The Twelve Tissue
Salts
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Posted by Gudny Osk Didriksdottir on December 14,
2009 at 4:14am in Remedies
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Introduction
to the twelve tissue salts - Tissue salts can do magic.
Using them along with remedies has also had great results.
How to find out which salts are suitable to each person regarding the stars.
Take the salt fitting to once birthday then count six months backward and these
two salts should be given for three weeks before once birthday each year.
Example: 22nd dec. 20th jan. (Capricorn), give Calc. Phos. and 22nd 23rd
jul. (Cancer), give Calc. Fluor.
CALC. FLUOR. - Calcarea Fluorica
Generally suited for people born 21st Jun. 22nd Jul.
Has to do with the tissue elasticity of body. Unites with Albumin (organic
protein), which is to be found in all tissues and fluids, on the surface of the
bones and in the enamel of the teeth. Calc. Fluor. preserves the body΄s ability
to contract. Lack of Calc. Fluor. can also affect the blood vessels and slow
down the blood circulation. The skin becomes dry and cracked and soles and
palms become very sensitive.
Condition
Varicose veins, not just a local problem but in the whole system.
Take into consideration if open wounds or eczema are seen.
Hernia.
Bearing down pain such as in bladder and uterine prolapse: (Sep. + Calc.
Fluor.)
Persistent sinus problems.
Tendons and ligaments, i.e. joints and Tennis Elbow.
If boys΄ phimosis is to tight: (4td for a month).
Diet and obesity.
Sacroiliac syndrome during pregnancy and after birth.
Osteoporosis.
Indurated knots and glands.
Constipation from weak muscles of rectum.
Follows Rhus.Tox. in lumbago pain.
Follows Silica during inflammation.
Follows Bry. and Calc. in arthritis.
Follows Nat. Mur. in herpes blisters.
Tips:
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Calc. Fluor. is best when used in 12x.
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Be careful when giving it to people just after chiropractic treatment.
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Calc. Fluor. to prevent stretch marks during pregnancy.
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Calc. Fluor. and Calc. Phos. 6x for children with decaying enemal on teeth.
Give alternately for a month up to six months.
Better: heat, massage, motion
Worse: damp, resting, cold, weather changes
CALC. PHOS. - Calcarea Phosphorica
Generally suited for people born 21st Dec. 21st Jan.
Calc. Phos. has everything to do with nutrition. Has to do with growth of new
tissues, blood and bones. It supplies new blood cells and forms calcium.
This remedy is very important for children as it has to do with growth
(especially important for backward children).
Calc. Phos. is the biochemic remedy for rickets. For anaemia and imperfect
blood circulation.
Condition
Slow teeth development.
Complaints during teething. Sore gums. If gum is pale it can be a sign of
anaemia.
For decaying teeth. Builds up the teeth.
Bad taste in the mouth.
Chronic tonsillitis.
Sore throat with painful swallowing. Constant clearing of the throat.
Dry cough.
Swollen glands.
Cold in the head with white discharges from the nose. Sore nostrils.
Pneumonia: especially in children. Cough with yellow discharges < in the
morning. Soreness and stinging pain in chest < coldness.
Asthma in the bronchial tubes. Mucous is clear and thick. Children get a
suffocating cough when being lifted from bed, > lying.
Pimples in face. Complexion pale and yellowish. Skin is greasy.
Growing pains.
Anaemia, especially in young girls.
For elderly people when bones get brittle.
Numbness and coldness in extremities.
Rheumatic Arthritis.
Gout < at night and during bad weather.
Pain in the back with numbness, coldness or a crawling sensation, < at
night and when resting.
Constipation, difficulty passing stool with blood. Connected with depression,
dizziness and headache.
Young babies; fontanelles close slowly.
Tips:
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For small children or children growing slowly: Give 6x for six weeks, then 30c
to boost it up.
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Fractured bones: Give Arn., then Calc. Phos. 6x and Symph. 6x 3td.
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NB. Don΄t give until the bones have been set. If bone healing is slow give
Syph. 200c once a week for five weeks.
Better: lying down
Worse: motion, weather chages, cold
CALC. SULPH. - Calcarea Sulphurica
Generally suited for people born 23rd Oct. 23rd Nov.
This tissue salt is to be found in connective tissues, and is good for
inflammation.
It helps in chronic cases of inflammation.
Helps to cleanse damaged blood cells. Helps to detoxify and purify the system.
Condition
Coated tongue; like dry and cracked clay.
Children with extremely hot heads.
Pimples and acnes in face.
Cold head with thick discharges.
Sore nostrils.
Nosebleed.
Cough with fever, with chronic hoarseness, bronchitis, TB.
Catarrh with lumpy, thick, pus-like secretion.
Otitis media, sometimes bloody discharges from ear.
Sensitive swelling behind the ear.
Inflammation in the eye, with thick yellow discharges.
Headache with dizziness and nausea. Sensation as if eyes were sunken. Pain
all over the head < especially in the forehead.
Backache.
Burning itch in soles and feet.
All kinds of skin rashes; over the whole body.
Carbuncles, chilblains, abscesses and inflammations.
Felon.
Ulcers with excessive granulations.
Acne, pimples.
Hormonal imbalance.
Menses too late; long lasting. Headache, cramps and great weakness.
Tips:
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Calc. Sulph. cleanses the liver.
Worse: after walking, walking fast, warmth (gets overheated), after water
related work
FERRUM PHOS. - Ferrum Phosphoricum
Generally suited for people born 20th Feb. 20th Mar.
Carries oxygen. Is to be found in the red blood cells. Gives strength to blood
cell walls and arteries.
Slows down the development of fever. Blush due to heat, face hot and red. The
most commonly used tissue salt.
Condition
Helps circulation of oxygen-rich blood.
Very good for anaemia; person becomes very weak.
Good to help the body use iron.
Haemorrhages, recent muscle injury.
If people have had thrombosis or heart attack.
Palpitation with congestion with heat and redness in face.
Throbbing, fast pulse and congestion anywhere.
No. 1 in cases of inflammation, hoarseness and when first symptoms for sore
throat appear, bronchitis and anaemia.
No. 1 in cases of muscle and joint straining.
After surgery, childbirth.
Broken leg and bruises.
No. 1 by teething children with fever: (Cham./Puls./Cina and Ferr. Phos.
help.)
Increases appetite.
First stages of gastritis with pain.
Regulates constipation and diarrhoea.
If the hair is dead and has no shine.
Helps physical growth.
Can help in great weakness/paralysis: Ferr. Phos. 12x, Kali. Phos. 3x, Mag.
Phos. 3x, (Calc. Phos.).
Very good for elderly people, when blood circulation is slow.
Hoarseness from singing and talking.
Insect bites (Ledum).
Before or after Calc. Phos. for lassitude in young girls; leads to anaemia and
yellowness of the skin.
Tips:
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If you don΄t have Calendula, use Ferr. Phos. on wounds.
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Necessary for good health. Always consider it as a support for other
treatments.
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Crumble tablets into wounds to stop the bleeding.
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Don΄t use late at night, because it can cause insomnia.
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Pressing pain congestive in head, pain with heat and flushes. Nr. 1. is Bell.
and Ferr. Phos. helps.
Better: cold, slow motion
Worse: motion, nights 4-6am, excitement, heat
KALI MUR. - Kali Muriaticum
Generally suited to people born 21st May 21st Jun.
This salt is to be found in the blood, nerves, cells and muscles. It stands in
a chemical relation to fibrin and correlates with the second stage of all
inflammations. Kali Mur. can terminate symptoms such as chronic catarrh and
colds.
Condition
Is useful in most cases of whooping-cough.
Chronic runny nose and pneumonia.
Inflammations in membranes with laryngitis and whooping-cough.
Pharyngitis and tonsillitis.
Chronic sore throat.
Use this remedy alternately with Ferr. Phos. in cases of cold, deafness and
because of swollen mucous membranes in pharynx.
Loss of voice, asthma, cough with white thick expectoration.
Discharge and expectoration is white and thick.
Aphthe, canker and excoriation in mouth.
Thrush, in young children.
Tongue is coated greyish; white and slimy. Swelling and inflammation in the
tongue.
Dandruff and eruptions on scalp.
Chronic discharge from ears, especially middle ear.
Deafness and earache. Tinnitus.
Headache combined with gastric problem.
Vomiting of white mucous.
Constipation with coated tongue.
Diarrhoea and gastric disturbance after fatty food.
Abdomen sensitive.
Piles, especially if bleeding.
Dysentery.
Cystitis; dark colored urine with sandy deposits.
Urethritis.
Menses too late. Leucorrhoea thick and bland.
Ulcerations in the womb.
Morning sickness and mastitis during pregnancy.
Rheumatism with inflammations in joints.
Rheumatism pain, < motion, or < at night when resting.
Acne, eczema and other eruptions on skin with pustules, carbuncles with
inflammation and white thick discharges.
Abscesses, boils, carbuncles, acne, eczema, pimples, burns, cold sore,
pustules and warts. All this is treated with Kali-Mur.
Lymphatic swelling, oedema.
Epilepsy.
Chickenpox.
Smallpox.
Cowpox.
Measles.
Jaundice.
Heart-, liver- and kidney diseases.
Tips:
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Kali Mur. is nr. 1. for inflammations of glands.
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Kali Mur. helps when ears get stopped up after a flight.
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All discharges are white.
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Helps when eustachian tubes are blocked.
Better: motion
Worse: rich fatty food, pastry, motion
KALI PHOS. - Kali Phosphoricum
Generally suited for people born 21st Mar. 21st Apr.
Kali Phos. has to do with all nerves, muscles and blood cells.
It is a nerve nutrient, good for strengthening nerve character, for
instability, headache (nerves), worries, excitement, irritability, lack of
vitality, exhaustion.
For very nervous persons. School children often need this salt. It helps
maintaining a good spirit and a joyful character and it sharpens the mental
faculties. Early symptoms may be very slight, scarcely noticeable in fact,
except to the mother. e.g. restlessness, lack of humour. Tantrums can possibly
regarded as Kali Phos. symptom.
It brings extra energy; there is bad odour of all discharges. Urine yellowish,
lack of sex energy and heart is exhausted.
Condition
Always keep in mind regarding muscles and nerves.
Tongue is brown, mustard colored or swollen; bad breath.
Diarrhoea with painless watery stools and bad odour.
Dysentery with putrid bloody stools. The blood is black and thin and the
odour is bad.
Nerve pain, e.g. toothache: Kali Phos. and Mag. Phos. every 15 minutes.
Desperation and stupor: Nat. Mur. with Kali Phos. as a support.
Anxiety, timidity and fear: Arg.Nit (high potency) and Kali Phos.
Fear and suspicion: Ipec. (high potency) and Kali Phos.
Stress and exam anxiety.
Insomnia because of worries.
Nightmares (the salt is sometimes used to aid sleep; also Kali Brom.).
Pain and sensation as if paralysed.
Asthma with anxiety; works well combined with Mag. Phos.
Dyspepsia (nerve related).
Suppurating ulcers: Kali Phos. internal and Calendula external.
Prevents deterioration, sterilises, used in all conditions of deterioration.
Bad smelling feet: Kali Phos. and Silica salt.
In case of rashes, or to help pus come out, especially in jaws.
Localised inflammation.
Treatment of irritating skin ailments, such as shingles (to correct the
underlying nerve condition).
Bad memory.
Homesickness.
After long illness: as a tonic up to 30 weeks.
Helps but doesn΄t cure symptoms below:
Overexcitement, depression, mania, hysteria, desperation.
Cramps due to exertion: also give Mag. Phos.
Tips:
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Big remedy for a stressful condition.
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Best of the 12 tissue salts to kill germs.
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Hay-fever: give Kali Phos. for two months before season starts.
Better: eating, resting, company, heat, smooth movements
Worse: noise, exertion, fresh air, over exertion, alone, stiffness after rest,
2-5am., beginning of movement, pain and itching
KALI SULPH. - Kali Sulphuricum
Generally suited for people born 23rd Aug. 23rd Sept.
Kali Sulph. works in conjunction with Ferr. Phos. as an oxygen-carrier. It
assists in carrying the oxygen from the blood stream to the tissue-cells,
thereby completing the respiratory process initiated by Ferr. Phos. Internal
breathing of the tissues depends upon Kali Sulph. while Ferr. Phos.
concentrates on the external breathing. It is also the anti-friction salt
ensuring the smooth working of all body parts and thus acting as a lubricant.
Condition
Extensive eruption of skin and scalp, with scaling. This remedy helps to
maintain the hair in a healthy state.
Tongue coated, yellow and slimy, sometimes with whitish edge, insipid, pappy
taste.
Discharges yellow or green, slimy.
Kali Sulph. is indicated when a sticky, yellowish discharge comes from the
skin or the mucous membrane, as in certain forms of catarrh.
Catarrh, loose rattling cough.
Cough and great rattling in the chest and fluid in the chest. Ant. Tart. for
weak people, but Kali Sulph. for stronger.
Suffocative feeling in hot atmosphere, desire for cool air.
Chilliness and shifting, fleeting pains.
It is useful in the treatment of intestinal disorder, stomach catarrh, and in
inflammatory conditions to promote perspiration.
Tips:
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Kali Sulph. can be seen as a lubricant for the body.
Better: fresh air
Worse: evening, heat, stuffy room
MAG. PHOS. - Magnesia Phosphorica
Generally suited for people born 24th Jul. 23rd Aug.
It is an earthy constituent of muscles, nerves, brain, bones, teeth, sperm and
blood cells. If there is a lack of Mag. Phos. in the nerves it will cause
cramps and spasms.
It suits thin and pale people who are nervous by nature.
People who are unable to use magnesium are prone to get kidney- or gallstones.
Condition
Tongue is generally clean, coated white; with diarrhoea.
Dark menses, watery diarrhoea.
Wandering pains and cramps, > at pressure of warm hands.
Paralysis. Weakness, tiredness and exhaustion.
Mag. Phos. is known as the anti-spasmodic tissue salt.
Mag. Phos. works fast in releasing pains, especially cramps.
Relieves menstrual cramps.
Cramps, in pregnancy.
Tetanus.
Colic.
Irritable bowel syndrome.
Cramps from writing and walking.
Other nerve symptoms, nerve pains, convulsive fits, Parkinson΄s disease, M.S.
and epilepsy.
Kali Phos. is more for sensation of paralysis but Mag. Phos. for sensation of
cramps.
Hiccup.
Stuttering: Kali Phos., Caust.
Strabismus.
Spasmodic retention of urine.
Sore throat, especially with chest pain; also use Crat. as a tincture.
All pains except burning pains.
All pains that are constricted and spasmodic.
Right sided nerve pain: acute Mag. Phos. following Bell.
Toothache: use with Calc. Phos.
Toothache > in coldness: Ferr. Phos., Bry., Coff., > in warmth: Mag.
Phos.
Face, ear, and toothaches: if Kali Phos. dosen΄t work, then use Mag. Phos. or
Bell. (low).
Stinging corns and bone spurs.
Tips:
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If person is better in coldness, don΄t think of Mag. Phos.
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Mag. Phos. acts best when taken with hot water.
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Mag. Phos. is an antidote to aspirin and similar drugs.
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Stones in urine; use 200c, if acute kidney and gallstones.
Better: warmth, firm pressure, rubbing, bending double, drinking hot water
Worse: right side, slight touch, cold air, draft, washing with cold water
NAT. MUR. - Natrum Muriaticum
Generally suited for people born 21st Jan. 19th Feb.
Nat. Mur. is the water-distributing tissue salt. Has everything to do with the
body fluids and influences whether there is too much and/or too little of it.
Nat. Mur. main function is to produce hydrochloric acids. Too little acid means
too slow digestion, especially when digesting calcium rich food.
Condition
Low spirit with a feeling of hopelessness < consolation.
Exhaustion and weak muscles.
Heavy sleep and tiredness in the morning.
Feeling chilly and cold; often numb extremities.
Pulse rapid, intermittent with palpitation.
Hangover.
Helps in oedema and dryness caused by sunstroke or loss of salt.
Blood thin and watery, skin pale and greasy.
If the skin is cracked because of dehydration. Especially lips and
fingertips.
Chronic eczema on face, lips and in hairline.
Headache combined with constipation.
Hammering headache < mornings
Coryza with clear discharge and sneezing.
Lack of smell and taste.
Desires salt.
Weak eyes, lachrymation from wind.
Dry throat and nose.
Great thirst.
Toothache and nerve pains in face with lachrymation and salivation.
Heartburn because of slow digestion.
Difficulty passing stool with soreness around anus.
Haemorrhages from abdomen and intestines.
Hay fever.
Warts in palms of the hands.
Hang nails.
Backache > by lying on something hard, with pillow under lumbago.
Tips:
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For insect bites: rub Nat. Mur. on the affected area as soon as possible.
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If the breast milk is too salty and the baby doesn΄t want to drink.
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All discharges are watery.
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If much Nat. Mur. is needed give Silica occasionally.
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When flying: Nat. Mur. and Nat. Sulph. every half hour, if ankles swell.
Better: sweating, rest, cold bath, sitting, before breakfast
Worse: morning, seashore, cold weather, after menses, heat, summer, rubbing,
full moon
NAT. PHOS. - Natrum Phosphoricum
Generally suited to people born 23rd Sept. 22nd Oct.
This salt is to be found in the blood, muscles and nerve cells and in the
inter-cellular fluids. Nat. Phos. keeps the body liquid floating and prevents
congestion and dehydration.
Children who drink too much milk and eat too many sweets can have digestive
problems. Symptoms of acidity; green, sour-smelling stools, belching and
vomiting. Acidity.
Nat. Phos is one of the substances which breaks down lactic acid when there is
too much lactic acid in the body, such as by gout, rheumatism and dyspepsia.
Condition
Fever with an acid condition, yellow tongue and yellow catarrh.
Protects against jaundice, gall and kidney stones, colic and bilious
headache.
Imperfect assimilation of fats from lack of bile.
Helps in cases of gout.
Constipation, nausea, heartburn and flatulence with sour risings.
Vomiting, gas in stomach, coated tongue and sour breath.
Thread worms, diaper rash, white/green stools.
Helps when lymphatic glands swell, thyroid, colds and recurrent flu; yellow
thick discharges.
Headache that causes mental irritation, pain in eyes and empty mind with
dizziness.
Sensitive scalp, cold extremities and red sunken face.
Joints swollen and stiff.
Taste of copper and/or sour taste in mouth.
Tips:
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If the acidity of the body is very sour and causes insomnia, Nat. Phos. can
help.
Worse: afternoon, evening, during menses, open air , thunderstorm
NAT. SULPH. - Natrum Sulphuricum
Generally suited for people born 21st Apr. 21st May.
Nat. Sulph. regulates the density of the intercellular fluids. It largely
controls the healthy function of the liver. It ensures an adequate supply of
free flowing, healthy bile, necessary for the later stages of digestion. This
salt does not appear in the cells, only in the intercellular fluids. Decreases
oedema.
Condition
Sick (chronic) headache with bilious diarrhoea.
Mental troubles. Violent pain at base of brain, derived from injuries to the
head.
Bitter taste in mouth.
Mouth full of slime. Thick and tenacious; must hawk it up.
Tongue coated dirty.
Brownish vomiting of bile.
Sour diarrhoea.
Dark stools, < morning. Particularly after damp weather, stools are very
big, pains in the liver area.
Sandy deposit in urine.
Asthma, < in damp weather, cough with thick sputum.
Bronchial catarrh, cough < early in the morning, hard to breath.
Asthma in children because of suppressed skin troubles.
Earache as if something were forcing its way out, < damp weather. Ringing
sound in ears as of bells ringing.
Pain up and down spine and back, leading to the back of neck.
Rheumatic pains, especially in fingers, toes and instep. Pains in hips, <
when standing up from a seat or moving in bed.
Pain under nails.
Sciatica.
Gout.
Twitching in sleep.
Tips:
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Nat. Sulph. is one of the key remedy for treating influenzas.
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Nat. Sulph. has everything to do with damp, e.g. asthma and malaria.
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Nat. Mur. and Nat. Sulph. every half hour, if ankles swell while flying.
Worse: damp, wet weather, left side, full moon
SIL. - Silicea
Generally suited for people born 23rd Nov. 21st Des.
When the body has trouble with taking in nutrition or getting rid of
discharges. Silica is a cleanser and eliminator. It is a deep acting remedy,
which helps the body to get rid of non-functional organic matters that may have
arrived into the system.
It is the remedy for ailments attended with pus formation. Has to do with hair
and nails (in growing, crippled and brittled), surface of bones and it also
provides insulation for the nerves. It restores the activity of the skin by
adding an important cleansing process. It is the biochemic remedy for offensive
perspiration of feet and armpits. Good as a support remedy for digestive
problems. All discharges are thick and yellow.
It is especially suited for imperfectly nourished persons. Patient is always
cold. Has difficulties with concentrating when thinking, bad memory, absent
minded. Easily tired; no stamina.
Condition
Over-sensitivity, irritation, dizziness and photophobia.
Headache < on the right side and < by noise. > warm application.
Child vomits after nursing.
Chronic dyspepsia.
Paralytic condition of bowels.
Disgust for meat and warm food.
Cough of sickly child; night sweat and hoarseness.
Tickling cough.
Cough and sore throat with expectoration of little granules.
Bad breath from mouth.
Deep pain in chest.
Enlarged suppurating glands.
Chronic heart problems.
Pain between scapulas.
Hip-joint problems.
Spinal irritation.
Tips:
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Think twice before giving Silica close to Merc.
Better: heat, hot bath, warm room, summer
Worse: night, morning, right side, rubbing, cold, full moon
During pregnancy the tissue salts are very important and strengthen both
mother and child.
On second and sixth month Calc. Fluor., Mag. Phos. and Ferr. Phos. should be
taken.
On third and seventh month Calc. Fluor., Mag. Phos. and Nat. Mur. should be
taken.
On fourth and eight month Calc. Fluor., Nat. Mur. and Silica should be taken.
On fifth and ninth month Calc. Fluor., Ferr. Phos. and Silica should be taken.