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Wildbad

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Wildbad Aqua · German Spa Water · "The Black Forest Spa Water Remedy"
MineralRarePsoric
Source
🎯 Acts primarily upon the spinal cord and joints, producing sensations of looseness, weakness, and congestive head symptoms.
📖 Clarke writes:
The Springs at Wildbad, in Würtemburg. (The water contains in 16 ounces, Carbonic ac. gr. 0.972, Nat. m. 1.808, Nat. c. 0.837, Nat. sul. 0.291, K. sul. 0.108, Calc. c. 0.738, Silicic acid 0.480, Mag. c. 0.079, Fer. C. 0.002, Alumina 0.004, and traces of Mang.). Dilution.
👤 Characteristics
Sphere of Action & Core States
Produces very distinct effects in a graduated series despite slight mineralisation
Initial sensation of the bath is delicious
Succeeded by sensations of slight excitement
Luminous sparks before the sight
Sensation as if a finer (plus subtil) blood flows to the brain
Sensation of something unusual and strange warning the patient to exit the bath
Chiefly indicated for affections of the spinal cord
More than half the patients are paraplegic
Key Characteristics & Guiding Symptoms
Sensation as if the brain were over-filled
Gnawing, sinking, empty sensation
Pain as if sprained
Sensation of looseness in the joints
Ankles loose
Knees loose
Bones seem as if they did not fit
Teeth seem too long
Hair, previously greasy, became dry
Beard became of a darker colour
Desire to stretch
Modalities
WORSE On waking at night
WORSE Lying down (throbbing and heat in occiput)
WORSE Walking (pain in sciatic nerve; looseness of knees)
Key Symptoms — Give When You See
Sensation as if the brain were over-filled, intolerable when lying with head on a pillow.
Clarke
Sensation of looseness in the joints, especially the knees and ankles, as if the bones did not fit.
Clarke
Throbbing and warmth in the occiput, significantly worse when lying down.
Clarke
Teeth feel too long or as if they had taken cold.
Clarke
Fine sticking pain in the eyes and eyebrows without affecting vision.
Clarke
Gnawing, sinking, empty sensation in the stomach and abdomen.
Clarke
Desire to stretch, accompanied by a feeling of comfort and warmth.
Clarke
Hair becomes dry and the beard may darken in color.
Clarke
Pain as if sprained in the joints and nape of the neck.
Clarke
Nails become so soft they are difficult to use.
Clarke
🩺 Systems & Indications
🧠Mind
Use for states of great depression, anxiety, and weak memory.
Great depression with anxiety.
Memory weak.
🔑 Modalities
Worse from
Waking at night
throbbing headache
heaviness in vertex
painful erections
Better from
Sitting erect
headache
sleeplessness
🌿 Remedy Relationships
🔄 Compare With
Sanguinaria Canadensis
📚 Sources & References
Kent's Materia MedicaClarke's DictionaryAllen's EncyclopediaBoericke's Materia MedicaHering's Guiding SymptomsHahnemann's Materia Medica PuraPhatak's Concise MM

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