Basic features: Natrum Group
NATIONAL JOURNAL OF HOMOEOPATHY 1999 Jul / Aug VOL VIII NO 4.
Compiled by :
T K Kasiviswanathan
'Nat-mur / Nat-carb / Nat-n / Nat-phos / Nat-flour / Nat-sulph / Nat-ars

Variations on this are:

• Would rather be alone in dignity than feel denied by others.
• He is being slighted and thought worthless. He is alone in the appreciation of himself and it is held in dignity.
• He has no value in society- is an outcast.
• Has no father (Carbonicum in-group analysis represents the father). Abandoned by father.
• Dr Rajan says that he has found in such people a history of disturbed relationship with one of the parents-forsaken by father or mother.

1. "Anger over trifles and complaints from vexation. Anxiety in the evening and night; in bed; before midnight; after eating; with fear; during fever; about future; about health; worse on waking. Complaints from bad news. Aversion to company. Concentration difficult. Confusion of mind in the morning & evening after eating; after mental exertion. Delusions: frightful ; thinks he sees dead people; imagines; thinks he is going to have typhoid fever; that he hears footsteps in the next room. Discontented and discouraged and easily distracted. Dullness of the mind while reading. Mental exertion brings on many complaints; a dread of mental and physical work; great prostration of mind; very excitable. Fear at night; of impending disease; that something will happen; of misfortune; on waking; hysterical; in a hurry. No one is fast enough to suit him. Impatient and indifferent to everything even to his family. Sadness in evening, after coition during fever and from music. He is extremely sensitive to music, noise and to his surroundings. He grows serious and silent; sits by himself quite still for a long time. He is easily startled from fright, from noise, on falling asleep and during sleep. His friends call him suspicious. He grows timid and bashful. Weeps easily." (Dr Kent)
2. Dr Rajan Sankaran adds: "the main feeling of Natrum-phos is "the person I love is indifferent to me" They are self-possessed. Self-dependent and very helpful. Very friendly. Sensitive and sympathetic. Discouraged and imbecility.
3. Dr Scholten’s theme:
   

   Natrum	Phosphoricum
   Sadness & depression Closed, alone Restriction Denial, forbidden Sensitive Holding on	Communication Sympathetic Friends, acquaintances, neighbours Brothers Homesickness Curiosity & travel Restlessness/ fears

4. The theme according to group analysis is:
   Communication Is Forbidden- they walk around with a secret.
   1. Feeling that they have something which they are not allowed to share with others. Thus they carry the heavy burden of the secret. Their fear of telephone is a typical expression of this fear; afraid that they will say something wrong or say too much.
   2. Communication is very sensitive and refined; could mean culturally refined and also delicate with respect to other peoples’ feelings. They expect others to treat them the same way. They think they have to sort out problems by themselves.
   3. Feel their thinking process is slow and hence are slow learners.
   4. Alone as they do not have any brothers or sisters. Feel lonely and depressed as they go their own way. This could be the situation of:
      • An only child
      • A child whose brother died.
      • Not having friends.
      • Loss of friend.
      • Moving house.

The theme, which emerges, is of not being allowed or not being able to enjoy life. Their attitude is puritan. "Enjoyment is sinful". A variation of the theme is found in people who can enjoy things only when they are alone.

5. Natrum-Fluoratum
Dr Scholten says that there is a strong relationship between this remedy and incest.

The first theme is forbidden sex and the most extreme taboo is incest. This makes it difficult, if not impossible for them to talk about it and have to deal with it themselves.
Variations of the theme:

• Feel alone in their sexual experiences.
• The sexual act may bring up such feelings of loneliness that they may start crying; eventually they like to avoid this contact.
• They feel alone in their glittering career though build good contacts to relieve this loneliness. They feel that such contacts are only superficial and meaningless; hence remain reserved.

1. If we take into account the sycotic nature, the hydrogenoid condition of the constitution, worse in wet weather plus the Natrum heredity, then we have one of the grand features of this medicine. It produces a bilious disturbance and with the liver comes a long list of mental symptoms marked with irritability, anxiety, desire to die, and aversion to life and to things in life that would make people pleasant and comfortable. Desire to commit suicide but restrains for the sake of family. (Dr Kent)
2. Dr Rajan Sankaran says that they are very independent, dignified persons who win respect and honour in their field of activity. They are also caring, helpful and responsible. A third stage is that they make a lot of effort to keep the relationship but are taken advantage of; made use of and treated badly. They get hurt and angry due to this. The main feeling is "I am /disgraced/insulted/not appreciated/scorned" and it is clearly seen in their dreams where they dream of being insulted and provoked.
   

   Natrum	Sulphuricum
   Sadness & depression Closed, alone Restriction Denial, forbidden Sensitive Holding on	Clothing Beauty, grace & harmony Joy Love/ relationships Jealousy

3. The theme, according to Dr Scholten, is that they stand alone in matters of love or they are not allowed to appreciate it. A loving relationship is not for them as we see from the rubrics: ‘estranged from the family’ or ‘estranged from his wife’ He says that a situation where this remedy would be needed quite often is for those religious people in monasteries who are not allowed to have a relationship.

• Bound to their partner, children etc, through duty.
• Feel responsible for their family and partner, which makes them feel restricted. Dr Vithoulkas says that being sensitive, they get hurt more and more and life becomes a burden. They will get depressed (it is one of the most depressed remedies) and entertain thoughts of committing suicide. But being responsible people, knowing that family and others are dependent upon them, they restrain themselves.

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