Sprains/Injuries Flashcards

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Arnica montana

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sore/bruised feeling - as if beaten, as from a blow, as from a fall
aversion/fear to being touched or approached
says he is well, thinks he is well, sends doc away
bed feels too hard

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Bellis perennis

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worse touch
cold applications amel
coldness after injury
strain injury after overexertion
worse getting wet (cold)
pregnancy - sore in abd, feel every movement of baby
injury to coccyx
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Bryonia alba

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aversion to being disturbed
worse w/least motion
better lying on painful side, constant pressure, being still
worse lying on painless side
motion of eyes agg
vomiting after injury
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Rhus toxicodendron

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annoying stiff painful feeling leading to restlessness
compelled to move affected joint - gets stiff
worse first motion, better continued motion & heat
worse cold/damp
lameness of joint after sprain
worse with rest
sciatica w/numbness

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Calcarea carbonica

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lots of fears, anxieties, worries
chronic sprains, esp ankles
injuries of spine - lifting agg
injuries of right side
injuries from overexertion
worse cold, exertion
contracture, wasting, or paralysis after injury
worse cold dry weather
Bell's palsy from cold wind
weak feeling in lumbars
lumbar pain as if sprained, worse rising from sitting
hip pain extending to sciatica
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Ledum palustre

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puncture wounds
coldness of part
worse w/cold and better heat
blueness or purplish injured area
affected parts get cold, puffy, mottled - better w/cold
prophylaxis of tetanus
lumbar pain at beginning of motion, rising from sitting
stiffness around sacrum
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Ranunculus bulbosus

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sprains of shoulder, around scapula
worse motion, cold, change of weather, lying on painful side
stitching pain in right shoulder worse motion & wet weather
bursting pains
pressing pains as from a load
stitching lumbar pain worse after eating
sore last rib

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Rhododendron

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stiffness
worse stormy weather, change of weather
worse right side
sensation something alive in extremities
heat in wrists
ascending amel, descending agg
worse winter solstice, working in water
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Ruta graveolens

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strains of flexor tendons
worse cold, exertion
better heat, wrapping, gentle motion
easy dislocation of ankles
lameness of joint after sprain
injuries of periosteum
ganglion from a blow
better by rubbing
worse letting limb hang down
lumbar pain better w/flatus, better walking
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Stricta pulmonaria

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bursae/bursitis, heat in joints
inflam of bursae of knee, white swelling of knee (TB)
catarrhal sxs before or after rheumatic pains
inclination to blow the nose constantly

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Strontium carbonicum

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weak ankles w/recurrent sprains
sprains w/pitting edema
tearing pain in wrists, pain in joints as if dislocated, as if screwed together
sunlight amel
"surgeon's carbo-veg"
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Sulphur

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sprained pain in ankles, worse standing/walking
tearing pain in elbow better w/motion
sore/burning pains
worse heat, raising arms
stiff in knees after sitting
mostly left side
sciatica worse standing and walking
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Calcarea phosphorica

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slow repair of skull fractures
non-union of old fractures
pains worse cold weather
slow repair of fractures in children
excessive callus of fractured bone
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Calendula

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Hypochondriacal
tongue or hand laceration
head pain after mechanical injuries
open fractures
pain out of proportion to injury
gets colds in wet weather
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Carbolic acid

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finger tips crushed
anyphylactic shock
fractures w/torn soft tissue
sensation of a band/hoop on a body part
anaphylaxis from bee stings
putrid discharges
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Hypericum perfoliatum

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crush injury w/severe neuralgic pain
hand fracture w/laceration
main remedy for compound fractures
dullness after head injury
hysteria after coccyx injury
injury to spine, esp coccyx
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Lachesis

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pain shooting upward from fracture (proximal)
threatened infxn in compound fracture
sighing during shock
shock after injury
deep purple or black discoloration
worse heat
18
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Symphytum

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promotes quick healing of bone
affinity for periosteum
pain persists after fracture heals
(fracture must be set first)
non-union of fracture
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Aesculus hippocastanum

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SI joint pain, often w/hemorrhoids (rectum feels full of sticks)
inflam of SI joint
aching back pain w/suppressed menses, after stooping, walking
worse raising from chair, before chill
lameness of back on waking
sciatic w/hemorrhoids

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Argentum metallicum

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lumbago, worse sitting, better walking
back pain restricts respiration
stiffness w/pain
forced to walk bent forward
starting awake from electric shocks
sleeplessness from shocks
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Belladonna

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sudden, severe onset
worse right side, motion, jarring, coughing
back pain as if it would break, during menses as if it would break
sciatica increasing and decreasing suddenly, worse jarring

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Berberis vulgaris

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pain and numbness in lumbar
lumbar complaints extending to forehead
worse sitting, raising up from sitting
pain as if crushed
stitching pain extending around to abdomen
heaviness in lower limb, as if beaten
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Cobaltum

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lumbar/sacrum pain or sciatica w/nightly pollutions (ejaculations)
aching back after emissions
lumbar pain/sciatica better lying

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Colocynthis

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lumbar pain, lancinating, on inspiration
pain on lying
stitching pain on motion
lumbar weakness in evening
R sided sciatica worse night, touch, motion w/numbness
sciatica flexing leg up to abdomen (doubling over)
better lying on painful side

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Dulcamara
lumbar pain from change to cold weather worse damp weather lumbar lameness after taking cold, getting wet lumbar pain after stooping for a long time sciatica after wet weather, better motion better getting warm in bed
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Gnaphalium
``` lumbar pain w/numbness or heaviness in pelvis R sided sciatica sciatica w/numbness/formication sciatica alternating w/numbness sciatica w/uterine complaints ```
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Iris versicolor
lumbar cramping L sided sciatica shooting down sciatica after flu agg by sitting, walking, motion
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Kali bichromicum
``` pain wanders around spine numbness in lumbar lumbar pain worse coughing lumbar pain w/stitching pain to legs/thighs sciatica w/jerking in hip sciatica increase/decrease suddenly ```
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Kali iodatum
lumbar pressing pain, as if in a vise worse lying on painful side, walking sciatica worse evening/night, lying down better open air, must walk, bending leg
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Lac caninum
pain of spine at base of brain extending to coccyx pulsating in lumbar sciatica alternating sides sciatica w/sensitive spine
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Lycopodium clavatum
``` lumbar pain as if broken/would break passing urine and flatus amel back pain during stool R side sciatica (may move to L) worse lying on painful side better warmth, walking ```
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Magnesia phosphoricum
``` sciatica in sudden paroxysms shooting pain sciatica at night, alternating on/off worse cold worse heat, pressure ```
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Natrium muriaticum
lumbar lameness back pain stooping for a long time lumbar feels as if broken, better lying on hard sfc sciatica worse lying back pain/stiffness after grief/suppressed emotion contraction of hamstrings
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Nux vomica
severe pain w/marked sensitivity & anger aching back pain, must sit up or turn over in bed back pain w/labor-like pain on urging for stool maddening, cramping sciatica
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Oleum jecoris
chronic back pain w/wasting, emaciation painful lower limb emaciation sciatica w/atrophy of affected limb
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Tellurium metallicum
severe pain sacrum down into R thigh or sciatica back (sacrum) pain, worse sneezing, after urging for stool, coughing, laughing sciatica worse lying on painful side d/c from ear leaves vesicles on lobe
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Thuja occidentalis
lumbar pain worse walking on uneven ground back feels fragile lumbar pain standing erect after sitting a long time sore lumbars, worse stepping
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Valeriana
lumbar pain worse sitting, as if sprained, extening above hips pain worse standing both feet flat on the ground sciatica w/insomnia pain in ankles on running upstairs