TELLURIUM Dilution

Tellurium is a distinctive homoeopathic medicine with a pronounced effect on the skin, spinal nerves, and sensory organs. Prepared from the rare metalloid Tellurium, this medicine is particularly helpful in cases involving chronic skin eruptions, sciatic pains, neurological sensitivities, and offensive discharges. It is especially suited for conditions that develop gradually, yet deeply affect the body, producing ring-shaped lesions, spinal irritation, and extreme skin sensitivity. The medicine offers valuable support in eczema, middle ear infections, and weakness of back, particularly when symptoms are accompanied by a strong, unpleasant body odor or heightened tenderness along the spine.

Common Name

English: The Metal Tellurium

SBL’s Tellurium can be helpful in the following conditions:

Skin Affections & Infections

• Tellurium is especially useful in herpes circinatus, ringworm, and barber’s itch with itching, stinging, and offensive discharges.
• Treats eczema, pityriasis versicolor, and circular patches that emit strong odors.
• Indicated in itching of hands and feet, suppurating lesions, and eczema behind ears and occiput.
• Beneficial in cases with fetid foot-sweat, psoriasis, or dry, scaling skin.

Spinal, Sacral & Sciatic Pain

• Prominent action in sacral pain and sciatica, especially worse on the right side.
• Pain is aggravated by coughing, straining, and often worsens at night.
• The entire spine, particularly from the last cervical to the fifth dorsal vertebra, may feel very sensitive to touch and pressure.
• Aids in spinal irritation and contraction of tendons, especially in the knee region.

Eye & Ear Inflammation

• Supports treating pustular conjunctivitis, inflamed eyelids, and thickened, itching canthi.
• Can assist in cataracts following chronic ocular inflammation, and absorption of infiltrations in the iris or choroid.
• Treats catarrh of the middle ear with acrid discharge, smelling like fish-pickle.
• Eases eczema behind the ears, itching in the ear canal, swelling, and throbbing pain.
• Useful in deafness related to chronic ear conditions.

Nasal & Post-Nasal Affections

• Tellurium treats coryza, post-nasal catarrh, and nasal obstruction.
• Indicated when the patient hawks salty mucus from the back of the throat.
• Useful in cases where lachrymation and hoarseness improve in open air.

Head & Mental State

• Suited for individuals who are forgetful, neglectful, and mentally depressed.
• Relieves pain in the forehead (especially above the left eye) and left-sided facial twitching.
• Sensation as if the mouth is pulled upward on one side while speaking.
• Eases congestion in head and neck, followed by faintness in the stomach.
• Includes symptoms like yawning, mental fatigue, and fear of being touched in sensitive areas.

Stomach & Rectal Sensitivity

• Craving for apples and sensation of emptiness or weakness in the stomach.
• Complaints of heartburn and digestive sluggishness.
• Manages tearing on perineum with itching, especially after every stool, pointing to local irritation or worms.
• Also useful in gleet (chronic urethral discharge).