Remedy
Calcarea Silicata calc-sil.
2 books on the shelf carry Calcarea Silicata. Read them in the order a bedside reading goes: the short cards first, the long books after.
Homœopathic Materia Medica
William Boericke · Homœopathic Materia Medica · 9th edition
Common name
Silicate of Lime
General
A deep, long acting medicine for complaints which come on slowly and reach their final development after long periods. Hydrogenoid constitution (Nat sulph). Very sensitive to cold. Patient is weak, emaciated, cold and chilly, but worse from being overheated; sensitive generally. Atrophy of children.
Mind
Absent-minded, irritable, irresolute, lacks self-confidence. Fearful.
Head
Vertigo, head cold, especially at vertex; catarrh of nose and posterior nares, discharge thick, yellow, hard crusts. Corneal exudation.
Stomach
Sensation of coldness, especially when empty. Sinking sensation at pit. Great thirst. Flatulence and distention after eating. Vomiting and eructations.
Female
Uterus heavy, prolapsed. Leucorrhœa, painful and irregular menses. Flow between periods.
Respiratory
Sensitive to cold air. Difficult respiration. Chronic irritation of air passages. Copious, yellow-green mucus. Coughs with coldness, weakness, emaciation, sensitiveness and peevishness, worse from cold air. Pain in chest walls.
Skin
Itching, burning, cold and blue, very sensitive. Pimples, comedones, wens. Psoric eruptions.
Relationship
Compare: Arsenic; Tubercul; Baryt carb; Iod.
Dose
All potencies from lowest to high.
A Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica
John Henry Clarke · A Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica · 1st edition (1900-02, three volumes); homeoint.org / Médi-T HTML digitization
General
Silicate of Calcium. Ca Si 2 O 5 . Trituration.
Clinical
Atrophy. Cornea, ulcer of. Scrofula. Ulcers.
Characteristics
This preparation has been used by Ussher ( H. W ., xxxiv. 491) in the 1x and 6x potencies in cases of atrophy of children. He has found it succeed where Silica has failed in these cases and in corneal affections. It causes absorption of corneal exudations. Ulcers with punched-out edges indicate it.
Relations
Compare: Salufer, Fluoric acid, Lapis alb.