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 “
camphora- sunstroke/heat exhaustion
“Mind: unconsciousness in sunstroke
Head: heat w/ coldness of abdomen/extremities
Head: forehead heat w/ coldness of hands & feet
Rectum: diarrhea – heat of sun aggravates
Icy cold but wants to be uncovered, collapse
Delusions: sees strange figures, objects were mingled, everything appears strange
Coldness & collapse = strong indications
Respiration: coldness of breath “
cantharis- burns
“Second & third degree burns w/ exquisite burning pain & blistering/vesicles
Burns better cold, patient can’t remove cold pack (more intense than apis)
Anger/insanity/lamenting/shrieking from pains
Pain extends inwards”
carbo vegetabilis- surgical trauma
Air hunger – desires to be fanned
Weakness, coldness, collapse after surgery
Distention from smallest amount food/drink
carbo vegetabilis- sunstroke/heat exhaustion
"Air hunger – stagnation – desires to be fanned Mind: anxiety w/ heat of face Head: coldness from becoming heated Chill: when overheated Generals: weakness from sunstroke"
carbolic acid- fractures
Finger tips crushed
Fractures with torn soft tissue
Anaphylaxis from bee stings
carbolic acid- wound/stings
“Anaphylactic reaction to bee stings
Wounds: lacerations
Wounds: with torn soft tissue”
carbolic acid- burns
“Chemical burns
Skin begins to ulcerate w/ putrid discharge”
causticum- sprains
“Contractures, wasting, paralysis
Worse cold dry weather
Bell’s palsy from cold wind or getting wet”
causticum- burns
“Long term consequences after serious burns
Generals: convalescence, ailments during, burns after, never well since
Cough: sensation as though he could not cough deep enough to start mucus
Generals: cold dry weather agg.”
causticum- cough
“Passes urine with cough
Cold drinks, wet weather ameliorates
Sensation as if they could not cough deep enough to raise mucus
Hissing cough “
Chamomilla- fever/chills
“Irritability, anger, great sensitivity to pain
Aversion to being touched, approached
Demanding cry
Crisis: anguish w/ tossing about, desired to be carried, desired to be rocked, despair w/ the pains, impatience from pain, quarrelsome during delivery, violent from pains “
chamomilla- otitis media
"Ear: sensitive to open air Ear: noises as of rushing water Ear: sensitive to wind Aversion to being touched, approached Demanding cry w/ OM Abusive w/ pain"
chamomilla- pharyngitis and tonsilitis
“Angry demanding cry – tantrums
Face: heat of cheeks on one side
Throat: pain during perspiration
Throat: spasms after anger”
chlorum- exanthema
“Angry demanding cry – tantrums
Face: heat of cheeks on one side
Throat: pain during perspiration
Throat: spasms after anger”
cicuta virosa- concussion/head trauma
"Childish behavior after head injury Convulsions or vertigo after head injury Concussions with spasms, with biting of tongue Convulsions after injury to head Eye: strabismus after injury"
conium maculatum- blunt trauma
"Unexpected blow, attack, trauma leading to induration Eye: injury after cataract Female: injuries from induration Breast tumors from injuries Miasm: cancer"
conium- concussion/head trauma
“Slow gradual paralysis of one or all levels (physical/M/E)
Injury is unexpected”
echiunacea- exanthema
“Face: cracks/eruptions/ulcers in corners of mouth
Fever: continued fever; eruptive fever – scarlatina; puerperal fever; septic fever; zygomatic fever”
gelsemium- sunstroke/heat exhaustion
“Face: cracks/eruptions/ulcers in corners of mouth
Fever: continued fever; eruptive fever – scarlatina; puerperal fever; septic fever; zygomatic fever”
gelsemium- fever/chills
“Cerebrospinal fever – pupils unequal
Heavy sensation after influenza
Heaviness in legs during influenza
Never well since influenza “
helleborus niger- concussion/head injury
“Cerebrospinal fever – pupils unequal
Heavy sensation after influenza
Heaviness in legs during influenza
Never well since influenza “
hepar sulph- wound/stings
"Suppuration of wounds w/ extremely slow healing Wounds linger Wounds: slow tendency to heal Desire to set fires Sensitive to pain Weeping before cough"
hepar sulph- otitis media
"Ear: abscess of meatus Ear: sensitive to open air Ear: sensitive to touch Ear: cold applications/touch agg Hearing impaired – hypertrophy of tonsils "
hephar sulph- cough
“Chilly patients that are < cold, uncovering, drafts, cold drinks & food, single part becoming cold, > warm
Weeping before and/or during cough
Stitching pain in throat during cough
Grasping of larynx
Cough from evening until midnight
Closing eyes at night excites the cough “
hypericum perfoliatum- fractures
“Crush injuries w/ severe neuralgic pain
Injuries of the hand: fracture w/ laceration
Main remedy for compound fractures
Injuries to spine, especially the coccyx”
hypericum perfoliatum- blunt trauma
Lockjaw – prophylaxis of tetanus Concussion of spine: injury to coccyx Crushed & lacerated fingertips Neuralgic pains that shoot upward Miasm: acute
hypericum perf- wounds/stings
“Sharp neuralgic pains radiating away from injury
Crush injuries
Post traumatic pain after needle punctures
Wounds: effects of constitutions
Wounds: punctures, splinters, stab wounds”
hypericum- surgical trauma
“Phantom limb pain after surgical removal
Severe sharp neuralgic pains after eye surgery
Stitching, shooting pains from surgical site “
hypericum- concussion/head injury
“Convulsions immediately after head or spinal injury
Injury to coccyx
Head/spine concussion
Asthmatic respiration after spine injury
Back/spine injury – lies on back w/ head jerking backward”
ipecacuanha- fever/chills
“Chills: disordered stomach
Chill: < after overeating
Chill: < warm room/sitting next to warm stove”
ipecacuanha- cough
"HA as from blow, during cough Sneeze before cough Cyanosis of face during cough Nausea, loathing of food during cough Suffocative cough with retching and nausea "
kali bichromium- lumbago/sciatica
“Pain wander about spine
Lumbago worse coughing
Sciatica accompanied by jerking in hip”
kali bichromium- burns
“Burns from steam or vapor
Crusts/scabs inside nose – hard to detach, leave a raw sore spot
Dryness inside nose – compels blowing nose but w/o discharge
Note: breath seems hot
Stomach: vomiting of drunkards “
kali b- otitis media
“Ear: yellow discharge
Ear: L stitching pain
Ear: stitching pain during HA
Ear: stitching pain extending to neck”
lachesis muta- fracture
Sighing during shock from injury
Deep purple or black discoloration
lachesus muta- sunstroke/heat exhaustion
“Mind: weakness/loss of memory after sunstroke
HA from exposure to sun
Generals: weakness – heat of summer
Generals: weakness – walking in sun agg
Complaining of their disease
Jealousy before menses
Lamenting about his sickness
Falling of hair during pregnancy (only Rx)
Eye pain when pressing on throat
Difficult protrusion of tongue, catching on teeth”
lachesis- exanthema
“Mind: complaining of disease
Chill: left sided
Chill: shaking, desires to be held down
Fever: heat beginning in feet “
lachesis- otitis media
Ear: sensitive to open air
Ear: bloody discharge
Ear: cracking noises as if drum had burst during sleep
Ear: ulcerations of earring holes in lobes
Complaining of their disease
Coquettishness in children
Lamenting about their sickness
Difficult protrusion of tongue, catching on teeth
ledum- sprains
"Puncture wounds Coldness of part, better cold worse heat Blueness or purplish injured area Affected parts cold, puffy, mottled – ameliorated by cold Prophylaxis of tetanus"
ledum lumbago/sciatica
“Stiffness in sacral region
Sciatica accompanied by coldness of painful limb
Sciatica much better cold
Sciatica worse warmth”
ledum- blunt trauma/injury
“Head pain: jarring & walking agg.
Lack of vital heat & warmth agg
Eye: ecchymosis (Black eye)
Miasm: leprosy”
ledum- wound/stings
“All bites w/ minimal bleeding even w/ deep penetration of puncture
Coldness of injured part, better w/ cold application
Penetrating wounds of palms or soles
Head pain of occiput: jarring agg
Inflammation: periosteum of finger bones”
ledum- surgical trauma
“Infected incisions with cold, soft swelling that is»_space; cold and < heat
Convulsions: tetanic rigidity – injured part becomes cold as ice and spasms begin in wound”
lycopodium- lumbago
“Lumbago as if broken/would break
Passing urine & flatus ameliorates
Lumbago: as if back broken during stool
Right sided sciatica (or begins on right and moves left)”
lycopodium- fever/chills
"Chill: left side Fan-like motion of ala nasi Fever: successen of stages – chill followed by perspiration w/o intervening heat < afternoon (4-8 pm) Symptoms start on R and move L"
lycopodium- otitis media
“Ear: ichorous/offensive/purulent discharge
Ear: purulent eruptions
Ear: scurfy eruptions of meatus
Ear: rush of blood to right ear
Hearing impaired accompanied by purulent discharge from ear”
mercurius (solubilis/vivus)- fever/chills
“Salivation during fever
Constriction of chest, palpitation during fever
Desires cold food/drinks w/ fever
Pain in coccyx during fever
Succession: heat alternating w/ shivering “
mercurius- pharyngitis and tonsilitis
“Throat: cracking
Throat: crawling as if worm were squirming in
Throat: copper-colored discoloration
Throat: dryness accompanied by salivation in anterior part of mouth
Throat: pain as if from apple core”
Millefolium- blunt trauma/injury
“Much hemorrhage w/ injuries
Rectum: injuries cause hemorrhage from anus
Hemorrhage of lungs after injuries
Hemorrhage w/ bright red blood
Knocking head against walls & things”
natrium carbonicum- sunstroke/heat exhaustion
"Mind: confusion/stupefaction – sun agg Vertigo in light/heat of sun Generals: weakness in heat of sun/summer Selfless, does not impose Confusion in sun Sadness from errors in diet Pain in forehead from turning head suddenly Illusions of hearing, sound appears from L when really from R"
natrium mur- lumbago/sciatica
Lumbar: as if broken, lying on hard surface amel.
Lumbago/stiffness after grief/suppressed emotion
matrium mur- fever/chills
“Chill: right
Chill: forenoon (10-11 am)
Fear: burning heat - forenoon”
Natrium sulphuricum- concussion/head injury
“Suicidal after head injury
Loathing of life & fear of being left alone, least he injure himself
HA after mechanical injury
Concussion”
nus vomica- lumbago
“Severe pain w/ marked sensitivity & anger
Lumbago w/ labor-like pain on urging during stool
Sciatic pain: maddening, cramping”
nux vom- fever/chills
“Sensitive to touch/noise during fever
Vertigo during fever
White tongue, difficult speech w/ fever
Eructations during fever”
opium- surgical trauma
“Dread, horror, pain
Coma, sleepiness, lethargy with stupor & stertorous respiration
Fear & panic
Constipation after operation
Paralysis of intestines after abdominal surgery”
opium- concussion/head injury
“Stupor/coma after head injury – face is red w/ perspiration
Rattling stertorous breathing after head injury
Contracted pupils after head injury
Sleepiness after head injury”
opium- sunstroke/heat exhaustion
"Mind: unconsciousness in sunstroke Chest: palpitation accompanied by heat of face Extremities: wrist heat Sleep: comatose from sunstroke Ail from sight of accident Apoplectic stupor Pupils contracted to pinpoints Slow respiration during convulsion/sleep Snoring during fever, chill, during sleep"
opium- fever/chills
“Fever: cerebrospinal fever
Fever: continued fever – complete stupor
Fever: heat beginning in stomach”
pyrogenium- surgical trauma
“Purulent offensive infections
High fever w/ slow pulse
Bed is too hard to find a comfortable position “
pyrogenium- fever/chills
"Chill at 7 p m Internal chill, as if in bones Pulse goes down as temperature increases Restlessness during influenza Pain in thighs during chill, sitting agg"
