Silica and Joints Complaints

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Silica is derived from the element Si, sand, a chemically inert substance in its natural form, which is an excellent example of how the homeopathic potentisation method can activate inert substances such as silica into an effective wonderful deep acting remedy.

When choosing a homoeopathic remedy for a patient, the homoeopath checks whether the patient's personality corresponds to certain characteristics.


When choosing Silica, the homoeopath checks for intelligent but not confident, shy but firm, gentle but strong-willed, efficient but nervous, stubborn but shy, and selfish but gentle.

A person who needs Silica may be sensitive to cold wind and have immunologically and hormonally-mediated diseases such as frequent infections, colds, coughs, tonsilitis, skin complaints, hair loss and arthritis, and rheumatoid arthritis to name a few.


Silica is an example of a polycrest homoeopathic remedy (works for many conditions, used for a broad range of disease processes) that is useful for children, adults and the elderly.


The person who will benefit from Silica is chilly; his symptoms are developed in cold, damp weather, though often better in cold, dry weather; symptoms come out after a bath. The mental state is peculiar. 

The patient also lacks stamina. What Silica is to the stalk of, grain in the field, it is to the human mind. Take the glossy, stiff, outer covering of a stalk of grain and examine it, and you will realise with what firmness it supports the head of grain until it ripens; there is a gradual deposit of Silica in it to give it stamina. So it is with the mind; when the mind needs Silica it is in a state of weakness, embarrassment, dread, state of yielding.

At the physical level, the Silica element is at the basis of many of our bodies’ physiological processes such as collagen formation and growth.


Collagen is the tough fibrous material that holds us together and the base material for cartilage, tendon, bone, blood vessels, teeth, skin, glands, and the formation and basis of organs in general.


Silica plays a significant role in the formation and maintenance of strong bones, as it forms the collagen matrix used for calcium deposition. This relationship is vital: without both calcium and silica, bone cannot be built effectively.


They all need and contain collagen in one form or another as the basis, the matrix upon which the tissues are formed. In our younger years, the content of silica in our bodies is high and the bones and joints are very flexible. Our skin is soft and radiant.


Silica is also in the composition of the synovial liquid lubricating the joints since the synovial liquid has collagenases as one of its components and therefore has Silica.



Silica is necessary for healthy and normal growth maintenance, on a broad spectrum of maladies from youth through middle and old age.

Often times the root cause is not a lack of Silica, but Silica metabolism is not working properly, the assimilation of Silica needs support and homoeopathic is a great tool to set assimilation back to balance.

Consider the following ageing problems for a moment: osteoarthritis, brittle bones, hardening of the arteries, dry skin, an inability to digest food properly, weak teeth and gums, and atrophy of organs and you can see how Silica is important.


Silica and Joint Diseases

As long as the remedy fits the patient’s symptoms at mental/psychological and physical levels, Silica is indicated in the cases examples below:

-Rheumatism that runs in family, that is chronic rheumatism in which the pain is worse at night and from uncovering and is better for warmth. Ankles are also weak.


Arthritic knee pain - Silica is useful in curing knee pain in which the patient has the sensation of being tightly bound (constrictive pain) at all times.


Silica is also indicated in chronic inflammation of the knee joint in rheumatoid arthritis with great swelling with icy cold feet and sweat.


Tendon problems and nodosities such as bunions can also be helped by Silica.


General modalities in Silica:

Worse from the cold and new moon.

Pain: After intercourse, in heat and humidity, in the shoulder after taking cold in the area, in the bones of the fingers, some fingers with ulcerative in their tips, especially the index.

Pain in feet when walking, tips are painful. Stiffness in hips, knees and ankles. Contracture of the flexor muscles of the hand, with great pain to move the fingers.


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This article is intended purely for educational purposes, and the reader should make their own enquiries and seek out the guidance of a medical professional.