Homeopathic Materia Medica

A Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica, John Henry Clarke

Sodium lactate. Na.C3H5O3, Solution.

Clinical.─Gout. Gouty concretions. Rheumatism.

Characteristics.─Allen has collected a few observations on the effects of large doses, which I have schematised below. Skinner has removed with it, in potencies, gouty or rheumatic concretions ("chalk stones") in fingers.

Relations.─Compare: The Lacs, Lact. ac. In "chalk stones," Lyc., Calc.

SYMPTOMS.

11. Stomach.─Unusual hunger and thirst.─Vomiting (from very large doses).

23. Lower Limbs.─Great weakness of lower limbs, analogous to anxietas tibiarum after great physical exertion.

24. Generalities.─Rheumatoid pains.─Abnormal sense of fatigue, yawning and sleepiness.

26. Sleep.─Sleep more prolonged and sounder.─Yawning and sleepiness.