SILICEA - 6X

AILMENTS INDICATED IN

It is a remedy for deep-seated chronic and acute suppurations and ulcerations, affecting the tendons, periosteum and bone. It ripens abscesses by promoting suppurations. Valuable also in diseases resulting from suppressed foot sweats. Metrorrhagia in menstruation, associated with icy coldness over the whole body. Constipation and fetid foot-sweats. Ozena, Carbuncles, Tonsillitis, Scrofula, Syphilitic indurations, glandular swellings which become hard and threaten to suppurate. Styes on eyelids. Epilepsy especially nocturnal arid with change of moon. Gouty deposits in large joints of fingers. Chronic dyspepsia, copious night sweats especially in Phthisis. Third stage of Tuberculosis.

GENERAL PRESENTATION

• Face: Wrinkles in front of the ears and beside the eyes. Skin like polish on forehead and nose.
• Glossy shine like a mirror (Skin structure is no longer visible)
• Split ends in hair splintering, splitting nails weak tissues, easily getting bruises, light-sensitiveness, excessive secretion of sweat on hands and feet, disagreeably smelling.
• It is especially suited to imperfectly nourished constitutions.
• Disturbances in this element are closely connected with pus formation and fistulous openings.
• The skin is unhealthy and easily suppurates; the nails are dry and brittle and the hair falls out and is dry; perspiration is offensive, the feet emit a bad smell and so do the arm-pits; atrophy of parts. Internal chilliness, sensitive to cold air, wants to wrap up warm.
• In headache must wrap up the head warm.
• State of tongue: Hardening of tongue, ulcers.
• Discharges: Pustules, yellow pus,loose expectoration, rattling of thick yellow pus. Stools foetid, offensive. Pus & mucus in urine. Foot sweat.
• Aggravations: Night, full moon, open air, cold air, winter, suppressed foot sweat.
• Ameliorations: Heat, warm room, summer.