Homeo Keynotes Flashcards

Question

Ferrum phos

Answer 1

**Fever sudden, bright red blood** Sudden high fever with few other symptoms Hemorrhage Sand under the eyelids

Answer 2

**Flu remedy for flu with dull, drowsy, droopy, dizzy** Fright causing them to freeze --\> "freeze like GEL" *Better*: continued motion

Answer 3

**Migraines that wax and wane with the sun** Throbbing HA, heat stroke, hot flash "Glow hurts my head" g**L**onoine, **L**eftsided HA (ddx Sanguina**R**ia, is **R**ight sided)

Answer 4

**Skin eruptions that ooze like honey** For example, scaly, cracked skin, eczema, psoriasis

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**Sharp splintering pains** Throat infection with sharp splinter pains and boils Vulnerability on all levels

Answer 6

**Mania of quarrelsome and obscene character** Similar to Belladonna Fantastic mania (Vithoulkas) Picture aggravated homeless person

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**Nerve injuries** Shooting pains Injury to fingers/toes/coccyx

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**Grief, spasticity** Ailments after grief, with hysteria Sensation of a lump in the throat, sighing * Fears*: birds * Worse*: coffee

Answer 9

**Persistent nausea and vomiting with no relief** A clean tongue

Answer 10

**Sinusitis with thick, stringy, yellow mucus** Gluey personality, tend to stick to rigid rules, like their mucus sticks to the membranes Allergic to beer (think “beer is congesting”)

Answer 11

**Asthma, chronic sinusitis, back pain** Respiratory problems, stitching pains Rigid, dogmatic, conservative, proper, loyal

Answer 12

**L-sided complaints, sore throat, circulation** Purple-red sore throat or abscesses, varicose veins, migraines Loquacious, jealous, suspicious, “lashes out” * Fears:* snakes * Better*: any flow like menses

Answer 13

**Puncture wounds, tetanus, bites, injuries to eyeballs, black eyes** "Punctured by a piece of LED" Wounded part feels cold (like cold LED)

Answer 14

**GI and LV problems, superficial, cowardly** Hepatitis, sore throat

Answer 15

**Cramping pains, spasms (think of supplemental mag)** Neuralgia, spasmodic dysmennorhea, spasmodic cough * Better*: heat, pressure * R-sided complaints*

Answer 16

**STIs, chronic vaginitis, urethritis, cystitis, warts** High sex drive Excess in all things *Better*: seaside (sxs clear), night

Answer 17

**Profuse discharges: salivation, sweat, pus** Bullae, abscess, weak immune system * Worse*: night, during perspiration * Worse both cold and heat*

Answer 18

**Grief, retention (of feelings, stool/stool, amenorrhea, scanty discharge)** “Bashful kidneys” (difficulty urinating in public) Allergic rhinitis with watery discharge Migraines, worse with sun, 10am-3pm

Answer 19

**Head injury causes depression and bronchitis** Chronic bronchitis or pneumonia with rattling cough Must hold chest when coughs (ddx drosera) Head injuries, meningitis Problems after head injury

Answer 20

**Splinters, sticking pains** *Better*: riding in a carriage

Answer 21

**Dyspepsia, HA, migraines, hangovers** * Worse*: cold * Better*: warm Type A personality Urge to cough, deficate, urinate, but inability to do so

Answer 22

**Respiratory complaints (pneumonia, asthma)** Effervescent, gullible, hypersensitive, hemorrhage Craves cold drinks

Answer 23

**Breast problems** Hard lesions, lymphadenopathy, mastitis Painful red throat with burning

Answer 24

**Localized numbness and coldness** Better walking, worse sitting and standing Female remedy

Answer 25

"Need a pod to poop in, in the morning" **Painless diarrhea, IBS, IBD, gurgling abdomen** *Worse*: early morning

Answer 26

**Offensive discharges, itchy, anxious/hopeless/suicidal** Extreme sensitivity to cold (wears warm clothes in summer), frequent acute illness Filthy smell, sweaty

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**Weepy kid or female, mood changes constantly** Otitis media, cough at night, bronchitis, teething, URI No two stools are alike *Better*: open air Ddx chamomilla (intense sweating, fever)

Answer 28

**Sepsis, infection, cellulitis, severe influenza with delirium** *Better*: movement Disparity between pulse rate and temperature

Answer 29

"rhusty hinges" Ligament or joint injury, arthritis Rigidity of mind * Better*: warm, moving * Worse*: rest

Answer 30

**Cough from tickle in suprasternal fossa** Violent explosive cough with mucus *Worse*: uncovering, undressing, cold air

Answer 31

**Lame, weak, gives out --\> tendon injuries** Tendonitis, bursitis *Better*: movement (pain) (ddx Rhus tox)

Answer 32

**Acute right-sided headache** Migraines, easy flushing *Worse*: light, noise Ddx: g**L**onoine, **L**eftsided HA

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**Hormonal shifts (PMS, pregnancy, menopause), nausea, weeping, irritable** Female remedy, morning sickness Involuntary weeping (ddx Pulsatilla) *Craves*: acidic foods, pickles, vinegar

Answer 34

**Bone, tooth, and nail conditions (deficient in mineral)** Sand everywhere: teeth, shoes, bone “Bashful stool”– constipation without urge *Worse*: thunderstorms, cold

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"Sponge in your throat, so it’s all dried up" **Croup, barking cough, dry cough** Seal’s bark, burning in throat from cough

Answer 36

**Sharp cuts, sexual abuse, cystitis** Black, crumbling teeth Throws things when angry "Abused and hit with a STAPH in the pelvis and in the teeth"

Answer 37

**Intense fever with delirium and fear** Febrile seizures, night terrors, sunstroke All symptoms violent, fearful

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**Skin conditions, heat, diarrhea** Intellectual, egotistical, lazy 5am diarrhea, burning feet stick out of covers Think: dirty professor

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**Fractures and eye injuries** Blunt trauma to the eye --\> Arnica for the eye Pain in periosteum long after injury heals

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**Ulceration (mouth, nose, genital, skin)** Abscess

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**Nausea, vomiting, motion sickness** Sudden onset motion sickness with excessive salivation Constantly clearing throat (think smoker) *Worse*: odor of tobacco, motion

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**Warts, low self-esteem** Skin tags Perfecting appearance "Others wouldn’t like me if they knew me"

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**URI and bronchitis, dissatisfaction** Changes jobs frequently, desires travel, restless *Craves*: smoked meats, milk

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**Prickly feeling on skin, hives, urticaria** Skin conditions, first-degree burns, scalds *Worse*: touch

Answer 45

**Shock or collapse (acute) with copious secretions, exhaustion** Extreme cold to the point of being blue Religious mania (think vera = truth/faith), delusions "Comes out your BUM so much you turn blue"