CALCAREA SILICATA
Silicate of Lime
A deep, lengthy performing medication for complaints which come on slowly and attain their ultimate improvement after lengthy periods. Hydrogenoid charter (Nat sulph). Very touchy to cold. Patient is weak, emaciated, bloodless and chilly, however worse from being overheated; touchy generally. Atrophy of children.
Mind.–Absent-minded, irritable, irresolute, lacks self-confidence. Fearful.
Head.–Vertigo, head cold, specifically at vertex; catarrh of nostril and posterior nares, discharge thick, yellow, challenging crusts. Corneal exudation.
Stomach.–Sensation of coldness, specifically when empty. Sinking sensation at pit. Great thirst. Flatulence and distention after eating. Vomiting and eructations.
Female.–Uterus heavy, prolapsed. Leucorrhoea, painful and irregular menses. Flow between periods.
Respiratory.–Sensitive to bloodless air. Difficult respiration. Chronic inflammation of air passages. Copious, yellow-green mucus. Coughs with coldness, weakness, emaciation, sensitiveness and peevishness, worse from bloodless air. Pain in chest walls.
Skin.–Itching, burning, bloodless and blue, very sensitive. Pimples, comedones, wens. Psoric eruptions.
Relationship.–Compare: Arsenic; Tubercul; Baryt carb; Iod.
Dose.–All potencies from lowest to high.
