Intro to Homeopathy Flashcards
Hot, confident, extroverted, sports fan, don’t want connection
LEFT sided, fresh air
AF: suppression of skin eruptions, egotism
Fears: heights, infx, contamination, dz, cancer, catching colds
burning, itching, discharge, redness, obesity, HTN, DM, skin eruptions
Desires: sweet, fat, beer, salt, cold/warm drinks
Avoids: egg, fish, sour, milk
Sulphur
Injuries to wounds, nerves (lockjaw, tetanus, shooting pains)
<touch, cold
phantom limb pain, crushed fingers, tooth extraction
vertigo: feeling as if head is the vertex of a cone
Hypericum
Fears: illness, fear something will happen, death, disease, thunder
LEFT sided remedy, will lie on R side
with people, massage, touch, warmth, rest, sleep
Avoids: oysters, pickles, fish, eggs
Desires: salt, spicy, cold drinks, chocolate, sweet
clairvoyant extrovert, sensitive to external impressions, spacey, intense relationships, tall, lean, long fingers, suggestible
May have: paresthesias, bruising, heavy menses, respiratory (recurrent URI)
Phosphorous
AF: overexertion that came on at rest, cold, wetness
massage, warmth, movement, warm weather, warm drinks
LEFT sided
bed feels too hard d/t restlessness
arthritis, joint pain, pain at 1st movement, restless, playful, skin eruptions, stiffness
Rhus tox
AF: fright, fear, cold dry air exposure
Fears: death, predicts time of death, crowds, being touched
head hot, body cold; palms hot, feet cold
open air, after perspiring
intense thirst for cold water, hypersensitive to pain
sudden onset of violent Sxs: chills then fever, penumonia, burning, numbness, tingling
“Arnica of the eye”
Aconite
AF: fright, near death experiences
painlessness of painful complaints; lack of reaction
clairvoyant, delusions, cisions, ecstasy, sexual fantasies
sleep apnea, coma, warm
<heat
Opium
Bruised, bed feels too hard dt soreness; says he is well when sick
Hot face/head; cold body
AF: fright, shock, grief, abuse, losing money, anger, sexual abuse
Fears: being approached, touched, black cats,
lying down; symmetrical abortions
First aid to stop bleeding, fractures, inflammation, shock after injury
threatened abortion, HA, irritation, dysentery, rotten egg gas
Arnica
Inflammation, oversensitivity, migraines, throbbing HA, redness, fever
full head, RIGHT sided
skin feels hot; heat hot, cold hands and feet
pressure, sitting upright, cold compress
sensitivity to touch, jarring, cold
AF: cold, drafts, temperature changes (getting a haircut)
Pt: robust, intelligent, flushed, sicker than they look, sleep on stomach
Crave: lemons
Belladonna
AF: grief, fright, disappointed love
fasting, foggy weather,
RIGHT sided
Fears: robbers, claustrophobia, heights
Aversion to slimy, fat, chicken; Craves fish, farinaceous, bread
Pt: easily offended, introverted romantic, don’t cry in public, talk about painful memories unemotionally, Delusion: double life
Dryness, retention, eczema, constipation, insomnia, HA, palpitation
Nat Mur
Fears: insanity, that others will notice confusion, heights, dark, insects, dz, poverty, cancer
Pt: overwhelmed, overworked workaholic, chronically late, avoids change, slow, anxious about health, overweight
Perspires when cold
warmth, touch
avoids: meat, spicy, fat; craves eggs, chalk, meat, dairy, oysters
Conditions: cradle cap, vertigo, frequent colds
Calcaria Carbonica
