Sneha Thakkar / Alan Schmukler
Important Rubrics of some Remedies
Mind, concentration, difficult/ calculation while – Nux vomica
Mind, delusions, devils, that all persons are – Platina
Mind, hatred, persons, unmoved by apologies – Nit – ac
Mind, inconsolable, over fancied misfortune –Veratrum alb
Mind, obstinate, against whatever was proposed, he had the queerest objection –Arg–n
Mind, restlessness, bed, in, 6 pm till 6 am – Kreosote
Mind, sadness, errors of diet –Nat–c
Mind, shrieking, hold on to something, unless she –Sepia
Mind, speech, prattling, lies naked in bed –Hyos
Mind, strange, voices seems –Cann–s
Mind, transient, afternoon, in warm room – Puls
Mind, weeping, thanked, when – Lyco
Mind, indifference, onanism, after –Staph
Mind, restlessness, sitting, at work, while –Graph
Source – Kent’s Repertory
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Rx Drugs are Leading Killer
“Our prescription drugs are the third leading cause of death after heart disease and cancer. I have estimated that psychiatric drugs alone are also the third major killer, mainly because antidepressants kill many elderly people through falls.This tells us that the system we have for researching, approving, marketing, and using drugs is totally broken.”
Peter C Gøtzsche – Danish physician, medical researcher, former Director of the Nordic Cochrane Centre.
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Remedies for contrasting symptoms:
Colic better by bending forward – Colocynth
Colic better by bending backward – Diascorea
Baby cries all day, sleeps all night – Lycopodium
Baby cries all night, sleeps all day – Jalapa, Psorinum
Cough on going from warm to cold air – Phosphorus
Cough on going from cold to warm air – Bryonia
Menses flow when lying, cease when walking – Mag carb, Ammon mur, Kreosote
Menses flow only when moving about, cease to flow when she ceases to walk – Lil-tig
Aversion to open air – Cyclamen
Desire for open air – Pulsatilla
Amelioration lying on right side – Sulphur
Aggravation lying on right side – Stannum
Amelioration at seashore – Medorrhinum
Aggravation at seashore or from sea air – Nat mur
Source – Allen’s keynotes
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Hints to prescribing for extremities:
Sore and raw spots on feet, especially heel, from friction – Allium cepa
Hamstrings feel painfully short when walking; tension in joints as from shortening of the muscles – Amm-mur, Caust. , Cimex
Gout and rheumatism, with great fear of being touched or struck by persons coming near him – Arn
Ulcers: irritable, inflamed, sloughing, varicose; painful as if beaten (Arn.); excessive secretion of pus – Calendula
Unsteady walking and easy falling of little children – Causticum
The fingers “go to sleep” frequently and easily – Digitalis
Affects left shoulder- and right hip-joint – Led-pal, Agar, Ant-tart, Stram
Painful contractions of the hamstrings – Natrum mur, Caust, Guaiacum
Acute inflammatory swelling of joints, wandering from one joint to another; severe at night; < in rest and during rough stormy weather – Rhododendron, Kalmia
Lameness after sprains, especially of wrists and ankles – Ruta
Burning of soles of feet; must uncover or put them in a cool place – Sanicula, Lachesis, Medorrhinum, Sang., Sulph
When singing or using the voice, aching and weakness in deltoid and arms – Stannum met.
Source – Allen’s Keynotes
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FDA’s Gift to Merck Pharmaceuticals
The FDA is now approving Merck’s Gardasil 9 vaccine for adults ages 27- 45. They did this in spite of the thousands of terrible vaccine reactions suffered by younger people who were given the vaccine. Merck did not even have to supply any new trials or data to get the vaccine approved for adults.
http://vaccineimpact.com/2018/fda-approves-dangerous-gardasil-vaccine-for-adults-in-the-u-s/
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Some keynotes by Boericke
Stomach feels as if swimming in water, feels cold– Abrotanum
Ill effects of vegetable diet, melons, and watery fruits generally – Arsenic alb
Sensibility increased, even from mere imagination – Asarum europaeum
It is a princely remedy for old laborers, especially gardeners – Bellis per. (Burnett.)
Corresponds to the symptoms of “air-sickness” in aviators – Belladonna
Dislocation of patella on going upstairs – Cannabis sativa
Cough from excessive use of voice; “minister’s sore throat;” sharp pain in larynx – Collinsonia canadensis
Headache relieved by conversation – Dulcamara
Craving for tobacco – Daphne indica
Eradicates tendency to erysipelas – Graphites
Facial neuralgia from carious teeth and after extraction – Hecla lava
Indicated in many forms of disease characterized by great coldness – “arctic” coldness. cold waves from occiput to feet or ascending – Heloderma horridus
Produces a desire to talk – a flow of language and the courage to make a speech – Lacnanthes tinctoria
Sneezing from direct rays of sun – Merc sulph
When first serious impairment of health is referred to age of puberty – Pulsatilla
Tea-drinking dyspepsia – Thuja
Source – Boericke’s Materia Medica
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Study recognizes efficacy of Homeopathy in Dental problems
Nagpur: City homeopath Kavita Chandak’s study on ‘Reducing steroids in dental problems’ suggests homeopathic medicines can offer a non-toxic remedy and the relief can be the same as compared to steroids. Chandak presented this study during a paper presentation at the 73rd World Congress on Homeopathy held at Cape Town, South Africa, recently.
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Clinical indications of Indian drugs
It is an excellent remedy in Beri – Beri. The eyes and face, hands and feet and sometimes the whole body are swollen or only the feet are swollen – Aegle folia
In several varieties of fever, such as hectic fever due to pus formation, bilious fever with diarrhoea, fever due to scrofulous or syphilitic affections. Night blindness – Calotropis gigantea
Expressed juice is used as an ingestion in nostrils for epistaxis. The bruised grass has been used by the Hindus from very ancient times as a dressing for fresh wounds probably on account of its styptic properties – Cynadondactylon
In the first stage of phthisis with spitting of blood. The mucous membranes are dry, specially those of the mouth and throat and tongue is dry and there is thirst present – Justicia adhatoda
Has marked sedative properties. It has been tried by Sen and Bose in cases of insanity with violent maniacal symptoms and in cases of high blood pressure. Doses of 20 to 30 grains of the powdered root twice daily produce not only sedative effects but also a reduction of the blood – pressure – Rauwolfia serpentina
Source – Ghose’s Drugs of Hindustan
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Remedies for eructations:
Empty eructations, tasting of apples – Agaricus muscaris
Eructation tasting of the ingesta. constant belching – Antim-crud.
Frequent eructations, without taste or smell – Hepar sulph
Belching of bitter fluid or regurgitation of food gives no relief; worse eating fruit – Cinchona
Frequent eructations, tasting like bad eggs. rising of water in mouth – Mag-sulph
Coppery taste and eructations of sulfuretted hydrogen – Medorrhinum
Incomplete burning eructations rise only to pharynx, there burn for hours. Sour eructations – Lycopodium
Putrid eructations. Great acidity, sour eructation – Sulphur
Sour, bitter eructations. Difficult belching of gas. Wants to vomit, but cannot – Nux vomica
Rancid eructations after fat food – Thuja
Sour taste and soureructations after every meal. Belching large quantities of wind, after eating – Phosphorus
Source – Boericke’s Materia Medica
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Larger families have reduced cancer risk
A research conducted by University of Zurich concludes that families with many children have a lower risk of cancer. Greater family size is linked to reduced risk not only in women but also in men, a global study using data from 178 countries has found.
Full article :https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/10/181010105637.htm
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Postpartum Depression linked to mother’s pain after childbirth
New study by American Society of Anesthesiologists underscores the importance of managing pain during recovery. While childbirth pain has been linked to postpartum depression, the culprit may be the pain experienced by the mother following childbirth, rather than during the labor and delivery process.
A wonderful collection looks like a valuable Repertory of the symptoms.