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Dig Deeper for Worms
Claiming to eradicate the tendency to worms by Cina is not proper. It helps clear the acute condition, but for tendency to worms, Cicuta, Silicea, Sulphur, Merc Sol and Zincum should be thought of .
Principles of Prescribing – Dr. K.N.Mathur
Cannabis
Usually when we prescribe it homeopathically there’s a history of drug use and ‘never well since’. It can look like a lot of other remedies: Sulphur- always scheming and planning with big ideas. Excitable and sympathetic like Phosphorus. Like Medorrhinum, with insomnia and they write all night because the ideas flow so easily…also vaginitis and discharges. Inability to focus or concentrate, procrastination, poor memory, absent minded, panic attacks, a feeling of being separated (when talking it’s as if observing themselves talking to other people), fear of insanity, fear of darkness, sensitive to stimulants.
Fundamentals of Materia Medica – Robin Murphy N.D.
A Zincum Recommendation and Warning
In all eruptive illnesses ending in suppression, a dose of Zincum immediately brings back the eruption. Zincum enlivens the Vital Force to fight the disease and ultimately, helps to cure it. Use its 6th potency. Higher potency is fraught with the danger of serious aggravation, which a Zincum patient may not be able to stand.
Dr. T.P. Chatterjee – My Random Notes on Some Homeopathic Remedies
–Thanks to Ed Walsh – U.K.
Self Blame and Shattered Hope
Ignatia alleviates self-blame arising from having “failed” someone as a friend…The patient reproaches himself mercilessly (at times without any justification) for having been too demanding of or bestowed insufficient affection or attention on a recently deceased spouse or parent.
The remedy is often indicated where the individual’s most cherished hopes of accomplishment have been shattered or where circumstances have prevented him from fulfilling his ambitions. It helps restore vital self esteem and faith in one’s power to overcome adversity.
Portraits of Homoeopathic Medicines Vol. 2 Catherine R.Coulter
Gallium Sulphuricum
They are very stubborn in their interactions with loved ones. They tend to overwhelm them with their opinions… They are convinced that the other one is too inexperienced to understand what is right, so there is no point in listening to them. Craves sweets, alcohol, fruit, fat.. Aversion to and aggravation from eggs.
Homeopathy and the Elements – Jan Scholten
On Healing by Touch and Induction
Animal Magnetism -This healing force, which has been frequently, foolishly denied or reviled ….is a marvelous gift of God to man, by which a well-intentioned man exerts his strong will over a patient with or without touching him or even at some distance, in such a way that the vital force of the healthy mesmerizer, gifted with this power dynamically flows into the patient (as the pole of a strong bar magnet acts on a bar of unmagnetized steel).
Organon of Medicine – Aphorism 288 – Samuel Hahnemann
Mephitis Putorius
The main use of mephitis is in whooping cough. It produces a hard cough with laryngeal spasm and a distinct whoop. I have found it apparently makes the patient worse, while shortening the course of the disease. Worse night, lying down, cannot exhale, vomits food some time after eating.
E.A. Farrington – Lectures on Clinical Materia Medica
– Thanks to Carl Thiebaut -France
The Guaiacum Throat
You get a sudden acute throat and think of Belladonna or Aconite, when it really needs Guaiacum. The patient has a congested red face with the sore throat and is depressed and indolent. Dilated pupils, thirst for cold water and a pain in the back of the neck. Some joint pain. Worse from heat motion, touch, 6pm -4am.
Classical Homeopathy -Dr. Margery Blackie
-Thanks to Cliff Adams – Canada
Shock in Dogs
Eyes become sunken, body surface cold and mucous membranes pale. Increased respiration and weak and rapid pulse. The main remedy to consider is Aconitum 12 which usually allays symptoms in a short time. Arnica 30 and China 6c are useful remedies if weakness and shock are a result of hemorrhage. Carbo veg 30 is useful in those cases showing air hunger and collapse.
Dogs : Homoeopathic Remedies – George Macleod MRCVS, DVSM
Down on Yourself?
Here are some rubrics from Kent for feeling self critical: ANGER mistakes over his; CONTEMPTUOUS, self; DELIRIUM, blames himself; DELUSIONS: critical – neglected his duty; reproach, deserves; right, does nothing; wrong, think she has done. DISCONTENTED – himself with; REPROACHES -self.
David Sault – A Modern Index to the Rubrics of Kent’s Repertory
-Thanks to Lena Anikiev
Snapshot of Chelidonium
They are strong willed people and derive a sense of security and satisfaction out of getting other to do their bidding. They are realists, matter of fact, hard headed and not at all sentimental. They shun intellectual work, math problems, and abstractions. They do not easily express affection, but expect others to display tenderness and affection towards them.
Essence of Materia Medica – George Vithoulkas
Psora and Sycosis Compared
When the psoric speaks or writes he does it very quickly. There is such a flow of thoughts that he can hardly follow it with his tongue or pen. The psoric cannot concentrate on his work, because his thoughts get ahead of his work.
The sycotic is unable to collect his thoughts or decide on the most appropriate word, hence the slowness in speaking and writing. He reads and re-reads several times but cannot retain the idea.
Comparative Study of Chronic Miasms-Y.R. Agrawal
Boils
For conditions of the body which set up boils, Dr. Ramsey considers Echinachea specific. Ten drop doses of tincture four times a day.
Clinical Tips in Homoeopathy – Dr. P. Rajagopalarao
People Needing Plant Remedies
They feel things very intensely. They say .. “His screaming affects me.”, “The damp weather affects me.” “Smell affects me”. They are soft and emotional., their feelings are very important to them and they fear being hurt.
Dinesh Chauhan – from : A journey into the Human Core
Stye
Also called a “Hordeolum”, a stye is an infection of the oil glands in the eyelid. They ordinarily drain and heal by themselves and it is best not to squeeze them. A warm compress several times a day will assist the draining process.
Pulsatilla -for beginning stage. Staphysagria if Pulsatilla fails or the stye leaves a hard nodule after healing.
Homeopathy An A to Z Home Handbook – Alan V. Schmukler
Sycosis
Sycosis is the miasm believed to follow gonorrhea and may be inherited or acquired. It may also arise from vaccination (vaccinosis), allergic reactions to drugs or insect bites and chronic infective states. Any patient who has reacted badly to a vaccination should receive a single dose of Thuja 30, to prevent an acquired sycosis.
Homeopathy for Physicians – Dr. Colin B. Lessell
Get a Whiff of This
Aconite: Smell morbidly acute for unpleasant odors. Drosera: Sensitive to sour odors. Graphites: Intolerance of flowers. Belladonna: Odor of tobacco unendurable. Lycopodium: Hyacinth produces nausea. Sabadilla: Sensitive to odor of mice. Agnus castus: odor of herring, musk or pus at night. Anacardium ( also Bry, Verat) smells dung or burnt cinder. Arsenicum: odor of pitch or Saffron.
Homeopathic Therapeutics – Dr. Samuel Lilienthal
-Thanks to Dorothy Kolber – U.S.
Incompatible Remedies
We’ve reprinted this list of incompatible remedies from our May 2007 issue. Why not print this out and keep it handy for quick reference?
Reprinted from our May 2007 issue
Remedy………….. Incompatible with
Aceticum ac. …… Arn, Bell, Lach, Merc, Bor,Caust, Nux vomica, Ran b., Sars
Allium cepa……. Allium sativum, Alo, Scil
Allium sativa…… Alo, Allium cep, Scil
Aloe……………. Allium sativum, AlliumCep.
Ammonium c…………. Lach
Anantherum………….. Wines and spirits
Antipyrinum………… Coffee (the beverage) in excess
Apis…………………. Phos, Rhus (in eruptive diseases)
Argentum nitricum…………. Coffea. (increases headache), Vespa
Arnica………………….. Injurius in bites of dogs or rabid or angry animals, Wine
Arum dracon. ……….. Caladium
Arum dracun……….. Caladium
Arum it. …………… Caladium
Arum m. ………………….Caladium
Arum triphyllum ………………. Caladium
Asterias r. …………….. Cof, Nux vomica, (Ipec > the inimical effects of Nux)
Atropium……………. Antagonized by Gelsemium
Aurum m. n. ……………. Alcohol, Coffea.
Baryta c. ……………….. Calcarea
Belladonna …………. Dul, Vinegar, Acetic acid
Benzoicum ac. ………. Wine (< pain in kidneys etc.)
Borax…………………….. Acetic acid, Vinegar, Wine
Bovista……………….. Coffea
Bryonia……………….. Calc, Sepia
Caladium………….. the Arums (drac, triph, mac etc.)
Calcarea carb…… Baryta.c., Bry, Kali bichromicum (before ), Nit. ac. (after ), Sul (after)
Calendula………….. Camphora
Camphora ………… Calendula, Cof.(after), Kali n., Sac lac
Cannabis s. …… Camphora
Cantharis………….. Coffea
Carbo animalis ………… Carbo veg. (?)
Carbo vegetabilis …………… Carbo animalis (?)
Caulophyllum……….. Coffea
Causticum……………. Acids, Cocc i., Cof, Phosphorus
Chamomilla……. Nux vomica, Zincum met.
Cinchona (China)……. Digitalinum (after) , Kreosotum (after), Ledum
Cistus can. …………… Coffee (as a beverage)
Cocculus ind. ……….. Caust, Coffea
Coffea cruda …….. Asterias r., Arg n., Canth, Caust, Cistus, Cocc. i., Ignatia, Lactic ac, Millefolium, Stramonium
Colchicum……… Acetic ac. (after colch)
Conium ……………… Psorinum (sometimes)
Digitalinum……….. Cinchona (china), Nitri spiritus dulc.
Dulcamara………….. Bell, Lachesis
Ferrum……………. Aceticum ac, Beer, Thea, Dig (after)
Ferrum phos. ………… Paris
Gelsemium………….. Atropinum, Opium
Helleborus ori. ………….. Coffea
Hepar ………………… Spongia (after)
Ignatia……….. Cof, Nux (someties), Tabacum
Kali n. ……………….. Smelling camphor increases suffering
Kreosotum………….. Carbo vegetabilis(after) Cinchona (after)
Lachesis…………. Aceticum ac, Ammonium carb, Dulc, Nitric ac., Psorinum, Sepia
Lacticum ac……….. Coffee (as a beverage)
Ledum…………. Cinchona
Lycopodium…………. Cof, after Sul., except in sequence of Sul-Calc-Lycopodium
Mercurius……….. Aceticum ac., Silicea
Millefolium……………. Coffee (as a beverage)
Morphinum………….. Vinegar
Natrum m. …………… Podophyllum (increases the action).
Nitri spititus dulcis ……… Digitalis,Ran b.
Nitricum ac. …………… Lachesis (after), Calc
Nux vomica ……………. Aceticum ac.(after), acids, Asterias r., Ign, Zincum.
Paris q. …………… Ferrum p.
Phosphorus………… Apis, Causticum
Podophyllum……… Salt (increases its action)
Psorinum…………… Conium, Lach, Sep (?)
Ranunculus b. …………. Aceticum ac. (after), Alcohol, Nitri spititus dulc, Staph, Sul, Vinegar, Wine
Rhus tox /Rhus rad. …….. Apis (esp. in skin affections)
Sarsaparilla…………. Aceticum ac. (after)
Scilla mar. …………. Allium sat, Allium cep.
Secale………… Aconite, Ars, Bell, Cinch, Merc, Pulsatilla
Selenium…………… Cinchona, Wine
Sepia……………………….. Bry, Lach, Puls
Silica…………….. Merc
Staphisagria………. Ranunculus.b.
Strammonium………… Coffea
Sulphur………. Aurum m., Calc (after)
Tabacum…….. Ignatia
Thea………….. Ferrum
Vespa………… Argentum nitricum,
Zincum…………. Cham, Nux vomica, Wine
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