Cell salts – The ground material of mineral com­pounds that are produced naturally by the body, such as Natrum muriaticum, or sodium chloride (table salt). In a homeopathic remedy, one part salt must be ground with nine parts lactose, or milk sugar, to make Natrum mur lx (x equals 10). This cell salts may be used to treat the symptoms of hay fever, for example. A cell-salts remedy made from calcium fluoride, which is found in fibers throughout the body, is used to treat hemorrhoids, varicose veins, hernias, and other problems. According to home­opaths, the more times cell salts are ground, or trit­urated, the greater their potency. The cell-salt system, also known as tissue salts, and remedies were first developed by the German physician W. H. Schuessler, M.D., who wrote An Abridged Ther­apy Manual for the Biochemical Treatment of Disease (Calcutta: Haren & Brother, 1st Indian ed., 1960), which was in its 25th edition in 1987. Schuessler(cell salts) believed that as natural medicine, cell salts are not only harmless because they are not substances for­eign to the body, but beneficial in the treatment of a range of both acute and chronic problems. He uti­lized calcium, sodium, iron, magnesium, and potassium salts to develop a 12-salt system (long before the discovery of trace minerals such as zinc and selenium). The 12 cell salts are calcium fluoride (Calc fluor is the homeopathic designation), cal­cium phosphate (Calc phos), calcium sulfate (Calc sulph), ferric phosphate (Ferrum phos), potassium chloride (Kali mur), potassium sulfate (Kali sulph), potassium phosphate (Kali phos), magnesium phosphate (Mag phos), sodium chloride (Nat mur), sodium phosphate (Nat phos), sodium sulfate (Nat sulph), and silicic acid/silica (Silicea).

Schuessler (cell salts) also believed that cell-salt remedies catalyze natural biochemical reactions in the body and reorganize or balance them so any malfunc­tioning tissues can function normally. A homeopath must correctly identify which bodily tissues require specific treatment before prescribing a cell-salt rem­edy. Each type of salt acts a certain way. For instance, sulfur serves to help the body express, or throw off, an unwanted substance, and sodium attracts water. In combination, they may be used as a remedy for edema, the abnormal retention of water in the ankles, legs, hands, and other parts of the body. Among other ailments that may be treated homeopathically by cell salts are fever, hem­orrhage, infections, mucus congestion, inflamma­tion, sinusitis, colds, coughs, bronchitis, backache, colic, irritable bowels, bloating, gynecological prob­lems, muscle spasms and cramps, teething pain, nodules, hernia, anxiety, depression, and insomnia.

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