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Origin Mineral · Simple
ClarkePreparation Dilutions.
Sources 2 entries across 2 books: Clarke, T. F. Allen

Dose
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No dose stated in the library’s books

Reason for useT. F. Allen

Temperature of waters varies from 20° to 39° R. Analysis of 10,000 parts by Redtenbacher shows: Sodium sulphate: 2.085 Sodium chloride: 0.428 Silicic acid: 0.496 Potassium sulphate: 0.135 Potassium carbonate: 0.195 Lithium chloride: 0.027 Magnesium carbonate: 0.017 Ferrum carbonate: 0.005 Aluminium phosphate: 0.007 Calcium fluoride: traces. Strontium: traces. Arsenicum: traces. Titanic acid: traces. Rubidium: traces. Caesium: traces. Carbonic acid of the Bicarbonates: 0.096 Free Carbonic acid: 0.309 Loss: 0.004 Total solid constituents: 3.399 The "cure" commences with a bath of a quarter of an hour, temperature 26° or 27° R., increasing the time by ten minutes daily up to one hour, and the temperature half a degree daily up to 29° or 30°, then gradually returning to the first condition; while in the bath one usually drinks a glass or two of the waters . Authorities. 1 , Dr. Rummel, A. H. Z., 43, p. 257, took the "cure," and, in addition, a vapor bath in the ear, mouth, nose, and Eustachian tube; [The provers hearing was defective, and subsequently lost entirely; the ear symptoms given were in part caused by the vapor bath, and all are very unreliable; the vapor was 33° to 34° R., and brought into bath in tubes.] 2 , a girl, aged 23, suffering from slight chlorosis (never sick), ibid.; 3 , Dr. Kiene, effects observed on patients and healthy persons, from Monog. on Gastein, 1844, ibid.; 4 , Dr. Eble, effects on various persons, inclunding a sickly hypochondriac man, Monog. on Gastein, 1834, ibid.; 5 , Niederhuber, ibid.; 6 , Dr. Stuber, A. H. Z., 14, p. 222, symptoms on self and others, ibid.; 7 , from the last, effects on a special prover; 8 , on a person suffering from jaundice; 9 , a woman, aged 30, took 3 to 6 ounces daily for about six weeks, Prager Monats., 8, 102; 10 , Dr. Gustav Proll, Z. f. H. Kl., 18, 100, and M. Hom. Rev., 11, p. 217, general effects.


▲ Worse ( Morning ), Headache; bitter taste; rising from stomach; in bed, feeling in arms, etc. ( Forenoon ), Ecptysis of water. ( Afternoon ), Dryness in mouth. ( Evening ), Heat in head …

By regionT. F. Allen
Mind Lively play of fantasy, [3] . Vivid fantasies, [3] . Agreeable excitement during and after the first bath, [6] . Lively mood, [4] . …
Head Confusion and Vertigo. Confusion of the head, [3] . Confusion of the head, frequently dizzy (after some days), [3] . …
Stomach Great distension of the stomach, with stupefying rush of blood to the forehead, as if too full, relieved by passing flatulence, [6] . …
Female Passage of fibrous membranous formations from the uterus, [3] . Menstruation which had been suppressed reappears, [3] . …
Chest Pressive pain in the chest (tenth day), [1] . Oppression of the chest, [3] . Oppression of the chest (secondary), [3] . …
Back Some pain in the back (ninth day), [9] . …
Skin Objective. Skin becomes dry and red, [3] . Skin becomes soft and velvety, [6] . Old scars break out anew and foreign bodies are thrown out, [3] . …
Fever Chilliness. Slight shivering followed by flushes of heat, [3] . Slight creeping chills over the back (after half an hour), [3] . Heat. …

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Compare Cantharis Vesicatoria, Fluoricum Acidum, Lapis Albus +2

* 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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