Carbo vegetabilis
Vegetable Charcoal
Key Characteristics
Sluggish, lazy, fat; wants to be fanned; bloating, flatulence; worse warm room, evening, fat; better fanning, eructation; collapse; coldness.
Commonly used in these styles
Prescribing approaches where this remedy is frequently selected.
Not yet associated with specific prescribing styles.
Typical Potencies & Dosing
Common potency scales and dosing guidance for acute and chronic use.
30c to 1m
Potency Scale
30c to 1m
Acute Dosing
30C every few hours for acute collapse, flatulence, or low vitality with desire for fanning; 200C in severe collapse or septic pictures.
Chronic Dosing
200C to 1M as a single constitutional dose at long intervals for chronic venous congestion, weak digestion, or low vitality; repeat only after a clear return of symptoms.
Notes
Wants to be fanned and better from eructation are strong confirmatories. Sluggish, cold, and offensive discharges confirm. Wait between doses — Carbo veg acts deeply.
Dosing Guidance
Potency scale and acute / chronic dosing notes drawn from the primary literature.
Potency Scale
30C, 200C, 1M
Acute
30C every 1-2 hours for acute collapse, indigestion, or dyspnoea with coldness and desire to be fanned; reduce as vitality returns.
Chronic
200C weekly for chronic debility, flatulence, or venous congestion; 1M under supervision.
Notes
The 'corpse reviver' — for collapse with cold sweat, cold breath, and desire to be fanned. Marked flatulence and venous stasis. Worse from warmth, evening, fat; better from cold air and fanning.
Miasmatic Affinity
The chronic miasm — inherited disease pattern — most associated with this remedy.
Constitutional Type
The constitutional profile — physical and emotional temperament — this remedy is most suited to.
Leucophlegmatic
Materia Medica
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Sluggish, lazy, fat; wants to be fanned; indifferent, low vitality; irritable; anxious; fears death; confused thinking; slow; weeps easily; hypochondriasis; worse from warmth; better from fanning; collapse; coldness; aversion to darkness.
Headache, throbbing; worse from warmth; better from cold; head heavy; falling hair; dandruff; vertigo; congestion; scalp sensitive; worse from heat; cold sweat on head.
Eyes red, inflamed; photophobia; lachrymation; styes; conjunctivitis; ulcers on cornea; dim sight; worse from warmth; better from cold; hemorrhages; burning; cold.
Remedy Relationships
Complementary, follow-up, inimical, and antidotal remedies linked to Carbo vegetabilis.
- Complementary
- Follows well
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- Inimical
- Antidote
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