Commonly used remedies Flashcards
The perfectionist, the great preserver?
Arsenicum
Mental picture of someone’s needing Arsenicum
Perfectionist- anxiety about health.
Perfectionist- well groomed by
Indication for Arsencicum (if they fit the symptom picture)
Gastrointestinal issues, food poisoning, heartburn, chemo
Heat heat heat!- but feels chilly
The impotent manager
Lycopodium (co for colic)
Mental picture of someone’s who needs lycipodium
Very intelligent, lacks confidence, full of hot air.
General picture (think colic)
Large heads, protruding bellies. Smaller in stature
Baldness
Indications for lycopodium
Colic, early childhood, weak digestion, bloating , IBS
The impatient manager
Nux vomica
Mental picture of nux vomica (think over indulgence, hunger games)
Banker, business man, easily stressed
General picture Nux vomica (think needing to vomit, hunger games)
Alcohol and drugs excess, excess eating, digestive problems, constipation.
Chemo
Overindulgence
Daddy’s girl
Pulsatilla
Mental picture of pulsatilla
Changeable emotions, seeks consolidation, clingy whines, Cari ng
General picture for pulsatilla
Changeable, fresh air, lacks thirst, getting wet
The family servant
Sepia
Mental picture: sepia
Woman for filling many roles mother- wife- job.
Exhaustion from all the roles.
Irritable, angry. Resentment
Desire to run away
General picture: sepia
Like chocolate and vigorous movement
Worsening PMS 1 week before period
Indications Sepia
Pregnancy symptoms.
Adrenal fatigue
Adrenal insufficiency
Administration sepia
Morning sickness, PMS
Unwashed philosopher
Sulphur
Mental picture (think S for Sherlock)
The philosopher, thinker, no time for washing
General pictures
Unwashed, untidy, warm blooded (hot hot hot)
Hates things on feet
Indications
Burning pain, hypertension, excessive suppression
Heart burn and gastritis
