Midterm Flashcards
Ailments from fright and shock.
Panic attacks.
Ailments from being in cold wind, esp. cold dry wind.
Early stages of inflammation.
Fear of death, predicts the time of death.
Great restlessness and anxiety.
Aconite
Ailments from or history of being abused. Two wills, antagonism with self, good and evil, strong duality. Extremely low confidence, compensated by toughness. Indecisive. Poor memory, test anxiety. Fear of failure Unfeeling, hard-hearted, cruelty. No moral values. Cursing Depression Fighting, can be violent, cruel. Alcohol and drug use Better eating Blunt plug or band sensation
Anacardium
Swelling, allergies, restlessness, jealousy. Inflammations. Affects mucus and serous membranes.
Very sensitive to touch.
Task oriented, busy.
Hot, worse heat, and thirstless.
Better cool air, cold bath,
Desires exercise which ameliorates.
Hormonal remedy. Hot flashes, menopause, PMS.
Angioneurotic edema in allergic crises
Rt. sided ovarian cysts. Cystic swelling anywhere in body.
Awkwardness, drops things.
Apis
Impulsive: to jump from height. 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 in company
Hurried
Warm blooded, aggravated by heat
Better cold and cold applications
Periodic severe weakness, esp. during menses
Worse eating sweets (#1 remedy)
Huge craving for sweets, salt. Craves cheese, fat.
Conjunctivial 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 thinking of the problem
Argentum nitricum
Effects of trauma, recent or remote. Says he is well when very ill.
Sore, bruised feeling. Black and blue spots. Averse or fear of being approached. Averse touch.
Complaints of pregnancy.
Hemorrhagic tendency. Stroke, a bleeding remedy.
Concussion of brain.
Flu: aching, bed feels too hard, weakness, prostration, ecchymosis.
Arnica
Insecurity, anxiety, restlessness, pacing. Fear death
Fastidious, perfectionist, compulsive disorders.
Fear disease.
Burning pains better heat. Very chilly,
Arsenicum album
Syphilis and psora.
Generals: Worse night, severe pains in bones, heart, sinus.
Pathologies: palpitations, heart disease, cancer (esp. of bones, uterus, testicles), hypertension.
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.
Miasms:???
Aurum metallicum
Miasms- 1˚ syphilitic, some sycosis.
Timidity, low confidence, feel inferior, irresolution
Sensitive to ridicule, being teased or laughed at.
Childish, immature
Anxiety, feeling incompetent. Nervous nail biting
Conscientious about trifles,
huge tonsils
Hard swelling of cervical glands Frequent colds, mucus, congestion. May be averse to fruit.
Mostly psora
Baryta carb
Heat, inflammation, redness. Right sided. face hot, cold hands and feet. Eyes glistening, may be red, pupils dilated. Throbbing carotids, Spasms hallucinations Febrile seizures Intense dysmenorrhea. Febrile convulsions.
Belladonna
Worse motion. Dryness (dry mouth, lips, dry cough, dry rectum, constipation).
Stitching pains
Better pressure, > lying on painful side.
Thirst for large quantities
Left sided remedy
Important for sprains and fractures, pleurisy, appendicitis
Worse warmth and warm drinks
Bryonia
Anxious about health, fear high places, disease, doctors, hospitals, insects, narrow places, accidents. may go insane Sensitive to horrible stories. worse cold damp. Worse exertion, esp. ascending. Perspiration head or occiput Craves eggs, sweets, dairy Constipation no urge. Back pain, arthritis. Cold, clammy extremities.
Miasm:???
Calcarea carbonica
Miasm: Very psoric.
Family history of cancer, diabetes, alcoholism.
History of suppression or over-responsibility as a child.
Sleeps knee-chest.
Fastidious.
Desire to travel.
Passionate.
Love music, dance, nature, thunderstorms.
Sympathetic. Love animals.
Constipation. Insomnia. Moles, nevi.
Averse to consolation.
Very tidy, neat. Responsible, perfectionist.
Miasm:????
Pathologies:????
Carcinosin
Cancer miasm
Pathologies: cancer, mononucleosis, insomnia, constipation, allergies, headaches.
Idealistic, Sympathetic, Intolerant of injustices, rebellious. AF grief, punishment.
Better in cloudy and wet weather. Worse cold winds,
Hoarseness. Craves salt, smoked meat.
Urinary incontinence
contractures.
Gradual paralysis.
Bell’s Palsy, MS
Miasms:????
Causticum
Miasms: Psora, Sycosis, Syphilis, but one of the 3 miasms will be dominant in every Causticum patient.
Crushed finger tips, 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: ????
Hypericum:
Miasm: psora
Refined, idealistic. Disappointed. Contradictions. Rapidly changing moods; hysteria.
AF grief, disappointed love, fright. Silent grief. Stormy relationships, offended easily,
Sighing, sobbing, averse consolation.
Worse sweets. Spasms. Emotional tension somatized,
Headache as if a nail in side of head, better lying on it. Perspires face.
Dysmenorrhea. Fear of birds,
Miasm:????
Ignatia
Miasm: Psora
Forceful, passionate, suspicious, jealous, revengeful, loquacious, sarcastic, competitive.
Ailments from grief, disappointed love, jealousy, anger, fright, mortification.
Anger, revengeful, malicious. Ideas abundant, clarity of mind. Anxiety about salvation. Anxiety on waking. Contradict, disposition to.
Deceitful. Lascivious. Quarrelsome. Vivacious.
Alcoholism.
Left sided.
Worse sleep, sleeps into aggravation.
Sensitive to touch. Worse suppression of discharges,
Throat problems: pharangitis, etc. Hot, worse heat.
Miasm: ????
Lachesis:
Miasm: Sycosis, some syphilis, a little psora
Cowardice, low confidence, bluffing, egotism. Fear commitment. Love of power. Anxiety about health. Domineering or subservient. Performance anxieties.
Generals/physicals: Right sided, rt. to left. Worse morning and especially 4-8 p.m. Better evening, midnight. Better open air. GI and blood sugar problems. Gray hair. Craves sweets. Worse beans, cabbage. Bloating, distention, rumbling. Big appetite, or easily satiated. Bulimia. Dieting alternates with bingeing. Impotence. Sleeps right side. Wakes unrefreshed.
Pathologies: GI problems, gas, URI, UTI, liver problems, irritable bowel, otitis, sexual prob
Miasm: ????
Lycopodium:
Miasm: 1˚ psora, some sycosis and syphilis
Excesses and extremes. Desire to experience everything. Extremists. Erratic performance. Profuse discharges. Strong sexuality. Crave sour fruit, citrus, fat, alcohol, drugs. Anticipatory anxiety, Bites nails. Clairvoyance. Concentration difficult. Confusion of mind. Delusions, someone touched her head. Delusion, someone behind him. Asthma. Better at sea. Better in evening and night. Chronic vaginitis, urethritis, cystitis.
Pathologies: allergies, sinusitis, UTI’s, asthma, arthritis, warts, PID, vaginitis, prostatitis
Miasm:????
Medorrhinum:
Miasm: Sycotic
Fear of insanity. Introversion. Impulsive. Compulsive disorders. Violent, destructive. Dullness. Suspicious. Chronic infections, otitis. Salivation. Tremor of hands. Insomnia. Generally worse nights.
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.
Pathologies: chronic infections, otitis, pharyngitis, teeth and bone decay, behavioral disorders, cancer.
Miasm:????
Mercurius:
Miasm: Syphilis
Vulnerability to emotional injury.
sympathetic. Serious, averse consolation, broods, dwells on past.
Sensitive, introverted, closed, romantic, perfectionistic.
AF grief. Silent grief, disappointed love.
Averse company.
Fastidious.
Fears robbers.
PMS sad, irritable.
Worse sun, 10-3 p.m.
Headaches. Hay fever. Herpetic eruptions face, lips. Cracked lips.
Craves salt or averse salt.
Thirsty for cold drinks.
Painful coition, dryness vagina.
Dryness and retention are themes (dry skin, eyes, mouth, scanty perspiration, menses, constipation)
Miasm:????
Natrum muriaticum:
Miasm: Psora, a little syphilis
Chilly, spasms, drugging, oversensitive to light, noise, etc. Ambitious 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.
Insomnia,
Nux vomica
Miasm: psora, some sycosis
Ailments from fright.
Painlessness of complaints.
Dullness, sleepiness.
Sleep heavy, deep sleep. Narcolepsy. Spacy, dreamy.
Says he is well when very ill (Arnica). Loud snoring, sleep apnea. Severe constipation. Lies, untruthful. Using drugs or alcohol since a fright. Ailments from embarrassment Stupor and coma, CVA. Head injuries, seizures. Dullness. Warm,
Opium:
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 at twilight,
Phosphorus:
Miasm: primarily psora, some sycosis and some syphilis
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,
Soft, timid, dependent.
Warm, worse heat, hate stuffy rooms, worse hot sun, better cool.
Need open air, > walking slowly in open air,
Worse fatty foods,
Dry mouth but thirstless.
Miasm:????
Pulsatilla:
Miasm: psora, some sycosis
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.
Ailments from over-exertion, excess physical activity, from overuse of voice, etc.
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: ????
Rhus tox
Miasm: Psora, but also syphilis (
Stasis. Loss of ability to feel love for children, husband. Irritable, sarcastic, critical. Anger from consolation. 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 evening. Worse 3 or 3-5 p.m. Worse before or during menses. Left sided remedy. N and V of pregnancy. Vaginitis with acrid discharge. Menses scanty. Amenorrhea or dysmenorrhea. Infertility or miscarriage. Stress incontinence. Psoriasis. Fear ghosts, poverty.
Miasm: ????
Sepia
Miasm: sycosis
Refined, sensitive, yielding yet obstinate. Conscientious about trifles. Low confidence. Avoids argument. Stage fright or performance anxiety.
Chilly, worse cold weather. Worse drafts or uncovering. Worse suppressed foot 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:????
Silica
Miasm: psora
AF from anger, 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 affect her profoundly. Thoughts, intrude, sexual, persistent.. Unfortunate, feels. 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:????
Staphysagria
Miasm: psora, sycosis, syphilis
Ailments from fright, from fever, from cerebral congestion or seizures, from head injury, meningitis,
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 in the wilderness with great fear.
Fear of animals.
Rage and violence, kicking, biting, striking, cursing. Desire to kill.
Stammering, tics, spasms, jerking, chorea.
Jerky movements (or graceful chorea may occur).
Grinding teeth in sleep.
Enuresis
Painless of complaints usually painful. Indifferent to suffering.
Pupils dilated. Strabismus.
Face, ears may be bright red.
Worse alone, in the dark, looking at bright shining objects.
Better company, light, warmth.
Sexual excitement.
Wake in fear, screaming, staring.
Miasm: ????
Stramonium
Wake in fear, screaming, staring.
Miasm: psora (fears, dryness). Some syphilis and sycosis.
Hot, burning. 5 a.m. diarrhea.
Worse 11 a.m., hunger, weak empty feeling.
Red lips, orifices.
Poor posture, slumps, back pain.
Burning eructations, stomach, burning pains.
Averse 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.
Insomnia, catnaps.
Nightmares if sleeps on back.
Itching worse heat, bathing, scratches till burns or bleeds.
Warm, worse heat. Worse standing, bathing.
Miasm:????
Sulphur:
Miasm: psora
Restless, romantic, longing, desire to travel or change (job, relationship, location).
Irritable, violent. Malicious behavior.
Hyperactive, obstinate, disobedient children.
Fears cats. Compulsive behavior. Head banging.
Generals/physicals: Weakness in chest. History of asthma, bronchitis. Worse wet weather, before storms. Better in mountains, dry high air. Night sweats. Milk allergy, though may crave cold milk. Craves milk (milk allergy), smoked meats, fat. Bruxism. Hard swollen glands. Alopecia. Long eyelashes
Pathologies: allergies, chest problems, asthma, teeth problems, autoimmune diseases, birth defects.
Miasm:????
Tuberculinum:
Miasm: Tubercular
