Bites, Bruises, Trauma Flashcards
Soreness, tender to touch/pressure, feels as if beaten - fears to have anyone touch the part
Sprains - especially of small joints -hands, wrist, ankle, foot
Bed feels too hard
Acute back strain from lifting or whiplash
Also for black eyes, post-surgical bruising, labor/delivery, sore muscles
Chronic effects of old trauma
< Jarring, noise, pressure, cold, motion
Arnica
For deep muscle trauma and bruises, abdominal/pelvic
Trauma, surgery w/ bruised organs/ traumatic arthritis
Nerve injury - with soreness and < cold bathing
Sore, bruised pains
>Cold apps to bruised parts
< Warm bathing, cold drinks, becoming cold
Sprains - with sever bruising, coldness, proximal lymph gland enlargements
Bellis
Bruising and aching so she can hardly lie still, but each movement hurts
Severe pain with sharp, stitching or sore pains
> Firm pressure, lyong on the painful part, cold
< Motion, even the slightest movement, jarring, heat
Sprains - wrists, hands, hip. ANKLEBB
Bryonia
Bruise with excuciating pain, Puncture wounds
Bites of any kind, snake, dog, cat, simple stings, insect bites
Mottled, purplish bruising with excessive swelling - wounds with threatening infection, icy coldness of injured part
> Ice cold apps, can’t stand to remove the cold
< any heat/warm apps
Sprains - wrist, ANKLE
Ledum
Injuries, bites, splinters to areas rich in nerves - fingers, tongue, genitals, vertebrae
Crushing injury to finger, esp. fingertips, contusions to nerves
Injuries to Coccyx
Sharp pains shooting upwards or radiating centrally from injured spot
For prevention of infection, even tetanus
Spinal injury < lifting the arms, urinating
Hypericum
Specific remedy for blunt trauma, lacerations, or puncture wounds to eye ball (not orbit)
Promotes new bone growth in fractures - for painful fractures even if they are healed
Penetrating injuries, punture wounds, especially those that penetrate to periosteum
Symphytum
Sprains with annoying STIFF painful restless feeling
> Continued motion, heat, massage, hard pressure
< First motion, keeping still, over-use, lifting
Sprains - Shoulder, wrist, hip, knee, ankle, foot
Rhus
Specific for Injuries to TENDONS
Marked stiffness and pain
Fractures esp. in areas where bone is near the surface: olecranon, patella, illiac creat
Injuries to periosteum (sciatica after injury)
> Lying, pressure, heat, gentle motion
< Inspiration, morning in bed, exertion, cold, damp
Sprains - Wrist, hand, ankle
Ruta
First Hours after a major trauma (patient is in shock, trembles, moaning)
Trauma accompanied by great Fright
Muscle weakness, lameness, numbness in limbs after injury
Foreign bodies or sharp wounds to orbit (eye)
Simple sun burn with sudden onset of burning, often with chills (sudden intense sunstroke with face congested and pupils constricted)
Aconite
Second and Third degree burns, chemical burns
Horribly painful burning
Burns to mucous membranes, mouth, throat
> COLD, cannot remove icepack for an instant
< First motion, keeping still, overuse
Cantharis
Minor burns or stings and bites with marked pain, redness, swelling
Allergic reactions to bites, urticaria
Burning/stinging pain > cold apps
Penetrating wounds with deep redness, or purple, intensely swollen and hot with threatened infection
Chemical burns to eyes
> only relieved by ice cold apps
Apis
Early stages of infection with whitish pus draining from closed wound
Post-surgical wound infection
Open wounds and abrasions (to prevent infection)
To promote healing in woulds where the edges cannot be approximated
Calendula
