Kaolinum

Bolus alba (China Clay) Alumina Silicate

by William Boericke — Pocket Manual of Homoeopathic Materia Medica & Repertory

Historical reference for practitioners and students. The statements below reflect the named author’s homeopathic teaching and do not establish treatment effectiveness. This text is not medical advice and must not replace appropriate diagnosis or care.

(KAOLIN)

A remedy for croup and bronchitis.

Nose

Itching and burning. Discharge yellow. Sore, scabby , stopped up.

Respiratory

Soreness of chest along trachea; cannot stand percussion. Gray sputa. Capillary bronchitis. Larynx and chest sore. Membranous croup-extends down trachea.

Dose

Lower triturations.

Kaolinum across the other classic books

Kaolinum appears in 3 of the 21 classic books on Similia. Each was written to do a different job — here is what each adds on this remedy, with the opening of its entry.

Clarke — The widest entry — sources, provings, clinical uses, relationships and antidotes in one place.
“Alumina silicata. China Clay. Porcelain Clay. [Kaolin is disintegrated Felspar, the formula of which is Al 2 K 2 (Si 3 O 8 ) 2 ]. Trituration. Chest, soreness of / Croup / Diphtheria / Lead-poisoning / Nose, soreness of According to J. Landesmann (quoted in Raue's Record, 1870, 171) Ægidi was the first to use Kaolin…”
Hale — The introduction story — early pathogenetic and clinical evidence for medicines new to Hale's generation.
“(Silicate of Alumina.) Description. — Kaolin is "Porcelain clay." It is composed of Silica and Alumina from decomposing feldspar. It is found native in Europe, in the£ form of a clay, from which smoking-pipes are made. Officinal Preparations. — Triturations to 3d x ; dilutions. Analogues. — Bromine (f), Hcpar sulph…”

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