Final - from Review Session Flashcards

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Only remedy indicated when the infant is born with closed fontanelles. Cold wind agg headache. Perspiration of occiput while sleeping. Sensation of cold cloth around brain. Only remedy that has asthmatic attacks preceded by odor of fish brine (keynote).

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Sanicula

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One of the main remedies for abscesses and ulcers with severe burning. It is a 3 under carbuncles that burn. It’s the only remedy where abscesses are purple and have stabbing or stitching pain.

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Tarentula cubensis

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Cough remedy. Triad of cough, nausea, hemorrhage. Strongly indicated when there’s nausea with any type of hemorrhage. Horrible “hanging down” sensation in stomach. Stomach affected by anger and vexation. Children will keep fingers in their mouth. Nausea is intense with cough, perspiration, during delivery.

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Ipecacuanha

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Remedy covers GI and skin pathologies. It is a 3 under the rubric for herpes zoster ophthalmicus. Also under the symptom of a drawing pain around the nipple as if with a string while the child is nursing. Can have vesicular eruptions on the scrotum with a red areola round the vesicle. Diarrhea comes on immediately after drinking and/or eating.

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Croton tiglium

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A lot of vertigo and disequilibrium. Vertigo during pregnancy. Loss of vision during pregnancy. Nosebleeds during pregnancy. It is a 3 and the only remedy that has convulsions from loss of sleep. Cutting pain in uterus with every breath. Involuntary urination from cough during pregnancy.

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Cocculus indicus (Indian berry or fish berry)

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It is a 3 under the rubric for chloasma. Spasmodic contractions of os uterus during labor. Pain/inflammation of small joints/finger joints. Delusion that they are pregnant.

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Caulophyllum (Blue Cohosh or Papoose Root)

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Crawling or itching in the fossa navicularus (area of the urethra just proximal to the meatus). Urethritis, cystitis. Agglutination of meatus of urethra. Can also be cutting or biting pains in the fossa navicularus after urination.

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Petroselinum sativum

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Strong indications for any pathology of the skin. Eruption/eczema of the chest and leg. Indicated where there are burning rectal fissures. Perspiration on sternum in the morning. Only remedy that’s a 3 under cancer of (scar tissue) of the breast. Eczema and itching of scalp, eyelids, behind ears.

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Graphites

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Convulsion remedy with arrested respiration. Only remedy that covers convulsions that are interrupted by a painful shop. Convulsion caused by slamming of a closing door. Crawling/formication of extremities after convulsion. One of the main active ingredients of loganaceae family.

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Strychninum purum

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Warts that are very sensitive. Emotionally can be morbidly sensitive. Warts of iris, gums, tongue.

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Staphysagria

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Seizure remedy. Fingers cramp during delivery. Characteristic bellowing before seizure comes on. May have laughing, vomiting, weeping during seizure. May have blueness/cyanosis during seizure.

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Cuprum metallicum

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Remedy indicated for ulcers and abscesses with lots of burning (violent/malignant burning). Boils of the septum of the nose. Boils on the legs. Boils in small crops. 2 grade where boils on skin are blue in color. Also indicated in diabetic patients that develop recurrent boils.

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Anthracinum

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Salivation with coryza. Child likes to bore finger in ear. Lots of itching in nose.

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Arundo

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Specifically indicated when there is discharge from the ear that causes vesicular eruptions on lobe of ear and side of neck. Herpetic eruptions are circular (circinate). Intersecting circinate rings.

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Tellurium metalicum

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Painful cracks in the skin. Patient is kept awake because of the sound of their heart. Weird sensation that their pharynx has disappeared. Can have a smell of sulphur vapors in the nose, especially with sneezing. Desires to kill before or during menses.

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X-Ray

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Deathly nausea with pale or greenish hue to the face. Solanaceae family. Symptoms are better in open air. Better when they close their eyes. Better when cover the abdomen. Better when lifting abdomen (?)

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Tabacum

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Lots of concussive sneezing, especially during fever. Odor of roses agg watery discharge. Delusion part of their body is deformed.

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Sabadilla

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Indicated with skin and respiratory pathology. Remedy is a nosode made from a scabies eruption. Can be anguish and restlessness with skin eruptions. With asthmatic breathing, if they lay on the floor with arms out (like crucified), feel better. “Cold sulphur patients”.

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Psorinum

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Indicated remedy when the hair falls out during pregnancy. Lots of faintness during pregnancy. Pains in the ovaries after delivery. Symptoms usually left-sided. Don’t like throat touched.

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Lachesis

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20
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Warts on lids and genitals that bleed easily when touched. Female genitalia- condylomata shaped like cauliflower. Lots of “sticking” pains. Remedy has affinity for mucocutaneous border. Unmoved by apologies. Anger from loss of a friend.

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Nitric acid

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21
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Patient feels as though they will lose their sanity during pregnancy or delivery. Spasmodic contractions of os uteri during labor. Only remedy where healing becomes highly acute during labor pain.

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Cimicifuga

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Acne. Empyocele (pus in scrotum). Delusions they talk to dead people.

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Calcarea silicata

23
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Strong fear of death during delivery. Fear of death with the after pains. Ailments from excessive joy/pleasant surprises.

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Coffea cruda

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Cramping in fingers during delivery. Abdominal pain that shifts suddenly to distant parts. Abdominal pain is worse bending double, better stretching out. Pollutions during sleep, ejaculation during sleep without erections.

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Dioscorea villosa (wild yam)

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Coughs and convulsions. Food or foreign substances dropping into larynx. Dreams of hemoptysis. The child must be raised because they are blue in the face and cannot exhale.

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Mephitis

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Skin eruptions worse in the winter. Can have eruptions of the occiput and wings of the nose. Eczema amel in summer. Only remedy for eczema accompanied by herpes with motion sickness. Itching of the meatus of the ear as if frozen.

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Petroleum

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Purple discoloration. Tonsils, skin eruptions can be purple. Perspiration of scalp during headache. Bluish tinge to margins of the eyes. During dentition/teething, child is better by biting on something hard.

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Phytolacca

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Eruptions on margins of hair from ear to ear. Eczema on lids of eyes and behind the ears. Hearing loss from suppressed eczema. Sore headache after vexation. White crusts, white eruptions that have pus underneath when pealed off. Strong remedy for facial neuralgias. Anxiety in solar plexus.

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Mezereum

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Seizure remedy. Agg bright light and sound of water. Only remedy under convulsions at the 21st hour (9PM). Convulsions from light, shiny objects, sight of water, attempt to swallow. Extreme hydrophobia.

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Lyssinum

30
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Gastric headaches. Headache with GI symptoms. Burning along entire alimentary canal. Lots of ropey saliva. Vomiting of bile during headache. Nausea worse from exertion.

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Iris versicolor

31
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Itching in ears, itching of palate, itching of nose. Hay fever with itching of palate. Cough and then sneeze. Feel as though ear is frozen and made from a mushroom.

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Agaricus

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Rhus poisoning. Angioedema. Remedy is similar to rhus in its stiffness and lack of mobility that leads to restlessness. Feeling of a plug or a hoop in the body. Mental feeling of devil on one shoulder, angel on the other.

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Anacardium

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Child has a very demanding cry. Quarrelsome during delivery. Very sensitive to anger. Menstrual pain after anger. Cramping of uterus after anger. Compositeae family.

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Chamomile

34
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Warts on iris and lids. Condylomata of rectum. Similar to nitric acid, condylomata bleed easily when touched. Only remedy under rubric condylomata of frenum of penis. Mercury salt.

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Cinnabaris

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During the cough there are sparks in the vision. Weakness in stomach during diarrhea. Like sulphur, diarrhea can drive them out of the bed in the morning. Only remedy that has seminal emissions during sleep, during stool, and during urination. Common name is yellow water lily.

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Nuphar luteum

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Made from horsetail. Fullness/distention of bladder. As volume of bladder increases, sensation of urgency and discomfort decreases. Incontinence with involuntary stool in elderly patients.

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Equisetum

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Burning condylomata of male genitalia. Condylomata of the rectum like cauliflower. Only remedy that covers “butternut shaped hard growth on the dorsum of the penis.” Common name is juniper.

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Sabina

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Cracks of the inner canthi. Cracks on fingertips and palms. Cracked skin of hands worse in winter. Icy coldness inside nose. Cold air agg. Coldness in pharynx agg by inspiration.

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Cistus canadensis

39
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Neuralgias and abdominal pain. Constipation after abuse of drugs. Very sensitive to anger, indignation, bitterness, vexation. Diarrhea after anger. Involuntary stools agg by standing. Better from drinking coffee, better bending forward.

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Colocynthis (bitter melon)

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Pathology of liver. Only remedy that covers complaints of liver with neuralgias of face. Pain is referred from liver to inferior angle of right scapula. Indicated for jaundice in newborns. Pressing or stitching pain in liver. Vomiting during pregnancy. GB symptoms during pregnancy.

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Chelidonium

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UTIs and headaches. Head feels like it is opening and shutting. GU symptoms: urethra is pained and inflamed, pain in bladder after urination, forked stream of urine, inflammation of cowper’s gland, symptoms worse from touch and from walking with legs too close together.

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Cannabis sativum

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Skin eruptions and sunstroke. Don’t like to be looked at, spoken to, or touched. Impetigo (4). Crusts and scabs inside nose. Small honey yellow points on chin. One of the most sentimental remedies. Sentimental in moonlight.

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Antimonium crudum

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Chills spread from neck of bladder. Bladder pain worse at end of urination. Can only pass urine while standing. Dysuria accompanied by lithiasis (?). Children who cry before urination starts. Delusions that they are friendless.

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Sarsaparilla

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Deep cracks in heels. Feeling of being lovesick. Tooth pain extending from one tooth to the other. Only remedy that has a swelling or a sore pain of the sternoclavicular joint.

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Tilia Europaea

45
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Newborn is cyanotic with a low apgar score. Cyanosis in infants (3). Only remedy that has asphyxia with stomach pains. Anxiety in abdomen extending to head. Taste of peaches or peach pits in the mouth.

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Laurocerasus

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Known for hemorrhaging. Related to arnica and chamomile. Metorrhagia after abortion. Metorrhagia bright red, gushing. Bloody expectoration after a fall. Copious bleeding of rectal condylomata. Striking or banging head (3).

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Millefolium (yarrow)

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Cough remedy. Made from a carnivorous plant. Cough is suffocative in nature. Lots of gasping for air during cough. Must hold chest with hands during cough. May cough so hard that they get nosebleeds. Keynote: suffocative cough starts as soon as head touches pillow.

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Drosera rotundifolia

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Allergic rhinitis with acrid nasal discharge. Coryza with discharge that’s worse in the evening and worse in warm rooms. Watery nasal discharge from smell of peaches or roses. Hay fever in August. Phantom limb pains.

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Allium cepa (red onion)

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Eruptions on dorsum of nose. Red elevated patches on palms of hands. Eventually separate themselves from loved ones/friends. Indifference to loved ones, animated with strangers. Delusions he must dissolve his marriage. Delusions that their betrothal must be broken. Headaches that follow the sutures of the skull.

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Fluoric acid

50
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Herpes zoster ophthalmicus. Herpetic eruptions of cornea, chest, back, fingers, palms. Post-herpetic neuralgias.

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Rununculous bulbosa