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Carbo vegetabilis vs China officinalis
(Carbo vegetabilis · Cinchona officinalis)
Both are reached for when someone feels weak and depleted with heavy bloating and gas.
In short
Carbo vegetabilis is sluggish and gassy but relieved by belching and fresh air; China officinalis is drained after fluid loss, bloated with belching that brings no relief.
Side by side
(the classic distinctions homeopaths look for)
| Feature | Carbo vegetabilis |
China officinalis |
|---|---|---|
| Belching | Brings real relief | Brings no relief |
| Bloating | Mainly upper abdomen, even after plain food | Whole abdomen, worse after fruit |
| Air | Craves fresh air; wants to be fanned | Sensitive to the slightest draft |
| Cause of weakness | Never quite well since a previous illness | Loss of fluids such as blood, sweat or diarrhea |
| Mood | Dull, sluggish and low in vitality | Oversensitive and irritable; ideas crowd in at night |
Carbo vegetabilis
Better
Belching, Being fanned or fresh air
Worse
Rich, fatty food, Warm, damp weather, Evening
China officinalis
Better
Firm, hard pressure, Bending double, Warmth, Open air
Worse
Slightest touch, Drafts of air, Loss of fluids, After eating, especially fruit
From the classic texts
“Disintegration and imperfect oxidation is the keynote of this remedy.”
“Debility from exhausting discharges, from loss of vital fluids, together with a nervous erethism, calls for this remedy. Periodicity is most marked. Sensitive to draughts.”
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Carbo vegetabilis
(Carbo vegetabilis · Vegetable charcoal)
The remedy of collapse and gas. Carbo vegetabilis is associated with sluggish digestion and bloating, and with people who have never felt quite right since a previous illness.
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China officinalis
(Cinchona officinalis · Peruvian bark)
The remedy of depletion. In the materia medica, China officinalis is associated with weakness after a loss of fluids, such as heavy bleeding, sweating or diarrhea, along with bloating that belching doesn’t relieve and a marked rhythm to symptoms.
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