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SPECTRUM OF HOMEOPATHY
Ulrich Welte ¦
Thallium
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he was very patient for years while a series of previous remedies
failed to work. Only when
Thal-o
helped him a lot did he take
control of the treatment, ordering fresh supplies of the remedy
himself and not returning to see me. So this ‘doctor-averse’
behaviour is evidently not limited to the Lanthanides.
CASE 3:
Thallium carbonicum
: the father and former
boss still meddles in the decision-making of the
family firm. A case of sciatica and hydrocele.
A middle-aged man comes to the practice for sciatica and hy-
drocele. He says his complaints are due to the fact that his father
is still interfering in the family firm that he sold him several
years ago. The patient runs the firm successfully, continually
expanding it, so there is no reason for complaint. He finds it
unbearable that his father acts as if he knows best and cannot
keep out of the decision-making. After
Thallium carbonicum
1M the sciatica rapidly improves and after three months can
hardly be felt any longer. The hydrocele has also improved by
about 30%.
CASE 4:
Thallium sulphuricum
: circular loss of hair in a
woman whose boss wants to hand on power to
her but does not actually relinquish it
Alopecia areata is often said to be an ‘approved indication’
for
Thallium
but it works best only when it coincides with a
Thallium
situation.
Roughly speaking the remedy works in a maximum of a quar-
ter of cases. So here I will briefly describe a woman who was
indeed helped by
Thallium sulphuricum
because it fitted her
overall dilemma.
A powerful, strong-willed, earthy woman of about 30 comes to
the practice due to alopecia areata during her first pregnancy.
She stresses contemptuously how sceptical she is of homeopathy
but during her pregnancy she does not want to take any chem-
THALLIUM
Thallium is a bluish, lustrous, soft, base heavy metal that chemically and physically resembles lead. Thallium compounds are highly
toxic. Thallium occurs naturally together with lead and zinc. It and its compounds are used in low-temperature thermometers
and to produce optics transparent to infrared light.
Thallium toxicity: Thallium is always converted to the toxic monovalent form in the organism, causing extremely severe dam-
age to the nervous system and the kidneys and liver. The progress of acute Thallium toxicity is very characteristic. After initial
nausea with vomiting and mild diarrhoea, there is a symptom-free interval of two to three days. This is followed by generalised
gastroenteritis with heavy diarrhoea and vomiting with cramps. In addition toxic polyneuropathy develops, which can lead to
paraesthesia, hyperaesthesia, and irreversible paralysis as well as emotional disturbances. There is frequently blindness and / or
hearing loss. Due to damage to the epithelium, poisoning very often leads to loss of hair on the scalp.
Murder by poisoning: Thallium is the most common poison nowadays. It is close to Polonium in the periodic table. It was
initially suspected to have been used in the London attack on the Russian ex-secret service agent Alexander Litvinenko. Since
the metal powder has no smell or taste, it can be easily mixed with food, without attracting attention. A gram of Thallium is
sufficient to kill an adult. (Alexander Litvinenko died on November 23, 2006 at the age of 43 after being poisoned with radio-
active Polonium-210.)
Even if
Thallium
were reckoned to be approved for hair loss, author
Ulrich Welte with his extensive experience in the joint practice with
his colleagues cannot confirm that it frequently helps, unless there
are other indications of the Gold series and / or stage 13.
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