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What are the 3 sources of the Materia Medica?

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Toxicology, pathogenic experimentation, clinical observation

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What are the characteristics of the Materia Medica stemming from toxicology data? Give 1 example

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  • Lesional or functional
  • Specific of the substance
  • Always reproducible, reliable
  • Independent from the sensitivity of the patient

Example: Belladonna; dryness of the mucous membranes

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On what type of clinical symptoms can we believe a patient is sensitive to a medicine or that he presents with the sensitive type of the medicine?

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  • Pathological tendencies
  • Behavioral tendencies
  • Morphology
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Name, with no details, the 5 homeopathic prescription paths in a chronic disease

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  • Etiological
  • Histo-physiopathological
  • Pathogenetic
  • Chronic reactional mode
  • Sensitive type
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Name the 4 quadrants of the Hering cross

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  • Localization or lesion stage
  • Sensations
  • Modalities
  • Concomitant symptoms
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Name the symptoms to write down in the first quadrant

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  • Lesion stage
  • Aspect of the lesion
  • Tissue localization
  • Localization on the body
  • Path and irradiation
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Give 3 examples of characteristic sensations with the corresponding medicines

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  • Dryness of the mucous membranes: Belladonna
  • Burning sensation: Arsenicum album,
  • Stinging sensation: Apis
  • Sensation of a «ball”: Ignatia
  • Strangling sensation: Lachesis
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Give 5 modality examples with the corresponding medicines

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  • Improved by heat: Arsenicum album
  • Improved by cold: Apis
  • Improved by pressure: Bryonia
  • Improved by movement: Rhus tox
  • Aggravated by humidity: Dulcamara
  • Improved straightening up: Dioscorea
  • Improved bending double: Colocynthis
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What is a concomitant symptom? Give 2 examples

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It is a symptom without any evident physio-pathological relationship with the nosological diagnosis but that appeared at the same time as the disease

  • The thirst of Natrum muriaticum
  • The desire for acid food of Sepia
  • The desire for alcohol of Nux vomica
  • The obsessive ideas of Thuya
  • The post-prandial redness of Lycopodium
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What is an etiological symptom? Give 3 examples

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  • After a fright: Gelsemium
  • After cold: Aconit
  • Emotional shock: Ignatia
  • After trauma: Arnica
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In the Materia Medica of a medicine, what do we call the characteristic symptoms?

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The sensations, modalities and concomitant symptoms

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What is a position modality? Give 3 examples

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A modality is not a symptom but it qualifies the symptom

  • Improvement bending double: Colocynthis - Improved sitting: Gnaphalium
  • Improved lying on the back: Dioscorea
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What is a time modality? Give 3 examples

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A modality is not a symptom but it qualifies the symptom

  • Between 1 and 3 am: Arsenicum album
  • Around 10 am: Natrum muriaticum
  • Around noon: Sulfur
  • Between 4 and 8 pm: Lycopodium
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What is an atmospheric modality? Give 3 examples

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A modality is not a symptom but it qualifies the symptom

  • Improved by heat: Arsenicum album
  • Improved by cold: Apis
  • Aggravated by drafts: Nux vomica
  • Aggravated by humidity: Dulcamara
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What is a modality related to physiological activity? Give 3 examples

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A modality is not a symptom but it qualifies the symptom

  • Aggravated by meals: Nux vomica
  • Aggravated before the periods: Lachesis
  • Aggravated during the periods: Cimicifuga - Improved by a flow: Lachesis
  • Aggravated by loss of physiological fluids: China
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Name the classically described 3 homeopathic constitutions (Nebel & Vannier)

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Carbonic, phosphoric, fluoric

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How do you choose the dilution level?

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There are 3 levels of dilution height: the higher the similitude and the more the patient seems sensitive, that is the more precise symptoms of the medicine he has, the higher the dilution

  • Low dilutions 4-5 C: Physical and local symptoms
  • Medium dilutions 7-9C: functional and general symptoms
  • High dilutions 15-30C: high similitude, high sensitivity, behavioral symptoms
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How do you choose how often to repeat the homeopathic medicines in acute? Give 2 examples

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The repetition of the doses depends both on the acuteness of the affection and the period of action of the medicine

Example:

  • For a burn: Apis 15 C, 5 pellets each 10 minutes
  • For a fever: Belladonna each hour
  • For a sinusitis: Kalium bichromicum 3 times daily
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How do you define the duration of a homeopathic treatment in an acute disease?

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In an acute disease, you must give it less often when improvement appears and stop when the symptom has ended

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Describe the clinical symptoms of the Psoric reactional mode

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  • Periodicity of the skin, mucous membranes and serous membranes manifestations
  • Alternation, succession or concomitance of these manifestations either between themselves, or with internal or behavioral manifestations
  • Tendency towards parasites; difficult convalescence
  • Lack of good reaction to well chosen homeopathic medicines
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Describe the clinical symptoms of the Sycotic reactional mode

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  • Tendency towards benign tumors or growths
  • Chronic catarrh of the mucous membranes
  • General imbibition of the tissues (infiltration, sensitivity to cold and humidity)
  • Slow, progressive and insidious development of diseases that do not have a tendency to cure by themselves
  • General depressive and/or obsessive tendencies
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What are the etiological circumstances responsible for the Sycotic Reactional Mode?

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  • Pollution
  • Repeated infections and their treatments
  • Injections of foreign proteins
  • Repeated allopathic treatments
  • Repeated stress
  • All causes capable of inducing an alteration of the defense mechanisms, an immune dysfunction
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Give the main signs describing the Tuberculinic reactional mode

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  • Loss of weight despite an often good appetite
  • Hypersensitivity and nervous instability
  • Hypersensitivity to cold
  • Easily tired
  • Demineralization
  • Variability of the symptoms
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Give 2 examples of ENT pathology for which the clinical analysis shows an evolution on the Psoric reactional mode. Explain your choices

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Give 2 examples of ENT pathology for which the clinical analysis shows an evolution on the Sycotic reactional mode. Explain your choices
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Give 2 examples of pathology in rheumatology for which the clinical analysis shows an evolution on the Psoric reactional mode. Explain your choices
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Give 2 examples of pathology in rheumatology for which the clinical analysis shows an evolution on the Sycotic reactional mode. Explain your choices
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Give 2 examples of pathology in gastroenterology for which the clinical analysis shows an evolution on the Psoric reactional mode. Explain your choices
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Give 2 examples of pathology in gynecology for which the clinical analysis shows an evolution on the Sycotic reactional mode. Explain your choices
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What are the limits of homeopathy in dermatology?
Irreversible pathologies: cysts, naevus, baso or spino-cellular cancers, melanomas, or diseases of unknown origin
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What symptoms, in chronic dermatology pathology, make you think of a Psoric reactional mode?
Dermatosis that are cyclical, periodical or that alternate with internal allergic pathologies (hay fever, asthma…) We find this evolution in allergic affections, atopic dermatitis, recurring viral diseases (herpes) The pruritis of this reactional mode is mostly burning, aggravated by heat and water, improved by cold
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What symptoms, in chronic dermatology pathology, make you think of a Sycotic reactional mode??
Constructive dermatosis slow and continuous in nature, without any remission phase and appearing often after a vaccination or any injection of foreign protein. Atmospheric or food pollution is also part of the indications of the Sycotic Reactional Mode
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In a classic clinical observation of a patient presenting with a chronic disease, what are the elements letting you determine the Psoric reactional mode?
- Family history: allergies - Personal history: allergies, recurring pathologies (migraines, herpes, fungus) - The description of the evolution of the disorders: periodical, recurring - The description of the acute episodes: the acute characteristics, the lack of reaction to treatment, the long and difficult convalescence - The general interview: notions of diverse pathologies alternating between themselves or with episodes of fatigue and anxiety
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In a classic clinical observation of a patient presenting with a chronic disease, what are the elements letting you determine the Sycotic reactional mode?
- The family history: nothing specific - The personal history: episodes of recurring infections, long treatments, disturbances of the immune system, important stress - The description of the evolution of the disorders: continuous with a slow and progressive installation - The description of the acute episodes: a chronic catarrh, a benign tumor, tissue infiltration - The general interview: other elements of sycosis, infiltrations, nodules, cysts, a phobic or depressive tendency - Clinical examinations: infiltration, weight gain, warts, cysts, etc
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In a classic clinical observation of a patient presenting with a chronic disease, what are the elements letting you determine the medicines of the sensitive type?
- The personal history: often characteristic of the morbid tendencies - The description of the evolution of the disorders: can evoke the symptoms of the medicine - The general interview: this is the most important part of the observation that will find the morbid tendencies, the general reactions and the behavioral traits
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Explain, in a few words, what “grading of the symptoms of a clinical observation” means:
We must, in each clinical case, make a complete observation without formulating an early judgment on the relative importance of each symptom Then, when we are to write the prescription, we must take in account the symptoms that are the most specific, the most striking, due to the disease or to the reactions of the patient We must be careful because what is the most precise can be different from one observation to another: sometimes it can be the description of a lesion, of a sensation, of a modality, morbid tendencies, behavior or even history. Mental and behavioral symptoms are important but do not necessarily have priority
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Explain, in a few words the place of behavioral symptoms in the therapeutic decision
The behavioral symptoms can be the cause of the consultation, they can direct or confirm the choice of the sensitive type medicines Mental and behavioral symptoms are important but do not necessarily have priority
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Explain, in a few words the difference between a neuro-sensorial symptom and a behavioral one Give examples
A neuro-sensorial symptom is a neurological one; trembling, palpitations, headaches, lump in throat, for example It is close to a pathogenetic symptom of toxic origin and can be independent from the patient’s sensitivity. Gelsemium or Ignatia can be prescribed to any patient presenting with their symptoms. A mental or behavioral symptom, a modification or increase of an affect is due to the sensitivity of the patient. The prescription of the medicine depends on the totality of the clinical picture that must confirm the sensitivity to the medicine
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What are the essential questions to ask to determine the chronic reactional mode?
- All sectors of the clinical observation are important - The family history - The personal history and the study of recent events (ongoing treatments) - The description of the evolution of the disorders - The general interview - Clinical examination, biological tests, X-Rays, etc
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What are the risks and limits of the notion of sensitive type?
To overshadow the precise description of lesions or sensations, which is regrettable in an acute pathology; to privilege morphological or psychological aspects with little objective elements

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