Calcarea group of Homeopathic remedies – comparison rubrics journals and cases

Dr Lakshmi babu  

INTRODUCTION
Calcium is one of the major minerals of our body. Essential for all age groups right from fetus to old age. It Constitutes 1.5 to 2 % of our body weight. About 99% ca in the body is found in bones & teeth and the rest in body fluids and skeletal tissue.

1.1 ABSORPTION- Duodenum and jejunum

REQUIREMENTS:-

• Adults- 400-500mg /day
• Children-1200mg/day
• Pregnancy and lactation- 1500mg /day
• Human serum :-10-11mg %

1.3  BASIC FEATURES

• Important earth alkaline
• Occupies IIA group in periodic
• 4th series in periodic table
• Atomic number 20
• Atomic weight-40.07amu
• Synonym – CALX, LIME
• Appearence -Dull, grey, silver

1.4  CHEMICAL & PHYSICAL PROPERTIES

• Chemically ca is reactive & is a soft metal.
• It is a silvery metallic element that must be extracted by electrolysis from a fused salt like calcium
• Calcium, with a density of 1.55 g/cm3, is the lightest of the alkaline earth

WE NEED CALCIUM FOR:

• Mineralisation of bones and teeth
• Coagulation of blood
• Muscle contraction
• Nerve Transmission
• Release of Hormone
• Development -bones, glands, other tissues

2.0      SOURCES OF CALCIUM 

PATHOPHYSIOLOGICAL ACTION

• Free calcium ions regulates neuromuscular irritability and hormonal control.
• Its action is parasympathetic than
• It regulates
• Calcium and phosphate ions precipitate, insoluble calcification of cartilage into bone
• Calcium ions stimulates parietal cells of stomach to secretes
• Calcium activates number of enzymes including pancreatic lipase, adenosine triphosphatase and myosin kinase.

4.0  CALCIUM & CALCAREA

• Ca used by earliest form of life to offer protection in the form of shell, exoskeleton etc
• In human it occurs primarily in bones which give us stability & protection to vital organs like brain, heart, spinal cord.
• Main feeling-Need for stability and security
• The person feels like an oyster without shell and protection from outside.

4.1  DOCTRINE OF SIGNATURE

• The remedy is prepared from the middle stratum of inner part of the oyster
• Protection and withdrawal: They withdraw and make a protective layer around
• Calcarea reflects –ANXIETY, FEAR, INSTABILITY, INSECURITY

5.0 LIST OF MEDICINES

• Calcarea acetica
• Calcarea arsenicosa
• Calcarea bromata
• Calcarea carbonica
• Calcarea caustica
• Calcarea chlorinate
• Calcarea citrica
• Calcarea calcinata
• Calcarea fluorata
• Calcarea formicum
• Calcarea glycerophos
• Calcarea glutamica
• Calcarea gluconica
• Calcarea hypophos
• Calcarea hydrxidum
• Calcarea hypophosphorosa
• Calcarea hydroiodica
• Calcarea iodata
• Calcarea lactica
• Calcarea lac natronata
• Calcarea lactica
• Calcarea met
• Calcarea muriatica
• Calcarea nitrica
• Calcarea oxalica
• Calcarea ovi test
• Calcarea phosphorica
• Calcarea picrica
• Calcarea pantothenica
• Calcarea pyrophos
• Calcarea permanganica
• Calcarea renalis
• Calcarea sulphurica
• Calcarea silicate
• Calcarea silica flour
• Calcarea stib sulph
• Calcarea sulph hahn
• Calcarea versalis
• Concholium

6.0   COMMON FEATURES OF CALCAREA GROUP OF MEDICINES

• SPHERE OF ACTION:- Glands, Bones ,Blood and Blood vessel, Skin.

CALC CARB

Nutrition, Glands – cervical, Bones; Skin; Blood; Chest: right lung; Heart; Female genital organ ( RIGHT SIDE)

CALC FLOUR

Fibrous tissue, Bones, Enamel of teeth, Lymph nodes, Veins, Glands, Periosteum. (LEFT SIDE)

CALC IOD

Glands are predominantly involved.

CALC PHOS

Nutrition [bones: sutures, periosteum, cartilage; glands; nerves] Abdomen. vertex. chest.

CALC SULPH

Connective tissue, Glands, Mucous membranes, Bones, Skin.

6.2  CONSTITUTION

• Lymphatic, scrofulous, Tubercular
• Person is fair, fat, flabby except calc phos which has dark hair and eyes ; thin and spare, instead of fat.
• All calcarea group have general
• Skin is fair ,waxy and shiny ,lax
• Everything is slow, sluggish & late at both mental & physical
• Children – all milestones are delayed, fat children who are slow in movement, of irregular growth with enlarged and hard lymphatic

6.3  THERMAL RELATION

• All calcarea are CHILLY (except calc iod & calc sulph)
• Lack of vital heat and chillness, yet craves cold
• It has profuse cold perspiration and coldness of body- general & local.

6.4  MIASM

• Psora and Syphilitic are predominant
• Psora – calc carb, calc fluor, calc iod & calc sil
• Syphilis – calc fluor, calc iod
• Sycosis – calc carb

6.5  PECULIAR FEATURE

• Marked the congestion of internal parts, surface becomes
• Patient having chest, stomach, bowel
• Red congested face, flushed
• Congestion felt in arteries, veins, eyes, ears, chest
• Flushes of
• Feet and hands become like ice, and covered with sweat and he lies in bed sometimes with a fever in the rest of the body, and the scalp covered with cold sweat.
• Slowness, sluggishness,

6.6  MALIGNANT AFFECTIONS

• Induration of Ulcer, Base of ulcers — round, always an indurated
• Its wonderful use in palliating and restraining malignant
• Old cancerous ulcers are greatly restricted in growth : patient improved : very much more endurance, and the ulcers will take on healing.
• Calc acet- Clinical affection on cancer pain and Dysmenorrhoea
• Calc ox- Excruciating pains of cancer.

6.7  RUBRICS

• GENERALS- SCROULOUS [ GEN- TUBERCULOSIS-Glandular- Lymphatic glands]
• GENERALS- LYMPHATIC constituition [ GEN- SLUGGISHNESS of the body ]
• GEN- WEAKNESS
• MIND- PROSTRATION of mind
• MIND- TALKING-slow learning to talkGEN- HEAT- flushes of
• GEN- WALKING- learning to walk- late
• GEN- DEVELOPMENT-slow- Bones
• GEN- OBESITY-children-in SKIN-WAXY
• EYE- HYPEREMIA
• HEAD/ ABODEMEN/ CHEST- CONGESTION
• GEN- CANCEROUS affections- Bones of GEN- INDURATIONS- Glands
• HEAD/ FACE/ CHEST- EXOSTOSIS

7.0   REGIONAL AFFECTIONS

• BONE SYMPTOMS
• Bones are soft and They develop very slowly.
• Bones are unable to hold the weight of bulky and flabby
• Curvatures of bones especially of spine and long
• Calc patient has very weak back, he slides down in his chair while sitting ,cannot sit upright in
• Soles of feet Raw, feet feel cold and dead at night- calc
• “Calcarea carb is superior to any other medicine in caries of “

7.1.1  RICKETS

• Fat, fair, pallid child and dumped down into a chair, lethargic and Bracelets of fat begin to surround the wrists and ankles, the rickety rosary may be felt (Calc carb).
• Fontanelles are slow to close – teeth to erupt – bones are slow to bear weight, of poor quality – bend easily.
• Pathological fractures of
• Head is large and the fontanelles and sutures remain open with delayed
• Delayed dentition in
• Calcium and phosphorus are deficient in bones

7.1.2 RUBRICS

• BACK- CURVATURE of spine- Cervical region, Dorsal region, Lumbar region, Vertebrae
• BACK- CARIES of spine- Dorsal vertebrae GEN- CARRYING- head on, agg
• GEN- RICKETS
• GEN- BRITTLE BONES
• GEN- BONES, complain of HEAD- FONTANELLES- open
• HEAD- FONTANELLES- open- close & reopen
• TEETH- DENTITION- difficult

7.2  CIRCULATORY AFFECTIONS

• Almost all the calcarea remedies are
• ANEMIA : Weariness, Weakness,
• Breathlessness on going up the slightest
• Sensation of chest too full of blood ; Head too full of blood.
• Calc carb- Girls, diminished hb and rbc, increased leucocytes
• Calc ars- Fleshy woman, climactric, palpatation of
• Calc phos- Anaemic girls, thin, spare, emaciated build of

7.3  EMACIATION AND MARASMUS

• Constitutionally they are fat and flabby.
• Irregular bone development & soft parts suffering from over-
• phos- Children : emaciated, unable to stand, slow in learning to walk ; sunken, flabby abdomen.
• Emaciation: Calc carb, Calc ars, Calc flour, Calc hp, Calc iod, Calc pho, Calc sil, Calc mur and Calc
• Ravenous appetite with emaciation: Calc carb and Calc flour
• Emaciation of the affected parts: Calc carb
• Marasmus of the children: Calc carb, Calc phos, Calc sil

7.4   HEMORRHAGIC TENDENCY

Calc carb, Calc flour, Calc iod, Calc sil, Calc sulph, Calc lactica & Calc lac natro nata.

7.5 TUMORS CYSTIC

Calc carb, Calc flour, Calc phos, Calc sul and Hepar sulph

7.6 RUBRICS

• GEN- ANEMIA
• GEN- ANEMIA- accompanied by, anemic look, respiration difficult
• CHEST- PALPITATION of heart
• CHEST- ORGASM of blood GEN- EMACIATION
• GEN- EMACIATION- children in- infants in
• GEN- EMACIATION- appetite with emaciation; ravenous- children, in-infants in
• GEN- HEMORRHAGE
• GEN- TUMORS- cystic

7.7   SKIN AFFECTIONS

Most of them produce deep abscess and suppurations.

• Calc iodata :-Skin.-Itching in various parts, disappearing and reappearing in other parts, only > after much scratching.
• Calcarea Lactica Natronata– Clinical affection on Urticaria – apparently acts on the blood, reducing its alkalinity, relieves chilblains, urticaria.
• Calc mur– Glandular swellings and indurations soften and disappear. use in scrofula and
• Calc Sulph– -Suppurating chilblains.-Burns and scalds when suppuration takes place.- Scarlet rash.-Skin affections with greenish, brownish or yellowish scabs.-Greyish lead- coloured skin.-(Dry eczema in children.)
• Calc Pic– Recurring small boils on parts thinly covered with muscle, as shin bones etc

7.8  RESPIRATORY AFFECTION

• TUBERCULOSIS
• Excellent remedy for pretubercular
• Affections of lung to tall, slender, rapidly growing young
• Upper third of the right lung is (Ars,Upper left- Sulph)

7.1.2 BRONCHIAL ASTHMA

• Severe anxious asthma with dyspnoea and stitches in the
• Hot breath, heat in the mouth but no thirst.
• Aggravation: In the morning, forenoon and by

7.9  RUBRICS

• SKIN- GREASY GEN- ABSCESSES
• GEN- WOUNDS- suppurating SKIN- ERUPTION- urticaria SKIN- ERUPTIONS- impetigo
• RESPIRATION- ASTHMATIC- bronchial
• CHEST- PHTHISIS     pulmonalis    ABDOMEN-     TABES mesenterica                     BACK            – TUBERCULOSIS- Vertebrae of
• EXTREMITIES- TUBERCULOSIS- Hips

7.10  FEATURES CONTIBUTING TO INDOLENT & SLUGGISH NATURE OF CALCAREA GROUP

• Aggravation from mental and physical exertion – Calc carb, Calc ars,
• Calc caust, Calc fl, Calc iod, Calc pho, Calc
• Aggravation from physical exertion – Calc carb, Calc ars, Calc fl, Calc iod, Calc pho, Calc sil, Calc
• Lying down amelioration — Calc carb, Calc iod, Calc pho, Calc sul.
• Aggravation from motion — Calc carb, Calc ars, Calc pho, Calc sul and Calc
• Aversion to motion — Calc carb, Calc sul

8.0  COMMON MENTALS

• Timid, Anxious, Insecure, What do others think?
• Sensitive to criticism
• Insecurity
• Shyness
• Fears
• Protection
• Withdrawal

Mentally they are sad, depressed and melancholic with great anxiety. Calc ars: Mentally depressed and anxious.

Calc brom: Nervous and irritable

Calc carb: Melancholic sad, disposition to weep even about trifles

Calc flour: Depressed, anxious and indecisive

Anxiety of calcarea is usually about the future or about the health. Indolent sluggish behavior. Always desire to lie down

8.1 FEAR

Calc. Carb

• Fear of Insects,
• Being Alone, of ghosts Fear of being observed

Calc. Flour

• Fear of Poverty

8.2  DREAMS

Anxious

Calc carb, Calc caust, Calc iod, Calc pho, Calc sulph, and Calc sil.

Frightful

Calc carb, Calc ars, Calc acet, Calc fl, Calc sulph, Calc pho, Calc sil and Hepar sulph.

Dead people

Calc carb, Calc ars, Calc fl, Calc iod, Calc sil

Fantastic-coloured
Calc carb, Calc iod, Calc sil

Fire
Calc carb, Calc pho, Calc sil and Hepar sulp.

Amorous dreams
Calc carb, Calc ars, Calc iod, Calc pho, Calc sil

With pollutions
Calc carb, Cal acet, Calc phos

8.3   RUBRICS

• MIND- ANTICIPATION, dentist, physician, before going MIND- ANXIETY, cruelties, after hearing.
• MIND- DELUSION, confusion, others will observe
• MIND- DELUSION, murdered, sees
• MIND- DELUSION, smaller, of MIND- FEAR, dogs, of.
• MIND- FEAR, ghosts,
• MIND- HORRIBLE things, sad stories affect her
• MIND- MAGNETIZED, desire to
• MIND- OBSTINATE children, inclined to grow fat. MIND- TALKS, murder, fire, rats, of nothing
• MIND- AILMENTS from, falsely accused,
• MIND- DELUSION, attacked, of

9.0  PHYSICAL GENERALS

• Fat, flabby baby, fair hair, a big head often sour-smelling.
• Dentition is delayed
• Gums are swollen, throbbing,
• Sleeplessness
• SWEAT-Marked chilliness, tendency to sweat, especially about head and
• NASH says, ” If Calcarea has one symptom that not only leads all the rest, but also all other remedies, it is found in the PROFUSE SWEATS ON THE HEAD OF LARGE-HEADED, OPEN FONTANELLES CHILDREN”

9.1  DISCHARGES

• Profuse, white albuminous occasionally
• Tendency to bleed Bright, red, profuse, continuous flow.
• Menses – too early, too profuse, long
• Yellowish discharge (calc fluor,calc sulph, hepar sulph)

9.2   PAIN

Almost all calcarea have stitching type of pain both internally and externally.

• Pain stitching — Calc carb, Calc flour, Calc iod, and Calc
• Externally– Calc carb, Calc flour, Calc
• Internally– Calc carb, Calc phos, Calc iod, and Calc sil

9.3  DROPSY BOTH EXTERNAL & INTERNAL

External: Calc carb, Calc ars, Calc pho, Calc sil, Calc sulph and Hepar sulph.

Internal: Calc carb, Calc ars, Calc sil, Calc sulph and Hepar sulph.

• Cardiac and renal dropsy: Calc phos
• Hepatic dropsy: Calc carb

9.4  DESIRE

• EGGS
• Indigestible things- slate pencils(alumina, nit acid, cina, cicuta, psorinum)
• Eats lime,chalk, clay, raw potatoes, sweets, ice cream,

9.5  AVERSION

• Tobacco, coffee, milk and meat (graph, alumina, pulsatilla, muriatic acid)

9.6  GENERAL MODALITIES

 AGGRAVATION

• Cold in general
• Motion
• Cold food and cold drinks
• Change in weather Uncovering
• Full moon

AMELIORATION

• Heat in general
• Lying down

9.7  RUBRICS

• HEAD- PERSPIRATION of scalp
• EXTREMITIES- PERSPIRATION – Foot- excoriating GEN- FOOD& DRINKS- desire- eggs
• GEN- F&D- meat desire- smoked
• GEN- DROPSY- external dropsy, internal dropsy
• GEN- DISCHARGES-itching, causing FEM GEN- MENSES- protracted FEM GEN- MENSES- late too
• FEM GEN- MENSES- delayed in girls, first menses

10.0 CALCAREA CHILDREN

• Self-willed ; fair, plump ; FAT, flabby, with red face, sweat easily, and readily take cold, large head and abdomens, open fontanelles and sutures, and crooked legs.
• Anaemic Calc. is a very tired patient.
• State of enlarged glands, emaciation of neck and limbs, while abdominal fat and glands Calc. has both fat flabby and pale patients, and it has emaciated states too.
• Calcarea children long for eggs : and are better for eating
• Sour, pungent stools with undigested
• Tickling
• Calcarea babies are almost always more or less wormy – KENT
• Children self-willed, inclined to grow fat

10.1   COMPARISON

CALC CARB
Deficient or irregular bone development. Fontanelles open, crooked spine, deformed extremities. Fair, fat, flabby, obese. In Calc.carb. the head sweats profusely during sleep, wetting the pillow far around (Silicea)

CALC PHOS
Tardy closing or re-opening fontanelles, in slim, emaciated children, with sweaty heads (though in Calc. phos. the sweaty head is not a prominent symptom, as in Calc. carb. and Silicea).

11.0 JOURNAL REVIEW

• CASE 1

A Case of lumbar spondylosis treated with Homoeopathic medicine Calcarea fluorica

Published in IJRH

Authored by Ranjit Sonny, Regional Research Institute (Homoeopathy), Under CCRH, Government of India, Guwahati, Assam, India

Case Report
A businessman aged 61 years, Hindu by religion, came for the treatment on 4th February 2017. He was suffering from CLBP for the last 10 years. X-ray of the lumbosacral (L.S.) spine showed lumbar spondylosis with osteophyte formation on the body of the spine. He took allopathic treatment for 1 month almost 1½ years ago without desired relief followed by no treatment for the last 1 year except regular morning walk. The modalities of the pain were aggravation from the first motion and amelioration by continued motion and pressure. There was relief from warm application also.

Homoeopathic generalities

A ) Mentals
Mentally, he was irritable. There was an episode of grief due to death of 35 years old son 2 years ago. However, that attack of grief was causing no severe affection to the patient. The patient had coped himself with that.

B ) Physical generals
The patient was fatty, flabby with big belly and dark complexion and short stature in height. Appetite was good, desire for sweet, salty food and meat. There was aversion to sour. Stool was regular and twice daily, semisolid. He had sound sleep. There were no significant dreams.

C ) Past history
There was a history of hypertension, for which he was taking antihypertensive drug prescribed by an allopathic physician. Anal fistula was operated 20 years ago.

D) Family history

In family history, both paternal and maternal, nothing significant was found. Other systemic examinations were normal.

E ) Miasmatic analysis
Miasmatic analysis of all the presenting symptoms, including mentals and physical generals, was done by referring to different classical books on miasms. It was found that this case is of mixed–miasm with syphilitic predominance.

F) Repertorisation
After case-taking and analysis, the characteristic symptoms were taken and converted into rubrics for repertorisation as follows:

• Back-pain-lumbo-sacral region
• Back-pain-motion-beginning of-agg
• Back-pain-motion-continued motion-amel
• Back-pain-warm-applications-amel
• Generals-exostosis.
• Generals-food and drinks-sweets-desire
• Generals-food and drinks-salt-desire
• Generals-food and drinks-meat-desire
• Generals-food and drinks-sour foods, acids-aversion

Repertorisation was done following Synthesis repertory in Radar 10.0 on the basis of 9 rubrics. Phosphorus appeared as the topmost medicine, but Calcarea fluorica was prescribed by referring to Materia Medica.

The presenting symptom of the patient with modalities was more prominent in Calcarea fluorica in comparison to the other medicines, especially with osteophyte formation.

G ) Treatment and follow-up
After case-taking, Calcarea fluorica 30/4 doses was prescribed. The patient started improving, but no satisfactory relief of pain was found. Calcarea fluorica 200/2 doses was given in the next follow up. Pain in low back diminished, but after 5 days, pain slightly reappeared. 1M potency of the same medicine was then prescribed. Pain was relieved completely but after 15 days again reappeared. Calcarea fluorica was again repeated in the same potency.

That gave desired result and there was no reappearance of pain again. The patient was taking placebo for the last 5 months. In the meantime, X-ray of L.S spine was done, which showed remission of osteophyte which was present previously.

Before the last visit, he had travelled more than 1000 km by train even then there was no reappearance of pain

11.2  CASE 2

Pelvic Inflammatory Disease Treated with Homoeopathic Medicine Calcarea carbonica: A case Report

Published in IJRH
Authored by Swati Pandey, Raj K. Pandit, Department of Case Taking and Repertory, Mahesh Bhattacharyya Homoeopathic Medical College and Hospital, Howrah, West Bengal, India

Case Report

A )Patient information

A 29-year-old female came to the Outpatient Department of Mahesh Bhattacharyya Homoeopathic Medical College and Hospital on 10th August 2019, with complaints of copious, purulent, white discharge per vagina, constant dull pain in the lower abdomen, low backache, fever and lassitude for 2 weeks. Initially, the patient had taken few doses of paracetamol for pain and fever herself with temporary relief. She was fat, flabby and whitish complexioned in appearance. She had a history of typhoid fever during her childhood and an episode of PID a year ago which was treated with allopathic treatment. The patient was married and had two daughters. Family history was insignificant.

B )Generals

 The patient was short tempered and anxious. Her memory and intellect were good, but it took time for her to understand things. She was lazy and did not want company. The appetite was good with desire for mutton, sour and salty++ and cold things++ ( ++ indicates moderate intensity of the symptom). She drank profuse quantity of water, and the tongue was moist. The patient also had a tendency of profuse sweating even on slight exertion which was not offensive in nature and did not stain the clothes. Her bowel movement was regular, and the character of stool was hard and offensive. The patient usually preferred to lie down after slight physical exertion and the sleep was sound. She was susceptible to cold and her thermal reaction was chilly. Her menses were regular, but the flow was clotted and offensive.

C ) Clinical findings

 Clinical findings were tenderness of the lower abdomen and purulent white discharge per vagina. Temperature was 99.4°F. Ultrasonography (USG) of the whole abdomen suggested PID. The case fulfilled the clinical diagnosis of PID as per the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2015.

D )Repertorial analysis

 Repertorisation was done by HOMPATH Classic M.D. Repertory Version 8.0 software using Kent repertory giving priority to mental generals over physical generals and then to particular symptoms. After the repertorial analysis, Sepia was found to cover 10 of 11 rubrics and scored highest marks, i.e., 27. Both Calcarea carbonica and Sulphur covered all the rubrics (11) and scored 25 marks. After consulting Homoeopathic Materia Medica, Calcarea carbonica was prescribed.

E ) The indications for prescription were :

• Fat patient with relaxed musculature, short tempered,
• Full of anxiety,
• Easily tired, mentally as well as physically,
• Could not tolerate even slightest exertion,
• Desire for salty things and cold drinks, wanted to drink lot of water,
• Profuse sweat,
• Tendency to catch cold easily and chilly thermal reaction

F ) Prescription

• Two doses of Calcarea carbonica 200c were prescribed on the day of first visit along with placebo for 4 weeks.
• The patient was advised to maintain local
• The patient was followed for another 3 months, and no complication or relapse of the symptoms was noted during this period.
• The modified Naranjo criteria (Monarc) was used for assessing causal attribution of improvement to the homoeopathic medicine and the total score was 9.

11.3 CASE 2

A study on efficacy of Calcarean phosphorica 200 in controlling the botrytis blight disease in Rosa plant

Published in IJHS Authored by
Dr. K Rathna Kumari Associate Professor, Department of Homoeopathic Pharmacy MNR, Homoeopathic Medical College and Hospital, Sangareddy, Telangana, India
Dr. P Pavithran Assistant Professor, Department of Homoeopathic Pharmacy, MNR, Homoeopathic Medical College and Hospital, Sangareddy, Telangana, India

I. Introduction
Agro-homoeopathy is alternative for chemical fertilizers and pesticides in agriculture. There are many benefits of agro homeopathy. It include improvement in quality of soil , reduces fossil fuels consumption and pollution, economy savings and preservation of natural ecology, hence saves the environment. The environment will be green with homeopathy. The use of homeopathic remedies for plants was first introduced and practiced by Baron von Boenninghausen. When he the excess or leftover remedies into his plant pots, he observed effect on the plants. Charles Darwin who was biologist also experimented with homeopathic remedies on plants.

Rose is oramental plant. Different variety of plant pathogens could attack outdoor roses from time to time. Botrytis blight is a fungal disease which attacks dying tissue. It may also attack healthy tissue. Entire flowers are affected and produce a gray fuzzy mold. Botrytis blight is also called as gray mold. In this disease buds and flowers will develop abnormally and will turn in to brown color. Flowers will show irregular flecks and brown spots on it. In cool damp weather soft, brown spots appear on leaves, stem, and flowers. Sometimes the disease is observed as small flecks on infected petals. Because of wounds to plants when flowers have been cut or the plants have been pruned we can see more spread of disease.

II. Pathogen B. cinerea
Grows at optimum temperature 60°F and is favored by high humidity. Once the pathogen enters the plant through wounds it will form oval or one-celled conidia (spores) which in turn form in to a cluster. The pathogen sometimes also forms sclerotia (infectious propagules) which appear as black, flattened or slightly raised structures on the plant surface in early stage there are brown spots on leaves and buds, and spots of dark color on flower petals. As the disease progresses spots start showing grayish mold.

Calcarea phosphorica, is used for plants which are not responding to fertilization, shows slow growth and necrosis on the border of leaves.

• Calcium strengthens cell
• Calcium helps maintain pH
• Calcium activates enzymes.
• Calcium improves water
• Calcium increases resistance to disease.

At the end of the day, calcium plays a role in making sure the plant develops and grows properly and avoids dying or withering too quickly. It’s very similar to the role of calcium in the human skeleton.

Phosphorus is one of the major plant nutrients in the soil. It is a constituent of plant cells, essential for cell division and development of the growing tip of the plant. For this reason it is vital for seedlings and young plants.

III.  Materials and methods

A )  Materials used for study

• Rose plants effected with Botrytis
• Homoeopathic medicine – Calcarea phos 200 dilution.
• A regular, well-rotted animal manure.

B ) Methodology

• Inclusion criteria – Rose plants effected with Botrytis blight
• Exclusion criteria – Rose plants with other infectious diseases are
• Normal tap water is not

C )   Mode of administration

• 10 ml of Calcarea phos 200 dilution is diluted in 10 litres of Distilled water and sprayed over rose plant for every seven days.
• Manure is added every 15 days in a
• Duration of study 2 months.

D ) Process

• Rose plants effected with Botrytis blight disease are identified and were divided into two groups A and
• One group of rose plants were given both Calcarea phos 200 dilution and manure while the other group was administered with manure

11.4  Result & Conclusion

Calcarea phos has increased number of buds, and flowers. All flowers were healthy. Present study helps many people to overcome the disease effects on plants the use of this drug heps farmer to increase plant growth.

12.0 REFERENCES

• Allen’s Keynotes rearranged and
• Boerick’s New Manual of Homoeopathic Materia Media
• Lectures on Homoeopathic Materia Medica- T. Kent
• Leaders in Homeopathic Therapeutics with grouping & classification – B. Nash
• Group study in Homoeopathic Mteria Medica- D. Patel
• Soul of the remedy – R. Shankaran
• Textbook of medicine – V. Krishna Das
• Park’s textbook of preventive and social medicine
• Online reference sources – Chemistry
• Synthesis Repertory
• Journals from IJRH

Dr. Lakshmi babu  
PG Scholar, Homoeopathic Repertory & Case taking
Govt Homoeopathic Medical College Calicut
b.geethalakshmi2july@gmail.com