Calcarea Fluorica
Calc Fluor;
Calcium Fluoride; Fluorspar
APPEARANCE
The susceptible
type is of medium to small build. Teeth are small and irregular, with
poor enamel. The skin is hard, especially over the palms of the hands,
where cracks
and fissures are common. Tongue is cracked.
Symptom Picture
Methodical and
tenacious, with well-organized memory, but easily worried, and preoccupied with
money. If a child, is often unstable at school, with poor attention; agitated,
undisciplined, a show-off.
Hardening and
thickening of tissue, giving rise to cysts, cystic tumors, ganglions. Hardened
lymph nodes and lumps in the breast, hard like stones. Cataract.
Laxness of ligaments
and connective tissue. Visceral and uterine prolapse. Varicose veins.
Hemorrhoids, bleeding, itching and protruding.
The bones may be
deformed and tender. Scoliosis and sprains are common. Rickets in infants.
Callus growths, chaps and fissures of the skin.
Worse Beginning
of movement. Rest. Damp weather.
Better Continued
movement. Warmth and hot applications.
Keywords
Lumps
Cracks
Loosens
Sags
Calcarea Phosphorica
Calc Phos; Calcium
Phosphate
APPEARANCE
Tall and thin,
with tapering hands. Usually dark, with rosy complexion, silky hair and
long eyelashes. Skin may be greasy. Teeth are long narrow and a little
yellowish.
Symptom Picture
Easily fatigued, especially by mental work; is
hard to finish a long task, even though intelligent. Nervous, agitated and
fearful. Memory poor. Sensitive and sentimental; prefers solitude. A good
remedy in convalescence. Slow development in children. Late closure of
fontanels. Growing pains, at the end of long bones and the dorsal spine.
Rickets (A softening and weakening of bones in children, usually due to
inadequate vitamin D. ). Slow-healing
fractures.
Glandular
enlargements and chronic catarrh. Tickly cough, with yellow, offensive sputum,
worse in cold weather. Colic in infants: vomiting of undigested milk. Severe stomach
pains after eating in adolescents. Loss of weight, though eating well. Craving for salt or smoked meat, salt fish. Calc phos improves absorption of
other nutrients.
Worse Mental effort.
Humidity. Thinking about illness.
Better Warm, dry
weather.
Keywords
Tired
Thin
Glandular
Growing
Calcarea Sulphurica
Calc Sulph; Calcium
Sulfate; Plaster of Paris
APPEARANCE
Warm-blooded;
wants to uncover and be in open air. Tongue has yellow, clay colored
coating, especially at the base.
Symptom Picture
Absent-minded,
irritable, easily angered. Desires the open air, is sensitive to draughts, takes cold easily.
Torpid glandular
swellings. Tonsillitis, suppurative stage.
Discharges from
any mucous membrane; yellow, thick and lumpy, often tinged with blood. Eye
inflammation of the newborn.
Easy suppuration;
cuts and wounds do not heal readily. Tendency to boils, abscesses and ulcers,
anywhere in the body. Presence of pus, with a vent. Impetigo (A highly
contagious skin infection that causes red sores on the face.).
Worse Wet, cold
weather. Draughts. Warmth of the bed. Exertion.
Better Open air.
Keywords
Thick
Yellow
Lumpy
Suppurating
Ferrum Phosphoricum
Ferrum Phos; Iron Phosphate
APPEARANCE
The susceptible type is usually tired, pale
and anemic. Face alternates between
redness and pallor.
Symptom Picture
A remedy for the
first stage of inflammatory disease, with fever but minimal exudation. Mild
fever less than 102°F (39°C), from congestion, heat of the sun or mechanical
injuries. Pulse rapid, but weak and soft.
Easy hemorrhages,
particularly nosebleeds. Bright blood from any outlet.
Dry spasmodic
cough, with lancing pains in the chest, worse from cold and lying down. Sputum
clear to yellow, often blood-streaked.
Earache, with
heat, congestion and acute pain.
Worse Cold air.
Exertion. Night. 4-6 a.m.
Better Gentle
exercise. Warmth. Pressure.
Keywords
Feverish
Anemic
Bleeding
Pale
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Kali Muriaticum
Kali Mur;
Potassium Chloride
APPEARANCE
A remedy for the second stage of inflammation,
with thick white discharges from both
mucous and serous membranes. The tongue is coated
white or gray.
Symptom Picture
Acute diseases at
the white exudative stage. Catarrhal conditions of the eyes, ears and throat.
Tonsils inflamed, swollen and edematous, with gray pockets. Mumps.
Chronic catarrh
of the middle ear, with blocking of the eustachian
tube. Glands swollen. Deafness, crackling in ears on swallowing or blowing the
nose.
Thrush and ulcers
of the mouth, with gray-white false membranes, edema and viscous thick saliva.
Bitter taste.
Indigestion from
rich or fatty food.
Rheumatic pains with
small effusions in the joints, worse by movement and the heat of the bed.
Worse Warmth.
Night. Motion. Open air.
Better Cold drinks.
Keywords
White or gray
discharges
Chronic catarrh
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Kali Phosphoricum
Kali Phos; Potassium Phosphate Dibasic
APPEARANCE
Tired, weak and
hypersensitive, with want of nerve power. Tongue clear or coated
brownish, like mustard. The eyelids may droop,
especially the left.
Symptom Picture
Excitable, easily
angered and obstinate. Nervous exhaustion, with dread and depression,
especially after protracted illness, emotional upsets or sexual excess. Fears
the night, falling, people and death.
Cerebral fatigue
and headaches, especially in school children, after overwork or mental effort.
Loss of memory. Humming in the ears. Vertigo.
Irritability and
hysteria, with alternating moods. Normally hypersensitive to stimuli, but may
show little response when exhausted. Insomnia. Sleepwalking and nightmares.
Putrid
discharges, from skin or any membrane, with depression and exhaustion. Foul
ulcers.
Worse Cold.
Excitement. Worry. Mental exertion.
Better Rest. Open
air. Gentle motion. Nourishment.
Keywords
Exhausted
Irritable
Sensitive
Depressed
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Kali Sulphuricum
Kali Sulph; Potassium Sulfate
APPEARANCE
Third stage of inflammation,
with yellow discharges. Tongue coated; yellow and
slimy.
Symptom Picture
Irritable,
obstinate and ill-tempered. Seeks open air, even though chilly.
Profuse, yellow
or yellow-green discharges, thin or sticky, from any membrane: may be intermittent
and change location.
Nasal discharge,
yellow, thick and profuse. Loss of smell. Coarse sounds when breathing, with
rattling of mucus in the chest, and yellow expectoration.
Scaly skin
eruptions, flaking easily, leaving a moist and sticky surface. Suppuration,
with yellow or yellow-green discharge. Impetigo.
Worse Heat. Warm
room. Night. Rest.
Better Cold fresh
air. Movement.
Keywords
Thick
Yellow
Suppurating
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Magnesium Phosphoricum
Mag Phos; Magnesium Hydrogen Phosphate
APPEARANCE
Appears tired
anti exhausted. May be nervous and thin or emaciated, with rigid
muscular fiber. In the acute case will be doubled up,
or pacing with pain. Chilly
types.
Symptom Picture
Listless, languid
and drowsy; averse to mental effort. Forgetful, unable to think clearly. May
stammer and yawn excessively.
A great remedy
for muscular spasm, often with a sensation of constriction. Spasmodic pains,
sudden and severe, either cramping or shooting. May change location, be felt
anywhere. May be severe enough to cause retching.
Menstrual
cramping that is better after the flow begins.
Abdominal colic,
flatulent and rumbling, no relief from belching, patient must bend double or
apply pressure.
Renal and hepatic
colic. Craves sugar; averse to coffee. May have a thirst for very cold drinks.
Worse Cold. Right
side. Night.
Better Heat.
Doubling up. Pressure and massage. Bending forward.
Keywords
Sudden
Spasmodic
Better by heat
and pressure
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Natrum Muriaticum
Nat Mur; Sodium
Chloride; Common Salt
APPEARANCE
The typical patient is pale and thin,
particularly around the neck and chest. The
forehead may be oily, with eruptions there, around the
hairline, and on the sides of
the
nose. Skin dry and may be cracked, especially the lips and around the nails.
Cold
sores are common.
Symptom Picture
Tired, depressed
and pessimistic. Worries and broods; harbors resentment. Unstable moods,
difficult to fix and maintain attention. Easily upset, but seeks solitude then,
and is made worse by consolation.
Takes cold
easily, preceded by sneezing. Mucous membranes may be cracked and dry, or
discharging. Discharges watery, copious, often frothy, and rarely irritating,
may be also thick and white.
Eczema or acne on
the forehead, along the edge of the scalp, or in the creases of the joints.
Cold sores around the lips or anus. Warts on the forehead, the palms of the
hands or creases of the fingers. Hangnails.
Craving for salt,
or aversion to it. Excessive thirst, or no thirst at all. Averse to bread, fat,
rich food, meat and coffee.
Worse Heat.
Closed rooms. Consolation. 10-11 a.m. Thunder.
Better Fresh air.
Cold bathing. Fasting.
Keywords
Depressed
Thirsty
Worries
Seeks solitude
Natrum Phosphoricum
Nat Phos; Sodium Phosphate
APPEARANCE
May the jaundiced. The tongue is creamy or yellow
at the back.
Symptom Picture
A remedy characterised by sourness and acidity. Debility; averse to
open air, bathing and company. Catarrh of nose and eyes, with thick, yellow,
purulent discharge.
Ailments with an
excess of acidity. Gout and rheumatism, with cracking of the joints. Itching of
ankles. Hives.
Flatulence, with
sour risings and sour vomiting. Jaundice. Worms; child picks nose and grinds teeth. Greenish
diarrhea. Craves alcohol, eggs, fish, pungent foods.
Avoids far, milk, butter, sour and acid foods.
Worse Mental and
physical exertion. Changes in weather.
Better Cold.
Settled weather.
Keywords
Sour
Acid
Tongue creamy at the back
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Natrum Sulphuricum
Nat Sulph; Sodium Sulfate; Glauber's
Salts
APPEARANCE
Often large and fat, particularly over the
abdomen, thighs and buttocks, causing the
skin
to pucker. Skin is jaundiced and dirty-looking. Edema is common. Dirty yellow
coating on tongue.
Symptom Picture
Weary, sad and
depressed, tired of life, worse at night and in morning on waking. Great
sensitivity to noise: music may bring irritation or tears. Fears of people,
crowds and the future. Results of head injuries, may be recent or remote,
especially loss of memory and head pain.
Catarrhal
inflammation of any mucous membrane, with discharge either yellow and watery or
green and thick, but usually irritating, and always worse from humidity.
Painful cough, often at the base of the left lung; holds chest with hands.
Asthma, worse from damp and 4-5 a.m.
Pain in joints,
especially the lower spine, knees, right hip and ankles, causing restlessness,
and often helped by slow and progressive movement. Warty growths on skin and
mucous membranes. Skin is cracked and fragile, sheds fine yellow crusts;
itching while undressing.
Liver painful and
congested; cannot bear pressure or constriction. Appetite poor; averse to meat
and bread; intolerant of fruit, vegetables, pastry, cold dishes. Thirst for
cold drinks, even though they disagree.
Worse Damp and
humidity. Cold. Near water. 2-5 a.m.
Better Dry
weather. Open air. Change of position. Pressure.
Keywords
Depressed
Catarrhal
Edematous
Worse from damp
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Silicea
Silicon Dioxide
APPEARANCE
Small, thin and neat, though poorly nourished,
with clear skin and a good color The
lips
crack easily, especially at the corners. Hands are cold and clammy. Children
have
a big head and small body.
Symptom Picture
Shy, gentle,
yielding and polite; if pressed will become annoyed, irritable and stubborn.
Conscientious in tasks, but with lack of energy and initiative. Tired all the
time, with inability to fix attention, even though bright. Lack of confidence
and dread of failure, with anxiety before any ordeal, but gets through by force
of will.
Hypersensitive,
both mentally and physically, especially to noise. Chilly, and sensitive to
cold and draughts, even when exercising.
Poor resistance
to infection, with frequent colds. Skin is dry and fragile; suppuration and
abscesses are common.
Fingertips are
rough; nails are often deformed and brittle, surrounded by septic cracks.
Sweats easily from the head and feet; foot sweat is profuse, irritating and
offensive.
Malabsorption and
malnutrition, yet appetite is usually poor or absent Excessive thirst is the
rule, with desire for cold drink and cold food. Averse to hot foods and meat.
Worse Cold. Damp.
Drafts. New moon.
Better Heat. Dry
weather. Rest. Warm clothes.
Keywords
Tired
Sensitive
Sweaty
Suppurating
Stubborn
Homeopathic Materia Medica
Here are more
than ninety homeopathic remedies. Some of these can be obtained from
health-food stores, many from homeopathic pharmacies, and all from homeopathic
practitioners. Please consult the Resource Guide at the end of this book.
Aconitum Napellus
Aconite
APPEARANCE
The susceptible type is robust and vigorous,
with an active mind. Often a child.
Symptom Picture
Fever,
inflammation and pain, often coming suddenly after exposure to cold or heat,
and especially to dry, cold wind. After-effects of shock.
Anxiety, agitation
and restlessness, tossing about, with greater fear, often fear of death.
Intolerance of pain.
Hot, dry,
congested skin, without perspiration; but may sweat on covered parts, and on
the palms. Great thirst for large quantities of cold water.
Hoarse, dry, convulsive
cough is often present.
Worse Towards
midnight. Extremes of temperature. Least touch.
Better Appearance
of sweat. Open air.
Keywords
Sudden
Restless
Anxious
Feverish
Dry
Thirsty
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Allium Cepa
Onion
APPEARANCE
Not defined.
Symptom Picture
Watery discharge
from the nose, irritating the upper lip, acrid and profuse. Often begins with
sneezing.
Eyes red and
burning, but producing bland tears.
Irritation
spreads downwards to the larynx, and produces a rasping, tearing cough, often called singer's cough.
Flatulent colic,
with rumbling, offensive wind.
Worse Heat.
Closed, warm room. Evening.
Better Open air.
Cold room.
Keywords
Nose irritated
Eyes bland
Better open air
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Aloe
Aloes
APPEARANCE
Full-blooded, sedentary people with local congestions.
Often women near
menopause. May like to eat a lot and drink a lot,
especially beer.
Symptom Picture
Flatulent
diarrhea, immediately after eating or drinking, or driving out of bed in the
early morning.
Sensation of heat
or fullness in the lower abdomen, with constant desire to defecate. Lack of
confidence in the anal sphincter.
Incontinence of
feces, on trying to pass wind or urinate. Feces may be solid or gelatinous.
Painful
hemorrhoids, standing out like a bunch of grapes.
Worse Eating or
drinking. Early morning. Beer. Oysters.
Better Cold
applications. Passing wind or feces.
Keywords
Flatulent
Involuntary
Drives out of bed
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Alumina
Aluminium Oxide
APPEARANCE
Pale, dry and thin, tired and withered, and appearing
older than the years would
indicate. There may be tremors of the head and limbs.
The nose may be sore and
cracked at the tip. The eyelids may droop.
Symptom Picture
Great fatigue,
mentally and physically. Strong desire to lie down, but worse from doing so.
Staggers easily, with weakness and heaviness of the lower limbs. Mentally dull
in the mornings, brighter in the evenings, although fearful and apprehensive
then.
Inactivity of the
rectum, with no desire or power: even soft stool requires great straining.
Intense dryness
of skin and mucous membranes. Skin does not perspire, has a tendency to crack,
itch and burn, worse from the heat of the bed.
Appetite is
capricious. May have no appetite, or may crave indigestible things. Aversion to
potatoes, beer, condiments, onions and meat. Intoxicated by the least amount of
alcohol.
Worse Mornings,
on waking. Dry, cold weather. New and full moon.
Better Warmth.
Warm, wet weather. Eating. Open air, even though chilly.
Keywords
Dry
Heavy
Exhausted
Constipated
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Ammonium Carbonicum
Ammonium
Carbonate; A Constituent of Smelling Salts
APPEARANCE
The susceptible type of fleshy, chilly,
indolent and sedentary. Face puffy, skin mottled,
pallid. or flushed. Looks
tired.
Symptom Picture
Depressed,
prostrated and weak. Ill-humored and easily upset, especially in humid or
stormy weather. Faints easily.
Sensation of
heaviness.
Obstruction of
the nose at night, must breathe through mouth. Wheezing. Irritating, incessant,
exhausting cough about 3 a.m., with sputum difficult to cough up.
Nosebleeds, when
washing face or hands, or after eating. Blood does not clot easily.
Palpitations.
Gums are swollen,
tend to bleed easily. Teeth painful.
Worse Cold or
humid weather. 3 a.m. Menstruation. Water. Ascending stairs.
Better Dry and warm weather. Lying down.
Keywords
Depressed
Heavy
Weak
Bleeding
Cough at 3 a.m.
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Ammonium Muriaticum
Ammonium Chloride
APPEARANCE
The susceptible type is soft, fleshy and
indolent, lacking in reaction. The abdomen is
large, the limbs thin.
Symptom Picture
Prostration, with
anxiety and irritability. Desire to cry, but cannot.
Hot, watery,
corrosive discharge from the nose, irritating the upper lip. Nose feels
blocked. Loss of sense of smell.
Constipation,
with excessive wind and hard, fragmenting stool. Stinging around the anus
during and after passage.
Sensation of
contraction of muscles and tendons, better from exercise. Sciatic pain, worse
while sitting.
Worse Cold. While
sitting.
Better Open air.
Keywords
Corrosive
Constipated
Contracted
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Anacardium Orientale
Semecarpus Anacardium, Marking
Nut
APPEARANCE
The susceptible type looks tired, with
paleface and dark areas under the eyes.
Movements tend to be clumsy. Sedentary types.
Symptom Picture
Absent-minded. Sudden
loss of memory, even for recent events. Lacks self-confidence. Apprehension
before any ordeal, with indecision. Derangements of hearing, smell and taste.
Gastric
discomfort, improved by eating; returns 2 or 3 hours later. Tends to gobble
food. Food may taste offensive.
Ineffectual
urging to stool.
Skin pustules or
vesicles, with excessive itching and burning. Warts, especially on the palms.
Sensations of a
plug or a band, may be anywhere in the body.
Worse Empty
stomach. Cold and-damp. Mental effort.
Better After
eating. At rest. Evenings.
Keywords
Apprehensive
Forgetful
Better from eating
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Antimonium Crudum
Ant Crud Antimony
Trisulphide
APPEARANCE
Tend to be stout, and may be edematous. There
may be cracks at the corners of the
mouth and nose. The tongue is often coated white.
Patient is chilly.
Symptom Picture
Great sadness,
with frequent tears and absence of desire to live. Impulses to suicide. Sulky,
cross, complaining and disagreeable, even when kindness is offered. Complaints
from disappointed affection.
Burping and
regurgitation of undigested food, not helped by vomiting. Watery diarrhea mixed
with semi-formed stool. May crave acid foods and pickles, meat and bread, which
all disagree.
Eruptions with
vesicles or pustules, especially on the face. Crusts, cracks and ulcers about
the mouth and nostrils.
Thickening of the
skin: tendency to corns, warts and calluses, particularly on the soles of the
feet. Thick and deformed nails, splitting easily.
Worse Heat and
cold. Overeating. Night. Moonlight.
Better Rest.
Keywords
Sad
Sulky
Thickens
Cracks
Ulcerates
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Antimonium Tartaricum
Ant Tart;
Antimony Potassium Tartrate
APPEARANCE
No well-defined susceptible type. Generally characterised by prostration, pallor and
drowsiness. Sometimes skin has blue tinge around the
lips and eyes.
Symptom Picure
Persistent,
irreconcilable ill-humor, worse from consolation. Prostration, with pale face
and cold sweat. Great drowsiness; especially after a bout of vomiting.
Difficult and
noisy breathing, with fine or coarse wheezes. Abundant, ropy, white, sticky,
rattling mucus that is difficult to expectorate. Suffocative attacks, turning
patient blue.
Nausea may be
severe and persistent, relieved by vomiting. Craving for apples and acid
drinks, which disagree.
Aversion to milk.
Salivation is common. Thirst may be absent or intense.
Pustular
eruptions, leaving a blue-red scar.
Worse Damp, cold
weather. Lying down. Evenings. Vexation. Cough worse 3-4 a.m.
Better Cool,
fresh air. Sitting erect.
Keywords
Drowsiness
Debility
Sweat
Suffocative
Rattling
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Apis Mellifica
Bee
APPEARANCE
Face is red, of
a rosy or livid hue. Puffy, especially around the eyes. Irregular raised
patches and weals in the skin,
either red or pale. Patient is restless and fidgety.
Symptom Picture
Tearful, fearful,
fidgety, suspicious and jealous, often after emotional upset or stress. Desires
company but not affection. Emotionally unstable and
unpredictable, will flit from one idea to another.
Edematous
swellings, red or pale, may be local or general, and may reach both mucous and
serous membranes.
Burning pricking
pains with the edema, better by cold and aggravated by heat. Soreness of whole
body, sensitive to least touch and pressure. Restlessness, not relieved by
motion.
Thirst is absent
in edema and in the hot stage of fevers, but present in the cold stages of
fever. Chill is prominent about 3 p.m.
Worse Heat. Touch
or pressure. Right side, spreading to left.
Better Cold. Cool
open air.
Keywords
Burns
Stings
Swells
Worse by touch
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Argentum Metallicum
Silver
APPEARANCE
Tall, thin and
irritable. Anxious and apprehensive about their health.
Symptom Picture
Trembling; anxious
about health. Ailments from anger, fear and fright. Broken-down constitution;
loss of muscular power. Failing brain power.
Painful
hoarseness of singers and speakers. Total loss of voice. Raw spot over
bifurcation of trachea. Cough with easy expectoration of gray, viscid mucus,
looking like boiled starch. Laughter brings on cough.
Rheumatic
inflammations of joints, especially elbow and knee, after cold, damp weather.
Involuntary contraction of fingers and paralysis of forearm.
Crushed pain in
testicle, especially the right. Ovarian cysts and tumors, especially the left.
Worse Using
voice. Touch. 3-5 a.m.
Better Open air,
even though chilly, Warmth.
Keywords
Weak
Trembling
Hoarse
Depleted
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Argentum Nitricum
Silver Nitrate
APPEARANCE
Withered and
old-looking. Emaciation, most marked in lower extremities. Skin may
show a blue, gray or brown discoloration.
Symptom Picture
Nervous,
agitated, hurried and restless. Lacks self-confidence. Trembles easily. Anxiety
before an ordeal. Memory poor.
Vertigo of
heights. Phobias, especially of enclosed places and public gatherings.
Sensation of
splinters or prickles in mucous membrane, with catarrhal discharge. Ulceration
is common.
Much flatulence,
with violent, difficult belchings. Craving for sweets,
which aggravate. Also craves salt, and may crave ice cream and cold drinks.
Often thirsty.
Worse Warmth.
Sweets. Mental work. Stuffy rooms.
Better Cold.
Cool, fresh air. Wind.
Keywords
Agitated
Ulcerated
Inflamed
Craves sweets
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Arnica Montana
Arnica
APPEARANCE
Red face and
lively expression, or pale and apathetic. Mottled, bruised-like areas
may be observed on the body.
Symptom Picture
Irritable and
morose, does not want to be touched. Forgetful and absent-minded, especially
after a blow. Great weakness and weariness. A remedy for shock and concussion.
Aches, pains and
stiffness, as if bruised and beaten, after
too much exercise, surgery, childbirth, or any form of trauma.
Restless, briefly
improved by change in position. Sensation that the bed is hard and full of
lumps, will groan, toss and turn.
Skin may show
spontaneous bruising, severe irritation, or eruptions that are mottled,
vesicular or pustular. Often symmetrical. Hemorrhage may occur, with dark,
venous blood.
Worse Touch.
Sudden movement or jolt. Damp, cold weather. Heat of the sun.
Better Rest.
Lying with head low.
Keywords
Bruises
Blows
Stiffness
Soreness
Weariness
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Arsenic Trioxide
Arsenicum Album
APPEARANCE
Thin, stylish,
neat and well groomed. Meticulous and orderly. Conscious of their
elegance, but fragile, lined and drawn. May have a
sallow complexion, or be pale.
The lower
eyelid may be puffy.
Symptom Picture
Fussy, fastidious
and critical, easily irritable and peevish. Oversensitive to smell, touch and
light. Fearful of many things; full of apprehension and dread, especially when
alone. Insomnia is common.
Weakness and
prostration, yet marked agitation and anxiety between midnight and 3 a.m.;
drives from bed to wander restlessly, even though exhausted.
Burning pains, like fire, anywhere in the body, but often in the mucous
membranes and skin, and improved by heat.
Seeks warmth, and
improved by it.
Marked thirst for
small quantities of liquid, taken frequently. Keeps water by the bedside, but
prefers warm or hot drinks.
Worse Midnight-3
a.m. Cold and damp. I-2 p.m.
Better Heat,
except around the head.
Keywords
Burning
Acrid
Restless
Worse around midnight
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Arum Tryphyllum
Arisaema Atrorubens; Indian Turnip
APPEARANCE
Lips dry and
cracked, scabs around the nostrils. Patient is restless and irritable, may
be prostrated.
Symptom Picture
Stinging and
burning of the mucous membranes of the mouth, nose, or throat. May bleed and
ulcerate.
Raw, sore throat
of speakers and singers, worse when swallowing. Painful hoarseness, with lack
of control: voice continually changing, or completely lost.
Clear discharge,
irritating the nostrils and upper lip. Dry lips: patient may chew or scratch
until they bleed.
Patchy redness or
raw hemorrhagic areas may be present on the skin. Lymph nodes may be swollen.
Worse Heat. Lying
down. Cold winds.
Better Nil.
Keywords
Stings
Burns
Ulcerates
Loses voice
Aurum Metallicum
Gold
APPEARANCE
Face is ruddy
with a puffy, shiny appearance, hair is dark, and so are the eyes. Nose
is knobby and red, with prominent veins. The
breath may be fetid.
Symptom Picture
Irritable and
easily angered, intolerant of contradiction. Hypersensitive to smell, taste,
hearing, touch, and especially to pain and cold. Critical of self and others.
Suicidal depression, with lack of self-confidence, particularly for grief or
emotional stress. Craves sunshine; finds cloudy days unbearable.
Violent
palpitations, with flushing or congestion in head and chest. Sensation as if
the heart missed a beat.
Hypertension.
Boring, tearing
pains in bones and joints, unbearable at night. Ulceration of bones and skin.
Hardening of glands, especially testicle, with pain and swelling. Uterine
prolapse.
Increased thirst
and appetite, tends to gobble food and crave cold drinks. Desire for coffee.
Craving for alcohol, and better for it.
Worse Night and
on waking. Noise, Menstruation.
Better Summer. Fresh air and cool applications, even though chilly.
Keywords
Depressed
Sensitive
Critical
Flushed
Craves alcohol
Baptisia Jinctoria
Wild Indigo
APPEARANCE
The patient is dull and looks drugged, with
dusky, mottled face and dark-red mucous
surfaces. There may be an anxious, frightened look and
facial sweat.
Symptom Picture
Great
prostration, with fever and mental confusion, may be delirious. Concentration
difficult, with drowsiness and languor;
falls asleep easily.
Severe aching
pain and muscular stiffness. Restless; bed feels too hard.
All discharges
and secretions sweat, breath, urine, stool, etc.are
fetid. Abdominal distension. Offensive, debilitating diarrhea.
Parched red
tongue, swollen and stiff. Constant craving for cold water.
Worse. After
sleep. Movement. Pressure. II a.m.
Better Nil.
Keywords
Feverish
Fetid
Restless
Thirsty
Baryta Carbonica
Barium Carbonate
APPEARANCE
Both adults and children look prematurely old
and withered, with a dried-up, sickly
appearance. Children have large abdomens, glandular
swellings. Adults tend to
obesity.
Symptom Picture
Slow to memorize
or comprehend. Vague fears. Easy exhaustion. Childlike behavior in adults. May
be physically and intellectually backward. Children slow to walk; timid, easily
upset by strangers.
·Enlarged glands,
especially the tonsils and prostate. Susceptible to infection, recurrent colds
and tonsillitis.
Degeneration of
the arterial walls. Hypertension from atherosclerosis. Offensive foot sweats.
Constant thirst.
Avoids cold foods and fruit, especially plums.
Worse Cold, from
least exposure. Heat of sun. Changes in weather.
Better Warmth.
Open air, even though chilly.
Keywords
Weak
Slow
Enlarged
Degenerated
Worse from cold
Belladonna
Aropa Belladonna; Deadly Nightshade
APPEARANCE
In acute cases the face is hot and flushed,
the pulse full and bounding. Eyes tend to
be
glassy, pupils dilated. Patient is restless; there may be a furious delirium.
Symptom Picture
Sudden, violent
onset of symptoms, with restless delirium. Acuteness of senses: may start at
the least noise or touch. There may be hallucination and convulsion.
Intense,
throbbing pain and local congestion. Cramping pains, beginning and ending
suddenly.
Fever with
intensely hot, burning skin. Hot sweats, especially on the face. Redness of the
skin, either in patches or widespread. Measles-like rash, or blister formation.
Thirst is not
marked, but there may be a craving for lemons and lemon drinks, or a desire to
moisten a dry mouth and throat.
Worse Light.
Noise. Jar or sudden movement. Cold air.
Better Warmth.
Rest.
Keywords
Hot
Red
Throbbing
Burning
Congested
Sudden
Berberis Vulgaris
Barberry
APPEARANCE
Sickly appearance, with poor color, sunken
cheeks and a bluish discoloration around
the
eyes. The inner part of the lower lip may be livid red, with bluish-red spots
at the
corners of the mouth. May sit with both hands
clasping the head.
Symptom Picture
Inert, listless,
lethargic, with poor memory, and incapable of sustained mental effort. Nervous
at dusk.
Prickling,
burning, radiating pains, can be anywhere, but often emanating from the small
of the back, deeply placed and worse from standing upright or movement. Cutting
pains in the kidney region, especially the left, following the course of the
ureter into the bladder and urethra. Urging to urinate, with pain and burning.
Renal colic, with passage of kidney stones or gravel.
Eczema and
itching eruptions, especially when circular, burning and smarting, and worse by
scratching. Lesions heal from the center outwards. Flat warts.
Acute stitching
pain in the liver, sudden and intense. Hepatic colic, with passage of
gallstones. Appetite is variable, with hunger alternating with anorexia, and
thirst alternating with thirstlessness.
Worse Movement.
Standing upright. Left side.
Better Rest.
Keywords
Burning
Shooting pain
Worse standing or moving
Borax
Borax; Sodium
Borate
APPEARANCE
Not defined.
Symptom Picture
Fear of bending
forwards, or downward motion. Airsickness. Hypersensitive to sharp and sudden
noise.
Ulceration of the
mouth and tongue, may begin as small red vesicles. Worse from touch and salty
or acid food.
Thrush and mouth
ulcers. Baby cannot feed.
Inflammation of
eyelids; margin of lid very sore. Lids stuck together after sleep. Wild hairs;
lashes turn inwards and become irritated.
Unhealthy skin;
every injury suppurates. Vesicles can turn white and coalesce, with a red
boundary. Genital herpes.
Worse Noise.
Downward motion.
Better Pressure.
Keywords
Hypersensitive
Inflamed
Ulcerated
Herpes
Bryonia
Bryonia Alba; White Bryony
APPEARANCE
The susceptible patient is usually, dark,
robust, well-built and well-fed. Face may be
puffed and purplish, or jaundiced. Averse to effort,
even thought or conversation.
Symptom Picture
Dry, reliable and
tenacious. Methodical and fastidious. Fits of anger and irritability. Fearful,
especially about money and the future. Complaints resulting from anger.
Acute, stitching,
piercing pains, worse by the least movement, can be anywhere. Wants to lie
still and undisturbed, with pressure on the affected part.
Dryness of all
membranes, both serous and mucous. Dry mouth and white tongue. Profuse sweats,
especially about 2-3 a.m.
Pain and
discomfort in the liver region. Great thirst for large amounts of water, at
fairly long intervals.
Worse Movement.
Heat. Warm weather. The least touch. 3 a.m. and 9 p.m.
Better Rest.
Pressure. Sweat. Cold.
Keywords
Stiff
Dry
Irritable
Stitching
Worse by motion
Cactus Grandiflorus
Cereus Grandiflorus; Night Blooming Cereus
APPEARANCE
Face may be red
and bloated, pale when prostrate.
Symptom Picture
Usually sad,
taciturn, desiring solitude and made worse by consolation. There may be fear of
death and despair of recovery. Tears may be profuse.
Sensation of
constriction, as if by wires or a band, alternately squeezing tighter and
tighter, then released; can be anywhere in the body. Pains can be shooting,
darting or squeezing.
Constriction of
the heart, with pain down the left arm. Palpitations, day and night.
Hemorrhages from the nose, lungs, stomach, uterus, bladder.
Dark blood, coagulating quickly.
Hot head with
cold extremities. Sudden flushes of heat. Profuse sweats in feverish states.
Worse Heat.
Direct sun. After meals. Lying on left side. Climbing stairs. II a.m. II p.m.
Better Open air.
Keywords
Constricting
Palpitating
Bleeding
Calcarea Carbonica
Calc Carb; Oyster Shell
APPEARANCE
Often overweight, with soft, pale complexion
and lethargic manner. Hands often feel
lifeless, lacking grip. Children fair, with large
heads. There is often a sour odor to
the
body.
Symptom Picture
Well-organized,
methodical and economical in effort when well, but dull, uninterested and
easily tired when ill.
Easily
discouraged, quickly depressed. Memory poor. Worries easily, with many fears.
Over-concerned for others.
Tendency to catch
cold easily. Chronic catarrh; enlarged tonsils and adenoids.
Excessively
chilly, with great sensitivity to cold. Easy sweating of the head; child soaks
the pillow when asleep.
Foot sweat, easy
and offensive.
Digestion weak.
Often constipated. Averse to meat. Craving for eggs, ice cream and sweets. May
crave milk which disagrees. Desire for earth, sand, chalk and uncooked food, in
children and pregnant women.
Worse Cold.
Draughts. Wet weather. 2-3 a.m. Exertion.
Better Warm, dry
weather. When constipated.
Keywords
Cold
Sluggish
Fair
Fat
Flabby
Faint
Fearful
Calendula
Calendula Officinalis; Marigold
APPEARANCE
Not defined.
Symptom Picture
A remedy with its
best action as an antiseptic wound healer.
The time-honored homeopathic
treatment for cuts and lacerations, with a particular use in superficial
vaginal tearing after childbirth.
Also useful as a
local application to diaper rash, sore nipples, bums and scalds, ulcers and
infected wounds.
It can be applied
as the mother tincture in full strength, or diluted I part calendula in 9 parts
water without loss of efficacy. It may also be combined with hypericum tincture to form Hypercal.
Worse Not defined.
Better Not defined.
Keywords
Cuts
Wounds
Rashes
Ulcers
Burns
Scalds
Camphora
Laurus Camphora; Camphor
APPEARANCE
Pale cold face, with bluish lips and anxious
expression. May be prostrate.
Symptom Picture
A useful remedy
for the first stages of a cold, with restlessness, chilliness and sneezing.
Sudden collapse,
or sudden sinking of strength, with icy coldness of the whole body. Cannot bear
to be covered, even though chilly, will throw off blankets.
Sudden shock with
collapse. Insect bites, with severe allergic reaction.
Collapse with
profuse diarrhea. A good traveller's remedy for
cholera.
Worse Cold, yet
will not be covered. Motion.
Better Drinking cold water. Warmth.
Keywords
Collapsed
Cold
Will not be covered
Cantharis
Cantharides;
Spanish Fly
APPEARANCE
The acute case may have a red, flaming hot face
with staring eyes, or later pallor
with
a sunken, collapsed appearance. May be restless.
Symptom Picture
Intense
irritation, both mental and physical. Confusion, frenzy or delerium,
worse by looking at bright objects.
Sexual frenzy.
Severe piercing,
burning pain in the bladder and urethra, with frequency and urging to
urination. Pains before, during and after urinating. Urine passes only in
drops, tinged with blood. Pains in the kidney region, radiating along the
ureters. Urine retention.
Sexual excitation,
often accompanied by increased desire.
Extreme
sensitivity of skin and mucous membrane with eruption of burning, itching
vesicles, better by cold applications. Burns, cold sores and sunburn.
Worse On urinating. Movement. Touch. Drinking fluids, especially
coffee.
Better Warmth.
Warm applications. Lying down. Night.
Keywords
Burns
Bleeds
Blisters
Urges
Capsicum
Capsicum Annuum; Chilli Pepper
APPEARANCE
Sluggish and cold, with diminished vital heat,
although the face may be red. Looks
overweight, bleary-eyed and exhausted. Avoids drafts and
open air.
Symptom Picture
A remedy
characterized by inflammation and irritation of mucous membranes, with an
intense burning sensation as if a hot pepper had been placed on the affected
part.
It has a particular
affinity with the ear, and is a very useful remedy for simple
earache in children, when the whole ear is tender and sore to touch.
Sore throat of
smokers, with pain and dryness extending into the ears. Great thirst, but
drinking can cause shivering.
Burning in all
orifices. Bleeding hemorrhoids, sore and stinging.
Worse Cold.
Drafts. Open air.
Better Heat.
While eating.
Keywords
Burning
Sore
Stinging
Carbo Vegetabilis
Carbo Veg;
Charcoal
APPEARANCE
The susceptible type is sluggish, pale and
puffy, and worn down by debilitating illness. There is a dislike of warmth and
a craving for fresh air.
Symptom Picture
Slow, sluggish
and indifferent. Low vitality, weakened by illness, loss of body fluids or
injury.
Tendency to
collapse from least exertion, with coldness, sweating, pale face, wants fresh
air or to be fanned.
Varicose veins.
Puffy hands and feet.
Weak digestion,
even the simplest food disagrees. Great flatulence, better by passing wind up
or down, worse by lying down. Craves coffee, acid foods, sweet things and salt.
Averse to fatty foods, meat and milk. Intolerant of alcohol.
Spasmodic cough,
with cold sweat and cold face. Difficulty breathing, with blue-purple tinge to
skin, craves air.
Worse Heat. Being
covered. Alcohol.
Better Fresh air.
Keywords
Weak
Collapsed
Cold
Flatulent
Craves air
Caulophyllum Jhalictroides
Blue Cohosh
APPEARANCE
Females with
patchy pigmentation moth patches on the forehead. The upper eyelids
may droop?.
Symptom Picture
Chilly, nervous women,
especially during pregnancy, labor and lactation.
Period pain,
irregular and spasmodic, especially left ovarian region, with bearing down.
Thrush, locally and internally.
Labor pains
spasmodic, irregular and ineffectual. Retained placenta. Intense after pains.
Passive bleeding, dark and liquid, after childbirth. Habitual abortion, in the
early months, from uterine debility.
Rheumatism of the
small joints, especially the wrist and fingers. Pains are intermittent and
erratic, change place every few minutes.
Worse Pregnancy.
Menstruation. Open air. Evening.
Better Nil.
Keywords
Spasmodic
Erratic
Irregular
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Causticum
A Preparation of
Calcium, Potassium and Sulphur
APPEARANCE
Usually thin,
elderly and tired, with fine, delicate features, grayish pallor. Yellow
pigmentation over temples. Eyelids may droop. Trembling
may be evident.
Symptom Picture
Sad, anxious,
easily discouraged and depressed, with a peevish and distrustful nature.
Intense need for sympathy.
Compassionate: anxious about friends
and others. Ailments from grief, fear, loss of sleep.
Paralysis,
especially of face, tongue, throat or limbs. Poor muscle tone of the
sphincters: swallowing difficult, urinary retention or incontinence on sneezing
or coughing; constipation with ineffective urging, or complete lack of desire.
Hoarseness and loss of voice.
Drawing, tearing
pains in limbs, with sensation of contraction of tendons, especially on
beginning to move. Warts, may be anywhere but especially on face, nose and
eyelids, hands, tips of fingers, under nails.
Appetite
disappears at mealtime; sits down hungry, but smell of food upsets. Craving for
smoked and salted meats, beer. Averse to sweets.
Worse Dry cold.
Cold wind and draughts. Twilight. 3-4 a.m. Thinking
about problems.
Better Warm and
moist. Cold drink improves cough.
Keywords
Raw
Sore
Burning
Contracted
Weak
Trembling
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Chamomilla
Matricaria Recutita; German
Chamomile
APPEARANCE
Susceptible
types often have light brown hair and a fair complexion. There may be
crack in the center of the lower lip. Babies who
are teething, with one cheek red, the
other pale.
Symptom Picture
Children are
irritable, peevish and fretful, quiet only when carried; want things, but
reject them when offered.
Adults cannot
endure anyone near; are cross, oversensitive, averse to talking. Disorders
arising from anger, contradiction or interference.
Oversensitive to
light, noise, smell, and especially to pain; or suffering appears out of
proportion to the disorder.
Insomnia.
Rheumatic pain may drive out of bed at night, to pace restlessly.
Colic with
distension; not relieved by wind. Diarrhea of children especially during
teething; stool green, watery and offensive.
Usually thirsty.
Averse to coffee, or intense desire for it.
Worse Anger.
Heat. Coffee. Drafts. a.m. and 9 p.m.
Better Being carried. Warm, moist, humid weather.
Keywords
Sensitive
Irritable
Restless
Hot
Thirsty
China see Cinchona officinalis
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Cicuta Virosa
Water Hemlock
APPEARANCE
Face may be pale,
with sunken eyes surrounded by a livid ring. When excited the face
may be red and covered in sweat. There may be a
squint or a staring gaze.
Symptom Picture
A remedy for epilepsy and tetanus. Usually of a mild, gentle and placid
disposition, may become agitated, suspicious and fearful. Mind may be blank for
days.
Violent and
intense convulsions, starting from the head or the face and spreading
downwards; after meningitis, trauma or labor. Involuntary urination. Spasms of
children, from teething or worms, with distortion of limbs.
Before an attack,
the child may be excited, singing and dancing.
Yellow pustules,
with honey-colored crusts, especially on the head and face. Eruptions may join
together but do not itch.
Abnormal appetite
for charcoal, chalk, raw potatoes and indigestible things. There may be a
burning thirst and grinding of the teeth.
Worse Cold. Jar
or jolt. Trauma.
Better Warmth.
Eating.
Keywords
Spasms
Convulsions
Pustules
Abnormal appetite
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Cimifuga Racemosa
Black Cohosh; Actea Racepiosa
APPEARANCE
Face pale or
bluish, eyes sunken and surrounded by dark rings. Scared, wild
expression.
Symptom Picture
Restless in mind
and body, can become almost frantic. Cannot sit long in one spot. Loquacious;
moves rapidly from one subject to another. Fear of imminent disaster, of death,
and of going crazy.
Complaints
initiated by emotional stress, disappointed affection or repressed anger.
Sudden faintness, with ashen white face and cold sweat on the palms. Habitual
abortion at the third month.
Pains like
electric shocks, darting, shooting and changeable. Cramping pains in muscles,
constantly changing, with pain and twitching, especially in the nape of the
neck, shoulders and achilles
tendon.
Menstrual pain in
proportion to the discharge; the more blood the greater the suffering.
Bearing-down pains, from one side of the abdomen to the other, causing doubling
up, and running along the front of the thighs.
Worse
Menstruation. Cold and damp. Movement after rest.
Better Heat. Open
air. Eating.
Keywords
Restless
Changeable
Loquacious
Cramping
Shooting
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Cina
Artemesia Maritima; Wormseed
APPEARANCE
Often a child.
Pale and sickly, with dark rings around the eyes and pale around the
mouth. The pupils may be dilated. There may be
twitching facial muscles and eyelids.
May yawn
frequently.
Symptom Picture
Sullen,
complaining, disagreeable and irritable. Adults are touchy, obstinate, no sense
of humor. Child is averse to
being touched,
caressed or even looked at; turns away when approached. May demand things and
then throw them
away when brought.
Infants want to be carried, or jigged and rocked. Chilly and sensitive to
draughts.
Bores finger into
nose and picks at nostrils until they bleed. Sleep is restless, with jerking
and grinding of teeth.
Tendency to night
terrors and urinary incontinence.
Convulsions, with
urinary incontinence. Teething, chorea (uncontrollable jerkiness), whooping
cough and
spasmodic affections from
intestinal irritation. A remedy for round or thread worms.
Intense itching
at the anus, abdominal pains around the navel. Appetite may be ravenous and
insatiable, with
hunger returning soon
after a meal. Fussy about food, with many desires. Craves sweet things. Foul
breath. Infant
may refuse mother's
milk.
Worse Least
touch. New moon. Night. Heat. Full moon.
Better Movement.
Lying on stomach.
Keywords
Worms
Irritable
Disagreeable
Ravenous
Grinds teeth
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Cinchona Officinalis
China; Cinchona
Bark
APPEARANCE
Pallor, with sunken
eyes, a dull expression and sickly appearance. The face may be
puffy, earthy or yellowish.
Symptom Picture
Exhaustion,
weakness and irritability from debilitating discharges or loss of vital fluids.
Averse to company and mental effort; seeks solitude. Anxious and fearful.
Intolerant of noise.
Great flatulence,
distending the abdomen, not helped by belching, wind or stool. Painless, watery, undigested diarrhea, with marked exhaustion.
Ringing in the
ears. Hemorrhage, from any outlet, especially with buzzing or ringing in the
ears, blurred vision, oppression or general weakness.
Bitter, salty
taste in the mouth. Tongue flabby, coated yellowish-white. Intolerance of acids
and fruits, milk and butter, wine and sour things.
Worse Cold air
and drafts. After eating. Touch. Around midnight.
Better Heat.
Rest. Firm pressure.
Keywords
Exhausted
Drained
Flatulent
Bleeding
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Cocculus Jndicus
Anamirta Coculus; Indian
Cockle
APPEARANCE
Fair women and children,
of weak and nervous temperament, with weakness, nausea
and vertigo. Speech is difficult, and may be slurred. Gait may be
unsteady.
Symptom Picture
Exhaustion, with
hollow, ''all-gone'' feeling. Slow in comprehension, seems stupid, or may be
very talkative. Bad
effects of loss of
sleep, emotional trauma, continued worry, overwork, excessive study.
Hypersensitive to
pain, movement, noise and the sight or smell of food. Cannot sleep, even though
exhausted.
Vertigo, with
nausea and lassitude.
Heaviness,
stiffness and lameness in muscles, with numbness and tendency to tremble. May
stagger on walking.
Nausea and
vomiting, with distension and salivation, especially from motion or pregnancy.
Aversion to food: may
gag when eating, or
even at the thought of it. Thirst for beer and cold drinks. May crave mustard.
Worse Travel and
passive motion. Tobacco smoke. Loss of sleep. Cold air. Pregnancy.
Better Heat.
Rest.
Keywords
Exhausted
Sensitive
Dizzy
Nauseous
Trembling
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Coffea Cruda
Unroasted Coffee
Bean
APPEARANCE
Face tends to be
flushed, hot and dry. Excited and talkative, quick movements, or
exhausted and unwilling to talk.
Symptom Picture
Nervous,
intelligent and hyperactive. Increased mental activity, optimism and euphoria.
Easily agitated, may
tremble. Rapid changes
of mood; can pass quickly from tears to laughter.
Hypersensitive;
vision, hearing, touch and smell are sharper. Oversensitive to pain, tosses
about in anguish. Violent
palpitations, with nervous
excitement.
Sleepless though
tired: ideas crowd into mind.
Nervous
indigestion, with bloating. Hunger is often excessive.
Worse Sudden
emotions. Stimulants. Cold. Noise.
Better Heat.
Keywords
Agitated
Painful
Sleepless
Sensitive
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Colchicum Autumnale
Autumn Crocus
APPEARANCE
Exhausted and
trembling, with a waxy pallor. Sits or lies still, to avoid movement.
Symptom Picture
Great exhaustion;
can be too weak to raise head from pillow. Oversensitive to all impressions: to
light, noise,
smells and the
slightest movement. Excessive irritability; the least thing annoys. May be
absent-minded, forgetful
and confused.
Swelling of the
joints, with intolerable tearing pains shifting from joint to joint. Acute
pains in the big toe; fears
contact or the least
movement. Gout and gouty arthritis.
Very chilly;
feels cold even when close to the fire. Sweating is prominent; may be cold and
clammy.
Intense nausea
from the sight or smell of food; may vomit or even
faint. Thirst may be excessive, or entirely
absent. Abdominal
distension with diarrhea and flatulence.
Worse Movement.
Cold. Touch. Nightfall.
Better Heat.
Keywords
Sensitive
Chilly
Nauseous from
sight or smell of food
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Colocynthis
Colocynth; Bitter
Cucumber
APPEARANCE
The susceptible
type is extremely irritable. In the acute case, the face tends to be
dark red, and distorted with pain. Patient may
scream, writhe in agony, or double up.
May press a hard
object into abdomen in search of relief
Symptom Picture
Extreme
irritability and impatience, easily upset by trifles. Disinclined to talk;
wants to be left alone. Complaints
from grief, anger,
and resentment. Vertigo, with faintness and weakness; may be too weak to talk.
Flatulent
distension in the abdomen, with violent and spasmodic pain, coming in waves of
agony, improved by
hard pressure and
bending double. Vomiting from the pain. Colic: digestive, uterine and renal.
Neuralgia,
especially of the larger nerves, tearing and violent, compelling the patient to
keep moving.
Bitter taste in
the mouth, with sore, red tongue. Constant desire to drink fluids. Averse to
all foods. Potatoes and
cereals are poorly
digested.
Worse Food and
drink. Rest. Anger or irritability.
Better Firm
pressure. Doubling up. Heat. Passing stool or wind.
Keywords
Irritable
Violent
Spasmodic
Better pressure
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Conium Maculatum
Hemlock
APPEARANCE
Usually elderly
and chilly. The face may be flushed, with droopy eyelids. May
stagger, tremble or twitch.
Symptom Picture
Lively
disposition, but unable to concentrate or sustain mental effort, moving toward
imbecility. Avoids society,
yet dreads to be
alone. Debility after sexual abstinence or excess. Old injuries: never well
since.
Slowly ascending
paralysis: movements may be clumsy; walking is difficult, with pain in the legs
and loss of
strength. Intermittent
urination and ineffectual straining at stool.
Intense sexual
desire, unable to be satisfied, or impotence. Often glandular inflammations:
enlarged prostate or
ovaries, hardening of
testicles, breasts lumpy or painful, particularly the rightoften
after a blow.
Insatiable
craving for salt; great thirst, and desire for coffee and sour foods. Averse to
milk and bread.
Worse Alcohol. At
rest. Touch or jolt. Cold.
Better Warmth.
Motion.
Keywords
Trembling
Paralysed
Dull
Strong desire
Craves salt
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Cuprum Metallicum
Copper
APPEARANCE
Face reddish, or
red and white in patches. Speech may be impaired. Eyelids may
twitch. The limbs may jerk. In acute attacks, the
facial skin may be bluish, with blue
lips.
Symptom Picture
Prostration with
nervous trembling, after mental strain or loss of sleep. Irritable and
emotionally unstable, easily
upset. Moods variable;
can be depressed or talkative, malicious, fearful.
Spasmodic
disorders, varying from twitches, hiccup and muscular cramps to violent
convulsion. Spasms often
begin in fingers and
toes. Epilepsy, without clear symptoms, or aura begins in knees and ascends.
Violent cramps in
calves and feet, especially at night, and in the elderly. Dry, spasmodic cough,
like whooping
cough, with
suffocation and palpitation, often worse around midnight. Spasmodic asthma.
Metallic taste.
Desires cold foods. Eats quickly, with tendency to choke. Violent diarrhea, with
cramp-like pains.
Worse Cold air.
At night. Touch and pressure. Menstruation.
Better Cold
drinks.
Keywords
Violent
Spasmodic
Cramping
Better cold
drinks
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Dioscorea Villosa
Wild Yam
APPEARANCE
Not defined.
Symptom Picture
A remedy for
pain, especially in those of feeble digestive powers, with much flatulence.
Severe, acute,
colicky pains that come in waves, twisting and crushing.
Griping pains in
the abdomen, radiating to back, chest and arms. Sharp pains from liver.
Gallstone colic. Renal
colic.
Mouth dry and
bitter in morning, no thirst.
Worse Bending double. Lying down.
Better Standing
upright or leaning backwards. Belching. Motion.
Keywords
Severe
Acute
Colicky
Worse bending
double
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Drosera Rotundifolia
Sundew
APPEARANCE
In the acute
case, there is stiffness, lameness and reluctance to move. Pallor and
emaciation may be present.
Symptom Picture
Restless and
uneasy when lying down, even though exhausted easily. Sensation of bruised
soreness all over, with
great sensitivity.
Irritated over trifles. Fear of solitude, dreads the night.
Dry, tickling, barking
cough, coming in suffocative bouts; often as soon as the head touches the
pillow. Face may
become purple; cough
often ends in retching, sometimes with nosebleed. Holds chest with hands while
coughing.
Measles, with
hoarse cough. Whooping cough.
Muscle pain, with
stiffness and shivering when at rest. Gnawing or stinging pain in the long
bones. Always too
cold; chilly even in
bed. Perspires profusely, especially at night.
Hiccups,
cramping, gagging and vomiting characterize the remedy. Averse to acid foods
and pork. Food tastes
bitter, especially
bread. High thirst in fever.
Worse Lying down.
Evening, after midnight. Warmth of the bed. Talking.
Better Pressure
of hands. Sitting up. Movement.
Keywords
Restless
Coughs
Tickles
Gags
Worse lying down
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Dulcamara
Solanum Dulcamara;
Bittersweet
APPEARANCE
The skin tends to
be dry and delicate, and may show a sickly pallor or a dusky,
purplish hue. There may be emaciation, or a puffy
swelling of the limbs.
Symptom Picture
Restless and
irritable, often with difficulty finding the right word when speaking, and a
desire to keep constantly
on the move.
Catarrhal
discharges from mucous membranes, especially respiratory, often thick and yellow
in the mornings,
worse in a cold room
or out of doors.
Tearing, shooting
or drawing pains, often coming on during damp cold weather, or after exposure
to wet cold,
better by movement and
change of position.
Large, soft,
smooth, translucent warts, usually on the face, the backs of the hands, and the
back, where the skin in
thin. Sweat is often
excessive and offensive.
Worse Damp, cold,
rainy weather. Changes in weather. Rest. Night.
Better Dry,
settled weather. Change of position. Warmth.
Keywords
Restless
Rheumatic
Catarrhal
Worse from damp
cold
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Eupatorium Perfoliatum
Boneset
APPEARANCE
In the acute
phase, the patient is restless and agitated, and groans loudly with the
pain. May be jaundiced.
Symptom Picture
Adapted to
worn-out constitutions, and the diseases of the elderly. Agitation, not helped
by movement.
Great soreness
and stiffness of the body, with intense aching pain in the bones, as if broken.
A good remedy for
influenza.
Coryza (cold virus),
with sneezing and aching of the bones of the face. Painful soreness of the
eyeballs. Cough
with sore chest; must
support it with the hands.
Insatiable thirst
before and during chill and fever. Knows chill is coming because he or she
cannot drink enough.
Worse Movement,
even though agitated. Cold air. Chill 7-9 a.m.
Better Lying on
hands and knees.
Keywords
Stiff
Sore
Aching
Worse from
movement
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Euphrasia Officinalis
Eyebright
APPEARANCE
Red eyes and
streaming nose in the acute phase.
Symptom Picture
Acute catarrhal
affections of the eyes and nose. Eye disorders, after falls, contusions or
mechanical injury. A good
remedy for hay fever
and sinusitis.
Inflammatory
redness of the conjunctiva, with a sensation of burning. Eyes water constantly.
Irritating tears,
profuse and prickling.
Eyelids red, swollen and burning, may be ulcerated.
Abundant
discharge from the nose, watery and non-irritating.
Hacking cough,
with free expectoration.
Worse Heat. Wind.
Evenings, in bed.
Better In the
dark.
Keywords
Red eyes
Irritating tears
Bland nasal
discharge
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Jerrum Metallicum
Iron
APPEARANCE
The susceptible
type is often obese, with a clear waxy skin. Good color over the
cheekbones, but mucous membranes are pale. Unstable
circulation, pales or blushes
easily.
Symptom Picture
Gentle, pleasant
types, but weak and unstable. Easily depressed, anxious and weepy, yet
irritable when
contradicted. Quickly
exhausted; feel faint on exertion. Intolerant of crowds, pain and noise; seek
solitude.
Circulatory
congestion. Easy flushing, frequent nosebleeds. Very chilly, feel the cold
intensely. Menses pale and
watery, with flushes of
heat.
Muscles weak,
flabby and relaxed: easy prolapse of the rectum, vagina and bladder.
Involuntary dribbles of urine
on coughing or
sneezing.
Craving for
sweets, bread and butter; also raw tomatoes and sour foods, even though they
disagree. Averse to meat,
eggs and dry wine,
although sweet wine is well tolerated.
Worse Exertion.
Cold. Night. Heat. Loss of vital fluids.
Better Gentle
exercise. Warmth.
Keywords
Weak
Unstable
Relaxed
Blushes
Bleeds
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Jelsemium Sempervirens
Yellow Jasmine
APPEARANCE
The face is
congested, with drooping eyelids giving a drowsy look. Eyes may be
glassy, with enlarged pupils. The hands, tongue and
eyelids may tremble. Lips tend to
be dry and cracked. The tongue is coated yellow-white.
Symptom Picture
Prostration.
Emotional depression and apathy, wish to be left alone, but afraid of solitude.
Averse to noise and
bright light, but
afraid of the dark. Jittery and anxious before any ordeal, averse to new
undertakings and
responsibilities.
First stage of
fevers, of gradual onset, with complete relaxation and lack of coordination of
whole muscular system.
Thirstless, dull, drowsy
and dizzy. Stiffness, trembling and twitching in groups of muscles. Influenza.
Headaches, with
disorders of vision, heaviness of the lids and pains in the eyeballs. Pains
often located at back of
skull, or begin there
and spread over the crown of the head to the eyes.
Acute catarrhal
conditions with watery discharges and much sneezing. Sore throat, puffy, red
and congested.
Swallowing is
painful, with sensation of a lump, or pain shoots from the tonsil to the ear.
Worse Heat or
warmth. Emotional upsets. 10 a.m.
Better Open air.
Sweating. Movement.
Keywords
Dizzy
Drowsy
Dull
Trembling
Relaxed
Anxious
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Jraphites
Graphite
APPEARANCE
The susceptible
type is fat, with a pale, puffy face and heavy features. Lips are pale,
and also the hands; skin tends to be harsh and dry. Blushing is
common.
Symptom Picture
Sensitive,
tearful and impressionable, full of forebodings. Indecisive: dreads effort,
both mental and physical.
Variable moods:
cheerful in mornings, agitated and irritable in evenings. Seeks solitude, but
easily consoled.
Sleepless,
especially in the first part of the night.
Circulation poor,
with pallor and chilliness, sensitive to the least draft of cold air, yet
averse to warm rooms and
craves open air.
Enlarged glands and lymph nodes.
The skin is
unhealthy, thick and dry; especially at the fingertips, the orifices, genitals,
bends of the limbs, behind
ears, on the face and
scalp. Lesions ooze honey-like exudate; may crack, itch and bleed. Sweats are
easy and
profuse. Foot sweats and
all discharges are offensive.
Sluggish
digestion, with stomach pain and flatulence, relieved by eating. Often has
constant urge to eat.
Constipation,
with absence of desire. Craves beer, acid drinks, and cold fluids, which may
disagree. Avoids fat,
meat, salt, fish,
cooked foods. Sweets may cause nausea.
Worse Cold,
except the skin. Cold drinks. Damp. Heat of the bed. Night. Skin is worse from
warmth, heat of the
bed, and washing.
Better Open air,
even though chilly. Wrapping up. Rest. Skin is better by cold applications.
Keywords
Fat
Sensitive
Chilly
Constipated
Cracked
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Hamamelis
Hamamelis Virginica; Witch
Hazel
APPEARANCE
Not defined.
Symptom Picture
A remedy with a
great affinity for the veins. Whereas Arnica is a remedy for injuries where the
skin is unbroken,
Hamamelis is the remedy
for blows and bruises when the skin has been broken. It particularly governs
wounds
when the blood is
dark and oozing, unlike the fresh bright bleeding of Calendula.
It has a
particular use in dilated, sensitive and painful veins, with a sensation of
bruised soreness and fullness as if
they may burst. Hence
it has great use in varicose veins in the legs, particularly during pregnancy,
after childbirth,
or after standing
for long periods.
Hemorrhoids, sore
and bruised, after pregnancy or childbirth.
Nosebleed, especially
in the morning, with thin, dark blood.
Worse Cold.
Drafts. Open air.
Better Heat.
While eating.
Keywords
Bruised and
bleeding
Sore and full
Thin, dark blood
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Hepar Sulphuris Calcareum
Hepar Sulph; Hahnemann's
Calcium Sulphide
APPEARANCE
Fair, scrawny and
torpid, sensitive to cold. Face often has a yellow tinge. The lower
lip may be cracked. Skin has an unhealthy look.
Symptom Picture
Oversensitive to
all impressions, especially pain and cold. Quarrelsome and easily angered,
irritable from the
slightest cause,
intolerant of contradiction. Memory is poor. Speaks quickly, dislikes fuss, and
prefers solitude.
Easy infections
of all respiratory membranes. Laryngitis, with loose, raucous, noisy cough,
worse from cold air.
Croup. Chronic
enlargement of the tonsils, with easy infection. Painful sensation in the
throat, as if a splinter or
needle is stuck there.
Sneezing and blocked nose in open air.
Skin easily
cracks and chaps, and shows eruptions, cold sores, boils and ulcers. Even small
injuries suppurate,
become septic arid
offensive, hypersensitive to pain, touch and cold air; contact with clothing is
painful, and the
slightest draft is not
tolerated. Sweat tends to be easy and profuse, especially at night; often sour
and offensive, and
does not relieve.
Craving for
vinegar, pickles, alcohol, condiments. Averse to fat foods. Faint feeling with
hunger occurs midmorning.
There may be
excessive thirst.
Worse Cold. Cold
wind and drafts. Touch.
Better Warmth.
Damp weather.
Keywords
Sensitive
Suppurates
Splinters
Cracks
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Hypericum Perforatum
St John's Wort
APPEARANCE
The expression
may be one of suffering due to severe pain at the time of injury, or
persisting after it.
Symptom Picture
Severe depression
following injury, involving either peripheral or nervous tissue. Consequences
of fright and
shock. Impairment of
memory, and tendency to make mistakes in writing. Drowsiness may be marked.
Trauma to nerve
endings, from crushing, laceration, puncture or bruising, and especially after
dental extraction,
surgery or amputation.
Excessive soreness and tenderness of injured parts, with shooting, tingling or
burning,
lightning-like pains that come
and go and may be accompanied by numbness.
Spinal disorders
with extreme sensitivity of vertebrae. Twitching of the muscles. Following
blows to the coccyx.
Brain and spinal
concussion.
There may be a
craving for wine. Desire for warm drinks is recorded, also intense thirst in
association with
trembling.
Worse Cold and
damp. Touch. Jar. Motion.
Better Rest.
Bending head backwards.
Keywords
Crushed
Punctured
Nervous
Shooting
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Ignatia Armara
Strychnos Ignatii; St Ignatius
Bean
APPEARANCE
Often female. Face
changes color frequently, from pale to flushed at the least
emotion. Sighs, twitches and yawns.
Symptom Picture
Sensitive,
refined 'dispositions, quick to perceive, rapid in execution. May be physically
exhausted from long endured grief, anxiety or emotional shock. Grieves silently
and seeks solitude.
Unstable mental
and emotional states, rapidly alternating, contradictory and extreme. High
emotional tension. Sighs or yawns often, or shows spasmodic affections such as
spasms, cramps, twitches, tics or hiccups.
Oversensitive:
emotionally, mentally and physically. Cannot endure strong smells, especially
coffee and tobacco.
Hypersensitive to
pain.
Contradictory in
appetite: averse to ordinary diet, warm food and meat, but may crave
indigestible or exotic foods.
Empty feeling in
stomach, not relieved by taking food. Sore throat not worse by swallowing
solids.
Worse Grief, worry
and guilt. Stimulants. Strong odors.
Better When the mind is occupied. Warmth.
Keywords
Sensitive
Sad
Spasmodic
Changeable
Contradictory
Iodum
Iodine
APPEARANCE
Often dark-haired
and swarthy, usually thin. The face tends to be flushed, the
expression anxious and excited. The speech is careful,
with attention to detail. Lymph
nodes and thyroid may be enlarged.
Symptom Picture
Extreme weakness,
with palpitation, hot flushes and trembling. Anxious, apprehensive and
impulsive. Zealous,
intense types, never
still, must always be doing something. Uneasy sleep.
Glands enlarged
or atrophied, especially thyroid, testes and breasts. Intolerant of heat, with
sensation of always
being too hot;
constantly seek cooler surroundings. Sudden, profuse hot sweats; acrid foot
sweats.
Catarrhal
affections of all mucous membranes, expecially mouth
and throat. Mouth ulcers. Laryngitis, with
wheezing cough, dry,
suffocating and croup-like.
Ravenous hunger
every few hours, or loss of appetite, but remain thin and debilitated even
though eating well.
Abdominal
distension with loud belching and gurgling. Excessive salivation, with soapy or
salty taste. Crave meat
and alcohol.
Intolerance of milk.
Worse Heat.
Humidity. Exertion. 3-4 a.m.
Better Eating.
Open air. Fully occupied.
Keywords
Hot
Weak
Hungry
Anxious
Restless
Ipecacuanha
Ipecac; Cephaelis Ipecacuanha
APPEARANCE
In the acute case
the face is pale, drawn and nauseated, with dark rings around the
eyes. The tongue is clean, or only slightly coated. Shuddering may be
prominent.
Symptom Picture
Extreme
impatience, with morose irritability and discontent. Children wail and scream
continuously; adults are sulky and ill-humored. There is a great sensitivity to
noise. Excessive chilliness; the slightest cold is unbearable. May be called
for in complaints arising from vexation.
Sudden, violent
and persistent nausea, not improved by vomiting, accompanies many omplaints.
Salivation is excessive. Hemorrhage may be present. The vomit is tenacious,
white, abundant, may be bloody, accompanied by rapid
exhaustion, yawning and shuddering.
Wheezing,
spasmodic, suffocative cough, accompanied by nausea and sometimes the vomiting
of phlegm.
Accumulation of
rattling mucus in the bronchi, yet nothing can be brought up. Nosebleeds are
common.
Lack of appetite
and thirst, and aversion to all food, especially veal or pork. Dysentery-like
stools, may be viscous, watery and bloody, with nausea and ineffectual urging.
Worse Cold. Heat.
Food.
Better Firm
pressure. At rest, with eyes closed. Warmth.
Keywords
Nausea not
relieved by vomiting
Excess salivation
Kali Bichromicum
Kali Bich Potassium Bichromate
APPEARANCE
Fat, chilly and blond, predisposed to catarrh.
The complexion may be sallow or
florid. Chronic cases may be emaciated. Tongue is
yellow and coated at the base, or
glazed, red and cracked.
Symptom Picture
Drowsiness, with
prostration. Ill-tempered, low-spirited and listless. Averse to effort and to
meeting strangers.
Memory is poor,
with a tendency for thoughts to vanish. Chilly, and likes to be well wrapped
up.
Tenacious, yellow
or yellowgreen discharges from any mucous membrane,
may be ropy or jellylike. Nasal discharge forms crusts. Chronic sinusitis.
Ulceration of mouth, inside nose, throat, stomach and skin, with sharp, burning
pain.
Rheumatic pains,
shifting from joint to joint. Sciatic pains that come and go suddenly, and
shoot down the limb,
made better by
movement. Pains in the soles of the feet, and especially the heels.
Pain, wind and
burning in the gastric region from inflammation or ulceration. Nausea and
vomiting after meals,
sudden, yellow and
bitter. Aversion to water, potatoes and coffee. Desire for beer and acid drinks
even though
poorly tolerated.
Worse Cold. Cold
winds. Undressing. 2-4 a.m.
Better Warmth.
Movement. Firm pressure.
Keywords
Thick
Yellow and
tenacious
Plugs
Ulcerates
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Kali Carbonicum
Potassium
Carbonate
APPEARANCE
Face pale or
jaundiced: soft, swollen and flabby looking, with red nose. Bag-like
swelling between eyebrows and lids, with edema of the
internal angle. May be obese.
Symptom Picture
Anxious, nervous,
fearful and hypersensitive, starting at the least noise and the least touch.
Excessively ticklish.
Easily
discouraged, may weep when telling symptoms, and tends to exaggerate them.
Averse to solitude, wants
company but not
sympathy.
Great debility
with profuse sweats on slightest exertion, often with constant, weary backache.
Chilly, with feeble
circulation: shivers often;
takes cold easily. Asthmatic attacks 2-4 a.m., better by bending forwards;
coughing up of
small gray lumps.
Stabbing pains,
cutting and burning, coming at any time and can be anywhere, worse by pressure,
and independent
of movement; may
cry out suddenly.
Impaired digestion,
with excessive flatulence and colic, especially after eating, even when meals
are light.
Abdomen sensitive
to touch. Intense desire for sweet or sour foods. Averse to cabbage, hot food
and milk.
Worse Cold. 2-4
a.m. Right side. Touch and pressure. Outdoors.
Better Warm room.
Warm, moist weather. Daytime.
Keywords
Anxious
Nervous
Fearful
Sensitive
Sudden pains
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Rachesis Mutus
Venom From The Bushmaster Snake
APPEARANCE
The susceptible
type has a bluish, congested appearance to the nose, cheeks and
ears; a network of small veins may be visible there.
Hair may be reddish brown.
Expression is
anxious, suspicious, even furtive.
Symptom Picture
Periods of
despondency, with depression and anxiety, alternating with excitement. Very
talkative, wanders easily
from the point. Can
be suspicious, jealous and obsessive, proud and vindictive.
Great sensitivity
of all senses to stimuli, but particularly touch and noise. Fears constriction,
even of clothing,
especially about the throat
and waist. Always better from the appearance of discharges.
Unstable
circulation. Hot flushes, particularly around menopause. Spontaneous bruising
after the smallest trauma.
Tongue trembles,
is difficult to protrude. Thirst may be insatiable. Desire for alcohol, milk
and oysters. Averse to
bread and hot drinks.
Worse Tight
clothing. Before discharges. During and after sleep. Heat. Left side. Night.
Better Appearance
of discharges. Mild temperature. Open air.
Keywords
Fears
constriction
Sleeps into
aggravation
Better from
discharges
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Redum Palustre
Labrador Tea
APPEARANCE
Robust, florid,
gouty individuals. Congested face, with red spots on the cheeks and
forehead. Pupils may be dilated. May be alcoholic.
Symptom Picture
Cross and
peevish, discontented with everybody. Everything is disagreeable. Chilly, but
wants cold for relief.
Restless and sweaty
at night, finds heat of the bed intolerable, throws off the covers.
Injuries due to
sharp instruments, or puncture wounds that do not bleed, such as insect bites.
The skin is swollen,
pale and mottled, and
the pain is local.
Painful swellings
of the joints, hot but pale, and better by cold applications. May start in the
feet and spread
upwards. Pain is
tearing, pulling or stabbing, may shift rapidly. Gouty swelling of the big toe.
Bruises,
especially when burning black. Black eyes. Hemorrhages; may be bright red, but
often dark.
Worse Movement.
Warmth. Pressure. Night.
Better Cold.
Cold, applications. Rest.
Keywords
Hot
Pale and swollen
Better by cold
Black and bruised
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Rilium Jigrinum
Tiger Lily
APPEARANCE
Usually nervous,
fair and fat, with poor color and a wild look in the eye. Listless and
inert, yet cannot keep still Tongue may be coated
yellow-white in patches.
Symptom Picture
Depressed,
hurried and worried, with easy crying and desperation. Exacting, irritable and
hypercritical: almost
impossible to please. Many
fears, including solitude, but made worse by consolation.
Intense pressing
down in vagina, bladder and rectum, as if the pelvic organs were heavy and
could fall out, worse
before menses; must sit
down, wants support. Pressure in the rectum: constant desire for stool and
urination.
Menstrual flow
only when moving about, and in the daytime. Increased libido, especially before
menses.
Sensation of
constriction of the heart, as-if grasped by a hand, with palpitation and
radiation down the right arm,
helped by lying on the
left side.
May remain
hungry, in spite of having a good meal. Thirst may be excessive. May crave or
be averse to meat; also
may be averse to
bread, coffee and smoking. Cannot stand a belt about the waist.
Worse Heat.
Standing. Closed rooms. Consolation.
Better Cool. Open
air.
Keywords
Depressed
Hurried
Worried
Bearing down
Worse heat
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Lycopodium
Spores of The Club Moss; Lycopodium Clavatum
APPEARANCE
Often professional
types. Face is intelligent but sallow and lined, with a worried
expression; there may be a marked vertical frown above the
root of the nose. Dark
hair graying early; looks older than really is. Body may be thin and
poorly
developed; may stoop.
Symptom Picture
Intellectually
keen but physically weak. Anxious, irritable and difficult. Authoritarian and
reserved, dislikes contradiction. Lacks self-confidence: averse to starting new
undertakings, apprehensive before any ordeal. Many fears: of crowds, dark,
death, strangers. Likes solitude but dislikes being
entirely alone. Sensitive to cold, smells and noise.
Disorders of
mucous membranes everywhere, especially throat, lung and genito-urinary.
Gets colds and sore throats easily. Right-sided symptoms, or symptoms go from
right to left.
Appetite moderate
or ravenous, but may be satiated after only a few mouthfuls. Flatulent
dyspepsia and bloating after meals must loosen waist band and are not helped by
belching or passing wind. Constipation without desire, from disorganization of
the sphincters.
Craves sweet
foods and hot drinks. Averse to cold food, onions, meat, coffee, cabbage, beans
and starchy foods. Oysters disagree.
Worse 4-8 p.m. Cold.
On waking in morning. Right side. Contradiction.
Better Fresh air.
Movement. Hot food and drink.
Keywords
Intellectual
Fearful
Flatulent
Bloated
Craves sweets
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Mercuricus Solubilis
Hahnemann's
Soluble Mercury
APPEARANCE
Flabby with
sickly complexion. The tongue is moist and flabby, coated yellow or
white, and shows the imprint of the teeth. Offensive
breath may be obvious.
Symptom Picture
Great debility,
of mind and body. Easily exhausted, yet is restless, agitated and anguished,
especially at night.
Memory and will
power are impaired. Chilly and sensitive to changes of temperature, but worse
by both heat and
cold.
Discharges from
any mucous membrane, yellowgreen, irritating and
offensive, especially eye, nose, throat, lung
and genitals, leaving
skin raw and irritated. Membranes may ulcerate, especially the mouth and
throat.
Offensive sweat,
greasy or abundant, especially at night, without relief.
Foulness of the
mouth, with offensive breath. Excessive salivation, with marked thirst, may wet
the pillow during
sleep. Craves
stimulants; averse to meat, fat and butter.
Worse Night.
Heat. Heat of the bed. Cold. Wet and damp. Drafts.
Better Rest. High
altitude.
Keywords
Stinks
Sweats
Salivates
Ulcerates
Worse at night
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Mezereum
Daphne Mezereum; Spurge Olive
APPEARANCE
Light-haired with
gray, earthy pallor, brown rings around eyes, blue tint to nails.
Red, inflamed-looking
patches on the cheeks. In pain, lies perfectly still, although
trembling or shuddering may be noticeable.
Symptom Picutre
Irritable over
trifles, averse to everything. Takes no pleasure in anything. Forgetful while
speaking, may lose the
thread. Drowsy during
the day, sleep at night is restless and broken. Chilly, with cold hands and
feet, even in a
warm room.
Burning pains in
the bones of the nose and face; mucous membranes may ulcerate. Sinuses painful.
Sneezing, with
yellow discharge that
may be streaked with blood. Sudden edema. There may be loss of smell, deafness
and
tinnitus.
Violent itching
of skin, even without lesions, changing location and made worse from scratching
and the heat of
the bed. Intolerably
itchy, burning vesicles, cloudy or purulent, with severe neuralgia in affected
area. Lesions
mature into ulcers with
yellow pus, covered by a thick white crust. Impetigo, eczema, herpes and
shingles.
Intense burning
in mouth, throat and stomach, relieved temporarily by food or milk. May crave
fat, especially ham.
Flatulent colic.
Digestive mucosa may ulcerate.
Worse Cold. Damp.
Humidity. Touch. Night. Heat of bed.
Better Open air.
Keywords
Violent
Burning
Itching
Painful
Erupting
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Natrum Carbonicum
Nat Carb; Sodium
Carbonate Decahydrate
APPEARANCE
Anemic, emaciated
type, with pale face and blue-ringed eyes.
Symptom Picture
Great debility;
cannot think or exert easily. Depressed, irritable, melancholic and
apprehensive, seeks solitude.
Hypersensitive to
noise and music. Body and limbs sensitive to cold; head sensitive to warmth and
the heat of the
sun, will bring
headaches.
Visceral
prolapse. Menstrual bearing down, as if everything would come out. Joints weak
and delicate; turn and
sprain easily.
Chronic catarrhal
conditions of all mucous membranes, with copious yellowgreen
mucus, thick and often offensive.
Worse in the day
and from drafts, better from sweating. Cough sore, loose and chronic; supports
chest with hands.
Gastric
discomfort, with frequent belching, great acidity and large appetite, worse 10
or 11 a.m. Loves sweets and
nibbling. Diarrhea, with
urgent desire, yellow like pulp of an orange. Averse to vegetable diet and
starchy foods.
Averse to milk;
causes diarrhea.
Worse Warm
weather. Heat. Cold. Music. Mental work. Storms.
Better Eating.
Movement.
Keywords
Weak and
debilitated
Body fears cold
Head fears heat
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Nitricum Acidum
Nitric Acid
APPEARANCE
The typical
patient usually has dark hair and eyes, and a pale or sallow complexion.
The face is often
deeply lined; eyes may be dull, with large pupils. Likely to be thin
or emaciated. Tongue may be mapped, like ringworm on sides.
Symptom Picture
Great debility
with lack of stamina, but can be very obstinate. Depressed and anxious,
especially in the evening.
Oversensitive to
noise, pain, touch or jar. Easily irritated, can be vindictive. Indifferent,
and intolerant of sympathy.
Pricking,
sticking pains as if from splinters, can be anywhere, but mostly in bone,
throat, nose and anus, worse
from contact,
movement, or swallowing. Profuse and offensive discharges from skin and mucous
membranes, thin
and stinging,
perhaps dirty yellowgreen.
Cracks, fissures,
warts and ulcerations on the orifices: skin may be yellow there. Sweats easily
from hands and feet
even though chilly,
and especially after midnight.
Craving for fats
and fatty foods, which will often aggravate. Often a craving for salt, chalk,
lime and earth. Bread
may disagree.
Worse Cold. Wet.
Wind. Thunder. Fats, even though often craved.
Better Smooth
motion, such as riding in a car.
Keywords
Depressed
Debilitated
Ulcerated
Cracks
Prickles
Nux Vomica
Strychnos nux-vomica; Poison
Nut
APPEARANCE
Generally lean and active, hearty and full of
life. Sallow complexion, lined face and
dark
shadows under the eyes. Often business types and sedentary brain workers,
overloaded with work and responsibility. Usually male.
Symptom Picture
Irritable,
nervous and chilly. Oversensitive to noise, light, smells, and cannot bear
contradiction. Fastidious and methodical. Active and sociable in the evening,
seeks strong enjoyments and late hours. In morning wakes tired and irritable; seeks
stimulants to start the day. Overwork, with depression and suicidal tendencies.
A remedy for hangovers.
Insomnia around
3-4 a.m. May sleep again just before dawn; wakes tired and unrefreshed.
Habitual
constipation, frequent but inefectual desire for stool,
passes but a little at each attempt. Hemorrhoids are common, helped by cold
applications.
Gastric
discomfort 1-2 hours after a meal, must loosen clothes. Sleepy after meals,
cannot work then; a short nap improves. Craves alcohol, rich or spicy foods and
coffee. Averse to meat, milk, bread and cold food.
Worse In morning
on waking. 3-4 a.m. Mental effort. Cold.
Better Warmth.
Rest. Damp weather.
Keywords
Irritable
Sensitive
Craves stimulants
Worse mornings
Petroleum
Coal Oil
APPEARANCE
Thin, fair, cold
sensitive, and nervous, with a dry and dirty skin.
Symptom Picture
Irritable and
quarrelsome; trifles offend. Vivid imagination.
Motion sickness,
with nausea and vertigo, better by closing the eyes. Nausea in the morning,
with accumulation of water in the mouth.
Skin is dry,
thick, rough, cracked, sore and bleeding; easily infected, and worse in winter
and after washing.
Fingertips chap
and crack easily in winter. Sweats are foul. Heat and burning of the soles and
palms.
Gnawing sensation
in stomach, better by constant eating. Intense hunger and thirst, but does not
gain weight.
Craves beer.
Cannot eat cabbage or sauerkraut.
Worse Winter. Cold. Motion. Storms.
Better Summer. Heat.
Keywords
Nauseous
Skin dry and cracked
Worse motion and winter
Phosphoricum Acidum
Phosphoric Acid
APPEARANCE
Haggard and worn
out. May be young, tall and thin, growing fast. The face is pale
and pinched, with blue rings around the eyes. The pupils may be
unequal and the
eyes have a glassy look. The hair may be prematurely
gray and sparse.
Symptom Picture
Exhaustion with
apathy, after loss of vital fluids, severe emotional upsets, stress or
overwork. Listless, chilly and indifferent, although oversensitive to music and
odors. Premature hair loss with mental depression and muscular weakness.
Weakness of
memory; cannot think, connect ideas or find the right words. Tired during the
day, sleepless at night.
Headaches with
pressure on the crown of the head, often after intellectual work in students,
eyestrain or sexual intercourse.
Abundant urine,
may be clear or milky, especially at night.
Acute or chronic
diarrhea abundant, watery, painless and odorlesswhich is not exhausting, and may improve other
symptoms. Great thirst for cold milk and beer. Averse to bread and coffee.
Worse Physical or
mental effort. Sexual excess. Least draft. Cold.
Better Warmth.
Sleep. Walking.
Keywords
Exhausted
Apathetic
Excessive urine and diarrhea
Phosphorus
Phosphorus, The Element
APPEARANCE
Tall and slender, with a narrow chest. May
have either dark hair, brown eyes and
long
eyelashes, or fair skin, freckles and fine hair either blond or red. Often blue
rings and much puffiness around the eyes, and a
general sickly, waxy appearance.
Restless, with fidgety hands.
Symptom Picture
Artistic, imaginative,
sensitive and creative. Anxious, especially around sunset, and full of fears.
Easily exhausted by stimuli: alternates between excitement and depression.
Craves company, attention and affection; may be lively and talkative, or silent
and indifferent.
Chilly, but with
sensations of burning in spots, particularly between the shoulders, but can be
anywhere. Heat may run up the spine into the head. Profuse sweats on exertion, or in bed.
Easy bleeding,
frequent and abundant from any mucous membrane. Ulceration is common. Hard,
dry, tight cough, with bloody sputum. Easy flushing.
Craves cold food
and drink, salt, sour and spicy food. Averse to sweet foods, milk, tea, meat,
salt fish and oysters.
Hunger around 3
a.m., may drive from bed to eat. Great thirst for cold water.
Worse Cold,
except head and stomach. Storms. Twilight. Lying on the left side. Damp and
humidity.
Better Warmth.
Sleep, even a short nap. On eating. Massage.
Keywords
Burns
Bleeds
Exhausted
Ulcerates
Fidgets
Phytolacca Decandra
Pokeroot
APPEARANCE
Pale face,
becoming flushed after eating. Skin is dry, and may have a leaden hue.
Symptom Picture
Gloomy, with fear
of death. Shamelessness and lack of delicacy may be apparent.
Dark red, painful
swelling of the throat, and sensation of foreign body that cannot be swallowed.
Pain from the root of the tongue to the ears, worse from heat and swallowing. Uvula (flap of skin at back of throat) may be swollen and
transparent.
Congestions of
the breasts, with stony hard, painful nodules. Mastitis. Nipples may inflame
and crack; pain radiates to whole of the body.
Sensations of
stiffness, soreness and bruising all over body; desires to move but aggravated
by it. Rheumatic and neuralgic pains in bones and fibrous tissue, burning and
shooting, may shift rapidly, or come and go suddenly. The neck is particularly liable to be affected.
Worse Cold,
especially damp cold. Night. Movement, despite restlessness.
Better Dry
weather. Warmth. Rest.
Keywords
Stiff
Sore
Bruised
Restless
Worse motion
Psorinum
Nosode From Scabies Lesion
APPEARANCE
The susceptible type is thin to the point of
emaciation, with a pale, ill appearance, a
sharp, long nose, a long upper lip and large ears.
Usually well wrapped up. Skin is
dirty-looking, dry or greasy, with a mousy odor. Hair is
unkempt, despite combing.
SymptomPicture
Depressed
metabolism, with weakness and lowered vitality. Depressed mentality;
pessimistic and introverted, cannot stand noise, seeks solitude. Anxious, with
many fears: of the future, poverty, fire, incurable illness.
Extremely chilly;
very sensitive to drafts and cold air, may wrap up even in summer. Catches cold
easily, especially in winter: ear discharges, cold sores and lymphatic
enlargements are common.
Skin unhealthy;
may crack, peel and bleed, particularly around the fingers. Sweats profusely,
especially hands and feet. Many eruptions: pimples, vesicles, crusts, boils.
Pronounced tendency to itch, better from cool air, and aggravated by washing,
contact with wool, at night and the warmth of the bed; may scratch until it
bleeds.
Poor assimilation
of food. Loss of weight despite good appetite. Voracious hunger, especially at
night, but may feel full after a few mouthfuls. Avoids fat, sugar, meat and
coffee; loathes pork. Thirsty, especially for beer and acid drinks.
Worse Cold.
Outdoors. Drafts. Changes in weather. Storms. Menses.
Better Warmth,
except the skin itch. Wrapping up. Eating. Lying down.
Keywords
Depressed
Thin
Chilly
Skin worse heat and washing
Pulsatilla
Anemone Pulsatilla; Wind Flower
APPEARANCE
Often female. Light hair, blue eyes and a
freckled face, tending to congestion and
puffiness. Obesity and edema of the ankles are common.
Movement may be clumsy;
may
stumble when walking. Tongue may be coated thickly white. Skin may be
mottled.
Symptom Picture
Mild, gentle,
yielding disposition, shy and easily hurt, crying readily. May weep when
telling symptoms. Seeks sympathy and consolation, averse to solitude. All
symptoms are changeable; moods alter often, pains shift from place to place, menses
are intermittent.
Catarrhal
discharge, from any mucous membrane, yellow or greenish yellow, sticky and
usually bland. Nasal discharge may alternate sides, is freer outdoors, and
becomes blocked at night and in a warm room. Seeks open air, even though
chilly. There may be loss of smell and taste.
Periods irregular
or intermittent, with cramping and bearing down. Thick yellowish leucorrhea,
slightly irritant.
Often has no
thirst. May crave pastries, fat, ice cream and rich foods, which all disagree,
or may avoid them completely. Cream in particular may upset. Prefers cool food
and drink.
Worse Heat. Warm
rooms. Rest. Evenings.
Better
Consolation. Cool, open air. Gentle movement. Cold applications.
Keywords
Changeable
Tearful
Better company and consolation
Ranunculus Bulbosus
Bulbous Buttercup
APPEARANCE
Red cheeks, and a preference for stillness,
because any movement will increase
suffering.
Symptom Picture
Overexcitable and
oversensitive in the mornings, easily irritable and quarrelsome. Great
sensitivity to touch, cold and drafts. Depression, with desire to die. Bad
effects of alcoholism.
Eruption of
vesicles with intense itching, stinging and burning, worse by cold and touch,
even pressure of the clothes. A remedy for shingles.
Acute shooting
pains in chest wall and between ribs, worse by touch and movement. Pleurisy.
Intercostal neuralgia.
Hay fever, with
smarting and burning in the eyes. Constant tingling and crawling sensation in
the nose or nasopharynx, with ineffectual hawking to gain relief.
Worse Movement.
Touch. Wet, cold weather. Changes in weather.
Better Sitting down. Leaning forward.
Keywords
Sensitive
Itching
Stinging
Shooting
Rhododendron Ferrugineum
Alpine Rose
APPEARANCE
There may be
unequal pupils and rheumatic nodules. The tongue may be coated and
greenish.
Sympton Picture
Anxious,
depressed and nervous, with a sensitivity to storms and a fear of thunder.
Apathetic; averse to effort of
any kind. Memory
impaired; loses the thread when talking, and omits words when writing. Vertigo.
Pains tearing,
aching and jerking; can be anywhere, but always worse before a storm and
immediately relieved by
movement. Pains come and
go, and shift from one place to another; may drive from bed at night. Stiffness
and
swelling often in
forearms, fingers, legs and toes. Wrists feel as if sprained. Gout.
Coldness of the
extremities, even in a warm room; hands may feel hot but are cold to touch.
Sweats, profuse and
debilitating, with itching
and tingling.
Testicles
retracted, swollen and painful, even without infection.
Worse Before
storms. Cold, wet and windy weather. Night. Rest.
Better Motion.
Warmth. After storms.
Keywords
Stiff
Sore and swollen
Worse before
storms
Rhu Toxicodendron
Rhus Tox; Poison Ivy
APPEARANCE
Face may be suffused, with a red flush and a
flaming red nose, or pale and sickly,
with
sunken eyes surrounded by blue rings. Restless; cannot sit or lie still for
long.
The tongue may have a triangular red tip.
Sympton Picture
Restlessness of
mind, with depression, sadness and apprehension about the future. Desire for
solitude. May weep without knowing why. Chilly, with great sensitivity to open
air or uncovering.
Painful stiffness
in bone, muscle or connective tissue, often after overstrain or getting wet
while hot. Great restlessness of body, even when exhausted. Pains worse in bed
at night, and on beginning to move, but better on continued motion.
Eruptions, may be
vesicular or crusty, burning and itching, especially around the scalp, face and
genitals. Edema is common. Sweats may be persistent and offensive.
Great thirst for
cold drinks, especially milk at night, with dryness of mouth, throat and
tongue. Dislike of milk and bread.
Worse Damp cold.
At the beginning of movement. Humidity. Rest.
Better Heat.
Continued, slow movement. Changes in position.
Keywords
Restless
Stiff and painful
Worse still
Better moving
Ruta Graveolens
Ruta Grav; Rue
APPEARANCE
The eyes may look tired, red and watery. There
may be a red rash on the forehead or
pimples on the lips. Yawning is frequent.
Restlessness may be obvious. The gait may
be
unsteady anti staggering.
Sympton Picture
Restlessness of
mind, with anxiety, as if from a troubled conscience. Peevish, may be
quarrelsome. Depressed at sundown. Chilly, and prefers indoors.
Stiffness and
pain in the limbs and joints, as if after a fall, with bruised weakness and
weariness. Tenderness and pain in muscles, or at the insertion of ligament and
tendon into membrane covering bone. Restlessness and uneasiness of the limbs,
especially the legs; does not know where to put them for relief. Lameness after
sprains.
Eyestrain and eye
fatigue, particularly after fine work, with redness, blurred vision, heat and
burning.
Poor appetite,
with easy satiety. Insatiable thirst for cold water. Meat and milk disagree.
Worse Cold and
wet. Rest. Lying on the painful part. Walking outdoors.
Better Movement.
Warmth.
Keywords
Weak
Bruised
Stiff
Strained
Sabadilla
Schoenocaulon Officinale
APPEARANCE
Chilly and well
wrapped up.
Symptom Picture
Tendency to
illusions and imaginary problems: Imagines that limbs are twisted, or that skin
is wrinkled.
Hypersensitive to
the smell of garlic and flowers. Chilly; very sensitive to cold rooms, cold
drinks and cold foods.
Tonsillitis on
left side, or beginning on the left and spreading to the right, helped by hot
drinks. Itching of the
throat; tries to touch
the throat with his or her tongue.
Hay fever,
especially from flowers, with tickling in the throat. Fits of sneezing, with
copious watery nasal
discharge. Sensation of
burning, itching or blockage in the nose, helped by hot air. Streaming eyes,
red and
burning.
Loathing for food
and no thirst, but craves sweets. Itching of the anus, alternating with itching
of the nose and ears.
A remedy for
pinworms, roundworms and tapeworms.
Worse Cold. Full
moon.
Better Heat. Hot
drinks. Hot food.
Keywords
Chilly
Sneezing
Throat sore
Itching
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Sabina
Juniperus Sabina; Savine
APPEARANCE
Often female.
Sympton Picture
Irritable and hypochondriacal. Cannot stand music: sets the nerves on
edge. Hot flushes, with desire for open
windows.
Periods early,
heavy and prolonged, with violent and piercing pains moving from sacrum to
pubis and the upper
thighs, or cutting
upwards into the vagina. Discharge of bright red blood, mixed with clots,
gushes on the least
movement. A remedy for
threatened miscarriage at the third month.
Warts and
overgrowths, can be anywhere, but especially in the anal and genital area.
Warts itch and burn, and
bleed easily.
Appetite is poor.
There is a desire for juicy things, especially lemonade, and for sour things.
Worse Heat.
Movement. Night. Bending forward.
Better Cold open
air. Lying on back.
Keywords
Warts
Bleeds
Pains violent and
piercing
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Sanguinaria Canadensis
Blood Root
APPEARANCE
Often young
people, or women at menopause. Red cheeks and red ears; dilated veins
in the temples. Palms and soles appear dry and wrinkled. The breath
may be
offensive.
Symptom Picture
Languor and
torpor, with no motivation for effort of any kind. The mood varies: is often
anxious, but can be
morose, irritable,
peevish or excited.
Congestive
headache and periodic migraine, with throbbing pains, usually on the right
side. Hot flushes over the
face, with redness of
the ears, especially at menopause. Intense burning of the palms and soles; puts
feet out of bed.
Prone to catching
cold. Hay fever, with burning dryness of the nose and throat, changing to
sneezing with profuse
burning secretion. There
may be increased sensitivity to smells, or complete loss of smell and taste.
Digestive
disturbance with burning often accompanies other symptoms; often must belch or
pass wind for relief.
Sinking,
''all-gone'' sensation in stomach, without desire for food, especially in the
morning. Unquenchable thirst,
with desire for acid
and spicy things. Averse to butter and sweets.
Worse Cold and
damp. Touch or jar. Periodically, every day, second day or week. Right side.
Better Lying on
left side. Sleep. Belching. Passing wind.
Keywords
Burning
Thirsty
Flushing
Acrid
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Sepia
Ink From the Cuttlefish
APPEARANCE
Often female;
thin, worn-out and sad. The face has a doughy, freckled, yellowish
look, with no sharp lines or angles. There may be a
brown discoloration across the
bridge of the nose and dark circles under the eyes;
the eyelids may droop. The lip
may be cracked in the middle.
Symptom Picture
Tired, worn-out,
pessimistic and indifferent. Easily moved to tears; may weep when telling
symptoms. Hysterical,
irritable and quarrelsome,
with fear of not coping and losing control. Indifferent to family: can reject
those most
loved. Averse to
consolation. Seeks solitude, yet fears it.
Premenstrual
tension. Menstruation with sensation of heaviness and dragging down, especially
in the uterus; may
want to sit down and
cross legs. Leucorrhea yellow-green, offensive and irritant, making the vagina
dry and
painful during
intercourse. Often averse to sex.
Usually chilly,
but sweats easily in armpits, back and genitals. Hot flushes, especially at
menopause, without much
redness, but with
sweating and fainting. Better from vigorous exercise, especially dancing.
Appetite varies;
may have ravenous hunger or anorexia. Sinking feeling about II a.m. May crave
vinegar, pickles
and acid foods. May
be averse to meat, milk and fat. In pregnancy, nausea at the sight or smell of
food.
Worse
Consolation. Cold. Standing still. Menstruation, pregnancy and lactation.
Forenoon and evening.
Better Vigorous
exercise. Open air and wind. Warmth of bed.
Keywords
Weary
Heavy
Indifferent
Sad
Chilly
Irritable
Spongia Josta
Roasted Sea
Sponge
APPEARANCE
Fair, with
light-colored hair and blue eyes. Timid and sensitive children. There may
be a flushed face and restricted breathing.
Sympton Picture
Marked anxiety,
even terror in most complaints, and generally associated with suffocative
attacks. Extreme
exhaustion and heaviness of
the body after even slight exhaustion. Chilly, especially in the back.
Raucous, dry,
barking cough, like a saw through wood, with suffocative attacks. Anxious
wheezing, with
constriction and burning,
worse during inspiration. Croup. Whooping cough. Asthma.
Cardiac
disturbance, with palpitations, suffocation and anxiety. Angina, worse from
motion, ascending and at
night.
Enlargement and
induration of the thyroid, with palpitations, suffocative attacks on exertion
and at night.
Enlargement of
lymph nodes and salivary glands.
Worse Around
midnight. Lying with the head down. Cold drinks.
Better Hot
drinks. Lying with the head up. Sitting up and bending forward.
Keywords
Anxious
Suffocative
Dry
Barking
Croupy
Staphysagria
Delphinium Staphisagria; Stavesacre
APPEARANCE
May have a sickly
look, with sunken, blue-ringed eyes. Children have a scrawny, potbellied
appearance.
Sympton Picture
Cultivated and
polite, controlling feelings at any price, but easily offended and silently
brooding over wrongs,
either real or
imaginary. Suppressed anger and indignation, resulting in resentment,
indifference, poor memory and
insomnia. Child is cross
and demanding but refuses things when offered, pushes them away.
Great sensitivity
to noise, tastes and odors, but particularly to pain, with burning and
prickling pains in any organ,
aggravated by touch. A
remedy for surgical wounds or cuts, and for decaying teeth.
Frequent
urination, with burning pains when not urinating. Dwells on sexual matters; may
be impotent. Exhausted
by sexual excess
and masturbation. Genital warts.
Eczema of face,
scalp and eyelids, with thick crusts and irritating, weeping lesions, forming
new vesicles on
contact. Styes and cysts of the eyelids. Pedunculated warts, may be
either dry or moist.
Worse Anger,
indignation and disappointment. Sexual excess. Cold. Least touch.
Better Warmth.
Rest. After a meal.
Keywords
Sensitive
Suppressed
Resentful
Burning
Prickling
Sulphur
SulfurSublimed
APPEARANCE
May be lean and hungry looking, or fat and
rotund. Red rice, red ears, freckles and a
red
tip on the nose are common. The skin is dry, rough and scaly. Hair tends to be
coarse and lusterless. Hands are hot and sweaty.
Symptom Picture
Hale, hearty and
self-confident when well; becomes selfish, stubborn, irritable and critical
when ill. Absentminded; poor memory for names and recent events, but enjoys
philosophy, anecdote or argument. Intelligent with periods of brilliance, but
lack of staying power. Tendency to bluff.
Heat and burning
in any part of the body, but especially in the crown of the skull, palms and
soles, with redness of body orifices and intolerance of heat. Hot flushes,
especially at menopause.
Rough, dry, scaly
skin, itches and burns, worse from heat and bathing. Uncontrollable desire to
scratch, which improves for a while, then worsens. Secretions are burning,
irritating and offensive. Usually a lack of sweat.
Notable hunger
except in morning. Thirst for large amounts of water. Sinking feeling around 11
a.m. Craving for sweets, spices, fats, salt, pickles
and alcohol, but can be averse to them. Averse to eggs and milk.
Worse Heat.
Standing. Water. Night. 11 a.m. Drafts. After sleep.
Better Warm, dry
weather. Free elimination. Movement. Cool, fresh air.
Keywords
Hot
Burning
Forgetful
Worse heat
Tabacum
Tobacco Leaf
APPEARANCE
Face pale, blue
and pinched. There may be a cold sweat.
Sympton Picture
Deathly nausea
and vomiting, with pale face, salivation, cold sweat and complete prostration,
worse by motion and
heat, and better by
fresh air and closing the eyes. A remedy for travel sickness and morning
sickness.
Vertigo, with
death-like pallor, increasing to loss of consciousness, relieved in open air or
by vomiting. Headache,
beginning in the morning
and intolerable by noon, with nausea and violent vomiting.
Cardiac
disturbances. Violent palpitations. Angina, with pale face, cold sweat, nausea
and vomiting.
Diarrhea, sudden
and urgent, with nausea, vomiting and prostration. Constipation, with inactive
bowel and spasms
of the sphincter.
Worse Motion.
Heat.
Better Fresh air.
Rest. Closing eyes.
Keywords
Pale
Cold
Sweating
Salivating
Nauseous
Prostrated
Thuja Occidentalis
White Cedar
APPEARANCE
Excessive hairiness and obesity, with heavy
trunk, short neck, thin limbs, waxy, greasy skin and irregular teeth, but the
skin and hair may also be fine and the features delicate. There may be a red
capillary network on the sides of the nose, and ridges or streaks on the nails.
Sympton Picture
Easy exhaustion,
with anxiety. Truthful and scrupulous; often very polite in public, but
obsessive, depressed, impatient and irritable in private. Affectionate, but
averse to touch; dislike of strangers. Fixed ideas.
Disorders of
mucous membranes, especially urinary tract, genitals and lung. Chronic catarrh,
irritating and profuse, a yellow-green discharge, with odor often suggestive of
fish-brine, garlic or honey. Asthma, around 3 a.m.
Moles, warts,
polyps, scaly eruptions and other overgrowths of the skin. Chilly, and
sensitive to damp, with tearing pains in the muscles and joints, and deposits
in the joints. Profuse sweat on uncovered parts, with foul or sweetish smell.
Appetite is poor,
with easy satiety after a few mouthfuls; often no desire for breakfast. Prefers
cold food and craves salt. Averse to onions. Thirst is not marked, but may have
to drink with meals to facilitate swallowing.
Worse Damp and
humidity. Cold. 3 a.m. and 3 p.m. Heat of the bed. Morning.
Better Heat.
Sweating.
Keywords
Chilly
Anxious
Irritable
Stiff
Warty
Worse from damp
Urtica
Urtica Urens; Nettle
APPEARANCE
Not defined.
Sympton Picture
A remedy with its
best use in burning, stinging, blotchy rashes, often with severe itching. Hence
it covers hives, nettle rash, prickly heat and some insect bites. It is often
the remedy to antidote an allergic reaction to eating shellfish.
Minor bums, with
burning, stinging pains afterwards.
Rheumatic pains
in the joints, swollen, burning and stinging, with constant desire to rub the
skin. Gout.
A useful remedy
for breastfeeding mothers, when the milk supply is low or overabundant. It will
act as a normaliser, and will also assist in
arresting the flow of milk after weaning.
Worse Cold
applications. Bathing Washing.
Better Rubbing.
Keywords
Rashes
Bites
Burns
Burning
Itching and stinging
Veratrum Album
White Hellebore
APPEARANCE
In the acute case the face is pale or bluish,
eyes sunken, features drawn, and has an
expression of anguish or fear. The facial muscles may
jerk or twitch. The body is cold
to
touch, with cold sweat apparent on the face.
Symptom Picture
Restless
activity, must be constantly occupied. Fits of mania, with hysteria, loquacity
and muttering; may become obscene. Inconsolable, yet fears solitude. May come
as the result of fright, emotional trauma, shock or injury, even from
resentment. Delirium and hallucinations. Neuralgic pains, can be anywhere,
driving frantic.
Collapse with
coldness and blueness, with cold sweat, especially on the forehead, and deathly
pallor. In less severe cases, fainting may occur from emotional stress or
exertion.
Profuse
discharges with rapid exhaustion and prostration. Acute, violent vomiting or
purging. Copious sweat, urine and saliva. Period pain, with vomiting and
purging.
Intense thirst,
with desire for large quantities of cold drinks, or ice to suck. Violent
hunger, with craving for cold food and aversion to hot food. Intolerance of
fruit.
Worse Heat. Damp
cold weather. Movement. Pressure.
Better Rest.
Coolness.
Keywords
Cold
Blue
Sweating
Vomiting
Purging
Zincum Metallicum
Zinc
APPEARANCE
Pale, weak and tired, slow to understand and
speak because of exhaustion. There
may
be fine twitching of the muscles. The feet may move continually when sitting,
or
the
head when lying down.
Symptom Picture
Slowness and
exhaustion arising from illness, overwork and overstress, drunkenness, insomnia
or flight.
Oversensitive,
nervous and excitable; can jump at the least noise, and easily irritated by
trifles. Unable to relax, with trembling, jerking and twitching of muscles.
Ailments from
inability to initiate a discharge, but improved when it appears. Discharges can
be anywhere: teething, menses, skin eruptions, urine, expectoration.
Ailments from suppressed discharges.
Chilly,
especially when outdoors, yet sweats easily on the slightest exertion. Night sweats,
can be profuse and continuous.
Weak, "all-gone"
feeling about 11 a.m., often provokes ravenous hunger. Averse to sugar, milk,
meat and fish. The least amount of wine may cause headache or flushing. Thirst
may be extreme, especially in the afternoon.
Worse Exertion.
Noise. Wine and stimulants. 11 a.m. to noon. Before discharge, eruption or
elimination.
Better Appearance
of discharge.
Keywords
Restless
Tired and twitching
Worse before discharges