Biochemic tissue salt

Biochemic tissue salts (also known as Schuessler Cell Salts, cell salts, tissue salts, or mineral salts) are homeopathic preparations. The controversial ideas they are based on were developed by German doctor Wilhelm Heinrich Schuessler (or Schüßler) (CE 1821 to CE 1898) who believed that the deficiency of these mineral salts causes diseases and published the results of his experiments in a German homeopathic journal in March 1873, leading to a list of 12 Biochemic cell salts that remain popular amongst those interested in Alternative medicine.[1] Although firmly within the homeopathy movement of his day, the modern definition of Homeopathy tends to exclude his concept of Homeopathic potency[2] that, while very dilute, still retained small amounts of the original salt.

The tissue salts

The list of the twelve tissue salts promoted by Schuessler, in the numeric order most often associated with them, are tabulated along with their alternative names. Around the beginning of the twentieth century, Dr. Eli Jones and other doctors studied Schüßler's ideas and derived new ones;[3] and by the end of that century Schüßler's name (in various forms of spelling) and list of twelve "tissue salts", often with many more added, were commonly found in health shops and alternative medicine books.[4]

Number Short Name Alternative Names (Modern chemical name first) Chemical formula Notes
1 Calc. Fluor. Calcium Fluoride, Calcium fluoratum, Calcii Fluoridum, Calcarea Fluorica, Fluoride of Lime
Common name: Fluorite or Fluorspar 		CaF2
2 Calc. Phos. Calcium Phosphate, Calcium phosphoricum, Calcii Phosphas Precipitata, Calcarea Phosphorica
Common Name: Phosphate of Lime 		Ca3(PO4)2
3 Ferr. Phos. Iron(II) phosphate, Ferrum phosphoricum, Ferrous phosphate, Ferroso-ferric Phosphate, Ferrum Phosphoicum
Occurs naturally in vivianite 		Fe3(PO4)2 Not to be confused with Iron(III) phosphate
4 Kali. Mur. Potassium Chloride, Kalium chloratum, Kali Chloradum, Muriate of Potash, Kali Muriaticum KCl Not to be confused with Potassium Chlorate (K Cl O3, Kali Chloricum)!
5 Kali. Phos. Dipotassium phosphate, Kalium phosphoricum, Potassii Phosphas, Kali Phosoricum
Old Common Name: Phosphate of Potash 		K2HPO4
6 Kali. Sulph. Potassium Sulphate, Kalium sulfuricum, Kali Sulpas, Kali Sulphuricum, Potash of Sulfur K2 SO4
7 Mag. Phos. Dimagnesium phosphate, Magnesium phosphate, Magnesium phosphoricum, Magnesium Phosphoricum, Magnesia Phosphorica
Old Common Name: Phosphate of Magnesia 		Mg HPO4.7H2O
8 Nat. Mur. Sodium Chloride, Natrium chloratum, Chloruretum Sodicum, Natrum Chloratum Purum, Sodii Chloridum, Muriate of Soda, Chloride of Sodium, Halite, Natrum Muriaticum
Common Names: Table Salt, Common Salt, Salt. 		NaCl
9 Nat. Phos. Disodium hydrogen phosphate ("Sodium Phosphate, dibasic"), Natrium phosphoricum, Natri Phosphas, Sodae Phosphas, Sodii Phosphas, Natrum Phosphoricum
Common Name: Phosphate of Soda 		Na2HPO4.12H2O
10 Nat. Sulph. Sodium sulphate, Natrium sulfuricum, Sodae Sulphas, Sodii Sulphas, Natrum Sulphuricum
Common Names: Glauber's Salt, Sulphate of Soda. Found naturally as: sal mirabilis 		Na2SO4.10H2O
11 Silica Silicon dioxide, Silicea, Silicea Tera, Silex, Silicic Oxide
Common Names: Quartz, Silicious Earth 		SiO2
12 Calc. Sulph. Calcium Sulphate (or Calcium sulfate), Calcium sulfuricum, Calcarea Sulphurica, Calcii Sulphas,
Common name: Plaster of Paris. Found in nature as gypsum, alabaster and selenite. 		CaSO4 Schüssler eventually dropped this from his list.[5] Sometimes given 3rd place in the list.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "The history of the cell salts". Retrieved 1 September 2014.
  2. ↑ Schuessler Cell Salts: Potency
  3. ↑ Jones, Eli (1911). Definite medication, containing therapeutic facts gleaned from forty years practice. Therapeutic Publishing Co. pp. 69–71.
  4. ↑ Snehal Singh (2012). "The magic of mineral salts". Complete Wellbeing. Retrieved 6 February 2014.
  5. ↑ Boericke, William; Dewey, Willis A. (1888). The Twelve Tissue Remedies of Schüssler (5th ed.). p. 50.