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Namah Assisting holistic healing with biochemic tissue-salts

has a mustard colour coating. aspirin’ since it relieves pains anywhere —
in earache, headache, toothache (including
This salt is most commonly used as a brain teething in babies), abdominal colic, muscular
tonic to relieve nervousness brain fag, insomnia spasms and even sciatica — as long as the
(sleeplessness), and the condition of shattered pains are better by heat and pressure.
nerves. It will also relieve dull neuralgic pains.
The characteristic of the pain is neuralgic
Kali Sulf (i.e. sharp, spasmodic or cutting pains that
This salt cleanses the skin, which is the largest come and go) and not a dull pain! The action
organ of the body. Whereas Ferrum Phos carries of this tissue salt is the opposite of Ferrum
oxygen to the organs, Kali Sulf transfers the Phos, where there is relaxation of contracted
oxygen onto the cells where it is needed. Hence, muscles. Here there is convulsion, cramp
it is said to promote ‘cellular breathing’. In and restlessness.
this way it cleanses the epidermis (top layer
of skin) and overcomes the dull and sickly This salt will relieve painful menses, muscular
appearance of the skin, as in psoriasis, and twitching, hiccoughs and spasmodic coughs.
scaling as in dandruff. In skin eruptions the Women who need this remedy may be found
discharges are sticky and yellow, as in chicken doubled up in bed with a hot water bottle
pox. pressed onto their abdomen.

The discharges from the mucous membranes Natrum Mur
are typically yellow. The tongue is coated This salt affects the ‘water balance’ in mucous
yellow; the discharges are thick and sticky. membranes, skin and body organs. There
They can cause wheezing in the chest, which is dryness in the mouth along with strong
is often worse between 3 to 5 am. It is useful thirst; lips are dry with cracks in the lower
in the third stage of coughs, colds, earaches, lip; the cough is dry and hacking; the bowels
etc. where expectoration has formed, but is are constipated, etc. On the other hand, the
sticky and difficult to bring out. discharges are watery: the nose is running; the
eyes are watering; and there is much sneezing.
It is used in inflammatory fevers to open up
the pores of the skin and cause perspiration. It It will relieve oedema (excessive fluid build-
relieves ailments due to suppressed eruptions. up in specific areas of the body) like puffy
The eruptions return in a milder form, which ankles; creaking joints (due to dryness);
is to be overcome naturally. This remedy is painful mouth ulcers; and water-filled blisters
indicated during a change of weather from cold (herpetic eruptions).
to warm, when it brings on the symptoms of
coughs, colds, or rheumatic pains that typically The headache of Nat Mur is usually throbbing
move (shift) around in the body. or hammering. It arises due to fluid imbalance
in the brain. The patient has poor endurance to
Mag Phos the heat of the sun; so they often get a headache
This salt has a striking effect on white-nerve when exposed to the sun. In addition, food
fibres and muscles. We call it the ‘biochemic takes a long time to digest in the stomach;

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