As said, one remedy can never take the place of another. In the treatment of infancy and youth-and age! one or other will be more specially indicated in different cases of unflourishing growth and development or nutrition, according to the actual, individual symptoms. No two drugs are alike: it is case here of the one or the other, if we are to do brilliant work.
Later on, Schuessler threw out one of his original tissue remedies, Calcarea Sulph., ” because”, as Clarke says, “it was not an actual constituent of the tissues, and he distributed its functions between Silicea and Natrum sulph. But homoeopaths having no Biochemic theory to support, may continue its use without scruple, especially as it has been proved by Hering and others.”
NASH gives Calcarea phos. in a nutshell:
Tardy closing or re-open fontanelles in slim, emaciated children, with sweaty heads. But he says, further on, that in Calcarea phos. the sweaty head is not a prominent symptom.
Rheumatic troubles, which are worse in Fall or Spring, when the air is full of melting snow.
Calcarea phos. has also a very peculiar desire; the little patient, instead of wanting eggs (Calcarea carb.) wants “ham rind”, a very queer symptom, but a genuine one. (Mag. carb. craves meat, in such children.)
Diarrhoea is very prominent, and the stool are green and spluttering. I have made some very fine cures in such cases where there seemed little hope for the child and hydrocephaloid seemed impending.
An excellent remedy for broken bones, where the bones refuse to knit. Feels complaints more when thinking of them.
A doctor friend, points out in regard to RICKETS: “The orthodox treatment is based on the fact that vitamin D is necessary for the absorption of calcium. Therefore cod liver oil and sunlight treatment are given to supply vitamin D.
But why is it that of two children in the same environment, and having the same food, one will develop rickets and the other will not?
“Of course the answer is, constitutional defect; which can be readily cured by the appropriate remedy, such as Calcarea carb., in high potency.”
One remembers well the cure of perhaps one’s worst case of rickets, years ago, with a single dose of Calcarea carb. cm. It was luckily not repeated, because the child, living far away, did not re-appear at out-patients for many months. Sometimes our best prescriptions have been saved by the non-reappearance of the patient. The safe rule is, where there is definite improvement and continuous, nature has got the matter in hand, so just put yours behind you till the reappearance of symptoms demands further attention.
