About
Calcarea Silicata is a compound remedy of calcium and silica. It is primarily indicated for patients who are weak, chilly, and suffer from chronic suppurative conditions, slow healing, and glandular swellings. It is often considered for ailments arising from defective nutrition and assimilation.
Keynotes
Suppuration and fistulous openings; offensive foot sweat; emaciation despite good appetite; chilly and weak; ailments from defective nutrition; hard, swollen glands; tendency to catch cold.
Constitution
Thin, emaciated, chilly persons with weak connective tissue. Often children with large heads, distended abdomens, and slow development. Intellectuals who are easily fatigued.
🤒Symptoms Profile
● General Symptoms
Suppuration, abscesses, fistulas, slow healing, glandular swellings, tonsillitis, adenoids, bone affections, offensive foot sweat, chilliness, weakness, emaciation
● Mental Symptoms
Anxiety, nervousness, lack of self-confidence, mental prostration, fear of failure, sensitive to noise, irritable, wants to be left alone
● Physical Symptoms
Suppuration (tonsils, glands, bones), fistulas, offensive foot sweat, cold extremities, emaciation, swollen cervical glands, chronic tonsillitis, brittle nails, headaches from mental exertion
Uses
Chronic tonsillitis, adenoids, abscesses, fistulas, bone diseases (e.g., necrosis), slow-healing wounds, offensive foot sweat, malnutrition, failure to thrive in children
Modalities
Worse: cold, damp, drafts, mental exertion, uncovering. Better: warmth, wrapping up head, dry weather.
💊Dosage Information
Available Potencies
6C, 12C, 30C, 200C, 1M
Recommended Dosage
Lower potencies (6C-30C) for chronic suppurative conditions; higher potencies (200C-1M) for constitutional prescribing. Infrequent repetition is typical.
🔗Relationships & Affinities
🫀 Organ Affinity
Glands (tonsils, lymphatics), bones, connective tissue, skin, mucous membranes, digestive system (assimilation)
🤝 Complementary
Silicea, Calcarea carbonica, Tuberculinum
🛡️ Antidotes
Camphora, Hepar sulphuris calcareum
⚠️Important Cautions
Use with caution in very low vitality. Aggravation may occur if given too frequently or in too high a potency in sensitive patients.
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