departed with all the relatives.
Mag-mur is lost in the forest.
Mag-carb is lost in her own home. - Pleasant weddings, going for picnic, meeting friends.
Unrefreshed sleep, exhausted from dreams
Hates aggression, cannot stand violence: violent people, violent movies, scenes like western movies. Extremely disturbed by violence because they themselves find it difficult to get angry.
Aggressive People
Reserved, they themselves are very caring but will never reveal her emotions to the closest person.
Anxiety/fear that the person on whom they depend, will meet with an accident.
Insecurity for the person they depend on and they will lose the support ie money and protection whereas in Calcarea it is for love and care.
They love children.
Physicals
Rt sided remedy, chilly yet craving for open air
Desire: Vegetables, fruits, meat
Aversion: Veg, meat
Aggravation: From cold air, cold bathing, uncovering, touch
Amelioration: Warm applications, hear, pressure, bending double, bandaging
Pains: Very violent pains and neuralgias, great sensitivity to pains
Discharges that stain the cloth. Indelible stains. Blackish menses
Magnesium-Sulph: Concepts
| Magnesium | Sulphuricum |
| Pacifism | clothing |
| Aggression | grace |
| Fear of loss | beauty, harmony |
| Pains | love of relations, jealousy, joy. |
The feeling that he is insulted, disgraced, unappreciated, unloved by the person on whom he depends for love, care and nourishment.
He is very careful about dressing and appearance, very sensitive to marks over the skin for the fear of being rejected.
They are very independent, efficient, conscientious and calm.
Anxious about their own health and insist on investigations.
Feel if they do not look good enough or work hard enough, then they will be rejected or Lt behind by their partners.
Dreams of unsuccessful efforts; frightful dreams.
They are afraid of showing anger for fear of losing their love or loved ones, so they suppress their anger. Later they start showing it, which makes the partner angry. In turn they start feeling that the partner is always angry making life difficult for them.
They have to show their aggression on the partner to keep them under control so that he/she does not leave.
They have to show who they are, in order to be acceptable to the partner. Marked jealousy.
In the process of suppressing their anger they don't give love and don't receive love. They might ask for proof of the partner's love.
Fear of aggression, violent scenes in movies.
Great desire for warmth of love.
