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Carbo animalis

(Carbo animalis · Animal charcoal)

A remedy of depleted vitality. In the materia medica, Carbo animalis is associated with weak circulation and bluish skin, slow digestion, easy straining and exhaustion after any loss of fluids, often in older people.

Fatigue | Digestion

Source

Charcoal made from charred animal hide or bone

Kingdom

Animal

Abbreviation

Carb-an.

Home acute kit

Usually prescribed by a homeopath

The classic picture

(a remedy is chosen when the whole picture fits the person, not from a single symptom)

Low vitality with weak circulation and bluish cheeks and lips

Easily strained from lifting even small weights; ankles turn easily

Weak, empty digestion; eating tires the person, with much wind

Quiet and reflective, avoiding conversation; so worn out after a period that speaking is an effort

Tends to feel better

Warmth

Tends to feel worse

Open, dry, cold air

Loss of fluids

After shaving

The slightest touch

How it compares

(remedies that are often confused with Carbo animalis)

  • Carbo vegetabilis

    (Carbo vegetabilis)

    Carbo vegetabilis centers on collapse and air hunger; Carbo animalis on poor circulation, weak joints and slow digestion.

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  • Ledum

    (Ledum palustre)

    Both have easily sprained ankles; Ledum's are cold, puffy and better for cold water.

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From the classic texts

“Seems to be especially adapted to scrofulous and venous constitutions, old people, and after debilitating disease, with feeble circulation and lowered vitality.”

William Boericke, Pocket Manual of Homoeopathic Materia Medica (1901)

“Easily strained from lifting, even small weights; straining and overlifting easily produce great debility; ankles turn when walking.”

Henry C. Allen, Keynotes and Characteristics (1898)

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