Midterm Flashcards by Meg Hammel

Constipation after injury
Fear lest he be touched
Increased urination after injury
Indicated when there is blunt-force trauma
Pt. doesn’t want to be touched/approached
Perseveration after head injury
Bed feels too hard

Arnica montana

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CA after contusion, every movement of baby causes soreness in the abdomen, injury to soft tissues that are very deep, bruised/sore feeling after abd/pelvic surgery, tumors form in breast after contusion, coldness of extremity after injury

Bellis perennis

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Least motion, being DISTURBED, Being still, lying on affected/holding painful side

Bryonia alba

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Induration AFTER A BLOW, unexpected blow, attack, trauma, affinity for glands, testes

Conium maculatum

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Puncture wounds, injury is cold & pt. > cold application, injured parts are blue/purple/mottled
> cold,

Ledum palustre

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Injury – rupture of blood vessels
Metrorrhagia after injury
Lots of hemorrhaging

Millefolium

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Pinpoint pupils after head injury
Sleepiness after head injury
Dread, terror, and a hell-like state
They have been injured and are freaked out

Opium

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Affinity for skin, scalp, tongue
Wounds where skin edges are ragged
Wounds bleed freely

Calendula

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Delirium
Suddenness of onset
Right-sided

Belladonna

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Dullness, can’t concentrate
Rubs foreheads, try to think
Can’t understand questions
Confusion after head injury
Hearing impaired from concussion

Helleborus

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Pt. development is arrested after head injury
Childish behavior after head injury
Strabismus-convergent
Convulsions - from being touched, from splinter, during delivery
Sadness after head injury

Cicuta verosa

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Icy coldness but pt. doesn’t want to be covered
Sweat/breath/skin is cold
Coldness in chest comes from abdomen 
Heat in face but coldness of hands, feet, abdomen 
Heat of sun agg. diarrhea 
Chill when overheated 
Rice-water stools (cholera)
Coldness &amp; collapse

Camphora

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Great nausea, not relieved from vomiting
Chill from over-eating
Gastric HA & Gastric fever
Hemorrhage with bright red blood

Ipecacuanha

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Watering of eyes with cough
Squirting of urine with cough
Chill

Squilla (aka Scilla)

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Stiffness or immobility, ctn’d motion
warmth
Need to keep moving
Coldness in blood vessels, burning in veins

Rhus toxicodendron

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Suicidal after head injury

Markedly depressed, relieved/cheerfulness after BM

Natrum sulphuricum

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Influenza w/ heaviness in occiput
Ptosis of eyelids
Chills in waves up and down spine
Chills begins in hands/feet
Lots of fright and apprehension 
Never well since influenza 
Influenza in summertime

Gelsemium

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Crush or puncture injury to nerve rich parts
Injuries to spine, esp. coccyx
Loss of memory or sadness after concussion
Lockjaw, prophylaxis of tetanus

Hypericum perfoliatum

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Lots of shock with injury 
Fearful, anxious, restless
Think they’re dying
Ailments from cold, dry wind 
Fever at night with dry burning heat 
Fever with one cheek pale/cold and other red/hot 
Lost voice after head injury 
Sunstroke from sleeping in sun 
Head congestion from exposure to sun

Aconite

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Face is dull, dusty red; drugged appearance
Offensive breath, offensive d/c
Delusions body is scattered around bed
Key remedy for typhoid fever

Baptisia

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Affinity for periosteum
Injuries to ligaments and wrists
Injuries to eyes, cartilage, & periosteum
Injury to orbit
Infraction that heals slow
Eye strain from candlelight, sewing, and fine-work
Injuries to bone, where bone is close to skin (e.g. shin)

Ruta graveolens

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Burning, dry fever
Swelling of any type
No thirst
Always > cold,

Apis mellifica

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Anxious/fearful restlessness
small sips cold water
sensation of ice water running through veins OR boiling water

Arsenicum album

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Excessive salivation and/or perspiration

Pain in coccyx during fever

Mercurius

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``` Cataracts after injury to eye Injury is unexpected Vertigo closing eyes Indurations Tumor of breast after injury Gradual weakness/paralysis Triplopia (triple vision, esp. after head injury) ```

Conium maculatum

``` Septic fevers As fever goes up, pulse goes Purulent, offensive infections Bed feels to hard Internal chill, as if in bones ```

Pyrogenium

Skin eruptions are suppressed/come on slowly Drastically agg. from touching cold things Agg. wine Affinity for brain and nerves

Zincum

Insect bites and burns of skin w/ itching & prickling > gentle rubbing Bringing breast milk back when it’s drying up

Urtica urens

``` Wounds heal slowly & may reopen Splinters & other foreign objects that lead to suppuration Sensation of hair/thread in throat Can swallow fluids but gage on solids Punctures Cat bite that festers Lifting agg. ```

Silicea

Very sensitive to touch & noise, esp. during fever Vertigo during fever White tongue & burping during fever Chills from anger, putting hands out of cover, and uncovering

Nux vomica

Agg. 10-11AM (forenoon) HA come on from sun Fever burning, as if from sparks Ascending fevers that come on in Autumn

Natrum muriaticum

Right-sided (RL) Fanlike motion of ala nasi Agg. 4-8PM Purulent discharge Chill and fever on left side of body (even though R-sided remedy) Affinity for GI tract Like to drink tepid/warm drinks, esp. when sick

Lycopodium

Very sensitivity to drafts and cold air Suppuration w/ infx and wounds that heal slowly Discharge like rotten cheese Wants to set things on fire

Hepar sulph

Burns & never well since

Causticum

Affinity for tonsils, LN, & inner-middle ear d/c from ear is fetid, rotten cracking noises in ear from chewing, blowing nose, sneezing Noises in ear reverberate LN around ear swell Drinking water in sips ameliorates

Baryta muriaticum

Otitis media w/ eczema behind ear Eruptions behind ear crack Squashing noise in ear, agg. by swallowing Noise in ear like cat spitting

Calcarea carbonica

Third-degree burns, exquisite burning pain and blistering Burns are better from cold application, cannot remove cold pack Burning is more intense that burning of apis Strong affinity for GU tract w/ bleeding tissues & severe burning Burning is so bad that they dance around room in agony

Cantharis

``` Irritable, cranky, demanding Aversion to being touched, approached, looked at Otitis media, very sensitive to open air & wind Teething, pain from dentition Headache Temper tantrums Quarrelsome during delivery One cheek has a lot of heat to it ```

Chamomilla

Strong desire to be fanned, due to air hunger Weakness, collapse Marked distention of abdomen and eructations that relieve Chill when overheated, nauseous from heat of sun

Carbo vegetabilis

``` Stitching pains Pains tend to be in spots d/c from ear is yellow mucous & expectoration is tenacious & ropey Pt. is narrow-minded & rigid Burns from steam/vapor/x-ray ```

Kali bichromicum

Sooty, black discoloration of nose and/or tongue Black lips, grayness of face Unconsciousness in scarlatina Petechial w/ typhus fever Want to escape from bed in delirium during fever

Chlorum

Cracks, eruptions, ulcerations in corners of mouth Teeth swords (?) Brown discoloration of tongue Sepsis fevers

Echinacea

Left-sided Otitis media & pharyngitis During otitis media, very sensitive to open air & swallowing Jealous, loquacious Sensitive to heat of sun; HA from exposure to sun Difficult protrusion of tongue, catching on teeth Weakness & cold feet from walking in sun Complaining of disease, lamenting about sickness

Lachesis

Pharyngitis w/ sensation of bread crumbs in throat Loose skin in the throat, feel like they have to swallow over it Delusions body is deformed Lots of sneezing (can sneeze 20 times in a row) Delusions of pregnancy when abdomen is distended

Sabadilla

Surgeon’s carbo-veg Fainting, weakness, collapse after surgery Photophobia or visual changes after surgery of eye Weak ankles, recurrent ankle sprains

Strontium carbonicum

``` Sensitive to heat of sun HA from sun (even more so than Nat-mur) Sensitive to piano music Vertigo, confusion when in sun Selfless, don’t want to impose on others GI issues Aversion to certain persons ```

Natrum carbonicum

Very sensitive, morbidly sensitive Sensitive to criticism Extreme sensitivity of scars (cicatrices) Pt. had operation & an orifice has been stretched

Staphysagria

HA, sunstroke, heat exhaustion much congestion

Glonoinum

Unconsciousness in sunstroke Constricting pains like a wire/cage/hand that is shrinking/grasping Coition is prevented by vaginismus (d/t constriction of vagina) Affinity for heart Sensation of expanding or constricting Chill after exposure to heat of sun Fever in heat of sun

Cactus grandifloras

Sentimental in moonlight Ecstasy while walking alone in midnight; writing poetry White coat of tongue Lots of eruptions Vomiting & losing voice when becoming heating Fever in heat of sun Very romantic & very sentimental

Antimonium crudum

``` Anaphylaxis after bee sting Urticaria over body after insect bit Putrid/offensive discharges Chemical burns, burns that begin to ulcerate Laceration of soft tissues ```

Carbolic acid

High fever, slow pulse

Pyrogenium

Sleepiness

Opium

Voice loss of, heated, from becoming | Cough, sun aggravates

Antimonium crudum

Air hunger - desire to be fanned, windows opened

Carbo vegetalis

Forsaken feeling, summer influenza, heaviness in occiput/forehead

Gelsemium

Pulsing, flushing, feels like head will explode

Glonoinum

More sensitive to sun than nat mir, selfless, cold food/water agg.

Natrium carbonicum

Loss of fluid/blood - generals, death apparent, after hemorrhage

China officianalis

Anger, great sensitivity to PAIN, fear of being touched, demanding cry

Chamomilla

Delusion body is scattered about the bed (like seed pod)

Baptisia

Salivation + perspiration,

Mercurious

Sensitivity to touch/noise/uncovering, spasming, constipation, wants to but can't

Nux vomica

Loud labored breathing

Opium

agg heat/lying down, forsaken feeling

Pulsatilla

Hand out of bed sheet feels cold (4 remedies)

Rhus tox, nux, hepar sulph, tuberculinum

Sooty nostrils, ashy/grey lips

Chlorum

Face, cracks, mouth, corner of | Tongue, brown

Echinacea

Acrid lacrimation | Bland coryza

Euphrasia

Stoic/emotionally flat | Chill accompanied by heat

Nitric acid

Fever, coughing increases the heat | COUGH

Squilla

Chill- anterior part of the body, turning over in bed, beginning in face

Stramonium

Chill/heat ascending | Warm bed agg.

Sulphur

Chill, touching anything cold, slightest draft. Sens to alcohol esp wine Eruptions, slow to appear, when eruption ins

Zincum

Ear, d/c, like rotten cheese Water in sips, AMEL Cracking sound w/ chewing/blowing/sneezing

Baryta muriaticum

Ear, noises in buzzing, SITTING agg.

Belladonna

Ear, noises in, cat, like a spitting

Calc carb

Ear, noises in, roaring, night D/C sticky/gluey Eczema behind ear

Graphites

Abcess in meatus of ear | D/c like rotten cheese

Hepar Sulph

Ear, thick yellow d/c | Ear, inflammation, eustachian tubes, accompanied by, head, noise in

Hydrastis

Pain in spots, STITCHING | Thick/ropey d/c - tenacious

Kali bichromicum

Ear, ulceration, lobes, holes of earrings in | Ear, d/c bloody

Lachesis

PUS, right sided or right going left | GI sx

Lycopodium

Ear, riding in car, AMEL Sens of bread crumb or bone in throat Nausea from milk

Nitric acid

Ear d/c, offensive, meat, like putrid

Psorinum

Ear, frozen, as if Ear, noises in, synchronous w/ pulse Ear, sensation of air, in ear, distending meatus, as if air were

Pulsatilla

Ear, eruptions, meatus boils Ear, noises in, roaring, lying AGG Hearing impaired, voice, the human

Sulphur

Ear polyps, soft polyps, bleeding easily. Ear, eruptions, behind ears, boilds As if fetus moving in abdomen.

Thuja

Mouth, folded tongue, like little bags on side, lead colic in Throat, pain, swallowing AGG - stitching

Alumen

Throat, choking, writing AGG | In AM, feels leaf in throat

Baryta carbonica

Ascending sensation, drinks of

Belladonna

Periodicity | Throat, prickly, extending down esophagus

Cedron

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