Basics Flashcards
Nosode
made from diseased tissue (e.g. TB, cancer)
Sarcode
prepared from healthy tissues
polycrest remedy
long history, much known
LM dilution
1:50,000
MM
1:1,000,000
thousand thousand
X
1:10
M
1:1,000
CM
1:100,000
C
1:100
standard avail potencies
6X, 12C, 30C, 200C, 1M, 10M, 50M # = # dilution cycles
“H” designation
potentized by hand using fresh piece of glassware for each dilution e.g. 12CH
“K” designation
Korsakoff - potentized entirely by machine, reusing same piece of glassware each time e.g. 12K
“Classical” homeopathy
Hahnemannian
practiced according to Law of Similars & Organon
“Complex” homeopathy
- Other schools of thought
- multiple remedies in 1 vial (pluricism)
- tissue salts
- Bach flower remedies
In the Repertory :
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Grade 1 - few provers had this sx (DOES NOT SAY ANYTHING ABOUT INTENSITY)
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minority of provers had this sx
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most provers had this sx
ITALICIZED & CAPITALIZED FONT
ALL provers had this sx
in what chapter are heart symptoms?
Chest chapter
Steps to taking an acute case
- Perceive/identify sxs, pathology, disposition (intake)
- repertorize sxs (identify rubrics)
- valorize case sxs
- cross rubrics determine most likely remedy
- remedy selection (study materia medica for simillimum)
- choose posology
Step 1 perceive/identify
Listen Perceive Collecting info Recording analyzing
- allow spontaneous description before asking questions - subjective
- observe & record objective signs & sxs (physical exam, bloodwork, imaging, expression, mannerisms, voice, skin, odour)
Step 2 Repertorize
translate patient sxs description into language of repertory (key words)
Step 3 valorization
ranking "importance" of sxs or rubric *CHI [the higher the CHI the more unique something is & more likely remedy will be in that rubric] Characteristicness (uniqueness) Hierarchy Intensity
Characteristicness
0-5 scale:
0 = very common (head - pain)
1 = common (head-pain, throbbing)
2 = slightly characteristic (head-pain 4pm)
3 = moderately characteristic (head-pain, 4-8pm, daily)
4 = very characteristic (head-pain, vertex, wash hair)
5 = extraordinarily (head-pain, vertex, wash hair, annually, on her birthday)
Hierarchy
0 Local - physical
1 physical - general
2 mental - emotional
Intensity
0 common/unclear
1 slight intensity, somewhat clear, occasionally
2 moderately intense; clear; frequent
3 very intense; very clear; very often
Step 5 Create remedy DDX list
- list 3-4 remedies w/highest totality
- list key points that support and detract from each remedy as simillimum for case (R/I, R/O)
- consult multiple materia medica sources
Step 6 choose posology (prescribe)
CH #, how much, how often
Define “posology”
potency (e.g. 30CH) & frequency of repetition (how often & for how long)
What are the 5 CONSIDERATIONS in prescribing?
2 px, 2 pathology, 1 doctor
1) patient sensitivity
2) vitality (resilience)
3) rapid &/or aggressive pathology may require “stronger” posology
4) severity of disease process & risk w/aggravation
5) degree of simillimum b/w px sx & remedy picture
Patient sensitivity
- emotional
- sensitivity to surroundings: light, noise, jarring
- response to caffeine, drugs, smoke, odour, allergens, environmental chemicals, etc
- barometric pressure, weather sensitivity
- use lower potencies with higher sensitivity px (px will aggravate if too strong)
vitality (resilience)
energy, outlook, how they respond to change
use lower potency with lower vitality
aggressive pathology may require stronger posology
- frequent repetition of lower potency or higher potencies
- artificial should be stronger than natural disease, but not strong enough to aggravate
severity of disease process
use lower potencies with higher severity/risk (e.g. suicide)
degree of simillimum b/w px sx & remedy picture
can use lower potencies, less frequently w higher clarity of remedy picture
Miasm
- all disease has an underlying root, a morbific influence
- sometimes has to be addressed directly before cure can be achieved with the usual homeopathic remedy
- Hahnemann theorized that some infectious agents create long lasting disturbances of the vital force
- more fundamental than the patient’s current illness
- already in possession of the whole organism, having pervaded it in all of its parts, before the appearance of [any external, local] symptoms
primary vs secondary sxs
If the primary (local) symptoms are removed without addressing the underlying miasm, sooner or later secondary symptoms will erupt elsewhere in the body
What are the 3 dominant miasms?
Psora
Sycosis
Syphilis
Psora
- Greek “itch”
- reaction of the body to environmental stimuli, such as noise, light, and odors, producing headache, nausea, and discomfort.
- struggle with outside world, triggered by stress, constant anxiety, insecurity, anxiety about the future but always having hope.
- Dry, itching and/or scaly skin or mucous membranes without pus or discharge; with burning sensation, cracks in hands & feet, sweat profuse rest <motion
- Acidity, constipation, flatus, hoarseness, itching, watery discharge from nose & eyes with burning sensations
Primarily psoric remedies
Calc-carb
Sulphur
Lycopodium
NO SPECIFIC NOSODE
Sycosis (gonorrhea)
- Hides her weakness, covering up situations, keeping secrets. Fixed habits, suspicious, jealous, forgetful; riddled with guilt & insecurity. Inferiority complex
- Growths: warts, moles, keloids, fibroids, cysts, tumours. Nails thick & irregular; oily skin with pus
- Joint & rheumatic pains, < cold, damp; > motion. Stitching, pulsating, wandering pains
- Genitourinary disease, dysmenorrhea, genital herpes, cystic acne, eczema, asthma, angina, anemia, appendicitis, gout, arthritis, tumours & neoplasms
predominantly sycotic remedies
Pulsatilla
Silica
Nosode: Medorrhinum
Syphilis
- No point in trying, sudden impulsive violence towards self or others, distorted rigid ideas. Mental paralysis/ dullness, stubborn, suicidal & homicidal. Extreme nihilism
- Destruction, disorder everywhere; ulceration, deformities
- Ulcers, boils, discharge of fluid & pus, offensive, slow to heal, copper colored eruptions <heat of bed, spoon shaped thin nails that tear easily, gangrene.
- Bone pains, tearing, bursting, burning.
- Putrid discharges, blindness, internal & external ulcerations, carcinomas, fistulas, gangrene, rheumatism, sterility, advanced heart disease, late stage cancer or TB, suicide attempts, insanity, addiction.
primarily syphilitic remedies
Lachesis
Mercurius
Nosode: Syphilinum
Arnica montana
Arnica montana
Marked SORENESS, tender to touch or pressure; feels as if beaten; bed feels too hard
< Jarring; touch or pressure; cold; motion
Fear to have anybody touch the part: “It’s OK, I’m fine, just leave me alone”
Acute back strain from lifting or whiplash
Also for: black eyes, post-surgical bruising; labour & delivery; sore muscles
Chronic effects of old trauma
Sprains, especially of small joints: hand, wrist, ankle, foot
Bellis perennis
For deep muscle trauma & bruises; abdominal & pelvic trauma/surgery with bruised organs; traumatic arthritis; nerve injury with soreness & < Warm bathing; cold drinks; becoming cold
> Cold applications to bruised part
Bryonia
Bruising & aching so she can hardly lie still, but each movement hurts
Severe pain with sharp, excruciating, stitching or sore pains
< MOTION, even slight motion; jarring; heat
> FIRM PRESSURE; LYING on the PAINFUL part; cold
Sprains: wrist, hand, hip, ANKLE
Ledum
Bruise with excruciating pain & marked edema
PUNCTURE wounds & bites: snake, dog, cat; also simple stings & insect bites
Mottled, purplish bruising with excessive swelling
Wounds with threatened INFECTION
Icy coldness of injured part
< Any heat or warm applications
> Ice cold apps; can’t stand to remove the cold
Sprains: wrist, ANKLE
Hypericum
Injuries, bites, splinters to areas rich in nerves – fingers, tongue, genitals, vertebrae
Crushing injuries to fingers, esp’ly fingertips
Contusions to nerves
Injuries to coccyx
Sharp pains shooting upwards, or radiating centrally from the injured spot
For prevention of infection, even tetanus
Spinal injury <urinating
Symphytum
Specific remedy for blunt trauma, lacerations or puncture wounds to eyeball (not the orbit)
Promotes new bone growth in fractures
For painful fractures even if they have already healed
Penetrating injuries, puncture wounds, especially those that penetrate to the periosteum
Rhus toxicodendron
Sprains with annoying, STIFF, PAINFUL, restless feeling
Restlessness after injury
< FIRST MOTION, keeping still; over-use; lifting
> CONTINUED MOTION; heat; massage; hard pressure
Sprains: SHOULDER, WRIST, hip, knee, ANKLE, foot
Ruta
Specific for injuries to tendons Marked STIFFNESS and BRUISED pain Fractures esp’ly in areas where bone is near the surface: olecranon, patella, iliac crest Injuries to the periosteum Sciatica after injury >Lying; pressure; heat; gentle motion <inspiration; morn in bed; exertion; cold; damp Sprains: WRIST, hand, ankle
Aconite
First hours after a major trauma
Patient is in shock, trembles; moaning or hysterical
Trauma accompanied by great FRIGHT
Muscle weakness, lameness & numbness in limbs after injury
Foreign bodies or sharp wounds to orbit (eye)
Simple sunburn with sudden onset of burning, often with chills
Sudden, intense sunstroke with face congested & pupils constricted
Cantharis
Second & third degree burns
Chemical burns
Horribly painful BURNING
Burns to mucous membranes: mouth & throat
< FIRST MOTION, keeping still; over-use
> COLD; cannot remove ice-pack for an instant
Apis
Minor burns or stings & bites with marked pain, redness & swelling
Allergic reactions to bites; urticaria
Burning or stinging pains, >cold apps
Penetrating wounds with deep redness or purple, intensely swollen & hot with threatened infection
Chemical burns to the eyes
> only relieved by ice cold apps
Calendula
Early stages of infection with whitish pus draining from a closed wound
Post-surgical wound infection
Open wounds and abrasions to prevent infection
To promote healing in wounds where the edges cannot be approximated
Hering’s Law
The cure must proceed from within out, from above downward, from more important to less important organs, in reverse order of symptom appearance. Every homeopathic practitioner who understands the art of healing knows that the symptoms which go off in these directions remain away permanently.
return of old symptoms
- A “return of old symptoms” is an excellent indication that the remedy given is a simillimum
- A simillimum may cause a slight aggravation of current symptoms at the beginning of treatment
- As cure progresses, “older” symptoms, i.e. symptoms the patient has experienced in the past but not recently, may reappear for short durations of time.
Obstacles to cure
- Coffee, tea, alcohol, chocolate, perfumes, mouthwashes, highly seasoned foods, herbs and vegetables containing medicinal powers, old cheeses, putrid meats, excess sugar & salt.
- Heated rooms, woolen clothing next to the skin, sedentary lifestyle, excessive breast-feeding, long afternoon naps lying down, reading horizontally, keeping late hours, uncleanliness, unnatural voluptuousness, reading lubricious material, onanism, incomplete or absent coition, objects of anger, grief or vexation, mental or bodily overexertion, dwelling in marshy regions or stuffy rooms.
add elements of diet/regimen that may engender health, such as:
Innocent mental & emotional diversion
Active movement in the fresh air
Appropriate, nutritious, non-medicinal foods & drinks
Nat-mur
RIGHT SIDED
10-15% of headaches will require this remedy
Bursting pain; sensation of a small hammer in one spot. Like a vise.
Favors the R side; temple; occiput.
Cold applications; perspiring; pressure; must lie down in a dark room
Periodic headaches
HA associated with anemia; vomiting; visual disturbances
Belladonna
RIGHT SIDED
Most intense HA in the materia medica
THROBBING; exploding; maddening
PRESSING OUTWARD sensation; as if eyes will pop out
Comes & goes suddenly
Begins in Right occiput & extends to R forehead or eye
LYING IN DARK, QUIET ROOM; cold apps; hard pressure; binding the head
BOUNDING PULSE in head & throat; sharp pain with each throb
Hands & feet icy cold with HA.
Concomitant: hypertension; hormone changes; vomiting
Sanguinaria
RIGHT SIDED
HA begins in R shoulder or neck & radiates to R forehead or eye
Throbbing, burning; congestive
SLEEP, AFTER VOMITING; passing flatus or eructation; pressing head against something hard
Periodic HA
Indigestion, burning, sour stomach with HA; vomiting
Flushed face & pulsing carotids
