Remedy |
Characteristics Symptoms |
Patient Worse by |
Patient Better by |
| Aconitum Napellus |
Fear, anxiety and anguish of body and mind
Acute, sudden and violent invasion, with fever
Does not want to be touched
Sudden and great sinking of strength
Tension in arteries
Fear death but believes that he will soon die; predicts the day
Fears the future, a crowd, crossing the street
Restlessness, tossing about
Tendency to start
Music is unbearable, makes her sad
Thinks her thought came from the stomach; that parts of her body are
abnormally thick
Feels as if what had just been done was a dream
Intense thirst; thirst for cold water
Bitter taste of everything except water
Scanty, red, hot, painful urine
Anxious dreams
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In warm room
In evening and night
Lying on affected side
From music
From tobacco smoke
Dry, cold winds |
In open air |
| Alumina |
Dryness of mucus membranes and skin
Suitable for old people with lack of vital heat or prematurely old,
with debility
Sluggish functions, heaviness, numbness and staggering
Disposition to cold is the head and eructations
Spare, dry, thin patients
Delicate children, products of artificial baby foods
Low spirited; fears loss of reason
Confused as to personal identity
Hasty, hurried
Time passes slowly
Variable mood
Suicidal tendency when seeing a knife or blood
Cravings for chalk, charcoal, dry food, tea grounds
Aversion to meat
Potatoes disagree
Hard, dry, knotty stools; no desire
Must strain at stool in order to urinate
Menses too early, short, scanty, pale, followed by great exhaustion
Acrid, profuse, transparent, ropy leucorrhoea with burning
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Periodically
In afternoon
From potatoes
In morning on awaking
Warm room |
As day advances
In open air
From cold washing
In evening
On alternate days
Damp weather |
| Ambra Grisea |
Suitable to excitable, nervous children;
thin, nervous patients; thin scrawny women; weakened by age or overwork
Extreme nervous hyper sensitiveness
External numbness of the body in the morning and weakness
Dread of people and desire to be alone
Can not do anything in presence of others
Intensely shy, blushes easily
Music causes weeping
Despair, loathing of life
Fantastic illusions
Restless, excited, very talkative
Time passes slowly
Dwells on unpleasant things
Urine turbid, even during emission, forming a brown sediment
Menses too early
Profuse, bluish leucorrhoea
Can not sleep from worry; must get up
Anxious dreams
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Music
Presence of strangers
From any unusual thing
Morning
Warm room
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Slow motion in open air
Lying on painful parts
Cold drinks |
| Asafoetida |
Extreme sensitiveness
Irritable
Complaints of her trouble
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At night
From touch
Left side
During rest
Warm applications |
Open air
From motion
Pressure |
| Camphora Mono-Bromata |
Nervous excitability
Directions appear reversed; north seems south and east seems west
Weeping and laughing alternately
Trance like state
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| Castoreum |
Marked prostration
Continually irritable
Debilitating sweats
Constant yawning |
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| Causticum |
Broken down seniles
Burning, rawness and soreness
Sad, hopeless
Intensely sympathetic
Aversion to sweets
Menses cease at night; flow only during the day
Menses delayed, late |
Dry, cold winds
In clear fine weather
Cold air
From motion of carriage |
In damp, wet weather
Warmth
Heat of bed |
| Cimicifuga Racemosa |
Agitation and pain
Pains like electric shocks here and there
Sensation of cloud enveloping her
Great depression with dreams of impending peril
Fears riding in closed carriage. of being obliged to jump out
Incessant talking
Visions of rats, mice, etc
Menses profuse, dark, coagulated, offensive, irregular
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Morning
Cold
During menses
More profuse the flow, greater the suffering |
Warmth
Eating |
| Cobaltum |
Fatigue, agitation; worse in morning
Constant interchange of mental moods
Lewd dreams; disturbs sleep |
Mental excitement |
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| Cocculus |
Suitable for light haired females; unmarried and
childless women; sensitive and romantic girls
Feels too weak to talk loud
Capricious
Time passes too quickly; absorbed in reveries
Inclination to sing irresistible
Slow of comprehension
Profound sadness
Can not bear contradictions
Speaks hastily
Very anxious about the health of others
Aversion to tobacco
Desire for cold drinks, esp beer
Too early menses, clotted
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Riding in a carriage or on shipboard
Eating
After loss of sleep
Open air
Smoking
Swimming
Touch
Noise
Jar
Afternoon
During menses
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| Coffea Cruda |
Great nervous agitation and restlessness
Intolerance to pains
Unusual activity of mind and body
Esp suited to tall, lean, stooping persons with dark complexion
Gaiety
Easy comprehension
Irritable
Excited
Senses acute
Full of ideas, quick to act
Tossing about in anguish
Intolerance to tight clothings
Menses too early and log lasting
Sleepless on account of mental activity |
Excessive emotions; joy
Narcotics
Strong odors
Noise
Open air
Cold
Night |
Warmth
from lying down
Holding ice in mouth |
| Crocus Sativa |
Frequent and extreme changes in sensations and
mental conditions
Anger with violence followed by repentance
Laughing mania
Drowsiness and lassitude; better by literary labor
Mind vacillating
Pleasant mania; sings and laughs
Happy and affectionate; the angry
Sudden changes from hilarity to melancholy
Vivid recollections from music heard
Menses dark, viscid, too frequent and copious, black and slimy
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Lying down
Hot weather
Warm room
In morning
Fasting
Before breakfast
Looking fixedly at an object |
In open air |
| Gelsemium |
General prostration
Dizziness, dullness, drowsiness and trembling
Tired feeling, mental apathy regarding his illness
Desire to be quiet, to be left alone
Absolute lack of fear
Stage fright
Thirstless
Profuse, watery, clear urine
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Damp weather
Fog
Before thunderstorm
Emotion or excitement
Bad news
Tobacco smoking
When thinking of his ailments
At 10 am
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Bending forward
By profuse urination
Open air
Continued motion
Stimulants |
| Ignatia |
Marked Hyperasthesia of all senses
Esp suited for women of sensitive, easily excited nature, dark, mild
disposition, quick to perceive and rapid in execution
Rapid change of mental and physical condition, opposite to each other
Great contradictions
Can not bear tobacco
Changeable moods
Introspective; silently brooding
Melancholic, sad, tearful
Not communicative
Sighing and sobbing
Averse to ordinary diet; longs for great variety of indigestible things
craves for acidic things
Profuse, watery urine
Menses back, too early |
In the morning
Open air
After meals
Coffee
Smoking
Liquids
External warmth |
While eating
Change of position |
| Kali Phosphoricum |
Prostration
Weak and tired
Esp adapted to the young
Want of nerve power
Mental and physical depression
Anxiety, nervous dread, lethargy
Indisposition to meet people
Extreme lassitude and depression
Very nervous
Starts easily
Irritable
Slightest labor seems a heavy task
Great despondency about business
Shyness; disinclined to converse
Very yellow urine
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Excitement
Worry
Physical and mental exertion
Eating
Cold
Early morning |
Warmth
Rest
Nourishment |
| Lilium Tigrinum |
More often indicated in unmarried women
Tormented about her salvation
Profound depression of spirits
Constant inclination to weep
Anxious; fears some organic and incurable disease
Disposed to curse, strike, think obscene things
Aimless, hurried manner; must keep busy
Thirsty; drinks often and much
Urine milky, scanty, hot
Menses early, scanty, dark, clotted, offensive; flows only when moving
Acrid, brown leucorrhoea
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Consolation
Warm room |
Fresh air |
| Manganum Aceticum |
Involuntary laughter and weeping
Strongly exaggerated reflexes
Growing pains and weak ankles
General soreness and aching; every part of the body feels sore when
touched
Anxiety and fear; better lying down |
Cold, wet weather
Change of weather |
Lying down |
| Moschus |
Much nervous trembling and frequent fainting
Coldness
Tension in muscles, skin and mind
Uncontrollable laughter
Scolding
Anxiety, with palpitation; starting as if frightened
Desire for black coffee, stimulants
Menses too early and profuse
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Cold |
In open air
Rubbing |
| Natrum Muriaticum |
Great debility, most weakness felt in the morning
Coldness
Emaciation most notable in neck
Great liability to take cold
Constrictive sensation throughout the body
Oversensitive to all sorts of influences
Depression in chronic diseases
Irritable; gets into a passion about trifles
Awkward, hasty
Wants to be alone to cry
Tears with laughter
Unquenchable thirst
Craning for Salt
Aversion to bread, to anything slimy, like oysters, fats
Has to wait for long time for urination if others are present
Menses irregular; usually profuse
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Consolation
Noise
Music
Warm room
Lying down
About 10 am
At sea shore
Mental exertion
Heat
Talking
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Open air
Cold bathing
Going without regular meal
Lying on right side
Pressure against back
Tight clothings |
| Nux Moschata |
Cold extremities
Extreme dryness of mucus membranes and skin
Strange feeling, with irresistible drowsiness
Staggers on trying to walk
Changeable moods; laughing and crying
Confused; impaired memory
Bewildered sense, as in a dream
Thinks she has two heads
Menses too long, dark, thick
Leucorrhoea muddy and bloody |
Cold, moist wind
Cold food
Cold washing
Lying on painful side
Motion
Jar |
Warmth
Dry weather |
| Phosphorus |
Tall, slender persons, narrow chested, with thin,
transparent skin
Great nervous debility
Emaciation
Amative tendencies
Great susceptibility to all external impressions, to light, sound,
odors, touch, electrical changes, thunderstorms
Suddenness of all symptoms
Great lowness of spirits
Easily vexed
Fearfulness, as if something were creeping out of every corner
Great tendency to start
Ecstasy
Dread of death when alone
Exaggerated idea of one's importance
Excitable
Restless, fidgety
Hypo-sensitive, indifferent
Thirst for very cold water
Stools long, narrow, hard, like dog's
Urine turbid, brown, with red sediments
Menses too early, scanty and log lasting
Lascivious dreams
Dreams of fire; of haemorrhages
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Touch
Physical or mental exertion
Twilight
Warm food or drink
Change of weather
From getting wet in hot weather
Evening
Lying on left or painful side
During a thunderstorm
Ascending stairs |
In dark
Lying on right side
Cold food
Cold
Open air
Washing with cold water
Sleep |
| Platina |
A women's remedy
Pains increase and decrease gradually
Tremulousness
Irresistible impulse to kill
Self exaltation; contempt for others
Arrogant, proud
Weary of everything
Physical symptoms disappear as mental symptoms develop
Objects look smaller than they are
Sticky stools
Menses too early, too profuse, dark-clotted
Abnormal sexual appetite |
Sitting and standing
Evening |
Walking |
| Pulsatilla |
Pre-eminently a female remedy
Mild, gentle, yielding disposition; timid, irresolute
Sad, crying readily; weeps when talking
Changeable, contradictory; symptoms ever changing
Seeks open air; always feels better there, even though feels chilly
Thirstless, peevish, chilly
Great sensitiveness
Wants the head high; feels uncomfortable with only one pillow
Lies with hands above head
Fear in evening to be alone, dark, ghosts
Likes sympathy
Easily discouraged
Morbid fear of opposite sex
Religious melancholy
Given to extremes of pleasure and pain; highly emotions; mentally, an
April day
Desire for tonics
Averse to fat food, warm food and drink, butter
Thirstlessness
Two or three normal stools daily; no two stools alike
Menses too late, scanty, thick, dark, clotted, changeable, intermittent
Leucorrhoea acrid, burning, creamy |
Heat
Rich fat food
After eating
Towards evening
Warm room
Lying on left or painless side
When allowing feet to hang |
Open air
Motion
Cold applications
Cold food and drinks |
| Sepia |
Easy fainting
"Ball" sensation in inner parts
Acts best on brunettes
Feels cold even in warm room
Indifferent to those loved best
Averse to occupation, to family
Irritable, easily offended
Dreads to be alone, very sad
Weeps when telling symptoms
Miserly
Anxious towards evening; indolent
Longing for vinegar, acids and pickles
Loathes fat
Red, adhesive sand in urine
Yellow, greenish leucorrhoea
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After milk; esp when boiled
Forenoons and evenings
Washing
Laundry work
Dampness
left side
After sweat
Cold air
Before thunderstorm |
By exercise
Pressure
Warmth of bed
Hot applications
Drawing up limbs
Cold bathing
After sleep |
| Sumbul |
Numbness on becoming cold
Sensation as if water dropped down spine
Emotional and fidgety
Dull in morning, clearer in evening
Mistakes in writing and adding
Oily pellicle on surface of urine |
Active exercise
Left side |
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| Tarentula Hispanica |
Constrictive sensations
Extreme restlessness; must keep in constant motion even though walking
aggravates
Sudden alteration of moods
Foxy
Destructive impulses; moral relaxation
Must constantly busy herself or walk
Sensitive to music
Averse to company but wants someone present
Ungrateful, discontented
Guided by whims |
Motion
Contact
Noise
Seeing others in trouble |
In open air
Music
Bright colors
Rubbing affected parts |
| Thaspium Aureum |
Suicidal; depressed
Laughing and weeping moods alternate
Acrid, profuse leucorrhoea
Retarded menses
Fidgety legs |
During sleep |
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| Valeriana |
Over sensitiveness
Changeable disposition
Feels light, as if floating in air
Hallucinations at night
Irritable
Tremulous
Menses late and scanty |
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| Zincum Valerianum |
Hysteria with fidgety feet
Groundless fears
Mentally distressed, mind all mixed up |
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