TOUCH
Better for, >
Calc Carb
Chelidonium
Cinchona
Colocynth
Sepia (backache)
Worse for, <
Aconite
Apis Mel
Arnica
Belladonna
Cantharis
(mental
symptoms)
Causticum
Chamomilla
Cocculus
Coffea
Croton Tig
Cuprum
Met
Ferrum Phos
Hepar Sulph (toothache)
Hypericum
Lachesis
Lycopodium
Nux Vomica
Phosphorus
(chest)
Pulsatilla
Sanguinaria
Silicea
Spigelia
Spongia
Sulphur
Urtica Urens
Zincum Met (face)
Note that Bryonia is < touch (light)
but > pressure (heavy)
REST
Better for, >
Ac. Picricum
Antim Crud
Belladonna
Bryonia
Chelidonium
Euphrasia
Gelsemium
Graphites
Hypericum (toothache)
Ipecac
Kali Phos
Nux Vomica (headache)
Psorinum (cough)
Worse for, <
Antim Tart (earache, respiration)
Calc
Flour
Drosera (joints)
Dulcamara (cough)
Kali Bich
Lilium Tig
Lycopodium
Mag Carb
Pulsatilla (long rest)
Rhododendron
Rhus Tox (cough)
Ruta Grav (bone pain)
Zincum Met
MOVEMENT
Better
for, >
Acidum Nit
Aconite
(chill)
Apis Mel
Aurum Met
(nausea)
Bromium
Calc
Fluor
Drosera (shivering)
Dulcamara (cough, backache)
Ferrum Phos
Lycopodium
(limbs – when beginning to move)
Nat Carb
Pulsatilla
Pyrogenium
Rhus Tox (headache-when beginning to move)
Sulphur
(hemorrhoids)
Worse for, <
Arnica
Baptisia
Belladonna
(abdominal
pain)
Bryonia (limbs)
Causticum
Cocculus (nausea)
Lilium Tig (menstruation)
Lycopodium
(least
movement)
Natrum Mur (sweating)
Nux Vomica
Phytolacca
Sabina
Spigelia (chest pain)
Veratrum Alb
Viscum Alb
SITTING
Better for, >
Alum
Apis Mel
Bryonia
Cinchona
(nausea)
Gelsemium (headache)
Ignatia
Kali Carb
Lachesis
Lycopodium
Natrum Mur (cough)
Nux Vomica
Spigelia (bending forward)
Spongia (cough)
Worse for, <
Aconite
Arg Nit
Drosera (pain in calves)
Kali Bich (coccyx pain)
Kali Carb
Ledum
Natrum Carb
Platinum
Pulsatilla
Rhododendron
(backache)
Rhus Tox (cough)
Sepia (swollen feet)
Zincum Met (backache)
PHYSICAL EXERTION
Better for, >
Arg Nit (headache)
Bromium
Flour Acidum
Ignatia
Mag Carb
Nux Vomica (cough)
Rhus Tox
Sepia (headache)
Colchicum
Worse for, <
Acidum Picricum
Bryonia
Cactus
Calc Ars
Calc Carb
Calc Phos (headache)
Calc Sulph
Camphor (asthma)
Ipecac
Kali Carb
(palpitation)
Kali Phos
Lycopodium
(sweating)
Merc Sol
Phosphorus
(headache)
Ruta Grav
LYING DOWN
Better for, >
Lying on either side
Alum (nausea)
Anacardium(cramp in calves)
Arnica
Bryonia (backache)
Causticum (stomach pain)
Euphrasia
Graphites (stomach pain)
Kali Bich
Kreosote
Nux Vomica (abdomen)
Sepia
Spongia (throat)
Worse for, <
Lying on either side
Alum (fatigue)
Apis Mel (vertigo)
Arsen Alb
Belladonna
Berberis (backache)
Carbo Veg
Causticum (vertigo)
Chamomilla (toothache)
Hyoscyamus
Iodum (heart)
Ipecac
Lycopodium
Mang Acet
Natrum Mur
Pulsatilla (fatigue)
Rhus Tox
Lying on left side
Better for, >
Chelidonium (stomach pain)
Ignatia
Natrum Mur
Phytolacca
Stannum Met
Worse for, <
Argent
Nit
Bromium
Gelsemium
Lilium Tig
Lycopodium
Naja (chest)
Phosphorus
(cough)
Sulphur
Thuja
Viscum Alb
Lying on right side
Better for, >
Antim Tart (vomiting)
Apis Mel
Glonoine
Lachesis
(earache)
Natrum Mur
Pulsatilla
Sepia (cough)
Spigelia
Sulphur
Worse for, <
Acid Benz
Aconite (abdominal pain,
heart)
Argent
Nit
Lycopodium
(pain
in liver)
Merc Sol
(cough)
Nux Vomica
Phytolacca (pain in liver)
Sanguinaria
Spongia
Lying on the affected side or part
Better for, >
Bryonia (sciatica)
Calc Carb
Chamomilla
Colocynthus (hip pain)
Ignatia (pain in head)
Pulsatilla
Sepia (headache)
Sulphur (earache)
Thuja (asthma)
Worse for, <
Acidum Nit
Aconite (face pain)
Antim Tart
Baptisia
Belladonna
Carbo Veg
(numbness)
Hepar Sulph
Iodium
Kali Carb
Lycopodium
Silicea (numbness)
Lying on the back
Better for, >
Aconite (cough)
Bryonia (diarrhea)
Cactus
Ignatia
Lilium Tig
Lycopodium
(cough)
Natrum Mur (lumbar pain)
Natrum Sulph
Psorinum
Rhus Tox (colic)
Ruta Grav
Sabina
Spongia
Worse for, <
Arsen Alb (palpitation)
Chelidonium (pain in rectum)
Colocynthis
Dulcamara
Ignatia
Nux Vomica (backache)
Phosphorus
Pulsatilla (backache)
Sepia
Sulphur (chest pain)
ASCENDING STAIRS
Better for, >
Platinum
Met (rheumatism)
Worse for, <
Acid Picricum
Aloes (vertigo)
Alum (headache)
Argent
Nit (asthma)
Digitalis
Glonoine
(headache)
Iodum
Kali Carb
(knee
pain)
Nux Vomica (cough)
Phosphorus
Spongia (cough)
BREATHING
Better for, >
Ignatia
Lachesis
Spigelia
Worse for, <
Aconite (cough)
Bryonia
Hepar Sulph
BENDING FORWARD
Better for, >
Colchicum
(colic)
Colocynthis
Hyoscyamus (chest spasms)
Iris Vers (colic)
Kali Carb
Lycopodium
(abdominal
pain)
Podophyllum
Worse for, <
Alum (asthma)
Antim Tart
Belladona (bearing down)
Hypericum
Lilium Tig (heart)
Ruta Grav
Sanguinaria (loin pains)
Spigelia (palpitation)
Spongia (heart)
HEAT AND WARMTH
Better for, >
Acidum Phos
Arsen Alb
Aurum Met
Belladonna
Calc Carb
Cantharis
Causticum (pain in limbs, warm in bed)
Colocynthis (neuralgia)
Dulcamara
Hepar Sulph (pain in throat)
Kali Phos
Lachesis
(headache)
Rhus Tox (abdominal pain)
Sepia
Silica
Staphysagria
Worse for, <
Acidum Nit
Aconite
Allium Cepa
Aloe
Apis Mel (chest)
Bryonia (conjunctivitis)
Chamomilla (neuralgia)
Drosera
Fluor Acidum
Glonoine
Graphites (skin, toothache)
Iodum
Ipecac (chill)
Ledum (itching skin)
Pulsatilla (headache)
Sulphur (pain in limbs)
COLD
Better for, >
Allium Cepa
Aloes (headache)
Ant Tart
Apis Mel
Baptisia
Bryonia
Chamomilla
Chelidonium (toothache)
Euphrasia (headache)
Gelsemium
Iodum
Kali Bich (itching)
Lachesis
Natrum Mur
Pulsatilla (toothache)
Spigelia (headache)
Stramonium
Worse for, <
Aconite
Alum
Arnica
Arsen Alb
Calc Carb
Calc
Fluor
Camphor (backache)
Carbo Veg
Causticum
Colchicum
(toothache)
Dulcamara (colic)
Graphites
Hepar Sulph
Hypericum
Lycopodium
Nux Vomica (pain in joints)
Rhus Tox
Ruta Grav
Sanguinaria
Sepia
Silica
Spongia
Sulphur
NB – It follows logically that, in most cases, a remedy with a modality
for, say, ‘< for cold’, will also have the modality ‘> heat’ or ‘> for
warm weather’. Example Calc Carb
Cold Weather with Cold Wind
Better for, >
Arg Nit
Tub
Worse for, <
Aconite
Bellis Perennis
Euphrasia (cough)
Graphites (toothache)
Hepar Sulph (headache)
Mag Phos
Nux Vomica
Rhus Tox
Warm Weather
Better for, >
Alum
Calc Carb
Silica
Worse for, <
Acidum Fluor
Aconite
Aloe
Borax
Bryonia (diarrhea)
Colchicum
(rheumatism)
Crocus
Croton Tig (diarrhea)
Gelsemium
Glonoine
(headache)
Iodum
Kali Bich (diarrhea)
Lachesis
Podophyllum (diarrhea)
Dry Weather
Better for, >
Calc Carb
Worse for, <
Causticum
Hepar Sulph
Ipecac
Nux Vomica
Stormy Weather
Better for, >
Worse for, <
Gelsemium
Hypericum (asthma)
Natrum Mur
Petroleum
Phosphorus
Sepia
Sulphur
HOURLY
Worse for:-
Midnight Rhus
Tox
Acidum
nit
Arnica
Sulphur
Argent nit
Stramonium
1 –
3am Arsen
Alb
Before
3am Nux
Vom
Thuja
1 –
5am Kali Carb (cough)
2 –
3am Kali Bich
(croup)
Sanguinaria
Nux
Vom (sweating)
2am Kali Brom
3 –
4am Hypericum
Ammonium Carb
3am Bryonia
Thuja
Calc Carb
Iodum
(sleeplessness)
Lycopodium (neuralgia)
4am Chelidonium
4 –
6am Ferr
Phos
7 -
9am Eupatorium
9am Chamomilla
10 –
11am Natrum Mur
11am Ipecac
Sulphur
Cactus
Berberis
(chill)
Noon Sulphur (headache)
Argent Nit (cough)
Argent Met
2pm Calc Carb
2 –
3pm Sanguinaria
(fever)
3pm Belladonna
Thuja
(chill,
rheumatism)
6pm Pulsatilla
(chill)
Chelidonium
Colocynthus
Lycopodium
4 –
5pm Carbo Veg
4 -
6pm Apis
Mel
4 –
8pm Lycopodium
5pm Colocynthus
(rheumatism,
chill)
Lilium
tig (headache)
5 –
6pm Hepar
Sulph
7pm Rhus
Tox
9pm Bryonia
9 – midnight Chamomilla (cough)
10 – midnight
Belladonna
Hydrastis (headache)
Before
midnight Aconite
Graphites
Phosphorus
Pulsatilla (headache)
Arnica (fainting)
MORNING
Worse, <, during morning – see also
hourly modalities
Acidum Flour
Alumina nausea
Bryonia cramp in calves
Cactus nausea
Carbo
Veg asthma
Hepar Sulph cramp in calves,
vertigo
Ignatia cough, headache,
palpitations
Kali
Carb
asthma
Kali Phos
Lachesis headache, toothache
Natrum Mur cough,
weariness
Nux Vom sleepiness, vertigo
Pulsatilla bad mood, sweating
Phosphorus loss of voice
Sepia headache, weariness
Staphysagria
toothache
Sulphur diarrhea, headache
Better for >
Acidum nit backache
Aurum
met pain in limbs
Causticum
Colchicum pain in limbs
Dulcamara
catarrh
Graphites depression
Merc Sol
Veratrum Alb headache
AFTERNOON
Worse < during afternoon – see
also hourly modalities
Belladonna
Causticum
Cocculus
Lycopodium
Phosphorus
Pulsatilla
EVENING
Worse < during evening – see also
hourly modalities
Arnica gout, yawning
Bromium
Carbo
Veg hoarseness
Chamomilla
headache
Euphrasia
Glonoine diarrhea, swelling of hands
Hepar Sulph anxiety, nausea,
sleepiness
Ignatia
itching,
hunger
Kali
Carb vertigo, pain in
side
Ledum
Mag Carb
Natrum Mur cough
Phosphorus toothache, loss of
voice
Pulsatilla
Ruta Grav arthritis,
rheumatism
Zincum Met
Better for >
Arnica
Nux Vomica headache
NB – Noon: Better after eating – Chelidonium
LEFT SIDE
Argent
Nit
Bellis Perennis
Berberis
Bromum
Causticum
loins
and hips
Colchicum
Graphites
Iris
V
chest
Kali
Carb testicles
Kalmia wrists
Lachesis throat
Lilium tig
Natrum Mur
Phosphorus
Psorinum
hands,
particularly warts, knees
Rhododendron
Rhus Tox
Stramonium
Sulphur
Thuja
RIGHT SIDE
Apis Mel
Arsen Alb
Belladonna
Cantharis
Causticum
Iodum
lungs
Kali Carb
Lilium tig arms, hips, hands
Lycopodium
Merc sol
Naja headache, rheumatic
pain
Phosphorus lungs
Rhododendron ear
Worse for music Acidum Phos
Natrum Carb
Nux
Vom
Phosphorus
Sepia
Thuja
Worse for sexual intercourse
Acidum Phos
Lycopodium
Nux Vom
Silicea
Staphysagria
Worse for noise Acidum Met headache
Aconite
Belladonna
Coffea
pain
in limbs
Ignatia
headache
Ipecac
Kali Carb
Mag Carb deafness
Natrum Mur
Phosphorus headache
Silicea
headache
Tabacum
headache
Zincum Met
Worse in darkness Causticum
Phosphorus (twilight)
Pulsatilla
Rhus Tox
Stramonium
mental
problems
Better in darkness Chelidonium headache
Cicuta
Cinchona
Euphrasia
eyes
Hepar Sulph
Merc Sol
Natrum Carb
Nux Vom
Sepia
Sulphur headache
Worse for fasting Bromum
Calc Carb
Cocculus
stomach
pain
Crocus
Ignatia
stomach
pain
Iodum
Kali Carb
Better for fasting Natrum Mur
Nux Vom
Better for passing wind Carbo Veg
Colocynthus
Nux Vom
Worse for hiccough Bryonia headache
Worse for laughing Carbo Veg cough
Phosphorus
Plumbum Met
Psorinum
pain
in liver
Worse for rubbing Psorinum
Better for rubbing
Cantharis
Hypericum arm
Phytolacca hip pain
Rhus Tox sciatica
Worse for sneezing Arnica backache
Sulphur backache
Better for sneezing Naja asthma
Worse for urination Cantharis
Gelsemium headache
Nux Vom