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Materia Medica Flashcards

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Thuja

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Nitric Acid

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Aconite

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Syphillinum

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Phosphorus

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Nux Vomica

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Calcarea Carbonica

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Mercurius

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Staphysagria

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Belladonna

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Tuberullinum

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Hypericum

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Ledum

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Stramonium

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Yellow-Green catarrhal
Hormonal
>Consolation
Fear abandonment
Clingy
Changeable, shifting constantly
Affectionate
Desperate to please
Manipulative - emotional immaturity
Put responsibility on others
Self-pity
Heart remedy
Desires wind, breeze
Varicose veins
Thirstless

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Pulsatilla nigricans

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Arsenicum Album

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Natrum Muriatricum

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<Worse>Better Pressure
>Better Still
>Better being held in one place
Hot
Dry
Constipated (dry, held in)
Fear of Poverty - wants security
</Worse>

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Bryonia

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Poison Ivy

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Rhus tox

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Agonizing bone pain, such as with fever, flu, or other health issues
Craves cold drinks, ice cream
Splitting headache - bilious headache - with pain into R shoulder

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Eupitorium Perfoliatum

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Psorinum

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Medorrhinum

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Hepar sulph

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1 Grief Remedy

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Ignatia amara

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1 Teething, toothache

Capricious, changeable
Turmoil in temper (Nash)
Stools burning, green, undigested food

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Chamomilla

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A homeopathic anti-septic
Restores vitality of injured part, prevents infection
Promotes healthy granulation – the healing edges of the wound
Helps ease local pain – pain out of proportion to injury
Reduces / prevents scarring – prevents keloids
In situations where there is defective closing of surgical wounds / tending to abscess
Neuritis after lacerated wounds, surgical operations

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Calendula

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Acute for sulphur

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Aconite

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Ambitious, Driven, Alpha-male,
Anger,
Straining, forcing,
Overdoing
Tends to use people,
Motivated by recognition but for self-image, not external recognition
Irritable esp noise, getting in their way - leads to blow-ups, eg road rage
Efficiency and order
Tough, strong, will protect the weak

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Nux vomica

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Asthma from grief
Cough - tickling, dry, hacking
Sore throats - tickling, lumps
Amenorrhea - from grief
Headaches - better pressure, rubbing, small spot
Stomach - “can’t stomach it” - mental connection - IBS with cramping, gnawing, GI upset with emotions in background
Overwhelm with life

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Ignatia

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Aversion to family and loved ones, nothing left to give (cf Sepia), collapse physically

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Phosphorus

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“ABC” remedy (Aconite, Belladonna, and Chamomilla) correspond to TURMOIL in what areas for the person, respectively?

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Aconite - turmoil in circulation
Belladonna - turmoil in brain
Chamomilla - turmoil of emotions/temper

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Burning, Throbbing
Heat, Red,
Photophobia
Sunstroke
Migraine
Bbrain - heat, delusion
Vertigo
Thirstless
Terrified of Dogs
Sour things: lemon, vinegar

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Belladonna

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Confidence issues
Dictatorial
Submissive, yielding (polars)
Self-effacing
Anticipatory anxiety esp NEW things
Digestion, Wind, Liver, Bloat
Loves Sugar, Bread, Flour
Right-sided Complaints
++ Warm Drinks
4-8PM Slump - unrefreshed in morning
Menstrual problems

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Lycopodium

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Craves:
Spices
Alcohol
Drugs
Drinks much
Skips breakfast, probably drinks coffee instead
Time modality: slump 11AM - possibly hypoglycemic from no breakfast and coffee with sugar

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Sulphur

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Deadly Nightshade, means Beautiful Lady

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Belladonna

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Delphinium - species of the family Ranunculaceae family
Sweet, romantic, deeply sensitive

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Staphysagria

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Diffusion (Vithoulkas) - easily lose their energy into their surroundings

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Phosphorus

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Disappointed in how they thought things would go, indecision, temper tantrums

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Ignatia

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For external, open wounds caused by injury or surgery:
torn
cut
abrasions
grazes

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Calendula

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Fear of death - predicts time

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Aconite

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Fear of imminent death

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Arnica

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Fear, terror
Restless
Burning - sudden, instant, intense
Craving: Beer, bitter
Cold, dry
In healthy state: strong, fit, never sick, courageous, gutsy, defiant

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Aconite

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Fever (hot, thirstless)
Sunstroke
Photophobia
Meningitis
Terrified of Dogs
Vertigo
Appendicitis, colitis, any “-itis”
Sour things - lemonade, vinegar
Healthy: sympathetic, impressionable, charismatic, independent, lively, entertaining

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Belladonna

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Great Sepsis remedy
Offensive discharges, like spoiled eggs: breath, taste, eructations, vomit, flatus, stool, sweat

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Arnica montana

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Light - fire, but cold

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Phosphorus

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Top 10
1. Grief
2. Emotional
3. Idealistic –> Disappointment
4. Sighing/Yawning
5. Erratic Paradox
6. Pain - small spot (1-2 fingers), sharp (nail)
7. < Coffee
8. > Pressure
9. Throat Problems - Globus Hystericus, thyroid, follicular tonsillitus, tonsil stones
10. Spasms, cramps (periods), twitches (hiccups, proctalgia, dyskesia - rectal spasms)

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Ignatia amara

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Grounded
Security is important
Fears mice, rats, spiders - scuttly things - and heights

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Calcarea Carbonica

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Head, brain, heat, hallucination, flight part of fight/flight, wild, manic

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Belladonna

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Hoarseness from excessive use of larynx - eg. singer Adele

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Arnica montana

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“Honeymoon” cystitis in new relationships

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Staphysagria

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“I’m fine”
Doesn’t want to be touched or have you come close

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Arnica montana

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If Nux vom too easily expresses anger, this remedy doesn’t out of pride because anger is beneath their dignity

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Staphysagria

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In dentistry, heals the gum after extracted tooth or gum surgery
Diluted mother tincture as mouth wash
Help stop bleeding after both procedures

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Calendula

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Injuries
Falls
Blows
Bruises
Shock
Jarring after labor
Over-exertion
Sprains

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Arnica montana

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Jealousy of Older Siblings

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Lycopodium

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Jealousy of Younger Siblings

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Pulsatilla

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Manic - beside themselves in sickness or mental hallucinations - Fight/Flight/Fright - needing to escape thread of death

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Belladonna

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Mental shock of grief, remorse, sudden financial loss, etc.

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Arnica montana

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Mental/Emotionals:
Selfish
Theorizing
Philosophizing
Curios - loves to investigate
Thinking
Has an answer to everything - Know it all
Lazy with bursts of activity, usually mental
Easily embarrassed
Anger with quick repentance, not apologetic

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Sulphur

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Monkshood

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Aconitum napellus

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Needs support
Too weak to stand
Fear of falling - clings
Dizziness at heights
Trembling - shaky - weakness
Lack of confidence
Apprehension at public performance
Cannot hold head up
>Alcohol
> Copious urination
<Heavy weather = rain and fog
Stagefright labors - baby ascends at each contraction

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Gelsemium

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Nightmares
Waking in the night with sudden starting, wakes in fear, heart pounding
Fear persists day and night (cf opium)
Fear of death
Fear of heart attack

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Arnica montana

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One of the main Psoric remedies, which Hahnemann noted was very common in suppressed skin issues

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Sulphur

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Oyster shell

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Calcarea Carbonica

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Blood: hemorrhage even cuts, bloody noses
Lungs: coughs - long, drawn out, empty sensation, drained, also abdomen
Tall, thin, narrow chest, big eyes, nervous, hypersensitive (super model look is gross exaggeration)
Stool: gushes diarrhea - more tired
Teen: growth spurt - bones get tired from rapid growth, nervous at life + future, where am I going (negative state is fear)
Foods: spicy, variety, ice cream, cold drinks, salt, chocolate, fizzy drinks, ravenous appetite precedes illness
Nervous system: needs to be careful with lack of sleep (wired but tired, importance of sleep routine), stimulants (coffee)
Sensitive to energy of thunderstorms, afraid

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Phosphorus

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Physicals:
Egocentric
Burning
Itching
Hot, flushed
Acne often with itch
Red
Scruffy, dirty
Skin aggravates with washing
Boils
Diarrhea (early AM, sometimes drives out of bed)
Flatulence

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Sulphur

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Polarities of this remedy include:
Courageous - Cowardly
Desire Company - Aversion to Company
Jesting - Serious
Excited - Tranquil
Cheerful - Brooding

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Ignatia

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Polarity of Shy, timid, self-effacing OR Domineering, egotistics (compensating)

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Lycopodium

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Pot Marigold

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Calendula

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Sensitive (esp reprimands, scolding), shy
Intense irritability
Obsessive with trifles, never good enough, done
Chilly
Sweaty esp feet (smelly) yet cold
> Wrapping up warmly - scarf, hat
Sharp pains
Fears needles
Intense thirst
Aversion to meat
Desires cold food
Scanty menses

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Silica

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Sensitive to damp or open air
EXHAUSTION from loss of blood and excessive pain
Great disposition to TAKE COLD especially in damp weather
Worse for: Damp weather, cloudy weather, during a chill, in the evening
Better for: Warmth, walking about, or lying perfectly still

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Calendula

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Abuse, sexual abuse, mortified, embarrassed

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Staphysagria

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Shock of injury

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Arnica montana

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Slow closing of fontanells
Sweating esp back of head
Sweaty feet with sour smell
Chilly
Issues with milk assimilation OR cravings - ice cream
Glandular problems esp throat or neck
Exces catarrh - throat, sinuses
Tends toward constipation
Craves eggs

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Calcarea Carbonica

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-Sparkling, friendly, open, sensitive,
artist/performer (right brain),
-BUT can become drained because they become too open, exhausted, and burn out (spontaneously combust) - needs boundaries because not enough defense mechanisms in place
-Negative state is fear but tries to be polite
-Sympathetic but fickle, flighty
-Aversion to family, drained with nothing left to give (cf Sepia)
-Blood, Hemorrhage (Diffusion)
-Lungs - coughs are long, drawn out
-Teenagers - tired from growing too fast, bones grow fast, nervous about life and future
-Stool - gushes diarrhea, fatigue
-Sleep - needs support to go to sleep (nightlight, hand held, sleep routine)
-Spicy foods, Ice cream, Cold drinks, salt, chocolate, fizzy drinks

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Phosphorus

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Strychnine - poison - convulsions, rigours, death

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Nux vomica

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Suppressed anger due to not being allowed to express anger or holding onto it out of fear because of consequences

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Staphysagria

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Terrified of nightmares, darkness - have no control - needs door ajar, nightlight, hand held as falling asleep

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Phosphorus

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The acute of this remedy is Aconite

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Sulphur

80
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The vommitting nut, or poison nut

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Nux vomica

81
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Think of in any situation where there is laceration or problems from scar tissue
Eg. Rupture of perineum in childbirth
Eg. deafness from scarring of tympanum after repeated otorrhoea

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Calendula

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Tickle in the throat not better for coughing, may try to suppress it
Lump in throat (Globus Hystericus)

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Ignatia

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Top 10
1. Blue
2. Hormones (any change in)
3. Independent
4. Angry
5. Indifferent
6. Tired
7. > Occupation incl. physical esp dancing
8. Statis - veins
9. Pigmentation disorders
10. Loss of Libido / Coldness

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Sepia (Cuttlefish Ink)

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Top 10
1. Vivacious (can be vicious)
2. Loquacious , witty
3. Jealous, Suspicious
4. Forsaken, Abandoned
5. Alcohol
6. > Suppression (Periods, Any Discharge)
7. < Constriction, pressure
8. Blood/Circulatory (Veins)
9. Left-sided
10. < Sleep

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Lachesis mutus

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Top 10:
1. Confidence issues
2. Dictatorial, domineering
3. Submissive, yielding
4. Anticipatory Anxiety especially about new things
5. Digestion, Wind, Liver, Bloat
6. Loves Sugar, Bread, Flour
7. Right Sided Complaints
8. ++Warm Drinks
9. 4-8pm low energy, unrefreshed in the morning
10. Menstrual Problems

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Lycopodium

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“Turmoil in temper” - capricious, changes mind

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Chamomilla

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Values independence and intellectual stimulation,
Doesn’t want to be the “little woman” in marriage,
Wants to earn her keep

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Sepia

88
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Washerwoman’s remedy

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Sepia

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Weak (needs support),
Exhausted, lethargic, heavy
Eyes droopy,
Stage fright,
Trembling, shaky
Fearful,
Diarrhea,
< Heavy weather

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Gelsemium sempervirens

90
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Whole body oversensitiveness - leads to restlessness
Feels bruised at all levels
Wants to be left alone

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Arnica montana

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Will do whatever needs to be done, but doesn’t want to be pushed or pressured. “Don’t tell me what to do”

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Calcarea Carbonica

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Wolfsbane

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Aconitum napellus

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Yellow Jasmine

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Gelsemium

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Carcinosin

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Coping reaction to perceived hostile environment (and accompanying fear, anxiety, restlessness, neurosis) is to try to have CONTROL because they really feel they have no control

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Arsenicum album

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1 Pleurisy

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Bryonia

97
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Acute of Nat mur

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Bryonia

98
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<Consolation
Dryness
Splitting Headaches
<Sun, worse 10-3
Can be worse or better by the Sea
Waterbrash
Crave salt, fish
Loathe fat, slimy foods
Mucus is like egg-white
Thirsty

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Natrum muriaticum

99
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Windflower

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Pulsatilla

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Bones

<Worse>Better Continued Movement
<Worse Cold
<Worse>Better Dry
>Better Heat
Skin eruptions: red, hot, burning
Little, red pointed triangle on tip of tongue
</Worse></Worse>

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Rhus tox

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Musculature

<Worse>Better Continued Movement
<Worse Cold
<Worse>Better Dry
>Better Heat
Eye strain
Joint strain - Repetative motion
Rectal cancer
</Worse></Worse>

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Ruta graveolens

102
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Chronic of Pulsatilla

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Silica

103
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Rhus tox is the acute of…

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Calc carb

104
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Ruta grav is the chronic of…

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Calc phos

105
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Phosphoric acid

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Made from Phosphorus
Keynotes: Weakness, Debility, Depletion: from Grief, Loss of Vital Fluids (diarrhea, vomiting, menses, sexual excess), Homesickness, Illness (NBWS colds, flu - key being exhaustion)
#1 Diabetes from grief
Hair loss, Premature Graying after Grief
Affinity to Emotions + Nervous System Exhaustion  Exhaustion – first emotional, then physical
Grief: anxiety  apathy, indifferent, have gone inwards, close themselves off from life, worn (cf Sepia, Aurum)  Tired, emotional, hysterical back and forth  chronic state, ME – vulnerable, fragile, aversion to children (b/c no energy, Sepia), blank eyes, emaciated, assimilation poor b/c of grief (eg orphanage or refugee kids, not nec. as extreme). Homesickness, weight loss, insomnia
SRP no debility from Diarrhea + not painful
Children: Growing Pains, growth spurts
Headaches: weight top of head, pressure temples, worse noise (Calc phos). Acute gland. Fever w/ these things
History of Drug Use: Cocaine  nervous system debility
Loss of Appetite. Cravings: carbonated drinks, refreshing things, juicy things (fruit), <Worse sour food/drink
>Better warmth (kidney area)
<Chilly, <Cold>Fresh air >Short nap >Bowel Movement
<Loss of Vital Fluids
<Sexual Excess
<Talked to</Cold>

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