HOMEO week 1 Upper respiratory infections Flashcards
60 Remedies
aconitum
napellus
allium cepa
antimonium
tartaricum
apis mellifica
arnica montana
arsenicum
album
aurum
metallicum
belladonna
bryonia alba
calcarea
carbonica
cantharis
vesicatora
carbo vegetabilis
causticum
chamomilla
cinchona
officinalis (china)
cina maritima
colocynthis
conium
maculatum
drosera
rotundifolia
eupatorium
perfoliatum
euphrasia
officinalis
ferrum
phosphoricum
gelsemium
sempervirens
glonoinum
graphites
hepar sulphuris
hypericum
perforatum
ignatia amara
ipecacuanha
kali bichromicum
kali
carbonicum
lachesis muta
ledum palustre
lycopodium
clavatum
magnesium
phosphoricum
medorrhinum
mercurius
natrum
muriaticum
natrum
sulphuricum
nux vomica
phosphorus
phytolacca
decandra
podophyllum
peltatum
pulsatilla
pyrogenium
rhus
toxicodendron
rumex crispus
ruta
graveolens
sepia
officinalis
silicea
spongia tosta
staphysagria
stramonium
sulphur
symphytum
officinale
tabacum
thuja
occidentalis
tuberculinum
urtica urens
veratrum album
Pain search
Cervical Glands search
BELLADONNA
Belladonna stands for violence of attack and suddennessof onset.
“Belladonna always is associated with hot, red skin, flushed face, glaring eyes, throbbing carotids, excited mental state, hyperesthesia of all senses, delirium, restless sleep, convulsive movements, dryness of mouth and throat with aversion to water, neuralgic pains that come and go suddenly.”
Heat (FEVER), redness, throbbing and burning. Great
children’s remedy.
Throat red, worse on right side. Tonsils enlarged; throat
feels constricted; difficult deglutition (swallowing)
Supperation, tonsils and swallow
BELLADONNA (Atropa b., Deadly nightshade)
Solanaceae (nightshade) family
Affinity, mental/emotional symptoms, general symptoms
Affinity:
Brain, head. Cardiovascular system. Fevers.
Sudden intense symptoms, acute,
appear and disappear suddenly.
Mental/emotional symptoms:
Lively, vibrant personality, with sudden fits and tantrums: bites,
strikes, kicks, pulls hair, hits head on the wall/floor
Tries to run away, hide from hallucinations during fevers or
nightmares (dogs, cats, animals, bugs, devils, fire, etc.)
Wild expression and eyes, dilated pupils, shiny glassy eyes when
sick
GENERAL SYMPTOMS
Pains: Throbbing, pulsating, hammering, bursting, stabbing,
burning pains; visible pulsations.
Heat, redness, inflammation, congestion (head, lungs). Dryness.
No thirst, in fever, or constant desire to drink.
Modalities:
Worse: afternoon (3 pm on), night; motion, jar; light touch;
draft, walking in wind; shiny bright objects, light. Noise. Right side.
Better: leaning head against something; bending the part back or
inward; while standing; in bed; in morning; with warmth.
GELSEMIUM GENERALS, modalities CHART, MENTAL SYMPTOMS
Gradual onset of complaints
Muscular weakness, may see double…
Muscle aches, soreness, pain, heaviness
Thirstlessness
“Droopy, dizzy, drowsy, and dull” (influenza,
mononucleosis, CFS…)
Anticipatory anxiety
Stage fright (with trembling, urging to empty bladder)
Examination funk
Timidity in public
Cowardice
Diarrhea from fear
May act bravely, be bold, to fight inner fearful feeling
Gelsemium differential
BAPTISIA TINCTORIA
Very weak with a URTI and high fever, can progress very fast
So weak they can’t sit up in bed or they may even fall off the bed!
May feel confused, intoxicated, have body delusions like their limbs
are detached from the body and scattered all over the bed…
May have canker sores (aphthae) and diarrhea (GI infections)
Better: indoors, drinking liquids (but may gag on fluids)
Worse: cold, open air, walking, eating solids (but easier to swallow)
ALLIUM CEPA (RED ONION), mind, generals, modalities CHART
Has affinity with mucous membranes (nose, eyes, larynx, bowels)
and nerves
Keynote: the nasal discharge is acrid and burns the nostrils and
upper lip area (redness), but the tears are bland (Euphrasia has
the opposite: the tears irritate the skin, we can see the
path where the tear rolled down the cheek, but the nose is fine)
