Homeopathy Flashcards

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Silicea

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POLYCREST

Acute: abscesses, foreign bodies, swellings, inflammation, sweaty

Constitution: stubborn with strong opinions and won’t change opinions but also yielding, delicate, and weak. They tend to fear failure.

Other: sweaty and perspiration that smells

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Spongio tosta

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Acute: COUGH with SEAL bark, goiter, testicular issues

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Staphysagria

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POLYCREST

Acute: styes, sharp cuts, sexual abuse, issues after pelvic surgery

Constitutional: sweet but suppressed anger that will throw shit when gets mad, passive, pelvic and abdominal issues, sexual excess

**think S in staphysagria and all the S’s in this picture

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Stamonium

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A: intense fever with delirium and fear

C: VIOLENT and FEARFUL with a murderous rage and impulsive issues. Feear of a lot of shit like death, dark, water, alone, and sexual abuse. Often sexual abuse hx

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Sulphur

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POLYCREST

A: SKIN and blood Sugar issues

C: intellectual with social and emotional lack of skills but also a huge ass ego that is very critical of others

To note: diarrhea in the morning (5 am) drives them out of bed

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Symphytum

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A: eye injuries(sympheyetum) and fractures

*specific remedy for blunt trauma to the eye or pain in periosteum after an injury heals

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Syphilinum

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A; profuse, thin, watery, green, acid leukorrhea in females

C: ulcers and tissue necrosis with destructive behaviors - alcoholics and gamblers. They may also have strong fears of getting infections, OCD, going insane and not recovering

*always washing their hands and excessive saliation while sleeping

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Tabacum

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A; N/V, motion sickness

*icy cold and always clearing throat

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Thuja occidentalis

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A; Warts, lumps, bumps, BPH

C: these individuals feel like they have never been ok since they got the vaccine and like so hide their true self because they have feelings of fragility and deep isolation

*craves raw onons

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Tuberculinum

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A: URTI, bronchitis, coughs, OM

C: tend to be romantic but dissatisfied. They want to travel to mountains and areas with dry air because they feel better but they are restless, and violen

*dark hair along spine with midline deformities

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Urtica urens

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A: skin conditions - excellent for 1st-degree burns, prickly sensations, and also hives

*urticaria alternating with rheumatic pain

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Veratrum album

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A: Diarrhea, dysmenorrhea, shock/collapse, exhaustion

C: Extreme cold to the point of being blue with a cold sweat on my forehead. Think restless, religious manic, delusions, doomsdayers, manipulative, then collapses

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Euphrasia

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A: conjunctivitis, allergies, hay fever, nasal discharge and tears that are bland or acrid

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Ferrum phosphoricum

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A: SUDDEN high fever with few other sx

C: bright, easy to talk to but easily flushes. If they become ill, they get irritable, nervous, sensitive, etc

*Bright red blood and feeling of sand under eyelid

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Causticum

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POLYCREST

A: burns, neuro problems and ailments after rape

C: sympathetic, activists, grief

SRP: must swallow scanty expectorations, craves salt and meat

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Chamomilla

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A; teething, painful OM and colic

C: wants to be firmly held by loved ones but inconsolable. Intense sweating.

SRP: fever with one cheek pale and one red

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Cina

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A: Convulsions, worms, ADHD

C: CHILDRENS REMEDY d/t extreme irritability and tantrums

SRP: nose picking and wants to be rocked but not touched

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Cinchona officinalis (china)

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A: nervous exhaustion, debility, shock

C: introverted + moody + artistic + very sensitive with sudden outbursts

SRP: fantasizes about heroic deeds

*better with firm pressure when touched but worse with light pressure

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Colocynthis

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A: acute abdomen and colic of any type

C: rigid, black/white types, averse to Contradiction and easily angered.

Doubled over in pain and better leaning forward

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Conium

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A: glandular enlargements of many types - tumors, BPH, etc

C: affinity for GLANDS with slow progressive onset, person feels “bruised by blows” and can be down to earth or practical. They can become emotionally hard = closed, flat, indifference

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Drosera

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A: paroxysmal cough, hoarse voice, holds chest d/t pain of cough

*cough and unable to catch breath and may vomiting from cough

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Equisetum

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A: URINARY ISSUES

*urging when bladder is almost empty

SRP: flow or urine is drop-by-drop

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Eupatorium perfoliatum

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A: Bone pains + fever or flu

  • better with perspiration and talking
    *worse with movement
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Sepia

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POLYCREST

A: pregnancy complaints - nausea from smell of food, PMS, menopause, etc.

C: hormonal stasis, apathy, indifferent, burned out and irritable and the person is introverted. Will yell at children then feel guilty and also involuntarily weeps, doesnt want sex

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Rhus toxicodendron

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POLYCREST

A: ligament and joint injuries, herpetic eruptions and chicken pox

C: cheerful and friendly but also shy, they have an inner aggitation and restlessness = frustration = depression or OCD. they will have lots of physical complaints - muscle and joint stiffness but wont have mental sx

*think arthritis pain that gets better once movement like a rusty hinge and also worse with cold

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Pyrogenium

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A: pus/infx/sepsis

*SRP = disparity between pulse rate and temp = high temp with slow pulse

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Pulsatilla

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POLYCREST

A: measles, OM, cough, HORMONAL issues, bronchitis, etc.

C: very weepy and emotions that change very quickly. they do not like fatty foods but they crave them. they can also be clingy, indecisive, and are run by their emotions

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Rumex crispus

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A: cough from tickle in suprasternal fossa hat is better covering head and mouth

*pressure in suprasternal fossa triggers their cough

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Ruta graveolens

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A: periosteal and tendon injuries: tendinitis, MSK, S/S

C: stiffness, anxious, critical, feels injured part is weak and they feel better with movement

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Psorinum

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A: only in chronic conditions

C: ALl secretions have filthy smell - ears, skin, eyes, nose. Perspiration with slight exertion. They are very melancholy with SI and so focused on dsappointment, poverty.

*very chilly and has extreme cold sensitivity - they even wear warm clothes in the summer (SRP)

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Sanguinaria

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A: acute headaches - R sided, and migraines that are worse with light and noise but better when lying down and peeing a lot

*easy flushing and red flushed face, rust-colored sputum

pattern: start in am, worsen in the afternoon, improve in PM

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Gelsemium

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A; weakness, HA, and fever - main flu remedy

C: Think dull, drowsy, dumb, droopy, dizzy and weak

SRP: lump in throat which cant be swallowed

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Glonoinum

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A: THROBBING headaches, migraines that come and go
* left sided

C: Confusion, suddenly violent

SRP: worse heat around the head and feels like head with explode or their skull feels too small for brain

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Graphites

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A: skin eruption with scaly, cracked skin, and fissures, impetigo, eczema, etc that has ozzy honey-like fluid

C: simple and down to earth but obese, cold and constipated

*left sided

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Hepar sulphuris

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A: croup, asthma, otolaryngeal infx that smell like old cheese

C: vulnerable - easily suppurates, irritable, peevish

SRP: extremely sensitive to cold air

*ONE OF COLDEST REMEDIES

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Hyoscyamus

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A: MANIA, tics, spasms, seizures, convulsions

C: talks a lot, wants to expose self, uncontrollable nerve movements, they tend to be jealous, aggressive, and suspicious

*worse after eating, sleep, menses, evening/night

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Hypericum

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A: nerve injuries, shooting pains, injuries to fingers/toes

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Ignatia amara

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POLYCREST

A: ailments AFTER GRIEF WITH SPASTICITY, HYSTERIA OR SENSATION OF LUMP IN THROAT and spasms

C: SIGHING, spastic, sensitivive and tends to be a perfectionist and artitistic but feels betrayed and in denial

SRP: fear of birds

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Ipecacuanha

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A: persistent N/V without relief

SRP: nausea with clear tongue and is full of desires but doesnt know for what, tends to be irritable and obese

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Kali bichromicum

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A: MAIN REMEDY FOR SINUSITIS WITH THICK, STRINGY, YELLOW MUCUS

C: conformists with “gluey” personality - sticks to rigid rules

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Kali carbonicum

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POLYCREST

A: asthma, chronic sinusitis, respiratory issues, insomnia d/t inability to stop thinking

C: rigid, dogmatic, proper, loyal, doesnt like change, anxious

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Lachesis

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POLYCREST

A: L-sided - purple red sore throat or abscess, CNS sx, circulatory issues

C: L -sided and cant stand constraints, talkative, jealous, lashes out, paranoid, suffocation

*any flow brings relief

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Ledum

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A: Puncture wounds, bites, rheumatic complaints

C: irritable, alcoholics

SRP: wounded part feels cold but wants cold

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Lycopodium

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POLYCREST

A: GI/liver disorder - R to left sore throat and respiratory issues

C: inferiority complex and a bully, Right sided, superficial, flam boyant, fear of commitment, grump and hungry when waking

FULL OF HOT AIR d/ sx of gas and bloating and intellectual posturing

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Magnesium phosphorica

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A: cramping pain/spasm, neuralgia, teeth issues

C: oversensitive and irritable, mentally similar to phosphorus

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Medorrhinum

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A: chronic vaginal sx at onset of new sexual partner with high sex drive

C: excess in all things and passion and promiscuity

*craves thrills to the point of dangerous activities but better near the seaside and at night

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Mercurius vivus

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A: tonsilitis and glandular swelling with profuse suppuration, bone cancer/dz

C: extreme weakness with no relief from excessive oily perspiration and very sweaty with excessive salivation

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Natrum muriaticum

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POLYCREST

A: GRIEF, water d/c disorders

C: emotionally vulnerable with respressed feelings but a perfectionist. AILMENTS FROM OR DISAPPOINTED LOVE, depression after loss

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Natrum sulphuricum

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A: chronic bronchitis or pneumonia with rattling cough

C: suicidal melancholy, serious, responsible. Problems after head injury - depression or SI, diabetes after grief

*worse with tight belt and pants

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Natrum phosphoricum

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A: any dz with yellow creamy d/c and GREEN diarrhea

C: yellow, creamy dx from eyes or as tongue coat, forgetful and easily frightened

*grief + depression + sympathy + fear

worse with mental exertion and butter/fat/sour vinegar

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Nitricum acidum

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A: splitter or splitter-like pain - mucus membrane with cracks, pain, and ulcers

C: offensive odor with perspiration and d/c and overall just negative about life. Very irritable with family feuds and friend feuds. Selfish and hypochondriacs

CHILLY

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Nux vomica

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POLYCREST

A: dyspepsia and complaints from overeating, headaches/migraines

C: TYpe A personalities and oversensitive with foody mind, bad tempers, etc.

Wants to but cant

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Phosphorus

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POLYCREST

A: respiratory complaints, hemorrhage

C: effervescent, gullible, hypersensitive, fearful, fears loneliness and death

SRP: craves cold drinks

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Phytolacca

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A: hard lesions, lumps, breast problems and lymphadenopathy

glandular remedy and right sided

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Plantina

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A: cramp-like and squeezing pain

C: pride and contempt for others, vacillate between sadness and happiness, mental symptoms alternate with physical sx - ALWAYS genital involvement of some sort

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Podophyllum

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A: painless diarrhea, alternating constipation and diarrhea - offensive and exploding diarrhea

C: affinity for intestines, liver, uterine, and ovarian with depression and talkative

SRP: scalloped moist burning tongue

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Carbo vegetabilis

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A: shock, hypothermia, asthma, COPD

C: apathetic, negative, irritable, collapsed states and weakness

SRP: wants to be fanned

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Cantharis

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A: UTI and cystitis with urging, pain, severe burning

C: angry, irritable, sexual mania, rapid onset, destructive to tissue and excessive sexual desire unrelieved by masturbation or sex

BURNING PAIN

SRP: scalding urine passed drop by drop

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Calc Carb

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POLYCREST

A: Dyspnea on exertion, swollen glands, premenstrual breast pain, soft or brittle nails

C: obstinate, responsible, lots of fears and anxieties but workaholic that crashes when the task is finished

*common remedy for chubby, sweaty and sour-smelling babies with large heads

SRP: worse cold but wants cold drink

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Bryonia

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A: pain worse with the slightest touch or motion and acute conditions that slowly develop

C: material success is a major concern and will become depressed and anxious if financial security is threatened

better lying on injured part (like arnica)

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Aconite

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A: sudden acute conditions with any element of fright, shock, exposure, sudden onset of illness, inflam, and trauma, anxiety and fear of death
**predicts the time of their feared death and fear of failure*

C: strong and healthy, low self esteem so therefore feels like they need to prove themselves

ailment from exposure to cold, dry wind, fright, or sudden shock, and sudden onset

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Allium cepa

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A: acrid nasal discharge and bland tears (opposite of euphrasia), common cold with burning pain that alternates from side to side (left to right usually(

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Anacardium

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A: nervous dyspepsia and reflux that is better with eating

C: delusions, hallucinations, hearing voices, lack of confidence, poor memory, itchy skin conditions

SRP: for rheumatic conditions - feels like as if a band were around it

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Antimonium tart

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A: rattling mucus in chest and can’t expectorate, cyanosis, coated white tongue that is better sitting up

*SRP: averse touch but likes to be carried (like cina)

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Apis mellifica (Apis)

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A: edema, shock, allergy, anaphylaxis, bee stings, inset bites, hives

C: queen bees, over protective, loyal with a tendency for jealousy and angered when pestered

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Arnica montana (arnica)

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A: bruising, S/S

C: morose imagination, restless, pessimistic

*they think they are well but they arent and injured part feels bruised

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Arsenicum album

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POLYCREST

A: food poisoning, excessive diarrhea and/or vomiting - purging from both ends

C: restless, anxious, fear of disease - may even call doctor often for reassurance and question treatment plan, physical weakness, perfectionist that are meticulous

68
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Aurum metallicum

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A: heart conditions, grief, depression with suicidal ideation (same with nat mur)

C: serious, intimidating, hopeless, angry, successful, perfectionists, SI and grief

*better with music

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Baryta carbonicum

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A: enlarged glands or organs

C: mental, emotional or physical immaturity, mental weakness, dependent on caregivers and lack of self-confidence

tends to be chilly and desires sweets

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Belladonna

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POLYCREST

A: bright red face, red throat, violent, head

CL violent, sensitive to everything when ill, strong, energetic, upbeat

blind as a bad, red as a beet, dry as a bone, hot as a hare, mad as a hatter