Alumina Homeopathic remedies are prescribed on the principal that 'like cures like', in a tiny dilution - so the indications below are what a healthy person would feel if taking Alumina. If your symptoms fit within the symptoms below, then Alumina would be a good bet. The following are the strongest indications of Alumina for its use in homeopathy. Entries on a white backgorund are from Boericke's Materia Medica, other entries are from a reversed Kent's repertory. Homeopathic remedies are not the same as herbal remedies. Please remember though, this homeopathy materia medica is provided for information only, with no guarantee of accuracy; it is not intended as a substitute for medical advice, nor as a claim for the effectiveness of Alumina in treating any of the symptoms below. If symptoms persist, seek professional medical advice - minor symptoms can often be a sign of a more serious underlying condition. Homeopathic remedies are very dilute, and while the homeopathic remedy may be beneficial, the raw product may be harmful. To purchase Alumina and other homeopathic remedies online, please click the button above. A very general condition corresponding to this drug is Dryness of mucous membranes and skin, and Tendency to paretic muscular states. Old people, with lack of vital heat, or prematurely old, with debility. Sluggish functions, heaviness, numbness, and staggering, and the characteristic constipation find an excellent remedy in Alumina. Disposition to colds in the head, and eructations in spare, dry, thin subjects. Delicate children, products of artificial baby foods. BETTER, in open air; from cold washing; in evening and on alternate days. BETTER, damp weather. WORSE, periodically; in afternoon; from potatoes. WORSE, in morning on awakening; warm room. Relationships Compare: Aluminum chloridum ( Pains of loco-motor ataxia. Lower trit. in water. Slag silico-sulphocalcite of Alumina 3x (anal itching, piles, constipation, flatulent distention); Secale; Lathyr.;Plumb. Aluminum acetate solution ( Externally a lotion for putrid wounds and skin infections. Arrests hemorrhage from inertia of uterus. Parenchymatous hemorrhage from various organs 2-3% solution. Hemorrhage following tonsillectomy is controlled by rinsing out nasopharynx with a 10% sol. Complementary: Bryonia. Antidotes: Ipecac.; Chamomile. Low-spirited; fears loss of reason mind; talking, conversation; contrary (see obstinate, irritable); mind; insecure, uncertain, scared; fear; of evil; evening; ; mind; insecure, uncertain, scared; anxiety; of conscience (as if guilty of a crime); mind; intellectual faculties; impaired thinking; weakness of mind; after period; ; mind; intellectual faculties; impaired thinking; confusion; as to own identity; mind; emotions, feelings, attitude, disposition; unhappy; sadness, mental depression; morning; on waking; ; mind; emotions, feelings, attitude, disposition; mood; alternating mood; mind; emotions, feelings, attitude, disposition; irritability; mind; aversions, dislikes; cannot look at blood, or a knife; mind; talking, conversation; obstinate; Time passes slowly Confused as to personal identity Hasty, hurried Variable mood Better as day advances Suicidal tendency when seeing knife or blood. head; pain, headache; pressing (see bursting, pulling); forehead; while standing; ; Vertigo, with nausea; better after breakfast Stitching, burning pain in head, with vertigo, worse in morning, but relieved by food Pressure in forehead as from a tight hat Falling out of hair; scalp itches and is numb. head; pain, headache; sides; one side; ; head; pain, headache; stitching, sudden, sharp; brain; ; head; pain, headache; recurring headache; head; pain, headache; affected by certain foods and drinks (improved, brought on or aggravated); after eating; Throbbing headache, with constipation Inability to walk except with eyes open eye; tears; daytime only; ; eye; pain; burning, smarting, gnawing, biting; eye; itching; inner; ; eye; ulceration; conjunctiva (external lining of eye); ; eye; itching; corner; ; eye; inflammation; wounds; conjunctiva (external lining of eye); ; eye; dryness; eye; lids; stuck together; night; ; eye; lids; thickening of lids; Eyes feel cold Objects look yellow Lids dry, burn, smart, thickened, aggravated in morning; chronic conjunctivitis Ptosis Strabismus. vision; colours and shapes in front of eyes; colours; yellow; halo around the light; Eustachian tube feels plugged. Humming; roaring nose; discharge from nose; blood; nose; skin or lining of nose; cracks; tip; ; Membranes distended and boggy. Oxaena atrophica sicca Tettery redness Scabs with thick yellow mucus Point of nose Cracked, nostrils sore, RED; worse touch Fluent coryza Sense of smell diminished Pain at root of nose nose; skin or lining of nose; discoloration; redness; face; lips; chapped; Feels as if albuminous substance had dried on it Blood-boils and pimples Rush of blood to face after eating. Twitching of lower jaw Tensive pain in articulation of jaw when opening mouth or chewing. Sore Gums sore, bleeding Teeth covered with sordes Bad odor from it throat; dryness; evening; ; throat; pain; swallowing; on swallowing; ; throat; scraping; evening; ; throat; scraping; from dryness; ; throat; external throat; itching; DRY, sore; food cannot pass, oesophagus contracted Feels as if splinter or plug were in throat Constant inclination to clear the throat. Thick, tenacious mucus drops from posterior nares Clergyman’s sore throat in thin subjects Looks parched and glazed Irritable, and relaxed throat No desire to eat abdomen; stomach; indigestion; after potatoes; ; Pressing in both groins toward sexual organs Colic, like painter’s colic Can swallow but small morsels at a time Constriction of oesophagus. abdomen; bladder; urination; feeble stream (slow); morning on waking; ; Aversion to meat ( Graph.; Arn.; Puls.) Potatoes disagree Heartburn; feels constricted Stomach; Abnormal cravings - chalk, Charcoal, dry food, tea-grounds abdomen; pain; from lead poisoning; ; abdomen; stomach; appetite; reduced; abdomen; bladder; urination; delayed, difficult; must press; morning; ; abdomen; bladder; urination; delayed, difficult; must press; a long time before able to start; abdomen; stomach; indigestion; Left-sided abdominal complaints. abdomen; bladder; urination; feeble stream (slow); abdomen; stomach; vomiting; on coughing; ; rectum; constipation; inactivity of rectum; rectum; constipation; difficult stool; rectum; constipation; rectum; pain; soreness; during stool; ; rectum; diarrhoea; urinating; rectum; constipation; difficult stool; soft stool; rectum; pain; burning; during stool; ; rectum; pain; cutting; stool; like balls; like sheep dung; stool; dark; stool; bloody; stool; small (see long and narrow); stool; soft; stool; knotty, nodular, lumpy; stool; thin, liquid; stool; hard; stool; like balls; Evacuation preceded by painful urging long before stool, and then straining at stool. great straining Diarrhoea on urinating Constipation of infants (Collins.; Psor.; Paraf.) and old people from inactive rectum, and in women of very sedentary habit Even a soft is passed with difficulty Itching and burning at anus Rectum sore, dry, inflamed, bleeding Hard, dry, knotty; no desire Pain in kidneys, with mental confusion Frequent desire to urinate in old people Muscles of bladder paretic, Must strain at stool in order to urinate Difficult starting. genitals; urethra (urinary part of genitals); discharge; yellow; chronic; Involuntary emissions when straining at stool an.; Coccul.) Leucorrhoea Acrid, profuse, transparent, ROPY, with burning; worse during daytime, and after menses (Carb Prostatic discharge. Male; Excessive desire genitals; urethra (urinary part of genitals); discharge; yellow; genitals; urethra (urinary part of genitals); discharge; sharp mucous or pus; Female; Menses too early, short, Scanty, pale, followed by great exhaustion genitals; female; vaginal discharge; genitals; female; vaginal discharge; strong and sharp (acrid), wearing away skin; Relieved by washing with cold water. respiration; interrupted; coughing; ; Cough soon after waking in the morning Hoarse, aphonia, tickling in larynx; wheezing, rattling respiration Cough on talking or singing, In the morning Chest feels constricted Condiments produce cough Talking aggravates soreness of chest. respiration; difficult (dyspnea); with cough; cough; hacking cough; cough; suffocating; cough; dry cough; almost constant; cough; dry cough; cough; constant; cough; choking; cough; morning; ; chest; oppressed feeling; bending head forward; chest; pain; night; ; chest; pain; pressing; night; ; back; skin; itching; neck; ; back; pain; tearing; lumbar (lower half of back); ; back; pain; sore, bruised, beaten; back; pain; dorsal (shoulder level); spine; ; back; pain; back; tension; neck (see spasmodic pulling); ; Pain along cord, with paralytic weakness. Gnawing pain, as if from hot Iron Stitches back; pain; sore, bruised, beaten; lumbar (lower half of back); sacrum (base of spine); ; extremities, limbs; weakness; tottering; extremities, limbs; skin; out-break on skin; foot; herpes; extremities, limbs; pain; as if sprained; shoulder; raising the arm; ; extremities, limbs; pain; as if sprained; shoulder; ; extremities, limbs; skin; itching; toes; toes that had been frozen; ; extremities, limbs; weakness; lower limbs; ; extremities, limbs; pain; sore, bruised; foot; sole; while walking; ; extremities, limbs; pain; sore, bruised; foot; sole; ; extremities, limbs; pain; gnawing, biting; fingers; under nails; ; extremities, limbs; pain; fingers; nails; under the nails; ; extremities, limbs; movements and positions; incoordination; ataxia; extremities, limbs; skin; skin cracks at bends of joints; hands (see chapping); ; extremities, limbs; paralysis; extremities, limbs; pain; stitching, sudden, sharp; shoulder; ; extremities, limbs; pain; tearing; knee; knee cap; ; extremities, limbs; pain; stitching, sudden, sharp; hip; ; extremities, limbs; pain; stitching, sudden, sharp; knee; ; extremities, limbs; pain; tearing; lower limbs; ; extremities, limbs; pain; tearing; thigh; ; extremities, limbs; pain; tearing; knee; ; extremities, limbs; pain; tearing; knee; extending to other parts; downward; ; extremities, limbs; pain; tearing; leg; ; extremities, limbs; pain; tearing; leg; extending to toes; ; extremities, limbs; movements and positions; incoordination; extremities, limbs; heaviness; foot; ; Spinal degeneration and paralysis of lower limbs. Inability to walk, except when eyes are open or in daytime Brittle nails Gnawing beneath finger nails Soles tender; on stepping, feel soft and swollen heels feel numb staggers on walking Legs feel asleep, Especially when sitting with legs crossed Arms feel paralyzed extremities, limbs; heaviness; lower limbs; ; Pain in shoulder and upper arm Pain in arms and fingers, as if hot Iron penetrated extremities, limbs; hands and feet; corns; stinging; extremities, limbs; heaviness; leg; while sitting; ; extremities, limbs; heaviness; lower limbs; while sitting; ; extremities, limbs; heaviness; leg; ; sleep; dreams; robbers; sleep; waking; frequent; ; sleep; sleepiness, tiredness; sleep; dreams; anxious; Sleepy in morning. Restless; anxious and confused dreams chill; evening; ; chill; on waking; ; chill; after sleep; ; chill; in bed; ; chill; evening; in bed; ; fever; perspiration with heat; fever; one-sided; ; fever; one-sided; right; ; skin; itching; without visible out-break on skin; Brittle nails Brittle skin on fingers. Chapped and dry tettery Intolerable itching when getting warm in bed Must scratch until it bleeds; then becomes painful generalities; temperature (felt and effects of temperature); tendency to catch cold; generalities; temperature (felt and effects of temperature); warmth; generalities; walking; in open air; generalities; warmth; generalities; weakness (see lethargic, weariness); from talking; ; generalities; weakness (see lethargic, weariness); walking; ; generalities; weakness (see lethargic, weariness); walking; in open air; ; generalities; weariness (see weakness); generalities; symptoms not symmetrical; symptoms on one side; ; generalities; pulsation; internally; ; generalities; evening; ; generalities; open air; generalities; physical exertion; generalities; faintness, fainting; while standing; ; generalities; lethargic, tired; generalities; lying down; inclination to lie down; generalities; pain; pressing; together; generalities; periodic, recurring; ; generalities; weariness (see weakness); after talking; ; Alumina is available to buy through our online shop from WHP in USA, Boiron in USA, Boiron in Canada, Hylands in USA, Weleda in UK (not for export), Helios, Europe, by clicking the red 'View Purchase Options' button. Alternative names, keywords, and common mis-spellings Oxide of Aluminum, Argilla