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homeopathic remedy
Silicea
homeopathy
definition
source: pure silica
organ affinities: nutrition, brain, nerves, glands, eustachian tube, bones, mucous membranes, skin
associated conditions: foreign bodies, vaccination, suppuration, vertigo, headache, constipation
miasms: syphilitic, sycotic
indications:
» problems from poor assimilation of nutrients
» child with large head, open fontanelles and sutures; sweating about the head, distended abdomen; problems from suppressed foot sweat, draught, vaccination
» always chilly, even after exercise
» swelling, suppuration of glands as cervical, axillary, mammary, inguinal
» chronic sick headache since a child; ascending from neck to top of head; or neck to right eye < draught, uncovering head, > pressure, wrapping up head
» constipation always before and during menses; INACTIVITY OF RECTUM, great straining as if paralyzed; WHEN PARTLY EXPELLED, RECEDES AGAIN
» unhealthy skin, every injury suppurates
» OFFENSIVE sweat from hands, toes, feet, axilla
» promotes expulsion of foreign objects such as fish bones, needles, splinters
pulse:
modalities:
» worse: new moon, in morning, from washing, during menses, uncovering, lying down, damp, lying on left side, cold
» better: warmth, wrapping up head, summer, in wet or humid weather
relationships:
» complementary: Calc., Fl-ac., Puls. (chronic of Sil.), Sanic., Sulph., Thuja.
» remedies that precede well: Bell., Bry., Calc., Cina, Graph., Ign., Nit-ac., Phos.
» remedies that follow well: Ars., Asaf., Bell., Calc., Clem., Fl-ac., Graph., Hep., Lach., Lyc., Nux-v., Phos., Puls., Rhus-t., Sep., Sulph.
» inimical: Merc.
» antidotes: Camph., Fl-ac., Hep.
dosage: 6-30 and higher. Externally on ulcers in aqueous solution
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