- Common Name: The Element Selenium
- Source: Chemically prepared
- Family: Element (non-metallic trace element)
- Type: Mineral remedy
Sphere of Action
Acts primarily on:
- Nervous system – neurasthenia, sexual weakness, mental fatigue
- Male genitalia – sexual debility, impotence
- Skin and glands – hair loss, seborrhea
- Liver – chronic liver affections
Mind
- Mental debility after exhaustion or loss of fluids
- Sad, gloomy, despondent, with fear of mental breakdown
- Easily tired mentally, forgets things
- Prostration after sexual excesses or masturbation
- Indifference and mental dullness, aversion to work
Male Sexual System
- Seminal emissions from slightest excitement, during sleep
- Sexual neurasthenia with total loss of libido
- Impotency: desire with no ability
- Prostatic fluid dribbles after urination or stool
- Weakness and trembling after coitus
- Enlarged prostate in elderly men
General Debility
- Marked debility and emaciation, especially in warm weather
- Great drowsiness, especially after meals
- Weakness from heat of summer, from sexual excess, or from loss of fluids
- General tiredness despite adequate sleep
- Desire to lie down all the time
Hair & Skin
- Hair falls off, especially after debilitating diseases
- Hair loss from eyebrows, beard, genitals
- Seborrheic dermatitis, especially on scalp
- Oily skin and face, acne, comedones
- Unhealthy skin, poor wound healing
Sleep
- Sleepy during the day, especially after meals
- Disturbed sleep from emissions
- Lethargy with heaviness and yawning
Modalities
|
Worse From |
Better From |
|
Summer heat |
Cold air |
|
After seminal loss |
Rest, lying down |
|
Mental exertion |
Sleep, fresh air |
|
After stool or urination |
Avoiding excitement |
Miasmatic Background
-
Psoric, Sycotic
Keynotes
- Complete exhaustion from seminal losses
- Hair fall after debility, with oily scalp
- Dribbling of semen/prostatic fluid after stool/urine
- Sleepy after meals, mentally dull
- Neurasthenia with sexual prostration
Relationship
|
Compare With |
Complementary / Follows Well |
|
Phosphoric acid, Picric acid, China, Lycopodium, Agnus castus |
Nux vomica, Phosphorus, Staphysagria |
Potency & Dosage
- 6C, 30C commonly used
- Higher potencies (200C) in cases of mental or sexual exhaustion
- Low potencies with frequent repetition in chronic conditions
One-Line Summary
"Selenium suits neurasthenic, exhausted individuals with sexual weakness, hair fall, and debility after loss of vital fluids."
Tags
MATERIA MEDICA