Homeopathy - I, K, L, & M Flashcards
Name the remedy used in acute situations for AILMENTS AFTER GRIEF, esp w/ SPASTICITY OR HYSTERIA OR SENSATION OF LUMP IN THE THROAT; rectal spasms, back pain, paroxysmal cough, convulsions, tics, spasms
Ignatia
Which remedy has the following constitutional picture? Spasticity + sensitivity, SIGHING, contradictions, aversion to tobacco, dislikes fruit, idealistic dreamer, perfectionist, denial, feels betrayed, artistic, sleepless after grief
Ignatia
Which remedy has the following modalities: -Better while eating -Better w/ travel -Worse w/ consolation -Worse in AM -Worse w/ sweets -Worse in open air -Worse w/ coffee -Worse w/ smoking or smoky rooms Generals: SRP = fear of birds, dreams of water. Ailments from grief or disappointment (Nat-m)
Ignatia
Name the remedy used in acute situations for PERSISTENT NAUSEA AND VOMITING W/ NO RELIEF, acute asthma, migraines w/ vomiting, hemorrhage, violent incessant gagging cough w/ every breath
Ipecac
Which remedy has the following modalities:
-Worse warm
-Worse moist
-Better open air
Generals: SRP = nausea w/ clean tongue, full of desires but doesn’t know for what (Cham, Cina), gushes red blood, cough, thirstless, irritable, obese, chest constriction
Ipecac
Name the remedy used in acute situations for wandering arthritis; MAIN REMEDY FOR SINUSITIS w/THICK STRINGY, YELLOW MUCUS; asthma, gastritis
Kali bichromicum
Which remedy has the following constitutional picture? conformist (Kali-c), Mneumonic: “gluey” personality in that they tend to stick to rigid rules and conduct like their mucus sticks to the membranes. Can be dull, long-winded and irritable.
Kali bichromicum
Which remedy has the following modalities:
- Worse cold
- Worse damp
- Worse open air
- Worse undressing
- Worse in morning
- Better with heat
- Better with motion
- Better with pressure
Kali bichromicum
Which remedy has the following generals? THICK GLUEY (STRINGY, ROPEY) DISCHARGE (esp. FROM NOSE), wandering pain, small spots of pain, GI complaints alternate w/ resp and joint s/sxs, allergic to beer (worse w/ beer)
Kali bichromicum
This remedy is a polycrest. Name the remedy used in acute situations for asthma, chronic sinusitis, respiratory problems, stitching pains (Bry, Hep-s), insomnia when can’t let go of thoughts or due to back pain.
Kali carb
Which remedy has the following constitutional picture? So compulsively rigid, they cannot break even a trivial rule. RIGID, DOGMATIC, CONSERVATIVE, PROPER, LOYAL, dislikes change, anxious, easily startled, feels fear in epigastrium rather than mentally - major pathology in body not mind.
Kali carb
Which remedy has the following modalities: -Worse cold -Worse drafts -Worse 2am-4am, respiration -Worse lying flat, back pain -Worse menses -Better pressure Generals: sensitive soles of feet (Med), stitching pains, swollen eyelids, desires sweets, constipated
Kali carb
This remedy is a polycrest. Name the remedy used in acute situations for Left-sided complaints; purple red sore throat or abscesses, CNS s/sxs, circulatory complaints (i.e. varicose veins, migraines), eczema, dysmenorrhea
Lachesis
Which remedy has the following constitutional picture? LEFT SIDED, CAN’T STAND CONSTRAINT, loquacious, jealous, suspicious, repressed anger, aggressive, extroverted, “lashes out”, paranoid, suffocating
Lachesis
Which remedy has the following modalities: -Worse heat -Worse SUN -Worse touch -Better anger -Better flow -Worse upon waking Generals: fears snakes; ANY FLOW (esp. MENSES) BRINGS RELIEF; thin dark offensive pus
Lachesis
Name the remedy used in acute situations for PUNCTURE WOUNDS, injuries to eyeballs, black eyes, tetanus, animal and insect bites, swollen numb injury, ascending rheumatism w/ painful soles, tetanus, lymphangitis, sprains
Ledum
Which remedy has the following constitutional picture? Surly, irritable, alcoholic tendency (Aur, Nux-v); chronic rheumatic complaints, venous congestion, gout, edema of lower extremities; SRP = chilly but ameliorated by ice cold baths and applications.
Ledum
Which remedy has the following modalities:
-Better icy cold applications/soaks; pain
-Worse warm
Generals: SRP = WOUNDED PART FEELS COLD but desires cold applications to it. Bronchitis, rheumatic heart disease
Ledum
This remedy is a polycrest. Name the remedy used in acute situations for GI and liver disorder (i.e. hepatitis); R–>L sore throat; resp problems (i.e. pneumonia, coughs)
Lycopodium
Which remedy has the following constitutional picture? inferiority complex/bully; GI upset and poor digestion; complaints on Right side; thirstless (Puls, Gels); fears new things; superficial; stage fright (Gels) but ends up doing a good job; cowardly, flamboyant (to cover shallowness), dyslexia, fear of commitment. Premature hair graying and babies that resemble old men - furrowed brow, jowls. Grumpy and hungry upon waking.
Lycopodium
Which remedy has the following modalities:
-Better loosening clothes (Lach, Nat-s)
-Better passing gas
-Worse spicy food and onions
-Worse 4-8am or pm
Generals: Mneumonic: “Full of hot air” due to symptoms of gas and bloating + intellectual posturing. Hungry often w/ either early satiety or increased appetite, bulimia
Lycopodium
Name the remedy used in acute situations for CRAMPING PAINS/SPASMS, neuralgia, writer’s cramp (Dros), toothache, teething, spasmodic, dysmenorrhea, chills w/o fever, spasmodic cough
Mag phos
Which remedy has the following constitutional picture? Oversensitive and irritable; ailments from perceived lack of maternal love; mentally similar to Phosphorus; neuralgia, cramps and colic are the main physical symptoms.
Mag phos
Which remedy has the following modalities:
-Better w/ heat
-Better w/ pressure (but Worse with light touch)
-Worse COLD
Generals: Right sided complaints (Lyc); neuralgia + colic
Mag phos
Name the remedy used in acute situations for chronic vaginitis, urethritis, or cystitis especially at onset of new sexual relationship (Staph) with high sex drive; great swelling of ankles, asthma w/ eczema, bright red lesions w/ sharp borders (esp. diaper rash), early-onset angina
Medorrhinum
Which remedy has the following constitutional picture? EXCESS IN ALL THINGS, PASSIONATE, behavior problems in children (Sulph, Verat, Rhus-t), PROMISCUITY, craves unripe fruit, ice, and oranges; Extreme in all pursuits, craves thrills to the point of engaging in dangerous activities; aggressive; night owls; history of gonorrhea, genital warts or early heart disease. Sycotic (gonorrhea) miasma.
Medorrhinum
Which remedy has the following modalities?
-Better seaside
-Better night
-Worse damp
Generals: averse to eggplant, sleeps in knee-chest position, symptoms clear at seaside, burning and sensitive soles of feet
Medorrhinum
Name the remedy used in acute situations for tonsillitis w/ glandular swelling w/ profuse suppuration (sil), bone cancers or bone disease where pain is worse at night, diarrhea w/ watery, slimy, bloody, and offensive smell
Mercurius vivus
Which remedy has the following constitutional picture? Extreme weakness w/ NO RELIEF FROM EXCESSIVE OILY PERSPIRATION (opposite: Nat-m). Involuntary tremors and trembling that moves to nearby muscles. They may stutter, be obese, have offensive discharge, oily face and hair, have offensive breath, and exemplify constriction and destruction in various ways. Very quarrelsome, aversion to everything, and have delusions that they are surrounded by enemies.
Mercurius vivus
Which remedy has the following modalities?
-Worse DAMP
-Worse COLD
-Worse NIGHT
-Better sugar
Generals: sweating w/ every complaint, excessive salivation in sleep, sensitive to cold or hot temps, worse with warmth of the bed, so uncovers then cools off and becomes uncomfortable
Mercurius vivus
