Midterm Flashcards by Piper Dobner

This remedy is known for:
sudden onset of symptoms
ailments from fright and shock
ailments from a near miss or witnessing an accident.
PANIC ATTACKS.
Claustrophobia, fear crowds, earthquakes, flying
Ailments from being in COLD WIND, esp cold dry
EARLY STAGES OF INFLAMMATION
fear of death, PREDICTS TIME OF DEATH
Great RESTLESSNESS and anxiety. Early CROUP. Thirst for cold drinks. URINE retention in infants or mothers after delivery. In labor, fear she will die. ANGINA with great fear of death and numbness in left arm or hand

Aconite

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This remedy has STRONG duality, two wills, antagonism with self, good and evil, strong duality.
Extremely low confidence, compensated by toughness. Indecisive.
Poor memory, test anxiety. FEAR FAILURE
Unfeeling, hard-hearted, cruelty. NO MORAL VALUES
Cursing
Depression. Ailments from or history of being abused. Early stage can be close to staphysagria. Fright can be silent, cruel. Alcohol and drugs use common
Better when eating
Blunt plug or band sensation

Anacardium

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This remedy has - swelling, burning, stinging, ALLERGIES, RESTLESSNESS, jealousy, inflammation. affects mucus and serous membranes. Swelling to the point feels like it will burst. VERY SENSITIVE TO TOUCH
Task oriented - busy. irritability.
Hot, WORSE HEAT, and thistles. Fainting or big aggravation from hot bath, sauna. May be chilly, but still WORSE HEAT.
Better cool air, cold bath, uncovering.
Worse hot weather, warm drinks, heat of fire, touch, pressure, after sleep, 3 p.m., suppressed eruptions
desires exercise which ameliorates.
Aggravation from loss of sexual partner. 3 p.m. agg. Swelling around eyes, genitals
HORMONAL REMEDY. Hot flashes, menopause, PMS.
Meningitis, high fever, boring head into pillow, . Coma. Worse heat. Stupor with sudden sharp shrill cries. Suffocation, feels every breath will be his last.
Measles. Bad effect of suppressed eruptions
Angioneuremetic edema in allergic crises
Glomerulonephritis. Cystitis, scalding or burning pain during urination
Right sided ovarian cysts. Cystic swelling anywhere in body. SEVERE dysmenorrhea
Urticaria with burning or stinging pains
Awkwardness,drops things
Herpes zoster or Rhus poisoning esp with swollen lids and face.

Apis

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this remedy is IMPULSIVE, impulsivity to jump from heights, foolish impulses.
Suggestible. sympathetic. tend to be EXTROVERTS
Anticipatory anxiety.
MANY FEARS - claustrophobia, heights, bridges, fear being late, airplanes, accidents
Anxiety about health. Fear diseases.
anxiety alone, better company.
HURRIED
Warm blooded, agg by heat.
BETTER COLD, COLD APPLICATIONS
Periodic severe weakness, esp. during menses
WORSE EATING SWEETS
HUGE CRAVING FOR SWEETS, salt, craves cheese, fat.
Conjunctival irritation, redness.
SPLINTER-LIKE pain in THROAT
HOARSENESS
Palpitations, violent with sensation heart will jump out of chest
Loud eructations
Very gassy and distended. Rumbling, flatulent.
Diarrhea from anticipation
IMPOTENCE IN MEN, worse when thinking of the problem.

Argentum Nitricum

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Effects of TRAUMA, recent or remote. SAYS HE IS WELL WHEN VERY ILL. Ailments from losing money (pecuniary loss). Sore, BRUISED feeling. BLACK AND BLUE spots, Averse or fear of being approached. Averse to touch. Anguish, with spells of fear as if he were going to die. Face and head hot, extremities comparatively cold. complaints of PREGNANCY.
Hemorrhagic tendency. CONCUSSION of brain. STROKE. A bleeding remedy, stops bleeding. Crops of small boils. Symmetrical eruptions on both sides of the body. Flu: Aching, BED FEELS TOO HARD, weakness, prostration, ecchymosis. Prevents suppuration and sepsis in simple or compound fractures. Better lying, lying with head low, motion. Clear cool weather.

Arnica

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INSECURITY, anxiety, restlessness, pacing. FEAR DEATH. Great anxiety about health. Panic attacks. Fastidious, perfectionist, compulsive disorders. FEAR DISEASE, robbers, alone, poverty, death. avarice, stingy, selfish. DEPENDENT; desire company. Fear being alone. Constantly calls the doctor. Despair of recovery. Depression, even to suicide. Anorexia. Burning pains better heat. VERY CHILLY, worse cold. DESIRES HEAT.
BURNING PAINS BETTER HEAT. Worse around midnight. Offensive, thin, acrid d/c. RIGHT SIDED. Desires FAT, alcohol, warm drinks, sour, LEMON. Food poisoning, acute gastroenteritis. Diarrhea, worse cold drinks, worse fruit, worse ice cream. THIRST FOR FREQUENT SIPS. Insomnia, wakes 12-1am. Asthma. dryness. Tremendous WEAKNESS, out of proportion to pathology. Inflammation, anywhere in the body. Used from acutes to constitutional to severe late-stage illness (cancer or dying patients) Acutes with RESTLESSNESS, ANXIETY, CHILLINESS, thirst for small quantities often. PERIODICITY. Stomach pains better milk. Ulcers.
Miasma - Syphilis, Psora.

Arsenicum Album

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Depression. Desires death. SUICIDAL (jumping). Pain, drives her to suicide. High standards. Reproach self, GUILT. Ailments from grief. Disappointed love, business failures, mortification. Anger, vindictive, ambitious. Praying, spiritual seekers, anxiety about salvation. SERIOUS. MUSIC AMELIORATES. Worse night but better evenings. Insomnia, MOANING IN SLEEP. FEAR FAILURE, HEIGHTS, HEART DISEASE.

Generals - Worse night. severe pains in bones, heart, sinus

Pathologies - palpitations, heart disease, cancer (esp of bones, uterus, testicles) hypertension

Aurum metallicum

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TIMIDITY. LOW CONFIDENCE. Feel inferior, irresolution. Sensitive to ridicule, being teased or laughed at. Childish. IMMATURE on some level. May be intellectually bright by socially backward. Passive. Shy. Anxiety. FEELING INCOMPETENT. Fears: people, being laughed at, new situations.
Nervous NAIL BITING. conscientious about trifles. Abnormal concern over his appearance, very tide, neat handwriting.
Body parts immature (micro-genitalia). Chronically inflamed or HUGE TONSILS.
Hard swelling of cervical glands. FREQUENT COLDS, MUCUS, CONGETIONS. May be averse to fruits.

Miasm: Mostly Psora, a little sycosis (with swollen glands and tonsils.)

Baryta carb

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Sudden onset. HEAT. INFLAMMATION, REDNESS. Right sided. Oversensitive to least noises, light jar. worse at 3PM. Head, FACE HOT, COLD HANDS and FEET. EYES GLISTENING, MAYBE RED, PUPILS DILATED. Throbbing carotids, pulsation, pounding headaches, throbbing earaches. Headaches worse stooping. RIGHT SIDED. SPASMS internally (intussusception of bowels) or externally. Febrile seizures. May have frightful HALLUCINATIONS and delirium with fevers. Worse cold, touch, jar, light, noise. Mouth and throat are DRY. Heat, REDNESS, BURNING with GREAT SENSITIVITIES TO TOUCH. Pains come suddenly, disappear suddenly. Intense dysmenorrhea. FEBRILE CONVULSIONS.

Miasm: Psora (oversensitiveness) and sycosis (excessive inflammation, fevers, etc.

Belladonna

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Complaints tend to come on gradually. WORSE MOTION. DRYNESS (dry mouth, lips, dry cough, dry rectum, constipation). STITCHING PAINS, especially in serous membranes and joints. BETTER PRESSURE, BETTER LYING ON PAINFUL SIDE. Better fresh air. Irritable, materialistic. TALKS OF BUSINESS, wants to go home in delirium. THIRST FOR LARGE QUANTITIES at infrequent intervals. DRY, HARD WRACKING coughs, LEFT SIDED remedy. Important for SPRAINS, FRACTURES, PLEURISY, APPENDICITIS and many more problems. WORSE WARM AND WARM DRINKS. Better lying in a quiet room, undisturbed.

Bryonia

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OVERWHELMED. Overworked. Task oriented. Anxiety about health, fear breaking down, fear high places, disease, doctors, hospitals. Fear insects, narrow places, accidents. Fear that his mind is weak, or he may go insane, and that others many notice his confusion. Sensitive to HORRIBLE STORIES. Obesity, chilly and WORSE COLD DAMP. Worse exertion, esp ASCENDING. Poor stamina. Sense of inner trembling. ASPIRIN AGGRAVATES!!!! Pale, swollen glands. PERSPIRATION ON HEAD, OCCIPUT, WORSE night, during sleep. Craves EGGS, SWEETS, DAIRY, MEAT and ICE CREAM. CONSTIPATION, no urge. Metrorrhagia, esp around menopause. Fibroids. Breast swell and hurt before menses. BACK PAIN, ARTHRITIS. Concern with metaphysical issues, especially in children. COLD, CLAMMY EXTREMITIES. Perspire in a COLD ROOM. Cold feet at night, wears socks to bed, then takes them off in the night. NAILS - WEAK, brittle.

Miasm - PSORA!

Calcarea carbonica

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Family history of cancer, diabetes, alcoholism. History of SUPPRESSION, or OVER-RESPONSIBILITY as a child. History of mononucleosis. BLUE SCLERA. Sleeps KNEE-CHEST. FASTIDIOUS. Desire to TRAVEL. Passionate. GIVE or OVEREXTEND selves. LOVE music, dance, nature, thunderstorms. SYMPATHETIC. LOVE ANIMALS. Guilt. Craves salt, fat, spicy, chocolate.
CONSTIPATION
INSOMNIA. MOLES. NEVI. Passionate. Suppress themselves, serve others. Averse to consolation. VERY TIDY, NEAT. Responsible. PERFECTIONIST.

Pathologies - cancer, mononucleosis, insomnia, constipation, allergies, headaches.

Miasm - CANCER

Carcinosin

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IDEALISTIC, sympathetic, intolerant of injustices, rebellious. ailments from grief, punishment. Can be depressed and despairing over injustices. Check and re-check compulsively. Fear something bad will happen, fear dogs, ghosts. HURRIED. BETTER in CLOUD and WET WEATHER. WORSE COLD WINDS, worse drafts. Eruptions or warts on nose, eyelids. Constant desire to clear throat. HOARSENESS. CRAVES SALT, SMOKED MEAT. Averse to sweets. URINARY INCONTINENCE from cough, sneeze. Aversion to coition in women. Cough deep, mucus, sticky. Cough better cold drinks. Rheumatic complaints, arthritis, CONTRACTORS. warts on fingers. Neurological conditions. Gradual paralysis. BELL’S PALSY. MS. STAMMERING.

Miasma: Psora, sycosis, syphilis - one of these 3 will be dominant.

Causticum

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Slanders others. Malicious. Loquacious. Delusion he has suffered wrong. Ailments from disappointed love. Desire to kill. Jealousy. Shameless. Singing and jesting. Lascivious. Suspicious. Says he is well when VERY sick. Apoplexy (stroke). Convulsions in children. Bladder, urination involuntary convulsions during. Jerking and twitching.

Hyoscyamus

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CRUSHED FINGER TIPS, pain after injuries to coccyx. Excessive painfulness. Can follow Arnica well, after injuries or falls. Dread of motion. Complaints from fright. Compound fractures.
INJURIES TO NERVES. Spinal cord injuries, whiplash, concussion, head injuries.
Sharp, SHOOTING PAINS (UPWARD), intense pains. Dullness, forgetfulness, depression after head injuries. Fright, shock after injuries. Head feels longer, pointed. Sensation of being lifted high up in the air. Worse COLD DAMP, fog, touch. Better bending head back. Pain after dental procedures. Injuries to coccyx.

Miasm: Psora

Hypericum

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Sensitive, easily excited.
REFINED, IDEALISTIC. DISAPPOINTED. CONTRADICTIONS.
Rapidly changing moods; hysteria. Ailments from GRIEF, DISAPPOINTED LOVE, fright.
SILENT GRIEF
stormy relationships. OFFENDED EASILY. remain cramped inside. Sentimental. Involuntary weeping. SIGHING, SOBBING, AVERSE CONSOLATION. Quarrelsome, Impatient. Desires to be alone; brooding.
Ailments from being reprimanded. Can’t decide, irresolution. Headache as if nail in side of head, better lying on it. Perspires face.
Averse or craves fruit.
Travel ameliorates.
WORSE SWEETS, SPASMS. Emotional TENSION SOMATIZED.
creating tight traps, jaw muscles, rectum, etc.
Dysmenorrhea. Fear of birds, robbers, narrow places. Mental symptoms alternative with physical.
Miasm: Psora

Ignatia

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Forceful, PASSIONATE, suspicious, JEALOUS, revengeful, LOQUACIOUS, sarcastic. competitive.
Ailments from GRIEF, Disappointed love, jealousy, anger. Fright. Mortification.
WORSE ANY SUPPRESSION, better with discharge (menses, etc)
FEAR snakes, being poisoned, robbers, evil, die, he will, if goes to sleep.
Anger, REVENGEFUL, malicious.
Ideas abundant. Clarity of mind. Anxiety about salvation. Anxiety on waking. contradict, disposition to.
DECEITFUL. delusions, sees images. Delusions, under superhuman control. Delucions, illusions of fancy. Delusions, poisoned. Delusions, pursued. EGOTISM. LASCIVIOUS. Quarrelsome. VIVACIOUS. Alcoholism.
LEFT SIDED
worse sleep, sleeps into aggravation. SENSITIVE TO TOUCH. WORSE SUPPRESION of discharges, menses. Sleep apnea. Hemorrhagiv, dark blood, bluish. THROAT problems: pharyngitis. Hot, WORSE HEAT.
Worse lying on left side. Tongue trembles. Intolerance of tight collars, clothes. Craves farinaceous, alcohol. PMS, menopause. Greatly relieved by menses flow. Asthma. chest oppression.

Miasm: Sycosis, some syphilis, little psora

Lachesis

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COWARDICE.
Low confidence, bluffing, egotism. Fear commitment. Love of power. Anxiety about health. Domineering or subservient. Performance anxieties.
Generals/Physicals:
Right sided, Right to Left.
Worse morning and especially 4-8 PM. BETTER EVENING, midnight. Better OPEN AIR. GI and blood sugar problems. GRAY HAIR. Craves sweets. Bloating, distention, rumbling.
Big appetite, or easily satiated. Bulimia. Dieting alternates with binge eating.
Impotence. Sleeps right side. Wakes UNREFRESHED.
Worse beans, cabbage.
Pathologies:
GI problems, gas, URI, UTI, liver problems, IBS, otitis, sexual problems.

Miasm: primarily psora, some sycosis and syphilis

Lycopodium

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EXCESSES AND EXTREMES!! Desire to experience everything.
Extremists. Erratic performance. Sycosis. PROFUSE DISCHARGES. Problems since birth. Strong SEXUALITY.
Cruelty, but may be sensitive. CRAVE SOUR FRUIT, citrus, fat, alcohol, drugs,. Asthma, arthritis.
ANTICIPATORY ANXIETY.
Ailments from anticipation.
BITES NAILS. Clairvoyance.
Concentration difficult. confusion of mind. Delusions, someone touched her head.
DELUSION SOMEONE BEHIND HIM.
Weak memory, for names, for what he’s read, said, about to say, just thought, about to write.
Mistakes in speaking, spelling.
Play, desire to, night. suspicious.
thinking of complaints aggravates. Wild feeling in head. Time passes too slowly. Mental work impossible. ASTHMA. BETTER AT SEA.
BETTER EVENING AND NIGHT
History or FHx of Gonorrhea. Chronic rhinitis or sinusitis. constant clearing of throat.
Averse eggplant, slimy foods.
CHRONIC VAGINITIS, URETHRITIS, CYSTITIS.
Sex drive, extreme. PID. soles of feet, sensitive. Hot feet, uncover them in bed. Sleeps abdomen, knee-chest position.

Pathologies:
Allergies, sinusitis, UTI’s, asthma, arthritis, warts, PID, vaginitis, prostatitis

Miasm: strongly sycotic

Medorrhinum

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Restless. Hurried. Fear of insanity.
Introversion. Impulsive.
COMPULSIVE DISORDERS. Violent. DESTRUCTIVE. Dullness, SUSPICIOUS.
Generals/Physicals:
Sensitive to heat and cold. NARROW TOLERANCE. Lack of reactive power along with an inefficiency of function. Trembling, Neurological problems. Paralysis. STAMMERING.
Worse from Perspiring, from heat of bed. NIGHT SWEATS.
Chronic infections, otitis. Indented tongue.
Metallic taste. OFFENSIVE BREATH.
SALIVATION.
gingivitis. Pharyngitis with salivation, cervical adenopahy. Craves bread and butter. Averse sweets.
THIRST for COLD WATER.
TREMOR OF HANDS
Insomnia. Generally worse nights.
VERY SENSITIVE TO TEMPERATURE CHANGES. Stinking discharges.

Pathologies:
Chronic infections, otitis, pharyngitis, teeth and bone decay, behavioral disorders, cancer.

Miasm: Syphilis

Mercurius

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VULNERABLE TO EMOTIONAL INJURY.
Avoids hurting others, sympathetic. SERIOUS, AVERSE CONSOLATION.
BROODS, dwells int he past. Sensitive. INTROVERTED, closed. Romantic, PERFECTIONIST.
AILMENTS FROM GRIEF.
Silent grief, disappointed love. Dignity. Can’t weep. AVERSE COMPANY.
Fastidious. FEAR ROBBERS. PMS sad, irritable. WORSE SUN (

Natrum muriaticum

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CHILLY, SPASMS, DRUGGING, OVERSENSITIVE TO LIGHT, NOISE, ETC.
Ambition and COMPETITIVE, Fastidious. efficient. GI COMPLAINTS, painful spasms.
Irritable, excitable and IMPATIENT. Easily offended, irritable, angry, intolerant of contradiction. WORSE ANGER. WORSE COLD, DRAFTS, better warmth in any form.
Wants to but can’t (vomit, defecate, etc).
Craves fat, alcohol and stimulants which aggravate. Muscle spasms abound. Sneezing in the morning. Worse mornings.
Cystitis with frequent urging for small amounts. better heat or warm bathing.
INSOMNIA.

Nux Vomica

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Ailments from fright. 
PAINLESSNESS OF COMPLAINTS. Dullness, sleepiness. Sleep heavy, deep sleep. 
NARCOLEPSY. Spacy, dreamy. 
SAYS HE IS WELL WHEN VERY ILL.
loud snoring, sleep apnea
Severe constipation. Lies, untruthful. Using drugs or alcohol since fright. Ailments from embarrassment. Stupid and coma, CVA. 
Head injuries, seizures. Dullness. 
Warm, WORSE HEAT
Face flushed deep red or mottled purple
pupils constricted
senses very acute, hyper alert or dullness, confusion
frightful dreams

Miasm: Psora

Opium

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DIFFUSION. No strong boundaries, clairvoyant. Imaginative and ANXIOUS. Desire and ameliorated by company.
Social WARM, OPEN, SYMPATHETIC.
VERY FEARFUL - anxiety about health, fear death, disease, dark, thunderstorms, alone, something will happen. Better consolation, better massage. Better eating, better cold drinks, better sleep.
WORSE TWILIGHT, worse alone.
Spacey.
Very THIRSTY FOR ICE COLD DRINKS. Diabetes.
Worse fasting, better eating. Crave or averse sweets. Crave spicy, salty, cold drinks, chocolate, ice cream, milk.
Worse lying on left side.
sleeps right side, better from sleep.
LEFT SIDED REMEDY
Hemorrhagic tendency, epistaxis, etc.
HOARSENESS, problems easily got to lungs, coughs.

Miasm: primarily Psora, some sycosis and syphilis

Phosphorus

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Mild, yielding. CHANGEABLE DISPOSITION, dependent and needy. SEEK CONSOLATION, fear ABANDONMENT. Conscientious about TRIFLES. Want to make everything look good so they are loved. Jealousy. WEEPS EASILY. Seeks consolation which ameliorates. Easily influenced. Malleable. Soft, timid, DEPENDENT. warm, WORSE HEAT, HATE STUFFY ROOMS. Worse warm applications. Worse hot sun, BETTER COOL. Need open aid, better walking slowly in open air. in cool weather. faintness in a closed room. Craves butter, cream, cheese, ice cream, peanut butter. Averse fat, butter. WORSE FATTY FOODS, pork, bread. HORMONAL REMEDY agg during menarche, before or during menses, during pregnancy, at menopause. DRY MOUTH BUT THIRSTLESS. Otitis media. Symptoms change. Menses irregular. coughs, otitis. GI problems, headaches. Miasm: Psora, some sycosis

Pulsatilla

STIFFNESS. WORSE DAMP WEATHER. Worse before a storm, worse cold, worse being still, worse first motion, better continued motion. BETTER HEAT. Injuries, sprains, acute or chronic rheumatic complaints. WORSE NIGHT AND MORNING. Flu remedy with aching of joints and muscles. SKIN ERUPTIONS, vesicles, with tremendous itching. RESTLESSNESS, must move. Impatient. VERY COLD BUT DESIRES COLD things, cold milk. Dreams of work and activity, may wake exhausted. Ailments from over-exertion, excess physical activity, from overuse of voice, etc. Anxious, must move. LEFT-SIDED REMEDY. Cracking of joints. Herpetic eruptions. Herpes zoster. Major flu remedy. LOTS OF SKIN SYMPTOMS: itching lesions better in extremely hot water. Miasm: Psora, syphilis (

Rhus tox

Stasis. Loss of ability to feel love for children, husbnad. IRRITABLE, sarcastic, critical. Anger from conslation. better vigorous exercise. Averse to sex. Nausea. Weeping involuntarily, causeless weeping. PMS with sadness, weeping, irritability. Averse company, better alone. Chilly. Worse cold. better in the evening. Worse 3 or 3-5 PM. Worse before or during menses. LEFT SIDED REMEDY N/V of pregnancy. Craves sweets, vinegar or sour. Sensation of lump in rectum. Vaginitis with acrid discharge. Menses scanty. Amenorrhea or dysmenorrhea. Infertility or miscarriage. Stress incontinence. Psoriasis. Fear ghosts and poverty. Miasm: Sycosis

Sepia

REFINED. sensitive, yielding, yet obstinate. Conscientious about trifles. LOW CONFIDENCE. Avoids argument. Stage fright or performance anxiety. Fear pins. Generals/Physicals: CHILLY WORSE COLD Worse drafts or uncovering. Worse suppressed food sweat. Fatigue and weakness. Scoliosis and bony or nail problems. Failure to thrive in infants. Infants cannot tolerate mother's milk or any milk. Hard, large glands. Worse at new or full moon. frequent colds, sinusitis. Sweats on scalp and feet. Infection of tear duct. Dental abscesses. constipation, bashful stool. Miasm: Psora.

Silica

AILMENTS FROM GRIEF. from suppressed anger, mortification, grief, rudeness of others, disappointed love, indignation, sexual excesses. Offended easily. Sensitive to rudeness. Trembles or throws things when angry. Worse confrontation. LOW SELF-ESTEEM. Conscientious about trifles. Horrible things, SAD STORIES PROFOUNDLY AFFECT HER. thought, intrude, sexual, persistent. Feels unfortunate. Will, weakness of. Yielding disposition. Masturbation, sexual fantasies. Worse after siesta. Honeymoon cystitis. Psoriasis after a grief. HEAD LIKE BLOCK OF WOOD worse after coition or masturbation. Guilt. Sensitive., wants to please. Styes. Condylomata. Bad teeth. Miasm: Psora, sycosis, syphilis

Staphysagria

Ailments from fright, head injuries, fevers, meningitis. Fears and violence - Tremendous energy in fearful or violent state. Ailments from fright, from fever, from cerebral congestion or seizures, from head injury. Fears and night terrors. Fear of dark, of death, of injury, of being alone. Clings to people from fear. Better days, worse nights. Delusions and ghastly hallucinations. Delusion alone int he wilderness with great fear. Fear of animals. Rage and violence, kicking, biting, striking, cursing. Desire to kill. Great LOQUACITY. Stammering, tics, spasms, jerking, chorea. JERKY MOVEMENTS Grinding teeth in sleep. Enuresis. Sardonic laughter, cruelty. Wildness. Painless of complaints usually painful. Indifferent to suffering. Pupils dilated. Strabismus. Face, Ears may be BRIGHT RED. Thirst, but dread of water. Throat spasms on attempt to swallow. Periodic foul, loose stools. Hiccough. Dryness of mouth, throat, lips. Fevers, febrile convulsions. Convulsions after a fright. Worse along, int he dark, WORSE looking at BRIGHT SHINING OBJECTS Better company, light, warmth. SEXUAL EXCITEMENT. Wake in fear, screaming, staring. Miasm: Psora (fears, dryness) some syphilis and sycosis

Stramonium

Hot, burning, 5 AM diarrhea. Worse 11 AM. hunger, weak, empty feeling. skin problems - itching skin, rectum. Red lips, orifices. Poor posture, slumps, back pain. burning eructations. Stomach burning pains. Craves sweets, spicy, fat, beer, alcohol. THIRST FOR COLD DRINKS. Averse to eggs. OFFENSIVE DISCHARGES, gas, stool. Worse standing. Worse washing. Messy, dirty. Egotism. Intellectual, curious, theorizes, acquires knowledge. Critical, argues. Indolence. Disgust. Fear heights. Collects things. Rags are beautiful. Anxiety for family. Insomnia. catnaps. Nightmares if sleeps on back. itching worse heat, bathing. Scratches til burns or bleeds. WARM WORSE HEAT. Worse standing. Worse bathing. Miasm: Psora

Sulphur

Restless, romantic. Longing, DESIRE TO TRAVEL or change (job, relationship, location). Irritable, violent, Malicious behavior. Hyperactive, obstinate. Disobedient children. Fear cats. Compulsive behavior. Head banging. Generals/Physicals: Weakness in chest. History of asthma. Bronchitis. Worse wet weather, before storms. BETTER IN THE MOUNTAINS, dry high air. Night sweats. Milk allergy, though may crave COLD MILK. Craves milk. Smoked meats, fat. Bruxism. Hard swollen glands. Alopecia. Long eyelashes. Pathologies: Allergies, chest problems, asthma, teeth problems, autoimmune diseases, birth defects.

Tuberculinum

MORALITY - what is right, what is wrong. Mind rules the emotion. Heading for a breakdown. STRONG MENTAL CONTROL. fear of losing this control. Weeping when discussing her symptoms. sense of DUTY. CANNOT STAND BEING TOUCHED. talk to themselves, rocking. Must sit up or bend forward. warm, open air, cold bathing. Very nice people, can be too strict. Antagonism with self - mind will will, allowing them to suppress themsevles DESIRE SELF-CONFIDENCE RIGID. Worse touch, consolation agg. Do not want to be seen as vulnerable. Swelling. Stiff. Constipation, averse to public restrooms. IRRATIONAL- almost bipolar at extremes sacrifice themselves so others can have fun. Doesn't tolerate fluctuation. REGULATION is big, contained, conservative and CANNOT CUT LOOSE. better stuffed up nose, worse draining nose. ticklish feet STARTLE EASY. solid, stocky frame. Pathologies: Liver, kidney, acute and chronic lung affections

Kali carbonicum

freaked out. anxious, sensed isolation. In their head. NEED FRESH COLD AIR. Sensation of duality. Silly, funny, giggly. INAPPROPRIATE LAUGHTER. JESTING. MAKING PUNS. eccentric. zany. VERY SYMPATHETIC brain too big for skull, soul too big for body. Theorizing. Dissociation - dream state. Kiddos - run their hands over fabrics, dreamy, messy eaters. Trauma creates loss of reality. DELUSIONS: altered reality, beauty of surroundings, greatest, many thoughts, short period of time. Floating sensations out of body experiences.

cannabis indica

Spaciness, dissociation, going into a dream, staring out the window. Catatonic. Haziness, absent minded, forgetfulness. Ecstasy. Difficult concentration and memory problems, confusion. Loses track of thoughts and forgets what’s she’s saying in midst of a sentence. Lack of boundaries. Delusions: hears music. Del. Soul separated from body. Imagines he’s Christ. Imagines he’s transparent, weightless. Grandiose delusions. Delusion body becomes larger and larger. Dream, as if in a. Theorizing Clairvoyance. Altered perceptions: Time passes too slowly. Distances seem immense. Ordinary things look beautiful. .Loquacity. Excitable. Fear of insanity, panic attacks. Suspicious, paranoid. Hilarity, laughter Physicals: red eyes, ravenous hunger, increased thirst, desire open air which ameliorates, top of head (vertex) open sensation, or opening and closing sensation. Apprehension of approaching death. Nymphomania or satyriasis, increased sexual desire. Ailments from emotional trauma, abuse, can put someone in this state. Also drug use, or parent’s drug use while patient was in utero.

Cannabis Indica

Conservative, proper, dislike change, rigid. Fear impending disease. Anxiety felt in solar plexus. Aversion to touch. Startle easily. Generals: worse 2-4 a.m. Stitching pains. Worse rest. Bag-like swelling between upper eyelids. Backache, sweating, weakness. Chilly. Craves sweets. Must sit up or lean forward with dyspnea. Miasm: 1˚ psora, some sycosis Pathologies: asthma, arthritis, hemorrhoids, hormonal problems, prob. Since IUD, hysterectomy, childbirth.

Kali carb

A sycotic remedy, worse dampness and wet weather, with characteristic traits of emotional vulnerability, grief, protecting self. Serious, can be suicidal with thoughts of hanging or a gun, but restrains himself out of responsibility. Personality changes, especially depression, after a head injury or brain trauma such as stroke, encephalitis, etc. Generally worse sun. Sycotic so may see warts, genital condylomata. A big respiratory and sinusitis remedy, with coughing, thick yellow or yellow-green mucus, asthma, all worse wet weather. Arthritic symptoms worse wet weather. Diabetes after a grief. Colitis. Tend to loose stools. May have early morning diarrhea (Sulph). Miasm: sycosis, some psora and syphilis

Nat Sulph

Anxiety, hopeless despair, pessimism Feel better just before an aggravation or illness Huge fear of poverty, failure, health, cancer Feel forsaken Very chilly, may even wear hat in summer. Worse drafts or open air Worse before a storm Worse fasting Frequent acute illness Offensive discharges Skin looks dirty though washed Appetite increased at night during pregnancy Cough or asthma better lying on back with arms spread as if crucified Eruptions in folds of joints Many skin complaints Itching night in bed, worse heated, scratches until it bleeds Depression, suicidal thoughts with offensive odors Great chilliness with frequent acute illness

Psorinum

Feels fragile. Feel unlovable. Depression, low self-esteem. Reproaches herself. Secretive. Generals/physicals: Main sycotic remedy (Med). Warts, condylomata, polypi. Ailments from vaccination. Catarrh of ear, nose, chest worse cold wet weather. Left sided. Perspiration sweet or like garlic. Perspires on genitals, or on uncovered parts. Feelings as if something alive in abdomen. Feels fragile. Worse tea, onions. Miasm: sycosis, a little syphilis

Thuja

Delusional egotism or religiosity Extreme restlessness Weak, collapse states Gastroenteritis with vomiting and diarrhea simultaneously Egotistical, haughty, rude Delusion, great person Coldness. Profuse cold sweat, esp. on forehead Hyperactive, disobedient kids Projectile vomiting. Profuse diarrhea. Precocity Craves cold drinks, ice, salt, sour fruit, lemons, pickles Feigns illness Severe dysmenorrhea with coldness, vomiting, diarrhea, weakness Critical, scolding, gossiping

Veratrum Alb

Fear of high places, narrow places, when a time is set, impending disease. Numbness, tingling, trembling, distention, bloating. Thinking of complaints, agg. Desires sweets and salt. HOARSENESS. Anticipatory anxiety, impulsive. Desires company which amel. Warm, WORSE HEAT Ailments from fright, from loss of sleep. SPLINTER-LIKE pains Excitable. worse Physical exertion, worse Motion. Ovarian cysts.

Argentum nitricum

ecstasy, ailments from embarrassment or mortification dreams, frightful respiration arrested during sleep, sleep apnea face, discoloration, redness clarity of mind head injuries convulsions, worse becoming heated. dream, as if in indifference to suffering, convulsions, constipation in babies, sleepiness after eating Dryness of skin, hair anxiety about health better diarrhea, perspiration, urination (better D/C) desire to lie down hemorrhagic tendency suspicious, fixed ideas. OCD.

opium

Hahnemann taught that miasms are responsible for recurring illness, due primarily to suppression.

True

Tremendous fear of death Feels death is imminent. Predicts of has a sized idea of some specific time when death will come Presentiment of death Fears: Claustrophobia, being in a crowd or a crowded room, earthquakes. Panic disorder Anxiety states following a strong fright (car accident, earthquake) Restlessness Desires company.

Aconite

One cheek red, other cheek white. Bitter taste in mouth. Great thirst, cold drinks. Urine retention in infants or mothers right after delivery Especially useful for women during labor, they feel absolutely certain they are about to die. Main remedy for early stages of croup. Pneumonia, sudden onset worse lying left side angina or acute myocardial infarction with numbness into the left arm general agg after exposure to wind, especially cold, dry wind. complaints begin after a fright or sudden, shocking events symptoms come on suddenly (Bell)

Aconite

pathological inferiority and low self-esteem hardness and cruelty to animals (med) or people. desire to prove himself irresistible desire to curse, swear (nit-ac, hyos, nut-v) severe depression, even suicidal hx abusive family/relationships

anacardium

definite amelioration from eating sensation of a blunt plug stuck in a location of the body (joints, stomach, etc) sensation of a band around a single part of the body tremendous itching

anacardium

``` Active, vital, busy patients busy intensity task-oriented straight forward, not introspective Jealousy. Strong jealousy. irritable, especially when crossed practical, business oriented ```

apis

marked agg from heat, waiting when entering a steam bath or sauna described as warm-blooded, may be chilly amel from cold applications stinging pains, causing great swelling swelling and edema desires exercise which amel. gen agg from suppression of sexual expression as from loss of spouse ``` swelling around eyes conjunctival swelling flushes of heat pharyngitis with amel from cold drinks bag-like swelling of uvula THIRSTLESS glomerulonephritis, dramatic edema of the entire body (anasarca) cystitis with scalding pain during urination right side ovarian cysts dysmenorrhea edema of extremities AWKWARDNESS - drops things urticaria ```

apis

Nervous system - main focus Pathologically open patient - extroverted, cheerful. Impulsive, impulses to jump from a height. unexplainable, foolish impulses suggestibility sympathetic claustrophobia, FEAR heights, bridges, diseases, fear being later Anxiety for health. anxiety while anticipating an engagement or test Anxiety when alone, amel company.

argentum nitricum

``` warm-blooded, one of the hottest remedies general and local agg from heat. better cold and cold application periodic, severe weakness general agg from eating sweets ``` ataxia, staggering gait MS Bright red spots on the sclera - looks like raw meat conjunctival irritation splinter-like pain in the throat hoarseness* violent palpitations with the sensation that the heart will jump out of place palpitations worse lying right side eructations, frequent and loud enough to earn a "reputation" with friends and family distention, may or may not be amel by eructations craves: sweets (sugar) salt diarrhea from anticipation impotence, worse when thinking of the problem intense craving for both salty and sweet!!

argentum nitricum

injury with extravasation of blood; contusion, sprain, etc. long-term consequences of trauma extremely useful in postoperative patients both for pain and to promote more rapid healing general agg from exertion bruised sensation everything feels too hard, even the pill or the bed putrid rotten egg odor concussion, blunt trauma epistaxis while washing face dental extractions and other procedures cough from weeping symmetrical eruptions arthritis acute sprains, bruises, myalgia esp after over-exertion soreness and bruised feeling in part lain upon

arnica

Insecurity*, anxiety, dependency, avarice (fears poverty), compulsiveness (needs control) anxious, proper, tense, worried tremendous anxiety with great restlessness panic attack (12-2am) anxiety about health pacing, fidgetiness despair of recovery fear: death, disease (cancer), robbers, poverty, alone desires company anxiety for the well-being of family members or close friends who provide the security base ``` selfish, stingy, saves everything fastidious perfectionist compulsive disorders careful planning depression, even at the point of suicide suicidal impulse (with a knife) ```

arsenicum album

``` chilly, agg by cold desires heat, can't be too warm amel by heat restless periodicity agg 12-2am pains, burning better heat* offensiveness prostration head complaints if acute amel by cold* right sided coryza tongue discolored white gastritis, gastric malignancy peptic ulcers w. burning stomach pains better MILK thirst small frequent sips desires fat, sour, lemon, alcohol diarrhea often with offensive watery stool ``` ``` asthma worse 12-2am asthma better sitting upright coldness of extremities (raynauds) insomnia (wakes 1am), restless sleep eczema with dry skin and intense burning and itching ``` fever from 12-2am acutes with great restlessness, anxiety, chilliness and thirst for small quantities often

arsenicum album

serious, successful, intimidating patient with melancholic demeanor may feel no connection to life, existing in dark and isolated void intense, idealistic and want to be the best, set high goals often patient goes into deep religious convictions abnormal focus on career and achievement (when presenting without suicidal feelings) otherwise - severe depression, suicidal states relieved by thought of suicide, impulses by jumping from height ailments from grief, disappointed love, after business reversals and humiliation outburst of anger AMEL from MUSIC, deep love of music spiritually inclined, desire for prayer or meditation Fear - Failure

aurum metallicum

general amel in the evening (med) pains worse at night boring headaches at inner angle of the right eye pain so bad the patient hints at the possibility of suicide nasal obstruction and severe sinusitis main remedy for problems of the testes and epididymis bone pains worse at night moaning in the sleep; crying out in sleep severe, chronic insomnia

aurum metallicum

delayed mental development childish behavior, needs reassurance, easily influenced. lack of self-confidence, sense of inferiority great passivity extreme shyness extreme difficulty making decisions anxiety disorder nervous biting of nails immaturity or atrophy of parts of the body: "dwarfish" - late maturity emotionally compromised - insecure, irresolute, horribly anxious, strong feelings of inferiority

baryta carbonica

chronic inflammation and huge swelling of the tonsils may nearly occlude the throat hard swelling of the cervical glands offensive foot perspiration, warts, biting nails desires eggs, sweets aversion to fruit nightmares

baryta carbonica

healthy, vital and robust. mental state is usually quite balanced except in the violent deliriums hallucination, especially during fever. Fear of DOGS markedly affected by change of temperature general agg 3pm general agg due to hormonal insults or imbalances agg from being jarred agg from motion pains amel. by pressure flushes of heat convulsions, especially febrile twitches or jerking intense heat in the affected part - hot to practitioners touch, leaving a sensation of lingering heat, it's so hot

belladonna

conditions are congestive, intense and often characterized by pain and throbbing or pulsation acutes come on suddenly - face is red and hot, the eyes glisten, the pupils are dilated and the feet and hands are cold. vertigo, worse turning head, worse turning over in bed, worse bending forward Migraine H/A 11am or 3pm, peaking at 3pm head pains agg by light, noise, jar, motion, sun, menses, washing hair head pains amel by cold application, lying in the dark, pressure, from binding of the head sinus pain, maxillary or frontal, right sided, worse touch, better by hard pressure, worse stooping forward otitis media, worse night, throbbing in bed supportive tonsillitis craving lemon and lemonade THIRSTLESS constipation dysmenorrhea, metrorrhagia with fluid red or dark blood mixed with large dark clots right sided ovarian cysts/pains cold hands and feet, face hot sleeps on abdomen, dreams of falling (thuj)

belladonna

basic person, not refined or sophisticated. often very business oriented. though doing well financially, still worries constantly about money (Psor) marked agg from motion averse to being disturbed; must be left alone and quiet irritability irritability and aversion to company irritability, wants to be left alone fear of poverty or financial ruin preoccupied with business matters

bryonia

``` MARKED agg from any motion* dryness of ALL mucus membranes **HA, sciatica, arthritis, constipation** agg 9pm amel from lying on painful side amel from pressure left-sided HA HA over left eye or forehead HA agg by motion, even of the eyes HA worse from cough ``` Tongue coated white or brownish, especially in the center GREAT THIRST - large quantities, often or great intervals constipation, marked dryness of the rectum stool dry and hard colds travel down to the chest dry, hard, painful cough; must hold chest arthritis with pains worse slightest motion rheumatism injury **Appendicitis** worse deep inspiration Sleeps left side.

bryonia

strong focus on security and practical matters methodical and determined when taking on projects over-worked, over-burdened, overwhelmed patients strong sense of duty and responsibility works to exhaustion then must give up his job all together preoccupation with metaphysical concerns such as life after death, reincarnation, etc Fears: money, health, heights, mice or rats, insanity anxiety about health despair of recovery feels mind is weak or that he may go insane, fears others may perceive this obstinate

calc carb

``` obesity and flabbiness patient puts on weight quickly and easily chilly, generally worse cold agg from cold wet weather agg from exertion poor stamina, even in childhood sensation of inner trembling allergy or agg from aspirin general agg from ascending stairs or a hill ``` Plump, or obese patient with round, soft face, pale complexion. The face has many fine wrinkles Vertigo perspiration on head, especially occiput or back of the neck at night during sleep nightmares, disturb sleep Craves: eggs, sweets. Constipations without urge for stool Uterine fibroids metrorrhagia, especially around the time of menopause Dyspnea with exertion, especially while ascending stairs of a hill; poor stamina Breasts swollen and painful, esp before menses Back weakness and low back pain Arthritis pain worse cold,damp cold, clammy extremities cold feet in bed at night, must wear socks nails distorted, brittle and break or peel easily

calc carb

personality can be extremely sweet (ecstatic, giddy) or desperate and suspicious (anxious about health or losing control) extreme confusion great anxiety and fearfulness; panic attacks fear insanity disoriented confusion, hazy thinking, draw far-fetched connections theorizing difficult concentration fear of antidoting remedy, questions physician thoughts come too rapidly, cannot grasp them excited, giddy and even ecstatic laughing immoderately delusions of all types clairvoyance, out of body experiences

cannabis indica

single limbs feel light or as if they will float which is often experienced as a fearful event sensation of opening and closing of the vertex (head) excessive sexual desire

cannabis indica

personality is strong, passionate, very intense. feels a sense of being unfulfilled which drives him to work excessively, push limits or live dangerously restlessness and desire for travel and excitement often suffered from suppression and abuse during childhood passionate and longing patients who over-extend themselves on many levels fastidious desire for travel history of suppression and guilty feelings desires dancing and music the patient loves the excitement of thunderstorms sympathetic Fears: health and cancer Patient has suffered from suppression and abuse during his childhood

carcinosin

warm worse heat amel at the sea past hx or FMHx of cancer or diabetes. to be considered when well-selected remedies fail to act or do not hold for long after acting. agg since mononucleosis or pertussis diabetes appearance: dark, earthy or dusky complexion or cafe au lait hue. many times the patient has DARK MOLES sleeps in the knee-chest position (med) insomnia moles. nevi.

carcinosin

Main systems are nervous and connective tissue. Sincere, very intense, idealistic patients. Sensitive. great sympathy, unable to tolerate other's suffering great anger over injustices incensed, much anger, concern regarding environment rebellious. political. complaints from grief, hx of repeated griefs checking and rechecking tasks compulsively stammering fear that something bad will happen. as pathology progresses, great mental dullness and forgetfulness

causticum

chilly worse cold amel by cloudy, wet or rainy weather agg from drafts agg at 4pm paralysis, slowly progressive paralysis eruptions on face, especially tip of the nose warts on the nose and eyelids right-sided facial neuralgia, worse from wind right-sided bell's palsy constant desire to clear throat hoarseness Crave: salty. bacon. smoked meats aversion to sweets stomach pains amel cold drinks mucus covered stool incontinence of urine from cough or sneeze aversion to coitus in women loss of pleasure even if orgasm occurs in men or women coughs deeper and deeper cough better cold drink raw feeling in chest - as if a rock were inside Rheumatic complaints arthritis of the hands and fingers; ulnar deviation contractures warts on hands and especially near the fingernails* WARTS

causticum

over-excitement. loquacity. abnormally extroverted behavior. early stage - happy, joking, playing pranks, jesting patient can be malicious and calculating thoughts and speech, more violent than actions shamelessness jealousy, suspicion ailments from disappointed love can have suspicious thoughts about others' intentions mania with rage and increased strength with dancing with wild talking and laughing cursing. lewd talk. ribald jokes. exhibitionism. wants to be naked. touches genitals. silly, annoying behavior (especially in kiddos)

hyos

Restlessness, seizures, stroke. desire to masturbate in public; handles the sexual organs publicly. masturbation in young children promiscuity. hyper-sexuality. rhythmic and bizarre gestures sleeplessness, nightmares, bruxism.

hyos

Injuries: contusions, lacerations, punctures to parts rich in nerves injuries of spine (fractures, sprains) with sharp shooting pains, worse raising arms injuries to the coccyx due to falls, blows, labor, delivery

hypericum

spasticity and hysteria in the grief state. romantic, idealistic, unusual emotional oversensitivity sets her up for disappointment ailments from grief, after romantic disappointments easily hurt feelings; easily offended sighing desire to avoid bring giving way to sobbing ``` aversion to consolation stormy relationships filled with recrimination Jealousy alternating moods (laugh to cry) hysteria, hysterical symptoms fear of birds ``` desire for amelioration from traveling great defensiveness and touchiness rude or suspicious and doubting patients

ignatia

better traveling agg from eating sweets paradoxical symptoms - inflamed jts better pressure, sore throat, better swallowing perspiration only on the face LUMP in the throat Craves: cheese, fruits aversion to fruit Rectal spasms irresistible paroxysm of cough without signs of illness SIGHING. Yawning Back spasms, especially after a grief Dreams of water

ignatia

compulsive, rigidly adhering to a code of ethics and rules. difficult to express feelings, exercises strong control over his emotions DUTY - important conservative, loyal, moral, proper people rigid, unable to break even a trivial rule dogmatic. dislikes change Fear: impending disease, being alone

kali carb

chilly worse cold intolerant of drafts, drafts agg generally worse from coition ``` worse 2-4am stitching pains (bry) ``` swelling of the eyelids, bag-like swelling of the upper lid Craves: sweets anxiety or bruised feeling; dread of nausea in the epigastrium Asthma worse 2-4AM Difficult respiration, worse lying flat *better sitting upright *better leaning forward with elbows rested on the knees, better lying propped up. Pneumonia, often left sided low back pain sciatica (right sided) waking at night, especially 2-4AM sleeplessness without cause "simply cannot let go"

kali carb

over-stimulation seeking an outlet. passionate, intense people jealousy. envy suspicious, even paranoid loquacity, so talkative, hard to get a word in edgewise knows the weakness of others and strikes. very egoistical, arrogant emotions are extremely passionate, can be frighteningly intense anger. aggressiveness. hatred and longings for revenge sarcastic Does not tolerate restriction Fears: snakes, poison, heart disease, insanity. Alcoholism or drug addiction

lachesis

``` HOT worse hot agg during sleep, sleeps into the agg agg before menstrual cycle, amel as soon as flow begins agg from suppressed d/cs left-sided symptoms L to R movement of symptoms ``` agg in the spring and fall agg from suppressed sexual expression flushes of heat gen agg from lying on the left side purplish discoloration trembling of tongue when protruded difficulty swallowing, especially liquids or saliva intolerance to tight collars, turtlenecks, necklaces averse to being touched on the throat craves: farinaceous, alcohol. PMS - irritable, jealous, depressed, headache, flushes of heat hyper-sexual, nymphomania asthma after jealousy or strong emotion. worse sleep, work on waking in the morning wakes with suffocating feeling at night, especially on falling asleep palpitations worse lying left side, worse night, worse sleep chest oppression, worse lying left side sleeps on right, impossible on left starts up in sleep as if suffocating. sleep apnea nightmares

lachesis

kiddo - plump, tired, weak resistance to infections development may be delayed - may also be absent strong-willet, often anxious concerning security anxiety and fears - child may be very curious, asking questions often about religious or metaphysical things in order to relieve fears of life and death CHARACTERISTIC - Nightmares faces anxiety with conviction that he must learn enough to prepare on his own to overcome life's uncertainty wishes to become independent, self-sufficient nice, but obstinate sour odor to perspiration or stool tire easily from exertion and finds it difficult to keep up with peers

calc carb

kiddo - sensitive and sympathetic - may be timid open and easily wounded, can be suppressed markedly sensitive to criticism and reprimand. dislike consolation, intolerant of it as puberty is reached, may be strong sexual instincts and passions

carcinosin

kiddo - sensitive and excitable. extremely aware of others and sympathetic for the suffering of others emotions are intensely felt may burst into tears from slight provocation many fears, especially of the dark may be compulsive and perfectionistic rebellious, highly idealistic

causticum

kiddo - behavior disorders. poor impulse control. talking, joking, throwing tantrums at the most inappropriate times difficulties with other siblings; jealousy, provoking fights, abuse. should be watched carefully to avoid violence toward younger siblings (can be cold, malicious, detached, dangerous) masturbation, secretive sexual play with other children, exhibitionism. cursing is a strong characteristic.

hyos

cowardice marked feelings of inferiority, constantly tries to overcome main remedy for "love of power" lack of discipline - craves sweets and eats them to detriment of self promiscuous fears forming long-term relationships, fears commitment, fears impotence (loses interest if original excitement is gone) problems of self-esteem and low-confidence bullying, domineering, arrogant behavior to family and those with less authority. intellectual and withdrawn. depression anxiety: about health, about conflicts, about career weeps from sentimental events or upon being thanked reverses letters and words while reading/speaking stage fright

lycopodium

Right sided problems, or R to L agg from 4-8PM agg in the morning on waking amel in the evening or at midnight worse from missing a meal or from fasting better open air (even though may be chilly) deep furrows of the brow/jowls grey hair Craves: sweets* averse to COLD DRINKS* found rumbling in the abdomen bloated and distended abdomen, ameliorated by eructation and flatus worse eating small amounts of food early satiety huge appetite; ravenous; appetite increases while eating wakes at night to eat. bulimia heartburn. sour eructations ``` sexual promiscuity, adultery impotence (esp w/wife) premature ejaculation herpes (right side, extending down thigh) sleeps ONLY on the right side wakes from hunger extremely unrefreshed in the morning ``` cracks on heal one hand or foot much colder than the other Offensive feet

lycopodium

extremist. work is brilliant at one moment, and then inept. relationships are full of passionate love, or hate. passionate people who are led to problems from strong needs to expression of the passion - desire to experience EVERYTHING cruel to animals. compulsive need to experience more passion - extremes of sexual conduct, drug or alcohol use, physical violence, etc. inner hardness and self-centeredness mental processes will be described as dull and too intense. hurried feeling, gives wild feeling in his head strong tendency to bite fingernails or even the toenails

Medorrhinum

kiddo - behavioral problems - excessive aggression. often pale and looks poorly nourished. may have violent temper tantrums, kick or strike the parents and fights with other children. extremely passionate nature others may be sensitive and withdrawn from the parents and family due to emotional shocks excessive attachment to animals and also cruel behavior toward them sexual development begins early.

medorrhinum

amel at the sea and from sea bathing. amel in the evening; loves the night chronic rhinitis and sinusitis (beginning in infancy) constant clearing of the throat peptic ulcers with pain which wakes the patient 2AM Craves: Meat fat. ICE. Unripe fruit. Oranges. AVERSE TO EGGPLANT chronic vaginitis, urethritis, cystitis - esp if this occurs after beginning a new sexual relationship babies with sharply demarcated, erythematous diaper rash asthma of childhood dyspnea better from assuming the knee to chest position angina beginning in early years great swelling of the ankles *great sensitivity of the soles of the feet* Hot feet! Uncovers feet at night. Warts Sleeps on abdomen in knee-chest position hx of early heart disease in parents hx gonorrhea

medorrhinum

weakness and over-reactivity tends to be withdrawn and introverted, strong internal emotions that are rarely expressed necessary for him to feel the person he is speaking to is listening carefully, with undivided attention Internal impulses. hurriedness, irritability Impulsive - impulses to strike, or even kill an offending person. Anxiety, inefficiency of mind. withdrawn, depressed, suicidal

Mercurius

syphilitic remedy agg at night agg from both hot and cold worse open air offensive d/c agg from perspiration night sweats appearance: serious. pale face and skin, blotchiness and translucent quality, like marble ``` otitis media tongue imprinted with teeth metallic taste in the mouth offensive breath excessive saliva, esp at night in bed gingivitis ``` pharyngitis craves: *BREAD AND BUTTER Averse to sweets tremor, especially of the hands

Mercurius

Deep grief and sorrow - hallmark ``` closed, responsible, dignified and much affected by grief. ailments from grief and disappointed love. SILENT GRIEF depression too serious and overly proper and responsible easily offended or wounded sad yet unable to weep involuntary and hysterical weeping averse to company dwells on past griefs and humiliations averse to consolation fears: ROBBERS, CLAUSTROPHOBIA ``` Sensitivity, refined. wounds are deeply felt and result in psychological wall to avoid further pain introversion - overly serious. responsible, perfectionistic discusses grief only with reluctance. reserved. EASILY HURT FEELINGS dwells on insults or criticisms, finds it difficult to forgive. consolation agg very sympathetic to the problems of others and many people confide in them. abnormally prolonged grief and depression

Natrum muriaticum

kiddo - well-behave, often mature beyond their years "like a little adult" strong need for affection, overly vulnerable prefers to be alone with their griefs and will shrug off his parents consoling hug inability to accept help is problematic as they grow to adolescent extremely responsible about homework and family's needs may resort to drug use to help numb emotional pain

Natrum muriaticum

agg from the sun agg at 10AM ``` HA; migraine HA worse light, worse sun, worse reading HA worse 10AM-3PM HA like hammers beating the head HA from grief HA in schoolgirls ``` ``` hay fever egg white coryza herpetic eruptions - lips cracks of the lips, esp corners aphthae ulcers ``` lacrimation of the eyes, worse open air or wind eyelid with transverse line through the middle for he upper lid, esp in kiddos Crave: salt, sour, burned toast or burned fish aversion to fat, rich foods, slimy foods, chicken bashful kidneys - unable to urinate in front of others painful coition. vaginal dryness aversion to sex in women asthma in the evening 5-7PM back pain and low back pain, better lying on something hard or pressing against the first or an object such as a book insomnia; cannot fall asleep from thoughts of grief of the day and disagreeable things from long past sleeps on the left side

Natrum muriaticum

serious, overly-responsible, closed, melancholic. less refined, slightly. more focused on business than interpersonal relationships suicidal longings (whether from grief or head injury or other organic causes) but restrains himself because of his duties to his family. Wishes to hang or shoot himself weeping from music confusion or mental dullness after a head injury cheerful after stool

natrum sulphuricum

agg from damp weather - rain, fog agg from warm humid weather agg from injury to head or spine amel after stool sycosis. hx gonorrhea DM photophobia - often during HA Craves: *YOGURT Diarrhea in the morning after rising sudden urging to stool diarrhea with flatus acute and chronic hepatitis; cholescystits; in liver and gallbladder disease often has the desire to lie on right side with legs curled up condylomata of genitalia or perianal region gonorrhea, suppressed gonorrhea asthma worse 4AM, worse damp, worse EXERtiON asthma of children, asthma after grief arthritis of the left hip warts sleep on left side

natrum sulphuricum

type A personality - workaholic. impatient, competitive, ambitions major focus of their life is work and achievement confident and arrogant cleanliness irritability that can become anger then rage and frank violence. impatient, ambitious, drive, irritable patients easily offended anger from contradiction tendency to break things from anger and frustration premenstrual irritability impatient - hates waiting in lines or traffic competitive, workaholic. compulsive. fastidious competitive. must win, tries everything. loves stimulants - coffee, alcohol, amphetamines, cocaine avoids marriage, for fear of lost freedom could be subject to collapse from being overworked

Nux Vomica

chilly worse cold, cold dry wind. chills, rio from moving under his blanket better warmth and warm application collapse and fatigue states from overwork sneezing, coryza in morning on waking bruxism GI physicals! spasm, cramping, very prominent Craves: spicy, fat, alcohol, coffee, tobacco - stimulants! stomach pains worse anger, worse tight clothes, better warmth, warm applications or warm drinks cramping or shape pains in abdomen infants with colic constipation with constant, ineffectual urging for stool cystitis with constant urging for small amounts, better from heat or warm bathing backspin work night in bed insomnia wakes 3-4AM cannot sleep due to thoughts of work

Nux Vomica

Kiddo - irritable, GI problems such as colic or colitis. extremely competitive about grades and sports terrible loser child cannot admit he is at fault or he had made a mistake Jealousy of his siblings and other kiddos is a problem. may develop strongly bitter feelings toward same sex parent strong fears, esp of the dark

Nux vomica

dream-like, peaceful and euphoric state blissful, peaceful, drowsy, sensuous, dream-like states stupor and coma complaints from fright may arouse from stupor with marked fright main remedy for ailments brought on by fright lacking morals

opium

warm blooded, agg by heat agg from fright anesthesia, painlessness of normally painful complaints narcolepsy injury to head (concussion) face flushed deep red or mottled purple pupils constricted constipation with no urge respiration slow, noisy, obstructed snoring sleep heavy, stuporous and difficult to disturb sleep apnea narcolepsy

opium

Diffusion. bubbly, outgoing, extroverted. sparkles with intelligence, creativity and enthusiasm no strong boundaries, not grounded or centered extremely sympathetic and can become involved with strangers may appear - flighty loves company gullible and suggestible. clairvoyance. anxiety when alone, amel by company Fears: ALONE, DEATH, THUNDERSTORMS, something bad will happen sympathetic, dependent on the physician easily reassured early stage, anxiety (concern for health), grows to fear something bad will happen late stage - sensitive to others and outside stimulus, patient isolates, prefers to be alone

Phosphorus

worse: fasting, lying on LEFT side, spicy foods, warm foods and salt, twilight better: eating, COLD DRINKS, sleep, rubbing the affected part hemorrhagic tendency from any wound easily dehydrated debility and collapse states epistaxis excessive bleeding after dental extraction hoarseness peptic ulcer gastritis with N/V, better cold drinks, returns as soon as liquid becomes warmed in stomach appetite ravenous appetite increased with HA CRAVES: chocolate, ice cream, salty, spicy, rice, milk, alcoholic drinks, esp wine averse to sweets tremendous thirst for cold drinks increased sex drive uterine fibroids metrorrhagia with bright red blood, almost never clots ovarian cysts recurring respiratory infections (every cold goes to chest*) lingering, tickling coughs pneumonia angina pectoris, pains worse from stress, worse lying left side, better cold drinks numbness of fingers generally sleeps well and greatly refreshed by sleep sleeps on right side, unable to sleep on left in most cases

phosphorus

Kiddo - sensitive, precocious and open. can make contact with anyone, child or adult. Parents fear child could be kidnapped open, trusting nature curious and sympathetic for others strong fears, great desire for company great anxiety that something bad will happen to parents and becomes very concerned with least illness in the family fatigue, poor resistance to illness after fast growth bleeding problems

Phosphorus

Expects poverty or disappointment - unable to think in more expansive terms anxiety and hopelessness about future. pessimism fears: poverty, health, cancer, future, failure suicidal thoughts and feelings deep anxiety states with restlessness and anguish anxious restlessness at night despair. despair or recovery

Psorinum

Chilly worse cold agg from open air or drafts agg before storm appearance: skin has a dingy look as if dirty ``` agg from fasting frequent acute illness offensiveness offensive purulent d/c any location feels inexplicably well the day before is about to get ill ``` must wear a warm or fur hat all year, even in summer aphthae, hay fever, face has dirty look even when washed appetite increased at night or in pregnancy cough, bronchitis or asthma with dyspnea and fatigue better from lying down, especially from lying on the back with arms spread out (as if crucified) eruptions in the fold of the joints eczema, tremendous itching itching worse night, worse from being over-heated, worse from the heat of the bed must scratch until bleeds

Psorinum

softness, timid, easily influenced and dependent patients deeply emotional, sentimental and sympathetic initially shy and bashful strong desire for tenderness and reassurance can become exceptionally irritable, stubborn dogmatic open and malleable easily influenced weeps easily weeps in interview telling her problems (sep, med, staph) sadness changeable moods feels forsaken asked mother or sound "do you love me?" desires and ameliorated by consolation

pulsatilla

kiddo - clings to the mother, makes good contact with physician. vulnerable to other children,, easily bullied craves attention and affection asks if mom loves him/her can be pouting and irritable at times

pulsatilla

warm agg heat agg by the sun characterized by changeability of the conditions. No two ___ are the same, lack pattern craves and amel by open air or in breezes amel walking slowly in the open air agg twilight or evening worse 2-4PM amel from cool, crisp weathering from fatty or rich foods fainting from warm or stuffy rooms gen agg during pregnancy, at menopause, before or during menses, from suppressed menses HA, often migraine, which occur at the last hour of the menstrual flow dry mouth, NO THIRST Hay fever Bland and often greenish nasal discharge conjunctivitis itching, lacrimation and pain in eye, better cold application acute and chronic otitis media ear pain, often worse at night, worse heat; pulsating pain Craves: butter, cream, whipped cream, cheese, ice cream, cold food, Peanut butter Averse to fat, butter, pork THIRSTLESS Bladder pain, worse at the end of urination, worse if trying to retain ruin ``` Menses easily suppressed. Amenorrhea, also metrorrhagia menses short duration menses irregular. menstrual flow, changeable marked dysmenorrhea ``` asthma, often allergic dyspnea, worse lying, worse evening and night, worse from taking a cold cough at night, in bed, preventing or interrupting sleep *ESPECIALLY IN CHILDREN sensation of cold water poured on the back wandering arthritis pains worse first motion but better from moving pains worse heat, better cold pains in the heels varices heat in the feet and must put them out of the covers sleeps on the abdomen, or on the back with the arms raised over the head sleep disturbed by a particular song or phrase or a song running through her head

pulsatilla

``` joking, jesting, cheerful patients quick-witted, friendly, peculiarly timid inner restlessness and agitation irritable and frustrate superstitious fixed ideas and ritualistic behavior ``` strong effect on the nerves

Rhus Tox

``` agg cold and cold wet weather amel warm weather, warm bathing agg from drafts generally worse in cloudy, overcast or foggy weather agg from getting wet ``` amel from motion, cannot sit still worse in the morning on rising hallmark of this remedy is progressive stiffness, often coming after a period of restlessness or overuse fever blisters about the lips red tip of tongue or triangle of redness on the tongue Craves COLD MILK herpes of the genitals eruptions on the genitals or on the inner thigh angina, worse from exertion, extending to the left arm low back pain, sciatica back pain worse sitting-still, causes stiffness back pain better motion, better heat or hot baths/showers, better hard pressure or massage cervical stiffness which causes the patient to stretch and move the head, worse from being irritated worse cold damp, better heat stiffness may go to the occiput and cause headache arthritis worse in bed, worse on waking, worse damp cold or before storms, worse exertion arthritis better heat or hot bathing, better dry weather, better motion ``` pain in the left shoulder pain in the inner,upper left scapula restless extremities restless legs in bed bursitis, tendonitis, sprains ``` eczema itching better from SCALDING hot water herpes, shingles, poison oak/ivy restless sleep, must constantly shift in his sleep and cannot find a comfortable position

Rhus tox

hard, indifferent patients tearful, care-worn and pathetic patients weeping, involuntary weeping, know not why she weeps* sarcastic, butting remarks often followed by remotes; the patient has great intuition concerning other's weakness disconnected and indifferent to the family, shrieking at children guilt, isolation - tearfulness and desperation at these internal irritability mother angry and at least disturbance yells at children housewives, irritable and overwhelmed. especially while making supper becomes irritated with her children. PMS - irritability, depression, weeping aversion to company amel when alone aversion to company yet dreams being alone mental dullness, sluggishness and confusion

sepia

``` chilly worse cold amel VIGOROUS EXERCISE amel in the evening AGG 2-4, 3-5PM agg before or during menses agg from pregnancy, miscarriage, abortion ``` Menopausal hot flashes agg from coition or frequent sex left-sided HA, esp over left eye cracking of lips, either at corners or middle lower lip empty feeling in stomach, no amel from eating N/V of pregnancy Craves: sweets, vinegar or sour things sensation of lump in rectum or prostate itching of rectum vaginitis with white, offensive or excoriating discharge itching of the genitalia brought about from leukorrhea menses: scanty, too early premenstrual syndrome uterine prolapse pregnancy infertility, miscarriage herpes of the genitalia or perineal and perianal region genital warts aversion to sex, to being touched sexually dyspareunia stress incontinence cough worse night, worse lying breasts lose mass and fullness, become flat thickened and parchment-like skin psoriasis

sepia

need for internal grit refined, delicate, sensitive and yielding. quiet, self-contained lack of self-confidence the patient will admit to having convictions which he does not argue anxious conscientiousness over small details anxiety from noise stage-fright obstinate children - weep when reprimanded emotionally well balanced, except for self-esteem dwells compulsively on small details, trying to compensate for his weakness

silica

``` chilly worse cold agg from drafts or uncovering agg from suppressed sweat, most often of the FEET weakness and fatigue. collapse. delayed development in children failure to thrive in infants frequent colds and flus ``` glands become enlarged and hard, may suppurate defects of bone, spine, hair, nails, teeth from poor metabolism of minerals sour perspiration sweats on the scalp, esp during sleep acne leaves small pits on the face infection of tear duct or blocked tear duct of newborns dental abscesses, fistulas and infections of the gum pharyngitis, recurring. Meniere's syndrome with marked vertigo assoc. with chronic sinus problems otitis media, serous otitis sinusitis, chronic dry nasal obstruction constipation with no urging, bashful stool which seem str recede after nearly extruding Aversion to far, milk, warm food infants unable to tolerate even mother's milk and will frequently vomit the milk bartholin's cysts mastitis of nursing women scoliosis spinal curvatures, calcifications, defects foot sweat, often offensive and profuse, more prominent in children than adults sweat can be corrosive, causing excoriation of feed and holes in the socks bunions ingrown toenails crippled nails, fragile nails, white spots on nails abscess anywhere

silica

sweet and gentle demeanor underlying cause is a suppressed patient (wives of abusive husbands, children of abusive or aggressive patients) ailments from grief patients who have histories involving multiple griefs over many years anger or insults that have been swallowed, patient will say never feel angry, never feels anger ailments from suppressed anger confrontation is very difficult for the patient outbursts of anger generally demonstrated by throwing things ``` ailments after insult or humiliation talking to himself outlaid tendency to throw things when very angry weeps during the interview low self-esteem depression ``` hx sexual abuse frequent mastrubation, especially because the patient is shy and and unable to seek out sexual partners

staphysagria

general agg after taking a nap in the daytime, especially from an afternoon nap. styes or tumors on the eyelids alopecia after grief or suppression cystitis which begins from the first intercourse or may happen after every intercourse masturbation. many sexual fantasies trembling from anger or emotions psoriasis after grief or suppression of anger or other emotions, especially in children sleepy all day, but sleepless at night

staphysagria

violence in action, in thought, in the physical symptoms is the central fact of this remedy - violence or fear of it rage and violence. has the capacity to commit murder violent behavior mania - red face, dilated pupils, superhuman strength Fear of death, dark, water, being alone (esp at night, in the dark) Complaints after fright NIGHT-TERRORS - child shrieks out and sits up, filled with terror, not fully awake stammering

stramonium

convulsions, convulsions of children febrile convulsions. violent delirium violent jerking of the head strabismus craving for sweets, offensive diarrhea, violent hiccoughing violent sexual desires - aggressive, vulgar language, promiscuous temper problems and fears or nightmares convulsions and fears

stramonium

Two types - philosophical or the practical idealist philosophical - deep thinking, looking long at profound questions in a detached manner. cynical, condescending attitude practical idealist - main focus is service and social interaction, vital, enthusiastic. Abundance of confidence, still seeks others approval - periods of morose Obstinant, irritable Egotism, bragging. - takes pride in mental acuity LAZINESS* grand characteristic DIRTY or messy. Indifferent to appearance - greasy hair intellectual, philosophical, theorizing extroverted, boisterous and friendly extroverted, mechanically inclined, bossy children anxiety about health anxiety about the family or children. - accidents, diseases ambitious critical disgust - visceral response from odors of objects or others fear of heights, even when others are in a high place

sulphur

Kiddo - curious, robust, strong-willed and extroverted. Need to be the center of attention and may react in a jealous, angry way if others take center stage. arrogance. boys - mechanical and astute at figuring out how things work - often large, heavy and pugnacious. if good temperament - popular at school, becoming a leader bad temperament? bullies or display behavior problems. very open, innocent enjoy contact with adults and resent not being treated as adults - unfair to go to bed early

sulphur

Common areas of problems include the skin (abscess, acne, eczema) and the GI (diarrhea, ulcers, hemorrhoids) ``` warm, agg from heat agg from heat of bed agg in the winter agg at 11AM agg from standing aversion and agg from bathing ``` Offensive d/c, sweats excessively agg from suppressed eruption or d/c burning pains HA on the weekend, red lips HA as if band about the head Thick bushy eyebrows conjunctivitis with the sensation of sand or grit in the eyes blepharitis; redness, burning and irritation of the margin of the lids great sensitivity to odors aversion to body odors of others (loves his own!) Craves: sweets, chocolate, ice cream, fats, spicy foods, alcohol esp. beer and whiskey AVERSE TO EGGS Big appetite, loves eating empty hungry feeling every day at 11 AM great thirst for ICE COLD DRINKS Gastritis; peptic ulcers heartburn diarrhea or soft stool ever morning, often driving him out of bed in the morning especially at 5-6AM. May have several stools every morning diarrhea from beer stools HIGHLY offensive flatus, offensive itching or burning at the rectum, worse heat, better cold hemorrhoids oozing around the rectum, very irritating Weak back, slumps in his chair back pain worse standing, worse stooping acne on the back left shoulder pains FEET SWEAT and OFFENSIVE ODOR feet burning and must be out of the covers or restlessly searches for cold spots on the sheets insomnia, sleeps well for 3-4 hours then wakes an dozes on and off the rest of the night NIGHTMARES especially when sleeping on his back prefer to sleep LEFT SIDE eruptions usually moist and itching tremendously itching worse heat, worst heat of bed, worse night, worse bathing, worse wool eczema

sulphur

Marked lack of self-esteem and feelings of worthlessness. This doubt causes the patent to spend great energy portraying a pleasing and expected image to the world, later leading to a focus on image which leads to hiding the unpleasantry and secretiveness, deception, lies feels unattractive depression desperate to "fit in" feels others "wouldn't like me if they really knew me" fixed ideas of delusions: *Something is ALIVE in abdomen. Pregnant. *That he is fragile or glass and could break. When talking - the last words of the sentence are mumbled. 3 main precursors: suppressed gonorrhea, suppressed warts, vaccination

Thuja

Chilly, worse cold. chills on exposure to warm air agg damp weather LEFT-SIDED COMPLAINTS perspiration is oily and sweet-smelling or offensive amel of chronic complaint during a cold history of repeated smallpox vaccine, bad effects of other vaccines left frontal/temporal headaches eyebrows are thin and become absent on the lateral side warts or tumors on face or eyelids coryza during stool* INTOLERANCE TO ONIONS* craving or averse to onions and garlic craves sweets condylomata of the genitals herpes *FORKED STREAM OF URINE Warts on hands and fingers sleeps on left side falling dreams wakes at 3-4 AM WARTS and skin tags and tumors of the skin

thuja

Inner discontentment, romantic and longing nature - constant need for change and travel Romantic, unfulfilled "cosmopolitan" patients needs change and excitement frequent changing of jobs desire for travel. passionate about travel ``` irritability and even violence Malicious behavior - breaks others valuables hyperactivity behavior disorders of children FEARS CATS* ``` constant feeling he has forgotten something

tuberculinum

kiddo - simple recurring infectious illness of childhood such as otitis media and recurring bronchitis failure to thrive, developmental defeats, mental retardation and attention deficit disorders classic hyperactivity. child is unable to remain long in one place, loud and very demanding. Capricious. Child is coldly and deliberately destructive and malicious if contradicted? breaks mother's vase right in front of her! may have great anger and even violence, tendency to strike others completely indifferent to punishment or reprimand best remedy in cases of mental retardation, autism. in these cases - head-banging and ritualistic behavior are common expressions of pathology

tuberculinum

``` Worse before storms better in mountains, especially pine forests agg from cold, damp weather amel in warm, dry agg in the evening frequent colds and flus night sweats emaciation despite eating heavily ALLERGY TO MILK ALLERGY TO CATS ``` Bruxism compulsive or angry head banging adenopathy and hard glands of head and neck alopecia of the beard long, fine eyelashes esp in children astigmatism CRAVE: smoked meats, bacon. pork. ham. salami. milk esp cold milk. MILK ALLERGY hyper-sexual, early or excessive masturbation recurring chest colds, bronchitis or pneumonia acute respiratory infections even pneumonia in cases with family hx of TB hard, short, dry, constant cough thin, narrow chest dark or long, fine hair on back of children along spine Arthritis! pains worse cold, wet, worse on rising, worse at night better heat, better motion (Rhus-T, Phos) Tinea, Eczema sleeps knee-to-chest - nightmares. Strong allergic tendencies and respiratory disorders recurring, even unexplained fevers, CT disease and rheumatic conditions are also among the more common disorders displayed by this remedy

tuberculinum

marked over stimulation and eventual mania on the mental sphere. ``` hyperactive and disobedient children meaningless, repetitive actions: cutting or tearing things precocity - asks many questions haughty religiosity. excessive praying ``` delusions of religion and identity - believes he is Christ or a savior mania; acute or chronic psychosis (violence, spending) critical or censorious. RUDE. anger and violence, cursing. jealousy hugs and kisses inappropriately may seem hardened and harshly critical. haughty, self-righteous leading to delusion.

veratrum album

kiddo - excessive mental development and precocity. Child is curious and almost adult level conceptually. overstimulation of the mind is reflected in great restlessness inner frustration leading to disobedience and behavior problems restless feeling expressed by senseless, repetitive behavior such as stacking things or butting papers into ever smaller bits. in some cases, cannot sit down to eat, must be moving constantly. may be extremely disconnected or also hard and rough. no emotion, even when reprimanded or punished. may be difficult to distinguish from other remedies for behavior disorders (anacardium, stram, sulph, hyos)

Veratrum album

Cold, worse cold. internal coldness, ice water in the veins weakness and collapse states (w/ D/V) profuse cold sweat, especially on the forehead cold breath gastroenteritis with simultaneous vomiting and diarrhea (ars) main remedy in cholera vomiting and diarrhea during menses projectile vomiting Craves: sour. sour fruit. lemon. salt. ice Intense thirst severe dysmenorrhea with coldness, vomiting, diarrhea and weakness or prostration hyper-sexual cold hands, cold feet, Raynauds.

veratrum album