Homoeopathy — Page 629
Silicea 629 SILICEA (Silica – Pure Flint) Silicea or Silica is an element naturally present in sand and certain stones. It is widely distributed in the entire world. This element, along with clay, became the first building block for the creation of life. No wonder it is present in each and every living cell. Through the work of some renowned homoeopaths, Silicea has been found to possess many qualities. Silicea has never been used as a remedy except in. Its symptoms and signs have been discovered on homoeopathic proving, over a long period. Silicea is one of those remedies in which proving is a very slow and time consuming process. On proving, it has been found to be a profoundly active remedy, capable of working for a long period of time. Silicea cannot tolerate the presence of any foreign material in the body. It stimulates the body defences to react against any foreign body and expel it as soon as possible. If the foreign material happens to be inanimate, then Silicea initiates the process of pus formation around it. The pus formed creates a soft resilient medium like Mobil oil, through which the foreign body gets expelled gradually and softly without further injury to the soft tissues. If the foreign body happen to be animate, such as bacteria, viruses or intestinal worms, etc. , then Silicea provokes an appropriate body response. This process is definitely more effective than the conventional antibiotic therapy. Silicea may simply kill the germs and worms, liquefy them in the form of pus or just expel them through the different natural orifices. In some diseases, Silicea has little or no effect on the patient, such as the typhoid fever. Similarly, in certain cases of blood poisoning (toxaemia and septicaemia) it may not be as effective as Sulphur and Pyrogenium, which are definitely much superior. Now, after long experience, we have come to know the diseases where Silicea will be definitely effective, as well as the conditions where something else would be more appropriate. For certain deep-seated illnesses of a grave nature, requiring the activation of a very specific response on the part of the body, the physician has to work hard in order to find the most appropriate remedy, keeping in mind both the nature of the disease as well as the remedy. The powerful defence system of the