Minutus

Hello,

I tried previously to post this but was unable. I want to give Calc
Flor as a remedy to an elderly women with a heart stent. I would
normally be reluctant to give any one with a stent Silica because of
it's tendency to cause supporation in orderf to "throw" or "push"
things out. Calc Flor seems to be a good choice for this woman as
regards her symptoms of exotosis etc. My concern is that in reading
Kent he describes Calc Flor as "being similar to Silica as regards
supporation." Calc Flor is a closer fit than Calc Carb which as I
understand acts more absorb-itively then supporatively. My concern is
her stent. Can anyone offer some insight as to whether this is a
valid concern or not?

Hi riir,

I don'think you need to worry about it. So far as I've understood, silica
(or any remedy) will not expel anything which is actually *needed*.
Sheilagh Creasey, in a seminar given when she had already some 45 years of
prescribing experience behind her, said that she never hesitates to give
silica to someone who needs silica, and she had *never* seen it cause any
problem with e.g. fillings, pacemakers, artificial joints, etc.

While I have heard a few instances where a filling fell out after the person
took silica, in every case it appeared most likely that the tooth was in any
case damaged, and that the expulsion was necessary part of the healing,
*not* an inconvenient "side-effect".

Also, *any* remedy if given as simillimum can/will cause expulsion of
something that needs to be expelled; it's not an exclusive property of
silica! Apparently the reason that silica has gained this particular
reputation is simply that a silica "constitution" is prone to being too weak
to bring about expulsion (e.g. splinters) -- but sometimes a different
remedy is needed, and will in that case bring about the same effect.

So in summary, I do not think you have any cause for concern in giving this
patient calc-fluor, no cautions other than with any other remedy.

Does anyone have thoughts to the contrary? This has been my understanding
over the years.

Best wishes,
Shannon
on 4/2/04 7:16 AM, riir7 at riir7@yahoo.com wrote:

Hi

Confirming Shannon's comments, in one of my cases Lach caused the IUD the
patient had been wearing for some years to be expelled!!

During the case taking I had formed the opinion that the IUD was the cause
of many of her symptoms. The patient agreed to have it removed - we did not
have to wait long because IUD came out at her first period after starting
her Lach prescription.

Rgds
Soroush
Message: 25
Date: Fri, 02 Apr 2004 08:48:00 -0600
From: Bob&Shannon
Subject: Re: Calc Flor Concern

Hi riir,

I don'think you need to worry about it. So far as I've understood, silica
(or any remedy) will not expel anything which is actually *needed*.
Sheilagh Creasey, in a seminar given when she had already some 45 years of
prescribing experience behind her, said that she never hesitates to give
silica to someone who needs silica, and she had *never* seen it cause any
problem with e.g. fillings, pacemakers, artificial joints, etc.

While I have heard a few instances where a filling fell out after the person
took silica, in every case it appeared most likely that the tooth was in any
case damaged, and that the expulsion was necessary part of the healing,
*not* an inconvenient "side-effect".

Also, *any* remedy if given as simillimum can/will cause expulsion of
something that needs to be expelled; it's not an exclusive property of
silica! Apparently the reason that silica has gained this particular
reputation is simply that a silica "constitution" is prone to being too weak
to bring about expulsion (e.g. splinters) -- but sometimes a different
remedy is needed, and will in that case bring about the same effect.

So in summary, I do not think you have any cause for concern in giving this
patient calc-fluor, no cautions other than with any other remedy.

Does anyone have thoughts to the contrary? This has been my understanding
over the years.

Best wishes,
Shannon
on 4/2/04 7:16 AM, riir7 at riir7@yahoo.com wrote:
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A couple of years ago, with much trepidation, I gave Silica to a patient who had sustained a skull fracture many years previously, and whose skull was partially replaced with an implanted steel plate. Sil was the strongly recommended remedy, and my research indicated what Shannon said, that anything needed would not be expelled. Nothing happened to the steel plate, and the patient responded extremely well.

Rosemary