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Schüssler Cell Salts: History and Health Benefits

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Schüssler Cell Salts are a set of 12 mineral-based remedies developed in the 19th century by German physician Dr. Wilhelm Heinrich Schüßler. Based on his research, Schüßler proposed that imbalances in these essential mineral salts at the cellular level could lead to illness, and restoring balance with microdoses could promote healing and vitality.

A Brief History

In the 1870s, Dr. Schüßler combined principles of homeopathy with cellular physiology, believing that rather than stimulating symptoms (as classic homeopathy does), specific mineral salts could nourish and correct deficiencies in the cells themselves. His system gained popularity throughout Europe and remains widely used today for gentle, supportive health care.

The 12 Original Schüssler Cell Salts and Their Benefits

1. Calcarea Fluorica (Calcium Fluoride)

  • Benefit: Supports elasticity of tissues; used for varicose veins, hemorrhoids, and dental enamel strength.

2. Calcarea Phosphorica (Calcium Phosphate)

  • Benefit: Aids bone growth and healing; recommended for fractures, growing pains, and general fatigue.

3. Calcarea Sulphurica (Calcium Sulfate)

  • Benefit: Helps clear infections and purify the blood; used for acne, boils, and slow-healing wounds.

4. Ferrum Phosphoricum (Iron Phosphate)

  • Benefit: First stage inflammation remedy; supports immune defense, especially during early colds and fevers.

5. Kali Muriaticum (Potassium Chloride)

  • Benefit: Balances mucus conditions; helpful for congestion, sinusitis, and coughs with thick discharge.

6. Kali Phosphoricum (Potassium Phosphate)

  • Benefit: Nerve nutrient; aids with mental exhaustion, anxiety, irritability, and depression.

7. Kali Sulphuricum (Potassium Sulfate)

  • Benefit: Supports detoxification and skin health; used for later stages of colds, chronic bronchitis, and skin rashes.

8. Magnesia Phosphorica (Magnesium Phosphate)

  • Benefit: The "pain salt"; relieves cramps, spasms, colic, and nerve pain.

9. Natrum Muriaticum (Sodium Chloride)

  • Benefit: Regulates water balance; helpful for dehydration, dry skin, headaches, and emotional grief.

10. Natrum Phosphoricum (Sodium Phosphate)

  • Benefit: Balances acidity; used for acid reflux, gout, and digestive upset.

11. Natrum Sulphuricum (Sodium Sulfate)

  • Benefit: Aids liver and bile function; used for sluggish digestion, liver detox, and fluid retention.

12. Silicea (Silica)

  • Benefit: Strengthens connective tissues; promotes healthy skin, nails, hair, and expels foreign material (e.g., splinters).

How to Use Schüssler Salts

  • Tablets are typically dissolved under the tongue for gentle absorption.
  • They can be used individually or in combination formulas for broader support.
  • Low potencies like 6X or 12X are most common for daily use.

Conclusion

Schüssler Cell Salts offer a fascinating, time-tested approach to nurturing the body at the cellular level. By supplying essential minerals in bioavailable microdoses, they help restore balance, strengthen resilience, and promote gentle healing.

Keep reading below to see how Earth Clinic readers have used Schüssler salts for various health concerns, and share your experiences with these classic natural remedies!


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Posted by Elisabeth (Munich) on 05/02/2025
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Hi earthclinic-fans,

I checked here on earthclinic for Schüssler mineralsalts (well new information :-)) and would like to recommend them as a remedy for many ailments.

Schüssler was a German doctor who invented these salts. They work as a type of homeophatic remedies but only on the bodylevel. They can be added without side effects with other natural or scolar medicamentation as a supporting medicamentation or as main one.

One example: if the muscles are scramping after sports, or with hypermenorraghia etc. one would well add magnesium and/or eat magnesium rich food. But the problem behind can be that magnesium is not well absorbed of the body or that there is an imbalance (missing in the muscles/uterus and accumulating somewhere else).

So if one adds Schüssler nr. 7 (magnesium phosporicum) it tells the body to heighten the intake and to quickly balance the magnesium, e.g. give more to muscles/uterus.

They work for acute problems as well as chronic ones, but dosage differes then.

There are 12 main salts and additional ones to harmonize mineral deficiencies.

I take advantage of a book of Gräfe and Unzer, called "Das grosse Buch der Schüssler Salze"/"The great book of Schüssler salts" of Günther Heepen, a German healing practicioner who publicated his success-recipies for many ailments in 20 years of work.

Schüssler mineralsalts are small tabletts on milksugarebase, so they taste slightly sweet, should also work with children. Or can be dissolved in warm water. There are also milksugarfree alternatives.

They are generally not expensive (do not know about shipping costs and availability globally) and can be stored for a long time. For outer treatment there are also lotions.

I myself had success treating menstrual cramps with Nr.7 (fade away, never come back, no necessity for sedation meds and lying down anymore), ganglion in the hand palm, to much Calcium accumulation there, so Nr. 1,2 Calcium to minimize it on this spot (build up, fade away, spared complicated operation), hurting heel spur, e.g. Nr. 3,4,6 to drive out inflammation (friend, prevented scolar meds, pain, working inability) etc.

The fitting salts can be find by face signatures and/or the ailment-receipe. If it should be by chance the "wrong" salt nothing happens, no side effects.

So I wish all keeping and restoring your health with one of my best approved remedies.

Greetings around the globe

Elisabeth