Bolus alba (China Clay) Alumina Silicate
by William Boericke — Pocket Manual of Homoeopathic Materia Medica & Repertory
(KAOLIN)
A remedy for croup and bronchitis.
Itching and burning. Discharge yellow. Sore, scabby , stopped up.
Soreness of chest along trachea; cannot stand percussion. Gray sputa. Capillary bronchitis. Larynx and chest sore. Membranous croup-extends down trachea.
Lower triturations.
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Kaolinum appears in 2 of the 13 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.
“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…”
