Rubidium Muriaticum – Rubidium Chloride

The attenuations are prepared from Rubidium chloride, RbCl, MW: 120.9.

Rubidium is one of the alkaline metals, which bear a greater mutual similarity than the elements of any other group. Furthermore, their whole physical and chemi- cal behaviour is governed by their marked striving to form compounds.

In nature, on account of their great ability to react, the alkaline metals do not occur as elements, but only as ions of oxidation-stage +1. Whereas sodium is the most commonly occurring alkaline earth element and makes up some 2.6% of the earth’s crust as an important compound of many silicates, Rubidium (and Caesium) only occur in very small quantities, accompanying other alkaline metals.

Admittedly it is not yet proven whether and to what extent Rubidium may be de- fined as a trace metal, insofar as symptoms of a trace element deficiency in the form of a disease might occur if Rubidium were lacking. Rubidium’s position in the peri-

odic table of elements in the first group (lithium, sodium, potassium, rubidium, cae- sium and francium) shows us what fundamental importance is accorded to the ap- parently simplest natural mineral substances, to a certain extent the “proto-sub- stances” (Leeser) in the energy-relationships between the human psychosomatic unit and the proto-substances or elements from which it is formed. The periodic table was previously drawn up by Lothar Meyer and Mendeleyev taking into account the elements then known according to their atomic weights. Now, following more recent atomic research, the elemental table has been arranged so as to incorporate the addi- tional knowledge of their electron-structure.

It is known that, according to Bohr’s atomic model, atoms consist of positive nu- clear charges, around which negative electrons pass in one or more orbits. The peri- odic number is determined by the number of orbits and electrons, the “number in the order” being equal to the number of positive charges of the nucleus in question.

The chemical valency, i.e. the ability of the element to react chemically, is deter- mined by the atomic periphery, whilst on the other hand the internal autonomy of the element is determined by the number and structure of the nuclear charges (Leeser). The alkaline metals (elements in Group 1) show a lack of electrons (ion charge +1), whilst the halogens (elements of Group 7) show a surplus of electrons (ion charge

–1).

Thus it will be understood that atoms of Groups 1 and 7 form compounds easily, in order to balance their charges.

Leeser has set out the importance of the mineral remedies, not only of the basic elements and the more complex elements, but also the relationship of these basic el- ements to water, since this is of the greatest importance for their medicinal action.

Leeser sees in the position of the elements in the periodic table a possibility of ar- ranging the mineral remedies also in the seven main vertical groups. On the other hand in the subsidiary groups the chemical valency recedes, and to compensate for this, the physical structural or nuclear relationship assumes greater importance.

In compounds it will become clear that in some cases it is the cation and in others the anion which carries the main medicinal action, whilst in others the emphases may be equally shared.

In Rubidium Muriaticum, apart from the action of the Rubidium, that of the Chlo- rine is also important. Whilst we cannot yet draw on the results of a proving to es- tablish any symptomatology, effects in keeping with those of a trace element are likely. Thus Rubidium Muriaticum is found in combination preparations which may be used to compensate for a trace element deficiency.