- Ol-an is an oil obtained from the preparation of bone-black and further distilled and rectified for medicinal use.
- It was discovered in 1711 by Johann Conrad Dippel, the alchemist, who was the discoverer of Prussian blue.
- Dippel obtained it in the first instance by a distillation of stags' horns, the deciduous horns of the stag partaking more of the nature of bone than the permanent horns of cattle.
- This lead to the name Oleum cornu cervi, with which the Ol-an is at present prepared is considered identical.
- Sircar noted that though it is not the pana cea which Dippel imagined it to be when he discovered it, Ol -an in a very powerful medicinal substance and since it has been well proved by Nenning, Schreter and Trinks, it has a definite place in the Homeopathic Materia MedicaEncyclopedia of homeopathic remediesA comprehensive body of collected knowledge describing the origin, preparation, and detailed symptom profiles of healing substances..
- Grimmer indicated it in cases of breast cancer with burning or sticking and pres sure radiating in all directions, relieved by rubbing and in the open air.
- A uterine tumor cured with several doses of Ol -an 1000c potencyStrength level of a remedyThe dilution and succussion scale of a remedy (e.g., 6C, 30C, 200C, 1M), indicating its energetic concentration. given at long intervals shows its relationship to new growths.
- Pain in spots.
- Stitches, burning pains, as with red hot needles.
- “Pulled upward’’ and “from behind forward” pains in malar bones, testicles, breasts.
- Flesh feels torn from bones.
- Affe cted part feels sore.
- Symptoms appear here and there or in single parts.
- Affects the nerves, especially pneumogas - tric nerve, digestive organs.
- NeurastheniaNervous exhaustion and chronic fatigueAn ill-defined medical condition characterized by chronic physical and mental fatigue, headaches, and irritability..
- MigraineSevere recurring headache, often on one sideA recurrent throbbing headache that typically affects one side of the head and is often accompanied by nausea and disturbed vision., neuralgiaSharp nerve pain along a nerve pathIntense, shooting, or burning pain that radiates along the course of one or more nerves. of spermatic cord.
- Tremulous weakness of hands, knees, feet etc.
- Shuffling gait.
- Icy coldness from tips of teeth in throat, stomach etc.
- Chilliness (and coryzaCommon head cold with nasal dischargeAcute inflammation of the nasal mucous membranes, producing sneezing, congestion, and watery discharge.) are worse in a warm room and better in open air.
- Sensation as if stomach were full of churning water.
- Urinous odor with belch- ings, leucorrheaWhitish or yellowish vaginal dischargeA whitish or yellowish discharge of mucus from the vagina, often indicating congestion or mild infection. etc