Remedy Keynotes Flashcards
Abrotanum (Abrot)
Southernwood
- diseases that shift locations (glands)
- discharges that ooze from the navel
- babies with failure to thrive/stunted growth
Absinthium (Absin)
Wormwood
- epilepsy
- kleptomania
Aesculus hippocastanum (Aesc)
Horse Chestnut
- hemorrhoids (with sticking pain)
- varicose veins - SI pain
Aethusa cynapium (Aeth)
Fool’s Parsley
- very shy people
- vomiting in babies
- agg from milk
- scared to close eyes at night because of fear of never waking up
Agaricus muscarius (Agar)
Fly/Bug Agaric
- nervous system disorders
- panic attacks
- fear of cancer
- frost bite
Agnus castus (Agn)
Chaste Tree
- depressed, melancholy states, esp in men who have become prematurely old because of sheer amt of sex they’ve had
Allium cepa (All-c)
Red Onion
- acrid nasal discharges
Aloe (Aloe)
Socotrine Aloe
- diarrhea with lots of gurgling in intestines; runs to the bathroom, but doesn’t quite make it (sounds like a volcano about to erupt)
Ambra grisea (Ambr)
Ambergis (secretion from a whale)
- agg from strangers
- agg from music
- very shy
- immature
Ambrosia artemisaefolia (Ambro)
Ragweed
- hay fever, esp with itch eyes
Ammonium carbonicum (Am-c)
Smelling salts
- lungs and heart fill ip with fluid which leads to CHF
- lots of weakness
Anagallis (Anag)
Scarlet Pimpernel
- eruptions on palms (psoriasis/eczema)
Angustura vera (Ang)
Bark of Galipea cusparia
- desire for coffee (very, very strong desire)
- violent temper outbursts
- osteomyelitis (infx of bone; bones being torn apart)
Anhalonium (Anh)
Anhalonium cactus
- spaced out people
- out of body feeling
- not able to function
Anthracinum (Anthr)
Anthrax poison
- abscesses that turn black very easily
Antimonium crudum (Ant-c)
Black Sulphide of Antimony
- warts
- loves pickles
- lots of stomach problems
- white coated tongue
- irritable children
- aversion to being looked at
Antimonium tartaricum (Ant-t)
Tartrate of Antimony and Potash
- weakness
- lots of mucus in chest, hard to bring up, rattling loose cough but doesn’t produce (cannot move fluid out of lungs)
Apis mellifica (Apis)
Honey-bee poison
- stinging pains
- hot but thirstless
- amel by cold applications
- swelling and edema
- painful urination
Aralia racemosa (Aral)
American spikenard
- asthma/URI, esp worse lying down and at 11 pm
Arnica (Arn)
Leopard’s Bane
- injuries worse touch
- sore, bruised
- when water hits face, nose bleeds
Arsenicum iodatum (Ars-i)
Iodide of Arsenic
- very hot-blooded kids
- hyper kids
Arum triphyllum (Arum-t)
Jack in the pulpit
- acrid nasal discharge
- with voice cracking
- will pick lip/nose to the point of bleeding
Asarum europaeum (Asar)
European Snake Root
- really hyped up nervous system with extreme sensitivity to noise
Bacillinum (Bac)
Maceration of Tuberculous Lung Tissue
- sim to Tuberculinum
- plus lots of ringworm
Badiaga (Bad)
Freshwater sponge
- HA that go right to eye ball
- no-nonsense, blatant cough with a bunch of mucus flying out at the same time
Baptisia tinctoria (Bapt)
Wild Indigo
- septic states (smells like rot)
- losing mental ability
- delusion as if body is being ripped apart
Belladona (Bell)
Deadly Nightshade
- sudden congestion/pulsations/inflm/abscesses anywhere in the body
- HA with the same feeling
- congestion, throbbing
- HA worse stooping, bending forward
- KN: heat, swelling, pain, redness
- hot head, cold extremities
Bellis perennis (Bell-p)
Daisy
- aches and pains sim to Arn, but tends to be more in the gut/pelvic area
Berberis vulgaris (Berb)
Barberry
- kidney stones/infx, esp where pain goes down thigh and bubble sensation in kidney area
Bismuthum (Bism)
Bismuth
- pyloric cancers/hard pyloris
- vomiting as soon as anything hits stomach
- vomiting better with chewing on/eating ice, ice cold drinks
Borax (Bor)
Biborate of Sodium
- canker sores, really bad and repeated
- fear of downward motion
- very hyper sensitive kids
Bothrops lanceolatus (Both)
Yellow Viper
- clots (thrombosis)
- strokes
- wants to form clots anywhere in the body where it shouldn’t
Bovista (Bov)
Puff Ball
- intense diarrhea during menses
Bromium (Brom)
Bromine
- URIs with intense cervical LAD
Bryonia (Bry)
Wild Hops
- lots of different inflms, traumas, infx
- worse motion
- better pressure, cold
- irritable, dryness
Bufo (Buf)
Toad
- developmentally delayed, autistic (MC remedy for it)
- frequent masturbation
Cactus grandiflorus (Cact)
Night-blooming Cereus
- sensation of constriction, like a band/vice around heart, ovaries, head (HA)
Caladium seguinum (Calad)
American Arum plant
- intensely craves tobacco
- men with really high sex drive once they get impotent
Calcarea fluorica (Calc-f)
Florida of Lime
- sim to Calc carb, but very warm-blooded
- tendency towards bony growths (heel spurs)
- gland/lump formation, uterine fibroids, breast tumor
- arthritis with Rhus tox modalities
Calcarea sulphurica (Calc-s)
Sulphate of Lime, Plaster of Paris, Gypsum
- combo btw Calc Carb and Gypsum
- tend to be warm-blooded
- craves oranges, green/sour fruit
Camphora (Camph) Camphor
- very, very chilly people, yet want to uncover
- very weak (w/flu or diarrhea)
Cantharis (Canth) Spanish Fly
- sudden, intense inflammation w/intense burning
- burns, 2nd/3rd degree
- drank really hot tea and burned themselves
- intense nymphomania
Capsicum (Caps)
Cayenne Pepper
- alcoholism
- intensely red cheeks
- mastoid problems
- home sickness
Carbo animalis (Carb-an)
Animal Charcoal
- cancers with intense weakness
- coccyx pain
Carcinosinum/Carcinosin (Carc)
Nosode from Carcinoma
- history of cancer in family
- cafe au lait spots
- really nice people
Castor equi (Cast-eq)
Thumbnail of the horse
- psoriasis of the tongue (cracked) and cracked nipples
Caulophyllum (Caul)
Blue Cohosh
- very painful labor, cervix is closed, hard, and doesn’t want to open
Cenchris contortrix (Cench)
Copperhead Snake
- lots of similarities with Lachesis
- PMS = intense/irrational jealousy and craziness
Chelidonium majus (Chel)
Greater celandine (weedy member of poppy family)
- right-sided liver pains that go to shoulder, back, scapula
- intense right-sided HA, > hot drinks, esp milk (also true of digestion)
Cicuta virosa (Cic) Water Hemlock
- injury to head or spine which leads to intense convulsions/epilepsy
- may desire indigestible foods, like sand
- tends to be a remedy for children
Cimicifuga (Cimic)
Black Snake-root
- (often in women) feels like black cloud landed over them and surrounds them
- HAs that feel like head is opening and closing
- hysterical, talkative, loud people
Cina
Wormseed
- very irritable children
- hungry, eating, throw up
- convulsions
Cinnabaris (Cinnb)
Red Sulphide of Mercury
- sinusitis feels like weight of glasses sitting on nose
- little red dots on head of penis
Cistus canadensis (Cist)
Rock Rose
- mononucleosis, chronic fatigue syndrome
- very chilly people
- big, big glands
- tonsils, cervical lymph nodes
- strong desire for dairy, cheese
Clematis erecta (Clem)
Upright Virgin’s Bower
- testicular problems, pain and swelling
- really bad skin eruptions
Cocculus indicus (Cocc)
Indian Cockle
- vertigo for any reason that is < motion
- sensation of head opening and closing
- nausea from smell/sight of food
- nausea from chemo/radiation (sick, throw up, dizzy)
Coccus cacti (Coc-c)
Cochineal insect (feeds on cacti)
- intense cough
- feeling like something/particle in eye or throat
Coffea cruda (Coff)
Coffee (unroasted bean)
“as if drank too much coffee”
- overexcited/stimulated
- cannot fall asleep
- oversensitive to pain, smells, touch, light, etc
Colchicum (Colch)
Meadow Saffron
- nausea from/hatred of smell of eggs
- gout, colitis doubling up/bending forward
Collinsonia (Coll)
Stone Root
- really bad hemorrhoids
- constipation
Colocynthis (Coloc)
Bitter Apple
- cramps and colics
> doubling up > heat > pressure
- used for sciatica, as well
Crocus sativus (Croc)
Saffron
- bleeding, esp from nose/vagina; blood is clotted, stringy, dark
Crotalus horridus (Crot-h)
Rattlesnake
- similar to Lach
- alcoholism
- tears of blood
- lots of bleeding easily, oozing out everywhere
Croton tiglium (Crot-t)
Croton oil seeds
- pain in nipples that goes straight back, like string pulling backwards (sharp and retracting)
- summer diarrhea that is explosive and over, then repeats
Cundurango (Cun)
- cancer/lots of cracking of the lips, esp corners
Cuprum metallicum (Cupr)
Copper
- cramps anywhere, for any reason
- cramps from injury that start in hand/outer extremity and work their way proximally
- fear of fire
- thirst for ice cold water
Curare (Cur)
Strychnos toxifera (used in S. American poison dart)
- paralysis with intact sensation (as in viral infx, e.g. polio)
Cyclamen (Cycl)
Sowbread
- like Puls but much chillier
- menstruation with lots of dark, clotted blood
Daphne indica (Daph)
Sweet-scented Spurge Laurel
- feels like head is separated from body
Digitalis (Dig)
Foxglove
- heart failure with pulse too slow/weak
- may have swelling of prostate with HF or solo
Dioscorea villosa (Dios)
Wild Yam
- colic (pain in area of gallbladder or back), wants to bend backwards to feel better
Dolichos pruriens (Dol)
Cowhage
- itching without eruptions, esp with hepatitis or other liver issues
Drosera (Dros)
Round-leaved Sundew
- severe, intense, dry cough with vomiting (whooping cough) that is < at night and lying down
Dulcamara (Dulc)
Bittersweet
- skin problems alternating with respiratory problems, i.e. hives or eczema with asthma (back and forth)
Elaps corallinus (Elaps)
Coral Snake
- fear of rain
- cold sensation in stomach
- likes to chew on ice/drink ice-cold drinks
Equisetum (Equis)
Scouring-rush
- severe bedwetting, urine is almost like water
Erigeron (Erig)
Fleabane/Horseweed/Butterweed
- uterine hemorrhage, if one lifts things with even the slightest exertion
Eupatorium purpureum (Eup-pur)
Queen of the Meadow
- bone pain, as if muscles were being scraped off bones with a knife
- periodicity (tendency to reoccur at regular intervals)
- pain often starts in back/pelvis and goes up and down
- good for flu
Euphorbium (Euph)
African cactus-like plant
- cancer with severe, burning pain, esp in bones (think of Euph when it’s hard to determine which remedy)
Euphrasia (Euphr)
Eyebright
- hayfever/colds with acrid discharge coming from eye
Ferrum iodatum (Ferr-i)
Iodide of Iron
- many thyroid problems, ever since period stopped d/t pregnancy, BC, menopause
Ferrum metallicum (Ferr)
Iron
- history of anemia (or person taking iron)
- alternating flushing/pale face
- aversion to eggs
- pulsating HAs
Ferrum muriaticum (Ferr-m)
Chloride of Iron
- pain from shoulder to elbow (right side)
Ferrum phosphoricum (Ferr-p)
Phosphate of Iron
- for 1st stage of inflm or fever (fever for no apparent reason, sim to Bell)
Fluoricum acidum (Fl-ac)
Hydrofluoric Acid
- hypersexual (“sexually adventurous on the farm”)
- nice old ladies with varicose veins
Formica rufa (Form)
Crushed live ants
- arthritis where joint blows/puffs up, calms down, and moves to another joint
- pterygium (covering over eye that starts in medial corner and moves outward)
Gambogia (Gamb)
Gummi Gutti (gum resin from SE Asian trees)
- diarrhea/UC
- very high sex-drive (sometimes)
Gelsemium (Gels)
Yellow Jasmine
- nervous system diseases with weakness and trembling
- cannot keep eyes open
Glonoinum (Glon)
Nitroglycerine
- sunstroke
- HTN/hypertensive crisis
- HAs look like Bell (except Bell is < leaning forward), and are
> leaning forward
< leaning back
Gnaphalium (Gnaph)
Eternal Flower
- really bad sciatica with pain that alternates with numbness
Gratiola (Gratt)
Hedge Hyssop
- UC
Guaiacum (Guaj)
Gum guaiacum
- arthritis with intense contractions or just contractions in general (inside palm, hamstring, etc)
> cold applications
Hamamelis (Ham)
Witch-hazel
- hemorrhoids with vein congestion and bleeding
- oozing blood anywhere in the body
- varicose veins
Hecla lava (Hecla)
finer ash from Mt. Hecla
- tumors of the jaw
Helleborus niger (Hell)
Christmas Rose (from family of winter-blooming plants)
- very, very slow reactions to stimuli, developmental differences, autism, neurological issues, hydrocephalus
Hepar sulphuris (Hep)
- very overly sensitive to pain and cold/abscesses overly sensitive, cannot touch
- sharp, sticking pains heat
Hura brasiliensis (Hura)
Assacu (S. American tree)
- leprosy
- feels totally separate from everyone else, outcast, no friends, no one loves them
Hydrophobinum (Hydroph) aka Lyssinum (Lyss)
Saliva of rabid dog
- neurological issues in kids (intense and violent seizures)
- aversion to shiny things and water
- history of rabies shots
Hypericum (Hyper)
St. John’s Wort
- injury to nerves with sharp pain going upwards after injury
- depression
- upward mvmt on the whole, individual tries to ride above the pain
Ipecacuanha (Ip)
Cephaelis ipecacuanha
- lots of N/V with vomiting that doesn’t help and **tongue is clean (no coating)**
- heavy arterial bleeding, bright red
Iris versicolor (Iris)
Blue Flag
- HAs/migraines with intense visual changes
Kali arsenicosum (Kali-ar)
Potassium arsenite (Folwer’s Solution)
- sim to Ars alb/Kali carb
- main thing: fear of heart disease/panic attacks
Kali bromatum (Kali-br)
Bromide of potassium
- acne alternating with epilepsy
- feels like did something really, really wrong
- guilty with no way to make it to heaven (may or may not have actually done something bad)
Kalmia latifolia (Kalm)
Mountain Laurel
- arthritis with pain shooting down the arm (esp right before menses)
- affects heart with RF/RHD (flairs up right before menses)
Kreosotum (Kreos)
Beechwood creosote
- acrid discharges that burn
- teeth falling apart in babies
- vomiting food 3-5 hrs after eating, in which food looks totally undigested
Lac caninum (Lac-c)
Dog’s milk
- spaced out, out of body experiences with complaints that shift sides LRLRLR
- dislike the sensation of fingers touching each other
Lachnanthes (Lachn)
Red Root/Spirit-weed
- torticollis, stiff neck from lateral neck muscles spasming
- sinusitis
- feels like pinches on bridge of nose
Lathyrus (Lath)
Sweet Pea
- nervous system diseases (MS/ALS, e.g.); hyperreflexia with touch
Latrodectus mactans (Lat-m)
Black Widow spider
- Cardiac stuff
- spasmodic event/angina (more of a pain issue than MI/clot)
- severe, intense pains from heart down to left hand, crushing pain
Laurocerasus (Laur)
Common Laurel
- babies that come into the world blue, not breathing, unconscious
Ledum (Led)
Marsh/Labrador Tea
- gout and bad arthritis
- injuries where area feels cold to the touch
- injuries, feet, and extremities > in ice cold water
(> cold applications)
Lilium tigrinum (Lil-t)
Tiger Lily
- weak pelvic floor, feels like uterus dropping (sim to Sepia)
- high sex drive fighting with high sense of morality
Lobelia inflata (Lob)
Indian Tobacco
- asthma that comes on suddenly with lots of sweating, N/V
Magnesia carbonica (Mag-c)
Carbonate of Magnesia
- sour diarrhea in babies, everything is sour (sweat, etc)
- agg from milk
Magnesia muriatica (Mag-m)
Chloride of Magnesia
- agg from milk
- liver complaints
- agg from confrontation
Magnesia phosphorica (Mag-p)
Phosphate of Magnesia
- cramping pain that is > with heat, pressure, doubling/bending forward (as in severe menstrual cramps)
Melilotus (Meli)
Sweet Clover
- throbbing, congested HAs that improve when blood escapes (nose bleeds, menses)
Mercurius corrosivus (Merc-c)
Chloride of Mercury
- like Merc, but a lot faster, more intense
- bladder info with intense bleeding and pain within hrs
- really bad diarrhea with tenesmus
- intense tenesmus: urethra, rectum, anus, bladder, end of labor (pushing continues)
Mercurius iodatus flavus (Merc-i-f)
Protoiodide of Mercury
- typical Merc sxs, mostly on right side
Mercurius iodatus ruber (Merc-i-r)
Biniodide of Mercury
- typical Merc sxs, only occur on left side
Mezereum (Mez)
Spurge Olive
- pains worse from cold/cold wind
- fear felt in stomach
- skin eruptions, key feature = lots of cracks
Muriaticum acidum (Mur-ac)
Muriatic acid
- extreme physical weakness with fever and/or huge, purple, bulging hemorrhoids that are worse with touch
Mygale lasiodora (Mygal)
Black Cuban Spider
- Tourette’s syndrome, twitching, tics, esp around the mouth and chin area
Naja
Cobra
- heart problems, esp involving valves
- ovarian pains that shoot upwards
Natrum carbonicum (Nat-c)
Carbonate of Sodium
- history of sunstroke, with a general sensitivity to the sun/agg from the sun
- bad problems with milk (agg)
- weak ankles, turn all the time, ankles twist/turn too easily
- agg from thunder storms
Natrum phosphoricum (Nat-p)
Phosphate of Sodium
- shares sxs with Nat-m and Phos
- unusual desire for eggs
- base of tongue is yellow
- stomach complaints
- nocturnal emissions in men
Nux moschata (Nux-m)
Nutmeg
- narcolepsy
- very dry (mouth, eyes)
- forgetful and confused
Ocimum canum (Oci)
Brazilian Alfavaca
- kidney stones, really severe and more on right side
- main thing = vomiting all over, intense and frequent
Oenanthe crocata (Oena)
Hemlock Water Dropwort
- epilepsy that comes on at night or only during pregnancy/menses
Oleander (Olndn)
Rose Laurel
- agg from oranges (i.e. eczema)
- diarrhea
- nervous system diseases with double vision
Onosmodium (Onos)
False Gromwell
- really, really bad eye strain that leads to HAs
Opium (Op)
Poppy
- strokes with flaccid paralysis
- unconsciousness/narcolepsy
- lack of sensation
- AF fright
Origanum (Orig)
Sweet Marjoram
- little girls who masturbate constantly
Oxalicum acidum (Ox-ac)
Oxalic/Sorrel Acid
- bad allergies to strawberries
- heart complaints where pain goes down either hand
- agg by thinking about complaints
Paeonia (Paeon)
Peony
- hemorrhoids that are aggravated by touch
Palladium (Pall)
- “nobody likes me” (persecution complex/woe is me)
- does stuff to make others like them
- pain in right ovary
Pareira brava (Pareir)
Virgin Vine
- severe pain due to kidney stones/UTI that refers downward to thighs
- must be on hands and knees or leaning forward to urinate
Paris quadrifolia (Par)
One-berry/True Love
- HA centered in the eye, which feels like rope pulling eye backwards (to back of skull)
Petroleum (Petr)
Crude Rock Oil
- car sickness/motion sickness
- cracked skin, esp in winter and on fingertips
Petroselinum (Petros)
Parsley
- bladder infx or irritation of urethra that feels better when the opening is rubbed or scratched
Phellandrium (Phel)
Water Dropwort
- pain in breast btw nursing, for plugged ducts in breasts, more on right side
Phytolacca (Phyt)
Poke Root
- glands that swell anywhere, esp neck, tonsils, breast
- common for mastitis, esp when nipples crack
Picricum acidum (Pic-ac)
Trinitrophenol
- high sex drive in men where they burn out and develop neurological diseases