Alumina
Overview:
Alumina, the homeopathic preparation of oxide of aluminum, is a profound remedy for chronic conditions marked by profound dryness and weakness. It addresses a state of deep-seated sluggishness, affecting both the physical and mental spheres. Characterized by a lack of vital reaction, Alumina is particularly indicated for individuals experiencing extreme constipation with complete rectal inactivity. Its action extends to the nervous system, producing symptoms resembling locomotor ataxia, with incoordination and weakness. A peculiar mental dullness and confusion often accompany the physical symptoms, along with a characteristic aggravation from eating potatoes.
Common names:
- Corundum
Bauxite
Aloxide, aloxite, and alundum
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Apprehensive
Fearful, Anxious.
"When she sees blood or a knife she has horrid thoughts; as, for instance, to kill herself, although she abhors the idea." [Clarke’s A Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica]
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Leucorrhoea;acrid and profuse.
Acrid and profuse leucorrhoea ;running down to the heels,worse during daytime.
[Allen’s keynotes]
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Urination after much straining
Muscles of the bladder paretic *must strain at stool to urinate. Renal pains worse dancing. Frequent desire to urinate in old people; slow flow. Fears he will wet the bed.
[Concise Materia Medica Of Hom. Remedies By S.R. Phatak]
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Mucus membranes excessively dry
Alumina is characterized by a marked dryness of mucous membranes throughout the body. This can manifest as dry mouth, dry throat, dry skin, dry eyes, and a dry, hard stool (contributing to the constipation).
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Inactivity of rectum
Constipation : no desire for and no ability to pass stool until there is a large accumulation [Melil.]; great straining, must grasp the seat of closet tightly; stool hard, knotty, like laurel berries, covered with mucus; or soft, clayey, adhering to parts [Plat.]Inactivity of rectum, even soft stool requires great straining [Anac. , Plat. , Sil. , Ver.].
[Allen’s keynotes]
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unNatural things craving
These anaemic patients are often hungry for STARCH, CHALK, RAGS, CHARCOAL, CLOVES and OTHER RIDICULOUS and UNNATURAL THINGS. ALUM.,is a great remedy in such cases.
[Leaders In Hom. Therapeutics By Nash E.B.]
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Aggravation from potatoes
The ALUM.,patient CAN’T EAT POTATOES; they disagree. PULS., can’t eat FAT FOOD,pastries etc.
[Leaders In Hom. Therapeutics By Nash E.B.]
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Constantly sad
The Alumina patient is very sad, constantly sad. Incessantly moaning, groaning, worrying, fretting and in a hurry.
[Lectures On Homoeopathy By Kent J. T.]
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Obstinate
Obstinate, and contradictory humour. Taking everything in bad part.
[[Lectures On Homoeopathy By Kent J. T.]]
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Nervous system exhalted
Exaltation of the whole nervous system. Illusive sensations, some parts of the body feel as if they had become larger.
[Dictionary Of Practical Materia Medica (All 3 Vol.) By Clarke J. H.]
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Fear
Fear of death, on waking up.Disposition to be frightened.
[Dictionary Of Practical Materia Medica (All 3 Vol.) By Clarke J. H.]
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Unsure (Identity Confusion)
The Alumina person’s identity has been so much suppressed that he does not know who he is anymore. He is so confused because someone has tried to shape him into something that he is not.
[The Soul Of Remedies By Rajan Sankaran]
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Slow passage of time
Time passes too slowly; an hour seems half a day [Cann. Ind.]
[Allen’s keynotes]
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Early Morning aggravation
Most of the mental symptoms come on in the morning on waking. Sadness and weeping on waking in the morning. His moods alternate. Sometimes his mental state is a little improved and his mood changes into a quiet, placid state, and again he goes into fear and apprehensiveness.
[Lectures On Homoeopathy By Kent J. T.]
Introduction
Constitution
Clinical
Mental Symptoms
Guiding Symptoms
Characteristic
Therapeutic Value
Modality
Remedy Relationship
Dose
Reference
Terminologies
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Introduction
Introduction
Common name:
- Aluminium Hydrate[1]
Synonyms
- Oxide of aluminum, aluminum hydrate
Family / Group / Class / Order
- Mineral kingdom
Formula / Symbols
- Al2O3. 3H2O[2]
Name of prover
- Dr Hahnemann
Introduction and history
- It is a very well known medicine to the world.
Now-a-days, in this modern world, the use of Alumina is very common for
different purposes. In olden days aluminium poisoning was very common due to
the use of aluminium utensils for cooking food.
Preparation
- It is prepared chemically and triturated with
sugar of milk.
Constitution
Constitution of Alumina
Physical make up
Alumina patient is spare, dry, thin, having dark complexion,
persons of sedentary habits who suffer from chronic ailments; to constitutions which suffer from diminished animal heat.
Temperament
Phlegmatic [3], Nervous [2]
Diathesis
Scrofulous diathesis.
Relation with heat & cold
Very chilly patient.
Miasm
Psoric, Sycotic, Tubercular
Clinical
Clinical conditions of Alumina
Anus, affections of. Boils. Bubo. Catarrh. Chlorosis. Constipation. Constipation of nursing infants. Cough. Disappointments, effects of. Dysentery. Dyspepsia. Eczema. Eyes, affections of. Fissures. Fistula.[3]
Sites of action / Pharmacodynamics
Nervous system, spinal cord, skin, mucous membranes, rectum, intestine and vagina.
Causation (Causes / Ailments from)
Taking salt, wine, vinegar, full moon and new moon.
Patho-physiological changes / Pathogenesis
1. It has great depth of action, but has slow pace.
2. It acts on the mucous membrane producing dryness to an extent that it may
produce cracks also.
3. It acts on muscles and lessens muscular power; therefore causes fissures and
constipation.
4. It acts on the motor nervous system and produces a paralytic condition.
5. It acts on the mucous membrane of intestines and rectum producing a
condition of extreme dryness which leads to constipation like Bryonia. Also
acts on the vagina producing dryness.
Mental Symptoms
Characteristic Mental Symptoms (psychology) of Alumina
1. Loss of memory and confusion of intellect.
2. The patient makes mistakes in writing and speaking, uses wrong words.
3. Time passes too slowly, an hour seems half a day.
4. Changeable moods, sad thoughts. Inclined to weep, involuntary tears.
5. The patient is very impulsive, when he sees sharp instruments or blood.
6. The patient is very hasty and hurried.
7. Mental symptoms mostly make their appearance in the morning and on
waking.
8. Low spirited, fears loss of reason, consciousness, of his personal identity,
confused.
9. Sensation of a splinter in the throat.
Guiding Symptoms
Guiding Symptoms
Generalities
A very general condition corresponding to this drug is DRYNESS of mucous membranes and skin, and TENDENCY TO PARETIC MUSCULAR STATES. Old people, with lack of vital heat, or prematurely old, with debility. Sluggish functions, heaviness, numbness, and staggering, and the characteristic constipation find an excellent remedy in Alumina. Disposition to colds in the head, and eructations in spare, dry, thin subjects. Delicate children, products of artificial baby foods.
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Head
Stitching, burning pain in head, with vertigo, worse in morning, but relieved by food. Pressure in forehead as from a tight hat. Inability to walk except with eyes open. Throbbing headache, with constipation. Vertigo, with nausea; better after breakfast. Falling out of hair; scalp itches and is numb.
Eye
Objects look yellow. Eyes feel cold. Lids dry, burn, smart, thickened, aggravated in morning; chronic conjunctivitis. Ptosis. Strabismus.
Ears
Humming; roaring. Eustachian tube feels plugged.
Nose
Pain at root of nose. Sense of smell diminished. Fluent coryza. Point of nose CRACKED, nostrils sore, RED; worse touch. SCABS WITH THICK YELLOW MUCUS. Tettery redness. OZAENA ATROPHICA SICCA. Membranes distended and boggy.
Face
Feels as if albuminous substance had dried on it. Blood-boils and pimples. Twitching of lower jaw. Rush of blood to face after eating.
Mouth
Sore. Bad odor from it. Teeth covered with sordes. Gums sore, bleeding. Tensive pain in articulation of jaw when opening mouth or chewing.
Throat
DRY, sore; food cannot pass, oesophagus contracted. Feels as if splinter or plug were in throat. Irritable, and relaxed throat. Looks parched and glazed. Clergyman’s sore throat in thin subjects. Thick, tenacious mucus drops from posterior nares. Constant inclination to clear the throat.
Stomach
Abnormal cravings; chalk, charcoal, dry food, tea-grounds. Heartburn; feels constricted. Aversion to meat. [Graph.; Arn.; Puls.] POTATOES DISAGREE. No desire to eat. CAN SWALLOW BUT SMALL MORSELS AT A TIME. Constriction of oesophagus.
Abdomen
Colic, like painter’s colic. Pressing in both groins toward sexual organs. LEFT-SIDED ABDOMINAL COMPLAINTS.
Stool
HARD, DRY, KNOTTY; NO DESIRE. Rectum sore, dry, inflamed, bleeding. Itching and burning at anus. EVEN A SOFT STOOL IS PASSED WITH DIFFICULTY. GREAT STRAINING. Constipation of infants [Collins.; Psor.; Paraf.] and old people from inactive rectum, and in women of very sedentary habit. Diarrhoea on urinating. EVACUATION PRECEDED BY PAINFUL URGING LONG BEFORE STOOL, AND THEN STRAINING AT STOOL.
Urinary Organ
Cannot urinate without straining at stool. Urine usually copious and pale, evacuated with burning.
Sexual Organ
Menstruation early, short, scanty; preceded and accompanied by colic. Leucorrhoea, before and after the menses, corrosive, transparent, albuminous, profuse.Increased sexual desire, followed by loss of power. Emissions while straining at stool. Numerous troubles after emissions.
Respiratory System
Dry hacking cough, from tickling in the throat (elongated uvula) or irritability of the larynx (<) early morning (sometimes sudden in the evening) (<)using the voice. Cough sometimes loosens, and there may be expectoration after coughing mornings. Cough at times associated with dyspnoea, vomiting or even involuntary escape of urine. Sudden hoarseness, not relieved by clearing the larynx, especially afternoons and evenings. Constriction of chest (see under stomach also).
Heart & Pulse
Palpitation and shocks at heart. Wakes at 4 to 5 a.m. with anxiety at heart, better after rising.
Neck & Back
Pain in the back, as if hot irons were thrust through lower spine. Violent stitches in back. Back feels bandaged by a cord.
Extremities
Pain in arms and fingers, as if hot iron penetrated. Arms feel paralyzed. Legs feel asleep, ESPECIALLY WHEN SITTING WITH LEGS CROSSED. STAGGERS ON WALKING. HEELS FEEL NUMB. Soles tender; on stepping, feel soft and swollen. Pain in shoulder and upper arm. Gnawing beneath finger nails. BRITTLE NAILS. Inability to walk, except when eyes are open or in daytime. Spinal degeneration and paralysis of lower limbs.
Skin
Chapped and dry tettery. Brittle nails. INTOLERABLE ITCHING WHEN GETTING WARM IN BED. Must scratch until it bleeds; then becomes painful. Brittle skin on fingers.
Sleep
Anxious, restless, with confused dreams; about thieves, ghosts, of boats foundering.
Fever
Pulse full and accelerated. Shivering, even when near a fire, and at night, in bed, not able to warm oneself. Fever towards the evening, with predominant chilliness. Sensation of cold immediately after taking soup at midday. During the day chill, during the night, fever. Heat in the evening which spreads from the face, at times only over the right mostly in the face, or on one side of the face. Inability to perspire.
Characteristic
Important characteristic features of Alumina
Keynotes / Redlins
1. Inability to walk with eyes closed in darkness, tottering and falling when closing eyes.
2. Constipation-Even for soft stool has to strain, sticks to rectum like clay, has to strain at stool to urinate. Diarrhoea when she urinates.
3. Allergy to salt, wine, vinegar, pepper immediately produces cough.
4. Sensation of cobweb or dried white of an egg on face.
Guiding
1. Profuse jelly like of mucus from all mucous membranes, especially of intestine and
throat (Kali bi., Podo., Helleborus).
2. Insecurity of rectum with want of confidence and power in sphincter ani.
3. Hot patient, aggravation from warm and amelioration from cold water, cold
weather.
4. Itch appears each year as winter approaches.
5. Dissatisfied and angry about himself or his complaints, especially when constipated.
6. Haemorrhoid like a bunch of grapes, blue, which bleeds and is sore, tender and hot
with itching relieved by cold application.
7. Diarrhoea followed by obstinate constipation.
8. Solid stool passes out involuntarily.
PQRS
Aggravation from Potatoes.
No Urge for Stool, Even with a Full Rectum.
Must Strain at Stool to Pass Urine.
Difficulty Swallowing Soft Foods (Better with Warm Drinks).
Vertigo, Worse Closing Eyes.
Sensation as of a Plug in the Rectum.
Stools like Sheep’s Dung (Hard, Knotty, Dry).
Confirmatory
1. Lack of vital heat, great mental and physical exhaustion (especially after menses).
2. Dryness-Irritation of mucous membrane with dryness, catarrhal dryness. Dryness of skin. Dryness of rectum, vagina.
3. Sensation as if dried white egg is on face, or of a cobweb.
4. Craving for indigestible things like starch, chalk, charcoal, etc.
Nucleus symptoms
-Lack of vital heat.
-Chilly persons who are apprehensive, hasty, impulsive with guilty conscience.
-Anxiety about future.
-Dryness of mucus membranes.
-Tendency to paretic muscular states especially of the rectum, locomotor ataxia.
-Debility, sluggishness, heaviness, numbness, staggering.
-Chilly, disposition to colds.
Therapeutic Value
Therapeutic Value
Constipation, Cough, Diarrhoea, Dysentery, Gonorrhoea,
Impotency, Leucorrhoea, Locomotor ataxia, Menstrual disorder, Paralysis, Skin
diseases, Ulcers, etc.
Modality
Modality of Alumina
Aggravation
Early in the morning, sedentary life, hot dry weather, after eating and drinking, standing or walking.
Amelioration
Cold water, cold weather, discharge of flatus and stool.
Remedy Relationship
Remedy Relationship
Complimentary
Bry, Ferr
Follows Well
Lach, Bry, Sulph, Arg-met
Antidoted By
Lach, Cham, lead poisoning, painter’s colic.
It Antidotes
Puls, Ip, Cham.
Comparison
Alum-met
Dose
Dose
Sixth to thirtieth and higher. Action slow in developing.
Potency
6C,30C.
Duration of Action
40-60 Days
Reference
Reference of Alumina
[1]Materia Medica By Dr.S.K.Dubey
[2]Gems textbook of materia medica by Dr.Patil
[3]Dictionary Of Practical Materia Medica (All 3 Vol.) By Clarke J. H.
[4]Materia Medica By Boericke W.
[5]A Primer Of Materia Medica By T. F. Allen.
Terminologies
Terminologies
Glossary of Homeopathic Terms
Materia Medica:
A comprehensive reference book (or collection of books) in homeopathy that lists individual remedies and their associated symptoms. It’s the "pharmacopoeia" of homeopathy, detailing the symptom pictures of each substance.
Guiding Symptoms:
The most characteristic, peculiar, and reliable symptoms of a remedy. These are the symptoms that strongly point to the need for that specific remedy. They are often unique or unusual.
Keynote Symptoms:
Very strong, characteristic symptoms that are almost always present when the remedy is indicated. They are a subset of guiding symptoms and are particularly striking.
Modality:
Factors that make a symptom better or worse. This includes things like time of day, temperature, position, food, motion, etc.
Aggravation:
A worsening of symptoms due to a specific factor (a modality).
Amelioration:
An improvement of symptoms due to a specific factor (a modality).
Other terms
Paresis/Paretic:
Partial or slight paralysis; weakness of muscles rather than complete loss of movement.
Atony/Atonic:
Lack of normal muscle tone or strength; flaccidity.
Inertia:
A state of inactivity or sluggishness; resistance to change in motion.
Torpor/Torpid:
A state of mental and physical inactivity, sluggishness, and numbness; a lack of responsiveness.
Stools, hard, knotty, like sheep’s dung:
Describes the very specific appearance of the Alumina stool. This is a very characteristic description.
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Common ways
1. Specific Symptom Searches (Most Common):
Focus: Trying to find a remedy for a particular problem they’re experiencing.
2. Condition-Based Searches (Less Common, but Possible):
Focus: Searching based on a diagnosed condition (though this is less typical in homeopathy, as it focuses on symptoms, not diagnoses).
3. Remedy-Specific Searches (If They Already Know the Name):
Focus: Looking for more information about Alumina itself.
4. Comparative Searches:
Focus: Trying to differentiate Alumina from other similar remedies.
Examples:
"Alumina vs Bryonia" (comparing it to another remedy for dryness and constipation)
"Alumina vs Nux Vomica" (comparing it to another remedy for constipation)
"remedies like Alumina"
5. Question-Based Searches:
Focus: Asking direct questions about Alumina or related symptoms.
Examples:
"What is Alumina used for in homeopathy?"
"How does Alumina work for constipation?"
"Is Alumina good for dry skin?"
"Who needs alumina homeopathic medicine"
6. Broad, General Searches:
Focus: Less specific, exploring homeopathy in a general way.
"Homeopthic medicine for constipation"
Examples:
"homeopathic remedies for digestive problems"
"homeopathy for weakness"
"natural remedies for neurological issues"
Key Search Patterns and Considerations:
Long-tail keywords: People often use very specific phrases (long-tail keywords) when searching for homeopathic solutions, reflecting the detailed nature of homeopathic case-taking.
Symptom-focused: The vast majority of searches will be driven by specific symptoms, rather than diagnoses.
"Homeopathy" or "Homeopathic": The inclusion of these terms is crucial for targeting the right audience.
Layman’s terms: People will use everyday language to describe their symptoms (e.g., "can’t poop," "brain fog"), not necessarily technical homeopathic terms.
"Remedy," "Medicine," "Treatment": These words are often used interchangeably in searches.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
What exactly is Alumina in the context of homeopathy?
Alumina, in homeopathy, is a remedy prepared from aluminum oxide. Essentially, homeopaths dilute and potentize this substance to stimulate the body’s self-healing abilities.
What are the primary symptoms that Alumina addresses?
Symptoms
Notably, Alumina helps with dryness, constipation, mental sluggishness, and a sense of time distortion. Additionally, it targets symptoms related to numbness and weakness.
How does Alumina address mental and emotional symptoms?
Specifically, Alumina is considered for individuals who experience confusion, slow thinking, and a feeling of being rushed. Also, it can address anxiety and fear of mental breakdown.
What makes Alumina a unique homeopathic remedy?
Unique Symptoms
Indeed, Alumina’s unique symptom picture, including the sensation of time distortion and dryness, sets it apart. Consequently, homeopaths select it based on the individual’s specific and peculiar symptoms.
How do homeopaths determine the correct dosage of Alumina?
Correct dosage
Ultimately, a qualified homeopath assesses the individual’s unique symptom picture and constitution. Thereafter, they prescribe the appropriate potency and dosage.
