TISSUE SALTS


Calc-Fluor

Calc-Phos

Calc-Phos

Ferr-Phos

Kali-Mur

Kali-Phos

Kali-Sulph

Mag-Phos

Nat-Mur

Nat-Phos

Nat-Sulph

Silica

Synonyms. - Calcii Fluoridum. Calcium Fluoride. Calcarea Fluorata.
Common Name. - Fluorspar. Fluoride of Lime.
Chemical Properties. - Formula, Ca F2. Specific gravity of crystals, 3.4. It contains 58.21 parts of calcium. It occurs in nature in mineral fluorspar; it is beautifully crystalline, crystallizing in various colors and in cubical or octahedral form. It is practically insoluble in water, but is decomposed by sulphuric acid generating hydrofluoric acid.
Preparation. - Selected pieces of crystal flourspar are prepared by trituration, according to the methods of homeopathic pharmacy.
Physiological - chemical Data. - Calc-fluor. is found in the surface of the bones and in the enamel of the teeth. It is also a constituent of the elastic fibres and of epidermis. Elastic fibres are found in the skin, in the connective tissue, and in the vascular walls.
A disturbance of the equilibrium of the molecules of Calc-fluor. Causes a continued dilation, or chronically relaxed condition, of the implicated fibres. If the elastic fibres of any portion of the vessels of the connective tissue or of the lymphatic system have arrived at such a condition of relaxation, the absorption of a solid exudation in such a part cannot take place. In consequence, induration of the parts sets in. When the elastic fibres of the blood vessels suffer a disturbance of the molecules of Calc-fluor., such pathological enlargements of blood vessels take place, which make their appearance as hemorrhoidal tumors, varicose and enlarged veins and vascular tumors, indurated glands, post - partum hemorrhage, uterine displacements and weakening of abdominal walls.
Loss of Calcarea fluorica in the system is thus seen to be followed by:
1. A hard, knotty exudation on the surface of a bone.
2. A relaxation of the elastic fibres, hence dilatation of vessels, relaxation and displacements of the uterus, relaxation of the abdominal walls, hence "hanging belly," hemorrhage of womb; all absence of after - pains.
3. Exudation of Keratin from the cells of the epidermis. (Keratin is contained in the skin, hair and nails.) The exudation dries readily and forms an adhering crust. Frequently found in the palms of the hands, which, through labor, from fissures and cracks.
In regard to the resorption of induration, two possibilities are to be thought of:
(a) The elastic fibres near the induration have lost their functional ability on account of the pressure exerted. Molecules of Calcarea fluor. administered restore their functional integrity and thus are enabled to throw off the exudation, which will then be absorbed by the lymphatic vessels.
(b) By means of the volumetric force of Carbonic acid contained in the blood a part of the Fluorine is split off the fluoride of lime, this combines with nascent Hydrogen, forming Hydrofluoric acid, which gradually dissolves the molecules of the morbid product, and these are taken up by the lymphatics. The part played by the Carbonic acid can be assumed by Sulphuric acid as well. The latter is formed during the oxidation of albuminoids.
In a similar manner, as explained under (b), it is possible for Calcarea fluor. to bring about solution of a laryngeal croupous or diphtheritic exudation.
General Biochemical Action. - Diseases having their seat in the substance forming the surface of bone, enamel of the teeth, and part of all elastic fibres, whether of the skin, the connective tissues, or the walls of the blood vessels, etc. Thus: all ailments which can be traced to relaxed conditions of any of the elastic fibres, including dilatation of the blood vessels, arterial and venous blood - tumors and piles, varicose and enlarged veins, indurated glands of stony hardness. Malnutrition of bones, especially of the teeth. Exostosis after injuries. Pendulous abdomen. Uterine displacements, etc. Indurations.
Guiding Symptoms and Characteristic Indications.

Mind
Mental Symptoms. - Great depression, groundless fears of financial ruin. Indecision. Disposition to set a higher value on money than natural to him.

Head
Head and Scalp. - Blood - tumors on the parietal bones of newborn infants, on a rough, bony base. Bruises of the bones of the scalp with hard, rough, uneven lumps. Hard excrescences on the scalp. Cephal - hematoma. Ulcers of the scalp with callous, hard edges. Headache with faintish nausea in afternoon, better in the evening. In a proving by Dr. Sarah N. Smith the following symptom was quite constant: "A sort of creaking, straining and drawing, similar to the noise made by a cornstalk fiddle and greatly interfering with sleep."

Eyes
Eyes. - Flickering and sparks before the eyes spots on the cornea, conjunctivitis, styes. Blurred vision after using eyes, eyeballs ache, better closing eyes and pressing lightly. Cataract. Enlarged meibomian glands. Cases of partial blindness. Dimness of vision from over straining the eyes. Tumors of the eyelids. Ulceration of cornea, if edges are hard.

Ears
Ears. - Calcareous deposits on the tympani, tinnitus. Mastoid disease when periosteum is affected.

Nose
Nose. - Cold in the head, ineffectual desire to sneeze, stuffy cold, dry, coryza, ozaena. Copious, offensive, thick, greenish lumpy, yellow nasal discharge. Osseous growths. Affections of nasal bones; odor of dead bone disappears after use of the remedy. Adenoid growths in post - nasal space and pharynx. Hypertrophy of Luschka's tonsil and accompanying hypertrophies of mucous membrane in posterior portions of nares, so often found in infancy and childhood.

Face
Face. - Hard swelling on the cheek with pain or toothache, hard swelling on the jawbone, cold sores rather small, hard herpetic sores on lips from cold, not diffused like Natr-mur. Caries of malar bone and fangs of teeth, oozing dark, offensive, bloody fluid, swelling of bone on outer surface.

Mouth
Mouth. - Gumboil with hard swelling on the jaw, stony hard swelling on the jawbone. Cold sores at corners of mouth. Great dryness of mouth. Ulceration of mouth and throat manifesting congenital hereditary syphilis.
Tongue. - Cracked appearance of the tongue with or without pain. Induration of the tongue, hardening after inflammation.
Teeth. - Delayed dentition. Enamel of the teeth rough and deficient. Unnatural looseness of the teeth with or without pain, teeth become loose in their sockets. Malnutrition of the teeth. Toothache with pain if any food touches the tooth. Toothache with a looseness of the teeth.

Throat
Throat. - Diphtheria when the affection has gone to the windpipe. Relaxed throat with tickling in the larynx when caused by elongation of the uvula. Uvula relaxed, causing irritation, tickling and cough. Hawking of mucus in the morning. Burning in throat better by warm drinks. Great dryness of throat. Large indurated tonsils after Baryta.

Stomach
Gastric Symptoms. - Vomiting of undigested food. Hiccough from hawking of mucus, weakening and recurring during the day. Flatulence. Cutting pain in liver, better motion.

Abdomen
Abdomen and Stool. - Confined bowels, inability to expel feces. Fissure of the anus, and intensely sore crack near the lower end of the bowels. Bleeding hemorrhoids. Itching of anus as from pinworms. Internal or blind piles, frequently with pain in the back, generally far down on the sacrum, and constipation. Piles with pressure of blood to the head. Pain in right hypochondrium, worse lying on painful side. Much wind in lower bowels. Diarrhea in gouty subjects.

Urinary organs
Urinary Organs. - Copious urine, frequent urging. Urine scanty and high colored, and emits a pungent odor.

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Sexual Organs. - Constant dribbling of seminal and prostatic fluid with dwindling of the testes. Indurated and nodular testes. Hydrocele. Displacements of the uterus. Dragging pain in the region of the uterus and thighs, down - bearing of the uterus. Varicose veins of vulva.
To tone up the contractile power of the uterus in cases of flooding. Excessive catamenia with bearing - down pain. Uterine fibroid. Hard nodules in mammae. Syphilis. Hunterian chancre, for the induration.

Female
Pregnancy. - After pains if due to weak, feeble contractions. Hard knots in the breast. Given during pregnancy, it favors easy confinement.

Respiratory
Respiratory System. - Tickling in larynx. Dryness and hoarseness. Cough hacking from tickling in larynx, as from a foreign body. Hoarseness after reading aloud. The chief remedy in true croup. In asthma when specks or small lumps of yellowish mucus are brought up after much exertion; cough with expectoration of tiny lumps of yellow, tough mucus; with tickling sensation and irritation on lying down, from elongation of the uvula or deep at the back of the throat. Suppressed respiration, epiglottis feels closed or as if breathing through a thick substance.

Heart
Circulatory Organs. - Aneurysm at an early stage may be reduced or kept in check by this remedy and Ferr-phos., provided that the iodide of potash had not been taken. Dilatation, enlargement of the blood vessels; being the chief remedy to restore the contractility of the elastic fibres. Dilatation of the heart with palpitation. Chief remedy for vascular tumors with dilated blood vessels. Varicose ulcerations of the veins as the chief remedy for varicose or enlarged veins. Enlargement, hypertrophy of the heart.

Back
Neck and Back. - Indurated cervical glands of stony hardness. Small goiters. Backache simulating spinal irritation, with weak, dragging, down - bearing pain. Tired feeling and pain in the lower part of the back (sacrum), with a sensation of fullness of burning pain, and confined bowels. Chronic cases of lumbago; aggravation on beginning to move and amelioration by continued motion. Glenard's disease.

Extremities
Extremities. - Ganglia or encysted tumors at the back of the wrist. Felon (3x trit.). Gouty enlargements of the joints of the fingers, spina ventosa. Lumbago from strains. Inflammation of knee - joint, chronic synovitis. Cracking in the joints. Phalanges easily dislocated. Suppuration of bones. Osseous tumor on spine or scapula. Swelling of elbow - joint, crepitation, showing want of synovial fluid. Exostoses on fingers. Osseous growths and enlargements of bone with or without caries, particularly of traumatic origin. Savin of horses. Chronic synovitis.

Nerves
Nervous Symptoms. - Weakness and fatigue all day, especially in the morning.

Sleep
Sleep. - Vivid dreams, with sense of impending danger; of new scenes, places, etc.

Fever
Febrile Symptoms. - Attacks of fever, lasting a week or more, with thirst; dry brown tongue.

Skin
Skin. - Lesions. Squamous types with a tendency to fissure formation, and the skin is hard and thickened. Vesiculopustular lesions may also be found with associated crusts. [Ralph Bernstein.] Chaps and cracks of the skin. Fissures or cracks in the palms of the hands or hard skin with formation of crusts. Fissure of anus. Suppuration with callous, hard edges. Whitlow, gathered finger. Occasional erysipelas. Indolent, fistulous ulcers, secreting thick, yellow pus. Varicose ulcers of long standing have been cured by the remedy. Carbuncles. Indurations. Fibroma. Ichthyosis. Keratosis. Xanthoma.
Eczema due to venous hyperemia; worse in damp weather, better at night. Squamous eczema, with thickening and cracking of skin. Eczema of anus consequent to hemorrhoids.
Tissues. - Solidified infiltrations; thus indurated glands of stony hardness. Osseous growths, especially in tarsal and carpal articulation. Knots and kernels and tumors in the female breast. Bruises on surface of bone, with hard, rough and uneven lumps, as on shin. Dropsy caused by heart disease. Anemia. Ganglion, cystic tumors, from a strain of the elastic fibres. Elastic fibres relaxed. Swellings or indurated enlargements, having their seat in the fasciae and capsular ligaments of joints or in the tendons. Spina ventosa. Indolent ulcers. Ulceration of bone or enamel, bone injected. Whitlow or felons. Exudation from surface of bones, which quickly harden and assume a nodular or jagged form. Suppuration of bones. Caries and necrosis, with burning, boring pains and heat in parts; discharge of thin, acrid, ichorous mucus.

Aggravation.
Worse in damp weather and during rest.

Amelioration.
Better by cold fomentations, rubbing and hat.

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Homeopathic Data. - Calc-fluor. has been proved by J. B. Bell, and the proving is reported in full in Allen's Encyclopedia, vol. x, page 398. The most complete data are to be found in the Guiding Symptoms, vol. iii. The drug had been very little used, if at all, homeopathically, until Schuessler brought it into prominence.
Administration. - The higher potencies of this drug give the best results, especially in affections of the bones. It can also be used externally in such diseases as fissura ani, bony growths, hemorrhoids, varicose veins and whitlow. It is applied by dissolving about twenty grains of the desired potency in half a glass of water and applying it on cotton, lint or other media. Schuessler recommended the 12th decimal trituration, but the 3x and 6x have been found very efficient.

Relationship
Relationship - Calcarea fluorica should be studied in its symptoms of the mind and larynx in connection with its relative Calc-carb.; in its sleep symptoms with Fluoric acid. In fibroid indurations compare Colc-jod., Kali jod., Mag mur. It corresponds to many symptoms of Phosphor., Mercur., Ruta, Aurum, Silicea, etc. often useful after Rhus in lumbago, having the same modalities; after Silicea in suppurations; after Bryonia and Calcarea in arthritis; after Sticta and Ferrum phos. in Synovitis; after Natrum mur. in cold sores. Compare: in swelling of skull of infants, Silicea; in suppuration of bones, Calc-phosph., Asafoet., Silicea; in spin of horses, phoshp. Acid and Silicea. In anemia it is useful after Calcar-phos.; in arterio - sclerosis compare the iodides, especially of Baryta, Calc. and Plumbum, also Baryta mur.
Groups for Study. - For indurations: Calc-fluor., Baryta iod., Calcar-iod., Hecla lava, Asterias, Conium, Phytolacca, Carbo anim., Mercur., prot. Iod., Silicea. For Ozaena: Cadmium, Calc-phos., Nitric acid, kali bich., Aurum, Hepar, Antimon. Sulph. aur., Aurum mur. nat., Arsenic iod., Natrum carb., Syphilin.