Silicea (Silica Terra)
Common Name: Silica, Pure Flint
Source: Mineral – Pure silicon dioxide (SiO₂)
Family: Inorganic remedy
Type: Deep-acting chronic remedy and tissue cleanser
Sphere of Action
Acts on:
- Connective tissues – abscesses, fistulas, scars, nails, bones
- Nervous system – neurasthenia, timidity, over-sensitivity
- Glands – induration, suppuration
- Bones – caries, necrosis
- Skin and mucous membranes – suppurations, ulcerations
- Eyes – styes, fistulas, corneal ulcers
Mind
- Lack of self-confidence, timid, bashful, afraid to speak in public
- Yielding disposition, easily influenced
- Over-sensitivity to noise, light, touch
- Obsessive cleanliness
- Stubborn about opinions once convinced
- Fear of failure, exams, narrow places, pins
General Constitution
- Chilly, wants to be warmly wrapped, even in summer
- Profuse sweating of feet, hands, and head (esp. during sleep)
- Constipation: stool comes out with great difficulty, goes back in
- Tendency to suppuration: boils, abscesses, non-healing wounds
- Bone conditions: curvature, caries, brittle nails
- Failure to thrive in children – emaciation, distended abdomen
Key Physical Symptoms
- Silica removes foreign bodies – thorns, splinters, glass, pus
- Head sweats at night, wets pillow
- Offensive foot sweat with excoriation
- Delayed closure of fontanelles in children
- Frequent colds, sinusitis, chronic ear discharges
- Crippling spinal curvature, caries of vertebrae
- Weakness after vaccination, infections
Eyes
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Styes, recurrent, with induration
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Fistula lachrymalis
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Ulcers of cornea
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Sensitivity to light, chronic conjunctivitis
Modalities
|
Worse From |
Better From |
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Cold air, uncovering |
Warmth, wrapping up |
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Change of weather |
Summer |
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During menstruation |
Lying on painful side |
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Mental exertion, drafts |
Rest, profuse urination |
Miasmatic Background
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Primarily Sycotic, also Psoric and Tubercular
Keynotes
- Lack of grit – wants to do but lacks the power
- Sweaty head in children, open fontanelles
- Constipation with bashfulness – stool slips back
- Chilly but sweaty, especially feet and head
- Removes foreign bodies and heals suppurations
Relationship
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Compare With |
Complementary / Follows Well |
|
Hepar sulph, Calcarea carb, Sulphur, Lycopodium |
Pulsatilla, Fluoric acid |
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Myristica, Merc sol, Graphites |
Fluoric acid, Thuja |
Potency & Dosage
- 6X, 12X, 30C for skin, suppuration, chronic issues
- 200C and higher in deep constitutional problems
- Often used in biochemic form: Silicea 6X (Schuessler Salt)
One-Line Summary
"Silicea suits chilly, timid individuals with low stamina, suppurative tendencies, and deep-seated constitutional weakness."
