Natrum Carb would be the remedy to come to mind in the digestive troubles of chronic 'soda addicts'. It is the picture of 'cachexia alkaline' due to prolonged use of one of the many proprietary alkalizing agents for 'sour stomach'.
(Sodium Carbonate) Synonym: Carbonas natricus and Soda carbons. Crushing: RULE 8. Or Solution - mother, a part of the drug to 99 parts distilled water RULE 5. Depression and cerebral weakness. Antipsoric. Great weakness caused by the heat of summer, tired by the slightest mental or physical effort. Chronic effects of heatstroke. Nervous excitement during storms. Headaches, due to the slightest mental exercise; the sun or working under a spotlight. Vesicular eruption on the tongue. Constant runny nose, stuffy nose, phlegm smelly, sucked throat in abundance. Ill effects of drinking cold water sweating. Very weak digestion, manifesting the slightest deviation from the scheme. Intense thirst for cold drinks, a few hours after meals, with discomfort after drinking. Ravenous hunger at 11 am and 3 pm, with a feeling of emptiness in her stomach and relieved by eating.Atonic dyspepsia, flatulent. Feeling weak, retraction, spastic contractions and shortening of the tendons. Ease sprains and dislocations in the ankles and knees. Cervix hardened. Flatulent diarrhea, yellow and orange pulp. Aversion to milk, milk due to diarrhea. Mucus discharge from the vagina after intercourse, expelling the sperm and preventing fertilization. Sterility. Antidote: Camphora. DOSE: 3CH to 30CH, 100CH, 200CH, 500CH, 1000CH. //////////////////////////////////////////////////