Origin Mineral · Simple
ClarkePreparation solution of potassium sulphate. Tincture with spirit.
Sources 20 entries across 18 books: Boericke, Kent, Clarke, Hering, Allen …
Dose Boericke
3X–30X, ↑
Third to thirtieth attenuation. In chronic ailments and especially in paralytic states, the higher potencies once or twice a week
Reason for useGuernsey
We are led to think of this remedy particularly on seeing a patient with a tendency to scrofula, or having a weakened and emaciated appearance. This weakness may result from grief of long standing, or from some diseased condition. The skin of the patient often has a dirty white look. Mental.-- Sadness; whining mood; fear in general; very suspicious and mistrustful; absent-minded.
By regionGuernsey
Eyes Eyebrows; eyelids; upper eyelids ( upper eyelids will drop , patient can't keep them up); mist before the eyes; dimness of vision; ophthalmia where there is opacity of the cornea which has spread over the pupil. …
Fever Coldness of single parts; complaints concomitant to perspiration, ( i.e. appearing simultaneously with the perspiration); chilliness followed by perspiration. …
Skin Exanthema in general; burning, in itching blotches, like nettle-rash. Pimples in general. Itch; itch suppressed by mercury or sulphur; burning itch. …
Books*
Antidoted by Coffea Cruda 3, Dulcamara 3, Asa Foetida 2 +16
Complementary Petroselinum Sativum, Carbo Vegetabilis, Mercurius Corrosivus
Follows well —
Compare Gelsemium Sempervirens, Sulphur, Arnica Montana +32
* Number of books that state the relation, where more than one. Historical text from the classical materia medica (1828–1950). Not medical advice, and not a claim that any remedy works.
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