Natrium muriaticum (Natrium chloratum) is a marine medicine; the salt that comes from the sea is changed into medicine by dilution and dynamization.
It is used for problems that get worse by the sea.
Symptoms characteristic of Natrium muriaticum are:
- dry skin and mucous membranes; there is a severe thirst and a need for salt or highly salted foods
- the lips are often cracked, sometimes a crack is visible in the middle of the lower lip
- itchy rash occurs on hot summer days as a result of sweating (or after excessive exercise), especially on the folds of the joints
- the itching and burning sensation is alleviated by a cold bath and staying outdoors, and the heat makes them worse
- dry eczema at first very itchy, after scratching tiny, white blisters develop
- due to dry mucous membranes, there is a frequent feeling of sand in the eyes, most often in the morning; photosensitivity is present
- at sea, herpes often appears on the lips or on the edge of the nose in the form of blisters filled with clear fluid
- resistance to the sun; the need to protect the head with a headgear; if the sun burns directly on the head, a headache develops (as if a hammer were pounding in the head)
- he does not tolerate consolation and feels best if left alone, in trouble he prefers to be alone than in company
Natrium muriaticum comes to us in the summer homeopathic pharmacy just for allergies to the sun, itchy rashes, insect bites, herpes simplex, sunburn, etc.