2: Bruises and Wounds

Question 1

Arnica montana

Answer 1

Memory loss after head injury
Constipation(1) OR diarrhea(2) after injuries
Loss of voice from head injury
Good remedy for PRE and POST SURGERY

Question 2

Bella perrenis

Answer 2

Injury to DEEP TISSUES of PELVIS/ABDOMEN
Cancer of mammae- contusion after
Coldness of extremities after injury
pain as if BEATEN

Marked LAD after surgery
Psychic Trauma

Question 3

Bryonia alba

Answer 3

Lumbago remains sensitive to jarring steps
Generals- Injuries- operation- ailments from- ovaries- excision of the
Delirium- talks of business
Typhoid miasm
Nausea after ABD operation
Patient CANNOT MOVE without PAIN and NAUSEA

Question 4

Conium maculatum

Answer 4

UNEXPECTED blow, attack, trauma leading to induration
Eye- cataract- injury after
Female genitalia/sex- indurations- injuries from
Tumors of mammae from injuries
SLOW GRADUAL PARALYSIS ON ONE OR ALL levels

Question 5

Hypericum perfoliatum

Answer 5

Lockjaw, prophylaxis of tetanus (Ledum)
CONCUSSION of spine- INJURY to COCCYX
Neuralgic pains that shoot upward/away from injury
Post traumatic pain after needles
Phantom limb pain after surgical removal

Question 6

Ledum palastre

Answer 6

Lack of vital heat AND WARMTH AGGRAVATES
Head- pain- occiput- jarring and walking AGG.
eye ecchymosis
Minimal bleeding even after deep bite
coldness of injured part, better with cold
Convulsions- tetanic rigidity- injured part becomes cold as ice and spasms begin in wound

Question 7

Millefolium

Answer 7

Much hemorrhage with injuries
Rectum- hemorrhage from anus- injuries
Phthisis pulmonalis (Tuberculosis)

Question 8

Apis mellifica

Answer 8

Stings and bites with marked redness, SWELLING, and heat (opposite Ledum)
Burning and/or stinging pain (and BURNS) which is worse heat and better with cold
Mind- shrieking- brain cry (Cri encephalique)

Question 9

Arsenicum album

Answer 9

Puncture wounds with anaerobic infections
Severe burning pains with threatening infection, gangrene, and/or blackened necrotic tissue
Burning with black discoloration

Question 10

Calendula

Answer 10

Used to cleanse open wounds. Lacerations and abrasions
Wounds- LACERATIONS
BURNS of mouth and esophagus

Question 11

Carbolic acid

Answer 11

Anaphylactic reaction to bee stings
Gen- wound- LACERATIONS
Urticaria over entire body from insect bite
BURNS skin begins to ulcerate with putrid discharge

Question 12

Hepar Suph

Answer 12

Suppuration of wounds with extremely slow healing
Wounds lingers
Wounds- bites- cats of
Desire to set fires/Sensitive to pain
Weeping- cough- before

Question 13

Silicea

Answer 13

Defective assimilation
Differentiate from Hepar Sulph
Suppuration of wounds
Wounds- heal, tendency to- slowly
Wounds- reopening of old wounds*

Question 14

Staphysagria

Answer 14

Extreme sensitivity of scars (Cicatrices)
Wounds- PAINFUL (Sensitive like their demeanor)
Injuries to orifices/eyes/teeth after surgery

Question 15

Urtica urens

Answer 15

Bites and stings of insects with itching and prickling
Wheals are better from constant rubbing
Generals- pain- burning and stinging
Chest- milk- disappearing 
Minor BURNS with itching

Question 16

Cantharis

Answer 16

Second and third degree burns with exquisite burning pain and blistering/vesicles
Painful burns that are better with cold application, patient cannot remove cold pack(more intense than apis)
Anger/Insanity/lamenting/shrieking from pains
Pain EXTEND INWARD

Question 17

Causticum

Answer 17

Generals- convalescence, ailments during, burns after, never well since
Cough- not cough deep enough to start mucus- sensation as though he could(3)
Generals- Weather- cold- dry- AGG

Question 18

Kali bichromicum

Answer 18

Burns from steam or vapor
Crusts/scabs inside the nose- hard to detach- leave a raw sore spot (3)
Dryness inside nose- compels blowing the nose- but without discharge
Nose- heat in- breath seems hot
Stomach- Vomiting- Drunkards- of

Question 19

Aconite

Answer 19

Fear and ANXIETY with each operation
Feels they will die- Presentiment of DEATH
SHOCK and FRIGHT related to surgery
Cataracts after operation

Question 20

Carbo veg

Answer 20

*AIR HUNGER-Desires to be FANNED

Weakness, coldness, collapse after surgery

Question 21

Opium

Answer 21

Dread, Horror, PAIN
Coma, sleepiness, lethargy with stupor and stertorous respiration
Fear and panic follows surgery when memory is recalled
CONSTIPATION

Question 22

Pyrogenium

Answer 22

Purulent, offensive infections (Carb-ac)
High fever with slow pulse
Body aches similar to Arnica- Bed is too hard to find a comfortable position

Question 23

Strontium carbonicum

Answer 23

A failing post surgical patient
Surgeon’s ‘carbo-veg’. Unable to wean off respirator
Eye- photophobia- operation after

Question 24

Cicuta

Answer 24

Concussion with spasms, with biting of tongue
Convulsions after injury to head
Eye- Strabismus- injury- after (Only Rx)

Question 25

Helleborus

Answer 25

Dullness, confused, and slowness after head injury

Patient seems confused and in a hazy. Rubs forehead when trying to think. Passive, apathetic.

Question 26

Nat sulph

Answer 26

Suicida/ Confusion/dullness after head injury

Loathing of life and fear of being left alone, least he injure himself

Question 27

Rhus tox

Answer 27

VOMITING after INJURY
Back- injury- spine, LIFTING AGG.
Restless state where sitting AGG.