Graphites
Great skin remedy with thick, honey-like, sticky, oozing eruptions especially in folds and behind ears. Obese, chilly, constipated, timid. Scars that keloid. Fissures at mucocutaneous junctions. Weeping eczema.
Source
Prepared from pure graphite (a crystalline form of carbon), triturated.
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Keynote Symptoms
Thick, honey-like, sticky, golden-yellow oozing from eruptions, especially behind ears, in folds of skin. Fissures at every mucocutaneous junction — angles of mouth, nostrils, anus, nipples. Tendency to keloid scars. Obese, chilly, constipated, irresolute. Aversion to sweets. Nails thick, crippled, deformed.
Mind & Emotional Symptoms
Timid, irresolute, hesitating. Weeps from music. Apprehensive, full of gloomy forebodings. Fidgety while sitting. Difficulty concentrating. Aversion to mental work. Sad, despondent.
General Symptoms
Obesity, chilliness, constipation, skin eruptions. Worse from warmth of bed, at night, during and after menses, cold, damp. Better from wrapping up, in the dark, from eating, touch.
Physical Symptoms
Head
Humid, itching eruptions on scalp, extending behind ears. Falling of hair. Dull, heavy.
Eyes
Blepharitis with gluey discharge. Lids red, swollen. Eczema of lids. Photophobia.
Ears
Moist, sticky eruptions behind ears. Thin, watery discharge. Deafness better from noise, riding in carriage.
Nose
Smell abnormally acute. Cracks at wings of nose. Scabs and fissures in nostrils.
Face
Eczema — moist, crusty. Fissures at corners of mouth. Erysipelas. Pale, puffy.
Mouth
Cracks at corners of mouth. Rotten taste. Breath smells like urine.
Stomach
Flatulence, fullness, must loosen clothing. Aversion to sweets, fish, salt, warm food. Craves chicken, beer. Hot drinks disagree. Nausea relieved by eating.
Abdomen
Distended. Rumbling. Croaking in abdomen.
Rectum
Constipation: large, knotty, united by mucous threads. Fissures of anus with burning. Soreness, itching.
Female Genitalia
Menses late, scanty, pale. Hoarseness during menses. Leucorrhoea white, thin, profuse. Hardness in ovarian region. Nipples sore, cracked.
Skin
Hard, dry, cracking skin. Eczema with honey-like discharge. Fissures at every bend. Behind ears. Keloids. Nails thick, crippled, brittle. Psoriasis palms. Raw in folds.
Extremities
Nails crippled, deformed, thick, brittle. Stiffness. Numbness.
Modalities
Better From
Wrapping up, dark, eating, walking in open air
Worse From
Warmth of bed, night, during/after menses, cold, damp, sweets, seafood, left side
Constitutional Type
Fair, fat, flabby, chilly, constipated. Timid, irresolute, cautious. Weeps from music. Tendency to obesity and skin problems. Light complexion.
Clinical Indications
Eczema, psoriasis, fissures, keloids, constipation, nail disorders, obesity, blepharitis, menstrual irregularities
Comparative Materia Medica
Calcarea carbonica also is fair, fat, flabby but sweats on head and craves eggs. Sulphur has eczema but is hot, lean, and itching worse from heat. Petroleum has fissures and eczema but more in winter and on fingertips.
Safety Information
Aconitum, Arsenicum, Nux vomica.
Graphite (pure carbon) is chemically inert and non-toxic. Safe in all potencies.
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