Silicea

Inflammation and suppuration of the inguinal glands (D.).

Epilepsy recurring at night, with aura, beginning in the solar plexus (D.).

Chronic gonorrhoea with thick fetid discharge (Hyoscyamus, Nat-S., Pulsatilla) (Br.).

Itching and swelling of the scrotum (Graphites, Rhus toxicodendron, Sulphur) (R.).

Violent erections (Cantharis, Phosphorus, Sulphur) (R.).

Seminal emission at night (Nux vomica, Acid phosphoricum.) (R.).

Hydrocele (Apis, Pulsatilla, Sulphur) (Br.).

Elephantiasis of the scrotum (Br.).

AGGRAVATION :

      From cold; during menses; at new moon; from uncovering, especially the head; from lying down; after vaccination; from a draught; from motion; in the open air; at night.

AMELIORATION:

      From warmth, especially from wrapping up the head; in a warm room; from magnetism and electricity.

RELATIONSHIP:

      complementary: Fluor-Ac., Sanicula and Thuja

Compare: Bar-C., Calcarea, Calcarea phos., Dios, Ferrum, Gettys-burg, Graphites, Hepar, Hypericum, Iodium, Kali-P., Lycopodium, Mercurius, Natrum muriaticum, Nat-S., Opium, Petroleum, Phosphorus, Pic-Ac., Pulsatilla, Ruta, Sanicula, Sepia, Sulphur, Thuja, Veratrum

Follows well after: Calcarea, Graphites, Hepar, Acid nitricum, Phosphorus

Is followed well by: Fluor-Ac., Hepar, Lycopodium, and Sepia

Silicea he chronic of Pulsatilla

Mercurius should not be given before or after Silicea

Its action is deep and long-lasting.

Difference between Silicea and Calcarea sulph., i n suppurative process:- Silicea promotes suppuration and brings the suppurative process to maturity. Calc-Sulph. cheeks suppuration and promotes healthy granulation.

Adolph Lippe

Adolph Lippe (born near Goerlitz, Prussia, 11 May 1812; died in Philadelphia, 23 January 1888) was a homeopathic physician who worked in the United States. Adolph got a legal education at Berlin. After completing his legal studies, Lippe became interested in homeopathy, and emigrated to the United States in 1837 to further his study. In 1838, he enrolled in the North American Academy of Homeopathy at Allentown, Pennsylvania, from where he graduated in 1841. He settled in Philadelphia, where from 1863 until 1868 he was professor of materia medica in the Homeopathic College of Pennsylvania. Besides some essays and treatises from the French, German, and Italian which became standards, Lippe was the author of:
Comparative Materia Medica (Philadelphia, 1854)
Text-Book of Materia Medica (1866)