Homeopathy I - Comparing remedies

Question 1

Substance abuse / never well since drug use, remedy comparison:

Answer 1

• Nux vomica:
  o Stimulants (coffee, nicotine, alcohol) anaesthetic, drug overdose:
  o Constipation, better for eating, headaches, marked irritability from substance withdrawal.
• Arsenicum:
  o Chemotherapy / drug overdose:
  o Nausea, vomiting, diarrhoea, extreme weakness, pale, craves cold water but vomits it up straight away.
• Sulphur:
  o Antibiotics / corticosteroids:
  o Hot diarrhoea, skin eruptions, ravenous appetite, craving for sweets

Question 2

Comparing remedies:

Answer 2

• Sulphuris the ‘thinker’.
• Nux vomicais the ‘doer’.
• Lycopodium ‘knows the best anyway’.