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Tellurium Metallicum

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Tellurium Metal · "The Offensive Ear Spine Remedy"
tell.MineralRarePsoric
🎯 A remedy primarily acting on the skin, spine, ears, and eyes, characterized by offensive discharges and sensitive, painful areas.
📖 Boericke writes:
(TELLURIUM)
Marked skin ( ), spinal, eye and ear symptoms. Very sensitive back. Pains all over body. Offensive discharges. Slow development of symptoms (Radium) and sciatic pains.
👤 Constitution
•Individuals who are forgetful, neglectful, and highly sensitive to touch, especially along the spine.
⭐ Key Symptoms — Give When You See
Eczema behind ear.
ears
of middle ear, discharge , smells like fish-pickle.
ears
Itching, swelling, throbbing in .
ears
Pain in .--Pain from last to fifth , very sensitive; worse touch (Chin s; Phosph) ; worse right side, coughing, straining, and at night, with sensitive vertebral column.
back
Contraction of tendons in bends of knees.
back
🩺 Systems & Indications
👤HEAD
Useful for on the left side and facial muscle twitching associated with sensitivity.
Neglectful and forgetful.
Pain in left side of head and in forehead above left eye.
Distortion and twitching of left facial muscles; when speaking left angle of mouth drawn upwards and to left.
Fear of being touched in sensitive places.
Congestion to head and of neck, followed by weakness and faintness in stomach.
Itching of scalp; red spots.
🔑 Modalities
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💊 Dosage & Potency

Historical record, not a prescription. Boericke published this in 1927. It is not medical advice — consult a qualified practitioner before acting on it.

Summarised from the passage below — Boericke’s own wording is the record.

Sixth potency and higher
Other
📝Takes long time to develop its action · very prolonged
Primary Dosage
🌿 Remedy Relationships
🔄 Compare With
Sepia Officinalis →Arsenicum Album →Radium →Rhus Toxicodendron →Selenium Metallicum →Sulphur →

Boericke's Materia Medica

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Tellurium Metallicum is listed in 76 rubrics across 13 chapters — italicised by Boericke in 19 of them, marking the remedy as more frequently verified there.

Locomotor System14Ears13Eyes12Skin9Nervous System8Head5Modalities5Stomach2Face2Abdomen2Mind2Nose1Generalities1

See all 76 rubrics for Tellurium Metallicum →