Dr Wilhelm Heinrich Schuessler, a noted German biochemist and Homoeopath, discovered the Biochemic system in the year 1873. He analysed ashes of dead bodies and concluded that they contain 12 compound salts, viz.Calcium Flouride, Calcium Phosphate, Calcium Sulphate, Ferrum Phosphate, Kali Muriaticum, Kali Phosphoricum, Kali Sulphuricum (Kali salts are Potassium salts),  Magnesium Phosphoricum, Natrum Muriaticum (actually common salt), Natrum Phosphoricum, Natrum Sulphuricum and Silicea.

These twelve Biochemic minerals are present in every cell of the human body and for proper functioning of body tissues, a correct balance of these minerals must be maintained. Dr Schuessler was of the opinion that the disease is caused by the insufficiency of one or more of these organic salts in the tissues/cells of the body and thusthe supply of these deficient salt(s) will cure the disease/ relieve symptoms.

 

The Biochemic remedies are usually available in the lower potencies or strengths (as compared to homoeopathic remedies) and they go from 3x, 6x, 12x to 30x.

 

These medicines are prescribed on evaluating several variables; the symptom(s), their aggravating factors (worsening the problems) and ameliorating factors (improving / alleviating the problem), state of the tongue, the discharges (nasal, sweat, vaginal etc).

For the readers’ benefit and easy grasp the indications for each of them are given below but itis sincerely requested to please take the guidance of a Homoeopath/ Biochemic practitioner and do NOT self-medicate.

 

 

S. no	Remedy	Action	Tongue	Discharges	Worse by	Better by
1	Calc-f	Keeps the muscles and skin elastic and protects bones and teeth.	Cracked	Thick, lumpy yellow discharges	damp weather, rest	Cold fomentation, rubbing, heat
2	Calc-p	Keeps bones and teeth healthy, general tonic	Bad taste in the morning	Albuminous (like the white of egg)	Night, cold, getting wet	Warm room, warm weather
3	Calc-s	Keeps the blood pure, all kinds of suppurations	Clay coloured, sour, soapy, acrid taste.	Much bloody – yellow mixed with blood	Getting wet,  washing, water	Warm, dry  environment
4	Ferr-p	Carries oxygen to every part of the body, first stages of all pains, fever, inflammations	Clean & red.	Dryness, burning & scanty expectoration mixed with blood.	Heat, hot drinks, motion, shaking of head, stooping	Cold air, cold applications
5	Kali-m	Prevents  congestion	White or grey coated	Thick, white, slime or phlegm, Motion clay coloured, Stools bloody, blood from scales (eczema)	Eating rich & fat food motion	Hot application & drinks
6	Kali-p	Keeps the brain and nerves healthy, Brain disorders.	Stale, brownish-mustard like taste. Dry in the morning	Blood thin, black, offensive odour. Burning scalding. Dysentery with pure blood, stools- offensive odour.	Noise, being alone, exertion, cold.	Cheerful excitement, gentle motion, rest, heat
7	Kali-s	Exchanges the oxygen in the cells and keeps the skin clear	Yellow, slimy, whitish edges, taste lost, burning heat in mouth	Slimy, yellowish or greenish mucus discharge. Skin hot and dry, scaling of scalp. Expectoration profuse – shiny, yellow/greenish	Evenings, warmth. Pains move from side to side.	Cool air, open air
8	Mag-p	Acts as an anti-spasmodic, Spasms, pains, cardiac related problems.	Clean / coated white. Dry mouth, sticky saliva at corners of lip.	Diarrhoea watery, menstrual flow – dark, clotted, intermittent	Open air, cold air, uncovering, touching, motion, cold drinks, pressure. at night.	Warm room, warm weather hot drinks, light pressure, friction, bending over double.
9	Nat-m	Distributes water and moisturises	Dry, parched, sore throat, salty taste, blisters.	Excess secretions, sneezing, vomiting of clear, watery phlegm (with great thirst). Diarrhoea watery. Thin watery blood with menses. Leucorrhoea discharge watery, starch like.	Cold air, open air	Evenings, warmth, pressure
10	Nat-p	Neutralises the acid in the stomach, Liver & gastric problems	Moist, yellow, creamy at back of tongue, acid taste.	Creamy discharges (eyes, ears). Vomiting of sour fluids,morning sickness, sour smelling stools (with mucus).Yellow discharges (eczema, leucorrhoea	Thunderstorm, afternoon, evening, open air, after eating. Itching in bed, Headache (morning)	Warmth, warm room, pressure
11	Nat-s	Keeps the liver functioning well, Diabetes, chills, pains	Dirty green, grey, brown,bitter taste, full of saliva	Pus changes to green on exposure to light. Diarrhoea green stools, urine red, brick-like. Diabetes, eczema yellow watery	Cold, wet, cold weather, water.	Dry and warm room, warm weather
12	Silicea	Cleans the blood and prevents abscesses,	Hardening of tongue, ulcers	Pustules, yellow pus,loose expectoration, rattling of thick yellow pus, stools foetid, offensive. pus & mucus in urine,foot sweat	Night, full moon, open air, cold air, winter	Heat, warm room, summer

 

Dr Satish Kanojia, Practising Homoeopathy & Biochemic since last 20 years; He is Assistant editor of National Journal of Homoeopathy, India’s largest Homoeopathic Journal. Dr Satish has rich experience in writing research articles, creating MCQs, Academic Crosswords and Sudokus