Alumina
as H.C. Allen recorded it in Keynotes and Characteristics with Comparisons of Some of the Leading Remedies of the Materia Medica, 1899
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Keynotes
Alumina
Pure Clay. AI2. O3.
Adapted to persons who suffer from chronic diseases; “the Aconite of chronic diseases.”
Constitutions deficient in animal heat (Cal., Sil.).
Spare, dry, thin subjects; dark complexion; mild, cheerful disposition ; hypochondriacs ; dry, tettery, itching eruption, worse in winter (Petr.) ; intolerable itching of whole body when getting warm in bed (Sulph.) ; scratches until bleeds, then becomes painful.
Time passes too slowly; an hour seems half a day (Cann. Ind.).
Inability to walk, except with the eyes open, and in the daytime; tottering and falling when closing eyes (Arg. n.. Gels.).
Abnormal appetite; craving for starch, chalk, charcoal, cloves, coffee- or tea-grounds, acids and indigestible things (Cic., Psor.) ; potatoes disagree.
Chronic eructations for years; worse in evening.
immediately produce cough.
Constipation : no desire for and no ability to pass stool until there is a large accumulation (Melil.) ; great straining, must grasp the seat of closet tightly ; stool hard, knotty, like laurel berries, covered with mucus; or soft, clayey, adhering to parts (Plat.).
Inactivity of rectum, even soft stool requires great straining (Anac., Plat., Sil., Ver.).
Constipation : of nursing children, from artificial food; bottle-fed babies; of old people (Lyc., Op.) ; of pregnancy, from inactive rectum (Sep.).
Diarrhoea when she urinates.
Has to strain at stool in order to urinate.
Leucorrhoea : acrid and profuse, running down to the heels (Syph.); worse during the daytime; > by cold bathing.
After menses : exhausted physically and mentally, scarcely able to speak (Carbo an., Coc. ).
Talking fatigues; faint and tired, must sit down.
Follows : Bry., Lach., Sulph.
Alumina is the chronic of Bryonia.
Similar: to. Bar. c.. Con., in ailments of old people.
Aggravation. — In cold air; during winter; while sitting; from eating potatoes; after eating soups; on alternate days; at new and fidl moon.
Amelioration.— Mild summer weather; from warm drinks; while eating (Psor.) ; in wet weather (Caust.).
Alumina is one of the chief antidotes for lead poisoning; painter’s colic; ailments from lead.
What the other books say about Alumina
The same remedy read by a different author. They disagree, and the disagreements are where the remedy becomes recognisable.
- Alumina in Boericke — The concise clinical Materia Medica that most Indian colleges teach from, in full.
- Alumina in Farrington — Lectures that teach remedies in families, by comparing them with each other.
- Alumina in Kent — Kent teaching a class, one remedy at a time — fewer remedies, far more on each.
- Alumina in Boger — A compressed key — the generals and the characteristic modalities, with very little narrative.
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Cite this page. H.C. Allen. Keynotes and Characteristics with Comparisons of Some of the Leading Remedies of the Materia Medica. 3rd edition (1910). Philadelphia: Boericke & Tafel. Alumina — Keynotes, pp. 24–26. HomeopathyWorld, https://homeopathyworld.in/materia-medica/books/allen/alumina. Published 1910: public domain in the US (before 1931) and in India (author died 1909). Replaces B. Jain's 2005 "rearranged and classified" edition (© the publisher), per the owner's decision of 13 Sep 2026. Reproduced as the author wrote it; a historical reference for students and practitioners, not medical advice.