Hi All,
Would you please help me with the mental picture of Alumina Silicata? Has Vithoulkas written about that in Materia Medica Viva?
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Alumina Silicata
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Dave Hartley
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Re: Alumina Silicata
I wanted to bring this point up from GV's MM Viva-
"It is useful at this point to state a warning about this remedy: do not be
in a hurry to change it if you see no apparent results within two or even
three months. There is a definite similarity between the long process of
time taken by the organism to develop the disturbance and the time needed
for the cure. Yet in order to wait so long you must see some subtle, minute
changes especially in energy levels and in a clearing of the mind."
-in *GENERAL* regard to previous conversations about when/if repeating Rx in
chronic case is appropriate in LM posology.
regards,
Dave Hartley
www.localcomputermart.com/dave
Santa Cruz, CA (831)423-4284
GV, MM Viva
Alumina silicata
Andalusite rock - Alumina 63, Silica 37 parts.
The essential features
This is another interesting remedy about which we do not have enough
information. Most of the symptomatology comes from Kent and from the few
cases where I have prescribed it so far. I am convinced that this is going
to prove to be a very important remedy once we know more about it.
You may need this remedy in the deepest and most stubborn cases you meet in
your homeopathic career. It is a remedy that contains in its pathogenesis
elements from all three remedies : Alumen, Alumina and Silica and yet it has
its own individuality. What is striking in my experience is the fact that
those patients who need this remedy may present symptoms which are not very
obtrusive, but deep and disturbing on a permanent basis. It seems that once
an Alumina silicata symptomatology sets in there is no interval in the
suffering of the patient, it is there all the time, day and night. In this
way the patient becomes a victim of the most deep and annoying
symptomatology. This subtle but incessant suffering becomes a great element
of this remedy. For instance a woman may take to her bed for most of her
waking time for years complaining of a nondescript lassitute.
It so grasps the system as to slow down its action and defences and leaves
the patient in a miserable state. The brain seems not to work or works very
slowly, as if clouded all the time; there is no moment when Alumina silicata
individuals feel their mind is clear, and it is only in the evening that
there is a little bit of an amelioration. They complain that their thinking
processes have been diminished to the extent that they seem to themselves to
be useless individuals. A usual expression is "I have become an invalid".
They abhor any mental labor and slowly start giving up their everyday
activities one after the other. This process takes a long time to develop,
even years, but it is a steady and sure decline of the organism.
*It is useful at this point to state a warning about this remedy: do not be
in a hurry to change it if you see no apparent results within two or even
three months. There is a definite similarity between the long process of
time taken by the organism to develop the disturbance and the time needed
for the cure. Yet in order to wait so long you must see some subtle, minute
changes especially in energy levels and in a clearing of the mind.
This long process of development also takes place in the peripheral nervous
system, where we see a course of very slow, gradual paralysis. The
extremities become heavier and heavier, the body feels heavier every day and
eventually they cannot lift their legs to step up a few stairs; the
lassitude is so great that they take to bed.
We can see the same story with the constipation, which is stubborn and
persistent, which nothing can help. The Alumina silica case will give you a
story of progressive constipation, in the early stages of which the problem
was not so bad, but which eventually came to the point where none of the
laxatives could help. They have to strain a great deal, even with soft
stools, and then only a small, unsatisfactory amount is passed.
Together with such conditions you may have chronic stubborn headaches where
the patient complains of nondescript pains in the head - not severe, not
excruciating but rather a kind of headache that paralyses the mental
faculties of the patient rendering him "useless". These types of headache
can be so persistent that the patient cannot perform his daily duties, the
mind is clouded and he becomes irritable, irascible and dissatisfied.
In such cases you get the impression that the liver is torpid, slow,
congested, not functioning properly. Bilious headaches.
The patient is irritable, never satisfied or happy as he feels that he
cannot enjoy anything. He cannot take any heavy food, and experience teaches
him to take good notice of everything he eats, and make sure that it be pure
and simple and easily digestible. Often complete fasts are necessary for
Alumina silicata patients to keep their health in a tolerable condition.
Fasting seems to help the headaches, the constipation, the torpidity of the
liver and the cloudiness of the mind and, in general, the congestion of the
organism.
You may find yourself wondering how these people keep going as they lose
flesh all the time, becoming anemic, emaciated, disturbed by any kind of
heavy food, by cold weather, feeling constantly tired and having to have
frequent rests.
Resting and warmth bring the greatest amelioration to Alumina silica,
though they may desire the fresh air and may feel heat in the head. Any
strong excitement or motion will aggravate their condition.
Alumina silica cases are closed in on themselves, year after year. They
become more and more timid, introverted and reserved, and cannot face the
challenges of life. They are very sensitive to criticism and easily offended
but will not show it, attempting to hide it. They will suffer silently and
deeply without making a strong point about their suffering. They have a
desire for solitude, the presence of other people aggravates their
symptomatology.
It is only if they are depressed, that they get some relief by telling some
friend about their misery and depression. They don't like crowds of people,
preferring the company of one person only, and they are better when alone,
like Sepia in some respects, especially in their energy.
These patients are critical, dissatisfied, never happy or content. It seems
as if they cannot enjoy the good things in life; they are displeased,
dissatisfied with everything. They cannot tolerate contradiction and easily
feel hurt and start weeping. They do not like to get into arguments as they
know that if they get angry or upset this will cost them a lot, with more
headaches, more constrictions, more cloudiness of the mind, more misery.
They become morose, peevish, ill-humored.
With the decline of Alumina silica's mental faculties, indecision sets in,
due to the fact that they cannot think clearly. They develop aversion to
work, they feel mentally fatigued, prostrated. If they force themselves to
study or to do some mental work they are aggravated, and even develop
symptoms from mental work.
Other mental symptoms are: dullness, difficulty of thinking and
comprehension. Difficult concentration, worse in the morning on waking where
they feel confused, as if the brain were congested and torpid. They are
absent-minded and make mistakes in speaking and writing, using wrong words.
Deficiency of ideas. Weakness of memory.
And in the midst of this mental confusion Alumina silica patients develop
an anxiety as if they were guilty, as if they had committed some crime. They
are constantly reproving themselves, even feeling remorseful. They may also
develop a covert anxiety about their health, or an anxiety in the evening,
at night and after sleep. Eventually they become fearful, living in a
constant state of fear, especially in the morning on waking. Apprehension
that they will lose their sanity. This fear is mostly apparent on waking in
the morning where the mind is most confused. She thinks that she is growing
smaller and that she will fall if she rises to her feet.
Such numerous problems frequently cause these patients to fall into
indifference, apathy, and eventually states of depression where they feel
that they cannot go on living like this; they may wish to die, loathing life
and contemplating suicide. Eventually a passive kind of insanity may develop
with great mental weakness, religious affections and hysterical laughing.
Some general symptoms and keynotes
The patient has a desire for cold air but cold air and cold in general
aggravate all complaints; he is much worse after becoming cold. Great
coldness during the pains. Even chilliness after eating is possible. (But
cold applications ameliorate the headache and the crawling and itching of
the female genital organs.).
Worse from cold drinks, cold water, milk but also from very warm food.
Warmth and warm applications ameliorate but a close warm room aggravates
and the extreme heat of summer takes her strength. She wants her body
wrapped up, but wants her head in cold air.
All pains are worse from excitement and motion and are better from perfect
rest, especially from resting in bed. (Yet some symptoms are worse lying in
bed or lying on back.).
Walking fast, lifting or any exertion aggravate, even standing, rising up
from bed or chair and going up stairs.
The brain, spine and abdominal viscera are extremely sensitive to a jar, as
in riding in a car or wagon. Pressure sometimes increases and sometimes
helps the pains.
The patient is better from fasting. He feels a general amelioration of his
condition if he eats nothing, or only very small quantities of food, and he
does so in a very strict manner.
Constriction is a general symptom that applies to all parts of the body,
also characteristic is a sensation of constriction of orifices.
Sensation of fullness throughout the body with distended veins and fainting
spells.
Nerves
Epileptic and epileptiform convulsions.
Multiple neuritis, multiple sclerosis, locomotor ataxia.
Inflammation of the nerves.
Trembling and twitching all over.
Paralysis of the lower half of the body: painful or painless paralysis of
the lower limbs, paralysis of the rectum, paralytic weakness of the bladder.
The whole body is sore to touch and pressure, burning stitching, tearing
pain wandering from place to place.
Pain in the lower limbs from excitement; burning pain in the arms from
excitement.
Sensation of crawling as though ants were in the brain, this sensation
travels down the body and leaves at the toes.
Tearing pains, painful itching without eruption.
Tearing pains, painful itching and formication along the course of nerves.
Tingling, prickling and violent itching without eruption.
Numbness of single parts and of painful parts.
Numbness of all the limbs, hands and fingers, feet and heels. Numbness of
first two toes of right foot while lying on the back.
Weakness and awkwardness of the limbs.
He is unable to step up when ascending stairs, it seems to him that he
cannot lift his body to the next step.
Great weakness and stiffness of the back compelling her to remain in bed.
Aching and burning in the spine.
Pain in the back on motion, rising from a seat stooping or walking, better
by lying perfectly quiet.
Prickling like needles in the lumbar region on exertion, better during
rest.
Vertigo
Vertigo while closing the eyes with tendency to fall forward; on turning
the head a tendency to fall towards the direction the head is turned.
Head
Rush of blood to the head with a boiling sensation and coldness of the
occiput.
Noise affects her deeply when she has a headache, it causes the headache to
become pulsating and when something drops on the floor it seems to drop on
her head.
When a lancinating pain in head comes on the lips stick together because of
the dryness of the mouth.
Nose
Dull pain in nose when breathing extends upward to middle of vertex.
Stomach
Appetite is increased but the first mouthful causes nausea.
The sight and thought of food causes nausea.
Food is tasteless. Water tastes as if spoiled.
Chest
Lying on right side causes coughing spells.
Coughing after eating and during headaches.
Extremities
The nails become brittle; the hands are constantly chapped; coldness of
hands legs and feet; hands cold as ice and fingers blue. Ulceration about
the nails. Wounds heal slowly.
Sleep
The sleep is restless with frequent waking, full of nightmares, with
talking or weeping in sleep
"It is useful at this point to state a warning about this remedy: do not be
in a hurry to change it if you see no apparent results within two or even
three months. There is a definite similarity between the long process of
time taken by the organism to develop the disturbance and the time needed
for the cure. Yet in order to wait so long you must see some subtle, minute
changes especially in energy levels and in a clearing of the mind."
-in *GENERAL* regard to previous conversations about when/if repeating Rx in
chronic case is appropriate in LM posology.
regards,
Dave Hartley
www.localcomputermart.com/dave
Santa Cruz, CA (831)423-4284
GV, MM Viva
Alumina silicata
Andalusite rock - Alumina 63, Silica 37 parts.
The essential features
This is another interesting remedy about which we do not have enough
information. Most of the symptomatology comes from Kent and from the few
cases where I have prescribed it so far. I am convinced that this is going
to prove to be a very important remedy once we know more about it.
You may need this remedy in the deepest and most stubborn cases you meet in
your homeopathic career. It is a remedy that contains in its pathogenesis
elements from all three remedies : Alumen, Alumina and Silica and yet it has
its own individuality. What is striking in my experience is the fact that
those patients who need this remedy may present symptoms which are not very
obtrusive, but deep and disturbing on a permanent basis. It seems that once
an Alumina silicata symptomatology sets in there is no interval in the
suffering of the patient, it is there all the time, day and night. In this
way the patient becomes a victim of the most deep and annoying
symptomatology. This subtle but incessant suffering becomes a great element
of this remedy. For instance a woman may take to her bed for most of her
waking time for years complaining of a nondescript lassitute.
It so grasps the system as to slow down its action and defences and leaves
the patient in a miserable state. The brain seems not to work or works very
slowly, as if clouded all the time; there is no moment when Alumina silicata
individuals feel their mind is clear, and it is only in the evening that
there is a little bit of an amelioration. They complain that their thinking
processes have been diminished to the extent that they seem to themselves to
be useless individuals. A usual expression is "I have become an invalid".
They abhor any mental labor and slowly start giving up their everyday
activities one after the other. This process takes a long time to develop,
even years, but it is a steady and sure decline of the organism.
*It is useful at this point to state a warning about this remedy: do not be
in a hurry to change it if you see no apparent results within two or even
three months. There is a definite similarity between the long process of
time taken by the organism to develop the disturbance and the time needed
for the cure. Yet in order to wait so long you must see some subtle, minute
changes especially in energy levels and in a clearing of the mind.
This long process of development also takes place in the peripheral nervous
system, where we see a course of very slow, gradual paralysis. The
extremities become heavier and heavier, the body feels heavier every day and
eventually they cannot lift their legs to step up a few stairs; the
lassitude is so great that they take to bed.
We can see the same story with the constipation, which is stubborn and
persistent, which nothing can help. The Alumina silica case will give you a
story of progressive constipation, in the early stages of which the problem
was not so bad, but which eventually came to the point where none of the
laxatives could help. They have to strain a great deal, even with soft
stools, and then only a small, unsatisfactory amount is passed.
Together with such conditions you may have chronic stubborn headaches where
the patient complains of nondescript pains in the head - not severe, not
excruciating but rather a kind of headache that paralyses the mental
faculties of the patient rendering him "useless". These types of headache
can be so persistent that the patient cannot perform his daily duties, the
mind is clouded and he becomes irritable, irascible and dissatisfied.
In such cases you get the impression that the liver is torpid, slow,
congested, not functioning properly. Bilious headaches.
The patient is irritable, never satisfied or happy as he feels that he
cannot enjoy anything. He cannot take any heavy food, and experience teaches
him to take good notice of everything he eats, and make sure that it be pure
and simple and easily digestible. Often complete fasts are necessary for
Alumina silicata patients to keep their health in a tolerable condition.
Fasting seems to help the headaches, the constipation, the torpidity of the
liver and the cloudiness of the mind and, in general, the congestion of the
organism.
You may find yourself wondering how these people keep going as they lose
flesh all the time, becoming anemic, emaciated, disturbed by any kind of
heavy food, by cold weather, feeling constantly tired and having to have
frequent rests.
Resting and warmth bring the greatest amelioration to Alumina silica,
though they may desire the fresh air and may feel heat in the head. Any
strong excitement or motion will aggravate their condition.
Alumina silica cases are closed in on themselves, year after year. They
become more and more timid, introverted and reserved, and cannot face the
challenges of life. They are very sensitive to criticism and easily offended
but will not show it, attempting to hide it. They will suffer silently and
deeply without making a strong point about their suffering. They have a
desire for solitude, the presence of other people aggravates their
symptomatology.
It is only if they are depressed, that they get some relief by telling some
friend about their misery and depression. They don't like crowds of people,
preferring the company of one person only, and they are better when alone,
like Sepia in some respects, especially in their energy.
These patients are critical, dissatisfied, never happy or content. It seems
as if they cannot enjoy the good things in life; they are displeased,
dissatisfied with everything. They cannot tolerate contradiction and easily
feel hurt and start weeping. They do not like to get into arguments as they
know that if they get angry or upset this will cost them a lot, with more
headaches, more constrictions, more cloudiness of the mind, more misery.
They become morose, peevish, ill-humored.
With the decline of Alumina silica's mental faculties, indecision sets in,
due to the fact that they cannot think clearly. They develop aversion to
work, they feel mentally fatigued, prostrated. If they force themselves to
study or to do some mental work they are aggravated, and even develop
symptoms from mental work.
Other mental symptoms are: dullness, difficulty of thinking and
comprehension. Difficult concentration, worse in the morning on waking where
they feel confused, as if the brain were congested and torpid. They are
absent-minded and make mistakes in speaking and writing, using wrong words.
Deficiency of ideas. Weakness of memory.
And in the midst of this mental confusion Alumina silica patients develop
an anxiety as if they were guilty, as if they had committed some crime. They
are constantly reproving themselves, even feeling remorseful. They may also
develop a covert anxiety about their health, or an anxiety in the evening,
at night and after sleep. Eventually they become fearful, living in a
constant state of fear, especially in the morning on waking. Apprehension
that they will lose their sanity. This fear is mostly apparent on waking in
the morning where the mind is most confused. She thinks that she is growing
smaller and that she will fall if she rises to her feet.
Such numerous problems frequently cause these patients to fall into
indifference, apathy, and eventually states of depression where they feel
that they cannot go on living like this; they may wish to die, loathing life
and contemplating suicide. Eventually a passive kind of insanity may develop
with great mental weakness, religious affections and hysterical laughing.
Some general symptoms and keynotes
The patient has a desire for cold air but cold air and cold in general
aggravate all complaints; he is much worse after becoming cold. Great
coldness during the pains. Even chilliness after eating is possible. (But
cold applications ameliorate the headache and the crawling and itching of
the female genital organs.).
Worse from cold drinks, cold water, milk but also from very warm food.
Warmth and warm applications ameliorate but a close warm room aggravates
and the extreme heat of summer takes her strength. She wants her body
wrapped up, but wants her head in cold air.
All pains are worse from excitement and motion and are better from perfect
rest, especially from resting in bed. (Yet some symptoms are worse lying in
bed or lying on back.).
Walking fast, lifting or any exertion aggravate, even standing, rising up
from bed or chair and going up stairs.
The brain, spine and abdominal viscera are extremely sensitive to a jar, as
in riding in a car or wagon. Pressure sometimes increases and sometimes
helps the pains.
The patient is better from fasting. He feels a general amelioration of his
condition if he eats nothing, or only very small quantities of food, and he
does so in a very strict manner.
Constriction is a general symptom that applies to all parts of the body,
also characteristic is a sensation of constriction of orifices.
Sensation of fullness throughout the body with distended veins and fainting
spells.
Nerves
Epileptic and epileptiform convulsions.
Multiple neuritis, multiple sclerosis, locomotor ataxia.
Inflammation of the nerves.
Trembling and twitching all over.
Paralysis of the lower half of the body: painful or painless paralysis of
the lower limbs, paralysis of the rectum, paralytic weakness of the bladder.
The whole body is sore to touch and pressure, burning stitching, tearing
pain wandering from place to place.
Pain in the lower limbs from excitement; burning pain in the arms from
excitement.
Sensation of crawling as though ants were in the brain, this sensation
travels down the body and leaves at the toes.
Tearing pains, painful itching without eruption.
Tearing pains, painful itching and formication along the course of nerves.
Tingling, prickling and violent itching without eruption.
Numbness of single parts and of painful parts.
Numbness of all the limbs, hands and fingers, feet and heels. Numbness of
first two toes of right foot while lying on the back.
Weakness and awkwardness of the limbs.
He is unable to step up when ascending stairs, it seems to him that he
cannot lift his body to the next step.
Great weakness and stiffness of the back compelling her to remain in bed.
Aching and burning in the spine.
Pain in the back on motion, rising from a seat stooping or walking, better
by lying perfectly quiet.
Prickling like needles in the lumbar region on exertion, better during
rest.
Vertigo
Vertigo while closing the eyes with tendency to fall forward; on turning
the head a tendency to fall towards the direction the head is turned.
Head
Rush of blood to the head with a boiling sensation and coldness of the
occiput.
Noise affects her deeply when she has a headache, it causes the headache to
become pulsating and when something drops on the floor it seems to drop on
her head.
When a lancinating pain in head comes on the lips stick together because of
the dryness of the mouth.
Nose
Dull pain in nose when breathing extends upward to middle of vertex.
Stomach
Appetite is increased but the first mouthful causes nausea.
The sight and thought of food causes nausea.
Food is tasteless. Water tastes as if spoiled.
Chest
Lying on right side causes coughing spells.
Coughing after eating and during headaches.
Extremities
The nails become brittle; the hands are constantly chapped; coldness of
hands legs and feet; hands cold as ice and fingers blue. Ulceration about
the nails. Wounds heal slowly.
Sleep
The sleep is restless with frequent waking, full of nightmares, with
talking or weeping in sleep
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Feras Hakkak
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Re: Alumina Silicata
Dear Dave and Ardavan,
Thanks for your kind attention.
Feras
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