CALCAREA OSTREARUM



Nettle-rash which always disappears in cool air.

White nettle-rash of children itching intolerably.

Elevated red stripes on the tibia, with severe itching and burning after rubbing.

Scurfy pimples on border of free edge of lower lip.

Unhealthy, ulcerative skin; even small wounds suppurate.

Moist eruptions behind the right ear.

Ringworms.

Itching over various parts of body.

Many very small warts appear here and there.

Rhagades of hands and fingers of persons who work in lime or water.

Stages and States

      Fair, plump children.

Leucophlegmatic temperament.

Children; open fontanelles and sutures Excessive obesity of young people.

Climacteric:.

Relationship

      Calcarea ostr. follows well after Cinchon., Cuprum, Nitr. ac, Sulphur.

After Calc-ostr. may follow: Lycop., Nitr.ac., Phosphor., Silicea

Complementary to Calcarea ostr: Bellad Antidotes to Calcarea ostr; Camphor., Nitr-ac., Nit.spir. dulc., Nux vom, Sulphur.

Calcarea ostr antidotes; Acid aceticum, Bismuth, Cinchon., Chin, Sulph, Nitr. ac.

C. Hering
Hering got the degree of M. D. from the University of Wuezburg with highest honours. The theme of his thesis was "De'Medicina Futura" (The medicine of future). Hering left Germany for West Indies and finally arrived at Philadelphia in Jan, 1833. He established a homeopathic school at Allentown, Pennsylvania, commonly known as "Allentown Academy". Soon he became very popular as a physician. He is known as the 'Father of Homeopathy' in America.