Homeopathy Quick Keynotes Flashcards
Which remedy has the keynotes: FEAR of death, onset after sudden frights, ACUTE anxiety, agitation, croupy cough, fever, flushed face having one cheek red and the other pale, intense thirst for large quantities of cold water
Aconite
Which remedy has the keynotes: BLAND lacrimation with SHARP, ACRID nasal d/c that is harsh and may even excoriate the nose and upper lip. Profuse watery d/c “like a faucet”, hoarse, spasmodic cough caused by laryngeal tickling w/searing pain, HA when closing eyes, nerve pain with fear of the pain.
WORSE: heat, warm room
BETTER: open air, coolness
Allium cepa
Which remedy has the keynotes: Indecisive (delusion angel/devil on shoulder), anger and violence towards people and animals, sensation of painful pressure like a band or plug around temples, eyes, and in muscles. Curses after bad news. Low self-esteem. Main remedy for poison ivy w/ tremendous itching.
WORSE: intellectual work, empty stomach
BETTER: eating
Anacardium orientale
Which remedy has the keynotes: coarse rattling mucus in chest or larynx (mucus won’t cough up), sputum thick, dyspnea, tongue has thick white coat, CYANOSIS, acute bronchial dz (bronchitis, COPD, Whooping Cough).
WORSE: heat, lying down
BETTER: expectoration, sitting
Antimonium tartaricum
Which remedy has the keynotes: allergic RXN, reddish-pink edema w/ sudden onset, stinging pain, burning pain, swelling, hives, bites, stings, active, vital, busy people (“Busy Bees”), lack of thirst (esp. febrile cond.), bag-like swelling of the uvula. Cystitis w/scalding pain during urination.
WORSE: heat
BETTER: cold applications
Apis
Which remedy has the keynotes: Irritable and averse to company, everything feels too hard (even the pillow or bed), restless in bed, aggravated by jarring, blunt trauma, epistaxis while washing face, acute sprains, bruises, myalgias. contusions, aching, muscular pains, concussion, aches and stiffness
WORSE: slightest touch, jolts and movement
BETTER: Rest, lying w/ head down
Arnica
Which remedy has the keynotes: VERY thirsty, esp. w/ fever, DESIRES sips of warm liquids often, VERY ANXIOUS about health, asthma, R-sided coryza, cough.
WORSE: cold drinks, Btwn midnight - 2AM
BETTER: heat
Arsenicum album
Which remedy has the keynotes: chronic alcohol abuse, sadness, lack self-confidence, feelings of failure (esp. failed business or financial losses), obsessive SUICIDAL ideas (thoughts of jumping from high places), perfectionist, severe depression, insomnia, religious/spiritual. Bone pains.
[SPHYLLITIC remedy]
WORSE: night, contraindication leads to anger
BETTER: open air, summer for depression, MUSIC
Aurum metallicum
Which remedy has the keynotes: delayed mental development, shy, childish behavior, fear of being laughed at, nervous biting of nails, swollen tonsils and hard cervical glands, atrophy of genitalia, undescended testicles,
WORSE: mental exertion
Baryta carbonicum
Which remedy has the keynotes: intense DRYNESS of mucous membranes, intense THIRST for large quantities of cold water, painful sensation from any motion, stay immobile, vertigo (worse w/motion), RIGHT sided, dry painful cough
WORSE: motion, 9PM
BETTER: Rest, lying on painful side, strong pressure, sweating
Bryonia
Which remedy has the keynotes: Sensation of general or local cold, general weakness and feels she may go insane w/fear someone will notice, overworked, overwhelmed, often over WT, poor stamina, localized sweat on head, fears rats, constipation w/ NO URGE, nails brittle
DESIRE for: eggs, sweets, dairy
WORSE: cold, intellectual effort, full moon
BETTER: Dry weather
Calcarea carbonica
Which remedy has the keynotes: BURNS and BURNING PAIN, pain on urination “each drop passes as if scalding water”, excessive sexual appetite, bloody diarrhea w/burning sensation and foul smelling, burning pains on healthy skin, hydrophobia although extremely thirsty
WORSE: touch, urinating
BETTER: cold and cold applications
Cantharis
Which remedy has the keynotes: foul breath, flatulence, tremendous BLOATING, indigestion, cyanosis of extremities, general weakness and collapse, cold - but averse to being covered, but desired to be fanned, great irritability,
WORSE: rich foods or fat, lying flat, must sit up
BETTER: being fanned, BELCHING
Carbo vegetabilis
Which remedy has the keynotes: cold-induced facial paralysis (Bell’s Palsey), WARTS (fingers, eyelids, nose), soreness of mucus membranes, sympathetic type, great anger over injustice, rebellious, political activists, constant desire to clear throat w/ great difficulty, hoarseness w/ cold
CRAVINGS: salty foods, bacon, smoke meats
WORSE: dry cold and wind, 4PM
BETTER: cloudy, wet, rainy weather, cough better w/cold drinks
Causticum
Which remedy has the keynotes: abnormally sensitive to pain, agitation, anger, irritable, intolerant, children become violent, scream, inconsolable, toothaches worse w/ heat, diarrhea during TEETHING - stool appears like cut grass, indecisive, capricious, aversion to being touched, EARACHE, extremities feel hot and throws off covers at night
WORSE: anger, 9AM, coffee
BETTER: passive movement (being rocked)
Chamomile
Which remedy has the keynotes: WORMS, nasal pruritus with constant need to bore fingers into nose, ITCHY rectum or vagina/vulva, grinds teeth in sleep, children w/ pale face and large bluish discoloration around mouth or eyes.
Cina
Which remedy has the keynotes: Fluid loss, gassy, bloated, distention - no relief from eructations or flatulence, HA - better with hard pressure, diarrhea - worse from fruit and milk, GB dz, hypersensitivity, fear of animals (even domesticated), insomnia
PERIODICITY: every other day or every 7 days
WORSE: fluid loss, light, superficial touch, cold drafts, fog, eating fruit
BETTER: Hard, STRONG PRESSURE, BENDING DOUBLE (colic), HEAT
Cinchona (China officinalis)
Which remedy has the keynotes: paroxysmal cramping pain w/ N&V and/or diarrhea, hepatic and renal colic, dysmenorrhea, sciatica
WORSE: anger, indignation, excitement, strong emotions
BETTER: strong pressure on the painful area, bending double, heat
Colocynthis
Which remedy has the keynotes: TUMORS, HARD LUMPS, HARD GLANDS, visual disturbance, lacrimation w/ marked photophobia, ASCENDING PARALYSIS, cancer (esp breast, brain, pelvic) VERTIGO - worse w/ turning head or moving eyes, confusion, dull, brain fog, perspiration on closing eyes
WORSE: suppressed sexual desire, movements of the head or eyes - vertigo
BETTER: heat
Conium
Which remedy has the keynotes: dry, barking, WRETCHING, GAGGING, PAINFUL, COUGH w/ neuro s/sxs, violent paroxysms, Whooping cough, SOB, cyanosis, epitaxis, tickling in larynx,
WORSE: night, lying down, warmth of bed
BETTER: pressure of hands (rib pain caused by coughing)
Drosera
Which remedy has the keynotes: urethral pain during and after micturition w/ sensation of burning and stinging, bladder pain w/ heaviness and fullness - NOT improve w/ urination, URGING when BLADDER is ALMOST EMPTY, cystitis, UTI, enuresis at night in children
WORSE: motion, pressure, contact on bladder
BETTER: lying down in afternoon
Equisetum
Which remedy has the keynotes: BONE PAIN, influenza type syndromes, muscular aches and pains as if bones were broken, excruciating back pain, change positions w/out relief, TENDERNESS of EYEBALLS, intense thirst for COLD WATER, high fever, chills, flu, esp 7am-9am,
WORSE: motion
Eupatorium perfoliatum
Which remedy has the keynotes: CLEAR, PROFUSE, and CORROSIVE, BURNING LACRIMATION w/ irritation and redness of conjunctiva, inflammation of the eyelids w/edema, CLEAR NASAL flow which is profuse, but NOT an IRRITANT, photophobia w/ intense blinking,
WORSE: heat, sunlight
BETTER: open air, cough, better lying down, better in bed at night
Euphrasia
Which remedy has the keynotes: HIGH FEVER of UNK ORIGIN, hemorrhages from wounds, contusions, pneumonia w/ BRIGHT RED BLOOD, anemia, paleness, R-sided complaints, fever, epistaxis
Ferrum Phos
Which remedy has the keynotes: Diplopia, mydriasis, paralysis or muscular stiffness, diarrhea (from fright, anticipation, bad news), great fatigue and weakness, drowsiness, stupor, CHILLS RUNNING UP and DOWN SPINE, nervous, fragile people, quiet, fear crowds, stage fright, insomnia from anticipation/excitement
WORSE: bad news, fright, excitement, emotion, HA worse at 10AM
BETTER: profuse urination, sweating, movement or jolts
Gelsemium
Which remedy has the keynotes: VIOLENT and SUDDEN congestive HA that is bursting and pulsating, sudden tachycardia, congestive circulatory disturbances, sun or heat stroke, sudden emotions, suppressed menses, recurrent HA in HTN pt.
WORSE: HEAT, alcohol, motion, tight collars,
BETTER: Open air, lying in dark, pressing head btwn hands
Glonoinum
Which remedy has the keynotes: dull, slow to receive information, poor memory, cracks, ERUPTIONS that OOZE from BEHIND EARS, chronic DISCHARGE, OM, hearing loss, but better if there is background noise, THICK SKIN,
WORSE: morning upon waking
Graphites
Which remedy has the keynotes: CHILLY, hypersensitive (esp. to pain), pain and COLD air, sensitive to contact, sour-smelling stool, intolerance to slightest touch, pain feels like a thorn or splinter, ears sensitive to wind or open air, purulent and painful excretions, profuse sweat, anxious, violent, angry, furuncles, abscesses, pustular acne, acute laryngitis w/ STITCHING-like pain
WORSE: cold, cold drafts, winter, slightest contact, uncovering hands/feet
BETTER: heat, when warmly wrapped
Hepar Sulphuris
Which remedy has the keynotes: Spasms, muscular tremor, jerking, spasmodic cough - worse lying down, sensation of choking, drowsiness follows by agitation, insomnia, delirium, and hallucinations, can make obscene remarks and gestures, sensation of levitating, jealousy, loquacious, shameless, SEXUALLY driven, desires to be NAKED
WORSE: lying down, emotions, jealousy, fright
BETTER: Sitting up
Hyocyamus
Which remedy has the keynotes: INJURY, nerves and spine, SHARP and SHOOTING pain, neuralgic pain, painful scars, phantom limb pain
WORSE: raising arms and movement
Hypericum
Which remedy has the keynotes: hypersensitivity to emotion and GRIEF w/ neurological issues, feeling easily hurt/offended, lump in throat, bitter, hard, rude, suspicious, averse to consolation, ailments from romantic disappointment, high spasm (esp. Trapezius or Rectum), migraine/HA (as if a NAIL is driven in the head), SIGHING, LOVE SICK
WORSE: emotions, stimulants, strong smells
BETTER: traveling, RAIN
Ignatia
Which remedy has the keynotes: NAUSEA! - NOT improved by vomiting, NAUSEA w/ cough and w/ hemorrhage, menorrhagia, and labor, tongue looks clean and perfectly fine
Ipeca
Which remedy has the keynotes: mucosal lesion, HA one VERY SPECIFIC spot, asthma, PRODUCTIVE cough w/ THICK or STRINGY green sputum, rattling respiration in sleep, nasally voice, pain in joints or muscles - comes and goes suddenly
WORSE: cold, cold damp, 1AM, beer
Kali Bichromicum
Which remedy has the keynotes: asthma, swelling, edema, heart dz, stitching, sharp, arthritis, conservative, loyal, moral, proper, upright, rigid, dogmatic, feels things in epigastric region
WORSE: cold and drafts, btwn 2AM-4AM
BETTER: sitting, LEANING FORWARD w/ ELBOWS on KNEES
Kali Carbonicum
Which remedy has the keynotes: intense, jealous, suspicious, loquacious, forceful, arrogant, passionate, usu. has a vascular/cardiac component, pressure that has to come out, PURPLISH face and hemorrhoids, L sided (moving R), fears snakes, somewhat hypersexual
WORSE: sun and heat, sleep or upon waking, PMS
BETTER: open air, ONSET of DISCHARGE
Lachesis
Which remedy has the keynotes: Purplish purport due to PUNCTURE wounds w/ little to no bleeding, BITES or STINGS - NO ITCHING, GOUT, chilly person but cold makes them better
WORSE: heat, heat of the bed
BETTER: cold applications, ice-cold water
Ledum
Which remedy has the keynotes: low self-esteem, STAGE FRIGHT, bossy, bully, arrogant - except towards superiors, premature grey hair, BLOATED belly, can not tolerate tight clothing around waist, heartburn, wakes at night w/huge appetite, mainly R sided (moves L)
WORSE: Btwn 4PM-8PM, morning on waking, warmth, contradiction
BETTER: cool air, hot food and drink
Lycopodium
Which remedy has the keynotes: colic, cramping, desire to be rubbed, R sided, SCIATICA, dysmenorrhea,
WORSE: motion, cold, R-side
BETTER: HEAT, PRESSURE
Magnesia Phosphorica
Which remedy has the keynotes: extremist, passionate, wants to experience everything, STDs (Hx gonorrhea), inflammations, INFXN, prolific purulent conditions, asthma, rhinitis, peptic ulcer wakes pt at 2AM, chronic vaginitis, urethritis, cystitis, very sensitive SOLES of FEET, ankles swell, UNCOVERS FEET at night
CRAVES: meat, ice unripe fruit and oranges
AVERSION: EGGPLANT
BETTER: BY SEA, EVENING - loves the night,
Medorrhinum
Which remedy has the keynotes: excessive DIARRHEA - explosive, sputtering, profuse, weak/faint after BM, pain and inflammation of ovary (esp. R)
WORSE: 4AM
Podophyllum
Which remedy has the keynotes: COUGH (usu. tickling in suprsternal notch), pt may wear a scarf over face to warm inhaled air, INTENSE PRURITIS on undressing
WORSE: inhaling cold or open air
BETTER: sucking on candy, drinking
Rumex crispus
Which remedy has the keynotes: migraine HA on R side - typically begins on neck or trapezius and extends to forehead and eye, Periodic HA (usu. every 7 days), hot flashes in face w/ redness
WORSE: noise, odor, movement, light, smell of flowers
BETTER: vomiting, flatulence, eructations
Sanguinaria
Which remedy has the keynotes: DRY, croupy, barking cough, tickling in supreasternal notch, head back causes coughing, symptoms INTENSE, DRY throat and lungs, suffocating sensation at night
WORSE: before midnight, lying supine, heat
BETTER: eating, drinking WARM drinks
Spongia toasta
Which remedy has the keynotes: HA w/ SEVERE NAUSEA, vertigo that is worse when opening eyes,
WORSE: opening eyes
BETTER: cool, open air - UNCOVERING ABD
Tabacum
Which remedy has the keynotes: hyperactive and restless kids, allergic to cats and milk (but craves milk), compulsive, angry, head banging, recurring bronchitis, cold, pneumonia, FHx of TB, intense, short, dry, persistent cough, dark, fine hair on back of children along the spine, scoliosis
CRAVES: smoked meats and pork, milk
Tuberculinum
Which remedy has the keynotes: gastroenteritis w/ SIMULTANEOUS VOMITING and DIARRHEA, projectile vomiting, manic state, deeply religious w/ excessive praying, delusional to the point of thinking they are Christ or a prophet, asks many philosophical questions, great chilliness, hyper secretion of sweat glands, profuse cold sweats (esp. forehead), icy coldness, extreme anxiety w/ alternation btwn prostration and agitation w/ delirium w/ shouting, anger, violence
CRAVES: acidic foods like lemon
Veratrum album
Which remedy has the keynotes:
HOT, PULSATING. Febrile (sudden onset), red hot face w/ cold extremities, SLEEPS on ABDOMEN, red congested hemorrhoids, constipated, heat dries out, R sided ovarian pain, insomnia, HTN, red, glassy eyes, wild looking mydriasis, photophobia,
FEARS: dogs
CRAVE: Lemons
BETTER: COLD, migraines better AFTER vomiting, pains better w/ pressure
WORSE: menses, 3pm or 11am-3pm, bright light, noise, change of temp, motion
Belladonna
Which remedy has the keynotes: (Syphilitic remedy)
Changeable personality, can have violent impulses, destructive ideas, irritable, introverted, closed, intense, OFFENSIVE smells, destructive cancer, OM (acute or chronic), pharyngitis, EXCESSIVE SALIVATION, stinky, imprinted tongue, trembling, pharyngitis, chronic, bad, oozing cystic acne w/ scarring, METALLIC TASTE in mouth, weak memory,
CRAVES: Bread and butter
WORSE: Heat and cold, NIGHT, night sweats, perspiring,
Mercurius vivus or sol.
Which remedy has the keynote:
Ailments from grief and disappointed love, dwells on past, introverted, closed, serious, responsible, fastidious, perfectionist, hard to open up, likes animals, romantic and loyal, sensitive to noise and music, grief, sad BUT CAN NOT WEEP, involuntary weeping, HAs, dryness, asthma (worse 5-7),
CRAVES: being alone, salt, thirsty for cold drinks
AVERSE: slimy, fat, chicken, company and consolation
WORSE: in the sun, 10am and 3pm, or 10am-3pm, light
Natrum muriaticum
Which remedy has the keynote:
Mental dullness, HA, acidic belching, acidic greenish diarrhea w/ a sour smell. Sexual dreams and nocturnal emissions, kidney chi deficiency, yellow tongue at base, asthma or allergies worse in the evening
CRAVES: fried eggs
Natrum phosphoricum
A bit like natrum, a lot like phos
Which remedy has the keynote:
Closed, serious, responsible, diarrhea in the AM after rising, STD (like Med), BIG HA remedy (esp. after head injury w/personality changes, dullness and confusion), suicidal (s/t after injury), restrains themselves from family, generally warm, DM or ASTHMA AFTER GRIEF (SHOCKING INJURY), green discoloration of tongue, itching after undressing, easily depressed, disgusted w/ life
WORSE: warm and humid, damp weather, after injury to head/spine, 4am
BETTER: Dry weather, after passing profuse, soft stool or diarrhea
Natrum sulphuricm
Which remedy has the keynote:
(Syphilitic miasm), nasty, pessimistic, irritable, depressed, hard, holds grudges, angry at life, hypochondriacal, fear of death, chilly, intense pain, discharges are offensive, strong odor, foul smelling urine, pharyngitis, SKIN ERUPTIONS that CRACK (flexor surfaces), STITCHING or SPLINTER-LIKE PAIN
CRAVES: fat, herring, foul smelling, salty food, warts, fissures
FEARS: Death, cancer
WORSE: in the morning
Nitricum acidum
Which remedy has the keynote:
HYPERSENSITIVITY (light, noise, odor, cold, dry wind) Irritable, type A WORKAHOLIC, compulsive, EVERYTHING comes back to WORK, chilly and chills w/acutes, COMMON FLU REMEDY, SENSITIVE TO ANYTHING, IBS, sensitive to stimulation, easily offended, hangover remedy, cramps, twitch, tic, spasm, cystitis, constipation that is ineffectual (alt. w/ diarrhea), insomnia, due to work, esp. 3-4am.
CRAVES: spicy, fat, alcohol, coffee (stimulants)
WORSE: chilly and worse from cold, after eating, alcoholic drinks and abusing alcohol, tobacco and spice
BETTER: warmth and warm applications
Nux vomica
Which remedy has the keynote:
Discarding fluids (bleeding, N&V), have to suppress d/c, want to vomit once water warms up in stomach, recurrent respiratory INFX, everything goes to chest, lingering cough, angina, ANXIOUS (staples easily), open, gullible, sympathetic, epistaxis, gastritis w/ N&V, menorrhagia w/ bright red blood
FEAR: being alone, death, dark, thunderstorms
DESIRE: hands on work (massage)
CRAVE: chocolate, spicy/sweet cold drinks, ice cream, carbonated drink, alcohol
AVERSE: sweets, meats, dead heavy foods
WORSE: alone, fasting, warm foods, lying on L,
BETTER: Eating, cold drinks, rubbing affected part
Phosphorus
Which remedy has the keynote:
(Syphilitic miasm) Mastitis (worse nursing and worse in L breast), swollen tonsils or glands, bone and gland stuff, PAIN GOES TO THROAT/EAR w/ SWALLOWING, pain radiates into the body, PAIN at the INSERTION of TENDON, DENTAL PAIN that is BETTER CLENCHING
WORSE: , hot drinks
BETTER: Cold drinks
Phytolacca
Which remedy has the keynote: Haughty, affected, narcissistic, passionate, contentious, rude, feel like they are better than others, VIOLENT IMPULSE, hyper-sexual, easily aroused, promiscuous, perversion, pathology on ego level, numbness/coldness of cheeks, face, lips, band sensation/constriction, sexually aroused by touching lips
Plantina
Which remedy has the keynote: Street person w/ all trash they have collected, chilly, long big coats all year round, SKIN s/sxs, eczema, ITCHY, smelly purulent d/c, dirty looking face, hoarding, worse from fasting, ANXIETY, hopeless, suicidal, freq. acute illness, often thin, (THINK SULFUR - ONLY CHILLY)
FEAR: poverty, health, CA, failure, future
WORSE: cold, open air, before a storm, fasting, contact w/ wool
BETTER: heat, eating
Psorinum
Which remedy has the keynote:
Soft, timid, malleable, dependent, WEEPS EASILY, rigid, abstinent, irritability, CHANGEABLE (moods, stools, menses, wandering arthritis), harsh, bitter, conjunctivitis, OM (better w/cool application), d/c thick, bland, greenish, cough and asthma w/ thick d/c, want to be held, sleeps on abdomen or on back w/ arms over head, BIG MENSTRUAL s/sxs, dry mouth w/ NO THIRST, FEET are HOT so they are left UNCOVERED in bed
CRAVES: Butter, open air
AVERSION: Butter
DESIRES: consolation, creamy, cheesy, ice cream, cold food
BETTER: cold air, consolation
Pulsatilla
Which remedy has the keynote:
Sepsis, INFXN, aching, bed feels too hard, offensive smells, tongue red, shiny, and coated, everything smells really bad, BIZARRE DISPARITY IN FEVER and PULSE (low pulse w/ fever), vomiting once liquid warms the stomach, sleeps w/ hands over head
Pyrogenium
Which remedy has the keynote:
STIFFNESS, RESTLESS (physically and emotionally), eczema (itching that is BETTER w/ SCALDING water) can be confused with Medorrhinum, back pain, sprains, arthritis, bursitis, skin conditions (small vesicles that are itchy), poison ivy & oak, herpes, and shingles. Tip of tongue is red, thirsty for sips of cold milk,
WORSE: first motion in the AM, COLD, drafts, getting wet, rest, immobility
BETTER: continued motion and warmth, lying on hard surface
Rhus toxicodendron
Which remedy has the keynote:
Critical of others, quarrelsome, RESTLESSNESS, trauma or injury esp. to muscles, tendons/connective tissue, overuse, periosteum pain, generally STIFF, does not want to move, arthritis, bursitis, better lying down, eye strain and stiffness (overworking), OVERUSE REMEDY, anxiety and panic
BETTER: lying down
WORSE: lying on injured part
Ruta graveolens
Which remedy has the keynote:
Hormonal stress (amenorrhea, dysmenorrhea, labor and delivery), involuntary weeping, shut down from stress, chilliness, lack libido, uterine prolapse, PMS, infertility/miscarriage, dull, sluggish, Raynaud’s dz, incontinence, psoriasis, disconnected, sarcastic (but immediately sorry after), angry, averse to people, abrupt, L-sided HA,
FEAR: being completely alone
WORSE: before or during menses, at later stages agg. from exertion, 2-4pm or 3pm-5pm, coition
BETTER: Evening, hard physical exertion, pain better w/ laying on hard floor,
CRAVES: vinegar, sweet and sour, being alone
AVERSION: company, sex
Sepia
Which remedy has the keynote:
INFX of tear duct or blocked tear duct of newborn, recurring pharyngitis and tonsillitis, enlarged cervical glands (hard and painful), Bartholin’s gland cysts, abscess formation anywhere on body, does not tolerate breast milk and lose WT, LACK SELF-CONFIDENCE, stage fright, performance anxiety, SHY CHILD (will not answer you directly), sensation as a THORN or a SPLINTER in the THROAT w/ pharyngitis, hyperesthesia (anxiety at the slightest noise). Defects of bone, spine, hair, nails, and teeth from poor metabolism of minerals. Profuse sweating (esp. on scalp and feet)
WORSE: cold weather, drafts or uncovered, AFTER VACCINATION, new or full moon
BETTER: heat, warm weather, being warmly wrapped
Silica
Which remedy has the keynote:
Ailments from grief, throws things when angry, STYE on eyelids, crumbling teeth in kids, many sexual fantasies w/ masturbation (which makes worse), psoriasis after grief or suppression of emotions, tired all day, but SLEEPLESS at night, HA like a block of wood
WORSE: after taking a nap during the day, worse from sleep
Staphysagria
Which remedy has the keynote: Night terrors and no memory of it, VIOLENT behavior, convulsions, trauma causes fright, VIOLENT and aggressive sexual desires
FEAR: violent death, water, dark, mirrors, animals, dogs, being alone
WORSE: DARK (will sleep w/light on), after sleep, alone, MIRRORS (reflective surfaces)
BETTER: w/company, in diffuse lighting
Stramonium
Which remedy has the keynote:
INTELLECTUAL, extroverted, egotistical, MESSY, lazy, scattered, aversion to bathing, WARM, thirsty for cold drinks, critical of others, REDNESS, diarrhea in the AM,
FEARS: heights (even others in high places), disease, INFXN, failure, claustrophobia, SWEATS excessively, offensive d/c, loves his own smell, but can’t stand the smell of others, HA on weekend, BURNING heat on feet, must stick them out of covers or search for cold spots on bed, ITCHING (worse with heat), eczema
DESIRES: sweets, fats, spicy, alcohol, meat, ice cream
AVERSION: eggs, other people’s smells
WORSE: heat, 11am w/ hunger, heat of the bed
Sulphur
Which remedy has the keynote:
Trauma to the EYE and ORBIT, fractures (poor healing), Phantom limb pain, PERIOSTEUM pains long after healing
Symphytum
Which remedy has the keynote:
Compulsive behavior (OCD), tendency to gamble, HA (m/b felt in bones of head), congenital malformations of facial features (cleft palate), profuse, thin, watery, green leucorrhea in women, BONE PAIN (worse at night) - long bones esp. , ulcerations and necrosis (esp in legs)
CRAVES: alcohol,
WORSE: night (knows they will feel miserable), 2am-4am,
BETTER: day
Syphilinum
Which remedy has the keynote:
LOW SELF-ESTEEM, feelings of worthlessness, depression, feels unattractive, feels fragile, last words of sentence are mumbled in conversation, SECRETIVE, DELUSIONAL w/ FIXED IDEAS, believes something is alive in abdomen, sweat is oily and sweet smelling, chronic complaints are better during a cold, never well since vaccination, WARTS (on hands, fingers, general), TUMORS on face or eyelids, runny nose during stool, intolerance to onions, forked stream during urination, sleeps on L-side
Thuja
Which remedy has the keynote:
Utricaria, HIVES, BITES, STING, ALLERGIC rxn, shellfish rxn, burns, scalding of skin, stinging, burning pain, edema w/ sensation of BURNING, unbearable pruritus (worse by scratching), cold water/applications DO NOT improve condition, RHEUMATIC pain of GOUTY origin
Urtica urens
