Silicea terra

English patient information. Some clinical wording may still reflect the German source text. Not for self-prescription.

Silicea (silica) is a very deep-acting medication. It has a particular effect on the connective and supporting tissue, which is poorly constructed and receives insufficient nutrition. Rickets can occur if the fontanelle remains open for too long in children. Wounds heal poorly, scar keloid forms (excessive skin growth in the area of ​​the scar), the wounds begin to fester or ulcers form. Pus formation, boils and abscesses, fistula formation and fissures occur in all parts of the body.

The fingernails and toenails are a reflection of this diseased connective tissue; they are rough and yellow, they flake off, are deformed, thick, spotty (white spots are typical), grooved, split, rough, brittle, stunted or ingrown. Young men's hair stops growing and they become bald.

Silicea is particularly suitable for long-term illnesses. It cures recurrent tonsillitis and ear infections, tuberculosis, recurrent styes and many other chronic ailments. A special indication is the consequences of vaccinations. It also helps with teething problems in children. Due to the inadequate tissue formation, the teeth come late and the children suffer from diarrhea and other problems. Like Calc. The children may be blonde and have a head that is too large. Lymph node swelling can also be found. The children are in contrast to Calc. but thin and at best have a big, bloated stomach.

Sensitivity to cold is very characteristic of Silicea. The patient is cold and always freezing. He freezes every time he moves. Even in a warm room it doesn't get warm. The feet are cold, which prevents you from falling asleep in bed in the evening, or in women, the feet are cold during menstruation. Drafts also make all symptoms worse. There is a headache that moves upward from the neck and is better if the patient wraps or wraps the head tightly (although the head is sensitive to touch). Despite this cold, Silicea patients tend to sweat. The sweat is foul-smelling and sometimes sore (especially foot sweat). Like Calc. There is heavy sweating in the head at night while sleeping. If these sweats are suppressed, symptoms develop that only disappear when the suppressed sweat reappears.

Another general symptom of Silicea is the worsening of the symptoms with the phases of the moon, usually with the new moon, but also with the full moon.

The pains of Silicea are stabbing, as if from a splinter, or as if pus were forming (for example, there is a feeling as if the fingers were festering).

As on the physical level, one also finds signs of slow and inadequate development on the psychological level. Children learn to walk and talk late. Patients are shy and lack self-confidence. Exams or public appearances are particularly difficult for them. Other facets of personality (by no means all) can include excessive conscientiousness about small things or the agonizing certainty that a wrong has been committed. As with Nat-m. Comfort can be perceived as unpleasant by the patient.

Young Silicea patients have a desire to eat indigestible things (like Calc.). If they are still breastfed, they have an aversion to breast milk and vomit it immediately after drinking. Even if the stool is soft, it takes a lot of effort to pass, and the effort can lead to abdominal pain. Sometimes the stool slips back in after it has already passed out. The stool may smell carrion-like. Silicea is also suitable for worm diseases.

Of the many Silicea symptoms, here are just a few: the feeling of a hair on the tongue. Violent and painful movements of the child in the womb. Bloody discharge from the vagina when breastfeeding.

If injuries occur due to glass splinters and they remain in the wound, Silicea causes them to be expelled.