Homeopathy review Flashcards by Constance Ohlinger

bone remedy
trauma to eyes and orbit
phantom limb pain, or bone pain after healed fracture
droopy eyelids
sensation as if eyelid passed over a lump when it closed

Symphytum

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Cough remedy
Rattling mucus in chest on inspiriation, can't expectorate
asthma at 3 am
cough in elderly in winter months
cyanosis
sleepiness during cough
violent low back pain "coccyx is dragging"
Better: sitting up, being held, belching
Worse: cold weather, sour, milk

Ant. Tartaricum

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Cough remedy
Convulsions: shrieking, jerking, twitching paroxysms of cough, spasms, spastic pains.
asthma, epilepsy, convulsions after suppressed eruptions
blue face during convulsions, sudden suffocation
uses unintended words, thumbs drawn down, fists clenched
Better: cold water, left side
Worse: 3am, sleep or lying in bed, coition, suppression

Cuprum

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Cough remedy
paroxysmal cough caused by lying down, holds chest during cough
vomiting with cough, whooping cough
cough causes nose bleed
asthma while talking
Worse: lying down, after midnight, using voice, warmth, drinking

Drosera

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Cough remedy
Worse: cold open air, uncovering, inspiration, on waking, touch, changes in temperature
Cold air causes a tickle in the throat triggering cough
May have skin itching
Worse undressing or uncovering
pressure in sternal fossa causes cough

Rumex

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Cough remedy
 Better: farting, vomiting, right side
Sudden HA/Migraines on right side
easy flushing
Hay fever, coryza, 
Cough is hacking, substernal, tickling sensation, 
Hot palms and soles

Sanguinaria

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Cough remedy
dry cough, harsh or barking
Worse: before midnight, sweets, eating or drinking, 
extends head back, leans forward
Cough like a saw through wood
Better with heat

Spongia

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Cough remedy
weakness and debility in respiratory conditions, debilitated, discouraged
hoarseness, green-yelllow copious expectoration
empty feeling in chest
cannot speak due to weakness
cough during the day comes and goes with the sun
Better: lying down
Worse: slight exertion, talking, 4-6PM

Stannum

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Fever/URI remedy
profuse acrid water discharge from nose, bland eye discharge
hay fever, common cold, HA during coryza, nasal discharge may excoriate the lip
HA from closing eyes, sensitive to flower odors
Tearing pain in larynx on coughing
Worse: warm rooms, wet feet, evening, cold air
Better: open air, menses

Allium cepa

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Fever/URI remedy
thirstless Right Sided
MUCH WORSE: heat
sudden screams, burning, stinging pain
First Remedy for allergic reactions!!!
Worse: touch, sexual suppression, 3 AM
Better: cold, exercise

Apis

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Fever, URI Remedy
Malodorous, offensive secretion, rapid onset of flu
diarrhea with putrid stool
purple face (heavy and numb), painless, dusky red throat
falls asleep mid-sentence
feeling of being scattered around the bed
gags on solids but not liquids
Worse: after 2am, after first waking, after food

Baptisia

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Fever, URI Remedy
thirstless, right sided OM
dilated pupils, dry high fever
obstinate, violent, hallucinations
Bruxism, sleeps on abdomen
fears: dogs and water
Worse: 3PM, heat, sun, right side, turing in bed, bending forward
Better: pressure

Belladonna

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Fever, URI Remedy
bone pain
great thirst for cold drinks, especially during chill
chills begin in lower back, ascend
pain in eyeballs
Better: on hands and knees, conversation, perpiration

Eupatorium

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Fever, URI remedy
acrid tears with bland nasal dc
conjunctivitis, allergies, eyes burning/irritated
Cough only in daytime
Better: lying down, at night, open air
Worse: sun, heat
!!!!!Tears burn but bland nasal discharge!!!!!

Euphrasia

(Compare to Allium Cepa:
Allium has bland eye discharge but acrid/burning nasal discharge.
Euphr has acrid/burning eye discharge but bland nasal discharge!)

EEEEEuphr. burns the EEEEEyes
But
AAAAlium burns the nAAAAAsals

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Fever, URI Remedy
bright red blood
anemic, pale, nervous, sensitive, flushes easily
sudden onset of flu
tonsils are red, swollen, high fever but no localizing symptoms
Feeling of sand under eyelids
Better: cold
Worse: night, 4-6am, motion or touch, right side

Ferrum p.

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Fever, URI remedy
oversensitivity to all stimuli
irritable, chilly
WORSE cold, alone, touch
intolerant to drafts, odors,
swelling and itching of glands with stitching/needle-like pains
Croup after cold
Extreeemely sensitive to cold, coldest remedy
Pharyngitis like a fish bone in the throat

Hep. Sulph

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Fever, URI remedy
Thick gluey, stringy, ropey dc esp from nose
pains in one spot
sensation of hair on tonuge
asthma worse at night, esp 1-2AM
stomach complaints (PUD, colitis) alternate with asthma, rheumatism
chilly, worse cold
Worse: undressing, cold, in AM, 
Better: heat, motion, pressure
Allergic to Beer!

Kali Bichromm

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Fever, URI remedy
Fearful, night terrors, tempre probnlems, murderous rage
Fears: death, dark, water (but thirsty), alone
febrile convulsions, violent epilepsy
Worse: bright shiny objects, fright, darkness, alone, during sleep, swallowing,
Better: bright light, company, warmth

Stramonium

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Fever, URI remedy
romantic, unfulfilled, needs change and excitement
frequently changes jobs
desire and passion for travel
irritable, obstinate, hyperactive, restless
Milk allergy
Worse: before storms, cold damp weather, from getting wet, in evening
Better: in mountains, warm dry weather, open air

Tuberculinum

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GI remedy
anal or rectal problems
diarrhea from beer
tip of nose feels cold
Worse: heat, early AM, food or drink (esp beer)

Aloe

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GI Remedy
convulsions associated with worms
pale or blue discoloration around mouth
pinworms, rectal itching
grinds teeth in sleep
cramping diarrhea
Better: knee-to-chest position or with pressure
Worse: light touch, mothers milk, night, summer
convulsions from being scolded, tantrums in children
irresistible urge to bore finger into nose

Cina

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GI remedy
colic- biliary/kidney stones
R sided dysmenorrhea, doubled over in pain
impatient, easily angered
neuralgia, feeling of being clamped with iron bands
Better: pressure, lying face-down, bending double, heat
Worse: anger, 6AM or 4-5PM
feeling of stones being ground in abdomen
perspiration smells of urine

colocynth

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GI remedy
persistent nausea and vomiting (nausea not relieved by vomiting)
gushing red blood
full of desires but doesn’t know for what
Worse: warmth, moist
Better: open air

Ipecac

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GI remedy; R sided
cowardice, low confidence, bluffing, egotism
anxiety about health
domineering/subservient, performance anxieties, premature ejaculation
craves sweets; big appetite but easily satiated
Bloating, distension, rumbling
deep furrows of brows, cracks in heels
Better: farting, evening, midnight, open air
Worse: morning, 4-8PM, missing meals

Lycopodium

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GI Remedy HA with deathly nausea sinking in stomach, suden onset Better: open air, uncovering abdomen, constantly clears throat Worse: opening eyes, movement of any kind, tobacco odor incapacitation motion sickness salivation, pallor, nervous tremor, loquacity, spasms

Tabacum

GI Remedy acute diarrhea, travelers diarrhea, alternating constipation with diarrhea offensive liquid sputtering diarrhea esp in AM, soils whole toilet bowl. empty, sinking feeling after stool gurgling in abdomen before stooling scalloped tongue, thirsty for cold water Worse: early am, 4-5AM, heat

Podophyll.

GI Remedy Hyperactive, restless, obedient children meaningless, repetitive actions, precocity, delusions of religion extremely cold to the point of being blue profuse cold, sweats on forehead gastroenteritis with vomiting and diarreha simultaneous vomiting and diarrhea during menses faints at least exertion religious mania- street corner preacher Desires: sour, fruit, ice, cold drinks even though they are cold

Veratrum album

``` Glandular Remedy responsible, strong sense of duty. Anxiety of health and others. works to exhaustion, obese, flabby skin, puts on weight easily, DOE ASA allergy constipation without urge Craves: eggs, sweets, ice cream Fears: mice, heights cold yet desires cold drinks perspires on head during sleep, frequent sour belches cold feet at night, wears socks to bed ```

Calc Carb

Glandular Remedy tumors are hard, induration of glands, tissue feels hard Breast cancer, breast tenderness vertigo, lacrimation, photophobia, night sweats Progressive ascending paralysis, Perspiration on closing eyes to sleep Right sided, Worse: light

Conium

Glandular Remedy Hardness, breast problems Right sided complaints, LA Throat better cold drinks, worse warm drinks Weight loss, abcesses after injury, mastitis pain at tendon insertions

Phytolacca

``` Grief Remedy suicidal Better: music grief from financial loss, losses or romantic loss perfectionist, high standards religious, spiritual, desires prayer ```

Aurum

``` Grief Remedy idealistic, sympathetic, intolerant of injustices R sided bell's palsy fear that something bad will happen constant desire to clear throat Craves: salt, smoked meats Urinary incontinence from sneezing/coughing neurological conditions ```

Causticum

``` Grief Remedy Ailments from grief, fright, romantic disappointments easily offended, sighs Avoids crying desire to be alone HA as if nail in side of head perspires only on face, lump in throat Fears: birds Worse: consolation, sweets, tobacco, coffee, AM, open air Better: traveling, lying down, eating ```

Ignatia

``` Grief Remedy vulnerability to emotional injury sad yet unable to weep, averse to consolation herpetic eruptions on face HA like hammer beating on head school-girl HA ```

Nat Mur

``` Grief remedy weepy, emotional, thirstless symptoms constantly changing, empathetic, yielding, run by emotions Better: consolation, cold crisp air Worse: heat, fatty foods, 2-4PM conjunctivitis, OM, throbbing and pulsating pains sleeps with hands over head sense of cold water running down back dry mouth without thirst "Mommy do you still love me?" ```

Pulsatilla

``` Grief remedy sweet, suppressed patients ailments from grief throws things when angry, weeps during interview low self-esteem, depression sexual excesses HA like a block of wood trembles from emotion or anger psoriasis honeymoon cystitis Worse: anger, sleep, napping, grief, masturbation, after surgery Better: after breakfast, warmth ```

Staphysagria

``` Hemorrhage remedy, L sided sympathetic, hypersensitive, Fears: lonliness, death, easily frightened, spiders, lightning easily dehydrated, blood sugar problems nose bleeds in children tremendous thirst for cold every cold goes to chest craves: cold drinks, ice cream, chocolate, salt, spicy foods, alochol ```

Phos.

``` Injury remedy with bruising, contusion, injured part feels bruised everything feels too hard think they are well, "leave me alone, I'm OK" cough from weeping fear of being approached nose bleed from washing face worse exertion ```

Arnica

Injury remedy- puncture wounds, stings, bites with much swelling, inflammation wounded part feels cold worse cold applications tetanus, swollen, numb injury with ascending rheumatism

Ledum

``` Injury remedy, esp head injuries Diabetes after grief morning diarrhea brown bitter tongue coat cheerful after stool weeps from music ```

Nat Sulph

Acute muscle twitch, loquacious, fear of cancer pain like being pierced by needles of ice neurological remedy cough ends in sneeze Worse: before thunderstorm, coition spasms of eyelids or face, MS, convulsions, chorea

Agaricus

``` Acute confusion as to location sunstroke pulsating, bursting HA, feeling as if head will explode skull feels too small for brain HA worse alcohol, motion, jarring, heat irritability from slight opposition ```

Glonoinum

``` Acute cramping pains, spasms right sided, worse cold Right sided facial neuralgia abdominal colic, dysmenorrhea irritable, sensitive ```

Mag Phos

``` Anxiety, especially of health, insecurity, restless, fastidious Right sided Worse: cold, 12-2AM, at the seaside, being alone desires sips of warm water fears: death, disease, robbers, poverty offensive, acrid dc acute water diarrhea Better: milk, heat ```

Arsenicum

Weakness, dull, drowsy trembling after fright stage fright, fever, shaking Worse: anticipation, fright HA at occiput that is better with urination lump in throat which cannot be swallowed feels need to be in motion or heart will stop beating Better: being alone, alcohol, leaning forward, continued motion Worse: bad news, damp

Gelsemium

Rigid, dogmatic, conservative stitching pains, swollen eyelids Worse: cold, drafts, 2-4AM, lying flat cannot break even a trivial rule

Kali Carb

Left sided, forceful, passionate, jealous Fears: snakes hemorrhagic with dark bluish blood sensitive to touch Better: flow of dc/ menses Worse: heat, on waking, suppression of dc Craves: alcohol, wheat

Lachesis

``` Extreme, passionate behavior problems, esp in children chronic vaginitis, urethritis or cystitis esp after new relationship with high sex drive burning on soles of feet Averse: eggplant sleeps knee-to-chest Better: Seaside, at night Hx of gonorrhea or early heart disease (PMHx or FHx) ```

Medorrhinum

Type A, workaholic, irritable, ambitious, always cold, oversensitive Craves: spicy, fatty foods constipation with ineffectual rg imsonia- wakes at 3AM and cannot sleep dt thoughts about work ambdominal cramps, constipated abuses stimulants

Nux Vom

``` Ailments from hormonal changes indifference, involuntary weeping, sarcastic aversion to company, indifferent to family menopause pregnancy complaints averse to smell of food craves: vinegar, sour lump sensation in rectum ```

Sepia

``` Obstinate but appears yielding, delicate, lacks confidence, anxiety about small details. perpires on hands and feet pitting acne defects of spine, hair, nails, feet sour sweat Foreign bodies in body Worse: suppressed sweat, cold, warm stuffy rooms, drafts, uncovering Better: warmth ```

Silica

``` Egotism, bragging, 5-6AM diarrhea offensive stool and farts fear of heights, excessive sweat, burning pains sleeps with feet outside of covers ```

Sulphur

``` Pediatric remedy Intense sweating diarrhea like chopped spinach must be firmly held by loved one onconsolable, warm, worse heat rotten egg farts screaming, schrieking OM, colic, teething ```

Chamomile

Rheumatic remedy Irritable, pain with slightest motion Worse: any motion, being disturbed, fractures, sprains, injuries 9AM, cold dry weather Better: being alone, lying on painful side, pressure L sided HA, worse motion pneumonia, pleurisy, holds chest when coughin thirst for large quantities at great intervals

Bryonia

Rheumatic remedy arthritis, Red tip of tonuge or triangle of redness on the tongue cough from uncovering hands Worse: cold wet weather, 1st motion, damp, AM, with rest Better: lying on hard surface, continued motion restless legs, restles sleep, skin afflictions with red itchy skin

Rhus Tox

Rheumatic remedy stiff throughout body, tendon and periosteal injuried injured part feels weak or lame injured part gives out on rising/weight bearing chronic overuse injury Better: moving Worse: lying on injured part (except for back pain, which is improved on lying down)

Ruta grav.

``` Skin remedy wounds, cuts, abrasions fears something bad will happen yellow skin exhausted by pain, abscess and suppurating wounds Pain out of all proportion better warmth, worse in cloudy weather ```

Calendula

``` Skin remedy, Urinary Tract Remedy burning pains in affected area cystitis burning before but especially during urination "each drop like scalding water" burn first aid remedy strong sexual desire urge to urinate, but only a few drops burning thirst but averse to liquids, violent burning ```

Cantharis

``` unjury, contusion, lacerations or punctures to parts rich in nervous tissue whiplash injuries to spine/ coccyx head feels touched by icy hand Worse: cold, touch or pressure ```

Hypericum p.

``` Skin remedy allergic reactions to shellfish urticaria, minor burns, stinging pains ailments from: overheating, exertion insect bites, sting prickly feeling on the skin Worse: touch, cold ```

Urtica

``` Shock remedy suddennes, restlessnes, wants to be covered Fears: closed spaces, crowds, death predicts time of death shock/fear/fright red face pales on rising one cheek red, the other is pale Worse: cold dry weather, midnight, fright, being in warm room, tobacco smoke, ```

Aconite

``` Shock remedy collapsed states, "reviver of the corpse" apathy or critical great weakness Air hunger cold but averse to being covered Better: farting, belching, cold ```

Carbo Veg

Irresistible urge to bore finger into nose shock convulsions pale or blue discoloration around mouth, pinworms

Cina

``` Urinary Remedy urging when bladder almost empty dysuria, with pain at end of urination urine passes drop by drop cutting/sharp pain in ureter/urethra Worse: movement, right side Better: lying down in afternon ```

Equisetum

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