Continuation from my previous post.

Physiologically tissue salts are completely safe. Toxicity is not possible at such microscopic concentration, i,e. one part per million.

There are NO side effects like those experienced when taking some pharmaceutical drugs. However, on rare occasions an individual may experience oversensitivity or idiosyncratic reaction to a tissue salt in the same way as is possible with food or any harmless substance that is ingested.

In acute illnesses there can be sometimes be a brief and short-lived increase in intensity of symptoms after administering tissue salts. This is a sign that the disease process is moving rapidly to completion, and discomfort of the condition will soon be resolved. For example, in fever and inflammatory condition s it occasionally happens that after taking appropriate tissue salts,symptoms may briefly intensify, say for half an hour in the case of a child’s fever,* and then rapidly improve as the disease quickly approaches resolution. Disease processes are allowed to run a natural course, the harmonious balance and better general health is ensured. Because of tissue salt form. Anyone can safely prescribe for minor ailments, gaining experience and knowledge towards more and more effective therapy. Of course, for serious illness, or if there are doubts as to the nature or direction of any illnesses, please do not hesitate to contact your qualified practitioners regarding symptoms.

How long it is necessary to keep taking them?
The length of time one needs to take tissue salts is directly related to the length of time a health problem has existed. A very conservative estimate has been allowing one month’s treatment with tissue salts for every year of the problem has been in existence. This estimate may seem even more conservative given the fact that more than one tissue salt is used in most treatments, combined with other supportive measures and health modalities. Nevertheless it is a reminder that true cure come through a process, not a miracle!

How many can be taken at a time?
In general between and 5 tissue salts are prescribe in an individual treatment for long-standing problems. For acute problems of recent origin fewer are prescribed as the symptoms usually much more well-defined. One or two remedies will often be clearly indicated.
The bottom line is this: tissue salts are prescribed to bring certain minerals back into proper balance in the body. It is not a matter of covering all possible options by prescribing all twelves salts. A prescriber’s skill lies in recognizing which minerals are out of balance in the body based on presenting symptoms, the only reliable guide. Best results are achieved by following this rationale.

How do I prescribe for acute illness?
In acute conditions where disease has developed suddenly–sudden fevers,* sudden gut or muscle pain,* physical trauma,* or for short-term conditions–head or cold and ‘flu etc. lasting a few hours or a few days, tissue salts are administered frequently. Remedies are taken at least 4 times daily, and very often every 2 hours. They can be safety taken at 10 minute intervals in acute conditions. There are usually no need to continue once N cute episode is over.

How do I prescribe for chronic (long term) illness?
In chronic or long term health problems such as recurring infections, periodic headaches or migraines, rheumatic and arthritic problems, or long term respiratory, circulatory and skin conditions, tissue salts are usually taken 4 times daily for a number of months, the period of treatment depending on the length of time the problem has existed, and on the depth of the problem.

In long term tissue salt treatment there may be occasional ‘acute’ episodes of illness. In this case it is sometimes best to stop for a time and either administer appropriate tissue salts for the current acute episode until symptoms subside, or if discomfort is not too severe, simply wait and allow it to run its brief course. Then resume long term treatment. Remember that tissue salts are always working with and supporting the body to achieve a better state of health. When acute episodes occur, it is the body’s healing wisdom allowing an exacerbation of symptoms as a necessary stage on the path to a better quality of health. For example, someone who has suffered chronic sinus congestion may, in the initial stages of treatment of tissue salts, experience a few days of fluent nasal discharge. This can be understood as drainage of a chronically congested area of the body, and in most cases the person actually feels better despite temporary inconvenience.

It should be noted that the same tissue salt can be indicated in both acute and long term conditions.Symptoms will be the guide.

Have you heard this word Tissue Salt? It’s my first time too. My friend told me about this interesting thing which can help a lot when it comes our health. She even lend me the book of Mark Wells, B.Sc., N.D. entitled 12 Dynamic Elements of Good Health. Who am I to refuse to read such good book of health information? So while reading the book, I’m writing here at the same time so that I can share it to all of you.

Tissue salts are inorganic mineral substances, exactly the same as those which compose our earth and its soils. Dr W. H. Schuessler, an eminent 19t century German homoeopathic physician, regarded them as the material basis of the organs and tissues of the body. He came to this conclusion when he found that after combustion, these salts form the ashes of human tissue. He believed that their presence in correct balance in living tissue is a prerequisite for good homoeopaths since early in the 19th century, but it was Dr. Schuessler who in the 1870s elevated them to the status of a complete system of healing.

How are they prepared?
Dr. Schuessler’s original method of preparation is still used today. This process is called trituration, and was devised by homoeopaths as a means of rendering insoluble substances soluble. It invloves hand-grinding mineral salts in lactose over six successive ‘attenuations’ of 1 part in 10. Attennuation aims at dispersing a small amount of solid throughout a powdered medium the way dilution disperses substances throughout a liquid medium. The end result is a microscopic amount of potentised tissue salt.

How do tissue salts differ from other minerals?
In their crude state, for example as they occur in some foods, minerals are found as tightly-packed concentrates, not easily assimilated ‘as is’ by cell tissues: they must be broken down in the gut. However, digestive systems of individuals differ in their capacity to do this, and so absorption of mineral salts is variable. The process of hand grinding or trituration frees and disperses minerals–a sort of molecular redistribution–within a neutral medium. Trituration and attenuation appear to make mineral more acceptable to individual cells by approaching more closely the minute concentrations in which they already exist within the cell.
In other words, in tissue salt form, minerals require no more breaking down and are in effect ‘predigested’. In cases of deficiency or improper metabolism of particular minerals, administration of tissue salts will significantly increase uptake by cells and improve efficiency of utilization.

What can they do?
According to Dr. Schuessler, any disturbance in uptake metabolism of the twelve essential mineral salts can lead to deficiency or relative imbalance within cells. This leads to disease conditions such as coughs, colds, asthma, gastrointestinal disturbances, circulatory disorders, slow healing and tendency to infection, skin disorders, hair and nail deterioration, hormonal imbalance, headache, insomnia, nerve-related problems, fatigue etc. All these disease conditions have been successfully treated by administration of appropriate tissue salts, rectifying deficiency and reestablishing proper mineral balance in body tissues.

How are they administered? How often and when?
Tissue salts are administered as a homoeopathically prepared micro dose, most commonly in the form of a lactose-calcium based pill, or in liquid form on an alcohol and distilled water base.

Tissue salts are most commonly taken 4 times daily, before meals and at bedtime. However, frequency of dose may vary according to individual circumstances.

It is best not to take the tissue immediately before or after food. If there is food or any strong flavor in the mouth at the same time as taking remedies orally it can do some degree inhibit efficient uptake. For best results chew the tissue salts tablet and let in remain in the mouth for around 30-60 seconds before swallowing. But for me I prepare the under tongue spray.

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