HOMEOPATHIC RESEARCH

-SANKARAN R., Calcarea fluorica is a remedy of the mineral kingdom. The compound Calcium fluoride is made from the elements Calcium (Group II A), and Fluorine (Halogen). In my understanding, Calcarea represents the need for stability and security, while Fluor represents the fear of being let down and deserted. Fluoride is contained in tooth enamel, the hardest substance in the human body. The function of enamel is to provide maximum security to the teeth by its hard, resistant quality. The main feeling of Calcarea fluorica is that the person's source of security or support is unstable and unreliable. Hence there is a need to be totally protected and secure by being hard and resistant. He feels as if there is a gradual erosion of his security; this is noted even in the pathology of Calcarea fluorica, e.g. carious teeth. "Fear of poverty" is the main rubric of Calcarea fluorica. The Calcarea fluorica person is very insecure about his financial situation. He feels that...

-SANKARAN R., Calcarea iodata is a mineral remedy. It belongs to the tubercular miasm. The main feeling in Calcarea iodata is that he may be terribly disappointed, betrayed, hurt or even starved (Iodum) by the person on whom he is dependent (Calcarea). There is the dependence and need for security of Calcarea (group IIA), but at the same time there is the need to be very hard and strong, prepared for this betrayal (Iodum - halogen group). Calcarea iodata persons are a very pleasant company, always very cheerful, making people laugh and feel happy in their presence, always smiling and being agreeable, gay and mirthful. At the same time they can be quite diplomatic. They rarely contradict or go against anyone. They are very tactful, and have no clashes. I had a case of a doctor who had affairs with eighty women at the same period of his life. Each woman knew about the others but he was so nice and diplomatic that there was never any problem. He did well on Calcarea iodata. Calca...

-SANKARAN R., Calcarea phosphorica is a tubercular remedy and belongs to the mineral kingdom. The main feeling of Calcarea phosphorica is: "I am not loved at the place of security (home), so I should seek love elsewhere (outside of home), and come home for security". This is seen in the rubric: - Home, desires to go and when there to go out. Calcarea persons need to have people around, they want to be protected as they feel insecure. The feeling of Phosphorus is: "I must prepare to be alone, to be able to live on a distant island". Thus Calcarea phosphorica has the need for security, but ability to live alone if the need arises. The ability to make new connections also comes from the Phosphorus element of Calcarea phosphorica. Calcarea phosphorica people are friendly and make friends easily. They love to travel. Calcarea phosphorica persons tend to make a new home wherever they go. The friend's home becomes their home. They care even for strangers in ...

-SANKARAN R., Calcarea silicata is a salt and represents a combination of feelings of both Calcarea and Silicea. Like Calcarea the person feels insecure, with the need for protection and like Silicea he feels the need to maintain a particular standard. Hence the feeling of Calcarea silicata is: "I need to keep up to a particular standard to get the security and protection I need". In my experience, the situation of Calcarea silicata is that of teenagers belonging to the middle class of indian society, especially boys who feel that a lot of expectations rests on them. They feel the need to come up to a certain standard to get the approval of their parents (whose security they seek). The Calcarea silicata patient has a fear of poverty and so he has to be careful about spending money. Being poor puts him at a disadvantage. Therefore he becomes yielding. He cannot stand up or assert himself, he would rather escape. He is not as obstinate as Silicea. The need to maintain...

-SANKARAN R., Calcium sulphate is commonly known as gypsum and is most familiar to us as plaster of Paris, from which are made the plaster casts used to immobilize a fractured limb, to help healing by providing stability. In addition to a need for stability of Calcarea, Sulphur introduces an element of ego and appreciation to the salt. Hence the main feeling of Calcarea sulphurica is that he is not appreciated at the place of security, for example by his parents. Thus the Calcarea sulphurica person is constantly trying to do things that will gain him appreciation. There is a constant feeling of not being appreciated or valued, of being put down and suppressed at the place of security. Although the patient feels pushed down, suppressed, he cannot react with the anger or indifference of Sulphur, for he depends on these people for security. The most he can do is to complain and quarrel: "Lamenting that he is not appreciated", "Quarrelsome". On the other hand, the...

-SANKARAN R., Causticum belongs to the Kali family. It is a sycotic remedy. The main feeling in Causticum is that the person is the one who has to take care of the group or family. He is facing the threat from outside and in order to face this threat, he requires that the whole group should fight together. Being the strongest member of the group, one who is most capable of putting up a fight, he regards a threat to any one member of that group as a threat to himself. If he doesn't forestall the threat, it will affect the whole group and he will be weakened. The situation of Causticum is of a family where the husband is dead and the wife has to single-handedly take care of her children. Here she is the strongest member of her group - her family. So she is very much concerned when there is any problem with any member of the family, for example when a child falls sick or is late in coming home. The two most important feelings of Causticum are: "Anxious for others" and ...

-SANKARAN R., Cocculus is a plant remedy belonging to the sycotic miasm. It is similar to Pulsatilla and Ignatia. The situation of Cocculus is that of an unmarried or childless woman. In such a situation, she takes on the role of caring and looking after people, suppressing her own feelings and desires. Cocculus persons are very sensitive to the sufferings of others. Sympathetic, alert and anxious for the feelings and health of others, they can stay awake for nights, anxiously nursing the sick. "Anxiety for the health of others" and "Loss of sleep aggravates" are two leading indications for this remedy. The loss of sleep produces an oversensitivity of the nerves - they become "raw" and "on the edge": "Oversensitivity to noise, to riding in a carriage, to odours, to looking at moving objects", "Giddiness, dullness, a sense of imbalance". As a result, the patients want to lie down with their eyes closed. They are oversens...