Aug 25
Silica is made from pure flint. This mineral is found widely in nature, in animals, in vegetation. This is a very deep, long acting and slow acting remedy representing the tubercular miasm. It does not warrant frequent repetition and is reputed to produce mineral deficiency if used to excess. Read the rest of this entry »
Aug 25
Calc carb is made from oyster shell, fixed, immobile, innactive. It is the major psoric remedy and it is a major polycrest. This is a very slow acting and a very deep remedy. Calcium is essential for brain development. The traditional homeopathic sequence of sulphur, calc carb, lycopodium follows the sequence or re-enactment of evolution. Read the rest of this entry »
Aug 25
Phosphorus was ‘discovered’ in the modern sense in 1669 AD by Hennig Brand, an alchemist. He named it for Lucifer, the light bearer. This element burns in contact with the air, so it is kept in cold water for safety. It is an essential element necessary for the brain and nervous system. Read the rest of this entry »
Aug 25
A very deep remedy. Sulphur is a natural mineral, a yellow rock which will burn with a blue flame. Sulphur has been used as a medicine for a very long time. In homeopathy it has a cetrifugal action and stirs up the vital force. This remedy is often over prescribed because it is the most commonly indicated remedy being the largest polycrest remedy and the leading psoric remedy in the materia medica. Read the rest of this entry »
Aug 25
Lycopodium is one of the deepest acting remedies in homeopathy. Read the rest of this entry »
With thanks to The New York Times 17.9.09