Magnesia muriatica

Prepared from Magnesium chloride (MgCl₂), a deliquescent salt formed by combining magnesium with hydrochloric acid. It occurs naturally in seawater and salt lakes.

First proved by Dr. Wahle and later confirmed by Hahnemann and Hering; also extensively clinically verified by Farrington and Clarke.

Magnesia muriatica is a remedy of silent sorrow and invisible burden. The patient bears pain quietly, often sacrificing themselves for the sake of peace or duty. Chronic hepatic and uterine disorders arise from emotional repression, grief, and overresponsibility. The personality is gentle but worn, sensitive but inwardly burdened. It is especially suited to women who care for others while silently grieving, and to children of broken homes who show their pain through physical illness.

• Liver – especially in chronic, silent hepatic dysfunction
• Female reproductive system – uterine cramps, menses irregularities
• Digestive system – constipation, abdominal bloating
• Nerves – emotional repression, internalised grief
• Left side of the body – key modalities often left-sided

Deeply sensitive yet introverted and reserved, Magnesia muriatica individuals suffer from repressed emotions, especially from unresolved grief and emotional neglect [Kent]. There is a strong sense of duty and morality, yet they internalise emotional conflict to avoid confrontation. Their irritability is often silent—borne within as tension, resentment, and guilt. [Clarke] notes a tendency to avoid quarrels and instead “suffer in silence.” They cry easily but suppress the tears, leading to psychosomatic symptoms.

A prevailing theme is overresponsibility and emotional isolation—common in children from broken or dysfunctional homes. Timid and easily offended; feel unloved and undeserving. May crave solitude or become overly attached to caregivers or partners.

Unrefreshing, disturbed by dreams and restlessness. Wakes early and cannot fall back asleep. Sleepy by day, especially after meals. Frequent sighing or groaning during sleep. Jerking of limbs.

Dreams of loss, abandonment, drowning, or being chased. Vivid and emotionally charged—may reflect grief or inner guilt. Children dream of being lost or mother dying. [Hering]

Magnesia muriatica is characterised by hidden emotional pain, often deeply buried and unreleased. Physical ailments are silent, chronic, and progressive—especially in the liver, uterus, and bowels. Left-sided symptoms dominate. Patient feels better from pressure, rest, warmth, and being undisturbed. A remedy of introverted grief, female suffering, and quiet resignation.

Chilliness in the evening or at night. Heat flushes with trembling. Sweats without relief. Low-grade fevers from hepatic congestion. Worse at night and from emotional suppression.

Chilly even in warm rooms. Cold limbs with hot face. Sweats profusely at night, especially on the chest and neck. Perspiration offensive and stains linen yellow. Better from uncovering.

Headaches from mental exertion, suppressed grief, or during menses. Often left-sided, with a dull, pressing, or hammering sensation. Head feels too heavy to lift. Pain extending to eyes or down the neck. Worse lying on left side, better with pressure and after stool or urination. Sensitive scalp. Vertigo when walking or after meals.

Heaviness and smarting of the eyes after reading. Sensation as if grains of sand under lids. Left eye often more affected. Eyestrain with nervous tension. Tendency to styes or chronic blepharitis from hormonal disturbances or emotional grief.

Ringing, buzzing, or pulsation in ears—worse from emotional excitement. Difficult hearing when emotionally withdrawn. Earache in children with constipation and silent grief. Pressure in the ear as if stopped up.

Nasal obstruction at night, especially on the left side. Dry coryza with thick yellow discharge. Sneezing with abdominal cramps. Sensitive to odours. Epistaxis on exertion or during menses.

Pale or earthy complexion, often with a drawn expression. Dark rings under eyes, especially in emotionally exhausted individuals. Twitching or trembling of facial muscles. Lips dry, cracked, or ulcerated. Tension and pain in left cheek or jaw.

Dryness of mouth, worse at night or during menses. Bitter or metallic taste in the morning. Tongue coated yellowish or dirty white. Painful ulcers on tongue or inner cheeks. Sensitivity to hot foods and drinks. Speech hesitant when emotionally strained.

Toothache with face heat and stomach troubles. Worse from chewing, milk, and at night. Teeth feel loose or elongated. Gums bleed easily; receding in older patients. Grinding of teeth in children with digestive issues or repressed anger.

Dryness and constriction in throat, especially after silent weeping or emotional restraint. Chronic pharyngitis in emotionally closed individuals. Globus sensation—feels like a lump in throat when trying not to cry. Swollen glands under jaw, especially on left side.

Constriction and pressure over sternum. Stitching or radiating pain to left breast or axilla. Breathing shallow and sighing—reflecting suppressed grief. Chest pains from liver congestion. Palpitations at night or lying on left side.

Palpitations with weakness and trembling. Feeling of coldness in the chest. Pulse irregular, weak, or intermitting. Emotional repression brings on cardiac tension and irregularity. Fear of heart stopping when emotionally overwhelmed.

Breath short, shallow, often accompanied by sighing. Asthmatic breathing in children with digestive complaints. Dyspnoea lying on left side or at night. Hysterical constriction. Anxiety leads to breath-holding or hyperventilation.

Weak digestion with nausea, bloating, and aversion to milk. Pain after eating, with pressure and tension across the epigastrium. Vomiting of mucus or bitter substances. Appetite irregular—ravenous one moment, lost the next. Heaviness in stomach after smallest quantity of food. Better from eructation or passing gas. Tendency to silent gastric ulceration.

Flatulence, distension, and constipation are hallmark features. The abdomen feels tight, sore, or “knotted.” Cramping and stitching pains, often left-sided. Better from pressure and lying on right side. Liver enlarged, tender, and slow-functioning—often without clear inflammation. Indicated in silent hepatic degeneration, especially in emotionally repressed women.

Constipation with ineffectual urging and cramping pain. Stool crumbles or is passed with difficulty despite soft consistency. May feel paralysed or unresponsive rectum. Haemorrhoids with stitching pain, worse at night. Stool offensive, dark, and difficult to expel. Emotional suppression frequently accompanies rectal symptoms.

Frequent urging, worse at night. Urine scanty, dark, and cloudy. Stitching pain in bladder during menses. Urinary complaints may accompany liver dysfunction. Enuresis in emotionally suppressed children. Pressure on bladder as if it would burst, but passes only drops.

Marked aversion to milk, which aggravates digestion and skin. Craves sweets, fruits, and salty things. Desires cold drinks but they may cause cramps. Appetite irregular. Complaints worse after overeating.

Impotence with suppressed emotional or sexual expression. Seminal emissions with great fatigue. Coldness of genitals. Gonorrhoeal history with residual liver symptoms. Sexual aversion from suppressed guilt or grief.

Indispensable in uterine cramps, irregular menses, and silent suffering. Menses delayed, scanty, or painful—accompanied by constipation and sadness. Uterus enlarged or displaced. Leucorrhoea thick, white, and profuse. Complaints after loss of a child or emotional neglect. Labour-like pains better lying on right side. Breast pain premenstrually. History of recurrent miscarriages, especially around third month. [Boericke]

Pain between the shoulders with liver or uterine conditions. Lumbar aching during menses. Sacral pain with constipation. Stiffness in cervical spine from chronic worry. Left scapula especially painful on motion.

Trembling, weakness, or coldness of limbs. Cramps in calves at night. Numbness or tingling in left fingers or toes. Tiredness of lower limbs with liver disorders. Fingers cold, especially under emotional strain. Nails brittle or ridged.

Dry, itchy, and prone to cracks—especially behind ears or in skin folds. Eczema with liver involvement. Herpes or vesicles around mouth or genitals. Worse from milk, emotional suppression, and menses.

• Lycopodium – Also hepatic and constipated; more dominant and ego-driven, while Mag-m. is more yielding and introverted
• Sepia – Similar female reproductive themes, but Sepia is more indifferent and irritable; Mag-m. more weepy and sensitive
• Natrum muriaticum – Suppressed grief and aversion to consolation; Nat-m. more closed and intellectual; Mag-m. more digestive and uterine
• Pulsatilla – Mild and weepy; but Mag-m. has more internalisation and liver involvement
• Alumina – Constipation with ineffectual urging, but Alumina is more confused, dry, and neurologically affected

• Complementary: Natrum muriaticum, Sepia, Lycopodium
• Antidotes: Pulsatilla, Nux vomica
• Follows well: Ignatia, Pulsatilla
• Precedes well: Sulphur, Sepia

• Excellent for constipation in emotionally withdrawn individuals
• Key remedy in silent hepatic dysfunction, especially with left-sided symptoms
• Useful in women with suppressed grief and menstrual irregularities
• Think of it in children of divorced parents with somatic complaints
• Aversion to milk is a notable keynote, especially in digestive or skin conditions

Mind

• Ailments from grief
• Reserved, introverted
• Weeping, involuntary
• Fear of being alone

Stomach & Abdomen

• Aversion to milk
• Pain, epigastrium, pressing
• Constipation, ineffectual urging
• Liver, congestion, painless

Female Genitalia

• Menses, irregular, painful
• Uterine prolapse
• Leucorrhoea, thick, white

Extremities

• Cramps, calves, night
• Numbness, left hand
• Trembling, emotional cause

Skin

• Dry, cracked
• Eczema, liver-related
• Herpes, suppressed grief

Generalities

• Left-sided complaints
• Worse lying on left side
• Better pressure, warmth

Samuel Hahnemann – Chronic Diseases: Clinical and proving basis of Magnesia salts

C. Hering – Guiding Symptoms: Detailed abdominal, uterine, and mental symptoms

James Kent – Lectures on Homoeopathic Materia Medica: Emphasised emotional suppression and liver/uterine affinity

William Boericke – Materia Medica: Condensed clinical indications, especially constipation and menses

John Henry Clarke – Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica: Provided expanded female, digestive, and mind symptoms

Farrington – Clinical Materia Medica: Differentiated Mag-m. from Sepia, Nat-m., and Lycopodium