This is the second article in the series, What Causes Illness? For a discussion about mineral deficiencies being the root cause of all illness, especially chronic conditions, please click through to that article... "It's All About Balance"


The 12 Cell Salts fall into six categories:

  • Calcium group: Calc Flor, Calc Phos, Calc Sulph
  • Sodium group: Nat Mur, Nat Phos, Nat Sulph
  • Potassium group: Kali Mur, Kali Phos, Kali Sulph
  • Iron: Ferrum Phos
  • Magnesium: Mag Phos
  • Silica or Silicea

There is much information on the web about tissue salts so I will not be going into much detail here. This article is an introductory summary of some of the basic characteristics of Cell Salts. An excellent resource if you wish more detail is the book, Facial Diagnosis of Cell Salt Deficiencies: A User's Guide, by David R. Card.

The SUPPORTIVE Role of the Calcium Group:

  • Calcium fluoride: Calc Fluor strengthens ELASTIC fibers in skin, bones, teeth, etc.
  • Calcium phosphate: Calc Phos connects with protein and albumen to make structures like BONE and tissue. It stabilizes CELLS and alkalizes the body.
  • Calcium sulphate: Calc Sulph is the GLUE that works opposite Silica to hold tissue intact. Silica is the surgeon. Calc Sulph is the closer.

The Calcium group is critical for the STRUCTURE of the body in general... the framework: the stuff that supports the body and holds us together. This group supports cellular structure, without which, we would dissolve into a pile of protoplasm.

A deficiency in the Calcium Group may show up as weak bones, periodontosis, anything sagging or prolapsed, wrinkled or cracked skin, oozing wounds that will not heal, thick discharges from cellular breakdown as the body expels the waste, anytime discharges become hardened, pimples, polyps, burst veins, crusty/yellow/bloody discharges from the nose, liver/brown spots, swollen lymph glands.

Even one of these symptoms could indicate a Calcium deficiency in one or more of the cell salts from this group. The same can be said for all the cell salts. The more symptoms, the more severe the deficiency.

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  • The INTEGRAL Role of the Sodium Group
  • The UNIQUE Role of the Potassium Group
  • The OXYGEN Carrier
  • The NERVES & MUSCLE Supporter
  • The SURGEON
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