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Aluminium silicata (Alum‑sil.)

Aluminium silicata (Alum‑sil.) appears in the repertory in 116 rubrics. Of these, 1 is a single-remedy rubric in which only this remedy is listed, and 4 are small rubrics with at most two other remedies. The data are thin; the few specific rubrics revolve around Company, Sadness, Silence, and the delusion of falling. They sketch the picture of a person who wavers between communicating and withdrawing.

Company and talking it out

The alternation between closeness and being alone is the most striking feature. Listed are both the aversion to being alone, in which company ameliorates, and a desire for company that worsens when the person is alone. The only single-remedy rubric belongs to the same context: the sadness is ameliorated "after telling it to someone." Opposed to this is the reluctance to speak about one's own suffering. One can read in this a suffering that seeks relief in conversation and yet is hard to put into words. Added to this is the delusion of falling while standing.

Summary

The rubrics combine into a wavering relation to other people, which finds comfort in company and in telling, but just as much resists speaking. More cannot be substantiated from so few specific rubrics.

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