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. - Potassium Sulphate. Kali Sulphas. Potassae Sulphas.
Common Name. - Sulphate of Potash.
Chemical Properties. - Formula, K SO4. Occurs native in lavas, etc. Crystallizes in short, permanent, colorless four and six - sided prisms. It is soluble in ten parts of cold and three parts of boiling water. It is insoluble in alcohol. It has a sharp, bitter, saline taste.
Preparation. - Pure sulphate of potash is prepared by trituration, as directed under the rules of homeopathic pharmacy.
Physiological - chemical Data. - This remedy, according to Schuessler, is the function remedy of the epidermis and of the epithelium. A deficiency of this cell salt causes a yellow, slimy deposit on the tongue, slimy, thin, or decidedly yellow or greenish discharge and secretions of watery matter from any of the mucous surfaces, and epithelial or epidermal desquamation. The yellowness is probably due to retrograde metamorphosis. - fatty degeneration of inflammatory products and of effete epithelium, etc.
The sulphates in nature and the oxide of iron server as oxygen carriers. If sulphate and iron oxide come in contact simultaneously with an organic substance in a state of decay they give off their oxygen, and sulphate of iron is formed thereby; this may again be decomposed by the oxygen of the air, forming sulphuric acid and iron oxide, which, under favorable conditions, become again carriers of oxygen. Similar process may occur in human organism. Therefore, of the sulphates, Kali sulph. probably plays an important role, because it is found in the cells and in the intercellular fluids, muscles, nerves, epithelium and in the blood corpuscles. It is the carrier of oxygen. The oxygen taken up by the iron contained in the blood corpuscles is carried to every cell of the organism by the reciprocal action of Kali sulph. and iron. Every cell requires for its growth and development the vitalizing influence of oxygen. But its continued action oxidizes the organic basis of the cells. Hence, they disintegrate into their constituent elements. A deficiency of Kali sulph. may, according to location and extent, occasion the following symptoms: Feeling of heaviness and weariness, vertigo, chilliness. Palpitation, fear, melancholy, toothache, headache, pains in the limbs, which intermit and change location. These pains are worse in closed rooms, warmth and towards evening, and better in fresh, open air, that is rich in oxygen.
Epidermis and epithelial cells poorly fed with oxygen loosen and desquamate freely. If oxygen is brought to the suffering parts by means of Kali sulph. the formation of new cells is thereby furthered, and these hasten, by their activity, to promote the desquamation of the old ones.
General Action. - It is applicable to the third stage of inflammation or to its stage of retrogression, the sulphates being characteristic products of the oxidation of tissue and the potassium having its special sphere in the solids, and the resulting salt becomes a prominent constituent of their ashes, whence we can infer its homeopathicity to the same stage. Ailments accompanied by profuse desquamation of epidermis. Yellow mucous discharges. Rise in temperature at night producing an evening aggravation. Another characteristic indication is amelioration in the cool, open air. Diseases caused by a retrocession of eruptions. To produce perspiration if Ferr-phos. fails.
Guiding Symptoms and Characteristic Indications.

Mind
Mental Symptoms. - Fear of falling. Very irritable. Anxiety in evening. Mental exertion aggravates. Always in a hurry. Timid.

Head
Head and Scalp. - Vertigo, especially on looking and rising. Headache, which grows worse in a warm room and in the evening, and is better in the cool or open air. Falling out of the hair, bald spots. Rheumatic headaches, beginning in the evening and in a heated atmosphere; worse moving head from side to side or backward. Copious scaling of scalp, moist and sticky. Dandruff and scaldhead.

Eyes
Eyes. - Cataract, opacity of the crystalline lens. Yellow crusts on the eyelids, yellowish or greenish, purulent discharge from the eyes. Conjunctivitis, ophthalmia neonatorum. Abscess of the cornea. Hypopyon.

Ears
Ears. - Deafness from congestion of the tympanic cavity, or with catarrh and selling of Eustachian lining. Worse in a heated room, with a yellow, slimy coating on the tongue. Earache, with discharge of watery or yellow matter. Secretion of thin, bright - yellow, or greenish fluid after inflammation. (Thick, pus - like discharge, Calc-sulph. ). Pain under the ear, sharp, cutting pain, tension, stitches and piercing below the mastoid process. Stinking otorrhea. Polypoid excrescence closes the meatus.

Nose
Nose. - Cold with yellow, slimy expectorations, or discharge of watery matter. Patient feels generally worse in the evening or in a heated room. Decidedly yellow or yellowish - green discharges from the nose. After Ferr-phos. in colds, if the latter does not produce free perspiration and the skin remains dry. Old catarrh with yellowish, viscous secretion. Nose obstructed, together with yellowish, viscous secretion. Nose obstructed, together with yellowish discharge from the nares. Smell lost. Ozaena. Itching of nose.

Face
Face. - Faceache aggravated in a heated room and in the evening, improved in cool or open air. Pallid face. Face red, features distorted. Epithelioma.

Mouth
Mouth. - Lower lip swollen. Dryness and desquamation of the lower lip, peels off in large flakes; burning heat in the mouth.
Tongue. - Coating yellow and slimy, sometimes with whitish edge. Insipid, pappy taste. Lips, tongue and gums white. Taste lost.
Teeth. - Toothache worse in warmth and evening, better in cool, open air. Chronic painfulness of the gums.

Throat
Throat. - D Administration. - Schuessler recommends the 6th potency. The general experience of the homeopathic school seems to be in favor of the higher potencies; thus H. C. Allen, M. D., says it will cure more quickly in the attenuations above the 30th than below. Schuessler recommends also its external application in such diseases as the stings of insects, likewise as a gargle or spray in catarrhal affections.

Relationship
Relationship. - Compare Kali sulph. and Kali mur. in catarrhs of the Eustachian tubes and tympanum. In gastric and intestinal conditions compare Natr-sulph. In headache of young girls during menses compare Calc-phos. and Ferr-phos. Headache during catamenia, Kali sulph. when metrorrhagic symptoms preponderate. When the menses are scanty, Natr-mur. In bites of insects Ledum comes nearest, but Ferr-phos. and Kali phos. have also been successfully employed. Natr-mur. has as a close analogue Lycop., which will often be needed to supplement its action. Natr-mur. regulates moisture exudation from the circulation, especially when from the arterial system, while Natr-sulph. is more indicated when from the venous system. Complementary drugs: Apis and Arg-nit. Natr-mur. often precedes Sepia and Sulph. in chronic diseases. For the excessive use of salt in food give Phosph. and Spirit nitri dulc. drop doses, also Natrum mur. 30 which seems to give to the system the power of disposing of the excess even without altering the habit greatly. For the bad effects of sea - bathing Ars. For the bad results of cauterization of any mucous surface with nitrate of silver Natrum is the antidote. For dryness of mucous membranes compare Graphite, Alumina, Bryonia. In ranula, Ambra.