Homeopathy LibraryOrigin Mineral · Simple
Habitat The finest specimens contain traces of iron, 0.04 to 0.6 per cent.; poor qualities as much as 4 per cent
ClarkePreparation Trituration of prepared Black Lead from finest English drawing-pencils.
Sources 19 entries across 17 books: Boericke, Kent, Clarke, Hering, Allen …
Dose Boericke
6X–30X
Sixth to thirtieth potency. Locally as a cerate, in sore nipples
Reason for useDewey
The purified Graphite is prepared by trituration. What is the general action of Graphites ? Its chief point of attack is the skin, producing moist, sticky eruptions, eczema, and fissures or cracks in the skin. The lymphatic glands are enlarged and secretions are acrid. Mention three characteristics of this remedy.
Books*
Antidoted by Arsenicum Album 4, Aconitum Napellus 3, Nux Vomica 3 +2
Complementary Causticum, Lycopodium Clavatum, Arsenicum Album +5
Follows well Lycopodium Clavatum, Arsenicum Album, Calcarea Carbonica +6
Compare Lycopodium Clavatum, Petroleum, Sulphur +27
* 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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