Zorn Midterm Flashcards
Aconite- Surgical trauma
“Fear & anxiety with each operation
Presentiment of death
Shock & fright related to surgery
Eye: operation after cataract”
Aconite - Concussion/head trauma
“Acute fright & fear of death, especially right after incident
Lost voice after head injury”
Aconite- sunstroke
“Head: occiput pain, agg by heat of sun
Sunstroke having slept in sun
Inflammation in snow & sun”
aconite - fever/chills
“Sudden onset with fever, chilliness, throbbing pulse, great restlessness from anxiety
Exposure to cold dry weather with bitter winds
Internal chill w/ coldness in blood vessels
Fever with one cheek pale/cold & other red/hot
Fever at night with dry burning heat
Fever with internal heat & external chill”
aconite- cough
"Illness comes on very suddenly Anxiety during cough Frightened easily during cough Death feels imminent Cough from dry cold wind Loud, dry, barking cough < cold, dry air Cough during dry fever "
Antimonium crudum- sunstroke/heat exhaustion
"Stomach: vomiting when becoming heated Voice lost from becoming heated Cough: sun aggravates Generals: faintness from summer heat Generals: becoming heated Generals: exertion in sun Generals: exposure to sun Sentimentality & romanticism Sentimentality in moonlight Heavy white coat of tongue"
apis mellifica- wound/stings
“Marked redness, swelling, heat (opposite Ledum)
Worse heat, better cold
Bag-like swelling
Mind: shrieking – brain cry (Cri encephalique)”
apis mellifica- burns
“Minor burns w/ excessive burning/stinging, pain, redness, swelling
Completely relieved by cold applications, agg by heat/warm applications”
apis mellifica- fever/chills
“Hot red dry face w/ swelling
No sweat at all
Amel by cold/cold applications
< warm room
Chill in afternoon (3-4 pm), < warm room, begins in chest or abdomen
Fever in morning and/or afternoon w/ chill
Burning dry fever at night w/o thirst “
apis mellifica- pharyngitis and tonsillitis
“Throat: glazed appearance
Throat: stinging pain when not swallowing
Throat: swelling – angioedema
Heat, swelling, burning/stinging pain that is < heat and»_space; cold applications”
arnica montana- sprains
“Aversion/fear to being touched or approached
Extremities: hand sprain
Ailments from injury/trauma”
arnica montana- fractures
“Fractures w/ marked ecchymosis
Fear of being approach, least they are touched
Constipation after injury”
arnica- blunt trauma/injury
“Memory loss after head injury
Constipation or diarrhea after injuries
Loss of voice from head injury
Miasm: acute”
arnica- surgical trauma
“Useful when surgery results in stretching, pulling, trauma to soft tissues
Much bruising & aching, < jarring, touched
Patient will lash out or become angry if they perceive you are approaching to touch them “
arnica- concussion/head injury
"Wants to be left alone, says he is well, aversion to being approached Preservation after head injury Hearing impaired after concussion Cough after injury Sleeplessness after injury"
arnica-fever/chills
“Terrible aching of whole body – bed feels too hard
Chill in lower half of body, as if cold water dashed over them
Chilliness from slightest movement of bedclothes
Chill shaking w/ heat of head – intense heat of head/face with cold body
Sore pain on parts lain on “
arsenicum album- wounds/stings
"Puncture wounds w/ anaerobic infections Blackened necrotic tissue Wounds/eruptions: burning Blackish discoloration Black smallpox"
arsenicum burns
"Severe burns w/ marked pain & restlessness & anxiety Blackened skin Averse to cold applications Chills & weakness from severe burns Doesn’t want to be left alone Burning pains > heat/warmth"
arsenicum fever/chills
“Chilly, restless, w/ anxiety & fear of death – needs company
Burning (like red hot needles) pains > heat
Sensation of ice running through veins or boiling water
Thirsts for sips of cold water
Flu w/ vomiting/diarrhea & weakness
Drinking increases chill & causes vomiting “
baptisia tinctoria- fever/chills
“Chilly, restless, w/ anxiety & fear of death – needs company
Burning (like red hot needles) pains > heat
Sensation of ice running through veins or boiling water
Thirsts for sips of cold water
Flu w/ vomiting/diarrhea & weakness
Drinking increases chill & causes vomiting “
baryta muriaticum- otitis media
“Ear: copious/fetid/offensive discharges like rotten cheese
Ear: drinking water in sips amel
Ear: reverberating noises
Ear: swelling about glands of ear”
belladonna - lumbago/sciatica
“Ear: copious/fetid/offensive discharges like rotten cheese
Ear: drinking water in sips amel
Ear: reverberating noises
Ear: swelling about glands of ear”
belladonna- sunstroke/heat exhaustion
“Mind: unconsciousness in sunstroke
Head: occiput pain, heat of sun agg.
Head: sunstroke from having slept in sun
Generals: intense heat as if scalding examiners hand
Generals: weakness from sunstroke
Generals: great intensity of symptoms – sudden
Fear of dogs
High sudden fevers – throbbing, pulsations, congestion of blood, dilated pupils, glassy wild looks in the eys”
belladonna- fever/chills
"Rapid onset of extremely high fever Flushed red face, dilated pupils, glistening eyes < jarring Severe throbbing HA w/ bounding pulse Chill begins in arms, < after eating Burning dry heat w/ delirium "
belladonna- otitis media
"Ear: sensitive to open air Ear: right earwax Ear: discoloration – redness of tympanum Ear: acute inflammation Ear: reverberating noises of own voice "
belladonna pharyngitis and tonsilitis
“Throat: ascending sensation of drinks
Throat: choking on going to sleep, sleep agg
Throat: lump - sensation of rising sensation
External throat: discoloration – redness in spots “
bellis perennis- sprains
”< touch, cold bathing, local cold applications ameliorate
Extremities: injury after coldness
Strains/injuries after overexertion”
bellis perennis- blunt trauma
"Abd injury – deep tissues Contusion after breast cancer Extremities: coldness after injury Sore pain as if beaten Miasm: cancer"
bellis perennis
“Pain after hysterectomy – swelling of lymph nodes proximal to injury
Extremities: coldness after injury
Marked swelling of inguinal & abdominal glands after surgery
Injury to deep tissues of pelvis & abdomen
Psychic trauma “
bryonia alba- sprains
“Aversion to being disturbed, worse least motion, jarring
Amelioration: lying on painful side, constant pressure, being perfectly still
Aggravation: lying on painless side
Stomach: vomiting after injury”
bryonia - fractures
“Worse from least motion
Great thirst for large quantities”
bryonia- blunt trauma/injury
Worse from least motion, from being disturbed
Better being perfectly still
Lumbago remains sensitive to jarring steps
Ailments from excision of the ovaries
Delirium - talks of business
Miasm: typhoid
bryonia- surgical trauma
“Stomach: nausea after operation on abdomen
Patient cannot move w/o pain & nausea
«_space;motion, being disturbed
Strongly indicated in appendicitis where patient lies motionless on painful side of abdomen “
bryonia- fever/chills
“Extreme thirst for cold drinks
Attacks of dry heat w/ every movement, every noise (averse to being disturbed)
Wants to lie quiet, still, be left alone
Flu accompanied by pleurisy or pleuro-pneumonia
> hard pressure/lying still
HA pains > constant pressure “
bryonia- cough
“Must hold head or chest during cough (represents aversion to being disturbed)
Painful cough – must sit up
Worse least motion, breathing deeply”
CACTUS GRANDIFLORUS- sunstroke/heat exhaustion
"Mind: unconsciousness in sunstroke Head: heat w/ coldness of body, coldness of feet Head: heat, mental exertion agg Chill: after exposure to heat of sun Hemorrhages w/ constriction Affinity for heart, female genitalia "
cal carb- otitis media
"Ear: eruptions behind the ear – eczema Ear: noises like a cat spitting Ear: reports noises Ear: squashing noises – swallowing agg Lots of anticipation & anxieties Horrible visions on closing eyes"
calendula- fracture
“Mouth: tongue laceration
Extremity: hand lacerations
Head pain after mechanical injuries
Tendency to taking a cold, wet weather aggravates”
calendula- wounds/stings
“Used to clean wounds, lacerations, abrasions
Prevents infection
Wounds: lacerations
Wounds: with torn soft tissue
Mouth: tongue lacerations”
calendula- burns
“Given topically to soothe skin & prevent infection
Burns of mouth & esophagus
Pain excessive & out of proportion to injury
Skin: pain as if bruised “