KALIUM MURIATICUM mit generierter deutscher Übersetzung Dewey dw2 Clinical experience [Schüssler recommends rec1] has proved that this drug in alternation with Ferr-p. constitutes a treatment of pneumonia which has been very successful in many hands. The symptoms calling for Kali-m. as laid down by Schüssler are very meager; it is given simply because there is a fibrinous exudation in the lung substance. There is a white, viscid expectoration [yellowish mucus modx] and the tongue is coated white (or grey bwax). It is better suited to the second stage, for when the third stage appears with its thick, yellowish expectoration it is replaced by Kali-s. in the biochemic nomenclature. Hering hr1 Catarrhal [broncho- Ed.] pneumonia on right side. Pleurisy in second stage, plastic exudation. [Bilateral lobar pneumonia modx] Lilienthal ll1 ... Cough hard and exhausting. Choudhuri cda1 ... in acute croupous [lobular Ed.] pneumonia, when acute infiltrations are suspected. It causes diminution of secretion and hence a gradual going down of the swelling. ... It may even be thought of in peritonitis, pleurisy and pericarditis, while presenting the same features. MMPP Constrictive [, as if tied with a thread modx,] and drawing pain in mid-axillary region between 5th and 6th rib on the right side, with cough, thick white expectoration and anxiety; agg. motion inspiration; amel. lying on affected side, pressure. (1840 - Central Council for Research in Homeopathy) Sometimes when Bry. seems well indicated in pneumonia and respiratory conditions with the dry cough, sluggish conditions of the liver, white-coated tongue and irritability, indisposition to move or talk, I have given, which did what Bry. failed to do. ... The kind of cough that calls for this remedy is a loud noisy stomach cough with greyish-white tongue. It is also indicated when there are wheezing rales, and thick milk-like phlegm. (Jones 1922) Compare with: Bry. mmpp1 Follows often: Ferr-p. rec1 Followed by: Calc-s. rec1 Kali-m: Is indicated in bilateral lobar pneumonia or right sided bronchopneumonia. Where there is expectoration of green, yellowish mucus. Patient experiences tightness in inner chest as if tied, with a thread with oppression of chest. Oppression of inner chest precedes congestion.