# Borax (HMT)

## Remedy Classification
- **Type:** Remedy
- **Miasm:** Tubercular Miasm
- **Temperament:** Neutral
- **Aggravation Time:** Neutral/Anytime

## Keynote Indications
In allopathic medicine, Borax is used  in the treatment of eye diseases.
In addition to this, it is also used mixed with honey in the treatment of
a sore throat.  In the homoeopathic system of treatment, Borax is a
vastly effective medicine that works tremendously well in deep-
seated, serious illnesses of women.  Borax is the best remedy to treat
ulcers in the mouth of lactating women when their children also
suffer from the same condition.  In  Borax, there is a tendency to
develop sores and blisters.  Red painful blisters develop on the tongue.
The women of Borax nature suffer from leucorrhoea, in which the
discharge is plentiful, hot and bur ning in nature.  Women suffering
from such leucorrhoea are mostly infertile.  Unless they are treated
with Borax, they cannot conceive.  This symptom must be kept in
mind when treating women for infertility.  Borax is a unique remedy
in this connection.  The periods of  Borax patient occur before time
and are copious in amount.  During the periods, there is intense pain in
the abdomen which radiates towards the back.

Borax is a useful medicine for whooping cough also.  It works very
effectively on all spasmodic type s of cough.  The bout of coughing is
very severe and there is  a rattling sound inside the chest.  The chest
hurts along with the sensation of pins and needles.  The pins and
needles are also felt on the soles of the feet.

The special characteristic of Borax is that the person feels scared on
descent.  If the child is lowered into the bed, he feels scared and
screams out of fright.  The symptom may be present in grown-ups too.
The person gets terrified while comi ng down the elevator or when the
car is descending down a sloping road.  The person is oversensitive to
noise and loud talking.  He gets st artled on hearing a sudden noise or
blast.  In Borax, there is a tendency of hoarseness of voice .  The
excretions or discharges of Borax patients have the nature of heat.
The tears are also warm but they do not cause any burning. Instead
they are catarrhal in nature.  Bo rax is useful in trachoma.  The
discharge from the nose dries up and turns greenish.

In Borax, when the stomach is upset, it feels bloated with gas.  The
patient has the tendency of vom iting which, once it begins, does not
stop.  The vomit is greenish in colour and sour in taste.  Due to

nervous exhaustion, the person sweats at night. Borax is very useful
when there is sexual weakness resulting from a severe illness.

Regarding pleurisy, the symptoms of Borax resemble those of
Bryonia.  If Bryonia does not work or stops working further, Borax
will take its action further.  Borax is also considered useful in the
treatment of epilepsy.  The sympto ms of Borax worsen in a hot
climate.

Adjuvants: Bryonia, Sulphur, Calcarea Carb
Antidotes: Chamomilla, Coffea
Non-
compatible: Acetic Acid, Vinegar, Alcohol
Potency: 30

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