Miasm Flashcards
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Why must we diagnose miasm first?
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Miasm indicates how pt will react, including in response to toxins
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What is the essential relationship between miasm and temperament?
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Miasm is expressed through the temperament
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Which miasm is hyperergic, centrifugal, and manifests alternations?
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Psoric
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Which miasm overindulges, lives life large to the point of illness, and has a strong natural immunity?
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Psoric
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Which miasm is centripetal, hypoergic, and consistent?
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Sycotic
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Which miasm deposits toxins in internal “garbage cans”, and has insufficient specific immunity?
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Sycotic
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Which miasm holds onto emotions and the past?
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Sycotic
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Which miasm manifests as variable, emotional, and sensitive?
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Tuberculinic
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Which miasm is anergic, demineralizes readily, and “smolders” toxins?
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Tuberculinic
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Which Miasm lacks natural immunity and has difficulty discerning non-self?
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Tuberculinic
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Main psoric/ sanguine remedy
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Sulfur
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Main psoric/ lymphatic remedy
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Calc carb
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Main psoric/ bilious remedy
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Lycopodium
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Which miasm is dysergic and paradoxical?
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Luetic
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Which miasm is absent natural reference?
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Luetuc
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Which miasm is characterized by metastasis, blowing holes in the Body, and other serious pathology?
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Luetic
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Auto- intoxication is typical of _____ miasm. Examples?
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Psoric
Sedentary lifestyle
rich, sweet, heavy diet
Excessive exercise
Heredity
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Which miasm displays morbid alteration/ periodicity/ recurrence?
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Psoric
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Which miasm manifests adverse effects of suppressing morbid conditions (eg, Eczema, leukorrhea)?
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Psoric
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Miasm involved in the psyche, neurosis, psychosis
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Psoric
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Hyperthermic dysregulation – miasm and remedy
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Psoric, Sulphur
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Hypothermic dysregulation – miasm and remedy
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Psoric, psorinum
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3 psoric remedies with pruritis (idiopathic or not) & bad smelling excretions and secretions
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Psor, petroleum, hep sulph
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3 Psoric remedies with aversion to bathing
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Ant crud, sulf, psor
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Miasm associated with GI issues -- diarrhea, constipation, hemorrhoids. Intestinal parasite tendency
Psoric
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Main respiratory issue in psoric pt
Allergies
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2 Psoric remedies for profound, continued asthenia
Psor, Ammonium carb
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Psoric remedy for intermittent asthenia
Sulf
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2 Psoric remedies for morning and/ or postprandial asthenia
Nux, Lyc
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Psoric remedy for asthenia as weakness during physical effort
Calc carb
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Psoric remedy for asthenia as apathy
Graph
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List 5 Psoric remedies for continuous abnormal hunger
Ant crud, Amm carb, graph, lyc, petroleum
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3 Psoric remedies for bingeing between meals
Sulf, psor, Nat carb
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2 Psoric remedies for hunger or desire for foods hard to digest
Calc carb, Alum
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What are the 5 major psoric remedies?
Calc carb, sulf, Lyc, Graph, Nux v.
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Which miasm is known for benign neo-formations?
Sycotic
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Which miasm is known for chronic intoxication due to loss of elimination capacity?
Sycotic
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In which miasm do Organs accumulate a toxic load?
Sycotic
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Which miasm is known for hypodynamic reactions and insufficient energy?
Sycotic
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Which miasm is known for immunocomplexes?
Sycotic
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2 characteristics of hypoergy?
1. Lack of immune reaction
2. Excess immunoglobulins, creation of immune complexes
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Where does a sycotic pt tend to store waste?
RES and connective tissues
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Which miasm is characterized by hypometabolism, hypoendocrinism, and absence of elimination?
Sycotic
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In which miasm do tissue construction and functional organ slow-down occur?
Sycotic
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Sycotic patients tend towards hyp__thyroid and hyp__adrenal presentations
HypOthyroid
HypERadrenal
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Chronic, repeated infections, sensitivity to humidity, Cell construction, retention and obsessive behavior all part of which miasmatic picture?
Sycosis
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Which miasm locates to the urogenital tract, rhinopharynx, descending (left) colon, and skin?
Sycotic
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Which miasm has chronic/ repeating Uro infections and/ or URI?
Sycotic
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Which miasm is associated with diarrheic tendencies?
Sycotic
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A patient with overflow elimination showing up through the mucosae and rhinopharyngeal congestion is most likely?
Sycotic
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Sycotic patients can have what type of tumor?
Benign or malignant
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Which miasm runs to sclerosis and obesity?
Sycotic
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A patient who is fatigued, worse in the morning, and has trouble getting out of bed is likely ______. Why do they have this issue?
Sycotic. Their metabolism slows down at night
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Changing mood, continually worsening mood, anxious, depressed, mental overload, obssessive behavior -- all can manifest in which miasm?
Sycotic
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Whose mood is impacted by atmospheric changes?
Sycotics
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Consider which miasm for a patient obsessed with body shape and appearance?
Sycotic
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Single object neurosis, cancer phobia...?
Sycotic
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Mentally hyper-organized, fussy, checks everything...
Sycotic
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Sycosis aggravates from what to what, and which major remedies are most relevant?
Hyperhydration (Nat sulf) ➡️ construction (Thuja) ➡️ sclerosis (Causticum)
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I become
Miasm
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What is the first stage of the Tuberculinic miasm?
Anergy; a lack of a specific mode of defense
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Second stage of the tuberculinic miasm
Hepatic insufficiency
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Third stage of the tuberculinic miasm
Lymph and lymph node reaction; primary infection
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Fourth stage of the tuberculinic miasm
Tissue stage: the sacrifice of tissue
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Which miasm is not protected by vaccination
Tuberculinic
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Anergy
Tuberculinic; not enough energy to defend themselves
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Can autoimmune disease be tuberculinic?
Yes; they don't have the energy to defend
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Which Organ tries to mount a defense, in the tuberculinic miasm?
The liver
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What does the liver work on, in the tuberculinic miasm?
Detoxification, managing Ig's & Inflammation & proteosynthesis
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What happens when a tuberculinic mounts a fever?
The thyroid gland is out of control
There is hypermetabolism and acetonemia
Exchange cycles are accelerated
Cardiovascular erethism (sensitivity)
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When the tuberculinic reaches hepatic insufficiency, what happens next?
Fever
Increased emunctory elimination, especially mucous and serous membranes
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5 Signs the tuberculinic patient has reached the lymph / lymph node stage
1. Pulmonary region adenopathies
2. Inefficient fever
3. First Signs of under-nourishment
4. Susceptibility to fatigue
5. Sweating (nocturnal)
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In which miasm do toxins migrate to a preferred tissue (often, pulmonary)?
Fourth stage of tuberculinic
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5 key symptoms of the tuberculinic fourth stage
1. Sacrificing a part to save the whole
2. Using minerals to isolate the intruder
3. Most often, pulmonary tissue involved, tubercular cavern
4. True demineralization-- Ca and Mg
5. Spasmophilia
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Aspecific defense Symptoms for tuberculinic phase 1.a.
Inefficient natural immunity
Immaturity of the self
Problems with self- identification
Problems with communication
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Sthenic stage Symptoms of tuberculinic phase 1.b.
Seeking to self- defend
Metabolic acceleration
Cardiac irritability or sensitivity, palpitations, tachycardia
Accelerated blood circulation
Pyrexia
Asthenia, sluggish adrenaline
Low blood pressure
Spurts of inflammation
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Decompensation symptoms of tuberculinic hepatic stage 2
Local reactions of skin, mucosa, serosa; leucorrhea, vaginitis, otitis, corona, rhinopharyngitis, bronchitis
Pleuritis
Peritonitis
RA
Meningitis
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Which miasm may have cardiac erethism, palpitations and tachycardia?
Tuberculinic
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Which miasm may have accelerated blood circulation, or could have low blood pressure and sluggish adrenal glands?
Tuberculinic
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Which miasm may have fevers and spurts of inflammation?
Tuberculinic
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Which miasm can have trouble with communication, self- identification, and maturity of the Self?
Tuberculinic
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Which miasm can progress to venous congestion, adenitis and fixation to lymph and lymph nodes?
Tuberculinic (stage 3)
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Which miasm progresses to increased weakness, susceptibility to fatigue, and weight loss?
Tuberculinic (stage 3)
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Which miasm may be overly hot but cannot mount a fever?
Tuberculinic (stage 3)
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When does the tuberculinic begin to decrease their variability of symptoms?
Stage 3
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What breakdown process begins in the stage 3 tuberculinic?
Demineralization
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Which miasm can have eliminations from the Skin, mucosa, and serosa?
Tuberculinic stage 2
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Torpid elimination
Tuberculinic miasm stage 2
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Coryza, rhinopharyngitis, bronchitis, otitis, vaginitis suggest which miasm?
Tuberculinic stage 2
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Coryza, rhinopharyngitis, bronchitis, otitis, vaginitis suggest which miasm?
Tuberculinic stage 2
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Which 4 Inflammatory conditions are specific to the tuberculinic miasm?
Pleuritis, peritonitis, RA, meningitis
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What describes the 4th stage of the tuberculinic progression?
The tissue stage: lesions replace general signs
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Increased demineralization in the stage 4 tuberculinic leads to which 2 common conditions?
OA
Osteoporosis
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How can a stage 4 tuberculinic manifest they are late in the process of shutting down immunity?
Decrease in anabolic function
Decrease in fever
Sensitivity to cold
Asthenia
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Which miasm is decompensating?
Tuberculinic
(Anergy --> hepatic insufficiency --> lymph and lymph node involvement --> tissue stage)
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What emotional tendency points towards the tuberculinic miasm?
Emotional hyperesthesia
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If elimination does not improve a patient's symptoms, which miasm is indicated?
Tuberculinic
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List 3 physiological tendencies in the tuberculinic
1. Low grade (usually) fever
2. Constipation
3. Demineralization
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What is the endocrine paradox common to tuberculinic patients?
Hypoadrenal, and Hyperthyroid
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How do tuberculinic symptoms tend to manifest?
Variably
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List 2 items around fluids that characterize the tuberculinic miasm
1. Peripheral congestion
2. Mucous and serous eliminations
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Which organ should always be taken into account in the tuberculinic patient?
The Liver!!
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List 3 tuberculinic remedies for a tuberculinic hepatic / humoral attack
(especially in kids)
Ferrum phos
Sulf iodum
Calc phos
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Name 1 tuberculinic remedy for a patient with ganglion who is losing weight
(Lymph node attack)
Iodum
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List 3 tuberculinic remedies for a patient who is attacking their own tissue via calcification/ sclerosis
Phos
Sil
Ars
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What is an early life cause of being in the tuberculinic miasm?
Tuberculin toxin contamination before age 7
(a child with excessive fatigue and hepatic insufficiency)
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Which vaccines can put someone in a tuberculinic state?
Measles/ MMR
DPT or Pertussis or Diptheria vaccines
BCG tuberculosis vaccine
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List 3 repeating childhood illness types that can push someone into the tuberculinic miasm + 1 that might not repeat
Repeated rhinopharyngitis
Repeated adenopathies
Repeated subacute infections
Measles
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Name 2 types of grief that can push someone into the tuberculinic state
Being lovesick
Grief from psychological aggressions
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What fundamental metabolism problem causes the tuberculinic miasm?
Minerals -- eg, the Na-K pump requires Ca to be available...
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Which miasm appears as disease with a serious prognosis at a young age?
Luetic
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What is the "goal" of the Luetic patient?
Tissue destruction
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What is the pace of Luetic tissue attack?
Rapid evolution
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What does sclerosis progress to, in the Luetic patient?
Ulceration
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List the 6 tissues the Luetic is expected to attack
1. Vasculature
2. Elastic tissue
3. Bone
4. Nervous tissue
5. Mucosa
6. Skin
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Which miasm can have gangrene, Raynaud's, acrocyanosis, and erythrocyanosis?
Luetic
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Which miasm can have endovascularitis, issues with the aorta and other large vessels, and hardening of glands?
Luetic
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List 2 vascular conditions a Luetic young person can have
1. Arteritis
2. Infarctus
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List 4 examples of vascular hyperlaxity that might be part of a Luetic presentation
Aneurysm
Constitutional varicose veins
Malformation
Hemorrhoids
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List 4 examples of lymphatic hyperlaxity that might be part of a Luetic presentation
Lympho-ganglionic induration
Adenoids
Tumors
Tonsils
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List 3 examples of articular hyperlaxity that might be part of a Luetic presentation
Ligamentary
Recurring dislocation
Deviations and malformations
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What do the following exemplify: bone and tooth caries, osteitis, osteoporosis in a young person, osteomalacia, pressure pain on Sternum and tibia
Bone tissue ulceration and rarefaction in the Luetic miasm
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What is a Nervous system keynote of Luesis?
Progressive general paralysis
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Which miasm has bad "management" of bones?
Luetic
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Which miasm is characterized by Nervous tissue extremes on one end or the other?
Luetic
Eg, acquires excessively or insufficiently; the moron or the child genius; puberty at 8 or 18
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Which miasm can have significant development disorders, difficulty with memorization, dyslexia?
Luetic
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What 6 things tend to occur at cutaneous- mucosal junctions in the Luetic miasm? (mouth, uterus, cervix, rectum)
Ulceration
Inflammation
Fistula
Leucoplasy
Irritating secretions
Series of abscesses
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What 6 things tend to occur at cutaneous- mucosal junctions in the Luetic miasm? (mouth, uterus, cervix, rectum)
Ulceration
Inflammation
Fistula
Leucoplasy
Irritating secretions
Series of abscesses
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Name 1 Luetic remedy for vascular tissue
Aurum
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Name 1 Luetic remedy for vascular tissue
Aurum
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List 2 Luetic remedies for elastic tissue
Calc fluor
Phytolacca
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List 2 Luetic remedies for bone tissue
Calc fluor
Fluoric acid
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List 2 Luetic remedies for bone tissue
Calc fluor
Fluoric acid
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List 2 Luetic remedies for Nervous tissue
Argentum met
Baryta carb
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Name 1 Luetic remedy for mucous membrane and skin
Nitric acid
