Calcium

Calc. carb.

Calcarea carbonica

Calcarea carbonica, or calcium carbonate, is a source of calcium, one of the most abundant natural elements in the human body. Essential to cell structure and bone strength, calcium comes from many materials, including chalk, coral, and limestone. Perhaps as a reflection of its bodybuilding properties, Calcarea carbonica, also called Calc carb, is used by homeopathic physicians for conditions that are accompanied by symptoms of exhaustion, depression, and anxiety. Calcium carbonate prepared for homeopathic use is ground from oyster shells and used at full strength.

Parts Used

Calcium carbonate.

Uses

Calc. carb. is mainly used to treat slow development of bones and teeth, joint and bone pain, such as backache, slow-to-heal fractures, and painful teething in children. It is also effective for right-sided headaches. Ear infections with a sour-smelling discharge, and eye infections where the white of the eye is red, especially in the right eye, are treated with Calc. carb. Other complaints helped by it include: eczema; candidiasis; PMS; heavy menstruation; menopausal symptoms; and digestive disorders.

People who require this remedy are anxious, tired, sensitive to cold, and tend to sweat copiously from the slightest physical exertion or when they sleep. Their sweat smells sour and is profuse on the chest and the back of the head. They may have constipation but, curiously, feel better for it, and their urine has an offensive smell. Children who need this remedy tend to have glue ear and recurrent tonsillitis.

Source

Mother-of-pearl from an oyster shell.

Personality profile

Calcarea is prepared from the oyster-shell, and its origins tell us much about the psychology of the type. The oyster is one of the less dynamic creatures of the sea. It prefers to stay safely inside its shell, clinging to a rock for security. Inside its shell it is soft and amorphous, and its activities revolve around assimilating food and digesting it.

The Calcarea individual is slow, solid, down to earth, plodding. Whilst more fiery types like Lachesis and Sulphur look for excitement and glory, Calcarea is content to stay at home and watch television, preferably with someone to cuddle, and a good supply of high -calorie nibbles. Each remedy type expresses its need for security in a different way. For Lycopodium security is sought through the approval of others. For Aurum it is wealth and prestige, whilst Pulsatilla simply needs to know that she is loved. For Calcarea, security means the familiar. Change is threatening to her, and is avoided by simply staying put. Hence Calcarea may stay in the same job for twenty years, despite having the ability to take on something more demanding. She may remain in the town of her birth for her whole life, venturing further afield only for holidays, and always glad to get back home.

This conservative tendency can be seen in many areas of Calcarea's life. Calcarea children in particular are wary of new experiences. They will be slow to experiment with new foods, slow to make new friends (though sociable with existing friends), and reluctant to consider different philosophies and points of view as they get older. Like Arsenicum, Calcarea tends to be very concerned with material security. As a result, both types have a tendency to be hypochondriacal, and to worry about the future, and what might happen to them in a material sense. There are, however, considerable differences as well in this regard. Whereas Arsenicum will try to control his environment by being precise, fastidious and frugal, Calcarea simply avoids change, and within the confines of familiar circumstances is able to relax and be indulgent to a far greater extent. Security is Calcarea's principal concern, and once this is reasonably assured, she will enjoy life, without needing a great deal of excitement, wealth or prestige.

Calc. fluor.

Calcarea fluorica

Calcium fluoride, or fluorite, is a Schussler tissue salt. In the body, it occurs on the surface of bones, in tooth enamel, in skin cells, and in the elastic fibers of blood cells and connective tissue. The homeopathic remedy is used for maintaining tissue elasticity.

Parts Used

Calcium fluoride.

Uses

Calc. fluor. is primarily used for maintaining tissue elasticity and dispersing outgrowths of hard bone. It is also good for overstretched muscles, ligaments, and joints, deficient tooth enamel, lumbago and other back pain, and enlarged adenoids. In children, it is given for the slow development of bones and associated difficulty in learning to walk, and enlarged adenoids that become stony and hard after recurrent ear, nose, and throat infections.

Source

Fluorite, which is found in Italy, Mexico, England, Brazil, Norway, Canada, and the US.

Calc. phos.

Calcium phosphorica

The mineral salt calcium phosphate is the main constituent of bones and teeth. It is also found in nature in the mineral apatite. Mixed with calcium sulfate, calcium phosphate is used as a plant food. It is also used in the manufacturing of glass and porcelain. The homeopathic remedy Calc. phos. is a Schussler tissue salt and is good  for bone and teeth problems, including teething pain and slow growth.

Parts Used

Calcium phosphate.

Uses

Calcium phosphate is an important mineral salt that is essential for the healthy growth of bones, teeth, and soft tissues. The Calc. phos. remedy is mainly used to treat bone complaints, for example, painful bones and joints, or slow-to-heal fractures and rapid tooth decay. This remedy is also good for problems such as slow growth, and growing pain in children and adolescents, with numbness or crawling sensations in the hands and feet. In children, Calc. phos. is effective for problems associated with growth, such as a fontanel that is slow to close and delayed or difficult teething.

Weakness, exhaustion, and fatigue after illness can be helped by Calc. phos. It is also a key remedy for digestive tract disorders, such as indigestion or diarrhea with pain after eating, and is used for swollen glands due to tonsillitis or recurrent throat infections.

People who need Calc. phos. are unhappy and discontented. When ill, they may crave bacon rind.

Source

Prepared chemically from dilute phosphoric acid and calcium hydroxide.

Calc. sulf.

Calcarea sulfurica

Calc. sulf., commonly known as calcium sulfate, is used to make plaster casts, cement, and white pigment. Schussler,. who identified it as a tissue salt, believed that a deficiency of calcium sulfate prevented worn-out red blood cells from breaking down correctly, causing tissues to become infected and filled with pus.

Parts Used

Calcium sulfate.

Uses

This remedy is used whenever there is a discharge of pus, or for wounds that are slow to heal, for example, abscesses, boils, carbuncles, cysts, or infected eczema. Associated symptoms include a yellow coating at the base of the tongue, swollen glands, and a burning sensation on the soles of the feet.

Source

Gypsum, which is found in Canada, the US, Italy, and France.