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Remedy |
Characteristics
Symptoms |
Patient Worse by |
Patient Better by |
| Anacardium |
Impaired memory, depression, irritability
Diminution of senses
Objects appear too far off
Intermittent symptoms
Aversion to work; lacks self confidence; irresistible desire to swear
and curse
Sensation of plug or band in parts
Empty feeling in stomach; temporarily relieved by eating
Menses scanty
Anxious dreams
Intense itching eczema; vesicular eruptions; swelling of skin
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On application of hot water |
Eating
When lying on side
From rubbing |
| Arsenicum Album |
Restlessness
Great exhaustion after slightest exertion
Irritable weakness
Burning pains
Unquenchable thirst; drinks often and little at a time
Fear, fright and worry
Green discharges
Putrid discharges
Gradual loss of weight
Septic infection and low vitality
Craving for coffee, acids and milk
Urine scanty, albuminous
Menses too soon, too profuse
Leucorrhoea thin, acrid, offensive and burning
Skin itching, burning, swelling, Oedematous, papular, dry, rough,
scaly; worse cold weather and scratching
Dreams full of care and fear |
Wet weather
After mid night
From cold
from cold food or drink
Seashore
Right side |
Warmth
Warm drinks
From head elevated |
| Calotropis |
Elephantiasis, leprosy
Weak, tired feeling
Coldness
Urine dark red, like homebrewed beer, strong smell but no deposits
Ulcers and blotches of skin
Heat in stomach
Obesity
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| Cardus Marianus |
Debility
Taste bitter
Aversion to salt meat
Urine cloudy; golden colored
Itching of skin on lying down at night
Varicose ulcers
Pain in hip joint, spreading through buttocks and down thighs; worse
stooping
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| Elaeis Guineensis |
Swelling and hardening of skin
Swelling of parts; mostly on lower extremities and skin
White urine
Foul eructations
Sensation as if a peg stuck in false ribs
Colic after a cold drink |
From breathing |
Rest |
| Graphites |
Stout patients of fair complexion
Tendency of constipation and skin affections
Fat, chilly, costive
Delayed menstrual history
Takes cold easily
Swollen genitalia
Leucorrhoea gushing, pale, thin, white, excoriating
Aversion to meat
Sweets nauseate
Hot drinks disagree
Urine turbid with sediments, sour smelling
Menses too late, pale and scanty
Oedema of lower limbs
Toe nails crippled
Stiffness and contraction of toes
Offensive perspiration of feet
Rough, hard, dryness of part of skin unaffected by eczema; oozing out
of sticky exudation from the eruptions |
Warmth
At night
During and after menstruation
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In dark
From wrapping up |
| Hamamelis |
Bruised soreness of affected parts
Thirst
Menses dark, profuse
Profuse leucorrhoea
Testicles enlarged, hot and painful
Chilliness in back and hips, extending down legs
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Warm, moist air |
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| Hydrocotyle |
Interstitial inflammations and cellular
proliferation in any part
Difficulty in maintaining upright posture
Very copious perspiration
Profuse leucorrhoea
Dry eruptions on skin
Great thickening of epidermal layer and exfoliation of scales
Intolerable itching of soles |
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| Iodum |
Rapid metabolism; loss of flesh with great appetite
Great debility, the slightest effort induces perspiration
Exceedingly thin, dark patients
Tremor
Craves cold air
Capillary congestion followed by Oedema, ecchymosis
Sluggish vital reaction
Loss of breath on going upstairs
Anxious and worries, if he does not eat
Urine copious, dark yellow green, thick, acrid with cuticles on surface
Menses irregular
Leucorrhoea thick, acrid, slimy, corroding the linen
Acrid sweat of feet
Joints inflamed and painful
Skin hot, dry, yellow, withered
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When quiet
In warm room
Right side |
After eating
Walking about
In open air |
| Lycopodium |
Ailments gradually developing
Functions of liver seriously disturbed
Older persons
Earthy complexions
Uric diathesis
Red sand in urine
Intolerance of cold drinks; craves everything warm
Patients intellectually keen, but of weak muscular power
Deep seated progressive diseases
Debility in mroning
Patient is thin, withered, full of gas and dry
Lacks vital heat; has poor circulation, cold extremities
Pains come and go suddenly
Sensitive to noise and odors
Humming and roaring with hardness of hearing
Aversion to bread
Desire for sweets
Can not eat oysters
Menses too late, too profuse, lasts too long
Leucorrhoea acrid
Profuse sweat of feet
Painful callosities on soles; toes and fingers contracted
Dreams of accidents
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Right side
From right to left
From above downwards
Warmth
Warm room
4 to 8 pm
Hot air
Heat of bed
Warm applications |
Motion
After midnight
From warm food and drinks
On getting cold
From being uncovered |
| Myristica Sebiferra |
Inflammation of skin, cellular tissues and
periosteum
Coppery taste
Tongue white and cracked
Carbuncles
Thirst
Urine scanty though he drinks much; reddish yellow
Stools mixed with yellow mucus |
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| Silicea |
Suppurative processes; ailments attended with pus
formation
Patient is cold, chilly, hugs the fire, wants plenty of warm clothes
Hates drafts
Hands and feet cold
Lack of vital heat
Prostration of body and mind
Great sensitiveness to taking cold
Intolerance to alcoholic stimulants
Want of grit, moral or physical
Roaring in ears
Sensation of hair on tongue
Disgust for meat and warm food
Milky, acrid leucorrhoea
Sciatica, pains through hips, legs and feet
Loss of power in legs
Ingrowing toe nail
Icy cold and sweaty feet
Pain in knee as if tightly bound
Calves tense and contracted
Soreness in feet from instep to the sore
Rose colored blotches on skin
Eruptions itch only in day time and evening
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Winter
New moon
In mroning
From washing
During menses
Uncovering
Lying down
Damp
Lying on left side
Cold |
Warmth
Wrapping up the head
Summer
Wet or humid weather |