Kent's - Classical Homeopathy Online

ALUMINA SILICATA [alum-sil] [Kent’s]This valuable remedy is made from a species of rock known as andalusite and composed ofaluminum sixty-three and silica thirty-seven parts. It was prepared by trituration in the usual way.It has been proved and used clinically by the author for many years. It is a deep and long actingremedy and cures chronic complaints of the brain, spinal cord, bowels and the nerves, that have here tobefore been most stubborn.Its complaints are Its noticed in the forenoon, but mostly in the afternoon and evening. Somesymptoms come on in the night, even after midnight.There is a desire for open air which is grateful, but cold air aggravates all complaints; muchworse after becoming cold and a marked tendency to take cold. There is great coldness during painsand all pains are better from warmth and warm applications.The prover loses flesh, and it has cured patients markedly emaciated and anemic. There is greatweakness and many symptoms are worse going upstairs. Congestion of brain and cord and spinalnerves, with marked burning and stinging. It has cured multiple neuritis and locomotor ataxia.constriction is a marked general symptom, also constriction of orifices, a sensation as if constricted. Ithas been of great service in epileptic and epileptiform convulsion, not when the convulsion is on but asa constitutional remedy causing the attacks to diminish and come less frequently, and finally disappear.Stiffness and tonic contractions occur with provers. Distension of all the veins, and fainting spells. Thesymptoms are worse after eating and he is better fasting or eating very small quantities of food, worsefrom cold drinks, cold food, milk and very warm foods.Formication of the skin, extremities along the course of nerves and in internal parts. A sensationof fullness throughout the body, with distended veins. Heaviness of the body and all the limbs.Induration of parts inflamed. inflammation of the nerves, with burning, stinging, crawling andnumbness; the brain, spine and abdominal viscera are extremely sensitive to a jar, as in riding in acarriage over rough roads. Jerking and twitching in muscles. The lassitude is so great that she wascompelled to keep to the bed; she must lie down, a marked sense of spinal weakness.It cured a woman who had lain in bed many years from weakness.Straining of muscles from lifting, like Rhus tox. Yet some symptoms are worse lying in bed, butlying generally helps and rests the patient. She says, "I am so comfortable while lying".Some symptoms are worse lying on the back. She desires perfect rest, aversion to all motionand worse from all motion. The mucous secretions are increased. It has cured lupus. Numbness ofsingle parts and of painful parts; numbness with neuritis. There is orgasm of blood, flushes of heat,even great rushes of hear to head from body.The pains are worse from excitement and motion and better from external warmth and perfectrest. The pains are of all kinds, boring, burning and stinging. Constricting, cutting, digging, gnawing,jerking, paralyzing, pinching, pressing. The whole body is sore to touch and pressure, stitching, 2 ulcerative pain wandering from place to place.The pains as well as many other symptoms show a marked periodicity. Pressure sometimesincreases and sometimes helps the pains. Pulsation all over the body and in the head and abdomen.The pulse is fast, evening and night. The patient is better resting in bed and worse rising upfrom bed or chair. Sensitive externally and internally. Complaints all worse standing.Extreme heat of summer takes her strength. There is swelling in affected parts and of glands.Throughout the body and limbs a feeling of tension. The limbs tremble and she trembles all over.Twitching all over. Complaints felt on waking. walking is almost impossible, walking fast orany exertion brings out all symptoms, weakness from walking. Wet weather increase the symptoms.Close, warm rooms causes many symptoms.It is very useful in nervous debility where there is great mental excitement and aggravationsfrom anger and vexation.Absent-minded. Anxiety, evening. night; anxiety of conscience, anxiety about her health, worseafter sleep. One prover felt that she would become insane and urged to have the 30th, which she hadtaken, antidoted. Wants this and that and never satisfied, she criticizes everybody. She desires to bealone, but becomes worse when alone and better in company. She has much difficulty in concentrationthe mind. Confusion of mind every morning, worse on waking. Worse from contradiction. Contraryand whimsical.Several provers were timid and cowardly.She thinks she is growing smaller and that she will fall if she rises to her feet, she sees visions,there is despair; she is discontented, discouraged and distracted, long periods of dullness of mind,dullness! of mind after sleep.