Alumina [Alum]:
- Jan Scholten
Alumina is the most well known Aluminium compound in homoeopathy.
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Alumina is another word for aluminium oxide, or Al2O3. It is the main component of ordinary clay. As a gemstone it is called corundum, sapphire or ruby, depending on its colour. The red ruby derives its colour from the nickel component.
Concepts
Aluminium Oxydatum
Confusion of roles Selfishness
Confusion of identity Demanding
Misleading Indignant
Triangular relationships Abused
Bewildered Victim
Mistake Lazy
Corruption
Begging Tramp
Group analysis
Confusion leads to abuse.
Confusion of role with regard to the victim.
Identification with the aggressor.
Identity crisis through selfishness.
Indignant about being misled.
Abused in triangular relationships.
Bewildered by corruption.
Misled by cadgers.
Doubt about self-worth.
Picture of Aluminium oxydatum Essence: confusion leads to abuse.
Confusion leads to abuse
They want to belong to the group, and they know that they have a place within the group, only they aren't sure which one. They don't know what they can and can't do. They are afraid of taking up so much space that others want to get rid of them again. So they start to adapt, taking on the ideas and the customs of other people until they are no longer sure of what they want for themselves. They get confused about their own part within the whole and others soon notice this. This makes them an easy prey for manipulation. They get enticed to do things which they regret later on.
Identity crisis through selfishness
They get into a sort of identity crisis because of their doubts.
They feel that they are being too selfish whenever they follow their own desires. They feel they should continually adapt themselves to the wishes of the group, or the family, or the religious sect etc. But they lose themselves in the process and they need to start to find themselves again.
Abused in triangular relationships
The confusion is particularly strong in relationships with more than one person. Here they completely lose sight of their own wishes and always feel they are being too selfish. They become a victim of the interplay of other peoples desires and get totally lost.
Indignant about being misled
Later on they regret that they followed other peoples wishes so blindly. When they find out what really happened they feel misled and can't understand that other people should want to be so manipulative. They would never dream of doing this themselves: they are far more inclined to adapt, so they can't understand how others could be so selfish. They feel indignant, hurt and abused.
Bewildered by corruption They are always so full of good intentions that they are totally unprepared for corruption. They already think that they are doing wrong when they merely try and put across their own ideas, with the best intentions, let alone that they would dream of purposely cheating the whole group. They always go to great lengths to explain every action they undertake that might deviate slightly from the general code of behaviour. So are completely bewildered when other people try and manipulate the group to their own advantage.
Confusion of role with regard to the victim
They may also get confused about who is the victim. An extreme example is in wartime, where the soldiers identify with their victims to such an extent that they start to feel guilty and wonder who is really the guilty person. Another variation is that of a hostage who starts to identify with the cause that his captor is fighting for. He loses sight of his own position and own own interests and starts to side with his aggressor and his motives. The other aspect of such a situation is that it may be in his own best interest to become good mates with his captor.
Misled by cadgers
They are quite gullible. Their doubt about their own ideas and motives makes them an easy prey for people who want to get something out of them. Some of them may have good, some of them may have bad intentions.
Expressions
Fears: vague, unknown, thieves, burglars, corruption, life, strangers, future, travelling, flying, open spaces, streets, failure, disease, death, knives, blood, own impulses, insanity.
Acute panic attacks.
Dreams: thieves, worms.
Mood: timid, adapting, complaining, moaning, groaning, hurried, slow acting and answering, depressed, suicidal.
Delusions: time goes too fast, body or parts of body belong to someone else, being a criminal, insanity, without friends, ghosts, death, marriage, mistake about identity (<)(<) looking in a mirror, worms, cockroaches, thieves. Aggression: impulsively aggressive (<), seeing knives or blood. Mental: absent minded, confused, doubts, bewildered, as if in a fog, wandering, getting lost, mistakes, slow, cannot connect different facts, dementia. Left handed (Sankaran, 1994) Causes: acts on someone else's command, loss of relations, being beaten, (<)(<) being hurried or pushed. Generals Weather: warm, (<) heat; (<) dry weather, (>) damp; (<) mountains. Perspiration: little or none. Time: (<) 9 am; (<) winter. Desires: potatoes, dry food, rice, starchy, coffee, alcohol (3). Aversion: potatoes, meat, beer. Food: (<) potatoes, milk; artificial food; warm drinks, tobacco, fat, cheese, butter, pork. Menses: too early, short, little, pale; tiredness afterwards. Sleep: much (2), (<) waking. Physical: (>) lying down, (<) coitus; (<) exertion, (<) smoke. Complaints Feeling of numbness and cobwebs. Constriction. Discharges scanty, thin and acrid. Dryness. Paralysis (3), ascending. Tiredness, low blood pressure. Headache, pressing, above right eye, eyebrow feels pushed down, (<) working, talking, (>) rest.
Sinusitis, swelling of lymph glands.
Vertigo, falling, (<) closing eyes, tendency to fall forwards, black outs. Pressure in ears. Nose blocked, epistaxis. Throat dry, tickling, (<) talking. Loss of voice. Coughs up white lumps. Retrolental fibroplasia. Blindness. Hyperventilation. Liver problems, liver function decreased, hepatogenic toxemia. Constipation (3), stools hard and dry, no urging or very much urging. Stools have to be removed artificially. Testes, ovaries. Leucorrhoea. Kidneys. Muscles. Skin eruptions; dryness, peeling, redness with cracks; itching (3) (<) heat, scratches until it bleeds. Vitiligo. DD Silicium series, Carbon series, Stage 3 and 16, Boron, Ferrums, Fluoratums, Magnesiums, Nitricums, Silica. Case A 50 year old man comes with eczema on his face, chest, scrotum and hollow of knees. It is particularly bad in his face, dry, itching and red. The itching gets worse from dust, egg yolk, strawberries, birds and cats. He is also allergic to mites and chocolate, heat of bed, perspiration, wool, autumn and hot showers also aggravate the condition. Amelioration from rest and lukewarm showers. The eczema has flared up again lately after a few relatively trouble free years. It started when he was at secondary school. He wanted to take a course that would enable him to go to university, but he didnt make it because he was told it was too difficult for him. He still regrets this. He felt unsure of himself and found it difficult to choose what he wanted. He spent a long time finding out who he really was. His mother was so overprotective that he could hardly develop his own will. He was brought up according to strict religious rules and he felt that God always saw everything, every single mistake. He felt he had to be able to justify all his actions. He used to work as a physiotherapist and nowadays he counsels people in groups. He loves this work, he is very good with words. He hates people who take on a leading role without having the qualifications. Generals Weather: (<) sun; it burns him to the point of blisters; (<) draught; (>) sea.
Desires: sweet, meat, fish, starch, cheese.
Aversion: buttermilk(3), sherry.
Food: (<) chocolate, onion, sauerkraut, beans (2).
Analysis
The eczema started during a period of inner searching, when he had to find who he really was. This is a symptom of both Boron and Aluminium. He did what others wanted him to do: they told him he couldn't take a degree course at school, so he didnt. This would point to Aluminium. Aluminium is further confirmed by the fact that his mother was over protective so that he couldn't develop his own will and he became very unsure of himself. He also felt he had to justify his actions. The complaint of dry and intensely itching eczema is also typical of Aluminium. But which Aluminium should we choose? He regrets that he followed other peoples advice, as he feels it wasn't in his best interest. This points to Oxydatum, which leads us to Aluminium oxydatum, i.e. Alumina.
Reaction
One month after Alumina 1M the eczema is a lot better. There were several relapses during this time, but now the skin feels a lot softer. He himself feels more at ease, more relaxed. After 6 months there is a relapse of the eczema, which disappears after another dose of Alumina.
Alumina is the most well known Aluminium compound in homoeopathy.
Signature
Alumina is another word for aluminium oxide, or Al2O3. It is the main component of ordinary clay. As a gemstone it is called corundum, sapphire or ruby, depending on its colour. The red ruby derives its colour from the nickel component.
Concepts
Aluminium Oxydatum
Confusion of roles Selfishness
Confusion of identity Demanding
Misleading Indignant
Triangular relationships Abused
Bewildered Victim
Mistake Lazy
Corruption
Begging Tramp
Group analysis
Confusion leads to abuse.
Confusion of role with regard to the victim.
Identification with the aggressor.
Identity crisis through selfishness.
Indignant about being misled.
Abused in triangular relationships.
Bewildered by corruption.
Misled by cadgers.
Doubt about self-worth.
Picture of Aluminium oxydatum Essence: confusion leads to abuse.
Confusion leads to abuse
They want to belong to the group, and they know that they have a place within the group, only they aren't sure which one. They don't know what they can and can't do. They are afraid of taking up so much space that others want to get rid of them again. So they start to adapt, taking on the ideas and the customs of other people until they are no longer sure of what they want for themselves. They get confused about their own part within the whole and others soon notice this. This makes them an easy prey for manipulation. They get enticed to do things which they regret later on.
Identity crisis through selfishness
They get into a sort of identity crisis because of their doubts.
They feel that they are being too selfish whenever they follow their own desires. They feel they should continually adapt themselves to the wishes of the group, or the family, or the religious sect etc. But they lose themselves in the process and they need to start to find themselves again.
Abused in triangular relationships
The confusion is particularly strong in relationships with more than one person. Here they completely lose sight of their own wishes and always feel they are being too selfish. They become a victim of the interplay of other peoples desires and get totally lost.
Indignant about being misled
Later on they regret that they followed other peoples wishes so blindly. When they find out what really happened they feel misled and can't understand that other people should want to be so manipulative. They would never dream of doing this themselves: they are far more inclined to adapt, so they can't understand how others could be so selfish. They feel indignant, hurt and abused.
Bewildered by corruption They are always so full of good intentions that they are totally unprepared for corruption. They already think that they are doing wrong when they merely try and put across their own ideas, with the best intentions, let alone that they would dream of purposely cheating the whole group. They always go to great lengths to explain every action they undertake that might deviate slightly from the general code of behaviour. So are completely bewildered when other people try and manipulate the group to their own advantage.
Confusion of role with regard to the victim
They may also get confused about who is the victim. An extreme example is in wartime, where the soldiers identify with their victims to such an extent that they start to feel guilty and wonder who is really the guilty person. Another variation is that of a hostage who starts to identify with the cause that his captor is fighting for. He loses sight of his own position and own own interests and starts to side with his aggressor and his motives. The other aspect of such a situation is that it may be in his own best interest to become good mates with his captor.
Misled by cadgers
They are quite gullible. Their doubt about their own ideas and motives makes them an easy prey for people who want to get something out of them. Some of them may have good, some of them may have bad intentions.
Expressions
Fears: vague, unknown, thieves, burglars, corruption, life, strangers, future, travelling, flying, open spaces, streets, failure, disease, death, knives, blood, own impulses, insanity.
Acute panic attacks.
Dreams: thieves, worms.
Mood: timid, adapting, complaining, moaning, groaning, hurried, slow acting and answering, depressed, suicidal.
Delusions: time goes too fast, body or parts of body belong to someone else, being a criminal, insanity, without friends, ghosts, death, marriage, mistake about identity (<)(<) looking in a mirror, worms, cockroaches, thieves. Aggression: impulsively aggressive (<), seeing knives or blood. Mental: absent minded, confused, doubts, bewildered, as if in a fog, wandering, getting lost, mistakes, slow, cannot connect different facts, dementia. Left handed (Sankaran, 1994) Causes: acts on someone else's command, loss of relations, being beaten, (<)(<) being hurried or pushed. Generals Weather: warm, (<) heat; (<) dry weather, (>) damp; (<) mountains. Perspiration: little or none. Time: (<) 9 am; (<) winter. Desires: potatoes, dry food, rice, starchy, coffee, alcohol (3). Aversion: potatoes, meat, beer. Food: (<) potatoes, milk; artificial food; warm drinks, tobacco, fat, cheese, butter, pork. Menses: too early, short, little, pale; tiredness afterwards. Sleep: much (2), (<) waking. Physical: (>) lying down, (<) coitus; (<) exertion, (<) smoke. Complaints Feeling of numbness and cobwebs. Constriction. Discharges scanty, thin and acrid. Dryness. Paralysis (3), ascending. Tiredness, low blood pressure. Headache, pressing, above right eye, eyebrow feels pushed down, (<) working, talking, (>) rest.
Sinusitis, swelling of lymph glands.
Vertigo, falling, (<) closing eyes, tendency to fall forwards, black outs. Pressure in ears. Nose blocked, epistaxis. Throat dry, tickling, (<) talking. Loss of voice. Coughs up white lumps. Retrolental fibroplasia. Blindness. Hyperventilation. Liver problems, liver function decreased, hepatogenic toxemia. Constipation (3), stools hard and dry, no urging or very much urging. Stools have to be removed artificially. Testes, ovaries. Leucorrhoea. Kidneys. Muscles. Skin eruptions; dryness, peeling, redness with cracks; itching (3) (<) heat, scratches until it bleeds. Vitiligo. DD Silicium series, Carbon series, Stage 3 and 16, Boron, Ferrums, Fluoratums, Magnesiums, Nitricums, Silica. Case A 50 year old man comes with eczema on his face, chest, scrotum and hollow of knees. It is particularly bad in his face, dry, itching and red. The itching gets worse from dust, egg yolk, strawberries, birds and cats. He is also allergic to mites and chocolate, heat of bed, perspiration, wool, autumn and hot showers also aggravate the condition. Amelioration from rest and lukewarm showers. The eczema has flared up again lately after a few relatively trouble free years. It started when he was at secondary school. He wanted to take a course that would enable him to go to university, but he didnt make it because he was told it was too difficult for him. He still regrets this. He felt unsure of himself and found it difficult to choose what he wanted. He spent a long time finding out who he really was. His mother was so overprotective that he could hardly develop his own will. He was brought up according to strict religious rules and he felt that God always saw everything, every single mistake. He felt he had to be able to justify all his actions. He used to work as a physiotherapist and nowadays he counsels people in groups. He loves this work, he is very good with words. He hates people who take on a leading role without having the qualifications. Generals Weather: (<) sun; it burns him to the point of blisters; (<) draught; (>) sea.
Desires: sweet, meat, fish, starch, cheese.
Aversion: buttermilk(3), sherry.
Food: (<) chocolate, onion, sauerkraut, beans (2).
Analysis
The eczema started during a period of inner searching, when he had to find who he really was. This is a symptom of both Boron and Aluminium. He did what others wanted him to do: they told him he couldn't take a degree course at school, so he didnt. This would point to Aluminium. Aluminium is further confirmed by the fact that his mother was over protective so that he couldn't develop his own will and he became very unsure of himself. He also felt he had to justify his actions. The complaint of dry and intensely itching eczema is also typical of Aluminium. But which Aluminium should we choose? He regrets that he followed other peoples advice, as he feels it wasn't in his best interest. This points to Oxydatum, which leads us to Aluminium oxydatum, i.e. Alumina.
Reaction
One month after Alumina 1M the eczema is a lot better. There were several relapses during this time, but now the skin feels a lot softer. He himself feels more at ease, more relaxed. After 6 months there is a relapse of the eczema, which disappears after another dose of Alumina.
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