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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