Silica



Heart

      Throbbing all over the body, when sitting or while in motion. Palpitation; while sitting, with trembling of hand. Heart trouble from nervous exhaustion.

Neck and Back

      Spine; weak, very sensitive to drafts on back. Spina bifida. Caries of vertebrae. Psoas abscess. Painful coccyx. Backache as from riding in carriages for a long time. Burning in back, when body is being heated after walking in open air. Stiff neck; with headache. Painful kyphosis. Lameness in region of sacrum.

Extremities

      Axillary glands swollen, enlarged. Finger tips, painful, dry as if made of paper; at night. Icy cold and sweaty feet. FOOT SWEAT FOUL; itching, acrid, destroying shoes; suppressed. Sore ache in arch of foot. Distorted, ingrown, yellow nails. Weak ankles and feet. Calves tense and contracted. Felons, deep seated pain. Atrophy and numbness of fingers. Parts lain on go to sleep. Bunions. Inflammation of bones. Trembling of hands when attempting to do something. Forearm lame. Legs feel paralysed, trembling while walking. Voluptuous tingling in soles. Bruised feeling in whole body after coition or emission. Cramps in knees. Soft corns in between toes. Nails; rough, yellow, crippled, brittle, white spots, blue in fever. Ulcers around the joints with thin, foul, bloody, purulent discharge or curdy particles. Slovenly gait. Rheumatism esp. of the soles, cannot walk. Cramps in calves and soles. Enlarged bursa over patella. Distorted during convulsion. Arms (left) shake before epilepsy.

Sleep

      Somnambulism. Frightful dreams wake him on falling to sleep. Restless sleep. Dreams; lascivious, of past events. Awakes frightened, from sleep with trembling of the whole body. Talks in sleep loudly, whines or laughs. Violent yawning. Sleepy but cannot sleep. Sleep unrefreshed.

Fever

      CHILLY; worse lying in bed; exertion. Coldness; of painful part. Icy chills. SWEAT; profuse, on upper part of the body; head or affected parts; at night; foul; easy; acrid; as soon as he falls asleep. Hectic fever.

Skin

      Soggy, wilted. Acuminate eruptions. Scars suddenly become painful. Keloid. Even little injury suppurates. Leprous nodes. Coppery spots. Carbuncles. Ulcers; painfully sensitive, foul; spongy; on feet, toes, nails better heat. Abscess of joints. Eruptions itch during daytime or evening only. Boils and pustules everywhere. Sensation of coldness in ulcers. Warty growths. Rose coloured blotches. Elephantiasis.

Related

      Calc; Hep; Kali-p.

Complementary

      Fl-ac; Phos; Thuja

S.R. Phatak
A pioneer of Homoeopathy in Maharashtra, Dr Shankar Raghunath Phatak was born on 6th September, 1896. He did his MBBS from Grant Medical College, in 1924. Started his practice but somehow not satisfied with Allopathic Treatment.

He was convinced about Homoeopathy while going through Sir William Osler's writings on 'History of Medicine' so switched over to an entirely Homoeopathic Practice in 1932. He also started working on Homoeopathic literature along with his Practice.

He has contributed immensely to homoeopathic literature. He was an ardent follower of Dr Boger. His Repertory is based on Boger's ''A Synoptic key to Materia Medica'.