The very old form the sad domain of Baryta Carbonica.

The elderly people of this type suffer from dizziness, loss of memory, impaired intelectual functioning and confusion. They are suspicious, fragile and slow, as if stunned by everyday life, unable to cope with its pace and demands; for them, everything is already in the past.

Diffuse atherosclerosis with pronounced cerebrovascular dysfunction is particularly characteristic, eventually leading to recurrent cerebral hemorrhages and infarctions.

Baryta Carbonica is one of the most effective homeopathic remedies in the treatment of the elderly and the retarded, and especially – in the treatment of atherosclerotic disease, hypertension, enlarged lymph nodes and aortic aneurism formation.