Materia Medica Flashcards
(91 cards)
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Key Symptoms of Arnica
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- Universal trauma remedy
- Bleeding
- Bruised feeling
- Pain
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Mental Symptoms of Arnica
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- I am fine, nothing is wrong with me
- Underestimates the severity of the trauma
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Event that caused Arnica symptoms
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- Injury
- Blood loss
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Arnica is worse for:
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- Overexertion
- Morning
- Motion
- Damp cold
- Alcohol
- After sleep
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Arnica is better for:
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- Lying down
- Head low
- Out stretched
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Additional Arnica names:
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- Arnica Montana
- Leopard’s bane
- Mountain daisy
- Mountain tobacco
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First choice in any emergency or first aid situation
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Arnica
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Arnica is useful for:
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- Any trauma or accident
- Jet lag
- Joint pains
- Heart attacks, collapse, suspected blood clots and stroke
- Post Surgery, Post labor, and dental procedures
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First choice after most accidents, physical ordeals or injuries. Provides pain relief. Helps with bruising. Use for head injuries, concussion, and any sprains, strains, or overexertion.
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Arnica
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Can help mild trauma caused by disorientaion in jet lag
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Arnica
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Joint pains that have a sore and bruised sensation. May be senstive to touch.
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Arnica
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Heart attacks, collapse, suspected blood clots, and stroke. Seek urgent medical care and take remedy while waiting for help.
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Arnica
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Post Surgery, post labor, and dental procedures. To help speed up healing.
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Arnica
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Ailments following acute trauma
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Arnica
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Strong averion to being touched
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Arnica
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Says that he is well although he is severely injured or ill
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Arnica
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Very dazed - answers correctly when asked, but sinks back into previous dazed state right away
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Arnica
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Pain does not allow patient to find a comfortable position - even the bed is too hard
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Arnica
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Hot head and cold body OR: the top half of the body is hot and the lower half is cold
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Arnica
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Awakening at night due to strong heart pains which extend to the left elbow
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Arnica
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Bleeding or pain after dental procedure
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Arnica
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Epistaxis while washing the face
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Arnica
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Stroke accompanied by a very red head and a full, strong pulse
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Arnica
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Sore and bruised sensation after giving birth
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Arnica
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Key symptoms of Bellis
* Use post surgery
* Soreness and deep bruising
* Acrid pus
* When bumps remain after a bruise
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Mental symptoms of Bellis
Impulse to move
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Event that caused Bellis symptoms
* Surgery such as post c-section
* Injury to soft tissue
* From hard physical work such as gardening
* Childbirth
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Bellis is worse for:
* Touch
* Cold baths / drinks
* Becoming chilled when hot
* Left side
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Bellis is better for:
* Cold application
* Continious motion
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Additional Bellis names
* Bellis Perennis
* English Daisy
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Bellis is useful for:
* Abcesses
* Accidents and injuries
* Breasts
* Joint pains
* Skin
* Post surgery and Post labor
* Varicose veins
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Abscesses with acrid pus. Especially of the abdomen and pelvic area.
Bellis
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Accidents and injuries to deeper tissues. Sprains and bruises. Soreness and swelling. Tumors or cysts from injuries.
Bellis
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Injuries to breasts. Use post mammogram.
Bellis
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Joint pains that are sore and bruised sensation. Aching.
Bellis
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Boils. Acrid pus. Bruises especially when bumps remain after a bruise.
Bellis
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Post surgery and post labor to help speed healing. Helps with soreness. Relieves pain and bleeding after childbirth. Tones uterus.
Bellis
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Varicose veins with bruised sore feeling.
Bellis
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Key symptoms of Allium
* Burning
* Burning of eyelids
* Acrid nasal discharges
* Oppressed breathing
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Mental Symptoms of Allium
* Health anxiety
* Despair of recovery
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Event that caused Allium symptoms
* Damp cold wind
* Wet feet
* Spring (colds)
* August (hayfevers)
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Allium is worse for:
* Warm room
* Damp
* Spring
* Wet feet
* Singing
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Allium is better for:
* Open air
* Cold room
* Bathing
* Motion
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Additional Allium names
* Allium Cepa
* Red onion
* Alliaceae
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Allium is useful for:
* Allergies
* Colds
* Hayfever
* Nerve pain
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Allergies. Nose drips. Watery nasal discharge which may burn. Sneezing. Watery bland tears. Itching in the back of the throat. Hindered by warm rooms. Helped by fresh air. Allergies every August.
Allium
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Colds. Sneezing. Acrid burning discharges from nose. Watery profuse discharges which burn the nose and upper lip. Coughs which are worse in a warm room and helped by open air. Spring colds.
Allium
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Hayfever. Bland watery eyes, acrid nasal discharge. Nose drips. Watery nasal discharge which may burn. Sneezing. Watery bland tears. Hindered by warm rooms. Helped by fresh air. Hayfever every August. Burning of the eyelids and nose.
Allium
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Neuralgic pains like a fine thread. May occur following an amputation or injury to nerves. Left sided facial paralysis. Symptoms go from left to right.
Allium
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Key symptoms of Phosphorus
* Vomiting
* Exhausting diarrhea
* Nosebleeds
* Thirsty for icy cold drinks
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Key mental symptoms of Phosphorus
* Anxiety
* Open and suggestible
* Fearful of being alone, dark, death, thunderstorms
* Health anxiety (easily reassured)
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Event that caused Phosphorus symptoms
* Grief
* Rain
* Iodine
* Electrocution
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Phosphorus is worse for:
* Fasting
* Lying on left side
* Spicy foods
* Salt
* Thunderstorms
* Mental exertion
* Loss of fluids
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Phosphorus is better for:
* Eating
* Cold drinks
* Sleep
* Sympathy
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Phosphorus is useful for:
* Anxiety
* Coughs and respiratory issues
* Diarrhea
* Exhaustion
* Fever
* Headaches
* Nosebleeds
* Throat
* Vomiting
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Anxiety. Sensitive. Suggestible. Wants company. Fear of darkness, death, and thunderstorms. Health anxiety.
Phosphorus
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Coughs and respiratory issues. Pneumonia. Worse lying on left side. Rusty colored sputum. Body trembles. Quickened breathing. Feels as if a weight on chest. Tightness across chest. Heat in the chest. Lingering, tickling coughs.
Phosphorus
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Exhausting diarrhea. Great weakness after stools. Stools difficult to expel. May be blood streaked, watery and profuse.
Phosphorus
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Exhaustion. Wants sympathy. Nervous exhaustion. Spacey.
Phosphorus
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Fever. Ravenous hunger during fever. Craving for ice cold drinks or ice cream.
Phosphorus
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Headaches with sensitivity to smells. Hunger before or during headache. Coldness of occiput. Heat comes up from spine. Strained feeling of eyes.
Phosphorus
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Number 1 remedy for nosebleeds.
Phosphorus
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Tendency to get sore throats that go to chest. Lost voice in singers. Rawness and scraping in throat. Tickling in larynx. Sweet taste when coughing.
Phosphorus
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Post op vomiting. Water thrown up as soon as it hits the stomach.
Phosphorus
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Desire for company and communication - quick to learn foreign languages
Phosphorus
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Bubbling over with sheer joy of living, enthusiasm and creativity
Phosphorus
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No protective shield against anything negative
Phosphorus
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Very anxious!
Phosphorus
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Extremely sympathetic, they almost feel the fears of others.
Phosphorus
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Clairvoyant, many forbodings
Phosphorus
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Bright red and very liquid hemorrages
Phosphorus
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Sleep ameliorates complaints
Phosphorus
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Great thirst for cold drinks or ice
Phosphorus
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Stomach pain, ameliorated by cold drinks - but as soon as the liquid has warmed up in the stomach, there is an aggravation
Phosphorus
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Cough on talking, laughing, and lying down
Phosphorus
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In later stages: burnt-out, apathetic and indifferent - contrary to their previous nature
Phosphorus
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Diffuses like bubbles
Phosphorus
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Attention on many things at once. Very sympathetic to others, may appear flighty.
Phosphorus
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Anxious... but also easily reassured.
Phosphorus
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Fears: Darkness, deep water, death.
Can become phobic but better with company.
Phosphorus
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Can eventually become so sensitive to people and stimulation that the desire for company is lost
Phosphorus
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Kids are so open and can make friends with anyone. Trusting. Anxiety, better with company.
Phosphorus
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Sparkles with smarts, creativity, and enthusiasm
Phosphorus
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Boundries weak... sympathetic and suggestible.
Phosphorus
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May be clairvoyant
Phosphorus
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Key Symptoms of Kali Bich
* Sinusitis
* Stringy discharge
* Loss of smell
* Mucus in chest difficult to cough up
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Key mental symptoms of Kali Bich
* Impatience
* Talks to oneself
* Sadness
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Event that caused symptoms of Kali Bich
Overindulgence in beer and malt liquor
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Kali Bich is worse for:
* Suppressed catarrh
* Alcohol
* Beer
* 2-3am
* Damp
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Kali Bich is better for:
* Heat
* Motion
* Short sleep
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