Salts of Life biochemic cell salts by Karen Bartlett

 

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his article is a guide for the use of biochemic

 

cell salts and the role of spagyrics in producing

 

salt tinctures. The cell salts have been gaining

 

popularity and are taking their place amongst

 

the various homeopathic remedies now being rediscovered,

 

as people increasingly lose faith in the big

 

pharmaceutical companies and their dangerous drug

 

pedaling. More people are turning to Nature for the

 

cures that She provides, once (and hopefully once

 

again) accessible to everyone on the Earth.

 

The Salts of Life

 

Karen Bartlett

 

Cell salts

 

Cell salts are homeopathic preparations

 

of certain mineral compounds found within

 

all living things. Cell salts represent a selfcontained

 

homeopathic system that lends

 

itself to easy home use. Twelve in number,

 

cell salts are an extremely versatile, natural

 

healing method.

 

The cell salt system of medicine is based

 

upon the 1858 cell theory of Virchow. He said

 

that the body is a collection of cells and that all

 

medical treatment should centre on the health

 

of the individual cell. Together with German

 

biochemist Willhelm Heinrich Schüßler, they

 

developed a system of medicine based on cellular

 

health. Schüßler found in 1873 that there are

 

certain essential minerals that the body requires.

 

He discovered this by studying the remains of

 

numerous cadavers and examining them after

 

calcinations or burning to see what essential

 

elements remained. He found that an imbalance

 

or a lack of any of these minerals may lead

 

to disease in the tissues so lacking. Providing

 

the missing minerals to the tissues corrects that

 

imbalance and so eliminates the illness. Thus,

 

the cell salts facilitate a rebalancing of the body,

 

enabling its natural disease controlling mechanisms

 

to function. To this end, the cell salts are

 

not a cure or a medicine

 

per se, but a powerful

 

body function balancing supplement.

 

As the importance of the inorganic components

 

of cells was recognised, the 12 salts were

 

found to be the basic building blocks of the cell.

 

It was also found that water and other organic

 

substances were used by the salts in building the

 

cells of the body. If a deficiency exists in any of

 

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these salts, the cell and consequently the body

 

would suffer.

 

The analytical chemist Charles W. Littlefield

 

wrote that “The twelve mineral salts are,

 

in a very real sense, the material basis of the

 

organs and tissues of the body and are absolutely

 

essential to their integrity of structure

 

and functional activity. Experiments prove

 

that the various tissue salts will rapidly disintegrate

 

in the absence of the proper proportion of

 

these salts in the circulation fluid, whereas the

 

maintenance of this proportion insures healthy

 

growth and perpetual renewal. These mineral

 

salts are, therefore, the physical basis of all healing.

 

Regardless of the school employed, if these

 

are absent from the blood and tissues, no permanent

 

cure is possible.”

 

These 12 cell salts (see Table 1, below) are

 

essential for the health and growth of the body.

 

They are grouped into phosphates, chlorides,

 

sulphates, and fluorides (also silicea).

 

These 12 cell salts were found to constitute

 

the human body. Due to the minute scale of

 

cells, the ideal way to replenish any deficiency

 

is through very small micronutrients that go

 

directly to the depleted cells. Tinctures of the

 

salts are easily absorbed, enabling the salts to

 

go directly to the bloodstream without the body

 

expending unnecessary energy in digesting and

 

processing the micronutrient cell salts.

 

Homeopathy

 

Many people are confused about homeopathy.

 

Homeopathy has been around for a very

 

long time. Many remedies are listed in the

 

Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia of the United States

 

including the cell salts, and they are grandfathered

 

in to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration

 

(FDA). To quote an article on the FDA

 

website by Isadora B. Stehlin: “Homeopathy is

 

a medical theory and practice that developed in

 

reaction to the bloodletting, blistering, purging,

 

and other harsh procedures of conventional

 

medicine as it was practiced more than 200

 

years ago. Remedies made from many sources

 

– including plants, minerals, or animals – are

 

prescribed based on both a person’s symptoms

 

and personality. Patients receiving homeopathic

 

care frequently feel worse before they get better

 

because homeopathic medicines often simulate,

 

rather than suppress symptoms. This seeming

 

reversal of logic is a relevant part of homeopathy

 

because symptoms are viewed as the body’s

 

effort to restore health.”

 

So homeopathy (from the Greek

 

hómoios,

 

meaning similar, and

 

páthos, suffering or disease),

 

grew out of need to replace earlier, barbaric

 

medical practices. Some homeopathic

 

products contain what appear to be very poisonous

 

substances such as poison ivy, mercury,

 

arsenic, antimony, etc.

 

In the late 1700s, a German physician named

 

Samuel Hahnemann looked for a way to make

 

gentler medicines with less side effects than

 

many offered at the time. He developed the

 

Biochemic cell salt Abbreviation

 

Calcium fluoride Calc fluor

 

Calcium phosphate Calc phos

 

Calcium sulphate Calc sulph

 

Potassium chloride Kali mur

 

Potassium phosphate Kali phos

 

Potassium sulphate Kali sulph

 

Sodium phosphate Natrum phos

 

Sodium sulphate Natrum sulph

 

Sodium chloride Natrum mur

 

Ferric pyrophosphate Ferrum phos

 

Magnesium phosphate Mag phos

 

Silicon dioxide Silicea

 

Table 1:

 

The 12 biochemic cell salts and their abbreviations

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three homeopathic principles, namely the law

 

of similars, the minimum dose, and the single

 

remedy. Hahnemann deduced that if a large

 

amount of something causes symptoms in a

 

healthy person, then a small amount of the

 

same can treat the symptoms in someone else –

 

much like the way a modern vaccine works. He

 

tested his theory on himself and others, finally

 

narrowing it down to the most infinitesimal,

 

minute quantities of the substance to treat the

 

symptom. He found that the smallest amount

 

increased the medicine’s effectiveness. And so

 

the cell salts follow Hahnemann’s theory and are

 

homeopathic in nature. They are produced in

 

various strengths, the most common being 6X

 

and 7X dilutions. A level of dilution as much as

 

12X can be prescribed for acute conditions.

 

Many health food stores now carry biochemic

 

cell salts, as more naturopaths are prescribing

 

them. Increasing numbers of people are

 

discovering the benefits of the salts and the 12

 

remedies. The cell salts now sold commercially

 

are in lactose pill form, and increasing numbers

 

of people are discovering their benefits. Particularly

 

(although not exclusively) for the lactose

 

intolerant, there is another alternative: the tincture

 

or liquid form of the cell salts dissolved into

 

an alcohol base, much in the way of other herbal

 

tinctures. These cell salts are dissolved into grain

 

alcohol in the same titrations as the pill form.

 

The advantage of taking a cell salt in tincture,

 

as opposed to tablet, form is that it allows for an

 

even more rapid absorption of the remedy into

 

the bloodstream. The alcohol is relatively safe for

 

anyone, amounting to only a few drops of alcohol

 

– even less than the amount ingested when

 

taking a cough syrup.

 

Spagyric tinctures

 

To explain the spagyric tincture one has to

 

explore alchemy. Indeed, both tinctures and

 

biochemic cell salts themselves occupy the realm

 

of homeopathy, which arose from alchemy.

 

Spagyric

 

– a term that Paracelsus coined

 

back in the 1400s – means

 

to separate and recombine.

 

According to Robert Allen Bartlett in

 

Real

 

Alchemy

 

, “Paracelsus (born Theophrastus Bombast

 

von Hohenheim in Switzerland 1493) revolutionised

 

the Alchemical Art and is considered

 

to be one of the fathers of modern chemistry and

 

pharmaceutical medicine. A respected physician

 

and university lecturer, Paracelsus demonstrated

 

the power and effectiveness of alchemically

 

prepared medicines. He stressed to his colleagues

 

the importance of looking carefully into

 

alchemy as a source for medicines far beyond

 

Left to right: Willhelm Heinrich Schüßler, Samuel Hahnemann, and Paracelsus

 

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what the current pharmaceutical technology

 

could produce …”

 

But what is alchemy? Most people associate

 

alchemy with clichéd scenarios of a supposedly

 

ignorant mediæval scholar trying to turn

 

lead into gold, and a lot of wealthy people being

 

subsequently duped by this supposed miracle

 

art. A fine and accurate description of alchemy

 

and its goals is offered, oddly enough, by a skeptic

 

of alchemy, Lucia K. B. Hall, in her lecture

 

‘Alchemy and Science’: “But alchemy is not

 

about transforming nature in order to understand

 

nature, it is about transforming nature

 

in order to understand how to transform man.

 

An understanding of the precise chemical steps

 

that transforms base, ‘unripe’ metals into gold

 

is supposed to lead to an equal understanding

 

of the precise philosophical steps required to

 

transform man’s body into the gold of perfect

 

health and immortality and his soul into the

 

spiritual gold of complete understanding of and

 

perfect union with the mystical reality or, in

 

some cases, with god …”

 

And so the main task of alchemy is to transform

 

on all levels, from the physical to the

 

mental and spiritual state to the highest level.

 

Hence, alchemy is

 

an evolution on all levels. Gold

 

was considered the highest attainment of matter

 

and so, logically, if the alchemist could produce

 

gold from impure matter, he would also mirror

 

the process in and of himself. In order to have

 

a superior homeopathic or medicinal tincture,

 

one must evolve that mineral or plant subject to

 

its highest state: its

 

gold, as it were. And that is

 

where the spagyric process comes in.

 

A spagyric tincture is made by a careful

 

process in which all the parts of the mineral or

 

plant are separated through a process of heat and

 

distillation, before being brought to the highest

 

and purest potential state. The mineral or

 

plant subject is separated into its mind, body,

 

and spirit, as alchemy assumes that trinity is

 

present in all living things. Having quickened

 

the subject to its highest evolutionary state, the

 

components are then recombined, providing a

 

superior

 

living tincture. As all the bodies of each

 

part of the mineral or plant have been separated

 

and perfected, when they are recombined and

 

brought into the body, the effect is transferred to

 

the person ingesting the remedy, thus affecting

 

a cure not only on the physical level, but also on

 

more subtle levels, of the body.

 

Spagyric tinctures resonate with the

 

chi flow

 

in the human body. The flow of

 

chi is an important

 

part of healing as evidenced by acupuncture,

 

acupressure, therapeutic touch, and many

 

other systems that work on the subtle energy

 

bodies of both humans (and other animals). It

 

is this that makes a spagyric tincture – with its

 

mother salts mined from the Earth, carefully

 

prepared in a year long process and aged like

 

fine wine – superior.

 

The function of the cell

 

Cells are composed of three basic parts: the

 

nucleus, or brain of the cell; the cytoplasm,

 

which provides nourishment to the nucleus;

 

and the cell membrane, which contains both

 

and provides form and protection. The cell is a

 

chemical factory in which hundreds of chemical

 

reactions take place. The nucleus of the cell controls

 

everything that goes on in this factory. It is

 

a necessary function of the cell membrane to let

 

in proper nutrients in order to fuel this factory

 

and keep out harmful entities, such as bacteria

 

and viruses. Energy is produced via the burning

 

of oxygen and sugar in the cell. The catalyst for

 

this process is in the form of an enzyme, which

 

gathers necessary raw material for the reactions

 

to take place. Should that enzyme be lacking,

 

the exact sequence of reactions is not possible

 

and the cell cannot survive. The enzymes in

 

a cell wear out after awhile. The nucleus acts

 

as a template to produce more enzymes. The

 

enzymes must be constructed out of basic materials,

 

namely proteins, vitamins, and minerals.

 

If one’s diet is deficient in these ingredients then

 

the cell cannot properly replenish the enzymes.

 

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The chemical factory comes to a halt and the cell

 

dies. The raw materials needed must be sourced

 

on a daily basis. The cytoplasm contains all of

 

the basic 12 biochemic salts. Different types of

 

cells require more or less of certain of the salts

 

(i.e. nerve cells require larger amounts of potassium

 

phosphate to function; blood cells higher

 

amounts of ferric pyrophosphate). Although

 

proper nutrition is important to the health of

 

the body and cells, diet and common vitamin

 

supplements often overlook these essential

 

micronutrient salts that cells require in order to

 

remain healthy.

 

Many of the body’s processes are electrically

 

charged in nature. Cell enzymes work to

 

attract the necessary raw materials by means of

 

electrical attraction. It is well documented that

 

the electromagnetic energy of the Moon has an

 

effect upon the Earth and ocean tides. As inhabitants

 

of the Earth we cannot help but be influenced

 

by the electromagnetism of our external

 

environment. So too the cellular factory of our

 

bodies. It could be said that all living things are

 

affected by prevailing cosmic influences. At the

 

moment of birth human beings are affected by

 

the electromagnetic rays bombarding the Earth,

 

influencing the individual’s personality tendencies

 

and physical functioning.

 

In his studies, Schüßler found that human

 

beings are born with a deficiency of at least three

 

of the biochemic cell salts, as a result of being

 

in the womb for nine months. Dr. George W.

 

Carey noted that the sign on the Eastern horizon

 

at the time of birth (i.e. rising sign or ascendant)

 

greatly influenced the balance of these

 

essential salts in the cells. Before dismissing

 

this, consider the following article, ‘The Birth

 

Month for the Best Health’, from the Associated

 

Press (opposite).

 

The cell salts and astrology

 

Some people may consider that the astrology

 

connection is hogwash. But before dismissing

 

such a link, consider again the subtle forces that

 

are known to work on the body. It is established

 

that we are constantly bombarded by electromagnetic

 

rays from the Moon, the Sun and the

 

stars. These rays are affecting every living thing

 

on the planet, including ocean tides, weather

 

and the growth cycles of the Earth.

 

Astrology is based on the premise that you

 

are the centre of your personal Universe –

 

that

 

you are the Sun

 

, so to speak – and that the horizon

 

at the time and place of your birth revolves

 

around you. This places a unique stamp upon

 

you at birth, determining your personality and

 

tendencies upon arrival into physical existence,

 

i.e. the electromagnetic energies stamp a pattern

 

into the energy configurations of your brain.

 

Studies have been undertaken in Japan

 

which examine the effects of the time of year

 

upon chemical processes and reactions. It was

 

found that the conditions of the Earth’s electromagnetic

 

fields influenced the rate of reaction.

 

This also confirms the ancient alchemists’

 

insistence that the time of year would influence

 

the outcome of an operation.

 

Hippocrates, the father of medicine, wrote

 

that “A physician cannot safely administer

 

medicine if he is unacquainted with astrology.”

 

That is, a physician should not do anything

 

with a patient prior to synchronising with

 

the Earth cycles, or the treatment could fail or

 

have complications.

 

“Used properly, astrology is the operator’s manual for ourselves, guiding us

 

to our purpose in this life and showing us our predispositions to ailments and

 

imbalances in all our bodies. To this end, astrology also maps the remedies.”

 

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The Birth Month for the Best Health

 

People who are born in December are quite possibly healthier than the rest of us-and a lot healthier

 

than those born in March.

 

Those with December birthdays are predisposed to respiratory syncytial virus, an infection that

 

causes pneumonia, but that’s nothing compared to people who are born in March, who are predisposed

 

to a veritable medical textbook of illnesses and disorders: Alzheimer’s, schizophrenia, autism,

 

narcolepsy, Hodgkin’s disease, multiple sclerosis, bipolar disorder, and epilepsy.

 

Medical experts from a variety of prestigious research institutions, including Stanford University,

 

Southwest Missouri State University, and Stanley Medical Research Institute in Bethesda, MD., have

 

independently found a link between the month in which you were born and predisposition to certain

 

illnesses, reports ABC News. If there is any explanation between birth month and disease it is

 

most likely environmental, although no study has been able to prove a definitive cause-and-effect

 

relationship. For example, foetal exposure to a virus in the second trimester of pregnancy when

 

neurodevelopment begins may be linked to schizophrenia.

 

The medical experts agree that while there appears to be a pattern between birth month and

 

disease, none of this is a prediction for what will happen to specific individuals. In addition, more

 

research is needed to figure out how a person’s birth month actually influences his or her health.

 

Month Predisposed illnesses

 

January Alzheimer’s disease, schizophrenia, respiratory syncytial virus

 

February Alzheimer’s disease, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, epilepsy

 

March Alzheimer’s disease, schizophrenia, autism, narcolepsy, Hodgkin’s

 

disease, multiple sclerosis, bipolar disorder, epilepsy

 

April Leukemia, dyslexia, learning disabilities, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson’s

 

disease, bipolar disorder, epilepsy, amyotrophic lateral

 

sclerosis (ALS)

 

May Dyslexia, learning disabilities, multiple sclerosis, amyotrophic lateral

 

sclerosis (ALS), Parkinson’s disease

 

June Anorexia, diabetes, dyslexia, learning disabilities, multiple sclerosis,

 

amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), Parkinson’s disease, and celiac

 

disease

 

July Diabetes, celiac disease, dyslexia, learning disabilities

 

August Diabetes, celiac disease, autism, Crohn’s disease

 

September Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), asthma

 

October Asthma, eczema

 

November Asthma, eczema, respiratory syncytial virus

 

December Respiratory syncytial virus

 

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Used properly, astrology is the operator’s

 

manual for ourselves, guiding us to our purpose

 

in this life and showing us our predispositions

 

to ailments and imbalances in all our bodies. To

 

this end, astrology also maps the remedies.

 

Each of the twelve signs of the zodiac – that

 

is, Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo,

 

Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricorn, Aquarius,

 

and Pisces – corresponds to a time of the year,

 

beginning with Aries at the spring equinox and

 

ending with Pisces. The individual astrological

 

chart alters the original pattern according

 

to the horizon surrounding the individual at

 

the time of birth, so that not every sign is in its

 

proper house, i.e. Aries first, Pisces twelfth. This

 

interplay of energies is what makes each person

 

unique. The house is the playing field, or the

 

where

 

in which the energies are operating. The

 

planet in the house is

 

what is operating, and the

 

sign on the cusp of the house is the

 

how of it.

 

These can be benefic, or easy and compatible,

 

or malefic, which is a struggle.

 

Bad aspects are

 

challenges we present to ourselves to work out

 

here. Anyway, this is not the place to go into an

 

in-depth lesson in astrology. Suffice to say it all

 

involves subtle and physical energies that affect

 

each person uniquely.

 

The Sun’s position in a chart influences body

 

chemistry. Saturn also affects health. The south

 

node of the Moon, calculated by the time of day

 

of birth, is also important with regards to which

 

cell salt regimen one should follow. Although

 

there are basic salts assigned to each Sun sign,

 

the ideal way to individually tailor a supplement

 

regimen is to have your chart cast. If you are

 

unable to visit an astrologer, there are websites

 

where you can get a chart made for your specific

 

time, place and date of birth. You need to know

 

your Sun sign, Saturn, Moon’s nodes, and rising

 

sign or ascendant. Without all of this information,

 

a regimen can still be created, although a

 

few elements may be missing.

 

The cell salts that you will need to take will

 

be the ones that correspond to each of the above

 

components of your chart. There are three for

 

each Sun sign – these are your

 

bridge salts.

Using the cell salts for remedies

 

In addition to the cell salts being an excellent

 

way to supplement and balance the physical

 

body, they are also an excellent and safe

 

way to treat minor ailments. Biochemic cell

 

salts are an excellent way to begin using effective

 

homeopathic remedies, and are completely

 

safe. The cell salts may be used by themselves

 

for the afflictions listed below, or to benefit certain

 

organ systems and functions of the body.

 

They may also be used in combination with each

 

other to treat specific symptoms. Some combinations

 

for symptomatic relief of various afflictions

 

follow (see Table 2, opposite).

 

Remedies for animals

 

One of the best tests regarding the efficacy

 

of natural cures lies with administering doses

 

of the remedy to our four footed brothers and

 

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sisters, primarily because the placebo effect

 

does not come into play with animal healing. I

 

have used many remedies on my dogs, cats and

 

horses in particular, with much success.

 

For example, a biochemic cell salt remedy

 

for skin allergies and sores was given to my

 

horse who suffers every year from sweet itch, a

 

severe allergic reaction to the bite of the midge

 

or gnat. I have given her cell salts when she

 

was acute and her sores healed up within the

 

week. During the spring and summer months

 

when she is vulnerable I routinely administer a

 

Affliction Biochemic cell salt (abbreviated)

 

Insomnia, sciatica, neuralgia, neuritis Ferrum phos, kali phos, mag phos

 

General debility, nervous exhaustion,

 

convalescence

 

Calc phos, kali phos, ferrum phos

 

Acidity, heartburn, dyspepsia Mag phos, natrum sulph, silicea

 

Dermatitis, acne, eczema, skin ailments Kali mur, kali sulph, calc sulph, silicea

 

Indigestion, colic, flatulence Calc phos, natrum phos, natrum sulph

 

Fatigue, headache, migraine, nervous headache Kali phos, natrum mur, silicea

 

Lumbago, backache, piles, loss of elasticity Calc fluor, kali phos, natrum mur

 

Hayfever, allergic rhinitis Mag phos, natrum mur

 

Fibrositis, muscular pain Ferrum phos, kali sulph, mag phos

 

Congestion, cough, cold Ferrum phos, kali mur, natrum mur

 

Weak brittle nails, falling hair kali sulph., natrum mur, silicea

 

Circulatory disorders, varicose veins Calc fluor, natrum mur

 

Rheumatism Calc phos, natrum phos

 

Menstrual pain Calc phos, kali phos, mag phos

 

Poor circulation, chilblains, aching feet and legs Calc fluor, kali phos, mag phos

 

Sinus, sinus disorders, catarrh Ferrum phos, kali sulph, natrum mur

 

Erupting teeth, infants teething pain Calc fluor, ferrum phos, mag phos, silicea

 

Stomach upset, biliousness, sick headache,

 

digestive disorders

 

Kali mur, natrum sulph

 

First stage of illness Ferrum phos, kali mur

 

Calcium absorption, low calcium levels,

 

osteoporosis

 

Calc phos, silicea, natrum phos

 

Table 2:

 

Biochemic cell salt remedies for various afflictions

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Biochemic cell salt

 

(abbreviated)

 

Physical component Affliction

 

Calc fluor Bones, teeth, skin, connective

 

tissues, elastic fibres of the veins

 

and glands

 

Loose teeth, haemorrhoids, skin

 

diseases, hardened glands, poor

 

circulation, ailments of the tendons

 

and ligaments

 

Calc phos Bones, glands, nerves, blood,

 

gastric juices, connective tissues

 

Convalescent, bone diseases,

 

rheumatism, rickets

 

Calc sulph Tissues of the skin, blood, mucous

 

membranes

 

Abscesses, boils, styes, skin ulcers,

 

infections

 

Ferrum phos Blood, veins, arteries, lungs, ears,

 

nose

 

Anti-inflammatory, infections,

 

anemia, internal hemorrhaging,

 

beginning stages of all acute illness

 

Kali mur Muscles, nerve cells, blood,

 

mucous membranes, brain cells

 

Ear and throat ailments, tonsillitis

 

Kali phos Brain, nerve cells, spinal cord,

 

blood system

 

Depression, apathy, stress, irritability,

 

poor memory, irrational

 

fears

 

Kali sulph Tissues of the skin, mucous membranes,

 

throat and lungs

 

Bronchial sinus, oily skin, athlete’s

 

foot, moving pains, excess sweat,

 

late stages of all inflammations

 

Mag phos Nerves, muscles, heart Shooting pains, cramps, spasms,

 

neuralgia, angina, colic, convulsions,

 

general pains

 

Natrum mur Water, part of every fluid and

 

solid in the body

 

Too dry or too much moisture,

 

headaches, chronic diarrhoea,

 

hayfever, watery eyes, dry eyes,

 

flaky skin

 

Natrum phos Biochemical acid balancer All conditions of acidosis, heartburn,

 

dyspepsia, digestive upsets,

 

intestinal worms and other

 

parasites

 

Natrum sulph Intercellular fluids, liver, pancreas,

 

bile, intestines, descending

 

colon

 

Watery secretions, light sensitivity,

 

gas, biliousness, migraines,

 

asthma

 

Silicea Ridding the body of non-functional

 

matter

 

Cleanses and eliminates waste,

 

slow healing wounds, helpful for

 

all septic conditions of the body

 

Table 3:

 

Pharmacopoeia for various afflictions using the cell salts

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Table 4:

 

Astrological associations with the cell salts

Dates Astrological sign Biochemic cell salt

 

(abbreviated)

 

3/21/40 to 5/08/42 Taurus Natrum sulph

 

5/09/42 to 6/20/44 Gemini Kali mur

 

6/21/44 to 8/02/46 Cancer Calc fluor

 

8/03/46 to 9/19/48 Leo Mag phos

 

9/20/48 to 4/03/49 Virgo Kali sulph

 

4/04/49 to 5/29/49 Leo Mag phos

 

5/30/49 to 11/20/50 Virgo Kali sulph

 

11/20/50 to 3/07/51 Libra Natrum phos

 

03/08/51 to 8/13/51 Virgo Kali sulph

 

8/14/51 to 10/22/53 Libra Natrum phos

 

10/23/53 to 1/12/56 Scorpio Calc sulph

 

01/13/56 to 05/14/56 Sagittarius Silicea

 

5/15/56 to 10/10/56 Scorpio Calc sulph

 

10/11/56 to 1/05/59 Sagittarius Silicea

 

1/06/59 to 1/03/63 Capricorn Calc phos

 

1/04/62 to 3/24/64 Aquarius Natrum mur

 

3/25/64 to 9/17/64 Pisces Ferrum phos

 

9/18/64 to 12/16/64 Aquarius Natrum mur

 

12/17/64 to 03/03/67 Pisces Ferrum phos

 

3/04/67 to 4/29/69 Aries Kali phos

 

4/30/69 to 6/18/71 Taurus Natrum sulph

 

Aries

 

 

Taurus Gemini Cancer Leo Virgo Libra Scorpio Sagittarius Capricorn Aquarius Pisces

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ALCHEMYJOURNAL

combination of cell salts and herbal tinctures,

 

such as cleavers (

 

galium aparine) and flax (linum

 

usitatissimum

 

) seed, with good results. Every

 

year her condition improves. A friend used the

 

cell salts on her large malamute suffering from

 

heat sores that were not successfully treated by

 

the veterinarian. She had considered euthanising

 

the dog. I suggested that she try the cell

 

salt remedies and she did so with great success,

 

and was amazed at the results. Some of

 

the biochemic salts good for skin conditions

 

and healing include kali sulph, natrum mur

 

and silicea.

 

Animals generally respond well to natural

 

therapies. The best part about it is that one

 

needn’t buy a larger quantity of medicine for

 

effective dosing of a horse, compared to the

 

amount required for a cat or even a human. The

 

way homeopathic solutions work is that less is

 

actually better than more, so the dose really is

 

about the same for a horse as it is for a human.

 

Pharmacopoeia for minor ailments

 

using the cell salts

 

Cell salts can be combined to effect a more

 

complete healing of a condition, and are safe

 

to dose to children. Administered sublingually

 

(i.e. placed under the tongue), they are quickly

 

absorbed into the body. Alternatively, cell salts

 

can be taken in a small amount of water.

 

In general, in order to heal a condition, it is

 

suggested that two dropperful’s of cell salt tincture

 

be taken three or four times per day. This

 

level of dosing would be maintained for at least

 

one week, before being reduced to two dropperful’s

 

of cell salt tincture twice per day for

 

another week. If the symptoms subside, you can

 

stop or continue taking an even smaller dose for

 

one more week.

 

This dosing level is higher than that for

 

when the cell salt tincture is being consumed

 

as a health supplement, when one dropperful

 

is consumed once per day. Some remedies are

 

detailed in Table 3.

 

With regards to storage, cell salts should be

 

kept away from strong smelling substances in a

 

tightly sealed bottle or container.

 

Astrological associations with the

 

cell salts

 

Some astrological associations with the biochemic

 

cell salts are detailed in Table 4.

 

Jansky, R.C.

 

How to Use the Cell Salts. Astro-Analytics

 

Publications: Van Nuys, California, 1977.

 

Karen Bartlett

 

has practiced karmic astrology for the

 

last 25 years, and uses astrology as a guide for furthering

 

self and spiritual understanding. Over the past

 

14 years she has been learning alchemy and creating

 

healing herbal tinctures for herself and her animals.

 

She also promotes and manages her husband Robert’s

 

alchemical teaching and lecturing, and is currently promoting

 

and organising the return of Paracelsus College

 

in the USA. She holds an Associate of Science degree

 

from Kingsborough College in Brooklyn, New York.

 

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