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Flashcards in Breast Homeopathy Deck (36)
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1
Q

drawing pulling pains on L, most common rx for yeast/thrush. pain in opposite breast when nursing

A

borax

2
Q

used topically to prevent cracks

A

calendula

3
Q

cracked, sore, ulcerated nipples, worse L, nipples may be red, damaged or deformed, yeast, itching in breasts, very tender to touch

A

castor equi

4
Q

hypersensitive to pain of nursing, she cannot endure it, irritable, nipples tender and inflamed

A

chamomilla

5
Q

unbearable pain at latch on, engorged breasts, protruding, dark red nipples

A

colchicum

6
Q

excruciating pain in nipple extending to back/scapula, breasts engorged, cracked nipples

A

corton tig

7
Q

painful, cracked nipples due to bac infxn, staph/strep w/bad smell, chilly, worse draft, better heat, irritable

A

hepar sulph

8
Q

nipples sore and crack easily, low potency repeated frequently in early weeks, used later for deeper cracks, mastitis, abscesses, recurrent infxn

A

silica

9
Q

breasts large and heavy, red streaks running like radii from a central point, H/A and the eyes are congested, doesn’t sleep well, lies half asleep half awake, dull, stupid feeling prevails, engorgement, excessive lactation

A

belladonna

10
Q

stony heaviness in breast, hot, hard and painful but not very red, breasts full of milk, engorgement, dry cracked lips, dry mouth, constipation, feces as if burnt, no appetite, nausea after eating, develops more slowly

A

bryonia

11
Q

to decrease supply if overabundant and gushing, to help dry up after weaning

A

lac-c

12
Q

breasts are congested, burning, hot and hard and distended with little or no milk flow, anxiety and restlessness, cracked nipples, worse night

A

aconite

13
Q

frequently indicated, particularly when a despairing sadness is the predominant sx, inadequate milk volume, weakness, anemia

A

agnus c.

14
Q

diminishing milk supply, veins are unnaturally distended, mother oversensitive, energies focused on self, better fresh air, better movement

A

asaf

15
Q

scanty, watery milk, bluish in color. sluggish temperament, chilly, milk disagrees with infant

A

calcarea carb

16
Q

weak, insufficient flow from start, when, as the attendant symptom, threatened amaurosis (loss of vision for no apparent cause) exists; pulsations and noises in ears; anxiety and despondency; women has been subjected to night-watching, care, feeling of doom

A

causticum

17
Q

particularly when there has been suppression from exposure to cold, damp air; milk is scanty; skin is delicate and sensitive to cold and liable to eruptions from being in the cold

A

dulcamara

18
Q

low milk supply in chilly, exhausted women

A

lac-d

19
Q

scanty milk, debility and great apathy

A

phosph acid

20
Q

mild and tearful, in apparent good health but who have too little milk; most commonly used remedy; better heat; also used for overabundant milk, esp due to abrupt weaning

A

pulsatilla

21
Q

exhausted from venous hemorrhage, thin, scrawny women; breast do not properly fill with milk; much stinging in breasts

A

secale c

22
Q

breasts large and heavy; red streaks running like radii from a central point, H/A and eyes are congested; doesn’t sleep well, lies half asleep half awake, dull, stupid feeling prevails, engorgement, excessive lactation, throbbing pains, worse slightest jar, bursting H/A, worse right

A

belladonna

23
Q

stony heaviness in breast, hot, hard, painful but not very red, breasts full of milk, engorgement, dry, cracked lips; dry mouth, constipation; feces as if burnt; no appetite, nausea after eating

A

bryonia

24
Q

where there is debility from loss of fluids, much pain btw shoulders, worse left

A

china

25
Q

in all cases where there are so many old scars from former ulcerations that milk can scarcely flow; high potency will cause the milk to flow easily and ward off impending abscess; cracked or fissured nipples, bleeding, worse 4-8 pm, better fresh air, warm bed

A

graphites

26
Q

when suppuration seems inevitable and there is no other particularly characteristic sx, splinter-like pain

A

hepar

27
Q

breast appears blue or purplish, chills at night and flushes of heat by day

A

lachesis

28
Q

hard swelling of the breast with sore and raw feeling, milk is not good, baby refuses it, scorbutic gums

A

mercurius sol

29
Q

inflammation of the breast with threatened ulceration, stitching or cutting pain, hectic fever and night sweats, fistulous ulcers w/bluish appearance

A

phosphorous

30
Q

particularly where the hardness is apparent from the beginning; very sensitive nipples or breasts, intense pain as soon as baby latches, even after suppuration these characteristics continue; hard knot or nodules in breasts

A

phytolacca dec

31
Q

fistulous ulcers particularly, w/d/c think and watery, or thick and offensive; breast milk seems to be dlc in pus; one lobe after another seems to ulcerate and d/c into one common ulcer, often w/pain; or there m/b several orifices, one for each lobe

A

silicea

32
Q

inflammation running from radii form the nipples, suppuration profuse with chilliness in the morning, heat in the afternoon; may have hemorrhoids; breasts feel hot; night sweats, flushes of heat, weak and faint spells, irresistible 11 am hunger

A

sulfur

33
Q

breasts are hard and tender to touch, withdrawing pains, insulting, uncivil and cross in temper, milk flow decreases w/strong outburst of anger

A

chamomilla

34
Q

pains from L breast to R breast, lumps, worse right, inflamed glands even with cold

A

conium

35
Q

when nursing pains run directly from breast through the back, sore drawing pain, very severe

A

croton tig

36
Q

tearing, stitching pain on flow of milk

A

kali carb