Quercus allgemein
‡
Aufbaukalk
2:
Zusammensetzung: 1.
gereinigt/feinst gemahlene Austernkalk, 2.
Austernkalk mit Milchzucker vermischt.
3.
Milchzuckerverreibung von Eichenrinden-Extrakt (enthält viel Ca/= Kalkabscheidung
aus dem Lebendigen + Pflanzenreich.
Frei nach: Ulrich Meyer
Tree and man
Birch and oak - polar opposites as tree forms/the 2
are from families who make up the order Fagales, the main woodland trees
of
Oak
galls both have Tannin =
Acid-tannicum
Use: furry/sometimes slightly numbing/astringent).
Compared to the astringent effect of lemon juice,
not "sharp" and "light" but
"dull" and "dark."
Trunk is dense/hardly sways with the wind. Mars/power
(victor’s crown)(pollinates late and is antiallergen)
creates individual space
Shelter insects and animals
Acorns = food for pigs/mice/squirrels/roasted as
coffee substitute/were made into flour in needy times
‡ Pharmacology of calcium.
Composition of Calcium carbonicum/Cortex Quercus
Combines the active principles of calcium and tannin,
creating a new whole remedy.
1.
oak bark goes through intense decoction to release
tannins that are not easily soluble.
2.
bark is heated to incandescence to obtain pure calcium
oxide (CaO). This combines with carbon dioxide from the air to CaCO2 (= calcium
carbonate). The tannin extract and the calcium preparation are potentized
together up to the 6x.
The idea for this preparation may have come from the
5th lecture in Rudolf Steiner's Agriculture course where he spoke of oak bark
as one of the 6 compost preparations. He said emphatically that the calcium must
remain within the sphere of life if it was to have "healing
qualities." Nothing could be done with ordinary calcium carbonate. He
spoke of oak bark as the source of such "live calcium“.
Goethe's perception of the beginnings of a dying
process in bark correlates with Steiner: And it is, above all, the bark of oak
which is a kind of intermediate product between plant nature and living soil,
wholly in the way I have spoken of concerning the relationship between living
soil and the earth. With reference to the calcium principle that shows itself
here, the calcium structure found in oak bark is the most ideal.
A transition from living to dead matter is created to
match the situation in which oak bark develops. The "composting" and,
therefore, partial mineralization of oak bark is taken to a higher level in
pharmacy by ashing. If one lives for a time with the image of a skull wintering
over in damp, "muddy" soil, it can become the counter image of the
allergy sufferer who is flowing apart under innumerable sensory stimuli in
Summer.
Calcium Carbonicum /Cortex Quercus is available in 1
and 10 ml ampules and impregnated globuli. The 10 ml ampules have proved
particularly effective in controlling acute allergic reactions, which is in accord with experience gained
in conventional calcium therapy. Highly positive results have also been seen
with marked pruritus of non-allergenic origin, (pregnancy). Mothers-to-be
tolerate the injections well, as they are highly effective. Calcium carbonicum/Cortex
Quercus may also be considered for acute hayfever attacks when Citrus/Cydonia
(Gencydo) on its own proves insufficient. The 1 ml ampules and globuli serve
mainly to continue the treatment of acute conditions and for more chronic
situations. More recently, the solution for injection has been used in
inhalations to treat asthma, also in combination with Levico 3x. This merits
attention in view of growing advocacy of anti-inflammatory basic treatment for
asthma. It needs systematic investigation and development, as do all inhalation
treatments using anthroposophical medicines. The use of 10 ml ampules of
Calcium carbonicum/Cortex Quercus to treat hemorrhages also requires closer
investigation, and work needs to be done on differential treatment (as alternative/complementary
to Stibium met. prep. D 6).
It is interesting to note that the styptic (=
blutstillend)properties of calcium were discovered on the end of the 18th
Century, while its anti-allergic properties were noted by Wright 100 years
later. Apart from the "external" aspect of serum treatment, this no
doubt also has a deeper reason. The allergy problem appears to have become
genuinely topical around the turn of the century, with the term
"anaphylaxis" first used by Charles Richet and Paul Portier in 1902.
Clemens Pirquet introduced the term "allergy" in 1906, having
interpreted serum sickness as an antigen-antibody reaction a year earlier.
Finally, Henry Dale and Patrick Laidlaw established the pharmacology of
histamine in 1910, showing the similarity between histamine induced and
anaphylactic shock. Reading Rudolf Steiner on the Citrus/Cydonia composition
(1920s) one also gets the impression that hayfever in its massive form was a
"new" syndrome at the time.
Other oak preparations for use in dermatology include
Quercus Essence, Quercus comp. Ungt. and Quercus Hemorrhoidal Suppositories.
Acute inflammatory changes in patients who may be said
to be "too young" are the domain of the oak. Overall, the indications
for oak bark preparations are fairly well defined. This is not yet the case
with birch bark. A paper to be published shortly may encourage others to try it
on a wider scale. ‡;
Eichengalletinte (= Ferr-s
+ Gerbstoff + Mur-ac)
Schriftgruppe
Gallae w Hergestellt aus Aleppogallen Quercus
infectoria/Vorasien
Quercus coccifera
= Kermes-Eiche/= Stech-Eiche/im Mittelmeergebiet/Portugal/Kleinasien
verbreitet/immergrün/Gerbstofflieferant/Wirt von Coccus
ilicis (= Kermesschildlaus) aus der früher der rote Farbstoff
= Karminrot = Kermes = E 120 Kermes gewonnen wurde.
Quercus ilex =
Steineiche Bonsaigruppe
Querc-r
Quercus
velutina = Färbereiche Gelb
/
Querc
Deutschland/Georgia/Frankreich/England/Dänemarken/Argentinien Staatssymbol
Tannin = Glucose + Gall-ac/Eichengallen = 50%
Tannin
türkisches
Tannin (aus Zweig-Gallen [= Aleppogallen] der Galleiche [= Quercus infectoria])
Buddleia indica
o. Nicodemia madagascariensis = Stubeneiche Bonsaigruppe
Dubo-m = Korkholzbaum
Evernia prunastn = Eichenmoos/= dammar Räucherwaren
Garrulus glandarius = Eichelhäher = pest bird
Sciurus vulgaris = Eichhörnchen/= Symbol Donars Mammalia
Tuber
melanosporum = Schwarze Truffel oft in Boden gefunden unter Querc. Fungi
Vergleich: Vergleich Fagaceae + Betulaceae; Siehe: Fagales + Baumgruppe + Lebensbäume + Zeus-iovisgruppe+
Mütterliche
Gruppe
Allerlei:
Eiche opfert sich vor Insekten (viele Insekten leben + vermehren auf
Eiche)/Tieren (Eichhörnchen/Eichelhäher) + regeneriert schnell nach Befall +
wird nicht von Insekten bestäubt (Windbestäubung) + leitet Blitz ab + toleriert
keine Pflanzen (junge Eichen) in Nähe/Schweine würden im Eichenwald gemästet
Waffen des
besiegten Feldherrn wurde in Eiche gehangen/Eichenlaub
war eine Verdienstauszeichnung in Deutschland/Friedensbaum
Ursprung
Spanien/Portugal
(Willens)stärke/Macht,
= Wissen + Macht, Jupiter/Donar/Mars/Saturn/Ceres geweiht, Druide = Eichenmann
von Blitz
gesucht, fällt um/baut nicht allmählich ab, Holz = HART/dauerHAFT (Fässer),
Querc. folgt Alnus,
Philemon
wird in eine Eiche wegen ihrer Liebe zu Baucis in eine Linde verwandelt.
= Yggdrasil
(Germanen). Im Baum lebt eine Ziege und einen Hirsch. Oben im Baum ist einen
Hahn o. Arend/ein Drachen nagt an den Wurzeln/ein
Eichhörnchen geht hin und her
zwischen den Ebenen/Regen ist Tau vom Yggdrasil
= heiliger
Ort/Gerichtsort/Grenzbaum/von Druiden gebraucht/= für Griechen sichtbaren Gott,
1e
Mensch/Mann aus Eiche geschaffen/aus Eiche
entsteht Mann, aus Ulme Frau
Viele Tiere
(Eichelhäher verspreizt Eichel um neue Eichen wachsen zu
lassen/-hörnchen/-gallwespe legt Eier ab/Larven schlüpfen und leben von
vermehrte Gerbstoffproduktion/-bock/ mit Eule verbunden)
Querc. =
durch die Linde (wenig Nutzwert) ersetzt worden in christlicher Zeit/Querc. +
Jug-r. ertragen sich nicht/Querc. verliert
Eichenhain
diente als Gottesdienststätte
Nach
Rauschen horchen als Orakel gebraucht
Phytologie:
Medicinally
oak galls are the most powerful of all vegetable astringents. They are used in
tincture internally for dysentery/diarrhoea/cholera. Externally a gall ointment
has been used to treat painful haemorrhoids and to arrest haemorrhage from the
nose and gums.
The dust of oak bark was considered effective against consumption, a
disease that tanners were particularly immune to.