Homeopathy Quick Keynotes Flashcards by Lynda Donnelly-Crites

Which remedy has the keynotes: FEAR of death, onset after sudden frights, ACUTE anxiety, agitation, croupy cough, fever, flushed face having one cheek red and the other pale, intense thirst for large quantities of cold water

Aconite

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Which remedy has the keynotes: BLAND lacrimation with SHARP, ACRID nasal d/c that is harsh and may even excoriate the nose and upper lip. Profuse watery d/c “like a faucet”, hoarse, spasmodic cough caused by laryngeal tickling w/searing pain, HA when closing eyes, nerve pain with fear of the pain.
WORSE: heat, warm room
BETTER: open air, coolness

Allium cepa

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Which remedy has the keynotes: Indecisive (delusion angel/devil on shoulder), anger and violence towards people and animals, sensation of painful pressure like a band or plug around temples, eyes, and in muscles. Curses after bad news. Low self-esteem. Main remedy for poison ivy w/ tremendous itching.
WORSE: intellectual work, empty stomach
BETTER: eating

Anacardium orientale

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Which remedy has the keynotes: coarse rattling mucus in chest or larynx (mucus won’t cough up), sputum thick, dyspnea, tongue has thick white coat, CYANOSIS, acute bronchial dz (bronchitis, COPD, Whooping Cough).
WORSE: heat, lying down
BETTER: expectoration, sitting

Antimonium tartaricum

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Which remedy has the keynotes: allergic RXN, reddish-pink edema w/ sudden onset, stinging pain, burning pain, swelling, hives, bites, stings, active, vital, busy people (“Busy Bees”), lack of thirst (esp. febrile cond.), bag-like swelling of the uvula. Cystitis w/scalding pain during urination.
WORSE: heat
BETTER: cold applications

Apis

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Which remedy has the keynotes: Irritable and averse to company, everything feels too hard (even the pillow or bed), restless in bed, aggravated by jarring, blunt trauma, epistaxis while washing face, acute sprains, bruises, myalgias. contusions, aching, muscular pains, concussion, aches and stiffness
WORSE: slightest touch, jolts and movement
BETTER: Rest, lying w/ head down

Arnica

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Which remedy has the keynotes: VERY thirsty, esp. w/ fever, DESIRES sips of warm liquids often, VERY ANXIOUS about health, asthma, R-sided coryza, cough.
WORSE: cold drinks, Btwn midnight - 2AM
BETTER: heat

Arsenicum album

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Which remedy has the keynotes: chronic alcohol abuse, sadness, lack self-confidence, feelings of failure (esp. failed business or financial losses), obsessive SUICIDAL ideas (thoughts of jumping from high places), perfectionist, severe depression, insomnia, religious/spiritual. Bone pains.
[SPHYLLITIC remedy]
WORSE: night, contraindication leads to anger
BETTER: open air, summer for depression, MUSIC

Aurum metallicum

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Which remedy has the keynotes: delayed mental development, shy, childish behavior, fear of being laughed at, nervous biting of nails, swollen tonsils and hard cervical glands, atrophy of genitalia, undescended testicles,
WORSE: mental exertion

Baryta carbonicum

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Which remedy has the keynotes: intense DRYNESS of mucous membranes, intense THIRST for large quantities of cold water, painful sensation from any motion, stay immobile, vertigo (worse w/motion), RIGHT sided, dry painful cough
WORSE: motion, 9PM
BETTER: Rest, lying on painful side, strong pressure, sweating

Bryonia

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Which remedy has the keynotes: Sensation of general or local cold, general weakness and feels she may go insane w/fear someone will notice, overworked, overwhelmed, often over WT, poor stamina, localized sweat on head, fears rats, constipation w/ NO URGE, nails brittle
DESIRE for: eggs, sweets, dairy
WORSE: cold, intellectual effort, full moon
BETTER: Dry weather

Calcarea carbonica

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Which remedy has the keynotes: BURNS and BURNING PAIN, pain on urination “each drop passes as if scalding water”, excessive sexual appetite, bloody diarrhea w/burning sensation and foul smelling, burning pains on healthy skin, hydrophobia although extremely thirsty
WORSE: touch, urinating
BETTER: cold and cold applications

Cantharis

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Which remedy has the keynotes: foul breath, flatulence, tremendous BLOATING, indigestion, cyanosis of extremities, general weakness and collapse, cold - but averse to being covered, but desired to be fanned, great irritability,
WORSE: rich foods or fat, lying flat, must sit up
BETTER: being fanned, BELCHING

Carbo vegetabilis

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Which remedy has the keynotes: cold-induced facial paralysis (Bell’s Palsey), WARTS (fingers, eyelids, nose), soreness of mucus membranes, sympathetic type, great anger over injustice, rebellious, political activists, constant desire to clear throat w/ great difficulty, hoarseness w/ cold
CRAVINGS: salty foods, bacon, smoke meats
WORSE: dry cold and wind, 4PM
BETTER: cloudy, wet, rainy weather, cough better w/cold drinks

Causticum

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Which remedy has the keynotes: abnormally sensitive to pain, agitation, anger, irritable, intolerant, children become violent, scream, inconsolable, toothaches worse w/ heat, diarrhea during TEETHING - stool appears like cut grass, indecisive, capricious, aversion to being touched, EARACHE, extremities feel hot and throws off covers at night
WORSE: anger, 9AM, coffee
BETTER: passive movement (being rocked)

Chamomile

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Which remedy has the keynotes: WORMS, nasal pruritus with constant need to bore fingers into nose, ITCHY rectum or vagina/vulva, grinds teeth in sleep, children w/ pale face and large bluish discoloration around mouth or eyes.

Cina

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Which remedy has the keynotes: Fluid loss, gassy, bloated, distention - no relief from eructations or flatulence, HA - better with hard pressure, diarrhea - worse from fruit and milk, GB dz, hypersensitivity, fear of animals (even domesticated), insomnia
PERIODICITY: every other day or every 7 days
WORSE: fluid loss, light, superficial touch, cold drafts, fog, eating fruit
BETTER: Hard, STRONG PRESSURE, BENDING DOUBLE (colic), HEAT

Cinchona (China officinalis)

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Which remedy has the keynotes: paroxysmal cramping pain w/ N&V and/or diarrhea, hepatic and renal colic, dysmenorrhea, sciatica
WORSE: anger, indignation, excitement, strong emotions
BETTER: strong pressure on the painful area, bending double, heat

Colocynthis

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Which remedy has the keynotes: TUMORS, HARD LUMPS, HARD GLANDS, visual disturbance, lacrimation w/ marked photophobia, ASCENDING PARALYSIS, cancer (esp breast, brain, pelvic) VERTIGO - worse w/ turning head or moving eyes, confusion, dull, brain fog, perspiration on closing eyes
WORSE: suppressed sexual desire, movements of the head or eyes - vertigo
BETTER: heat

Conium

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Which remedy has the keynotes: dry, barking, WRETCHING, GAGGING, PAINFUL, COUGH w/ neuro s/sxs, violent paroxysms, Whooping cough, SOB, cyanosis, epitaxis, tickling in larynx,
WORSE: night, lying down, warmth of bed
BETTER: pressure of hands (rib pain caused by coughing)

Drosera

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Which remedy has the keynotes: urethral pain during and after micturition w/ sensation of burning and stinging, bladder pain w/ heaviness and fullness - NOT improve w/ urination, URGING when BLADDER is ALMOST EMPTY, cystitis, UTI, enuresis at night in children
WORSE: motion, pressure, contact on bladder
BETTER: lying down in afternoon

Equisetum

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Which remedy has the keynotes: BONE PAIN, influenza type syndromes, muscular aches and pains as if bones were broken, excruciating back pain, change positions w/out relief, TENDERNESS of EYEBALLS, intense thirst for COLD WATER, high fever, chills, flu, esp 7am-9am,
WORSE: motion

Eupatorium perfoliatum

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Which remedy has the keynotes: CLEAR, PROFUSE, and CORROSIVE, BURNING LACRIMATION w/ irritation and redness of conjunctiva, inflammation of the eyelids w/edema, CLEAR NASAL flow which is profuse, but NOT an IRRITANT, photophobia w/ intense blinking,
WORSE: heat, sunlight
BETTER: open air, cough, better lying down, better in bed at night

Euphrasia

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Which remedy has the keynotes: HIGH FEVER of UNK ORIGIN, hemorrhages from wounds, contusions, pneumonia w/ BRIGHT RED BLOOD, anemia, paleness, R-sided complaints, fever, epistaxis

Ferrum Phos

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Which remedy has the keynotes: Diplopia, mydriasis, paralysis or muscular stiffness, diarrhea (from fright, anticipation, bad news), great fatigue and weakness, drowsiness, stupor, CHILLS RUNNING UP and DOWN SPINE, nervous, fragile people, quiet, fear crowds, stage fright, insomnia from anticipation/excitement WORSE: bad news, fright, excitement, emotion, HA worse at 10AM BETTER: profuse urination, sweating, movement or jolts

Gelsemium

Which remedy has the keynotes: VIOLENT and SUDDEN congestive HA that is bursting and pulsating, sudden tachycardia, congestive circulatory disturbances, sun or heat stroke, sudden emotions, suppressed menses, recurrent HA in HTN pt. WORSE: HEAT, alcohol, motion, tight collars, BETTER: Open air, lying in dark, pressing head btwn hands

Glonoinum

Which remedy has the keynotes: dull, slow to receive information, poor memory, cracks, ERUPTIONS that OOZE from BEHIND EARS, chronic DISCHARGE, OM, hearing loss, but better if there is background noise, THICK SKIN, WORSE: morning upon waking

Graphites

Which remedy has the keynotes: CHILLY, hypersensitive (esp. to pain), pain and COLD air, sensitive to contact, sour-smelling stool, intolerance to slightest touch, pain feels like a thorn or splinter, ears sensitive to wind or open air, purulent and painful excretions, profuse sweat, anxious, violent, angry, furuncles, abscesses, pustular acne, acute laryngitis w/ STITCHING-like pain WORSE: cold, cold drafts, winter, slightest contact, uncovering hands/feet BETTER: heat, when warmly wrapped

Hepar Sulphuris

Which remedy has the keynotes: Spasms, muscular tremor, jerking, spasmodic cough - worse lying down, sensation of choking, drowsiness follows by agitation, insomnia, delirium, and hallucinations, can make obscene remarks and gestures, sensation of levitating, jealousy, loquacious, shameless, SEXUALLY driven, desires to be NAKED WORSE: lying down, emotions, jealousy, fright BETTER: Sitting up

Hyocyamus

Which remedy has the keynotes: INJURY, nerves and spine, SHARP and SHOOTING pain, neuralgic pain, painful scars, phantom limb pain WORSE: raising arms and movement

Hypericum

Which remedy has the keynotes: hypersensitivity to emotion and GRIEF w/ neurological issues, feeling easily hurt/offended, lump in throat, bitter, hard, rude, suspicious, averse to consolation, ailments from romantic disappointment, high spasm (esp. Trapezius or Rectum), migraine/HA (as if a NAIL is driven in the head), SIGHING, LOVE SICK WORSE: emotions, stimulants, strong smells BETTER: traveling, RAIN

Ignatia

Which remedy has the keynotes: NAUSEA! - NOT improved by vomiting, NAUSEA w/ cough and w/ hemorrhage, menorrhagia, and labor, tongue looks clean and perfectly fine

Ipeca

Which remedy has the keynotes: mucosal lesion, HA one VERY SPECIFIC spot, asthma, PRODUCTIVE cough w/ THICK or STRINGY green sputum, rattling respiration in sleep, nasally voice, pain in joints or muscles - comes and goes suddenly WORSE: cold, cold damp, 1AM, beer

Kali Bichromicum

Which remedy has the keynotes: asthma, swelling, edema, heart dz, stitching, sharp, arthritis, conservative, loyal, moral, proper, upright, rigid, dogmatic, feels things in epigastric region WORSE: cold and drafts, btwn 2AM-4AM BETTER: sitting, LEANING FORWARD w/ ELBOWS on KNEES

Kali Carbonicum

Which remedy has the keynotes: intense, jealous, suspicious, loquacious, forceful, arrogant, passionate, usu. has a vascular/cardiac component, pressure that has to come out, PURPLISH face and hemorrhoids, L sided (moving R), fears snakes, somewhat hypersexual WORSE: sun and heat, sleep or upon waking, PMS BETTER: open air, ONSET of DISCHARGE

Lachesis

Which remedy has the keynotes: Purplish purport due to PUNCTURE wounds w/ little to no bleeding, BITES or STINGS - NO ITCHING, GOUT, chilly person but cold makes them better WORSE: heat, heat of the bed BETTER: cold applications, ice-cold water

Ledum

Which remedy has the keynotes: low self-esteem, STAGE FRIGHT, bossy, bully, arrogant - except towards superiors, premature grey hair, BLOATED belly, can not tolerate tight clothing around waist, heartburn, wakes at night w/huge appetite, mainly R sided (moves L) WORSE: Btwn 4PM-8PM, morning on waking, warmth, contradiction BETTER: cool air, hot food and drink

Lycopodium

Which remedy has the keynotes: colic, cramping, desire to be rubbed, R sided, SCIATICA, dysmenorrhea, WORSE: motion, cold, R-side BETTER: HEAT, PRESSURE

Magnesia Phosphorica

Which remedy has the keynotes: extremist, passionate, wants to experience everything, STDs (Hx gonorrhea), inflammations, INFXN, prolific purulent conditions, asthma, rhinitis, peptic ulcer wakes pt at 2AM, chronic vaginitis, urethritis, cystitis, very sensitive SOLES of FEET, ankles swell, UNCOVERS FEET at night CRAVES: meat, ice unripe fruit and oranges AVERSION: EGGPLANT BETTER: BY SEA, EVENING - loves the night,

Medorrhinum

Which remedy has the keynotes: excessive DIARRHEA - explosive, sputtering, profuse, weak/faint after BM, pain and inflammation of ovary (esp. R) WORSE: 4AM

Podophyllum

Which remedy has the keynotes: COUGH (usu. tickling in suprsternal notch), pt may wear a scarf over face to warm inhaled air, INTENSE PRURITIS on undressing WORSE: inhaling cold or open air BETTER: sucking on candy, drinking

Rumex crispus

Which remedy has the keynotes: migraine HA on R side - typically begins on neck or trapezius and extends to forehead and eye, Periodic HA (usu. every 7 days), hot flashes in face w/ redness WORSE: noise, odor, movement, light, smell of flowers BETTER: vomiting, flatulence, eructations

Sanguinaria

Which remedy has the keynotes: DRY, croupy, barking cough, tickling in supreasternal notch, head back causes coughing, symptoms INTENSE, DRY throat and lungs, suffocating sensation at night WORSE: before midnight, lying supine, heat BETTER: eating, drinking WARM drinks

Spongia toasta

Which remedy has the keynotes: HA w/ SEVERE NAUSEA, vertigo that is worse when opening eyes, WORSE: opening eyes BETTER: cool, open air - UNCOVERING ABD

Tabacum

Which remedy has the keynotes: hyperactive and restless kids, allergic to cats and milk (but craves milk), compulsive, angry, head banging, recurring bronchitis, cold, pneumonia, FHx of TB, intense, short, dry, persistent cough, dark, fine hair on back of children along the spine, scoliosis CRAVES: smoked meats and pork, milk

Tuberculinum

Which remedy has the keynotes: gastroenteritis w/ SIMULTANEOUS VOMITING and DIARRHEA, projectile vomiting, manic state, deeply religious w/ excessive praying, delusional to the point of thinking they are Christ or a prophet, asks many philosophical questions, great chilliness, hyper secretion of sweat glands, profuse cold sweats (esp. forehead), icy coldness, extreme anxiety w/ alternation btwn prostration and agitation w/ delirium w/ shouting, anger, violence CRAVES: acidic foods like lemon

Veratrum album

Which remedy has the keynotes: HOT, PULSATING. Febrile (sudden onset), red hot face w/ cold extremities, SLEEPS on ABDOMEN, red congested hemorrhoids, constipated, heat dries out, R sided ovarian pain, insomnia, HTN, red, glassy eyes, wild looking mydriasis, photophobia, FEARS: dogs CRAVE: Lemons BETTER: COLD, migraines better AFTER vomiting, pains better w/ pressure WORSE: menses, 3pm or 11am-3pm, bright light, noise, change of temp, motion

Belladonna

Which remedy has the keynotes: (Syphilitic remedy) Changeable personality, can have violent impulses, destructive ideas, irritable, introverted, closed, intense, OFFENSIVE smells, destructive cancer, OM (acute or chronic), pharyngitis, EXCESSIVE SALIVATION, stinky, imprinted tongue, trembling, pharyngitis, chronic, bad, oozing cystic acne w/ scarring, METALLIC TASTE in mouth, weak memory, CRAVES: Bread and butter WORSE: Heat and cold, NIGHT, night sweats, perspiring,

Mercurius vivus or sol.

Which remedy has the keynote: Ailments from grief and disappointed love, dwells on past, introverted, closed, serious, responsible, fastidious, perfectionist, hard to open up, likes animals, romantic and loyal, sensitive to noise and music, grief, sad BUT CAN NOT WEEP, involuntary weeping, HAs, dryness, asthma (worse 5-7), CRAVES: being alone, salt, thirsty for cold drinks AVERSE: slimy, fat, chicken, company and consolation WORSE: in the sun, 10am and 3pm, or 10am-3pm, light

Natrum muriaticum

Which remedy has the keynote: Mental dullness, HA, acidic belching, acidic greenish diarrhea w/ a sour smell. Sexual dreams and nocturnal emissions, kidney chi deficiency, yellow tongue at base, asthma or allergies worse in the evening CRAVES: fried eggs

Natrum phosphoricum | A bit like natrum, a lot like phos

Which remedy has the keynote: Closed, serious, responsible, diarrhea in the AM after rising, STD (like Med), BIG HA remedy (esp. after head injury w/personality changes, dullness and confusion), suicidal (s/t after injury), restrains themselves from family, generally warm, DM or ASTHMA AFTER GRIEF (SHOCKING INJURY), green discoloration of tongue, itching after undressing, easily depressed, disgusted w/ life WORSE: warm and humid, damp weather, after injury to head/spine, 4am BETTER: Dry weather, after passing profuse, soft stool or diarrhea

Natrum sulphuricm

Which remedy has the keynote: (Syphilitic miasm), nasty, pessimistic, irritable, depressed, hard, holds grudges, angry at life, hypochondriacal, fear of death, chilly, intense pain, discharges are offensive, strong odor, foul smelling urine, pharyngitis, SKIN ERUPTIONS that CRACK (flexor surfaces), STITCHING or SPLINTER-LIKE PAIN CRAVES: fat, herring, foul smelling, salty food, warts, fissures FEARS: Death, cancer WORSE: in the morning

Nitricum acidum

Which remedy has the keynote: HYPERSENSITIVITY (light, noise, odor, cold, dry wind) Irritable, type A WORKAHOLIC, compulsive, EVERYTHING comes back to WORK, chilly and chills w/acutes, COMMON FLU REMEDY, SENSITIVE TO ANYTHING, IBS, sensitive to stimulation, easily offended, hangover remedy, cramps, twitch, tic, spasm, cystitis, constipation that is ineffectual (alt. w/ diarrhea), insomnia, due to work, esp. 3-4am. CRAVES: spicy, fat, alcohol, coffee (stimulants) WORSE: chilly and worse from cold, after eating, alcoholic drinks and abusing alcohol, tobacco and spice BETTER: warmth and warm applications

Nux vomica

Which remedy has the keynote: Discarding fluids (bleeding, N&V), have to suppress d/c, want to vomit once water warms up in stomach, recurrent respiratory INFX, everything goes to chest, lingering cough, angina, ANXIOUS (staples easily), open, gullible, sympathetic, epistaxis, gastritis w/ N&V, menorrhagia w/ bright red blood FEAR: being alone, death, dark, thunderstorms DESIRE: hands on work (massage) CRAVE: chocolate, spicy/sweet cold drinks, ice cream, carbonated drink, alcohol AVERSE: sweets, meats, dead heavy foods WORSE: alone, fasting, warm foods, lying on L, BETTER: Eating, cold drinks, rubbing affected part

Phosphorus

Which remedy has the keynote: (Syphilitic miasm) Mastitis (worse nursing and worse in L breast), swollen tonsils or glands, bone and gland stuff, PAIN GOES TO THROAT/EAR w/ SWALLOWING, pain radiates into the body, PAIN at the INSERTION of TENDON, DENTAL PAIN that is BETTER CLENCHING WORSE: , hot drinks BETTER: Cold drinks

Phytolacca

Which remedy has the keynote: Haughty, affected, narcissistic, passionate, contentious, rude, feel like they are better than others, VIOLENT IMPULSE, hyper-sexual, easily aroused, promiscuous, perversion, pathology on ego level, numbness/coldness of cheeks, face, lips, band sensation/constriction, sexually aroused by touching lips

Plantina

Which remedy has the keynote: Street person w/ all trash they have collected, chilly, long big coats all year round, SKIN s/sxs, eczema, ITCHY, smelly purulent d/c, dirty looking face, hoarding, worse from fasting, ANXIETY, hopeless, suicidal, freq. acute illness, often thin, (THINK SULFUR - ONLY CHILLY) FEAR: poverty, health, CA, failure, future WORSE: cold, open air, before a storm, fasting, contact w/ wool BETTER: heat, eating

Psorinum

Which remedy has the keynote: Soft, timid, malleable, dependent, WEEPS EASILY, rigid, abstinent, irritability, CHANGEABLE (moods, stools, menses, wandering arthritis), harsh, bitter, conjunctivitis, OM (better w/cool application), d/c thick, bland, greenish, cough and asthma w/ thick d/c, want to be held, sleeps on abdomen or on back w/ arms over head, BIG MENSTRUAL s/sxs, dry mouth w/ NO THIRST, FEET are HOT so they are left UNCOVERED in bed CRAVES: Butter, open air AVERSION: Butter DESIRES: consolation, creamy, cheesy, ice cream, cold food BETTER: cold air, consolation

Pulsatilla

Which remedy has the keynote: Sepsis, INFXN, aching, bed feels too hard, offensive smells, tongue red, shiny, and coated, everything smells really bad, BIZARRE DISPARITY IN FEVER and PULSE (low pulse w/ fever), vomiting once liquid warms the stomach, sleeps w/ hands over head

Pyrogenium

Which remedy has the keynote: STIFFNESS, RESTLESS (physically and emotionally), eczema (itching that is BETTER w/ SCALDING water) can be confused with Medorrhinum, back pain, sprains, arthritis, bursitis, skin conditions (small vesicles that are itchy), poison ivy & oak, herpes, and shingles. Tip of tongue is red, thirsty for sips of cold milk, WORSE: first motion in the AM, COLD, drafts, getting wet, rest, immobility BETTER: continued motion and warmth, lying on hard surface

Rhus toxicodendron

Which remedy has the keynote: Critical of others, quarrelsome, RESTLESSNESS, trauma or injury esp. to muscles, tendons/connective tissue, overuse, periosteum pain, generally STIFF, does not want to move, arthritis, bursitis, better lying down, eye strain and stiffness (overworking), OVERUSE REMEDY, anxiety and panic BETTER: lying down WORSE: lying on injured part

Ruta graveolens

Which remedy has the keynote: Hormonal stress (amenorrhea, dysmenorrhea, labor and delivery), involuntary weeping, shut down from stress, chilliness, lack libido, uterine prolapse, PMS, infertility/miscarriage, dull, sluggish, Raynaud's dz, incontinence, psoriasis, disconnected, sarcastic (but immediately sorry after), angry, averse to people, abrupt, L-sided HA, FEAR: being completely alone WORSE: before or during menses, at later stages agg. from exertion, 2-4pm or 3pm-5pm, coition BETTER: Evening, hard physical exertion, pain better w/ laying on hard floor, CRAVES: vinegar, sweet and sour, being alone AVERSION: company, sex

Sepia

Which remedy has the keynote: INFX of tear duct or blocked tear duct of newborn, recurring pharyngitis and tonsillitis, enlarged cervical glands (hard and painful), Bartholin's gland cysts, abscess formation anywhere on body, does not tolerate breast milk and lose WT, LACK SELF-CONFIDENCE, stage fright, performance anxiety, SHY CHILD (will not answer you directly), sensation as a THORN or a SPLINTER in the THROAT w/ pharyngitis, hyperesthesia (anxiety at the slightest noise). Defects of bone, spine, hair, nails, and teeth from poor metabolism of minerals. Profuse sweating (esp. on scalp and feet) WORSE: cold weather, drafts or uncovered, AFTER VACCINATION, new or full moon BETTER: heat, warm weather, being warmly wrapped

Silica

Which remedy has the keynote: Ailments from grief, throws things when angry, STYE on eyelids, crumbling teeth in kids, many sexual fantasies w/ masturbation (which makes worse), psoriasis after grief or suppression of emotions, tired all day, but SLEEPLESS at night, HA like a block of wood WORSE: after taking a nap during the day, worse from sleep

Staphysagria

Which remedy has the keynote: Night terrors and no memory of it, VIOLENT behavior, convulsions, trauma causes fright, VIOLENT and aggressive sexual desires FEAR: violent death, water, dark, mirrors, animals, dogs, being alone WORSE: DARK (will sleep w/light on), after sleep, alone, MIRRORS (reflective surfaces) BETTER: w/company, in diffuse lighting

Stramonium

Which remedy has the keynote: INTELLECTUAL, extroverted, egotistical, MESSY, lazy, scattered, aversion to bathing, WARM, thirsty for cold drinks, critical of others, REDNESS, diarrhea in the AM, FEARS: heights (even others in high places), disease, INFXN, failure, claustrophobia, SWEATS excessively, offensive d/c, loves his own smell, but can't stand the smell of others, HA on weekend, BURNING heat on feet, must stick them out of covers or search for cold spots on bed, ITCHING (worse with heat), eczema DESIRES: sweets, fats, spicy, alcohol, meat, ice cream AVERSION: eggs, other people's smells WORSE: heat, 11am w/ hunger, heat of the bed

Sulphur

Which remedy has the keynote: | Trauma to the EYE and ORBIT, fractures (poor healing), Phantom limb pain, PERIOSTEUM pains long after healing

Symphytum

Which remedy has the keynote: Compulsive behavior (OCD), tendency to gamble, HA (m/b felt in bones of head), congenital malformations of facial features (cleft palate), profuse, thin, watery, green leucorrhea in women, BONE PAIN (worse at night) - long bones esp. , ulcerations and necrosis (esp in legs) CRAVES: alcohol, WORSE: night (knows they will feel miserable), 2am-4am, BETTER: day

Syphilinum

Which remedy has the keynote: LOW SELF-ESTEEM, feelings of worthlessness, depression, feels unattractive, feels fragile, last words of sentence are mumbled in conversation, SECRETIVE, DELUSIONAL w/ FIXED IDEAS, believes something is alive in abdomen, sweat is oily and sweet smelling, chronic complaints are better during a cold, never well since vaccination, WARTS (on hands, fingers, general), TUMORS on face or eyelids, runny nose during stool, intolerance to onions, forked stream during urination, sleeps on L-side

Thuja

Which remedy has the keynote: Utricaria, HIVES, BITES, STING, ALLERGIC rxn, shellfish rxn, burns, scalding of skin, stinging, burning pain, edema w/ sensation of BURNING, unbearable pruritus (worse by scratching), cold water/applications DO NOT improve condition, RHEUMATIC pain of GOUTY origin

Urtica urens