Dose : Sixth to thirtieth potency. The 200 th and higher of unquestioned activity. In malignant affections the lowest potencies needed at times.

Today, these same writings give a fascinating insight into the symptoms and clinical conditions for which each remedy was used. Gettysburg salt is useful in carious ulcers, ulcers about the joints like hip joint disease or in caries of the vertebrae. Acrid and excoriating discharge. Fistula in ano ( Berberis Vulgaris Berb.; Lachesis Lach.) Fissures and hemorrhoids, Painful, with spasm of sphincter Silicea is a great remedy for elephantiasis of scrotum, and nocturnal emissions, there is sexual erethism along with the above complaints. Female symptoms

This remedy can also be indicated for:

Female; A milky ( Calc Carb Calc.; Pulsatilla Puls.; Sepia Sep.) Acrid leucorrhoea, during urination This medicine can be given for cases of bouts of breathlessness, where the patient loses his breath on slight exertion, be it running, stooping, followed by a cough. There is deep sighing breathing. In ulcers Silicea is indicated in both benign and malignant ulcers which are relieved by warmth and aggravated by cold applications. Opens old ulcers and heal them with a normal cicatrix. cough. Retching from an endeavor to expectorate is usually controlled by Carbo veg ., but Silica his it. Ignatia amara relieves symptoms caused by stress or emotions, with hypersensitivity to light, noises, pain and emotions. Physical symptoms such as a lump in the throat, localized headaches, and frequent yawning are often present. All symptoms are improved by distraction.

The crude substance for preparation is pure silica powder, it occurs in abundance in nature and is chemically inert. its dynamic curative power is aroused by homeopathy only, making Silicea an important, and wonderful remedy in treating a variety of diseases. Silicea Constitution/Personality Resistance if broken by force they won’t forgive their parents and she punish them. Silica child is proud and stubborn. Obstinacy in the face of pressure is a refusal to be rushed. Thinking is a long process (Exasperating – Nux, Sulph). Silica has some pain in the stomach and bowels, but there is more soreness to pressure; colic and flatulence and tenderness to pressure; a chronic soreness in the stomach and if it goes on too long, a tubercular state comes on. Abdominal pain relieved by heat; distension of the bowels with flatulence and rumbling. Enlarged abdomen in children and adults (Bar. c.); tightness across the abdomen. Disturbed by the pressure of the clothes and worse after eating; the decided feature is the amelioration from heat. They are born after long and difficult labour and are born in the 7 th or 8 th month. They are fragile and weak. At birth they are weak and puny. They cannot hold their head and milk is not nutritious to them and it does not provide strength and stamina they need. Physical ailments like immunological problems, digestive ailments, bone ailments etc. This is one of the remedies of which, like Sepia, Lachesis, Lycopodium and others, the old school knows little or nothing, because their chief virtues are only developed in potencies above the 12th.Concomitants : Difficulty in holding the head up. It causes chilliness and nausea. Scalp very sensitive to touch. Chilly with low vitality and is constipated. Clouded sight after headache (before headache- Kali bich) Silicea is also indicated to treat vertigo when looking up, with headache as is bruised pain above the eyes so that the patient can scarcely open them. Silicea ranks among the first of our remedies for inflammations ending in suppuration. It seems to make no particular difference whether the suppuration takes place in the soft or hard parts, for it is equally efficacious in glandular or bony ulcerations. I

Delicate and tries to protect herself, keep quiet and retires. Her delicacy is both mental and physical. Shy till she knows someone well and they are harmless. She is with a sense of humour.

Earache and ear infections can be successfully treated at home with just a few homeopathic remedies.

A Swedish chemist, Jons Jacob Berzelius, discovered silicon in 1824 after heating potassium chips in a silica container, and carefully washing the residual by-products. Silicon is the second most abundant element in the earth’s crust behind oxygen. And, it is the seventh most abundant element in the universe.