Silicea


Silicea symptoms of the homeopathy remedy from Keynotes and Red Line Symptoms by Adolph von Lippe. What are the symptoms of Silicea? Keynote indications and uses of Silicea…


COMMON NAMES :

      SILICA; PURE FLINT.

Symptoms

      Want of animal heat: always chilly, even when exercising (N.).

Ailments following vaccination, abscesses, etc., even convulsions (N.).

Many complaints in those of the scrofulous habit favourably affected.

He catches cold easily, especially when the uncovers his feet and head (Psorinum).

Lameness in the limbs in the evening (at night-Chamomilla).

Stitches in all the joints at night (CEdr., Kali-l.).

FEET SWEAT, WITH RAWNESS BETWEEN THE TOES, OR A BAD ODOUR; ALSO COMPLAINTS AFTER CHECKING IT (N.)

Small foreign bodies in the skin or larynx (N.).

Scrofulous children, large bellies and weak ankles, and much sweat about the head Calcarea phos., Natrum muriaticum) (N.).

Over-sensitive : imperfectly nourished, not from want of food taken, but from imperfect assimilation (N.).

Complaints worse during new moon or from uncovering the head (N.).

Weakness with associated sleepiness (Gelsemium, Nux vomica, Opium).

Restlessness consequent upon physical inactivity.

Great weakness of the nerves and states of emaciation (Lycopodium, Nat- M., Phosphorus).

Painless swelling of the glands with troublesome itching (Mercurius, Rhus toxicodendron).

SUPPURATION OF THE GLANDS AND SUPPURATION OF ALL KINDS ESPECIALLY IN THE MEMBRANOUS PARTS (Acid nitricum).

Psoas abscess (Arnica, Cuprum, Acid phosphoricum., Staphysagria, Symphytum, Syphilinum).

Hip-joint disease (Calcarea, Mercurius, Sulphur) (D.)

Fistula (Fluor-Ac., Hepar, Mercurius).

Inflammation and swelling of the bones and caries in any part (Asafoetida, Aurum, Calcarea, Fluor-Ac.).

Non-tuberculous curvation of the spine (Calcarea Calcarea phos.).

Little perspiration, ill smelling on the head and malodorous foot-sweats (Bar-C.).

ENLARGEMENT OF THE HEAD WITH OPEN FONTANELLES (Calcarea).

DAILY HEADACHE BEGINNING IN THE NECK (Belladonna, Calcarea, Conium, Lycopodium, Magnesia carb., Sulphur).

Headache rising from the nape of the neck to the vertex (Gelsemium, Gloninum, Sanguinaria) (N.).

Chronic suppuration of joints (Mercurius, Sulphur) (Bt.).

Induration and suppuration of the lymphatic or glandular system in any part of the body (Hg.).

Chronic sick headache; as if coming from the spine and locating in one eyes, especially the right (left-Spigelia); worse from draught of air or uncovering the head and bitter by profuse urination (A.).

MUCH RESPIRATION IN CHILDREN ABOUT THE HEAD. IS VERY CHARACTERISTIC OF SILICEA (Bt.).

THE HEAD IS WET FROM SWEATING (Calcarea), PARTICULARLY AT NIGHT (Hr.).

Of marked usefulness in running cars and fistula lachrymals (Nat- M., Pulsatilla, Sulphur).

Styes or pustular affections about the eyes (Pulsatilla) (D.).

Swelling in the region of the right lachrymal glands and sac. (N.).

Ophthalmic troubles with great sensitiveness to cold and a desire to be warmly wrapped, especially about the head (N.).

Headaches are worse noise, mental exertion, jarring; better by binding the head tightly (Argentum nitricum, Pulsatilla). or wrapping the head warmly (N.).

Suppurative ear troubles, accompanied by caries in the mastoid cells (Aurum) (D.).

Stoppage of the ears, which open at times with a loud report (N.).

Difficult hearing of human voice (Phosphorus, Sulphur) (N.).

Vertigo: Falling forward after stooping, riding or looking up; rises from the neck into the head with nausea (Hr.).

Sensation as if a hair were lying on the forepart of the tongue (A.).

Congestion and thirst after drinking but little wine.

Water tastes badly; vomits after drinking (N.).

ULCERS ON THE LIPS (Arsenicum, Causticum, Graphites, Kali bichromicum, Mercurius, Nat-M

Scrofulous children dentition keep grasping at their gums continually (G.).

Abscesses about the roots of the teeth (D.).

Dental fistula (Fluor-Ac.) (D.).

Spongy, readily bleeding ulcers, with torpid, callous edges (Frn.).

FISTULOUS ULCERS, SECRETING A THIN, ICHOROUS, FETID, YELLOW FLUID (Fluor-Ac.) (Frn.).

CARIES OF BONES, WITH FISTULOUS OPENINGS, AND DISCHARGE OF THIN PUS AND BONY FRAGMENTS (Frn.).

Is a specific without (Apis., Hepar, Lachesis) (Bt.).

RAVENOUS APPETITE (Am-C., Arg-M., Arsenicum, Ars-I., Calcarea, Calcarea phos., Calcarea sulph., Ferrum, Graphites, Iodium, Lycopodium, Natrum muriaticum, Olnd., Petroleum, Phosphorus, Psorinum, Sulphur) (K.).

Hungry, but cannot get down the food (G.).

Averse to warm food; desire only for cold things (Pulsatilla) (A.).

After a meal, load as a stone in the stomach, or like lead (Bryonia, Nux vomica, Pulsatilla) (Py.).

Disgust for meat (Graphites) (A.).

Abdomen distended, hard and tense; excessive distention of the abdomen with meteorism (Carbo vegetabilis, Lycopodium) (N.).

Colic from worms and from constipation (Calcarea, Mercurius, Nux vomica, Plb., Stann., Sepia).

Constipation (Alumina, Bryonia, Graphites, Natrum muriaticum).

Stools very offensive (Lachesis, Acid nitricum, Sulphur).

Stool scanty, or composed of hard lumps, light coloured; expulsion difficult, as from inactivity of the rectum (Alumina, Bryonia, Opium); when partly expelled it slips back again (Sanicula, Thuja) (N.).

Fistula in ano alternates with chest symptoms (Berberis, Calcarea phos., (A.).

Fissure ani (Aesculus, Natrum muriaticum, Petroleum, Sulph); great pain after stool (Ignatia, Acid nitricum, Thuja) (A.).

Catamenia insufficient (Alumina, Bryonia, Ferrum, GRAph., Nat-M, Pulsatilla, Sepia).

Always great costiveness immediately before and during catamenia; also cold feet (N.).

Paroxysms of icy coldness over the whole body at the appearance of the menses (Bt.).

Discharge of white water from the uterus instead of the menses (G.).

PURE BLOOD IS CAUSED TO FLOW FROM THE UTERUS, EVERY TIME THE BABE NURSES (G.).

Fistulous ulcers of the mammae; the substance of the mammae seems to be discharged in the pus; one lobe after another seems to ulcerate and discharge into one COMMON ulcer, often with great pain, or other may be several orifices, one for each lobe (G.).

Nipples ulcerate easily (Sulphur)(G.).

Nipple is drawn in like a funnel (Sarsaparilla) (A.).

The mother’s milk is so bad that the child refuses it, or vomits it soon after nursing (N.).

Chill without thirst, on very moment (Arnica, Nux vomica) (A.).

Very chilly even in a warm room (A.).

Intermittent fever with heat predominating (Arsenicum, Phosphorus, Sulphur).

Fever in evening, worse at night (A.).

Debilitating night-sweats (China, Mercurius, Acid nitricum, Psorinum, Sulphur) (Bt.).

Fever in evening, worse at night (A.).

Debilitating night-sweats (China, Mercurius, Acid nitricum, Psorinum, Sulphur) (Br.).

PROFUSE NIGHT-SWEATS (Arsenicum, Calcarea, China) (Ho.).

Great heat all night, with catching respiration (A.).

Unhealthy skin; every little injury suppurates (Graphites, Hepar, Mercurius, Petroleum, Sulphur) (A.).

Sweat only on the head, or head and face (A.).

SWEAT OF HANDS, TOES, FEET AND AXILLAE; OFFENSIVE (A.).

Ingrowing toe-nails (Graphites) (A.).

Cripples nails on fingers and toes (Ant-C., Graphites, Thuja) (A.).

Panaritium (Apis., Hepar, Acid nitricum) (A.).

Carbuncles (Apis., Arsenicum, Lachesis, Rhus toxicodendron) (A.).

Promotes expulsion of foreign bodies from the tissues, such as fish-bones, needles, etc. (A.).

NIGHT WALKING; GETS UP WHILE ASLEEP, WALKS ABOUT AND LIES DONE AGAIN (Kali-Br.) (A.).

Dreams about corpses and dead persons generally (Anacardium, Aurum, Calcarea, Calc-Silicea, Elaps, Iris., Mag-M., Mag-S., Thuja (J.).

Yielding mind, faint-hearted, anxious mood (Pulsatilla) (N.).

She is occupied with pins, counts them, hunts for them, and is always worse during the increase of the moon (Bt.).

Mental labour difficult; reading and writing fatigue; cannot bear to think (Kali-P.) (A.).

Restless, fidgety, starts at the least noise (Borax, Kali carb., Phosphorus) (A.).

Exhaustion with erythism, from hard work and close confinement; may be overcome by force of will (A.).

Nervous debility (Ambr., Kali-P., Lycopodium, Acid phosphoricum.) (A.).

Children are obstinate, head strong, cry when spoken to kindly (Iodium) (A.).

The patient is over-sensitive to noise (Belladonna, Nux vomica), is despondent, and has a disgust for life (D.).

Rattling in the chest (Ant-T., Hepar, Nat-S.) (B.).

Cough with expectoration thick, yellow, lumpy, purulent, profuse and greenish (N.).

Chronic bronchitis; the cough is lose, racking and suffocating (Kali carb., Phosphorus) (Bl.).

Pneumonia in stage of suppuration (D.).

Suppurative stage of pulmonary tuberculosis (Hepar, Mercurius, Nit- Ac., Phosphorus) (Bl.).

EMPHYSEMA (Drosera; Hepar, Ipecac., Lachesis, Lobelia, Merc, Natrum muriaticum, Phel., Phosphorus) (Bl.).

Dry, nocturnal cough, walking the patient from sleep (Graphites, Pulsatilla, Sulphur) (K.).

Dry cough, worse from cold drinks (K.).

Dust complaints of stone-cutters, with total loss of strength (N.).

Hectic fever accompanied by debility and profuse might-sweats (Acid nitricum) (Bl.).

All the symptoms except gastric are ameliorated by warmth; while the gastric symptoms are relieved by cold food (reverse of Lycopodium, which likes warmth inside and cold outside) (A.).

Desire to be magnetized, which relieves (Bar-C., Belladonna, Calcarea, Cuprum, Graphites, Nux vomica, Phosphorus, Sepia, Sulphur, Viol-O.) (A.).

Adolph Lippe
Adolph Lippe (born near Goerlitz, Prussia, 11 May 1812; died in Philadelphia, 23 January 1888) was a homeopathic physician who worked in the United States. Adolph got a legal education at Berlin. After completing his legal studies, Lippe became interested in homeopathy, and emigrated to the United States in 1837 to further his study. In 1838, he enrolled in the North American Academy of Homeopathy at Allentown, Pennsylvania, from where he graduated in 1841. He settled in Philadelphia, where from 1863 until 1868 he was professor of materia medica in the Homeopathic College of Pennsylvania. Besides some essays and treatises from the French, German, and Italian which became standards, Lippe was the author of:
Comparative Materia Medica (Philadelphia, 1854)
Text-Book of Materia Medica (1866)