Practice Questions

Question 1

Injuries to muscles and tendons, especially those of flexor muscles, the synovial sheaths of tendons and sites of insertion into the periosteum

Answer 1

Ruta Graveolens

Question 2

Chronic and recurrent ankle sprains with sudden deep gnawing and tearing bone pain, worse cold better heat

Answer 2

Strontium Carb

Question 3

Promotes healthy granulation and prevents excessive suppuration and disfiguring scars

Answer 3

Calendula Off

Question 4

Morbid sensitivity of scar pain associated with slow and poor healing of scar

Answer 4

Staphysagria

Question 5

Coryza with a completely plugged nose, worse damp weather and sitting on damp ground

Answer 5

Nux-Vom

Question 6

Spasmodic sneezing, running nose, coryza with severe frontal pains and redness of eyes lachrymation, itching and tingling of the nose and soft palate

Answer 6

Sabadilla

Question 7

Head pain that begins with blurred vision and headaches, worse with mental exhaustion

Answer 7

Iris

Question 8

Burn out worse slight labour, weak nerves mental and physical depression

Answer 8

Kali-Phos

Question 9

Collapse from exhaustion and lack of air where person is cold to touch and wants to be fanned vigorously

Answer 9

Carbo-Veg

Question 10

Persistent post-surgical abscesses that refuse to heal, discharge an offensive smell, sometimes ulcerating with general sweatiness of patients and intolerance of heat

Answer 10

Sulphur

Question 11

Abscess with throbbing pain, very sensitive, chilly and irritable

Answer 11

Hepar Sulph (not 100% on this one)

Question 12

Influenza with low fever, septic condition, purification, muscular pain and weakness

Answer 12

Baptisia

Question 13

Influenza with aching in bones, hoarseness worse morning, intense soreness of the chest

Answer 13

Eupatorium

Question 14

Influenza of gastric character with achlorhydria. Patient is extremely debilitated that they have to slide down in bed to go to the washroom

Answer 14

Arsenicum (not totally sure about this one…)

Question 15

Throat feels like splinters extending to ear worse yawning and extremely chilly and irritable

Answer 15

Hepar Sulph

Question 16

Hoarseness with constant scraping and desire to clear the throat. Difficulty of voice from overuse of vocal organs. Squeaky voice where muscles of the larynx refuse to act

Answer 16

Causticum

Question 17

Hoarse croupy, barking cough worse at night and outdoors, throat pain worse sticking tongue out

Answer 17

Phytolacca

Question 18

Asthma better lying down with arms stretched far apart. chilly with aversion to bathing

Answer 18

Psorinum

Question 19

False labour during last week of pregnancy, apprehensive and painful bearing down

Answer 19

Caulophylum

Question 20

False labour with spasmodic contractions, very quick bearing down spasm

Answer 20

Belladonna

Question 21

False labour with sharp pains across abdomen, sleeplessness and insanity

Answer 21

Cimicifuga

Question 22

Irregular labour: pains become weak then stop BUT pains in the back below the waistline increase, back contractions so severe that she feels her back with break

Answer 22

Kali-C

Question 23

Irregular labour with extreme constrictive pains, unsuccessful efforts to defecate with urge for bowel movement due to severe downwards pressure

Answer 23

Nux-Vom

Question 24

no obvious emotional blocks and labour is progressing well

Answer 24

Arnica

Question 25

Nausea worse smell of cooked foods

Answer 25

Colchicum and Sepia | DDX sepia will be fried foods especially

Question 26

Nausea worse least movement of eyes

Answer 26

Tabacum

Question 27

Nausea worse motion of arms

Answer 27

Symphoricarpus

Question 28

Nausea worse smell of eggs

Answer 28

Colchicum

Question 29

Nausea better while eating

Answer 29

Sepia

Question 30

Nausea wants to be fanned

Answer 30

Tabacum

Question 31

Nausea better uncovering abdomen

Answer 31

Tabacum

Question 32

Nausea worse smell fish

Answer 32

Colchicum

Question 33

Nausea better stooping

Answer 33

Petroleum

Question 34

Nausea worse light

Answer 34

Petroleum

Question 35

Nausea better lying of back

Answer 35

Symph

Question 36

Swimmers ear with white otto rhea, hears a crackling on blowing nose

Answer 36

Kali-Mur (Kali sulph would have yellow discharge)

Question 37

Otitis externa with enlargement of cervical glands. The hearing reverberates, echoes and reechoes upon blowing the nose. Prone to catch a cold very easily

Answer 37

Baryata-carb

Question 38

Chicken pox, eruptions are painful on pressure and or stinging pain when touched

Answer 38

Ant-Crud

Question 39

Chicken pox prophylaxis

Answer 39

Ant-Crud

Question 40

Itchy chicken pox vesicles

Answer 40

Rhus-tox

Question 41

Decreased milk with pain that extends from her nipple to the rest of her body

Answer 41

Phytolacca

Question 42

Mastitis with hardness of breast that feels like old hard cheese, with intense pain

Answer 42

Phytolacca

Question 43

Stony induration of glands, mastitis with hard glands and predisposition to ascending paralysis and the person becomes hard and indifferent

Answer 43

Conium

Question 44

Frost bite that burns like fire

Answer 44

Agaricus

Question 45

Stiffness worse than pain

Answer 45

Rhus-tox

Question 46

Cystitis with burning in the meatus of the urethra worse while urinating, extending backwards and describes the sensation as if drops of water were dropping on the head

Answer 46

Cannabis Sativa

Question 47

UTI after coition (the newlywed remedy)

Answer 47

Staphysagrius

Question 48

Constant pain under inferior angle of the Right scapula, cutting/stabbing pain over the right eye and general jaundice. Pain in the abdomen RUQ worse night 4am to 9am

Answer 48

Chaledoneum

Question 49

Colic, very irritable with sharp, squeezing, twisting pain better bending forwards

Answer 49

Colocynthis

Question 50

Skin eruptions that ooze sticky exudation, rawness in bends of limbs, groins, neck, behind ears, unhealthy skin, every little injury suppurates and honey comb discharges, emotionally like Pulsatilla

Answer 50

Ant-crud (not 100% on this one)

Question 51

Cough with dryness in one spot

Answer 51

Coc-c

Question 52

Cough and vomiting with clear tongue

Answer 52

Ipecac

Question 53

Whooping cough with vomiting

Answer 53

Coc-c