The 12 Homeopathic Tissue salts
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The homeopathic tissue salts (also called cell salts or Schuessler salts) are similar to homeopathic remedies but the potency is very low, making them act more on the nutritional side with very gentle action.
The 12 homeopathic tissue salts are made from the main 12 minerals that are found in our body and are essential to our life. Each of these minerals has an affinity to certain tissues and organs and the lack or imbalance in the metabolism of these salts can cause discomfort and diseases.
A big problem in the 21st century is that a lot of people don’t absorb properly these nutrients from the food they eat or from the supplements they take. The tissue salts correct these imbalances and help the body absorb the nutrients and use them properly.
They are safe for everyone, with no side effects. They are extremely useful in pregnancy, breastfeeding, for babies, children and elderly and also for people that are very sensitive and can’t eat certain foods or take a lot of supplements.
Generally it’s recommended to take 1 pill (or as many as indicated on the bottle) 2-4 times a day for 1-2 months or more if needed. But in situations when you need a boost you can take tissue salts 4 to 8 times a day for 2-3 weeks. You can put the little pills in a glass with clean water and sip from it throughout the day. For example when your blood tests show very low iron level and you need a boost. Stop taking them when you feel you don’t need them anymore (symptoms improve and blood tests show healthy levels) and start again when you need to. You can lower the dose to a ‘maintenance dose’ 1 pill once or twice a day.
You can mix and match the tissue salts that you think you need.
The 12 Homeopathic Tissue salts
Calc Fluor
Calcium fluoride
Strengthens tooth enamel, bones, and restores strength and flexibility to ligaments, cartilages, skin. Useful in tooth caries, sensitive teeth, baby’s teething, osteoporosis, haemorrhoids, weak ligaments, as a support in hernias. For hardened swellings and lumps.
Calc Phos
Calcium phosphate
Strengthens the bones, helps calcium absorption and it works as a general tonic for the body and nervous system. Useful in osteoporosis, tooth decay, bone fractures, for calcium support in pregnancy and breastfeeding, convalescence, general weakness, anaemia (check Ferr Phos for low iron).
Calc Sulph
Calcium sulphate
Helps detox liver and gall bladder. Useful in skin issues like spots, pimples, acne, abscesses. Slow healing, suppurating wounds. Infections that are slow to heal, and when the discharges are yellow, thick and possibly bloody. Lymph detox.
Ferr Phos
Ferrum phosphate
Helps iron absorption and oxygenation. Used in anaemia, low iron (also low iron in pregnancy and breastfeeding), blood loss, nosebleeds. After intense muscular exercise. As an immune support in early stages of fevers or colds.
Kali Mur
Potassium chloride
Regulates fluid balance, deals with mucus. Useful in second stage of infections (after Ferr Phos). When there is thick, white or grey discharge: coughs, colds, tonsillitis, ear infection. Skin eruptions with white discharge. Rheumatism. Glandular swelling (around the jaw, neck, breasts, under arms). Lymph detox.
Kali Phos
Potassium phosphate
Nourishes the nervous cells. Used for nervous exhaustion before/after exams or after too much mental work. Poor memory. Brain fog. Depression from tiredness. Convalescence. Confusion. Over-sensitive to noise. Children that might seem shy, fearful or lazy or they might throw tantrums when they are tired mentally.
Kali Sulph
Potassium sulphate
Used for detox, pancreas support and oxygenation. Used in third (chronic) stage of inflammations. Inflammations with yellow discharges: sinus infection, ear infection, eye infection. Dry scaly skin, dandruff (yellow). Athlete’s foot. Also for asthma worse in warm weather with a feeling of suffocation, better in cold air.
Mag Phos
Magnesium phosphate
Can be found in muscles and nervous tissue. Used in spasmodic, neuralgic pain (migraine, ear ache, toothache), colic (renal, gallbladder or gastrointestinal, IBS, menstrual, baby’s colic) and cramps, spasms and twitches. Cramps are better by applying heat, firm pressure and bending double. In the acute stages, this tissue salt acts more quickly when taken dissolved in some hot water.
Nat Mur
Sodium chloride
Essential in achieving water balance. Useful when there is excessive fluid OR dryness anywhere in the body. Dry itchy skin, dry eczema, water-filled blisters. Dry itchy eyes, dry nose and mouth, tongue and throat, dry hair. Lips cracked. Cold sores. Water retention (also in pregnancy), swollen hands and feet. Colds, infections and hay fevers with clear watery discharge and sneezing. Sunstroke. Dehydration. Alcohol withdrawal support. Sadness or grief, complaints after grief.
Nat Phos
Sodium phosphate
Acidity balance. Useful in complaints with acidity. Stomach acidity, indigestion, heartburn, sourness. Sour perspiration. Acidity and complaints from too much acidifying food: sugar, milk, alcohol, refined carbohydrates, grains and proteins. Mucus in the chest and sinuses associated with acidity. Lactic acid build-up, muscle pain after too much exercise. Gout. Arthritic conditions. Rheumatism. Intestinal worms (including in animals).
Nat Sulph
Sodium sulphate
Detox. Useful in liver upsets and fluid retention, jaundice. Poor elimination of metabolic wastes from the body via kidneys, liver and bowel. Constipation, diarrhoea, rheumatism. Bitter taste in the mouth. Vomiting in pregnancy. Asthma brought on by humidity. After head injuries.
Silica
Silicea
Component of skin, hair, nails, bones, muscles, nerves, glands, connective tissue. Useful in brittle or weak nails and hair, hair loss, lack of strength and elasticity in connective tissues, skin and ligaments, osteoporosis, premature aging, exhaustion (mental and physical). Promotes suppuration and expulsion of splinters and foreign objects from the body. Promotes discharge and healing in abscesses. Pimples, boils, ulcers, sties, gum abscesses.
