Cell Salts and Their Relationship to Homeopathic Remedies
This information is taken from The 12 Tissue Remedies of Schuessler (1892) by Boericke and Dewey (6th Edition). For a complete list of homeopathic references used, please see here.
The following table shows what twelve cell salts are in well-known homeopathic remedies from the plant kingdom. Of note, Colocynthis contains 27% Calcarea phosphorica, and Silica makes up 13% of remedy Graphites.
Tissue Cell Salt |
Homeopathic Remedies |
Calcarea fluorica |
Phytolacca |
Calcarea phosphorica |
China, Viburnum pruni, Ailanthus gladulosa, Phytolacca, Berberis vulgaris, Colocynthis (27), Graphites |
Calcarea sulphurica |
Apocynum, Ailanthus gladulosa, Asafoetida (6.2) |
Ferrum phosphoricum |
China, Gelsemium, Veratrum alba, Aconitum, Arnica, Anise, Phytolacca, Berberis vulgaris, Rhus toxicodendron, Asafoetida (4), Viburnum pruni, Secale (0.25), Graphites (2.74), Rumex, Ailanthus |
Kali muriaticum |
Phytolacca, Sanguinara, Viburnum pruni, Ailanthus, Anise, Hamamelis, Cimicifuga |
Kali phosphoricum |
Pulsatilla, Baptisia, Rhus toxicodendron, Veratrum album, Epiphegus, Viburnum pruni, Digitalis, Cimicfuga, Cactus grandi, Stramonium, Hammamelis, Phytolacca, Cactus. |
Kali sulphuricum |
Pulsatilla, Hydrastis, Cimicifuga, Phytolacca, Viburnum pruni, Anise, Hamamelis |
Magnesia phosphorica |
Belladonna, Lobelia, Stramonium, Viburnum pruni, Ailanthus, Secale (0.50), Colocynthis (3), Gelsemium, Rhus toxicodendron, Graphites |
Natrum muriaticum |
Cedron, Arum triphyllum, Ailanthus, Anise, Hamamelis, Cimicifuga, Secale (0.50) |
Natrum phosphoricum |
Rheum, Ailanthus, Anise, Hamamelis |
Natrum sulphuricum |
Apocynum, Iris versicolor, Chamomilla, Chionathus, Lycopodium, Bryonia, Podophyllum, Chelidonium, Nux vomica, Anise, Hamamelis, Cimicifuga |
Silica |
Equisetum (18.2), Cimicifuga (4), Chelidonium, Graphites (13), Secale (15), Lycopodium |
The numbers in the table indicate the percentage.