Lapis albus
Remedy of glandular enlargement and scrofulous conditions. Hard, swollen glands — especially thyroid, breast, uterine. Fat, lymphatic patients. Burning in affected glands. Used for goitre and fibroid support.
Source
Prepared from calcium silico-fluoride, a mineral from springs near volcanoes.
Available Potencies
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Keynote Symptoms
Hard enlarged glands — especially thyroid (goitre), breast (lumps), uterine (fibroids). Fat, lymphatic, scrofulous patients. Burning pains in affected glands. Connective tissue remedy. Combines properties of Calcarea, Silicea, and Fluoricum acidum. Useful when these individual remedies partially help.
Mind & Emotional Symptoms
Dull, sluggish. Anxious about lumps.
General Symptoms
Glands and connective tissue. Worse from cold, damp. Better from warmth.
Physical Symptoms
Throat
Goitre — thyroid enlarged, hard. Burning.
Female Genitalia
Breast lumps — hard, burning. Uterine fibroids. Ovarian cysts.
Skin
Scrofulous glands. Hard swellings.
Modalities
Better From
Warmth
Worse From
Cold, damp
Constitutional Type
Fat, lymphatic, scrofulous. Glandular enlargement.
Clinical Indications
Goitre, breast lumps, fibroids, scrofula, hard glandular swellings
Comparative Materia Medica
Calcarea fluorica has stony-hard glands. Conium has hard glands with ascending paralysis. Iodum has glands with emaciation.
Safety Information
Not established.
Calcium silico-fluoride is of low toxicity. Mineral from volcanic springs. Safe in all potencies.
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