Osteomalacia

(A bone disease characterized by gradual softening and bending of the bones, accompanied by severe
pains, from a deficiency in calcium salts and vitamin D)
Remedies:
1) Calcarea Phos 12x: When the bones are weak and soft due to want of phosohate of lime
molecules, Calcarea Phos provides them solidity. It is also good for ulceration of bone and
wasting of skull-bones; for rickets, spinal curvatures and bow-legs in children. It should be
given twice a day.
2) Silicea 12x: It is indicated in all bone diseases. It “has cured more cases of caries and
necrosis than any other remedy. It is a deeply penetrating remedy.” One dose of it may be
given at night daily. Calcarea Phos in 12x potency may be given every morning in such a
case.
3) Phosphoric Acid 1x: It is useful in relieving pains pertaining to interstitial inflammation
of bones, periosteal inflammation, softening and bending of bones; tearing pains in joints,
bones and periosteum at night, as if scraped with a knife. Mental debility may be followed by
physical weakness. One drop of it should be given thrice a day in water after meals.
4) Calcarea Carb 12x: It is a constitutional remedy par excellence. Persons, who are
disposed to grow fat, sweat easily, take cold readily, feel better in every way when
constipated, and suffer from softening of bones, offer numerous opportunities for use of
Calcarea Carb. Swelling of joints, especially knees, with severe pains; feet feel cold and
dead at night. There may be arthritic nodosities, worse from mental or physical exertion. One
should take it thrice daily for a month