Homeo Cue Cards

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Primarily used for acute conditions arising from shock Sudden and great intensity Intense thirst Fear of dying Ddx: Belladona

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Main focus is on gastrointestinal tract Intolerance to milk, especially in children Infants who vomit after nursing, irritable child (curdled milk) Projectile vomiting  intense violent

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Neurological remedy (comes from a mushroom) Most used and indicated remedy for frostbite (itching and numbness), burning Extreme fear of cancer, fear of death (anxiety about health) A lot of sensation of being frozen

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Primarily a remedy for coryza Discharge from the eyes and nose, acrid nose (eyes bland; euph is opposite) Hayfever (acute allergic rhinitis), allergies Bland lacrimation Ddx: euphrasia

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Irritable, peevish (cross) children who cannot bear to be touched or even looked at Thick white coating on tongue like fur or like snow Aggravated by heat and cold bathing Main site of action is the gastrointestinal tract Cracking at the corner of the mouth, eczema of the nostrils Constant belching Main: eczema and GI disturbance

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Mostly pulmonary conditions with great congestion and catarrh. Can be seen in debilitated patients or children Feel so uncomfortable and irritated Hate to be looked at and are irritable, can’t stand to be touched

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Can hear the mucus in the throat (gurgling in the chest) but can’t expectorate it (don’t have the power to  no strength) Rattling, lots of mucus

Symptoms of a bee sting (heat, swelling, burning, stinging) Patient is restless and irritable Lacrimation is hot, lots of redness over patient

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Urticaria Lots of swelling Nux personality > cold (locally)

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One of the most important remedies for renal failure (condition producing edema)

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There is lots of swelling (in the stomach, and ankles, and feet  dropsy) Gastric irritability Mitral & tricuspid valve regurge (cause swelling in the heart); really bad circulation Acute alcoholism with organ filing

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Good remedy for respiratory symptoms Typically have a dry cough, tickling in the throat (Feels like foreign body) Better with slight expectoration (not better when going to sleep) Lots of sneezing Cough on first lying down

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Main focus is on the nervous system Great anxiety remedy, anxiety for health, while anticipating an event Fear of flying (fear of heights) There is loose stools (diarrhea) from nervousness and anxiety (extreme) Compulsive behaviour Acute anxiety before speech Hypochondriac, control

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Used for shock, trauma, and blood trauma, contusions, or sprains Person says they are ok when really they are not Also an influenza remedy, everything feels too hard (the bed, even the pillow) Ddx: gelsemium (sudden, shock weak knees, want to lie down)

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Fear of death, fearful people Great restlessness, pacing or fidgetiness (changing beds, changing rooms) Good remedy for food poisoning Great burning pain remedy, better with heat, thirsty for small sips and better with warm drinks, they are extremely chilly Sense of doom, they want company and don’t want to be left alone Person’s last dying hours (ex: end stage CA) – “don’t leave me” Disproportional fear to their illness

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Can’t console them

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Considered an important anti-syphilitic remedy Cough with forceful expectoration (mucus fly’s from the mouth and nostrils) It comes from a fresh water sponge Ddx: cough feels like chest and head will fly to pieces: Capsicum

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Prostration is rapid (become weak quickly) Described as a drunken or besotted (collapsed) state (look darkish and unhealthy) Bed feels hard, they have sore muscles (aches), no strength to get up or move, looks serious very quickly (serious state, seen in serious infection), influenza advances quickly Huge remedy for influenza Putrid phenomena with LOTS of mm soreness

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Septic: everything rotten

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This remedy is for immaturity and slow development Chronic inflammation and huge swelling of the tonsils, nearly occlude the throat Hard swelling of the cervical glands Feeling of smoke in lungs, chronic suffocating cough

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Acute, lots of throbbing congestion, redness Patient is out of it, delirious with fever Sudden, better when completely still and motionless, likes being in the dark, mentals: desires to escape Hallucinations, glassy eyes, debilitated

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Red face, red eyes, strawberry tongue, but not thirsty (opp Aconite) Better dark, no noise, no movement In the halogen family and so has a strong relationship to the glands, especially the lymphatics, also a relationship to the respiratory tract Swelling and induration of glands, with stoney hardness (submaxillary, cervical, goiter), esp larynx and trachea Hoarseness/tickling cough from being over-heated (dry cough esp behind the sternum) Asthma in sailors which is aggravated on leaving the sea

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Dry, hoarse raw, infiltrated hard glands Burning behind sternum Air inhaled feels like smoke Cold sensation when breathing in, cough < deep breathing Ddx: Phytolacca

General amelioration from pressure (hard) Great keynote is that they are worse with any motion Irritability, grumpy

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A lot of bronchitis especially when cough goes from nose down to the chest They must sit up to cough but has to hold the chest to keep completely still Hurts to cough, so violent and intense, it rips muscles (making it more painful & intense)

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Excellent remedy for ill effects from radiation and chemotherapy poisoning, intense nausea and vomiting, debilitation

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Right sided symptoms and patient craves soft boiled eggs They have a lot of saliva or perspires easily (especially on head) Sweat is cold and clammy

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Don’t digest milk well Adults are usually always chilly, children are more on the warm side Their sweat is sour and cold, lots of infections with the ears and throat (chronic) Constipation (but not bothered by it because have susceptibility to diarrhea)

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They are very tubercular, there is colicky in children (abdominal gas, bloating, pain and cramping, baby is always crying) These people need to keep moving, they are much better when riding in a car (strong desire to travel) Irritable children who aren’t thriving well, better long car rides, better outside Ddx: symphytum

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Antiseptic remedy (mainly for the treatment of wounds, abrasions and incisions) Used for fever from septicemia, or after surgery Used for anything that affects the skin, or after surgery

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This is a urinary tract infection remedy Used for cystitis with burning during or at the end of urination with the focus of the pain in the urethra or even more specifically at the meatus Burning < urination and burning extends to bladder Stuttering

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Useful mainly in depression and conditions affecting the mucous membranes, they have cravings for pepper (hot spicy things) They have cough with markedly offensive odor, the cough is explosive (sputum fly’s into pieces, as if chest and head will fly apart) Poor hygiene Homesickness

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Specific remedy for nausea and vomiting during pregnancy Can be used in allergies or severe anaphylactic reactions to bee-stings (urticaria, erythema, edema) Jet lag Ddx: Gentia lutea and pumon histamine

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Swollen and indurated lymph glands with great burning (only remedy that has this) “glands that burn like fire” This remedy has to do with the breakdown of tissue, disability, and decomposition Prostration, weak debilitated state, old ppl constitutions (Ddx: baryta carb) Glands are indurated (Ddx: phytolacca, etc) Deep seated illness Ill-effects of eating spoiled fish and eating decayed veges (Ddx Arsenicum: bad meat?)

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Tremendous bloating, indigestion, great flatulence (not better passing it) Passed out, pale and cold (bluish), no oxygen, don’t want to be covered, want to be fanned (cuz want oxygen) Great distention of the abdomen, especially upper abdomen Can’t bear tight clothing around the abdomen They are chilly but always ask to be uncovered and desire to be fanned because of their hunger for air (always want fresh air, they lack oxygen in their blood)

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“corpse reviver” after surgery

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Acts primarily on the uterus and to a lesser extent on the joints and muscles Weak contractions of uterus One of the best remedies in labor and is especially useful for arrested labor Used for weak, irregular contractions, lack of tone in the uterus Used in the last trimester of pregnancy

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Excellent remedy for scalds, comes from burning liquid of a scalding wound Very controlled, take responsibility of team, team effort, no individuality Scalding burns Suppression of urine after surgery

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Always great irritability, irritable infants or children, angry at their pain They are capricious (impulsive and unpredictable), demands something then throws it away (often at someone) no sooner then he/she receives it Colic, and teeth pain Very impatient – want to throw someone out the window

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Ddx: Nux vomica (reacts same way to pain)

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Primarily thought of as a liver remedy Used in right-sided conditions, some sort of liver dysfunction (headaches or pneumonias often accompanied by belching or indigestion) Constant pain under right inferior scapula Bilious complications during pregnancy

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Prefer very hot foods and drinks

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Fluid loss aggravates them (after nursing, loss of blood, chronic diarrhea, lymphatics, any fluid that keeps you vital), puts them in a weakened state Great anti-malarial remedy (they get periodic fevers)

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Feeling stuck with no way out, chronic feeling of being persecuted

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Women who have extremely irritability and pain which is so unbearable that they think they will go crazy (insanity from labor pains) Used for hysteria associated with labor pain

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Severe dysmenorrheal, worse as the flow increases

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Primarily used for chronic rhinitis, sinusitis, and recurrent upper respiratory illness, cold sensation, chilly, worse from cold Great glandular remedy, used for post-nasal drip, involves cervical glands (adenopathy), affinity for nasopharynx area

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Glandular – malignancy, especially in neck Extremely sensitive to cold

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Main remedy for motion sickness (nausea) and vertigo (spinning and dizziness) Great vertigo on watching moving objects or when watching objects while he/she is riding in a car or train

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Better eyes open (Ddx: Tabacum better eyes closed with deathly nausea)

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Has great effect on coughs It is one of the best pertussis remedies (so great for whooping cough) The cough produces copious, thick or ropey (thread hanging) mucous (only 9 remedies have this symptom)

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Feels like thread in throat, whooping spasmodic cough which ends in vomiting tough mucus

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Main remedy for gout (uric acid crystals in the blood and urinary tract) Strong effects for nausea which is worse from odors (smelling foods, especially when cooking foods like fish and eggs) Great prostration, sensitive, restless

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Ddx: cocculus and tabacum, sepia, pulsatilla (Symphoria carpus racemoses: absolute must for nausea in pregnancy) Used in any case of colic (from gallstones, kidney stones, dysmenorrheal but most often intestinal), angry at their own pain and very irritable, intense pain which can be cutting Ameliorated from bending forward, and bending double (they lay down and have to push their knees into their chest)

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Pain is agonizing, great for food poisoning from a shell food Sharp, knife like cramps in abdomen Better bending double forward (Ddx: dioscorea better standing up, back) Ddx Mag Phos (especially better heat) Irritated, pissed off

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One of the main remedies for combating malignancy and premalignant conditions (cancers, tumors) Sexual dysfunction and serious degenerative neurological disorders

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History of breast cancer Stony indurations (hard like rock) Breast contusions that become cancerous/malignant General aggravation from suppression of sexual desires

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This remedy is highlighted by the great tendency toward convulsions (violent cramping and spasms) Specific remedy for seizure disorders and epilepsy

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Feels they are under intermitted attack (think Bruce Lee) (Ddx: zincum constant attack) Intense cramping, thumbs are clenched under fingers in fist Violent symptoms: come suddenly

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Indicated for an abnormally slow pulse, bradycardia, conditions associated with slow pulse (hepatitis, prostate and urinary disorders) Cardiac failure, weak dilation of heart, slow irregular intermittent pulse Hypertrophy of LV

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A remedy for gastrointestinal disorders

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Guiding symptom is a tendency to stretch or bend backward to relieve the abdominal pains (opposite of colic symptoms) Sharp, Twisting and grinding pain (Ddx: colocynthis) > bending backwards or straightening up (Ddx: mag phos)

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Predominantly a cough remedy and is especially famous for its relationship to pertussis (whooping cough) Violent coughing and so intense it can produce epistaxis (nosebleeds), so severe there’s no chance to breathe Vomiting at the end of the cough For people who don’t recover from chronic effects of whooping cough Prolonged excessive cough Paroxysmal cough, one after another

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Keynote aggravation is from damp cold weather, changes in weather Get cutting pain especially around the navel or umbilicus Sick from dampness, humidity

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Famous remedy for its use in influenza Tremendous aching as if the bones are broken (violent pain) Muscle pain, restless, nausea and vomiting worse during the chills Bone pain

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One of the most important coryza and hay fever remedies, especially when it is centered in the eyes Coryza with bland rhinorrhea and acrid, profuse lacrimation (discharge from the eyes) Ddx: allium cepa

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Ailments from bad news Shock, weepiness, droopy, they want to be alone Droopy, drowsy, weak knees They are shaky and need to lie down 6D’s (Droopy, Drowsy, Death, Dizzy, Discouraged, Diarrhea) Fear of death because they feel so terrible Blanking out on exam Anticipation (ie: going to dentist) Heavy head, eyelids and want to lie down Ddx: like bryonia (don’t want ppl around)

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Cracking or eruptions behind the ears Thick sticky discharge from the ears Cobweb sensation on the face Eruptions ooze a thick, yellow or “honey-like” fluid, dries to golden crystals on the skin Oozing, wet humid eruption

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Used for characteristic sleep apnea Waking from sleep with a senation of suffocation or with actual apnea Respiration worse when falling asleep Gasping for breath, have to sit up to breathe Asthma with dilation of HT (Ddx: digitalis)

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Oversensitive to all external stimuli (even people coming near them, or a draft), chilly Irritable and angry outbursts Pressure that is ready to erupt or burst (abscess – gives outlet), can also be used to take splinters out (this remedy is great for helping get fluids out of the body) Ddx: silia (sxs are mild) Used for splinter like stitching pain (feels like a fishbone is in the throat) Later stage infection

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Pyromania remedy Ddx Nux: pain is like fishbone, splinter Ddx: nit acid which has stabbing splinter like pains

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Remedy for the mucous membranes, thick, ropey discharges from the sinuses, constipation remedy, bitter taste in the mouth A lot of pain in the rectum after the stool (pain starts during and lasts long after passing of stool) Relaxed mucous membranes causes pathology Aversion to vegetables

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Irritable kids

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This is an injury remedy, especially for injuries to the nerves and spine Hallmark of this remedy is the sharp and shooting quality of the pains Injuries (contusions, lacerations, punctures to parts rich in nerves)

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Injuries of spine (fractures, sprains) with sharp shooting pains Injuries to the coccyx Antiseptic and hematic

For spasticity and hysteria in the grief state (grief remedy) Ailments from grief, ailments from romantic disappointments

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Easily hurt feelings, easily offended, sensation of lump (globus hysteria) in the throat Emotions on surface Desire for and amelioration from traveling > sighing Perfectionist Not better consolation

Used whenever nausea and vomiting are a prominent element of a case

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Tendency for vomiting and there is no amelioration and can’t stop Tongue is remarkably clean and clear despite constant nausea and vomiting Constant nausea which is incapacitating, stomach seems to hang loose inside (rare symptom), nausea unrelieved by vomiting Ddx: tabacum, cocculus

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This is a great remedy for migraine headaches Especially from mental exertion, overstudying Especially important in migraines with visual aura, marked nausea and vomiting, generally right-sided pain, blurred vision before headaches

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This remedy is always thought of when one has thick, gluey discharges, especially from the nose

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(roof of nose), pains are felt in one small spot (want to press on it) (Ddx sepia – crusty and dry d/c sinusitis) Strong nasal quality to the voice, nasal discharge or post-nasal discharge is thick, purulent, usually yellow and stringy Hard to get mucous out; chilly, > morning Ddx: hydrastis (ropey, sticky, discharge)

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One of the most important remedies in the treatment of arthritis, catarrhs of the respiratory tract, asthma, and peptic ulcers Swelling of the eyelids, very chilly and worse from cold, aggravated by drafts Back pain drives him out of bed at night Back labour, sharp stabbing pain Sweating of back

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Great value in catarrhal affections, glandular swellings, and sub-acute inflammatory states like bursitis of the patella White or gray coating of the base of the tongue Expectoration is thick, white phlegm Chronic catarrhal conditions of the middle ear, snapping and noises in the ear Chronic ear infection (Ddx Kali-S)

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Used in cases of mental and physical exhaustion (burnout remedy) Frustration better with warmth, rest and nourishment (all phosphorus’ are better with rest), Nervous debility, a state of nervous exhaustion Mental fatigue in students Ddx: muriatic acid

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Great remedy for snoring Wheezing and rattling in the chest during sleep, especially in children Generally better from cold and open air, chronic nasal obstruction, and asthma Yellow, profuse discharge (all sulphurs: left side, craves sweets, hot feet and uncovers them)

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Used for long-term frostbite where tissue has become necrotic and dead (burns looks like black charcoal) Used for any inflammation of the mucous membranes, everything is extremely acrid and excoriating, lots of necrosis and saliva Used for 3rd degree burns with charcoal (very intense) Intense, violent, aggressive

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Classical symptom is alternation from right to left and then back again (alternating sides, like tail wagging), low confidence and self-esteem Has been considered one of the main remedies for diphtheria (hence the shiny glazed throat), important for upper respiratory tract infections Throat pain extending to ears which is worse with swallowing Angry in adulthood

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Symptoms begin on the left and then move to the right (not always) General aggravation during sleep or upon waking in the morning They have high sexual energy and passion, very intense people Aggravated from heat, better with cold Snake remedies usually worse sleeping Intense

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Well known as an acute remedy in bites, stings and puncture wounds, incision Patient is unbelievably ameliorated by cold, cold applications, or ice cold bathing, bites, and stings of insects, often with much swelling and inflammation, great for rheumatism Ecchymosis, any bleeding under tissue (black eye) Ddx: symphytum – injury to eye itself (ledum is around eye)

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Problems with self-esteem and low confidence Right-sided problems or right going to left, great liver remedy, used for humiliation, bloating and distention in abdomen, worse after eating even small amounts of food (as soon as they eat anything they have an issue) Gas stuck @ splenic flexure Better warm sweet drinks (except in diphtheria, wants cold)

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Back pain, better urinating (rare)

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General amelioration from heat and pressure (rubbing the area or warm applications) (relieve by rubbing is big thing for mag phos) Abdominal pains which are better when they double over (lay down with knees tucked into chest), full sensation in the abdomen Lots of gas and belching, but they are not ameliorated by reliving gas Classic remedy for neuralgia

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Spasmodic cough Ddx: dioscorea, cuprum, colysynthis

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Patient is like a thermometer (sensitive to changes in temperature) General aggravation from hot and cold Metallic taste in the mouth, craving for bread and butter Lots of saliva, but with great thirst Fetid odour

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Restless, chilly, narrow temp range Throat pain extending to ear when swallowing (Hep Sulph, Nux, phytolacca, Nitric acid)

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Patient is like a thermometer (sensitive to changes in temperature) General aggravation from hot and cold Metallic taste in the mouth, craving for bread and butter

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But has RIGHT-SIDED COMPLAINTS, especially pharyngitis Flavus – LV therefore right sided

Patient is like a thermometer (sensitive to changes in temperature) General aggravation from hot and cold

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Metallic taste in the mouth, craving for bread and butter But has LEFT-SIDED COMPLAINTS, main remedy for left-sided Rubur – HT therefore left sided tonsillitis or pharyngitis

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This remedy is great for exhaustion and collapse that comes on the physical level rather then the emotional Patient is so exhausted that they have to slide out of bed Strangulated or extremely painful hemorrhoids after labor, blue/purple Over-mothering and become exhausted

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Specific remedy for physical conditions (head injuries) Confusion, convulsions or mental dullness after a head injury Concussion One of the most imp remedies for suicidal patients (suicidal from grief or head injury) (Nat sulph – any central nervous sys injury)

Stitching or splinter-like pains (acutely) especially in throat

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Pretend they are in court, don’t divulge information about self easily Feel contained, need to expand themselves, feel guilty Exhausted (feeling of someone who has been in court for years), PERSECUTION, suspicion that someone is out to get them, secretive They cannot forgive others Anxiety and fear about health (most hypochondriacal remedy) Like Hepar (splinter pains) Irritable Pains appear and disappear (Nitrogen – always need for expansion, need to explode (exploding pains), and craving fatty foods  prone to lipomas)

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Great liver remedy (alcoholism) Irritable, impatient, easily offended, competitive, workaholic, compulsive Chilly and worse from cold, get chills (extreme chilliness), better from warmth Restless and angry with their condition Getting sick is inefficient, waste of time Urging is intense but not successful (all secretions)

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Great action on skin condition and mucous membranes First remedy to consider when patient complains of tremendous dryness of the skin (eczema and fissured skin, psoriasis, dermatitis) Chilly and worse from cold, dry, cracking skin (cracks often deep and bloody) Sensation is that of burning like fire, they fear death and prepare for death

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Great anxiety when alone, ameliorated company, suggestible personality Tremendous thirst for ice cold drinks Ravenous appetite (wakes up at night to eat), better outside Generally sleeps well and greatly refreshed by sleep (can’t sleep on left side) Cravings for chocolate and ice cream, worse from spicy warm foods Fears that something bad will happen

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Specific for electric shock, bright red profuse nosebleed

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This is a remedy for grief, especially when the patient becomes overwhelmed by their loss and is unable to respond Mental weakness and exhaustion then it turns into physical exhaustion  burnout Important remedy for growing pains (they grow so fast that they get tired and burn out)

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Ddx: kali-p, mur acid, china

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Most of the symptoms of this remedy are in the glands, especially the breast, used to treat mastitis (great pains with nursing), breast abscess’ This remedy encourages galactorrhea (milk flow) Right sided remedy Can’t swallow anything hot Early mastitis! (not stony - conium)

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Throat infection (< night), tonsillitis < sticking tongue out Dark purple, red throat

This remedy is great for neurological and circulatory diseases Important remedy in arteriosclerosis (involving cerebral vasculature) thus producing neurological symptoms  paralysis (esp after repeated small vascular accidents)

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Contracting pains (contractures), advanced atherosclerosis, cerebral accidents, claudication (cramp-like pain in the legs, usually the calves) Wrist drop and ankle drop

One of the best remedies for diarrhea Diarrhea is usually painless (it gushes out, it is profuse, putrid)

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Long-standing diarrhea, diarrhea mixed with gas and sputtering Explosive diarrhea, soils the whole toilet bowl, may be horribly offensive General aggravation in the early morning

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Anxiety and hopelessness about the future Fears poverty and the future Face has a dirty look even when well washed

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Must wear a warm or fur hat all year round, even in the summer Cough, bronchitis, or asthma with dyspnea, better from lying on their back with arms spread out “as if crucified” Complaining, negative Chilly ppl, don’t respond to indicated remedies Hypochondriac Soft timid, easily influenced, weeps easily, they are whiny Used for weak labor pains that start and stop

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They are open with their emotions They don’t open up right away and they feel discouraged (“do you love me, am I going to be ok?”) > consolation They crave sympathy, one of the main remedies for menstrual problems Chilly when sick Infection goes quickly to late stage Thirstless with dry mouth, green discharge

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Used primarily for arthritic conditions and rheumatism General aggravation from alcohol Generally worse in cold, wet, damp weather, or changes in weather Arthritic pains worse with cold, damp weather or changes in weather Blue vesicles in shingles Injury/fracture to floating ribs Ddx bryonia which is general ribs

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Has a strong effect on the nerves, mucous and serous membranes, and skin Hallmark of this remedy is progressive stiffness, often coming after a period of restlessness or overuse Itching of the skin which is better from scalding hot water Arthritis that is better with heat or hot bathing Chilly, restless, loves to stretch

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This is primarily a cough remedy, keynote symptom is aggravation from uncovering or undressing, worse with changes in temperature Cold air causes a tickle in the throat (especially deep breath), triggering a cough, feels like dust (or feather) in the pit of the throat Marked itching of skin immediately after uncovering or undressing < touching throat (ex in PE)

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Used mainly in rheumatic and connective tissue problems Most prominently used in cases where there is horrible stiffness in the muscles and tendons (skiing, snowboarding, break-dancing) One of the most important remedies for trauma and injury Used for injuries to tendons (sprains, strains) or chronic overuse of the tendons Tendons (flexor), esp in wrist

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Bruised, sore, aching, tender

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This remedy is a big hay fever remedy, the main keynote is tremendous sneezing, where sneezing is the primary complaint Mucous membrane, lacrimal glands Sneezing of ten or more sneezes (persistent, violent, from tickle in nose) Lots of copious discharge Rub nose with fist Can’t tolerate smell of garlic

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Ddx: allium, euphrasia

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Main use is for respiratory problems, snuffles in newborns Respiration difficult at night and the patient jumps up with a feeling of suffocation as soon as they fall asleep or after midnight (Ddx: grindelia) Has to sit up to cough

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They turn blue (loosing oxygen, cyanotic), respiration arrested, has to sit up (worse when lying down)

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Mainly a right-sided remedy, great for allergy, migraines and bursitis General amelioration from eructation, flatus, or vomiting Migraine headaches on the right side, better from vomiting

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Bursitis, especially in the right shoulder LV and rheumatism (in R shoulder) Burning heat in blood

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Can be a remedy for motion sickness (they want open air) There is lots of vomiting, motion sickness from driving in a car They have pain in the whole perineum, diarrhea involved when they drink milk

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Large, hard stools that are too large to pass or sometimes must be manually extracted Stool crumbles at the anus after they strain, more frequent for constipation Large stool with no desire to go Bed wetting, constipation, offensive foot sweat

This remedy acts mainly on the circulation, one of the hottest remedies Shriveled up, dryness Burning and heat, worse with heat (skin feels cold)

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Used for long-term frostbite with affects from gangrene Used for dry gangrene Desire to stretch < cold, uncovered Ddx: ledum, carbo veg

Patient feels like there is hair in their throat (Ddx cocculus) Can be used to get foreign bodies out

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Constipation with no urging (stool recedes after nearly expelling – bashful stool) Main remedy for when babies move in the womb and the mother experiences lots of pain from this moving Offensive foot sweat Poor stamina, weak ppl

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Mainly a left-sided remedy, general aggravation from smoke and tobacco Left-sided headaches generally above the left eye The pains experienced is of the most sever character (piercing and sharp) Pain around eye – extends into socket Fear of pointed objects Whooping cough, barking Ddx: drosera (spasmodic)

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Most common use is for acute respiratory infections and coughs, cough is usually dry, usually worse before midnight, often of a harsh, or barking, croupy character > drinks Dry cough resembling “a saw going through wood” or a seals bark The cough is hollow, there is hoarseness as well

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This remedy is primarily for respiratory conditions like cough, asthma, and bronchitis Sneezing with a cough, lots of irritation in the throat, difficulty breathing, dyspnea, they fell stitching in the chest Cough > cold drinks, exertion, breathing Change warm  cold Involuntary loss of stool and urine through coughing and sneezing Child rubs eyes during cough (Ddx: sabadilla)

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Weakness in the chest, worse with slight exertion, worse with talking (so weak they cannot produce voice), better with lying down Cough is hard and painful and deep, productive sputum which is green or putrid or bright yellow and full of pus (yellow, green d/c) Mucous forms a ball, it tastes sweet, sour or salty They feel hollow in the chest, end stage pneumonia or TB Late stage pneumonia: chest so weak they can’t talk

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Warm and aggravated by heat, general aggravation from the heat of the bed, aversion to body odors of others Feet are burning and must be put out of the covers or searches for cold spots on the sheets, itching or burning at the rectum Craves sweet Procrastinating infection Other remedies haven’t worked

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Headaches with deathly nausea This remedy is all about tremendous nausea, they feel as if they could die from it They are aggravated with the eyes open, ameliorated with the eyes closed, they always need to close their eyes

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Low self-esteem and feelings of worthlessness Feels unattractive, spends much time perfecting the appearance Feels other “wouldn’t like me if they really knew me” Intolerance to onions, warts and skin tags on the hands and fingers History of repeated smallpox vaccine or vaccine reactions

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Allergy to cats and milk Crave smoked meats and bacon Reoccurring chest colds, bronchitis or pneumonia Hard, dry, short, constant cough They need change and excitement, frequent changing of jobs

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Eczema, constipation, constant winter cold (can be from birth) Sensitive, kids are irritable, restless

Aggravation from drinking and from the smallest amount of motion Great motion sickness remedy Indicated acutely in a state of collapse, especially with vomiting

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Deathly pale, cold sweat, nausea which is worse from drinking and any kind of motion whatsoever Beading sweat on forehead, sunstroke

Hallmark of this remedy is its use for tremendous excitation of the nervous system which results in restlessness, abnormal or involuntary movements, twitches, and even convulsions Feet twitch at night

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General aggravation from wine, they are hyper, over-stimulated and over-sensitive people, always restless Suppressed skin eruption

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Arnica for the eye, any kind of eye trauma