Intro to Homeopathy Flashcards
Injuries to wounds, nerves (lockjaw, tetanus, shooting pains)
Hypericum
Hot, confident, extroverted, sports fan, don’t want connectionLEFT sided, fresh airAF: suppression of skin eruptions, egotismFears: heights, infx, contamination, dz, cancer, catching coldsburning, itching, discharge, redness, obesity, HTN, DM, skin eruptionsDesires: sweet, fat, beer, salt, cold/warm drinksAvoids: egg, fish, sour, milk
Sulphur
Fears: illness, fear something will happen, death, disease, thunderLEFT sided remedy, will lie on R sidewith people, massage, touch, warmth, rest, sleepAvoids: oysters, pickles, fish, eggsDesires: salt, spicy, cold drinks, chocolate, sweetclairvoyant extrovert, sensitive to external impressions, spacey, intense relationships, tall, lean, long fingers, suggestibleMay have: paresthesias, bruising, heavy menses, respiratory (recurrent URI)
Phosphorous
AF: overexertion that came on at rest, cold, wetnessmassage, warmth, movement, warm weather, warm drinksLEFT sidedbed feels too hard d/t restlessnessarthritis, joint pain, pain at 1st movement, restless, playful, skin eruptions, stiffness
Rhus tox
AF: fright, fear, cold dry air exposureFears: death, predicts time of death, crowds, being touchedhead hot, body cold; palms hot, feet coldopen air, after perspiringintense thirst for cold water, hypersensitive to painsudden onset of violent Sxs: chills then fever, penumonia, burning, numbness, tingling”Arnica of the eye”
Aconite
AF: fright, near death experiencespainlessness of painful complaints; lack of reactionclairvoyant, delusions, cisions, ecstasy, sexual fantasiessleep apnea, coma, warm
Opium
Bruised, bed feels too hard dt soreness; says he is well when sickHot face/head; cold bodyAF: fright, shock, grief, abuse, losing money, anger, sexual abuseFears: being approached, touched, black cats, lying down; symmetrical abortionsFirst aid to stop bleeding, fractures, inflammation, shock after injurythreatened abortion, HA, irritation, dysentery, rotten egg gas
Arnica
Inflammation, oversensitivity, migraines, throbbing HA, redness, feverfull head, RIGHT sidedskin feels hot; heat hot, cold hands and feet pressure, sitting upright, cold compresssensitivity to touch, jarring, coldAF: cold, drafts, temperature changes (getting a haircut)Pt: robust, intelligent, flushed, sicker than they look, sleep on stomachCrave: lemons
Belladonna
AF: grief, fright, disappointed lovefasting, foggy weather, RIGHT sidedFears: robbers, claustrophobia, heightsAversion to slimy, fat, chicken; Craves fish, farinaceous, breadPt: easily offended, introverted romantic, don’t cry in public, talk about painful memories unemotionally, Delusion: double lifeDryness, retention, eczema, constipation, insomnia, HA, palpitation
Nat Mur
Fears: insanity, that others will notice confusion, heights, dark, insects, dz, poverty, cancerPt: overwhelmed, overworked workaholic, chronically late, avoids change, slow, anxious about health, overweightPerspires when coldwarmth, touchavoids: meat, spicy, fat; craves eggs, chalk, meat, dairy, oystersConditions: cradle cap, vertigo, frequent colds
Calcaria Carbonica
