(Fluoride of Lime)
A powerful tissue remedy for hard, stony glands,
varicose and enlarged veins, and malnutrition of bones. Hard knots in
female breast. Goitre. Congenital hereditary syphilis. Induration
threatening suppuration. Many cases of cataract have undoubtedly been
influenced favorably by it. Congenital syphilis manifesting itself in
ulceration of mouth and throat, caries and necrosis with boring pains and
heat in parts. Arteriosclerosis; threatened apoplexy. Tuberculosis. Used
after operations, the tendency to adhesions is reduced. | ||
| Mind. Great
depression; groundless fears of financial ruin. | ||
| Head. Creaking
noise in head. Blood tumors of newborn infants. Hard excrescences on the
scalp. Ulcers on the scalp with callous, hard edges. | ||
| Eyes.
Flickering and sparks before the eyes, spots on the cornea; conjunctivitis;
cataract. Strumous phlyctenular keratitis. Subcutaneous palpebral
cysts. | ||
| Ears.
Calcareous deposits on tympanum; sclerosis of ossicula and petrous portion
of temporal bone, with deafness, ringing and roaring. Chronic
suppuration of middle ear. | ||
| Nose. Cold in
the head; stuffy cold; dry coryza; ozena. Copious, offensive, thick,
greenish, lumpy, yellow nasal catarrh. Atrophic rhinitis, especially if
crusts are prominent.
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| Face. Hard
swelling on the cheek, with pain or toothache, hard swelling on jaw
bone. | ||
| Mouth. Gum
boil, with hard swelling on the jaw. Cracked appearance of the tongue, with
or without pain. Induration of the tongue, hardening after inflammation.
Unnatural looseness of the teeth, with or without pain; teeth become loose
in their sockets. Toothache, with pain if any food touches the
tooth. | ||
| Throat.
Follicular sore throat; plugs of mucus are continually forming in the
crypts of the tonsils. Pain and burning in throat; better by warm drinks;
worse, cold drinks. Hypertrophy of Luschka's tonsil. Relaxed uvula,
tickling referred to larynx. | ||
| Stomach.
Vomiting of infants. Vomiting of undigested food. Hiccough. [Sul-ac.] Flatulency. Weakness and daintiness of
appetite, nausea and distress after eating in young children who are
overtaxed by studies. Acute indigestion from fatigue and brain-fag;
much flatulence. | ||
| Stool and Anus.
Diarrhea in gouty subjects. Itching of anus. Fissure of the anus, and
intensely sore crack near the lower end of the bowel. Bleeding hemorrhoids.
Itching of anus as from pinworms. Internal or blind piles frequently, with
pain in back, generally far down on the sacrum, and constipation. Much wind
in lower bowels. Worse, pregnancy. | ||
| Male.
Hydrocele; indurations of the testicles. | ||
| Respiratory.
Hoarseness. Croup. Cough with expectoration of tiny lumps of yellow
mucus, with tickling sensation and irritation on lying down. Spasmodic
cough. Calcarea fluorica removes fibroid deposits about the endocardium and
restores normal endocardial structure. (Eli G. Jones, M.D.) | ||
| Circulatory.
Chief remedy for vascular tumors with dilated blood vessels, and for
varicose or enlarged veins. Aneurism. Valvular disease. When the
tuberculous toxins attack the heart and blood vessels. | ||
| Neck and Back.
Chronic lumbago; aggravated on beginning to move, and ameliorated on
continued motion. Osseous tumors. Rachitic enlargement of femur in
infants. Pain lower part of back, with burning. | ||
| Extremities.
Ganglia or encysted tumors at the back of the wrist. Gouty enlargements of
the joints of the fingers. Exostoses on fingers. Chronic synovitis of knee
joint. | ||
| Sleep. Vivid
dreams, with sense of impending danger. Unrefreshing sleep. | ||
| Skin. Marked
whiteness of skin. Scar tissue; adhesions after operations. Chaps and
cracks. Fissures or cracks in the palms of the hands, or hard skin. Fissure
of the anus. Suppurations with callous, hard edges. Whitlow. Indolent,
fistulous ulcers, secreting thick, yellow pus. Hard, elevated edges of
ulcer, surrounding skin purple and swollen. Knots, kernels, hardened glands
in the female breast. Swellings or indurated enlargements having
their seat in the fasciae and capsular ligaments of joints, or in the
tendons. Indurations of stony hardness. | ||
| Modalities.
Worse, during rest, changes of weather. Better, heat, warm
applications. | ||
| Relationship.
Compare: Con.; Rhus-t. | ||
| Dose. Third to
twelfth trituration. A "chronic" remedy. Needs some time before manifesting
its effects. Should not be repeated too frequently. |