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Remedies
Abies nigra
Abies nigra
Identification: Black spruce. Tincture of gum. Available in all potencies between first through thirtieth.
This can cover such conditions as: belching, constipation, cough, depression, fever and hemorrhage. A specific condition would be ache.
History: Traditionally used in many diseases, involving stomach symptoms.
Method of Action: Acts upon the stomach.
Symptoms:
Indications: Ache. Classically a sensation of something (a hard-boiled egg) stuck, or knotted up, in the esophagus (just above the pit of the stomach).
Confirmation: Large appetite, tendency to overeat at noon or at night. No appetite in the morning. Belching, insomnia. Absence of menstruation.
Characteristics (Patient Profile / Personality / Psychology): Dull during day, unable to think.
Influences:
Difficulty breathing, worse lying down.
Aceticum acidum
Aceticum acidum
Identification: Acetic acid (vinegar). Distilled water is used for potencies I X and I C; very dilute spirit for 3 X up to 4 C; rectified spirit for 5 C and higher.
History: Antidote to anesthesia. Digestive aid. A good anemia remedy.
Method of Action: Acts upon digestive and respiratory systems,
Symptoms:
Indications: Anemia, cystic fibrosis, diabetes mellitus and edema.
Confirmation: Backache, frequent urination.
Characteristics (Patient Profile / Personality / Psychology): Anxiety attacks, confusion, grieving.
Influences:
Back pain relieved only by lying on stomach.
Acidum nitricum
Acidum nitricum
Identification: Nitric acid. Aqua Fortis.
History: Warts.
Method of Action: Marked affinity for the margins of the outlets, especially of the throat, anus and mouth. It also affects glands: liver, prostate, salivary.
Symptoms:
Indications: Anus (e.g. hemorrhoids), bad breath, herpes, spine (see under: backache, sciatica and scoliosis), wart.
Confirmation: Profuse sweats (see under perspiration) e.g. soles of hands and feet (see also athlete's foot).
Characteristics (Patient Profile / Personality / Psychology): Dark complexion.
Influences:
Better from gliding motion, mild weather.
Worse form touch, cold air, hot weather.
Interactions:
Antidoted by: Calcarea, Hepar sulphuris calcareum, Mercurius, Mezereum.
It antidotes: Calcarea, Digitalis, Mercurius.
Aconitum Napellus tinct.
Aconitum Napellus
Identification: Common Names Monkshood, Wolfsbane
Family Ranunculaceae. Aconite, is a perennial herb common in wet, hilly areas. It grows from two to six feet in height and has bluish violet hooded flowers. The tincture is prepared from the whole plant and root, gathered at the beginning of flowering.
History: Mentioned by the classical Greek writers, aconite was used as a poison. It was introduced into medicine by Anton von Stoerck, who in 1762 reported using aconite internally for various conditions and concluded that it worked by promoting evacuations. Other physicians took up its use but there was a feeling that it was too dangerous for internal use, although it was still used topically. Hahnemann published his provings of Aconite in 1805, and it rapidly became one of the most widely used remedies in homeopathy, particularly in diseases characterized by fever and inflammation. It became the homeopathic substitute for bloodletting, being nicknamed the "homeopathic lancet."
Method of Action: The active principle in Aconite is the alkaloid aconitine, a deadly poison, sometimes producing death through inhibition of breathing before the heart fails.
Symptoms:
Indications: Aconite is used in complaints that come on suddenly and with great intensity, including the intense heat of summer.
It is a major remedy, recommended for a host of conditions:
| Anxiety | Bites & Stings |
| Bronchitis | Cold |
| Cough | Earache |
| Fever | Headache |
| Influenza | Lyme disease |
| Menstruation | Motion sickness |
| Mouth ulcers | Rash |
| Sore throat | Tonsillitis |
| Urethritis | Vaginitis |
Characteristics: The Aconite patient is generally a vigorous, plethoric individual whose complaints are brought on shortly after exposure to-cold, dry air. Aconite conditions are associated with dryness and redness. The aconite patient is very thirsty, craving large quantities of cold water. The mental symptoms are of prime importance. There is intense anxiety, restlessness, nervous irritation, and excitement. Fear shows on the face.
Influences:
Worse: warm room; evening and night; lying on affected side; music; tobacco smoke; dry, cold winds. Better: open air, after sweating, rest.
Interactions
Sulfur often completes aconite cases. Arnica and Belladonna also follow Aconite well.
Adrenalinum
Adrenalinum.
Identification: Adrenal gland, hence a sarcode.
History: Potencies 2 X to 6 X.
Method of Action: A chemical messenger acting upon the sympathetic nervous system, contracting arteries and muscles.
Symptoms:
Indications: Adrenal disorders (e.g. Addison’s disease), asthma, back ache, Grave’s disease (thyroid disorders), heart disorders (e.g. tachycardia).
Confirmation: Pain on left side, ache in left ear, pain in right eye.
Characteristics (Patient Profile / Personality / Psychology): Despondent, nervous, unable to concentrate.
Aethusa cynapium
Aethusa cynapium
Identification: Fool’s parsley.
History: A medicine for "Fool’s" weak minded and in body.
Method of Action: Affects the brain and nervous system.
Symptoms:
Indications: Anguish and crying (weeping) especially in children, even vomiting.
Confirmation: Occipital pain, better lying down. Hair feels pulled. Exhaustion after vomiting, awakens hungry. Pearly white upper lip.
Characteristics (Patient Profile / Personality / Psychology):
Influences:
Better in open air and with company.
Worse from milk.
Interactions:
It antidotes Opium.
It is antidoted by vegetable acids.
Agaricus muscarius
Agaricus muscarius
Identification: Amanita, or Fly Agaric, a fungus or mushroom.
History: Sensitivity to cold and damp.
Method of Action: Acts upon the central; nervous system.
Symptoms:
Indications: Epilepsy, frostbite, Muscular dystrophy, Parkinson's disease, rheumatism, tics, twitching and vertigo.
Confirmation: Double vision, words float on the page. Pressure on thoracic (dorsal) spine causes delirious laughter. Pain as if touched by icy needles (diagonally on the body i.e. both sides but upper right and left lower, or vice versa).
Characteristics (Patient Profile / Personality / Psychology): fearless, delirious.
Influences:
Better from moving about slowly.
Worse from cold.
Interactions:
Antidotes include: Absinthium, Camphora and Coffea cruda.
Alfalfa tinct.
Alfalfa
Identification: Medicago sativa. Alfalfa, California clover. Fresh leaves and seeds may be used for the tincture.
History: Stimulates appetite and lactation.
Symptoms:
Indications: anorexia (tones up appetite), BPH, diabetes mellitus, fatigue, nervousness and promotes lactation (see under pregnancy).
Confirmation: Thirst. Kidneys inactive. Headache, on left side.
Characteristics (Patient Profile / Personality / Psychology): Dull and gloomy. Treatment restores exhilaration.
Allium Cepa
Allium Cepa
Identification: Red onion.
History: Well-known irritation to the eyes durign peeling signifies, homeopathically, a useful remedy for coryza (rhinitis) or runny nose, as in common colds, or hayfever.
Method of Action: Allium Cepa affects the mucous membranes of the nose, eyes, larynx and bowels, causing increased secretions.
Symptoms:
Indications: symptoms of cold, ‘flu.
Confirmation: acrid watery, nasal discharge.
Characteristics (Patient Profile / Personality / Psychology): Melancholy.
Influences:
Improved by sweating and sleep.
Worse in a warm room, damp.
Better in open air and in cold room.
Interactions:
Antidoted by Arnica.
Incompatible with Allium sativum.
Allium sativum
Allium sativum
Identification: Garlic.
History: Remedy against diabetes, fevers and worms.
Method of Action: Acts directly on intestinal mucosa. Antibacterial.
Symptoms:
Indications: Respiratory complaints e.g. asthma, bronchitis, catarrh, colitis, cough and hay fever.
Confirmation: Skin reactions e.g. redness of back or breasts. Pale red tongue. Vertigo.
Characteristics (Patient Profile / Personality / Psychology): High living.
Influences:
Better from sitting bent over.
Worse from change of temperature, gluttony.
Interactions:
Antidoted by Allium cepa.
Incompatible with: Allium cepa, Aloe and Scilla.
Alumina
Alumina
Identification: Oxide of aluminum.
Method of Action: Irritates mucous membranes, paralyzes the bowels. Affects cerebro-spinal axis.
Symptoms:
Indications: Conjunctivitis, constipation and leukorrhea.
Confirmation: Squint. Feeling of hot irons through back.
Characteristics (Patient Profile / Personality / Psychology): Groaning, moaning, pessimistic. Bad memory.
Influences:
Better: evening, open air and damp.
Worse: warmth, dry air, potatoes as well as full or new moon.
Interactions:
Antidote to Lead.
Antidoted by e.g. Bryonia alba tinct., Chamomilla and Natrum muriaticum.
Ambra grisea
Ambra grisea
Identification: Ambergris.
History: Morbid secretion of the sperm whale. Suited to "thin, scrawny women".
Method of Action: Affects the nerves.
Symptoms:
Indications: Anus, arteriosclerosis, fatigue and female genitalia.
Confirmation: Brain feels loose, falling to side lying upon.
Characteristics (Patient Profile / Personality / Psychology): Morbid, loquacious, antisocial. Cannot sleep from worry.
Influences:
Better: slow motion, in open air, lying on painful part, cold drinks.
Worse: music, presence of others.
Interactions:
Antidote to: Staphysagria and Nux Vomica.
Antidoted by: Camphor, Coffea cruda, Nux Vomica etc.
Ambrosia artemisiaefolia
Ambrosia artemisiaefolia
Identification: Ragweed. Tincture of fresh flower heads and young shoots.
History: Associated with Hayfever as early as 1889. Used for nosebleeds.
Method of Action: Respiratory tract and diarrhea.
Symptoms:
Indications: Allergies, hay fever, nosebleed, whooping cough.
Ammonium carbonicum
Ammonium carbonicum
Identification: Carbonate of ammonia, or "sal volatile".
History: Equivalent to smelling salts! A "right side medicine".
Method of Action: Energize.
Symptoms:
Indications: Emphysema, sleepiness (narcolepsy), palpitations.
Confirmation: Gout in great toe, painful heel.
Characteristics (Patient Profile / Personality / Psychology): Sad, weepy.
Influences:
Better by warmth.
Worse at night (3 a.m.)
Interactions:
It antidotes Rhus Toxicodendron and insect stings.
It is antidoted by: Arnica, Camphora and Hepar sulphuris calcareum.
Ammonium muriaticum
Ammonium muriaticum
Identification: Ammonium chloride, "Sal Ammoniac".
Method of Action: Affects mucous membranes.
Symptoms:
Indications: Cancer (stomach). loss of appetite and thirst (see appetite disorders), fever, obesity and pains.
Confirmation: Ammonia-smelling urine. Green stools.
Characteristics (Patient Profile / Personality / Psychology): Melancholy. Fear of darkness.
Influences:
Better from open air.
Worse: walking erect, at night 2 - 4 a.m.
(mornings) - head and chest;
(afternoons) - abdomen;
(evenings) - skin.
Interactions:
Antidotes: Bitter almonds, Coffea cruda, Nux Vomica.
Antidoted by a hot bath.
Amylenum nitrosum
Amylenum nitrosum
Identification: Amyl nitrite.
History: Originally introduced into medicine as a remedy for angina pectoris.
Method of Action: Dilates blood vessels, acting especially upon the vasomotor nerves.
Symptoms:
Indications: Hot flashes of menopause. Heart disorders and circulation.
Confirmation: Smacking of lips, munching of lower jaw.
Characteristics (Patient Profile / Personality / Psychology): Nervous, restless, sensitive.
Interactions:
Antidotes: Cactus grandiflorus, Strychnine tinct.
Anemopsis californica
Anemopsis californica
Identification: yerba mansa, a common household herb. Tincture for internal use as well as a topical spray.
History: Diuretic. Heart disease.
It was introduced into Eclectic use by Dr. W.H. George of California in 1877. The homeopathic school also used it (Boericke 1927).
The chief Eclectic indication was as a mucous membrane remedy, when there is full stuffy sensation in the head and throat, cough with expectoration, or mucous discharges from the bowels or urinary tract.
The eclectic uses of yerba mansa:
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Method of Action: Calming.
Symptoms:
Indications: Bruises, catarrh, cuts (wound), heart disorders and sprains.
Anthracinum
Anthracinum
Identification: Anthrax nosode. Prepared from the spleens of infected sheep.
History: Introduced for splenic fever before Pasteur.
Method of Action: Glandular.
Symptoms:
Indications: Acne, boils, carbuncles.
Confirmation: Tinnitus (ringing in the eras), dilation of pupils. Thirst but difficulty swallowing.
Characteristics (Patient Profile / Personality / Psychology): Delirium, depression, exhaustion.
Interactions:
Antidoted by e.g. Camphora, Arsenic.
Antimonium crudum
Antimonium crudum
Identification: Black sulphide of antimony.
History: Scrofulous.
Method of Action: Effects of suppressed eruptions.
Symptoms:
Indications: Dermatitis, eczema, gastric symptoms (e.g. heartburn), pneumonia, warts,.
Confirmation: Intolerance of pork, fats, pastries and bread; white coated tongue.
Characteristics: (Patient Profile / Personality / Psychology): Irritability.
Influences:
Improved by rest, warm baths.
Worse from fats, night.
Interactions:
Antidote to stings of insects.
Antidoted by e.g. Calcarea, Hepar sulphuris and Mercurius.
Antipyrinum
Antipyrinum
Identification: Coal tar, Phenazone.
History: Poison.
Method of Action: Causes dilation of skin capillaries.
Symptoms:
Indications: Skin disorders (dermatitis, eczema, erythema, urticaria). Bedwetting, nosebleed.
Confirmation: Tinnitus. Headache and earache. General prostration.
Characteristics (Patient Profile / Personality / Psychology): Hallucinations. Coffee drinkers.
Interactions:
Antidoted by Belladonna.
Apis Mellifica
Apis mellifica
Identification: Apis is prepared from live honeybees, the poison sacs having the medicinal value. Only the queen and the worker bees have the poison apparatus, or stinger. The live bees are placed in a bottle; the bottle is shaken to irritate them, and alcohol is added. After ten days, with the bottle shaken twice daily, the tincture is poured off.
History: Folk medicine used bee stings for rheumatism. Apis was proved homeopathically in 1835, and extensively by Hering in 1857. Honeybee antigen is an ingredient in a stinging insect antigen used by allopaths today to desensitize patients to stinging insect reactions.
Symptoms:
Indications: The symptom picture of Apis resembles the effects of a bee sting: edema, redness, and sharp, stinging pains. The mental symptoms include apathy, drowsiness, sadness, tearfulness without cause, suspiciousness, jealousy, irritability.
Conditions include:
| Bites & Stings | Boil |
| Edema | Eye disorders |
| Hives | Hysterectomy |
| Incontinence | Periodontal disease |
| Sick building syndrome | Sore throat |
| Tonsillitis | Urethritis |
| Water retention (bloating) |
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Confirmation: There is a disturbance of coordination, awkwardness; the patient drops things readily. The Apis Mellifica patient is thirstless.
Characteristics (Patient Profile / Personality / Psychology): In fever, the patient is worse from heat, even during a chill; kicks off the covers while shivering.
Influences:
Worse: heat, touch, pressure, late in afternoon, right side, closed room.
Better: open air, cold applications, uncovering.
Interactions: Natrum muriaticum is the chronic counterpart of Apis; also Baryta carbonica if the lymphatics are involved.
Apocynum androsaemifolium
Apocynum androsaemifolium
Identification: Spreading dogbane. The tincture comes from the root.
History: Rheumatic gout, kidney stones and parasites.
Symptoms:
Indications: Swollen sensations (profuse menstruation as well as hands and feet). "Flying" pains.
Conditions include:
Arthritis, gout, osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis. Endometriosis.
Confirmation: Everything smells and tastes like honey. Profuse clear urine.
Influences:
Better from copious evacuation.
Arbutus andrachne
Arbutus andrachne
Identification: Strawberry tree. The tincture is derived from young shoots.
History: The strawberry tree sheds its bark annually, leading to its use for skin conditions.
Method of Action: Cleansing.
Symptoms:
Indications: Eczema associated with rheumatic symptoms (see under: arthritis, osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis). Dark urine.
Confirmation: Lumbago.
Arsenicum Album
Arsenicum album
Identification: Arsenic trioxide is barely soluble in alcohol but is soluble in water and alkalies.
History: Arsenic was used by the Greeks and Romans. It was popular as a poisoning agent up to the first quarter of the twentieth century. Hahnemann introduced arsenic into homeopathy and documented the symptoms in Chronic Diseases (1828). The only present allopathic use of arsenical compounds is in the treatment of tropical parasitic diseases. Arsenic is still used in pesticides and is a cause of accidental poisoning in humans.
Method of Action: Arsenic is a deadly poison in crude form. It is believed that trivalent arsenical compounds react with sulfhydryl groups in the cells, inhibiting sulfhydryl enzymes essential to cellular metabolism. It affects the entire digestive tract.
Symptoms:
Indications: Arsenicum album is one of the most frequently used polychrests, since it is capable of affecting every part of the body. It is most commonly used in gastrointestinal complaints and skin rashes.
Featured conditions include:
Characteristics (Patient Profile / Personality / Psychology): The Arsenic patient is known as the "gold-headed cane patient" because of his fastidiousness and attention to dress.
Influences:
Worse: after midnight (1:00 to 2:00 A.M., 1:00 to 2:00 P.M.), cold, cold drinks or food, right side. Better: heat, head elevated, warm drinks.
Arsenicum bromatum
Arsenicum bromatum
Identification: Bromide of arsenic.
History: Proven a great anti-psoric and anti-syphilitic remedy. Acne and diabetes mellitus.
Fresh air (ozone) is required to reduce the sugar of the blood into carbonic acid and water.
Method of Action:
Acts upon metabolism, possibly even the endocrine system, as well as constitution from the homeopathic viewpoint.
Symptoms:
Indications: Traditionally anti-syphilitic. Contemporary uses include: acne, cancer and diabetes.
Arsenicum iodatum
Arsenicum iodatum
Identification: Iodide of arsenic. Ought to be prepared fresh and protected from light.
History: Parallels TB. Mucosal discharges.
Method of Action: Acts upon mucous membranes.
Symptoms:
Indications: Eczema (especially of beard), hay fever, psoriasis, exfoliation of skin.
Confirmation: Night sweats. Burning sensations (eyes, throat and chest).
Characteristics (Patient Profile / Personality / Psychology): Exhausted, emaciated.
Influences:
Better from open air.
Worse from cold, dry weather, apples and tobacco smoke.
Interactions:
Antidote: Bryonia.
Artemisia Abrotanum
Artemisia Abrotanum
Identification: May also be classified as: "Abrotanum". Southernwood. The tincture is made with fresh leaves and stems.
History: Clarke used it to treat indigestion.
Method of Action: Suited to babies and children, especially boys.
Symptoms:
Indications: Legs are emaciated. Bloated (see under bloating) and distended abdomen.
Confirmation: Pain in joints,. Babies cannot hold their head up.
Characteristics (Patient Profile / Personality / Psychology): Baby boys and the elderly.
Arum triphyllum
Arum triphyllum
Identification: "Jack-in-the-Pulpit", Indian turnip. Tincture is usually made from a fresh tuber.
History: The most important of the arums.
Method of Action: Has the irritating properties of Arums generally.
Symptoms:
Indications: Cold, nasal irritation, acrid discharge, picking scabs in nose until they bleed; corners of mouth sore and cracked. Sore throat.
Confirmation: Bores head in pillow.
Characteristics (Patient Profile / Personality / Psychology): Delirium.
Influences:
Worse from over-use of voice (public speaking), cold winds (NW). .
Interactions:
Antidoted by butter-milk.
Asarum europaeum
Asarum europaeum
Identification: European snake root, hazelwort. Tinctures are made from both roots and whole fresh plants.
History: Before Hahnemann, used as an emetic.
Method of Action: Produces marked hypersensitivity of the nerves.
Symptoms:
Indications: Hypersensitive, even if imagined ("just the thought of it sends chills / makes me shudder...").
A primary condition is alcoholism.
Confirmation: Craving for alcohol. Chest pain.
Characteristics (Patient Profile / Personality / Psychology): Nervous, chilly, literary, sedentary.
Influences:
Better from cold bathing of face, damp weather.
Worse in cold, dry weather.
Interactions:
Antidotes: Camphora, vinegar.
Asclepius tuberosa
Asclepius tuberosa
Identification: Pleurisy root, butterfly weed.
History: Pleurisy!
Method of Action: Verified that it works on the chest muscles.
Symptoms:
Indications: Bronchitis, influenza, pleurisy. Breathing is painful.
Confirmation: Dark, red urine. Peppery breath. Tough yellow coating on tongue.
Characteristics (Patient Profile / Personality / Psychology): Hydrogenoid type.
Influences:
Worse in morning on rising, by motion, coughing, from tobacco.
Aurum metallicum
Aurum metallicum
Identification: Metallic gold is extremely unreactive chemically although it is soluble in aqua regia (a combination of nitric and hydrochloric acids). The homeopathic gold, a fine brown powder, is obtained as a precipitate from the chloride. Lower potencies are prepared by trituration, since gold is not soluble in water or alcohol.
History: In 1890 Robert Koch reported that the tubercle bacillus was adversely affected by low concentrations of gold salts. Gold salts were used in tuberculosis and syphilis in allopathic practice. More recently, allopaths have used gold salt injections for arthritis and nondisseminated lupus erythematosus.
Method of Action: Considered medicinally inert in its pure state, gold in its potentized form finds applications in homeopathy in disturbances of the mind and the body tissues in general.
Symptoms:
Indications: Prominent in the symptom picture of Aurum are disorders resembling the symptoms of secondary syphilis and mercury poisoning, affecting the bones, glands, and blood; gouty tendency of joints; cardiac disturbances.
Hence: Arteriosclerosis, atherosclerosis, hyperhomocysteinemia.
Confirmation: The mental symptoms of Aurum are striking. The affections are deranged; there are marked suicidal tendencies; sits and broods, saying nothing.
Characteristics (Patient Profile / Personality / Psychology): Kent has noted that when the affections are deranged in mental. disease, we find disease in the heart; whereas when the intellect is disturbed, the lungs are affected. In Aurum, then, there are prominent heart symptoms. Enlargement of the heart; palpitation. Pulse rapid, feeble, irregular. Veins enlarged, inflamed, friable. Arteriosclerosis, high blood pressure.
Influences:
Worse: cold air, from sunset to sunrise, menta exertion, winter.
Better: warm air, morning, summer.
Aurum muriaticum
Aurum muriaticum
Identification: Chloride of gold
History: This salt has been proved.
Method of Action: Identical with those of the metal but especially the heart and nervous system.
Symptoms:
Indications: Athersoclerosis, cancerous warts, catarrhal and glandular disorders, heart symptoms, infertility and multiple sclerosis.
Confirmation: Feeble, weary, prone to degenerative diseases.
Characteristics (Patient Profile / Personality / Psychology): Restless,
Influences:
Worse: from ascending stairs, warmth.
Better: cold, wet weather.
Interactions:
Antidoted by Belladonna, Cannabis Indica and Mercurius Vivus.
Aurum muriaticum natronatum
Aurum muriaticum natronatum
Identification: Sodium chloroaurate. A double salt of natrum and chloride of gold.
History: Aurum muriaticum natronatum has been proved, chiefly on general gold conditions.
Method of Action: Has a pronounced effect on the female organs, especially uterine tumors (fibroids).
Symptoms:
Indications: Rhinoscleroma, swollen testicle (see under testicular disorders) and uterine tumors.
Confirmation: Cracking in cervical vertebrae on head flexion. Tension left trapezius, worse bending head to right.
Characteristics (Patient Profile / Personality / Psychology): Mania, suicidal impulses.
Safety
Toxic doses cause violent gastro-enteritis.
Bacillinum
Bacillinum
Identification: Tuberculosis nosode. Made from tubercular sputum.
History: An important miasmatic remedy, developed by Burnett.
Symptoms:
Indications: Appendicitis, weak lungs of elderly people (see under: pleurisy, pneumonia). Chronic sore throats and coughs. Infection, generally.
Confirmation: Ringworm.
Characteristics (Patient Profile / Personality / Psychology): Taciturn, morose, frightened of dogs.
Influences:
Better in dry, sunny climates, mountain areas and pine forests.
Worse from cold air, at night and in the early morning.
Badiaga
Badiaga
Identification: Spongilla fluviatilis, freshwater sponge, gathered in the autumn.
History: A popular Russian folklore remedy.
Symptoms:
Indications: Asthma, soreness (see sore, strained muscle), cough, swollen glands.
Confirmation: Freckles, dandruff. Aching in eyeballs (2 p.m. - 7 p.m.).
Characteristics (Patient Profile / Personality / Psychology): Clear mind in spite of headache.
Influences:
Better in warm room.
Worse from cold air, pressure, touch, stormy afternoon, lying on right side.
Baryta carbonica
Baryta carbonica
Identification: Carbonate of barium.
History: Dwarfish children and overweight, elderly.
Method of Action: A cardio-vascular poison acting on the muscular walls of the heart and blood vessels.
Symptoms:
Indications: Dementia. Fetid foot sweats. Lipomas. Enlarged prostate (BPH).
Featured conditions include:
| Aging | Alzheimer's |
| Atherosclerosis | Autism |
| Baldness | Dyslexia |
| Hyperactivity | Hypercholesterolemia |
| Learning disorders | Schizophrenia |
Confirmation: Chronic torticollis (see under wry neck).
Characteristics (Patient Profile / Personality / Psychology): Bashful.
Influences:
Cough is worse until midnight, lying on left side.
Interactions:
Antidote for poison.
Antidoted by e.g. : Antimonium Tartaricum, Belladonna, Camphora.
Baryta iodata
Baryta iodata
Identification: Iodide of Barium.
History: Used for glandular enlargement and growths.
Method of Action: Acts on lymphatic system.
Symptoms:
Indications: Breast cancer (see also under benign breast disease and chronic cystic mastitis).
Confirmation: Following truama.
Characteristics (Patient Profile / Personality / Psychology):
Influences:
Better from cold, open air.
Worse from walking.
Baryta muriatica
Baryta muriatica
Identification: Barium chloride.
History: Dwarfish children and overweight, elderly.
Method of Action: Both elements have a strong action on heart and arteries.
Acts on parotid glands and pancreas.
Symptoms:
Indications: Aneurysm, nymphomania. Bronchial disorders in the elderly (see bronchitis).
Conditions include:
| Bronchitis | Cystic fibrosis |
| Multiple sclerosis | Sore throat |
| Tinnitus | Tonsillitis |
Confirmation: Parotid glands hard and swollen, especially right. Icy coldness of body with paralysis.
Characteristics (Patient Profile / Personality / Psychology): Idiotic, sexual mania.
Influences:
Earache better by sipping cold water.
Bellis perennis
Bellis perennis
Identification: (Garden daisy) Besides tinctures, 2 teaspoons of the mother tincture may be diluted in half a liter of water, for compresses.
History: Old name of "wound- or bruise-wort" is apt, as the daisy is always "downtrodden" but comes up again smiling, afterwards. Burnett regarded it as a "princely remedy for old laborers, especially gardeners." It combats unsteadiness, giddiness (cerebral stasis).
Method of Action: Acts upon the muscular fibers of the blood vessels.
Symptoms:
Indications: Boil, bruises and strains (parallel to Arnica). Insomnia (3 a.m. to 5 a.m.). ["waking up too early and cannot get back to sleep again".] Following surgical trauma. Varicose veins (with bruised feeling).
Confirmation: Sore, bruised pelvic region (possibly prolapsed uterus). Stitches in spleen. Inability to walk during pregnancy.
Characteristics (Patient Profile / Personality / Psychology):
Influences:
Worse from cold drinks when overheated.
Safety
Should not be given near bedtime, as it may cause sleeplessness.
Berberis aquifolium
Berberis aquifolium
Identification: Mahonia tincture. Oregon grape or Barberry. The tincture is prepared from the fresh root and stem.
History: Skin diseases, especially as a tea in the Rocky Mountain regions.
Method of Action: Stimulates glands and metabolism: "makes a new man out of an old one"!
Symptoms:
Indications: Intense, pulsating headache in the forehead. Pains in the bladder. Nausea and vomiting.
Featured conditions include:
| Acne | Adrenal disorders |
| Eczema | Kidney stones |
Confirmation: Pain in thoracic vertebrae and sacrum.
Characteristics (Patient Profile / Personality / Psychology): Disinclined to move or do anything.
Influences:
Better from cold water.
Worse in the evening and at night.
Cactus grandiflorus
Cactus grandiflorus
Identification: Night blooming Cereus. Tinctures are made from the youngest, most tender stems and flowers, gathered during the summer.
History: Given as a heart tonic. Many symptoms are worse at night.
Method of Action: Powerful affect on the entire organism, especially the heart and circulation.
Symptoms:
Indications: Heart disorders (constricting pains in the heart, feels bound, aneurysm, palpitations, suffocation). Hemorrhage.
Featured conditions include:
| Blood clot | Coronary heart disease |
| Cramp | Heart disorders |
| Hypotension | Insufficient blood circulation |
| Menstruation | PMS |
| Thrombosis |
|
Confirmation: Swelling of left hand. Weakness, coldness in limbs.
Characteristics (Patient Profile / Personality / Psychology): Anxious, loves solitude.
Influences:
Better from open air.
Worse from lying down on left side, from 11 a.m. or 11 p.m.; walking, going upstairs; direct sunlight (heat); after eating.
Interactions:
Antidoted by e.g. :Aconitum, Camphora, China officinalis.
The German Commission E status of the herb, Night blooming Cereus, is "null" or neutral i.e. while it is not approved, there is no documented risk. There may also be some concern over the claims made by manufacturers i.e. they are unproven.
References:
Blumenthal, M (Ed.): The Complete German Commission E Monographs: Therapeutic Guide to Herbal Medicines. American Botanical Council. Austin, TX. 1998.
Calcarea carbonica
Calcarea carbonica
Identification: Calcarea carbonica is an impure calcium carbonate that was first prepared by Hahnemann from oyster shells. The pure white portion of the shell between the interior and exterior surfaces is washed, dried, and reduced to fine powder. The lower potencies must be prepared by trituration.
History: Hahnemann introduced Calcarea into homeopathic practice and described its symptom picture in Chronic Diseases. Presently, calcium carbonate is a common allopathic antacid, but it has the drawback of producing acid rebound in the stomach.
Method of Action: Calcium has a major function in the body structure and in maintaining the structural integrity of cells in multicellular membranes. It plays a role in regulating the permeability of cell membranes to sodium and potassium. Abnormal blood calcium levels are associated with changes in the threshold of excitability of nervous and muscle tissue; decreased calcium levels, for example, are associated with decreased threshold to seizure activity.
Calcarea is a great constitutional remedy, one of the deepest-acting antipsorics.
Symptoms:
Indications: The mental symptoms are marked by passivity, immobility, standstill, an ingoing state. The Calcarea patient shows a childlike vulnerability. Inability to sustain mental effort. He feels his weakness of mind and fears others are able to observe it. Broods over little things, little ideas, engages in petty activities.
A general tonic, used for colds, sore throats, bronchitis, as well as late teething or walking in babies.
Featured conditions include:
| Anxiety | Appetite disorders |
| Dental caries | Earache |
| Fatigue | Hypoglycemia |
| Lactose intolerance | Menstruation |
| Obesity | Osteoporosis |
| PMS | Thrush |
| Thyroid disorders |
|
Confirmation: The Calcarea patient when healthy is a slow, conscientious worker; works well on his own, does not like to be given directions by others. When under stress from overwork in his business, he may give it up and sit at home. Indolence. The withdrawn mental state may lead to stubbornness, obstinacy.
Characteristics (Patient Profile / Personality / Psychology): The Calcarea patient is usually unable to assimilate calcium from their food, becoming fat and flabby.
Weak spine; cannot sit upright, slides back in chair. Curvature of the spine. Sour odor of whole body. Profuse. perspiration upper part of body.
Influences:
Worse: exertion, mental or physical, cold in every form, washing, moist air, wet weather, during full moon.
Better: dry climate and weather, lying on painful side.
Interactions:
Complementary: Belladonna, Rhus tox., Lycopodium, Silicea. Sulfur should not be given after Calcarea; Calcarea may follow sulfur.
Calendula officinalis
Calendula officinalis
Identification: Pot Marigold. The tincture is made from leaves and flowers. Calendula Succus is made from the fresh plant juice.
History: Aqua Calendula was a great healing agent. Used heavily during the American Civil War. It is also useful as a hot compress (1 oz. to a pint).
The flowers close when a dark cloud passes over.
Method of Action: Anti-septic.
In Germany it is regarded as a cancer cure.
Symptoms:
Indications: Burn, lacerating, suppurating wounds (including episiotomy - see under childbirth - and also cervical warts).
Confirmation: Painful right scapula.
Characteristics (Patient Profile / Personality / Psychology): Irritable.
Influences:
Better from walking, or lying still.
Worse in damp, heavy, cloudy weather.
Interactions:
Antidote: Chelidonium.
Antidoted by: Arnica.
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Calotropis gigantea
Calotropis gigantea
Identification: Madar bark. Tinctures are made from the milky juice.
History: Valued in the East as a skin remedy, notably syphilis.
Method of Action: Increases the circulation of the skin.
Symptoms:
Indications: Syphilis, primary anemia of syphilis (see venereal disease), lupus.
Confirmation: Heat in stomach.
Characteristics (Patient Profile / Personality / Psychology):
Cantharis
Cantharis
Identification: Cantharis is derived from the bronze-green beetle Cantharis vesicatoria, commonly known as Spanish fly. The medicine is usually extracted with ether, using the whole insect.
Method of Action: A blistering action on the skin and mucous membranes due to cantharidin.
History: For centuries, Spanish fly has been known as an aphrodisiac, deriving its reputation from its ability to irritate the mucous membranes, particularly of the urinary tract and sex organs. Its dangers are equally well known and many deaths have been reported.
From the early eighteenth century on it was used as a diuretic and as a remedy for blockage or retention of urine. Homeopaths extended this use of Cantharis to include kidney diseases as well. During the era of "heroic medicine," the substance was used as an external application to produce blistering. Contemporary allopathic preparations containing cantharidin are used topically for warts.
Symptoms: All its symptoms appear with great intensity and progress rapidly. Complaints are attended by a burning sensation. The mental state is marked by frenzy.
Indications:
Featured conditions include:
| Bladder infection | Burn |
| Kidney disease | Pleurisy |
| Sunburn | Urethritis |
| Vaginitis |
|
Influences:
Worse from drinking coffee and cold water, which increases pain in the bladder and is vomited.
Better: from rubbing.
Capsicum annuum
Capsicum
Identification: Cayenne pepper. A member of the Solanum family (potatoes, tomatoes etc.)
The tincture is made from dried pods. It can also be mixed, equal parts tincture with glycerine, for a liniment to treat rheumatism.
Method of Action: The well-known burning effects of red pepper indicate its action.
Symptoms:
Indications: Herpes, obesity, shingles, sore throat of drinkers and smokers. ,
Confirmation: Red but cold face (especially nose). Motion causes headache as if skull would split.
Characteristics (Patient Profile / Personality / Psychology): Laxity e.g. homesickness.
Influences:
Better from continued motion, heat, while eating.
Worse from draught, cold air, damp.
Interactions:
Antidoted by e.g.: Caladium, Camphora, China and Cina.
It antidotes: alcohol, coffee, opium or quinine.
Carbo vegetabilis
Carbo vegetabilis
Identification: Vegetable charcoal.
History: Noted for its deodorant and disinfectant properties. The tincture is more potent than the crude form. Can also be mixed with vaseline to produce an effective hemorrhoid ointment.
Method of Action: Itself a product of imperfect oxidation. It acts upon the venous circulation and capillaries.
Symptoms:
Indications: Decay, putrefaction (e.g. gum and vulval disease). Lumps in breast (see under benign breast disease). Numbness of limbs. Burning pains. Moist perineum.
Featured conditions include:
| Bloating | Colitis |
| Dental caries | Diarrhea |
| Heartburn | Irritable bowel syndrome |
| Periodontal disease | Pneumonia |
| Pregnancy | Stress |
| Toothache | Ulcerative colitis |
Confirmation: Fainting spells. Blue skin color, icy-cold.
Characteristics (Patient Profile / Personality / Psychology): Fat, sluggish, lazy.
Influences:
Better from belching, cool air, elevating feet.
Worse from high living, rich or decayed food, icy drinks.
Interactions:
Antidoted by e.g.: Arsenicum, Ambra and Camphora.
It antidotes: effects of putrid meats.
Carboneum sulphuratum
Carboneum sulphuratum
Identification: Carbon bisulphide. A base of "Lamp black" i.e. Carbon obtained from the chimney of a coal oil lamp.
History: Brought to notice by its effect upon workers in rubber factories, notably visual disturbances.
Method of Action: Special affinity for the eyes.
Symptoms:
Indications: Alcoholism, impotence, loss of vision, color blindness (see under eye disorders); tinnitus.
Confirmation:
Characteristics (Patient Profile / Personality / Psychology): Broken down. Changeable.
Influences:
Better in open air.
Worse after breakfast, bathing.
Castor equi
Castor equi
Identification: Thumbnail of the horse. The scales, which break-off, are used for triturations.
History: Ancient remedy, proved homeopathically for cracked and ulcerated nipples.
Method of Action: Acts on nipples, nails and bones.
Symptoms:
Indications: Cracked and ulcerated nipples (see under chronic cystic mastitis and lactation); nail disorders and warts.
Confirmation: Pain in right tibia. Weak spine. Pain in coccyx, worse every evening while sitting.
Characteristics (Patient Profile / Personality / Psychology): Spontaneous unprovoked laughter.
Interactions:
Thuja may remove warts caused by castor equi.
Causticum
Causticum
Identification: Causticum, one of the great polcrest remedies, is prepared according to Hahnemann's instructions. A piece of recently burned lime (calcium oxide) is immersed in distilled water, then allowed to dry; it becomes a powder. This is mixed with bisulfate of potash that has been exposed to a red heat, cooled and pulverized, then dissolved in boiling water. The mixture is heated in a retort and the liquid that distills over contains concentrated causticum, which has an astringent, burning taste on the back of the tongue and which promotes decomposition of animal substances on which it is placed.
History: Causticum is unique to homeopathy; invented by Hahnemann.
Symptoms:
Indications: Causticum is a deep-acting remedy. Suitable for complaints in the infirm, suffering from chronic diseases.
Featured conditions include:
| Ache | Cough |
| Periodontal disease |
|
Other noteworthy conditions include: hoarseness, incontinence and warts.
Characteristics (Patient Profile / Personality / Psychology): Broken-down mental state; brain tired; confusion, weak memory. Hopelessness, anxiety, melancholy.
Influences:
Improved in warm, humid weather; drinking cold water.
Worse from morning, dry, cold winds.
Chenopodium anthelminticum
Chenopodium anthelminticum
Identification: Jerusalem Oak. Tinctures are made from the fresh plant. An oil is also produced from the seed.
History: Oil is used for hookworm and roundworm.
Method of Action: Useful in hearing problems.
Symptoms:
Indications: Cerebral (convulsions, epilepsy), tinnitus, vertigo.
Featured conditions include:
| Bruxism | Hyperactivity disorders |
| Parasitism | Tinnitus |
Confirmation: Pain between right scapula and spine on through the chest.
Characteristics (Patient Profile / Personality / Psychology): Constant repetition of an action. Convulsions.
Safety
Oil can be poisonous.
Cholesterinum
Cholesterinum
Identification: Cholesterine. Trituration of gallstones.
History: First mentioned by Dr. Wilhelm Ameke of Berlin. Useful for liver diseases, including cancer.
Method of Action: Opposes Lecithin, the balance with which seems to be related to the growth of tumors.
Symptoms:
Indications: Atherosclerosis, cancer (especially of the liver), fibroids, gallstones, jaundice.
Characteristics (Patient Profile / Personality / Psychology): Delirium.
Cina artemisia
Cina artemisia
Identification: Worm seed.
History: Worm (roundworms, pinworms) medicine. A children’s remedy.
Method of Action: Parasitic, especially in children.
Symptoms:
Indications: Irritability in children, nervous conditions. Anal itching, bedwetting, nose picking, teeth grinding.
Featured conditions include:
| Anorexia | Hyperactivity disorders |
| Parasitism |
|
Confirmation: Untouchable, yawning.
Characteristics (Patient Profile / Personality / Psychology): Touchy, cross.
Influences:
Improved by lying prone.
Worse from night, new moon; in children, being looked at.
Cineraria maritima
Cineraria maritima
Identification: Dusty Miller. Tinctures are made from the fresh plant, gathered just before the floweirng buds open.
History: Useful for cataract disease. Unproven.
Method of Action: May be used internally as well as externally on the eyes.
Symptoms:
Indications: Corneal opacity, senile cataract, pinkeye, indeed eye disorders generally.
Cinnamomum
Cinnamomum
Identification: Cinnamon.
History: Used for uterine cancer.
Method of Action: Useful for hemorrhage.
Symptoms:
Indications: Hemorrhage (e.g. nosebleed, miscarriage, see also: bleeding and hemophilia), SIDS.
Confirmation: Heat around left ear, red face.
Characteristics (Patient Profile / Personality / Psychology): Menopausal, hysterical.
Clematis erecta
Clematis erecta
Identification: Virgin’s Bower, a vine.
History: Produces ulcerations of the skin, used by beggars for this effect.
Used before Hahnemann.
Method of Action: Skin irritant.
Symptoms:
Indications: Skin (see under: eczema and psoriasis scleroderma and venereal disease), mucous membranes, genito-urinary organs (especially testicles see under testicular disorders).
Confirmation: Urine stops and starts.
Characteristics (Patient Profile / Personality / Psychology): Sleepiness, debility between 3 and 5 p.m.
Influences:
Better from sweating, open air.
Worse from heat of bed, cold washing, cold air.
Interactions:
Antidoted by Bryonia and Camphora.
Cocculus indicus
Cocculus indicus
Identification: Indian cockle.
History: Originally used to poison fish. Also a treatment for head lice.
Method of Action: The poisonous principle is used against lice.
Symptoms:
Indications: Motion sickness, worry (see under: anxiety, nervousness and stress) and insomnia.
Featured conditions include:
| Arteriosclerosis | Dizziness |
| Motion sickness | Vomiting |
Confirmation: Dizziness, fatigue. Cracking knees on motion. Sensitivity to touch.
Characteristics (Patient Profile / Personality / Psychology): Sensitive.
Influences:
Improved by walking, heat, lying quietly.
Worse from loss of sleep, food, tobacco smoke, fresh air.
Coffea cruda
Coffea cruda
Identification: Coffea Arabica. Unroasted coffee beans. Coffea tosta (roasted coffee) has less caffeine.
History: The provings were made with raw berries.
Method of Action: A nerve stimulant.
Symptoms:
Indications: Insomnia from stress, pregnancy and toothache.
Confirmation: Pain out of proportion to the injury.
Characteristics (Patient Profile / Personality / Psychology): Sanguine. Tall,dark. Hyperactive.
Influences:
Improved by warmth, lying down, ice water.
Worse from warm drinks, sudden emotion.
Interactions:
Antidotes Nux Vomica.
Colocynthis
Colocynthis
Identification: Bitter cucumber. . (Also Bitter Apple. Citrullus colocynthis) The mother tincture is prepared from the peeled fruits, with pips (seeds) removed.
History: Allopathically, a drastic purgative.
This herb has not achieved approval status by the German Commission E. Either there was insufficient evidence in favor, or a contraindication. It is considered too drastic.
Method of Action: Acts on the digestive tract.
Symptoms:
Indications: Adrenal disorders, cramps (see also menstruation), colic and sciatica .
Confirmation: Doubled over.
Characteristics (Patient Profile / Personality / Psychology): Corpulent. Blonde.
The German Commission E notes the possibility (from the herb Colocynth) for GI irritation and possible hemorrhagic diarrhea due to curcurbitacin, kidney damage and cystitis.
Influences:
Improved by strong pressure, bending forward, heat.
Worse from anger, rest.
References:
Blumenthal, M (Ed.): The Complete German Commission E Monographs: Therapeutic Guide to Herbal Medicines. American Botanical Council. Austin, TX. 1998.
Conium maculatum
Conium maculatum
Identification: Poison hemlock. The tincture is made from the fresh plant in flower.
History: Ancient poison, noted by Plato as causing the death of Socrates.
Method of Action: Acts upon the nerves and muscles.
Symptoms:
Indications: Breast disorders (see under benign breast disease and chronic cystic mastitis), cancer, MS, prostatitis, testicle disorders, vertigo.
Featured conditions include:
| Alzheimer's | Arteriosclerosis |
| Cervical dysplasia | Menstruation |
| Multiple sclerosis | Prostatitis |
Confirmation: Coccyx pain.
Characteristics (Patient Profile / Personality / Psychology): Worse when idle. Broken down.
Influences:
Better in the sun, sitting down.
Worse from alcohol, seeing moving objects, turning in bed.
Convallaria majalis
Convallaria majalis
Identification: Lily of the Valley.
History: Heart remedy, especially in Russian folklore.
This herb has approval status by the German Commission E for cardiac insufficiency.
Method of Action: Regulates heartbeat.
Symptoms:
Indications: Angina, herpes, palpitations (see heart disorders).
Confirmation: Lumbar pain.
Characteristics (Patient Profile / Personality / Psychology): Dull.
Influences:
Better in open air.
Worse in warm room and lying on back.
Crocus sative
Crocus sative
Identification: Saffron. Tinctures are made from dried stigmas.
History: Trauma and pregnancy. Similar to Calendula.
Method of Action: Seems to have a dual action, on hemorrhage and mood.
Symptoms:
Indications: Cramp, hemorrhage and measles.
Confirmation: Black blood. Something moving around inside.
Characteristics (Patient Profile / Personality / Psychology): Hysteria, vacillation.
Influences:
Better by yawning, in open air.
Worse from e.g. : motion, pregnancy, puberty.
Cresol
Cresol
Identification: Extract of tar (creosote).
History: Antiseptic.
Proven by O.A. Julian in 1958.
Method of Action: Acts upon the cortex of the brain.
Symptoms:
Indications: Epilepsy, manic depression (see also bipolar depression), senility, schizophrenia
Characteristics (Patient Profile / Personality / Psychology): Schizophrenia
Crotalus horridus
Crotalus horridus
Identification: Rattlesnake. Venom may be mixed with milk sugar or glycerine.
History: Noted by Hering.
Method of Action: Acts upon: blood, heart and liver.
Symptoms:
Indications: Fever, sepsis, hemorrhage.
Featured conditions include:
| Bleeding | Blood clot |
| Epilepsy | Hemorrhage |
| Hemophilia | Thrombosis |
Confirmation: Sensitive right side of body.
Characteristics (Patient Profile / Personality / Psychology): Sad, weak memory, timid.
Interactions:
Alcohol is a natural antidote.
Cuprum metallicum
Cuprum metallicum
Identification: Metallic copper.
History: "Venus" of the alchemists.
Method of Action: Affects nerves of cerbro-spinal axis and muscles.
Symptoms:
Indications: Spasms, gastro-enteritis (see under diarrhea and vomiting).
Featured conditions include:
| Cramp | Epilepsy |
| Restless legs | Sunburn |
Confirmation: Cyanose face, thirst for ice-cold drinks, dry and croupy cough.
Characteristics (Patient Profile / Personality / Psychology): Fair haired. Women who have delivered numerous children.
Influences:
Improved with cold water, perspiration.
Worse at night, during menses.
Interactions:
Antidotes: Belladonna, Camphora and Hepar Sulphuris.
Cyclamen europaeum
Cyclamen europaeum
Identification: Sow bread. The tincture is amde from the root, gathered in spring.
History: Uterine disorders.
Method of Action: Acts upon the digestive tract and female organs.
Symptoms:
Indications: Menstruation, PMS, pregnancy, urethritis and visual disturbances (see under eye disorders).
Confirmation: Burning, sore heels. White-coated tongue. Morning headaches.
Characteristics (Patient Profile / Personality / Psychology): Lassitude.
Interactions: Antidoted by: Camphora, Coffea, Pulsatilla.
Daphne indica
Daphne indica
Identification: Spurge Laurel. Tinctures are derived from the fresh bark.
History: Proved by G. Bute. .
Method of Action: Acts on the tissues (Muscles, bones and skin).
Symptoms:
Indications: Gout, smoking, syphilis.
Confirmation: Craving for tobacco.
Characteristics (Patient Profile / Personality / Psychology):
Influences:
Worse from cold air, at night, warmth of bed.
Interactions:
Antidoted by: Bryonia, Digitalis, Rhus toxicodendron.
Antidote to: Chromic acid, Mercurius.
Digitalis purpurea
Digitalis
Identification: Foxglove (Digitalis purpurea).
History: Heart remedy.
Method of Action: Acts upon the heart.
Symptoms:
Indications: Angina, cyanosis, edema, heart disorders (see also coronary heart disease), BPH (see also prostatitis).
Note, specifically, its relationship to the so-called "symptomatic trilogy": arterial hypertension, oliguria and edema.
Confirmation: Slow weak pulse; enlarged, sore liver; white stools.
Characteristics (Patient Profile / Personality / Psychology): Anxious about future.
Influences:
Better when stomach is empty, open air, cool, lying on back.
Worse from exertion, lying on left side, cold.
Interactions:
Antidotes Camphora, China.
Dulcamara
Dulcamara
Identification: Bittersweet (Solanum Dulcamara). Woody Nightshade.
History: Rheumatic complaints - with damp and cold.
Woody Nightshade stem is an approved herb by the German Commission E as a suportive therapy in chronic eczema.
Method of Action: A scrofulous remedy.
Symptoms:
Indications: colds, rheumatism from wet weather, warts, urticaria.
Featured conditions include:
| Cold | Down's syndrome |
| Inflammaiton | Shingles |
| Sore throat |
|
Confirmation: sensitivity to cold.
Characteristics (Patient Profile / Personality / Psychology): Phlegmatic.
Influences:
Improved by heat, movement.
Worse from cold, wet weather.
Interactions: Antidoted by Camphora, Cuprum, Ipecacuanha, Kali-carbonicum.
Echinacea angustifolia
Echinacea angustifolia
Identification: A rare variety of purple coneflower originating in the Western prairies. Tinctures are prepared from the whole, fresh plant. [Also E. purperea, Black Sampson, the Eastern species.]
History: Antiseptic. Blood tonic.
Method of Action: Echinacea corrects blood disorders.
Symptoms:
Indications: AIDS, appendicitis, inflammation and minor infections e.g. boils, sore, strep throat. Goiter with exophthalmic symptoms (see under thyroid disorders).
Confirmation: fatigue.
Characteristics (Patient Profile / Personality / Psychology): Broken down,weak.
Influences:
Improved with rest.
Worse from cold air, eating.
Elaps corallinus
Elaps corallinus
Identification: Coral snake.
History: Black discharges: ear wax, etc.
Method of Action: Acts via blood.
Symptoms:
Indications: Naso-pharyngeal catarrh, endometriosis.
Confirmation: Internal coldness. Nosebleed is black.
Characteristics (Patient Profile / Personality / Psychology): Depressed.
Modalities:
Better from rest and walking.
Worse in wet weather, cold drinks, at night.
Interactions:
Antidoted by: Alcohol, Arsenicum.
Safety
Snake poison.
Elaterium
Elaterium
Identification: Squirting cucumber (Ecbalium Elaterium).
History: "Signature" symptom is watery (olive-green) stools ("gushing diarrhea").
Method of Action: Drains tissues.
Symptoms:
Indications: Arthritis (see also under rheumatoid arthritis), beriberi, cholera, scurvy.
Confirmation: Yawning, stretching.
Characteristics (Patient Profile / Personality / Psychology):
Influences:
Worse from damp (ground and weather).
Euphorbium officinarum
Euphorbium officinarum
Identification: Gum Euphorbium, the resinous juice of a Moroccan cactus-like plant.
History: Skin irritant.
Method of Action: Acts upon the mucous mebranes and skin.
Symptoms:
Indications: Cold, skin disorders (see under: eczema, psoriasis and rash). Vision.
Confirmation: Yellow vesicles
Influences:
Better from application of oil, cold application, motion.
Worse at rest, sitting, touch.
Euphrasia officinalis
Euphrasia officinalis
Identification: Eyebright.
History: Signature "Eyebright" used for the eyes.
Method of Action: Affects the mucous membranes of the eyes.
Symptoms:
Indications: Allergic sneezing, nasal discharge, watery eyes (see under hay fever). Prostate (see under BPH and prostatitis).
Featured conditions include:
| Childhood diseases | Cold |
| Eye disorders | Glaucoma |
| Hay fever | Influenza |
| Measles | Pinkeye |
Confirmation: Stiff upper lip.
Characteristics (Patient Profile / Personality / Psychology): Taciturn.
Influences:
Better from open air, winking, wiping eyes.
Worse form sunlight, wind.
Interactions:
Antidoted by: Camphora, Pulsatilla.
Ferrum metallicum
Ferrum metallicum
Identification: Iron.
History: "Mars" of the Alchemists.
Method of Action: Affects the circulation.
Symptoms:
Indications: Anemia, infertility, menstruation, pregnancy. Stimulates appetite (see under malnutrition).
Confirmation: Cannot bear noise. Flush red face. Pain in right shoulder.
Characteristics (Patient Profile / Personality / Psychology): Over-sensitive.
Influences:
Worse at midnight (may vomit). Chills at 4 a.m. Cannot tolerate eggs.
Interactions:
Antidotes: Arsenic and Hepar sulphuris.
Ferrum phosphoricum
Ferrum phosphoricum
Identification: Iron phosphate.
History: Schuessler’s salts.
Method of Action: Affects venous circulation.
Symptoms:
Indications: Colds, coughs, children who tend to have a bloody nose.
Featured conditions include:
| Anemia | Appetite disorders |
| Bronchitis | Cold |
| Eye disorders | Fever |
Confirmation: sweaty skin, face oscillates between redness and paleness.
Characteristics (Patient Profile / Personality / Psychology): Young persons with varicose veins.
Influences:
Improved by pressure, slow walking, solitude.
Worse from cold air (4 - 6 a.m.) physical exertion.
Ferrum picricum
Ferrum picricum
Identification: Picrate of iron.
History: Unproved but extensively used e.g. warts.
Method of Action: A liver medicine.
Symptoms:
Indications: BPH, gout, hoarseness (see also voice disorders), nosebleed, tinnitus.
Confirmation: Furred tongue.
Characteristics (Patient Profile / Personality / Psychology): Dark-haired, plethoric.
Influences:
Worse from fatigue.
Ficus religiosa
Ficus religiosa
Identification: Ashwathya (India). Tinctures are prepared from the juice of fresh leaves.
History: East Indian drug has been used for hemorrhages.
Proven homeopathically by S. C. Ghose.
Symptoms:
Indications: Dysentary, fever, menorrhagia (see under menstruation), typhus.
Confirmation: Bright red blood.
Characteristics (Patient Profile / Personality / Psychology): Melancholy.
Fluoricum acidum
Fluoricum acidum
Identification: Hydrofluoric acid (fluorine).
History: Acts on bones.
Method of Action: Bones and teeth.
Symptoms:
Indications: Bedsore, bone disorders (see osteop[orosis), skin conditions (ulcers), tooth decay, varicose veins.
Confirmation: Fissured tongue, rapid tooth decay.
Characteristics (Patient Profile / Personality / Psychology): Selfish, self-centered.
Influences:
Better from cold.
Fuligo ligni
Fuligo ligni
Identification: Soot.
History: Mucous membranes.
Method of Action: Acts upon mucous membranes.
Symptoms:
Indications: Cancer (especially glandular, notably of the uterus), eczema.
Characteristics (Patient Profile / Personality / Psychology): Thoughts of suicide.
Galium
Galium
Identification: Galium Aparine, Goose grass. Tinctures and infusions are made from the fresh plants. May be combined with herbal poultices of the same plant.
History: Not proved but is a popular cancer emedy.
Method of Action: Acts upon urinary organs as a diuretic.
Symptoms:
Indications: Bladder irritability, cancers (especially tongue), cystitis.
Featured conditions include:
| Alopecia | ALS |
| Arteriosclerosis | Autism |
| Benign breast disease | Diverticulosis |
| Impotence | Lactation |
| Radiation sickness |
|
Gelsemium sempervirens
Gelsemium sempervirens
Identification: Yellow jasmine. [Same family as Nux vomica and Curare.]
History: First ranked polycrest. Proved by Hale.
Method of Action: Acts upon the muscles and motor nerves.
Symptoms:
Indications: stage fright (see under anxiety, nervousness and stress), fever, migraine.
Featured conditions include:
| Autism | Childhood diseases |
| Eye disorders | Fatigue |
| Fever | Headache |
| Influenza | Measles |
| Pregnancy |
|
Confirmation: heaviness.
Characteristics (Patient Profile / Personality / Psychology): Nervousness.
Influences: Improved through sweating, profuse urination.
Worse from heat, hot weather.
Ginkgo biloba
Ginkgo biloba
Identification: Galisburin Adiantifolia.
History: Mother tincture is prepared from the fresh leaves, gathered in spring.
Proven by E.A. Maury (1933) for senile dementia.
Method of Action: Acts upon blood vessels within the brain.
Symptoms:
Indications: Aging, Alzheimer’s, mental weakness, senility.
Confirmation: Pains at napoe of neck and tips of scapulae.
Characteristics (Patient Profile / Personality / Psychology): Absent minded (senile).
Influences: Better from heat, rest.
Worse form cold or walking. Worse around 2 - 3 a.m. Worse, right side.
Glycerinum
Glycerinum
Identification: Glycerine.
History: Anemia.
Method of Action: Nutritive, balances entire metabolism.
Symptoms:
Indications: Aging, diabetes and pernicious anemia.
Confirmation: Headache 2 days before menstruation.
Characteristics (Patient Profile / Personality / Psychology): Weakeness.
Gnaphalium
Gnaphalium
Identification: Cud weed, Old Balsam. Tinctures are prepared from the fresh plant.
History: Sciatica.
Method of Action:
Symptoms:
Indications: Abdominal, female problems (dysmenorrhea) and sciatica.
Characteristics (Patient Profile / Personality / Psychology): Irritable.
Granatum
Granatum
Identification: Pomegranate. Root bark is used.
History: Vermifuge (tapeworm).
Method of Action: Vermifuge.
Symptoms:
Indications: Dizziness, tapeworm (see parasitism and worms), TMJ (cracking).
Confirmation: Pale blue rings around eyes.
Characteristics (Patient Profile / Personality / Psychology):
Influences:
Better after dinner, after drinking cold water.
Graphites
Graphites
Identification: Black lead, plumbago.
History: More than a skin remedy, it was also recognized by Hahnemann as anti-psoric.
Method of Action: Acts upon skin.
Symptoms:
Indications: constipation, dermatitis.
Featured conditions include:
| Cancer (pyloric) | Catarrh |
| Chronic fatigue syndrome | Constipation |
| Dermatitis | Eczema |
| Leukorrhea | Obesity |
| Ulcers |
|
Confirmation: Obesity, eczema with honey discharge.
Characteristics (Patient Profile / Personality / Psychology): Obese.
Influences:
Improved by cold, menopause.
Worse from dark, loose clothing, hot drinks.
Interactions:
Antidoted by: Aconite, Arsenic, Nux vomica.
Antidote to: Arsenic iodatum, Rhus tox.
Grindelia robusta
Grindelia robusta
Identification: Rosin wood. Tinctures are made from leaves and unexpended flowers.
Gumweed has approval status by the German Commission E.
History: Bundy’s proving was made with tincture from the dried plant.
Method of Action: Acts on the heart and pneumo-gastric nerve.
May also be applied locally for skin eruptions (bites, stings, poison oak).
Symptoms:
Indications: Apnea, asthma, bronchitis, heart disorders, insect bites, pruritis, spleen.
Confirmation: Cannot breathe when lying down.
Influences:
Worse from falling asleep, motion in the dark.
Interactions:
It antidotes Rhus toxicodendron.
References:
Blumenthal, M (Ed.): The Complete German Commission E Monographs: Therapeutic Guide to Herbal Medicines. American Botanical Council. Austin, TX. 1998.
Guarea trichiloides
Guarea trichiloides
Identification: Ballwood. Tincture is made from the bark.
History: Eye symptoms.
Symptoms:
Indications: ENT, eye disorders.
Confirmation: Bone pains worse at night, sleepy in open air. Grayish-yellow coated tongue.
Characteristics (Patient Profile / Personality / Psychology):
Influences:
Better hot drinks and dressing warmly.
Worse, acids and cold water.
Haematoxylin campechianum
Haematoxylin campechianum
Identification: Logwood tree. Tinctures are made from heart wood.
History: Proved by Jouve (1939). Angina pectoris.
Symptoms:
Indications: Angina, colic, diarrhea, dysmenorrhea, heart disorders, ptosis.
Confirmation: Feeling of a bar across the chest.
Characteristics (Patient Profile / Personality / Psychology): Vexation.
Influences: Worse at night, on stooping, by pressure and touch.
Interactions: Antidoted by Camphora.
Hamamelis virginica
Hamamelis virginica
Identification: Witch hazel. Tinctures are prepared from fresh bark, twigs and root.
History: Famous for providing divining rods. Hering learned its properties from Pond (cold cream).
Method of Action: Acts upon the veins.
Symptoms:
Indications: circulation e.g. piles, varicose veins, bloodshot eyes.
Featured conditions include:
| Bruise | Capillary fragility |
| Hemorrhage | Hemorrhoids |
| Menstruation | Oral contraceptives |
| Sore | Varicose veins |
Confirmation: Venous congestion, bruises easily.
Characteristics (Patient Profile / Personality / Psychology): Chip on the shoulder ("no respect").
Influences:
Worse from warm, moist air.
Interactions:
Antidoted by Arnica, Camphora, China, Pulsatilla.
Hepar sulphuris calcareum
Hepar sulphuris calcareum
Identification: Calcium sulphide.
Hepar sulphuris calcareum (Hepar sulph.) is still made according to Hahnemann’s instructions, which involve heating finely powdered oystershell (impure calcium carbonate) and flowers of sulfur (sublimed sulfur) in a hermetically closed crucible. It is insoluble in water and alcohol but soluble in hot hydrochloric acid. The lower potencies are prepared by trituration.
Symptoms:
Indications: The Hepar patient is subject to coryza, with colds settling in the nose. Sneezing and running nose on going into a cold wind. Sore throat, sensitive to touch, with sensation of a fish bone or stick in the throat; sensation of a splinter on- swallowing. skin eruptions and glandular swellings.
Featured conditions include:
| Abscess | Acne |
| Boil | Bedsore |
| Cold | Cough |
| Dermatitis | Earache |
| Hepatitis | Infection |
| Itching | Prostatitis |
| Sinusitis | Sore |
| Sore throat |
|
Confirmation: The patient who needs Hepar sulph. is very chilly; all complaints are worse from cold.
Characteristics (Patient Profile / Personality / Psychology): The mental symptoms are marked by irritability.
Influences:
Worse: dry, cold winds; cool air; slightest draft; touch; lying on painful side.
Better: damp weather, wrapping head up, warmth, after eating.
Interactions:
Follows mercury. The sequence of mercury Hepar-Silicea is the proper order in which to administer these remedies; the cycle may then be repeated. Antidotes bad effects of mercury.
Safety:
Because it promotes suppuration, Hepar must be used with great caution in cases where it would be dangerous for an old abscess to suppurate into a vital internal organ; high potencies must be avoided in old encysted tubercles in the lungs.
Hippuric acid
Hippuric acid
Identification: Horse urine.
History: Formerly an external remedy for gout.
Proved by Hahnemann. Asthma, TB.
Method of Action: Acts on mucous membranes.
Symptoms:
Indications: Asthma, backache, boils, bronchitis, catarrh, herpes, leukorrhea and TB.
Confirmation: Smells like old cheese. Yellow mucus.
Characteristics (Patient Profile / Personality / Psychology): Dejected.
Influences:
Better in damp weather, keeping head warm.
Worse cold, at night, blowing nose.
Interactions:
Antidoted by: Aceticum acidum, Belladonna, Chamomilla, Silica.
It antidotes: Nitricum acidum, Calcarea, Iodium, Kali iodatum.
Histaminium
Histaminium
Identification: Hystamine hydrochloricum.
History: Capillary dilator. Proven by J. Gringuaz of Buenos Aires (1950).
Method of Action: Capillary dilator.
Symptoms:
Indications: Allergies, asthma, bronchitis and pruritis.
Confirmation: Conjunctivitis. Left ovarian pain. Insomnia until 2 - 3 a.m.
Characteristics (Patient Profile / Personality / Psychology): Melancholy.
Influences:
Better from pressure, or by fanning.
Worse from: movement, nervous irritation, deep breathing, heat.
Hoang nan
Hoang nan
Strychnos Gaultherania
Identification:
Tropical bindweed. Tincture is prepared from the dried bark.
History:
Used for leprosy and snake bites. Proved by Hansen (1883).
Method of Action:
Improves nutrition, generally.
Symptoms:
Indications: Boils, cancer, eczema, leprosy.
Confirmation: Tetanus.
Characteristics (Patient Profile / Personality / Psychology): Lassitude.
Safety & Toxicity:
Use of alcohol is forbiden while on this medication.
Hydrastis canadensis
Hydrastis
Identification: Golden seal. Fresh root (yellow in color) is used for the tincture.
History: Used for cancer by Native Americans (e.g. Cherokee) as well as for a dye.
Symptoms:
Indications: Catarrh, cancer (especially liver).
Featured conditions include:
| Aging | Anorexia |
| Cancer | Catarrh |
| Constipation | Infection |
| Strep throat |
|
Confirmation: Worse at night.
Characteristics (Patient Profile / Personality / Psychology): Elderly.
Influences:
Better from pressure and rest.
Worse from: inhaling air, cold air, dry winds.
Interactions:
Antidote: Sulphur.
Hyoscyamus niger
Hyoscyamus niger
Identification: Henbane. Tinctures are prepared from the fresh plant.
Henbane leaf has approval status by the German Commission E for use for spasms of the GI tract.
History: Toothache.
Method of Action: Acts on the nervous system.
Symptoms:
Indications: Eye disorders, female disorders (see under: hysterectomy, menopause and menstruation), insomnia, mania (see under bipolar depression), nymphomania, Parkinson's disease. Toothache.
Confirmation: Flushed face, muscles twitch.
Characteristics (Patient Profile / Personality / Psychology): Nervous, suspicious, blondes. Erotica.
Influences:
Better from sitting up, motion, warmth, stooping.
Worse from emotions, jealousy, fright, touch, cold.
Interactions:
Antidotes Belladonna and Camphora.
Ichthyolum
Ichthyolum
Identification: Ammonium Ichthyol Sulphonate solution. Prepared from a bituminous mineral of Tyrol which is rich in fossilized fish.
History: Unproven topical remedy for skin infections and rheumatism.
Method of Action: Powerful antiseptic. Anti-parasitic.
Symptoms:
Indications: Acne, anxiety and stress, gonorrhea (see under venereal disease), hay fever, rheumatism (see under: arthritis, osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis), stress and TB.
Confirmation: Lameness in right shoulder and right hip.
Characteristics (Patient Profile / Personality / Psychology): Irritable, forgetful.
Influences:
Better from warmth.
Worse moving eyes, cold air
Ignatia amara
Ignatia amara
Identification: Ignatia amara is a shrub or tree of the family Loganiaceae. The tincture is prepared from the seed, or bean, of the pear-shaped fruit.
History: The Saint Ignatius's bean was named by the Jesuits, who in the seventeenth century introduced the seeds into Europe from the Philippines, where they were worn by the natives as amulets. Although Ignatia was in use in the seventeenth century, it was after Hahnemann published his provings of it in 1805 that use of the remedy was revived by homeopathy, largely for conditions similar to those indicating nux vomica.
Method of Action: Saint Ignatius's bean contains strychnine, a virulent poison, in even higher concentration than nux vomica, but the provings develop important differences between the two remedies. (See nux vomica for a discussion of the drug action of strychnine.)
Symptoms:
Indications:
Featured conditions include:
| Appetite disorders | Bedwetting |
| Depression | Headache |
| Hemorrhoids | Hypercholesterolemia |
| Insomnia | Menstruation |
| PMS | Ptosis |
| Stress | Underweight |
Characteristics: Ignatia is particularly suited to sensitive, delicate constitutions; hysterical, overwrought women. Also relieves bedwetting (incontinence) in both children and the elderly.
Modalities:
Worse: morning, open air, after meals, coffee, tobacco.
Better: while eating, change of position.
Interactions:
Natrum muriaticum is the chronic counterpart of Ignatia and often completes the case.
Influenzinum
Influenzinum
Identification: Influenza nosode. Available as 12 C or 30 C potencies, in tincture, pill or pellet forms.
History: Routine remedy in epidemics.
Method of Action: Immune system.
Symptoms:
Indications: Catarrh, colds, inflammation, influenza.
Confirmation: Weakening diarrhea.
Iodium
Iodium
Identification: Iodine.
History: Tapeworms. Goiter. Wounds.
Method of Action: Microbicide.
Symptoms:
Indications: Allergy, appetite disorders, influenza, thyroid problems (see under thyroid disorders),
Confirmation: Swelling of neck while speaking.
Characteristics (Patient Profile / Personality / Psychology):
Influences:
Better from cold, fresh air, bathing, eating, sitting up.
Worse from talking, fasting, at night, warmth, right side.
Interactions: Antidotes Mercury.
Ipecacuanha
Ipecacuanha
Identification:
Ipecac is derived from Cephaelis ipecacuanha, a shrubby perennial plant native to Brazil, now cultivated in India and Malaysia. The plant has twisting, spreading roots blackish green leaves, and very small white flowers. The tincture is prepared from the dried root.
History: The Ipecac root was used by natives of Brazil as a treatment for diarrheas and was sold as a secret remedy to the French government in 1658. Its use in dysentery spread through Europe and India. The name in the vemacular means "vomit root". A nonhomeopath, Schoenheider, first mentioned the use of minute doses of Ipecac as an anti-emetic in 1791. In 1796, Hahnemann, applying the Law of Similars, reasoned that although Ipecac was generally known as an emetic, its use in minute quantities should cure nausea and vomiting.
Method of Action: The active principles in Ipecac are emetine and cephaeline, both of which have amebecidal properties, with emetine the more active of the two. Ipecac has therefore been used in orthodox medicine to treat amebiasis. Syrup of Ipecac is sometimes used by allopaths to produce vomiting in cases of oral ingestion of poisons.
Symptoms:
Ipecac is used, homeopathically, in acute illnesses where there is persistent nausea and vomiting, with nausea unrelieved by vomiting. Hemorrhages of bright red blood from the nose. The tongue remains clean, with profuse salivation.
Featured conditions include:
| Asthma | Bleeding |
| Celiac disease | Diarrhea |
| Dumping syndrome | Headache |
| Hemorrhage | Motion sickness |
| Pregnancy | Ulcerative colitis |
| Vomiting |
|
Influences:
Worse: moist, warm wind; winter and dry weather; slightest motion.
Better from open air and rest.
Iris tenax
Iris tenax
Identification: Tinctures are prepared from the lower, or bulbous stems.
History: G. Wigg of Oregon (where it grows abundantly under the local name of Iris Minor) proved Iris Tenax (1885).
Method of Action: Digestive tract.
Symptoms:
Indications: Appendicitis.
Confirmation: Vomiting green bile.
Characteristics (Patient Profile / Personality / Psychology): Homesick.
Influences:
Worse breathing cold air, drinking tea, on waking.
Kali bichromicum
Kali bichromicum
Identification: Potassium bichromate. Red chromate of potash. A solution is made with distilled water. It is the preparation from which all other chromium salts are derived.
History: Proved by J. Drysdale (1844).
Method of Action: Acts upon the mucous membranes of the air passages.
Symptoms:
Indications: Allergy, catarrh, colds, earache, laryngitis and sinusitis.
Confirmation: Thick mucous, crust in nose.
Characteristics (Patient Profile / Personality / Psychology): Fat, chubby children.
Influences:
Improved by open air, eating, hot weather.
Worse from Cold, damp weather (2-3 a.m.).
Interactions:
Antidotes: Arsenic, Lachesis.
Kali carbonicum
Kali carbonicum
Identification: Potassium carbonate.
History: Heart and lungs, menstruation and menopause.
Method of Action: Heart function.
Symptoms:
Indications: Angina, anxiety, backache, digestive disorders and thyroid disorders.
Confirmation: Sensitivity to atmospheric changes, pain in right lung.
Characteristics (Patient Profile / Personality / Psychology): Obese elderly.
Influences:
Improved with heat.
Worse in early morning.
Interactions:
Antidotes: Camphora, Coffea.
Kali iodatum
Kali iodatum
Identification: Potassium iodide.
History: Acute respiratory disorders.
Method of Action: Acts on fibrous and connective tissues, producing edema.
Symptoms:
Indications: Arteriosclerosis (see also hyperhomocysteinemia); pain in frontal sinus (see under sinusitis and cold); rickets and respiratory disorders.
Confirmation: Copious, clear urine.
Characteristics (Patient Profile / Personality / Psychology): Gouty.
Influences:
Better from motion, cold, open air.
Worse from heat, pressure, touch, mercury.
Interactions:
Antidoted by Hepar Sulphuris and Nitricum acidum.
Antidote to: Mercury or lead poisoning.
Kali muriaticum
Kali muriaticum
Identification: Potassium chloride.
History: Another Schuessler salt.
Method of Action: Acts on cells.
Symptoms:
Indications: Catarrh, runny nose, sore throat, mouth ulcers, dandruff.
Confirmation: Thick, white mucous which is difficult to expel. Crackling noise in ear when swallowing. Protruding eyes.
Characteristics (Patient Profile / Personality / Psychology):
Influences:
Improved by rubbing.
Worse from the open air, cold drafts, rich fat foods.
Kali sulphuricum
Kali sulphuricum
Identification: Potassium sulphate.
History: Another Schuessler salt.
Method of Action: Affects mucous membranes, especially of respiration.
Symptoms:
Indications: Colds, yellow nasal discharge (see also catarrh), scaly skin (see also under dandruff).
Confirmation: Yellow-green secretions.
Characteristics (Patient Profile / Personality / Psychology): Hurried.
Influences:
Improved by cool air, outdoors, movement.
Worse from heat, resting.
Interactions:
Antidote to Rhus poisoning.
Kreosote
Kreosote
Identification: Distilled from beech wood tar.
History: The name, derived from the Greek means "flesh preserver".
Method of Action: Affects the mucous membranes of the digestive tract.
Symptoms:
Indications: Bad breath, cancer, prostatitis and toothache.
Confirmation: Craves smoked meat.
Characteristics (Patient Profile / Personality / Psychology): Leuco-phlegmatic. Women and children.
Influences:
Better from warmth, hot food.
Worse during menses, 6 p.m. to 6 a.m.
Interactions:
Antidoted by Ferrum Metallicum.
Lapis albus
Lapis albus
Identification: Silico-fluoride of calcium. A form of gneiss.
History: Mineral springs in Germany that have a reputation for curing ulcers, cancer etc.
Method of Action: Effect on endocrine system.
Symptoms:
Indications: Carcinoma - notably lip - (see under cancer), goiter (see under thyroid disorders), tumors.
Confirmation: Ravenous appetite. Swooning pre-menses.
Characteristics (Patient Profile / Personality / Psychology):
Latrodectus mactans
Latrodectus mactans
Identification: Black widow spider. The tincture is made from a living spider.
History: Blood poisoning.
Method of Action: Acts via bloodstream.
Symptoms:
Indications: Blood poisoning, edema and heart disorders.
Lilium tigrinum
Lilium tigrinum
Identification: Tiger Lily. Tinctures are prepared from the fresh stalk, leaves and flowers.
History: Some provings were made with tincture of the pollen, only.
Method of Action: Acts on venous circulation.
Symptoms:
Indications: Astigmatism, heart disorders, female organs.
Confirmation: Pulling up sensation from the tip of the coccyx.
Characteristics (Patient Profile / Personality / Psychology): Depressed.
Featured conditions include:
| Eye disorders | Hysterectomy |
| Infertility | Oral contraceptives |
| Ptosis |
|
Influences:
Better from cool, fresh air.
Worse in warm room, between 5 p.m. and 8 a.m.
Interactions:
Antidoted by Platina, Helonias, Nux Vomica and Pulsatilla.
Lobelia inflata
Lobelia inflata
Identification: Indian tobacco. Tinctures are made from the fresh plant while it is in flower and seed.
History: A sacred plant of Native American tribes.
Method of Action: A vaso-motor stimulant.
Symptoms:
Indications: Alcoholism, asthma, bronchitis, earache, emphysema, nausea, pneumonia, vomiting.
Confirmation: Pain in sacrum. Sits leaning forward.
Characteristics (Patient Profile / Personality / Psychology): Blue-eyed blondes.
Influences:
Better in the afternoon, from walking rapidly.
Worse from tobacco use in the afternoon, cold.
Interactions:
Antidote: Ipecacuanha, Tabacum.
Lycopodium Clavatum
Lycopodium clavatum
Identification: Lycopodium clavatum is an evergreen trailing plant of the family Lycopodiaceae. The roots consist of strong fibers resembling a wolf s foot. The remedy is prepared from the spores, preferably by long, laborious trituration; the spores must be thoroughly crushed to obtain the oil they contain.
History: Ancient physicians used the whole Lycopodium plant as a stomachic and diuretic. Externally, the spores were used as dusting powder in skin diseases and for chafing in infants. In the pharmacy, it is the best powder for keeping pills from sticking together.
Symptoms:
Indications: Lycopodium is a polychrest with antipsoric, antisyphilitic, and antisycotic properties.
Featured conditions include:
| Acidosis | Aging |
| Appetite disorders | Baldness |
| Radiation sickness | Underweight |
Confirmation: The symptoms are predominantly right-sided, or spreading from right to left, and from above downward. There is a characteristic aggravation of symptoms between 4:00 and 8:00 P.m. Lycopodium is an important remedy for gastrointestinal and liver disorders. The patient is full of gas. Premature aging.
Characteristics (Patient Profile / Personality / Psychology): Periodical headaches; headaches connected with gastric troubles. Headache from missing a meal. Premature baldness and graying of hair. Withered appearance of face, furrowing of brow, eyebrows drawn together, reflecting anxiety.
Restlessness of the lower limbs, preventing sleep until midnight.- Numbness of limbs. One foot hot, the other cold. Skin eruptions, ulcerations, hives with violent itching. Eczema in infants. Brown spots. Skin dry and shrunken.
Influences:
Worse right side, above downward, 4:00 to 8:00 P.m., external heat.
Better: motion, after midnight, warm food and drink, external cold.
Interactions: Follows sulphur and Calcarea.
Magnesia carbonica
Magnesia carbonica
Identification: Magnesium carbonate (Magnesite).
History: Proved by Hahnemann. Loss of taste, white-coated tongue.
Method of Action: Acts to relax the nervous system.
Symptoms:
Indications: Digestive complaints.
Featured conditions include:
| Dental caries | Dyslexia |
| Lactose intolerance | Learning disorders |
| Toothache |
|
Confirmation: Prone to exhaustion. Pains in legs and feet.
Characteristics (Patient Profile / Personality / Psychology): Dark haired, pale skinned.
Influences:
Worse: touch, resting, at night, windy conditions;
Better: walking, fresh air.
Interactions:
Antidoted by: Arsenicum and Chamomilla.
It antidotes: Aceticum acidum.
Magnesia phosphorica
Magnesia phosphorica
Identification: Magnesium phosphate.
History: A Schuessler salt. Proved by H.C. Allen.
Method of Action: Anti-spasmodic.
Symptoms:
Indications: spasmodic pains, dysmenorrhea (see under menstruation).
Featured conditions include:
| Constipation | Endometriosis |
| Hernia | Menstruation |
| Narcolepsy | Parasitism |
| Psoriasis | Restless legs |
| Scoliosis | SIDS |
Confirmation: Cramps, painful spasms.
Characteristics (Patient Profile / Personality / Psychology):
Influences:
Improved by dry heat.
Worse from perspiring, extreme temperatures.
Interactions:
Antidoted by Belladonna, Gelsemium and Lachesis.
Manganum aceticum
Manganum aceticum
Identification: Manganese acetate.
History: Developed by Hahnemann.
Method of Action: Acts on the blood-forming process.
Symptoms:
Indications: Hot flashes (see also menopause), Parkinson's disease, weak ankles.
Confirmation: Wants to lie down.
Characteristics (Patient Profile / Personality / Psychology): Moans and groans.
Influences:
Better from open air, eating, swallowing, lying down.
Worse from cold, damp, at night.
Interactions:
Antidotes: Coffea, Mercurius Vivus.
Medorrhinum
Medorrhinum
Identification: Nosode prepared from gonorrheal discharge.
History: Miasm (i.e. suppressed gonorrhea).
Method of Action: Acts on the mind, nerves, mucous membranes and is useful for chronic pelvic disorders of women.
Symptoms:
Indications: Alopecia (see also baldness), inflammation and infection of pelvic organs (see under hysterectomy, ptosis and venereal disease), dysmenorrhea (see under menstruation), neuralgia.
Confirmation: Mood swings.
Characteristics (Patient Profile / Personality / Psychology): Family history of gonorrhea, heart disease.
Influences:
Worse: damp weather.
Better: lying prone, evening, seaside, resting on all fours.
Interactions:
Antidoted by Ipecacuanha.
Mercurius dulcis
Mercurius dulcis
Identification: Mercurous chloride. Calomel.
History: Major mercury remedy.
Method of Action: Has a marked effect on catarrhal inflammnation of the ear.
Symptoms:
Indications: Colitis, fever, eustachian catarrh, otitis (see also earache).
Confirmation: Pallor.
Interactions:
Antidoted by Hepar Sulphuris.
Mercurius iodatus
Mercurius iodatus
Identification: There are two forms:
Mercurius iodatus flavus (green iodide of mercury, mercurius iodide);
Mercurius iodatus ruber (mercuric biniodide).
Mercurius iodatus flavus
History:
Mercurius iodatus flavus ;Proved.
Method of Action:
Mercurius iodatus flavus; A strong affinity for the glands of the throat.
Symptoms:
Mercurius iodatus flavus
Indications: Breast tumors, cervical and parotid glands, goiter (see under thyroid disorders) and thrush.
Confirmation: Thick yellow at base of tongue.
Characteristics (Patient Profile / Personality / Psychology): Scrofulous children.
Influences:
Mercurius iodatus flavus:
Better from open air, lying on right side.
Worse from warmth, lying on left side.
Interactions:
Mercurius iodatus flavus:
Antidoted by Hepar Sulphuris, Lycopodium.
Mercurius iodatus ruber
History:
Mercurius iodatus ruber ; Wandering rheumatism.
Method of Action:
Mercurius iodatus ruber; Also affects lymphatic glands but on the left side.
Symptoms:
Mercurius iodatus ruber
Indications: Asthma (after becoming wet), laryngitis, rheumatism, enlarged spleen, syphilis.
Confirmation: Worse on left tonsil.
Characteristics (Patient Profile / Personality / Psychology): Quick to tears.
Influences:
Mercurius iodatus ruber:
Head symptoms improve in open air, walking ameliorates deafness.
Worse after sleep and weather changes. Worse from cold, damp.
Interactions:
Mercurius iodatus ruber:
Antidoted by Hepar Sulphuris.
Mercurialis perennis
Mercurialis perennis
Identification: Dog mercury. The tincture is made from the whole fresh plant, in flower.
History: Proved by Hesse.
Method of Action: Acts upon the muscle tissues of the stomach, intestines and bladder.
Symptoms:
Indications: Disorders of the breast (see under benign breast disease and chronic cystic mastitis), Epstein Barr virus, mononucleosis, spleen and tongue.
Confirmation: Vertigo descending stairs. Dry mouth (even sugar won’t dissolve). Warm spleen.
Characteristics (Patient Profile / Personality / Psychology): Quarrelsome.
Influences:
Better by cold.
Worse from touch, indoors, sunlight aggravates eyes, open air causes blinking.
Interactions:
Antidoted by: Aconitum and Belladonna.
Safety
The plant has poisonous properties.
Mercurius Vivus
Mercurius vivus
Identification: Several forms of mercury are used in homeopathy: e.g.Mercurius vivus, or elemental mercury, a silver liquid metal that is found in nature; and Mercurius solubilis, a powdered impure oxide of mercury prepared according to Hahnemann's formula from his prehomeopathic days. The symptoms for the two forms are virtually identical. Mercury is prepared by trituration in the lower potencies.
History: Mercury has a long history in medicine, owing to the ability of mercury compounds to promote secretions, including salivation and perspiration - two elements of "heroic medicine." Mercury was used for syphilis. In Hahnemann's time, the effects of poisoning from overdosing with mercury were well known. Complex organic mercury compounds have been used more recently in orthodox medicine as diuretics, and certain- compounds of mercury are currently used in antiseptics, as parasiticides and fungicides for external application. Because mercury is an ingredient of commercial herbicides, fungicides, and waterbase paints, accidental poisoning remains a problem.
Method of Action: Although mercury, in its elemental form, passes through the digestive tract without being absorbed and therefore produces only temporary symptoms of distress, in various compounds, it is extremely toxic. It forms covalent bonds with sulfur, inactivating sulfhydryl enzymes and thereby interfering with cellular metabolism and function.
Symptoms:
Indications: The mercury patient is sensitive to both heat and cold, remindful of the use of mercury to measure temperature.
Featured conditions include:
| Bad breath | Cold |
| Mouth ulcers | Mumps |
| Parkinson's disease | Periodontal disease |
| Sick Building syndrome | Sore |
| Sore throat | Tonsillitis |
| Veneral disease |
|
Confirmation: Bone pains. Inflamed, swollen glands. Profuse sweating, which aggravates symptoms. Weakness and trembling. Many symptoms are worse lying on the right side. Worse at night.
Characteristics (Patient Profile / Personality / Psychology): Metallic taste in mouth. Tongue flabby, swollen, bearing the imprint of the teeth. Sore throat. Tongue clumsy, trembling. Trembling of extremities.
Influences:
Worse: night, sweating, damp weather, lying right side, warm room or bed.
Better from exposure to temperate, dry heat.
Mezereum
Mezereum
Identification: Spurge olive. Tinctures are prepared from the fresh bark, gathered just before flowering (February/Marhc).
History: Dates to Hahnemann.
Method of Action: Affects skin, bones, nerves and mucous membranes of the mouth and stomach.
Symptoms:
Indications: Neuralgias, skin eruptions (see under: eczema, psoriasis, rash).
Confirmation: Desire to bore fingers in ears. Green discharges.
Characteristics (Patient Profile / Personality / Psychology):
Influences:
Better open air, from eating.
Worse at night (evening until midnight), warmth.
Interactions:
Antidotes Kali Hypophosphoricum, Mercurius Vivus.
Murex
Murex
Identification: Murex purpureus, purple fish.
History: First proved by Petroz. Female disorders (like Sepia from the cuttlefish).
Method of Action: Acts on female organs.
Symptoms:
Indications: Breasts (see under benign breast disease and chronic cystic mastitis), cervix uterus, leukorrhea, menorrhagia (see under menstruation), nymphomania, pregnancy, prolapse (see under hysteretcomy and ptosis).
Confirmation: Right side pain. Must keep legs tightly crossed.
Characteristics (Patient Profile / Personality / Psychology): Sensitive, affectionate females.
Influences: Better before menses, eating, pressure, support.
Worse sitting, or lying down, by exterion, at night and after sleep.
Muriatic acid
Muriatic acid
Identification: Hydrochloric acid.
History: Known to the alchemists as "spirit of salt" it is manufactured from common salt by the action of sulfuric acid.
Method of Action: A consituent in gastric juice it has an affinity for blood.
Symptoms:
Indications: Classically, a case of typhus. Fever, prostration. Bedsores. Rectal prolapse (see under ptosis). Schizophrenia
Confirmation: Loud moaning. Aversion to meat.
Characteristics (Patient Profile / Personality / Psychology): Back hair and brown eyes. Introverted, suffers in silence.
Influences:
Better from motion, warmth, lying on left side.
Worse from touch, walking, cold, after sleep or eating (diarrhea).
Interactions:
Antidoted by Ipecac.
It antidotes Mercurius and Opium.
Naphthalinum
Naphthalinum
Identification: Napthalin, tar camphor. Familiar ingredient in moth balls. Naphtha.
History: Antiseptic and vermifuge (thread worms).
W. Louis Hartman of Syracuse is the homeopathic authority.
Method of Action: Has an affinity for the eyes.
Symptoms:
Indications: Cataract, cough, especially whooping cough; detached retina; hay fever; worms.
Characteristics (Patient Profile / Personality / Psychology):
Natrum carbonicum
Natrum carbonicum
Identification: Sodium carbonate ("soda") but not bicarbonate of soda!
History: The typical salt of the Natrum group, proved by Hahnemann.
Method of Action: Affects the digestion and nerves.
Symptoms:
Indications: Belching, dyspepsia (see under heartburn), sunstroke (see under sunburn).
Featured conditions include:
| Age spots | Bruxism |
| Depression | Down's syndrome |
| Dyslexia | Learning disorders |
| Malnutrition |
|
Confirmation: Weak ankles.
Characteristics (Patient Profile / Personality / Psychology): Sedentary, blonde.
Influences:
Better from eating, rubbing, boring into nose and ears, sweating.
Worse from sun’s heat, 5 a.m., exertion.
Interactions:
Antidoted by: Arsenicum Album, Camphora.
Antidote to: China Officinalis.
Natrum Muriaticum
Natrum muriaticum
Identification: Common salt, or Natrum muriaticum (Natrum mur) is found in nature in the form of rock salt and may also be extracted from seawater. Homeopathic potencies are prepared either as solutions in water or as triturations.
History: Although salt was used traditionally as a remedy in some diseases (e.g., malaria), it was generally considered medicinally inert until Hahnemann conducted his provings in the 1820s. Because of its great osmotic power, sodium chloride in solution is used in orthodox medicine to maintain replacements of deficits in extracellular body fluids.
Symptoms:
Indications: Natrum mur. is a polychrest whose action is slow, deep, and long-lasting. It is particularly suited to constitutional prescribing, although it also has its applications in acute complaints.
Featured conditions include:
| Anemia | Bad breath |
| Catarrh | Cold |
| Depression | Dermatitis |
| Down's syndrome | Headache |
| Herpes | Hypoglycemia |
| Incontinence | Itching |
| Lacvtose intolerance | Malnutrition |
| PMS |
|
Confirmation: Natrum mur. stops colds beginning with sneezing when other symptoms agree. Reduced powers of assimilation; slowed action of the bowels. Constipation.
Characteristics (Patient Profile / Personality / Psychology): Patient craves salt. Aching along spine, better lying on something hard or pressing back against something hard. Disturbances of the activity of the skin; waxy, shiny, pale, greasy appearance. Skin dry, withered, shrunken, including dandruff. Chill in the morning, between 9:00 and 1 1:00, not relieved by heat or piling on clothing, but better from cold drinks.
Influences:
Worse: noise, music, warm room, lying down, about 10:00 A.M., at seashore, mental exertion, consolation, heat, talking.
Better: open air, cold bathing, going without regular meals, lying on right side.
Interactions:
Complementary to Apis, Sepia, Ignatia.
Natrum salicylicum
Natrum salicylicum
Identification: Sodium salicylate.
History: Used in rheumatism.
Method of Action: Marked effect upon the ear.
Symptoms:
Indications: Deafness, Meniere’s disease, laryngitis and tinnitus.
Confirmation: Loss of voice. Swollen inguinal glands.
Characteristics (Patient Profile / Personality / Psychology): Apathetic.
Natrum sulphuricum
Natrum sulphuricum
Identification: Sodium phosphate.
History: Glauber’s salt, ingredient in mineral spas, especially Carlsbad.
Method of Action: Attracts water for elimination from the body. (In contrast Nat-muriaticum attracts water to be used by the body.)
Symptoms:
Indications: Flatulence, rheumatism of knee joint, hepatitis, itching skin (see under: eczema and psoriasis), spinal meningitis.
Confirmation: Excess acidity, thick yellow mucous secretions.
Characteristics (Patient Profile / Personality / Psychology): Hydrogenoid constitution (living in the damp).
Influences:
Improved by open air.
Worse from morning and night, cold food or drink, storms.
Nitricum acidum
Nitricum acidum
Identification: Nitric acid. Aqua Fortis.
History: Warts.
Method of Action: Marked affinity for the margins of the outlets, especially of the throat, anus and mouth. It also affects glands: liver, prostate, salivary.
Symptoms:
Indications: Anus (e.g. hemorrhoids), bad breath, herpes, spine (see under: backache, sciatica and scoliosis), wart.
Confirmation: Profuse sweats e.g. soles.
Characteristics (Patient Profile / Personality / Psychology): Dark complexion.
Influences:
Better from gliding motion, mild weather.
Worse form touch, cold air, hot weather.
Interactions:
Antidoted by: Calcarea, Heparis Sulphuris, Mercurius, Mezereum.
It antidotes: Calcarea, Digitalis, Mercurius.
Nux vomica
Nux vomica
Identification: Strychnos nux-vomica is an evergreen tree, native to India and the East Indies, of thc- family Loganiaceae. The name refers to the seeds of the berry. ( Vomica has nothing to do with "vomit"; it refers rather to a depression, or cavity, in the seed, attributed by legend to the digital imprint of the Creator.) The tincture is prepared from the coarsely powdered seeds.
Method of Action: Active alkaloids in nux vomica include strychnine, a virulent poison (also found in Ignatia), and brucine, a closely related but less potent substance. The action of strychnine is well-known; it excites all portions of the central nervous system . through selective blockage of inhibition, resulting in exaggerated reflex effects.
History: Strychnine, derived from nux vomica, was first used in medicine by the Arabians, who described it about 1540. In sixteenth-century Germany it was used as a rat poison. To some extent it was used medicinally in Europe, as a tonic, for example, during the eighteenth century, but its use was extended considerably following the introduction of Nux through Hahnemann's provings (1805). Subsequently, allopathic physicians used strychnine for paralytic conditions.
Nux vomica is unapproved by the German Commisssion E as an herbal medicine.
Symptoms:
Indications: Nux is one of the greatest of the polychrests, since its pathogenesis resembles so many conditions for which patients seek treatment.
It is often the first remedy for patients who have been dosed heavily with allopathic drugs, since no reliable symptoms can be obtained until these drug effects have been cleared up. (Also, coffee, tea, and alcohol.) Nux is a great gastrointestinal remedy and hangover remedy.
Featured conditions, of this extremely important remedy, include:
Confirmation: The nux patient is thin, spare, quick, nervous, irritable; given to mental work and attendant mental stress.
Characteristics (Patient Profile / Personality / Psychology): Sleeps by fits and starts; jerking of limbs on going to sleep and in sleep. Wakes at 3:00 a.m., cannot sleep until toward morning, then wakes wretched, tired; wants to sleep late in the morning.
The German Commission E notes the possibility for spastic CNS action from strychnine with the herb.
Influences:
Worse: morning, mental exertion, after eating, touch, spices stimulants, narcotics, dry weather, cold.
Better: from nap if allowed to finish it; in evening; at rest; in damp, wet weather; with strong pressure.
Interactions:
Nux is closely related to Sulphur, which often completes the case. Nux also antidotes the superficial effects of overaction of Sulphur.
Oleander
Oleander
Identification: Rose laurel. Tinctures are prepared from the leaves.
History: Orived by Hahnemann.
Method of Action: A marked action on the skin, heart and nervous system.
Symptoms:
Indications: Brain disorders, eye disorders, palpitations, scalp eruptions (see under dandruff), spine disorders (see under: backache, sciatica, scoliosis) and vertigo.
Confirmation: Eyes feel drawn back into head. Left side most affected. Trembling after nursing.
Characteristics (Patient Profile / Personality / Psychology): Morose.
Influences:
Better from looking sideways.
Worse in open air.
Interactions:
Antidoted by: Camphora, Sulphur.
Oxalicum acidum
Oxalicum acidum
Identification: Oxalic acid. Sorrel acid.
History: Skin growths.
Method of Action: Influences the spinal cord.
Symptoms:
Indications: Backache, gastritis, incontinence, neuralgia, oxaluria, spermatic cord and testes (see under testicular disorders) .
Confirmation: Worse left side.
Characteristics (Patient Profile / Personality / Psychology): Nervous.
Influences:
Better after stools. Change of position helps back pain.
Worse from concentration, from strawberries, at night (3 a.m.).
Interactions:
Antidoted by Calcarea Caustica.
Pareira brava
Pareira brava
Identification: Virgin vine. Tincture is prepared from the fresh root.
History: Bladder and urinary organs. Proved by C.M. Fox of Denver.
Method of Action: Affects the genito-urinary organs and left side.
Symptoms:
Indications: Bladder, BPH, edema, kidney stones.
Confirmation: Pain going down thigh.
Characteristics (Patient Profile / Personality / Psychology):
Petroleum
Petroleum
Identification: Crude rock oil.
History: Proved by Hahnemann.
Method of Action: Acts chielfy on the skin, especially folds, of the face and genitals.
Symptoms:
Indications: Bedsore, cracked skin (as in eczema and psoriasis), herpes, motion sickness, nausea, vertigo and vomiting.
Confirmation: Ravenous hunger.
Characteristics (Patient Profile / Personality / Psychology): Light haired, slender.
Influences:
Better warm air, lying with head high, dry weather.
Worse during winter, eating cabbage.
Interactions:
Antidoted by: Cocculus, Nux Vomica.
Antidote to: Nitricum Acidum.
Phosphoricum acidum
Phosphoricum acidum
Identification: Phosphoric acid. Phosphate from the mineral, apatite.
History: Proved by Hahnemann.
Symptoms:
Indications: Apathy, depression, exhaustion or fatigue, malnutrition and osteoarthritis.
Confirmation: Imbalance when standing or walking.
Characteristics (Patient Profile / Personality / Psychology): Mild mannered. Pining. Children with growing pains.
Influences: Improved by keeping warm, short naps.
Worse from physical or mental effort.
Interactions: Antidoted by: Camphora, Coffea, Staphysagria.
Phosphorus ruber
Phosphorus
Identification: The white phosphorus is used in homeopathy. It is highly flammable and burns with a brilliant white flame. The tincture is prepared as a saturated solution in alcohol, with a concentration of about 1/667. White phosphorus is unique among the nonradioactive substances in that, in the slow process of oxidation. it spontaneously gives off light without heat.
Method of Action: Phosphorus is an essential element in the body structure, in bone and nerve tissue; it is connected with calcium metabolism, hence influences the formation of bones, the development of hyper- or hypothyroidism, and the utilization of vitamin D.
Phosphorus is also a component of commercial insecticides, rodent poisons, fireworks, and fertilizers.
History: Phosphorus is an ancient remedy that fell out of use in the -nineteenth century because of its highly poisonous qualities. Hahnemann proved Phosphoric acid in 1819 and reported on the symptoms produced by Phosphorus in Chronic Diseases (1828). Today sodium phosphate is used to diminish hypercalcemia.
Symptoms:
Indications: Phosphorus. is a polychrest particularly suited to tall, thin narrow-chested people, with fair, transparent skin and soft hair.
Recommended conditions include:
| Anxiety | Ezcema |
| Hemorrhage | Pregnancy |
| Sciatica | Sinusitis |
| Voice disorders |
|
Confirmation: The mental symptoms of Phosphorus are reminiscent of the self-luminous qualities of the metal.
Characteristics (Patient Profile / Personality / Psychology): Stiffness in the back, back of neck. Stiffness on rising. A broad. remedy in diseases of the spine. Dry, scaly eruptions on the skin. Restless sleep, starting in sleep. Sleeps on right side.
Influences:
Worse: physical or mental exertion, evening, warm food or drink, lying on left or painful side, during thunderstorm.
Better: in dark, lying on right side, being rubbed or mesmerized, cold food and cold water, unti I it gets warm.
Interactions:
Arsenic is, complementary to Phosphorus.
Safety:
It is dangerous to give Phosphorus in very high potencies in certain incurable tubercular conditions; it is also dangerous to give it too low or too often, especially in tuberculosis.
Phytolacca decandra
Phytolacca decandra
Identification: Pokeweed, pokeroot. Tinctures are prepared from the fresh root, dug in winter; ripe berries and fresh leaves.
History: Regarded as "vegetable mercury".
Method of Action: Acts on the whole glandular system, especially breatss and glands of women of a cancer constitution.
Symptoms:
Indications: Air pollution toxicity, breast disorders (see under benign breast disease as well as chronic cystic mastitis), cancer, mumps.
Confirmation: Stiff back and neck. Right side.
Characteristics (Patient Profile / Personality / Psychology): Sensitive to damp.
Influences:
Nash has removed breast tumors by giving a single dose of Phytolacca 100,000 C during the wane of the moon.
Interactions:
Antidotes: Belladonna, Mezereum.
Picricum acidum
Picricum acidum
Identification: Picric acid. Formed by the action of nitric acid on carbolic acid.
History: 1868.
Method of Action: Acts upon brain, spinal cord, lumbar region, occiput, kidneys and sexual organs.
Symptoms:
Indications: Apathy, extreme exhaustion, prostatitis.
Confirmation: Numbing headache, aching eyes, boil in outer ear. Upper right part of body and left leg, more than the right.
Characteristics (Patient Profile / Personality / Psychology): Grieving. Exhausted.
Influences:
Better: Rest, cool conditions.
Worse: Physical or mental activity, hot surroundings.
Pilocarpinum muriaticum
Pilocarpini Pilocarpus
Identification: Jaborandi alkaloid.
History: Sweating, hair and skin. Ingredient in hair restorers.
Method of Action: Acts on blood-vessels.
Symptoms:
Indications: Alopecia, mumps, perspiration, thyroid disorders, tinnitus and vertigo.
Confirmation: Coldness, tremors of limbs.
Pix liquida
Pix liquida
Identification: Pine tar. Produced by the dry distillation of various coniferous woods.
History: A stimulant expectorant.
Method of Action: Acts on mucous membranes.
Symptoms:
Indications: Acne, eczema, cough (especially bronchitis), enuresis (or bedwetting) in children.
Confirmation: Pain at third left costal cartilage.
Characteristics (Patient Profile / Personality / Psychology):
Platinum muriaticum
Platinum muriaticum
Identification: Chloride of platinum.
History: Fragmentary proving. Decay (bones, syphilis).
Symptoms:
Indications: Bone disorders (see osteoporosis), dental caries, syphilis (see under venereal disease).
Confirmation: Thinks they’ve been poisoned. Metallic taste in mouth.
Characteristics (Patient Profile / Personality / Psychology): Paranoia.
Plumbum iodatum
Plumbum iodatum
Identification: Iodide of lead.
History: Paralysis.
Symptoms:
Indications: Atherosclerosis, breast disorders (indurations see under Benign breast disease), paralysis (spinal cord).
Confirmation: Dry skin.
Plumbum metallicum
Plumbum metallicum
Identification: Lead.
History: "Saturn" of the alchemists. Proved by hering, as well as others.
Method of Action: It affects the muscles, nerves, spinal cord, abdomen, navel, kidneys, blood vessels and blood.
Symptoms:
Indications: Anemia, constipation, emaciation (see under anorexia), eye disorders, Parkinson's disease, sclerosis (e.g. ALS, MS).
Confirmation: Pain in right big toe. Tremulous tongue, seems paralyzed.
Characteristics (Patient Profile / Personality / Psychology): Paranoia.
Influences:
Better at rest, stretching, lying down.
Worse from mental exertion, touch, lying on right side, weather (clear, damp, foggy).
Interactions:
Antidotes: Platinum Alumina and Petroleum.
Safety
Known poison, symptoms include "drop-wrist".
Podophyllum
Podophyllum
Identification: May apple, "wild lemon".
History: First proved by Williamson: "vegetable mercury". Deafness, vermifuge.
Mayapple root and resin are approved herbs by the German Commission E. (1986)
They are used for condylomas e.g. venereal