Lapis albus

as William Boericke recorded it in Homoeopathic Materia Medica, 1927

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General

Silico-fluoride of Calcium Affections of glands, goitre, pre-ulcerative stage of carcinoma. Burning, stinging pain in breast, stomach, and uterus. Connective tissue about glands specially affected. Fat anæmic babies with Iodine appetite. Ravenous appetite. Remarkably successful in scrofulous affections, except in malarial cases. Uterine carcinoma. Fibroid tumors with intense burning pains through the part with profuse hæmorrhage. Glands have a certain elasticity and pliability about them rather than the stony hardness of Calc fluor and Cistus.

Ears

Otitis media suppurativa. Where Silica is indicated progress is hastened by Lapis (Bellows).

Chest

Persistent pains in mammary region. Glandular hardening.

Skin

Scrofulous abscesses and sores. Enlargement and induration of glands, especially cervical. Lipoma, sarcoma, carcinoma. Pruritus.

Relationships

Compare: Silica; Badiaga; Ars iod; Calc iod; Con; Kal iod; Asterias.

Dose

First to sixth potency.

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Cite this page. William Boericke. Homoeopathic Materia Medica. 9th edition (preface dated San Francisco, June 1927). Lapis albus — General. HomeopathyWorld, https://homeopathyworld.in/materia-medica/books/boericke/lapis-albus. Published 1927: public domain in the US (since 2023) and in India (author died 1929). Reproduced as the author wrote it; a historical reference for students and practitioners, not medical advice.