CALCAREA SILICATA
INTRODUCTION
• Common name: Silicate of lime.
• Chemical properties: Ca2SiO4.
• Preparation: Trituration.
Miasm: Psora and Syphilis.
Constitution: Hydrogenoid. Very sensitive to cold. Weak, emaciated,
cold and chilly. Atrophy in children. Face pale, earthy color. Lips
bluish, cracked.
Temperament: Irritable.
Diathesis: Scrofulous.
Thermals: Chilly .
Clinical indications
Anal fistula Atrophy Catarrh, cold, chilliness Polyps,
epithelioma, corneal exudations. Ulcers. Diabetes Dropsy
Emaciation Goiter Uterus, prolapsed, weak.
Guiding symptoms
• Deep, long acting remedy for complaints which come on slowly and
reach their final development after long periods.
• Marked emaciation, especially in children who inherited TB
• Usher used this in cases of atrophy of children. Succeeded in cases
where silicea failed in corneal disorders. Causes absorption of
corneal exudations.
• Lack of vital heat. Catching colds constantly, extreme sensitiveness
to cold and draughts.
• Abscess, catarrhal discharges, ulcers marked with thick,
greenishyellowish pus.
• Aversion to open air.
• Abdomen: slow digestion. Slow action of bowels and liver.
• Breasts: Useful in restraining malignant ulceration in breast.
• Eyes: corneal exudation. Eyelids glutinated with pus. Paralysis of
optic nerve. Photophobia
. • Temperature: cold all the time, lack of vital heat.
• Back: sensation of coldness of back.
• Head: coldness of head, especially occiput and vertex.
• Skin: cold, blue, sensitive. Cracked.
MIND
• J.T. Kent: Absent-minded and excitable. Symptoms worse after
anger, when alone. Anxiety in evening in bed and night about her
health. Especially during menses. Wants man things, soon tires of
them. Desires the unobtainable, nothing suits and is very critical.
Inability to concentrate. Confusion of mind. Lost all confidence in
him. Consolation irritates him. Timid, bashful, cowardly. Sits
long in one place, looks in to space and does not answer when
spoken to. Passive delirium, talks and acts like insane. Talks to
imaginary people. Who have long been dead. Talks nonsense,
foolish things, talks coherently, but about impossible things. Answers
questions correctly, but about impossible things. Horrible visions,
sees disagreeable persons when half awake. Seems to converse
with her dead friends, dead son, dead husband, wants to get dinner
for them. Imagines her husband would starve if she does not feed
him. Discontent, despair, thinks she proving an incurable disease.
Mental depression without cause. Complaints from fear.
Hysterical manifestations Utterly ambitious. Stupefaction and
disposition to suicide. Weary of life. Lamenting and wailing.
LSMC MODEL
• Location: Skin, mucous membrane, bones, glands. Muscle, tendons,
joints. Lungs. Eyes , limbs, breasts.
• Sensation: Pains are boring, burning, cutting, jerking, pressing,
bruised, stitching and tearing type. Burning in the internal parts.
Sensitive all over, sensitive to pain.
• Modallities: Aggravation: evening, night, walks, motion, before,
during, after menses. Cold, cold air. Standing. From being
overheated. After anger, when alone. Amelioration: lying down.