Alum, Alumina

Core theme

• Like Ph-ac / Op/ Sep , Weakness / Laziness / Talking is exhausting/ Exhaustion after menses. (Alum ₳ Op), (Alum ₳ Ph-ac), (Alum ₳ Sep)
• Like Hell, Slowness /Paralysis (Alum ₳ Hell)
• Like Plb Heaviness (Alum ₳ Plb)

Clinic

Region	SPINAL CORD, lumbar. Abdomen, left. RECTUM. Lower limbs. Mucus membranes. Skin. Esophagus (Dysphagia) Bladder (He has to wait for his urine to start) (Neurogenic bladder) Intestines (Constipation)
Modality	Agg: WARMTH; ROOM, bed Artificial Foods, Potatoes Speaking. Dry weather Early on awaking. Sitting After menses 9 A.M	Amel: Open air Evening Moderate: Exertion, Temperature
General	Scanty, thick, acrid discharges (Hydr) Mucus discharges, profuse: before menses Leucorrhoea runs to feet Expectoration	Induration Big bellied children.
Mucous membranes Dryness	Dry crusts. Skin. Eczema. Head. Ears. Nose. Throat Eyes: Dry granular lids. Dry, falling hair. Throat feels full of sticks or constricted. Craves coarse foods (Calc) Dry, rough, cracked skin	Constant, dry, hacking cough; interrupts breathing; with sneezing Agg from dry weather, warmth Agg from potatoes
Chronicity	Complaints constantly relapse, getting better and worse with varying degree of severity. Relapses with alternatively mild and severe degree of troubles. Alum acts slow but deep in chronic diseases (Graph)
Coldness	Coldness (Sil) (Alum ₳ Sil)+ Warm-Blooded Cold limbs, hands, legs, feet, knees, toes. Coldness, yet desires to be in open air, since warm makes him feel uncomfortable, two extremes coming together. Do not tolerate heat and drought. They like Humidity. (Nux-v, Caust) but catching colds easily and get well late. (Bar-c, Calc, Lyc, Sil, Tub)
Erratic/ Changable	Emotion: Active and dull OR bold and timid Coryza: Obstructed, dry AND fluent. Appetite: When nervous, takes to eating, when rheumatic, anorexia. Behavior: Laughing AND crying Urine: Copious OR scanty

Remedy relations

Similar

• Ataxia, Paralysis, Senility: Arg-n, Bar-c., Bry, Calc and Carbn-s
• Rectum / Bladder paralysis: Caust, Cham, Con, Cop, Cur, Ferr, Ferr-i, Graph, Hep
• Intestinal torpor: Ip, Kali-bi, Lach Mag-c, Nat-m
• Constipation: Sep., Sil, Sul and Zinc
• Mind: Sil, Lyc

Related

• Antidotes: Cad-m. Jab
• Related: Bry. Plb
• Chronic: Con, Lach, Phos, Sep, Rhus-t.
• Both Nat-m and Alum are chronic of Bry.
• Nat-m antidotes ill effects of Alum.
• Some homeopaths name Alum as Acon of chronic diseases.
• Acute remedies of Alum: Bry, Lach, Ign, Puls, Nux-v, Phos, Chel, Sep, Sulph, Tub
• Follows well after: Alum-sil, Arg-m , Lach, Morg, Nat-m, Phos, Psor, Sul, Syph, Tub, Zinc

Mind

Etiology	His character has been severely suppressed as a child. His parents think that he is an extravagant person and they should stop him. He has no right to comment. Severe punishments / restraints have over time caused him to feel a distance between himself and his will or between himself and his body. I am and I will, but I can not do it This is done, but I have no will to do it.
Body-awareness	His main problem is around self-awareness of one's body. "I am in this body" is a place of doubt for him. He tells you honestly and even naively, when I speak, it seems to me that someone else is speaking. Feeling dual, difficulty in understand his identity He uses the third person verb about his body parts, like giving a reporting from his body	MIND - DELUSIONS - head - belongs to another MIND - DELUSIONS - identity - someone else, she is MIND - CONFUSION of mind - identity, as to his MIND - CONFUSION of mind - identity, as to his - duality, sense of MIND - DELUSIONS - consciousness - belongs to another
De personalization	It is as if one's ego has distanced oneself from oneself. Sometimes this feeling goes beyond the psychological level and the person can not really move his hand and becomes paralyzed. Feeling dual, difficult to understand his identity: he uses a third person verb about his body parts and you feel he is reporting his body. Did I say this or someone else? If Alum's confusion increases, he feels that there is no boundary between himself and others and feels
Dependent characters	Delusion that his self-awareness belongs to someone else. Children who have a lot of doubts Confused, distracted and inattentive: Frequent speech errors due to lack of concentration (Lyc) (Alum ₳ Lyc) Obedient and submissive: When he is restless, he recognizes his identity by clinging to others. They are convinced that they have to adapt to others. They easily give in to bullies because of their weak will. Due to the fear of being rejected from the group, they can hardly maintain their boundaries and independence with others	Help me: When talking, he knows he has a problem but he does not know what the problem is and he asks you to find it. (Alum ₳ Stram) Naive: He reveals the most important secrets of his life to you easily and with complete naivety. It is as if his character has remained completely intact and has not grown Underestimates himself: They always think they have made a mistake and do not think that others may have made a mistake. (Alum ₳ Bar-c)
Alum philosophy	Sometimes Alum state can lead to a particular philosophical view that one must be careful of. Undoubtedly, in this view, there are components such as the unreality of the world, the algebra and negation of the human free-will, and a kind of disregard for the real world around us. DE realization: He feels that the world around him is not real / everything seems unreal. (Like Med) MIND - DELUSIONS - unreal - everything seems unreal	This is a subjective feeling which could not be explained in words but everyone make sense it. It is different from dream-state. MIND - DREAM mode; as if in a : NUX-M, OP, STRAM DE real differs from illusion. In illusion one knows that there are facts and now I feel things outside of reality. DE realization is considered as psychosis
Impulsive behavior	They may even be afraid of their impulsive behavior (Fear of a knife).	Mind - IMPULSE, morbid Mind - IMPULSE, morbid - horrid
others	Illusions of being larger, numb, smooth, heavy, time passing too slowly, etc. Hasty, but slow of execution, hence mistakes in speaking, writing, etc. Peevish. Depressive mental states. Depressed, on awaking. Timorous; fears his own impulses; the sight of knives; loss of reason, etc.

Paralysis

Neurogenic bladder	Her bladder is not strong enough to evacuate and she has feeling of retarded urine (Sil, Hep) Bladder -urination, retarded, must wait for urine to start, press a long time before he can begin, must Bladder - PARALYTIC, weakness - paralytic, weakness, sensation of, evening, so that he fears he will wet the bed Bladder – urination – unconsciousness,  urethra insensible Bladder -urination, feeble stream	Fear losing her voluntary control of urination Bladder -urination, involuntary, cough during Bladder -urination, involuntary, stool, during Bladder -urination, involuntary, stool, straining while Mind - FEAR, general, phobias - bed, of the - wetting
Esophageal Paralysis	Paralysis of Swallowing muscle (such as Myasthenia Gravis) Food is rising during swallowing and he feels it in his nose (Lach) (Alum ₳ Bell) (Alum ₳ Lach) Feeling of splinter in the throat
Slowness	Slowness could be considered as Mind/ General Paralysis They are slow and aware of it and may gradually become bored. He is always in a hurry but you see only Slowness, Since his neuromuscular system is disobeying his brain Time passes slowly for him, which means he is in a hurry. Face expression, Affect ​​and Behavior is Blunt and Slow.	Alum slowness is comparable to Plb and Op esp in Dementia Disease dynamics progress very slowly in Alum
Locomotor ataxia	They know that they can not do two things together. If they are asked to do more than one task, confusion and awkwardness starts. Because his neuromascular system is not skilled (Ataxia)

Rubrics

• Vertigo, < talking. Violent stitches in brain.
• Weak eyelids. Double squint; < teething. Inflamed, burning eyes. Hot, red ear.
• Dusky wrinkled, old look. As of white of egg or a cobweb on face.
• Teeth feel long; pain extends to other parts (Kali-bi.). Twitching low jaw (Gel.). Uvula hangs down.
• . Pains from rectum to ankle.
• Inactive rectum and bladder; strains to pass a soft stool; hard ones cause severe cutting. Stools of small balls, hard knots or bright clots of blood. Must strain at stool to urinate; slow flow.
• Tickling in sexual organs; increased desire.
• Sudden loss of voice.
• As of a hot iron thrust through lower spine. Heavy lower limbs; staggering.
• Festination. Totters, if eyes are closed. Painful soles. Gnawing under nails.
• Bones feel squeezed. . Itching burning over seat of pain. Intolerable
• Itching from heat of bed. Eczema. Chilliness; > open air. Heat, with itching.

Miasms

• BKV / JCV
• EEE/ WEE
• PLV
• JE
• TBE