FINAL EXAM Review Questions Flashcards
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Erythasma diagnostic test
Woods lamp - coral red fluorescence
Measles other name
Rubeola
Name the remedy:
Used for insect bites/stings, allergies/anaphylaxis, swelling thats pink or dusky red
Swelling is tight (skin feels like it will rip), warm to the touch
Better cold, worse warm and touch
Apis mellifica (European honeybee)
Name the remedy:
Trauma - physical or emotional, removes effects even years later
In acute phase, person acts like nothing is wrong and refuses help
Rruising, soreness, esp post exercise, exertion, surgery, dental, TBI
Arnica Montana
Name the remedy:
Injuries involving nerves
Post injury, surgery, lacerations, dental work
Pains are sharp and shooting
Areas rich in sensory nerves: toes, fingers, teeth, eye, genitals, spine
Injuries to spine, coccyx
Hypericum perforatum (st johns wort)
Name the remedy:
Cheerful and joking, can get irritable and impatient
Physical and mentally restless, sx better with movement
Worse in cold, damp weather (muscle and joint stiffness), stationary for too long (need to get up and stretch)
Rashes w small vesicles that are very itchy (herpes, shingles, poison oak/ivy, eczema)
Better scalding hot water, MSK sx better hot water
Rhus toxicodendron (poison oak)
Name the remedy:
Salt of the earth, kinesthetic type
Difficulty concentrating and thinking clearly - hard to make decisions
Thickened skin with callouses, skin develops cracks which ooze a thick yellow or honey colored dc that dries into golden crystals on the skin
Graphites
Name the remedy:
Mostly skin sx - incredibly dry skin no matter how much they moisturize
Worse winter, better summer. Chilly overall, worse cold.
Skin cracks, esp on palms and tips of fingers - cracks are deep and bloody
Ppl who work with petroleum of chemicals, and ppl with motion sickness
Petroleum (crude oil)
Name the remedy:
Irritable, pessimistic; “glass half empty”, very irritable esp in morning or rising
Skin cracks easily in creases of joints, on fingers, where mucus membranes meet skin (corners of mouth and eyes, anus fissures) - very painful, feel like a splinter
Pains are splinter like and stitching
Nitricum acidicum (nitric acid)
Name the remedy:
Low self esteem, lots of energy goes into creating a pleasant image to outside world. Feel like ppl would reject them if they show their true selves
Bad reactions post smallpox vaccination
Prime sycotic miasm remedy - growths such as cysts, polyps, and warts, other skin conditions
Nail and hair are weak and dry, lose their eyebrows
Thuja occidentalis (eastern white cedar)
Name the remedy:
Delicate, refined quality - obstinately hold to their POV due to an inner sense of weakness that makes it hard to stand up for themselves; they lack “grit”
spinal defects, bunions, scoliosis
Fragile nails and hair, skin prone to infections when wounded
Chilly and sensitive to changes in temperature or external influence
Weakness and fatigue with poor assimilation of nutrients
Low potency to help expel foreign material from the body
Silicea (silica, quartz)
Name the remedy:
Serious, responsible, perfectionistic, proper and often have deep unresolved grief
Fears of robbers, people breaking in, nightmares about it
Headaches that start in afternoon, worse in sun
Eczema with indurated or thickened base, which cracks and oozes a clear dc
Cracking and peeling of fingertips, cracked nails and hangnails
Natrum muriaticum (sodium chloride)
Name the remedy:
Primary psoriasis miasm
Affects skin primarily and digestive system
Sx with burning, redness, fullness, itching; worse warmth, worse bathing ,wrose standing
Itching worse at night in warmth of bed and worse a bathing
Intellectual, creating theories and philosophizing. Confident, critical of others. Messy, disorganized.
Disheveled, dont put energy into physical appearance
Averse to working, “lazy”
General aggravation at 11am
Sulphur
Name the remedy:
Psoric skin remedy, GI remedy
Right sided remedies or ones that start on right and move to left
Bloating and distention after eating, better burping or passing gas
“Puff up” ego to accommodate for a deep sense of insecurity; bully those who cannot fight back
Grey prematurely, deep lines on forehead making them look older
Lycopodium clavatum (club moss)
Name the remedy:
Hard working and responsible, needs structure in their life; anxious if sense of security or control is threatened
May work themselves into weakened state > decline stamina > makes them want to work harder to compensate > overwhelmed and broken down like a soft animal inside a shell
Constitution, arthritis pains, poor mineralization of teeth and bones
Calcarea carbonica (oyster shell calcium)
Name the remedy:
Acute bites, stings, puncture wounds - animal bites, insect bites and stings
Wound cold to touch, pale, blue
Improved by cold applications or cold bathing, worse heat
Ledum palustre (wild rosemary)
Name the remedy:
Burns and blisters that are extremely painful
Pain better with cold
UTIs with burning pain before, during, after urination with intense urgency and frequency
Cantharis (Spanish fly)
Name the cell salt:
Conditions of bones and teeth
Found in bones, enamel, BV walls, muscles, CT, elastin
Calc-Fluor
Name the cell salt:
Constituent of bones, main salt deficient in bone disease
Also found in all cells > needed to promote healthy cellular activity and help to restore tone to weakened organs and tissues
Calc-Phos
Name the cell salt:
Found in nature as anhydride, gypsum, alabaster, selenite
Works with silica as a healer of wounds
Chief builder in epithelial tissue > helps sustain integrity of body’s tissues
Imp in formation of new skin and eliminating waste
Def > suppuration/pus
Calc-Sulph
Name the cell salt:
Deficient in cases of fever and inflammatory sx
Given in early stages of fever and inflammation, in frequent intervals, elderly and children
Ferrum Phos
Name the cell salt:
Occurs in mineral carnallite
Subtle action, important in muscles, nerve cells, blood, brain cells
Forms fibrin in blood
Def > fibrin is non functional and gets sloughed off in a thick white dc
Kali Mur
Name the cell salt:
Nervous conditions; nerve nutrient
Natural tranquilizer
Long standing grief, sorrow, despair; irritating skin conditions such as shingles
Restores order to mind and body
Kali Phos
Name the cell salt:
Occurs in lava
Builder and distributor of body oil; def causes oil to be non-functional > becomes thick and clogs pores, may also present as a sticky, yellow dc from skin, mucus membranes, or any body orifice
Kali Sulph
Name the cell salt:
Antispasmodic
Violent ailments esp spasms, nerve stabilizer
Spasmodic, darting pains such as those with sciatica or neuralgia
Def > sx such as colic, convulsions, other nervous system imbalances
Mag Phos
Name the cell salt:
Assists in distributing water in the body
Component of every cell/tissue/organ/fluid; vital in proper functioning and metabolism of cells
Attracts water to tissues, maintains proper fluid concentrations
Indicated for excessive dryness or moisture
Nat Mur
Name the cell salt:
Acid balancer; biochemical antacid, regulates acid balance in stomach
Indicated with sx of acidity such as dyspepsia, digestive upsets, heartburn
Assists in digestion of fats
Nat Phos
Name the cell salt:
Inorganic salt in sea water and saline springs
Important liver salt; controls healthy functioning of lathe liver and indicated in liver problems
Stimulates and supports epithelial cells and secretions of bile ducts, pancreas, intestines
Nat Sulph
Name the cell salt:
Found throughout vegetable kingdom, grasses, palms, grains
Cleanser and eliminator; helps body throw off non-functional organic matter
“Homeopathic surgeon”
Creates a pathway for dc of decaying organic matter to rid body of impurities
Silica
