Quiz 5 Flashcards
For crushed or damaged nerve endings (fingers, toes, lips). Sharp or shooting pains anywhere and after dental work. Injuries, especially damage to coccyx (rich in nerve endings) with great pain. Think of this remedy whenever you would otherwise consider a tetanus injection.
Hypericum
Sometimes called “Arnica of the eye,” this remedy is commonly used in blunt trauma to the eyeball or orbit of the eye.
Symphytum
This remedy is often used to treat open wounds. It acts as an antiseptic to prevent infection and control bleeding. Particularly useful in lacerated wounds that are inflamed and excessively painful. Can also be useful in treating ragged or suppurated wounds.
Calendula
Often indicated in cases of severe bruising of soft tissue, this remedy is known for deep, painful ecchymoses that are diffused and dark purple in color. The bruises are “big” and painful to look at. Can follow Arnica well.
Sulphuric acid
Promotes healing or granulation of the skin. For cuts and open wounds, sores and grazes.
Helps with the pain which seems extreme. It is an antiseptic, stops profuse bleeding from jagged cuts and tears. Use as a lotion or cream externally but NOT for deep wounds.
Calendula
An important remedy for puncture wounds and stings. The site has cold, blue swelling, purple and puffy with stiffness. Symptoms are better from cold applications applied to the injury, better lying, worse at night from heat and motion Good for black eyes or severe bruises with a purple/blue tinge to them.
Ledum palustre
A useful first aid remedy for stings of insects. Stinging pains with swelling and edema, better from cold applications and much worse from heat.
Apis mellifica
Useful in animal bites where there is blue discoloration of the bitten places. It can be given as part of rabies prevention and treatment and can have an antidoting effect of bites of non-rabid animals, especially dogs.
Lyssin
True or False:
Aurum muriaticum can be extremely irritable, hard to please and physically restless, while Aurum muriaticum natronatum can be reserved, easily disappointed in love relationships and have a quiet disposition.
True
True or False:
Both Aurum muriaticum and Aurum muriaticum natronatrum form uterine myomas, have pains generally worse at night and desire salt.
True
List of symptoms below describes Lilium tigrinum?
Cursing, striking, throwing things; religiosity; heightened sexuality; desire for physical exertion
A leading remedy in the treatment of tooth infections, mouth ulcers and sore throats. Swelling in throat is bluish-red in color. Tongue is thickened with a yellow coating. Profuse sweating without relief, excessive salivation, bad breath and metallic taste in the mouth. Cannot maintain a comfortable temperature. Symptoms worse at night.
Mercurius
This remedy has loss of memory, is forgetful of person or places, and is anxious about health; sensation as if going insane. All symptoms are worse at night from sundown to daylight. Deep, linear headaches. Chronic sinusitis. Rheumatism, muscle and bone pains come on and lessen gradually, requiring change of position. Ulcerations of mucous membranes, difficult to heal; abscesses. Sleeplessness. Children born with congenital deformations.
Syphilinum
High sexual desire with hypersensitivity of genitalia; cannot bear the touch even of clothing. Vaginismus. Physical and mental symptoms alternate. Painful menses; pains constricting, cramp-like; gradually increase to a severe point, then gradually decrease. Numbness of all parts of the body. Haughty, contempt for others.
Platina
Affinity for female reproductive organs, especially ovaries. Cysts in the right ovary better from pressure. Easily offended with a delusion they are neglected. Feels underappreciated. Desires approval. Overly eager to please. Preoccupation with the opinion of others. Can have ailments from wounded pride and mortification.
Palladium
Highly responsible and hardworking with high standards. When subjected to a downturn in business or life events, can become depressed. Scruples of conscience. Sadness and melancholy. Fear of poverty and heights. Anxiety with panic attacks. In the extreme, can become hard-hearted with violent anger. Affinity to vision, sinuses, heart, bones and joints. Known as a remedy of the Syphilitic Miasm.
Aurum metallicum
Irritable and peevish, worse in the morning. May hold grudges against people and are unmoved by apologies. A remedy for ulceration of the mucous membranes, especially at mucocutaneous junctions. Desires fat and salt. Pains are experienced as splinter-like or stitching. Tendency to warts.
Nitric acid
Affinity for fibrous tissues, veins, and skin with deep pathologies that are slow and destructive. Weak nails, caries of the teeth, bone disorders, varicose veins. Hurried in everything they do including eating and speaking, impulse to walk fast. Always on the move. Can be domineering and known for lasciviousness. One of our hottest remedies.
Fluoricum acid
Tendency to bruising; follows Arnica in acute injuries. Hurriedness. Complains of exhaustion yet can be anxious and feel internal trembling. General aggravation from fumes and car exhaust. May be useful in systemic ulceration of the digestive tract.
Sulphuric acid
Etiology of grief and loss of fluids. Invests much in relationships and are greatly depleted when connections fail. Invests too much. Worse from loss of fluids such as from prolonged menses or lactation. Apathy, loss of energy, quiet brooding. Chilly, craves fruit, juices and refreshing things.
Phosphoric acid
Themes of heightened sexuality, excitement and shamelessness. There is an affinity for the nervous system with hyper-excitability, convulsions, twitching and repetitive, involuntary gestures. The remedy is known for mania, antics and inappropriate sexual behavior. Can’t keep anything in, says everything and shows everything.
Hyocamus
This remedy has easy fainting in any condition as its chief indication. There are spasmodic nervous effects with a feeling of coldness. Twitching, tingling, epilepsy with shuddering. Coldness that is either generalized or isolated to a single part. Sensitivity to open air. Worse from cold, excitement, and suppression from discharges such as menses.
Moschus
Gastroenteritis with excessive purging, both ends at once! Profuse cold sweat, especially on forehead. Weakness, state of collapse, especially with vomiting or diarrhoea. Internal coldness, cold breath. Frenzies of sudden excitement - as in manic episodes. Children can be hyperactive. Social climbing tendencies and ailments from wounded honor.
Veratrum album
Indications of postpartum depression:
Trouble concentrating, remembering details, and making decisions
Lasting feelings of sadness, hopeless, or emptiness
Loosing interest in activities that are usually enjoyable
Confusion. Cannot tell where he is. Gets lost in well known places. Congestions, pulsations. Congestive, pulsating headache. Sensation as if brain is expanding; skull is too small. Headache from sunstroke.
Glonoinum
Pressure feeling all over head, especially temples, eyeballs, forehead, and vertex. Head feels too large. Vertigo, as if intoxicated. Causation, aggravation by change of temperature from hot to cold or cold to hot.
Ranunculus bulbosa
Migraine headaches in forehead, with or preceded by visual changes. Better by walking in open air; worse from vomiting.
Iris versicolor
Irritable, angry, aggressive with high sensitivity to noise and light, after digestive upsets.
Nux vomica
Frontal headache with stiff neck and shoulders, motion painful. Better lying with head propped.
Spigelia
Right-sided frontal headache beginning in back of head, throbbing, knifelike. Worse motion; better after vomiting.
Sanguinaria
Feels as if hammers are beating in skull. Worse motion of eyeballs, sun, daytime
Natrum muriaticum
Congestive headache, brain feels too large for cranium, associated with menstrual difficulties.
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