- Graphites is a mineral carbon, related to Carb-an and Carb-v.
- It contains a small percentage of iron🌿 IronMateria Medica Clinical Profile: Click to explore Boericke keynotes, symptoms, modalities, and dosage guidelines., and so is also related to Ferr.🌿 Ferr.Materia Medica Clinical Profile: Click to explore Boericke keynotes, symptoms, modalities, and dosage guidelines. Weinhold first thought of using this substance as a drug.
- He was led to it by seeing workmen in a mirror-factory use it as a local application for tetters.
- Rugg eri followed him, using it both internally and locally.
- Tendency to produce excoriations, cracks or fissures, at muco-cutaneous junction of eyes, nostrils, mouth, anus, nipples, finger tips, folds of skin.
- Mucus membranes are cracked and fissured and have scanty secre-tions.
- Excoriations between toes.
- Thickening and indurationHardening of body tissueThe hardening of normally soft organic tissues, usually due to chronic inflammation, infiltration, or scarring. of skin, glands, tarsi, nail, scars.
- Thick crusts on the skin.
- Tendency to callosities.
- Aids the absorption of scar tissue (Thiosin.).
- Cancerous diathesis in old scars.
- Recrudescence of scars.
- Syphilitic and constitutional ulcers.
- Tendency to grow cystic tumors, wens.
- Eradicates tendency to erysipelas🩺 ErysipelasClinical Disease Treatment Profile: Read homeopathic remedies, dietary recommendations, and natural therapeutic options..
- Watery hemorrhages.
- DropsyFluid retention and swelling (edema)An old medical term for edema, which is swelling caused by excess fluid trapped in your body's tissues..
- EdemaSwelling caused by excess fluid in tissuesA condition characterized by an excess of watery fluid collecting in the cavities or tissues of the body..
- ParalysisLoss of voluntary muscle functionThe loss of the ability to move (and sometimes to feel anything) in part or most of the body. or sensation of paralysis.
- Con tractions of muscles.
- Cramps and burning in d ifferent places.
- Offensive discharges and secretions.
- Discharges are, thin, foul, scanty and acrid.
- Sweat stains are yellow🌿 YellowMateria Medica Clinical Profile: Click to explore Boericke keynotes, symptoms, modalities, and dosage guidelines., sour, offensive.
- Gushing leucorrheaWhitish or yellowish vaginal dischargeA whitish or yellowish discharge of mucus from the vagina, often indicating congestion or mild infection..
- Swollen genitals.
- Alternating digestive and skin symptoms.
- Gastro-intestinal disorders altern ating with acne and erythemaRedness of the skin from inflammationAn abnormal redness of the skin caused by congestion and dilation of the capillaries, often from inflammation. of face, herpetic lesions or scrofulousProne to swollen glands or tuberculosisRelating to scrofula, a constitutional tendency to tuberculous swelling of the lymph nodes. hypochondriasis.
- Sourness of taste, belchings, stools, urine, blood about teeth etc.
- Frequently feels faint with partial loss of senses.
- Sensitive to cold aggravates bone pains, cor yza and stomach.
- Emanation of suffering parts.
- Sensation of burning, numbness and deadness.
- Pains go to parts not lain on General sense of uneasiness, tremulousnessInvoluntary trembling or shakingA state of shaking or quivering involuntarily, often due to weakness, fear, or nervous exhaustion., which elicits groans.
- Sudden sinking of strength.
- Cancer of pylorus.
- Duodenal ulcerOpen painful sore on skin or mucous membraneAn open sore on an external or internal surface of the body, caused by a break in the skin or mucous membrane..
- Infi ltrations.
- Weakness, then a relaxed condition, anemiaLack of healthy red blood cells or hemoglobinA condition marked by a deficiency of red blood cells or of hemoglobin in the blood, resulting in pallor and weariness., and chlorosis.
- Lymphatic glands are swollen.
- Take colds easily.
- Anemia with redness of face.
- Tendency to obesity.
- COMMENTS-Hahnemann was quick to perceive that Graph, was much more than a mere remedy for skin disorders, it proved to be a leading anti-psoric, similar to Sulph. Hahnemann's provings and observations de-fined its powers over skin disorders.
- The skin of Graph, is rough, hard and dry.
- Eczematous and herpetic eruptions predominate.
- Poor healing of the skin, tendency to scarring, keloids.
- Impetigo🩺 ImpetigoClinical Disease Treatment Profile: Read homeopathic remedies, dietary recommendations, and natural therapeutic options., eczemaItchy, inflamed skin conditionAn inflammatory skin rash causing dry, red, itchy, and sometimes cracking or blistered skin patches..
- Psoriasis🩺 PsoriasisClinical Disease Treatment Profile: Read homeopathic remedies, dietary recommendations, and natural therapeutic options..
- Cracks between fingers and toes (Petr.🌿 Petr.Materia Medica Clinical Profile: Click to explore Boericke keynotes, symptoms, modalities, and dosage guidelines.), behind the ears, in the bends of joints, fol ds of skin, around the lips and anus, and margin of the hair.
- Intertrigo, infection in the folds of the skin, can fester and form pus.
- Yellow, sticky, honey-like discharge underneath the scabs.
- Pimples, acne.
- Wens.
- For the results of repelled eruptions of any kind.
- Fungal infections that deform the nails, tend to split.
- Brittle, crack and split down the middle.
- Pus and infection under the nails (Ant-c.).
- The circulation is at first excited, then there is a loss of energy and consequent venous hyperemia.
- Irregularities in the distribution of the blood occur, leading to pallor of skin and mucus membranes.
- Fainting readily occurs with great anxiety, motion is impaired and the tissues relaxed, but paralysis is not complete.
- Characteristic rush of blood to the head with a flushed face.
- Hemorrhages.
- Strong affinity for the breasts.
- Cracked nipples (Petr., Sars.🌿 Sars.Materia Medica Clinical Profile: Click to explore Boericke keynotes, symptoms, modalities, and dosage guidelines.).
- Blocked milk🌿 MilkMateria Medica Clinical Profile: Click to explore Boericke keynotes, symptoms, modalities, and dosage guidelines. ducts, abscessCollection of pus inside body tissuesA swollen area within body tissue, containing an accumulation of pus, typically caused by bacterial infection. of the breast.
- For cancer, particularly of the breast, where the cancer occurs on the site of a scar, where the cancer regro ws in the scar of a lumpectomy.
- Also if there is a history of cracked nipples and abscessed breasts.
- Pain under left breast at menstrual period, often waking patient in the night.
- Scanty menses, with headache, Temperature-Chill in the evening🌿 EveningMateria Medica Clinical Profile: Click to explore Boericke keynotes, symptoms, modalities, and dosage guidelines. worse eat ing better open air and drinking water🌿 WaterMateria Medica Clinical Profile: Click to explore Boericke keynotes, symptoms, modalities, and dosage guidelines..
- Chill with coldness of whole body.
- Chill in morning in bed.
- Chill during menses.
- Wants covers in all stages of fever.
- Recur rent periodical fever with restlessness, unable to sleep, or remain in bed on accoun t of it.
- Flushes of heat.🌿 Heat.Materia Medica Clinical Profile: Click to explore Boericke keynotes, symptoms, modalities, and dosage guidelines.
- Dry heat every evening and night.
- Burning heat in hands and soles and feet.
- Heat when riding in a carriage.
- Abdomen distended, as from incarcerated flatus.
- Cannot bear tight clothes around the waist.
- FlatulenceGas accumulation in stomach or intestinesThe presence of excessive air or gas in the digestive tract, causing bloating and wind..
- Very fetid gas preceded by colicSevere fluctuating pain in the abdomenSevere, often fluctuating pain in the abdomen caused by gas, spasm, or obstruction in the intestines, common in infants..
- Pain of gas opposite the side on which he lies.
- Intestinal torpor.
- Pain as if intestines were torn.
- Nauseous feeling in abdomen.
- Cramp🌿 CrampMateria Medica Clinical Profile: Click to explore Boericke keynotes, symptoms, modalities, and dosage guidelines. like pain in abdomen with deficient secretion of urine, at night.
- Inguinal region sensitive, swollen.
- Excessive hunger or no appetite, worse when hungry.
- A version to meat, fish.
- Aversion to cooked food, salt.
- Aversion to soup.
- Sweets nauseate.
- Better warm milk, worse cold drinks.
- Desires chicken, beer, sweets.
- Worse sweets.
- Worse boiled meat.
- Hot drinks disagree
