Remedy |
Characteristics Symptoms |
Patient Worse by |
Patient Better by |
| Aconitum |
Rash like measles; itching relieved by stimulants
A state of fear, anxiety; anguish of body and mind
Physical and mental restlessness
Acute, sudden and violent invasion, with fever
Does not want to be touched
Sudden and great sinking of strength
Tingling, coldness and numbness
Thirst for very cold water
Bitter taste for everything except water
Scanty, red, hot and painful urine
Menses too profuse, too protracted, late
Anxious dreams
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Dry, cold weather
Draught of cold air
Checked perspiration
Very hot weather
Warm room
Evening and night
Lying on affected side
Music
Tobacco smoke |
Open air |
| Aethiops Mercurialis Mineralis |
Painful, irritating, scabby eruptions
Eczematous eruptions |
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| Alnus |
Fingers covered by crust caused by pustules, disagreeable
odor |
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| Alumina |
Intolerable itching when getting warm in bed
Must scratch until it bleeds; then becomes painful
Dryness of mucus membranes
Best indicated in old people with lack of vital heat or prematurely old
with debility
Sluggish functions, heaviness, numbness and staggering
Disposition to cold in head and eructations
Spare, dry, thin patients
Also indicated for delicate children, products of artificial baby
products
Cravings for chalk, charcoal, dry food, tea grounds etc
Aversion to meat
Potatoes disagree
Stools hard, dry, knotty; no desire
Menses too early, short, scanty, pale, followed by great exhaustion
Leucorrhoea acrid, profuse, transparent, ropy |
Periodically
In afternoon
Potatoes
In morning on awaking
Warm room |
Open air
Cold washing
Evening
Alternate days
Damp weather |
| Ammonium Carb |
Eczema in the bends of extremities, between legs,
about anus and genitals
Violent itching and burning blisters
Faintly developed eruptions from defective vitality
Best indicated in rather stout women who are always tired and weary,
take cold easily, leads sedentary life and have a slow reaction generally
Too frequent and profuse menses
Weak heart, wheezing and suffocation
Very sensitive to cold air
Great aversion to water; can not bear to touch it
Heaviness in all organs
Uncleanness of bodily habits
Prostration from trifles
Leucorrhoea burning, acrid, watery
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Evenings
Cold, wet weather
Wet applications
Washings
During 3 to 4 am
During menses |
Lying on painful side and on stomach
Dry weather |
| Anacardium |
Intense itching eczema, with mental irritability;
vesicular eruption; swelling, urticaria; eruption like that of poison oak
Neurotic eczema
Impaired memory, depression, irritability
Diminution of senses
Intermittent symptoms
Fear of examination in students
Aversion to work; lacks self confidence
Irresistible desire to swear and curse
Sensation of a plug and band in various parts
Menses scanty
Anxious dreams
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On application of hot water |
Eating
When lying on side
From rubbing |
| Anagallis |
Itching; dry bran like eruption, esp on hands and
fingers; palms especially affected
Vesicles in groups
Urine passes in several streams; must press before it passes
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| Anthrakokali |
Papular like eruptions with a vesicular tendency,
esp on scrotum, also on hands, tibia, shoulders and dorsum of feet
Intense thirst
Tympanic distention of abdomen
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| Antimonium Crudum |
Eczema with gastric derangements
Pimples, vesicles and pustules
Thick, hard, honey colored scabs
Itching when warm in bed
Scaly, pustular eruption with burning and itching, worse at night
Eczema of nostrils, sore, cracked and scurfy Yellow crusted
eruptions on cheeks and chin Sub acute eczema about mouth Eruptions
on scrotum and genitals
Excessive irritability and fretfulness
Thickly coated white tongue
Can not bear heat of sun
Tendency to grow fat
No thirst
Desire for acids, pickles
Menses too early and profuse
Leucorrhoea watery, acrid, lumpy |
Heat
Cold bathing
Evening
Acids
Wine
Water
Washing |
Open air
During rest
Moist warmth |
| Arbutus Andrachne |
Eczema associated with gouty and rheumatic symptoms
of esp large joints
Urine clear
Symptoms shift form skin to joints
Vesical eruptions |
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| Arsenicum |
Itching, burning, swellings; oedema, eruptions,
papular, dry, scaly, rough; worse cold and scratching
All pervading debility, exhaustion and restlessness
Great exhaustion after slightest exertion
Irritable weakness
Burning pains
Unquenchable thirst; drinks much but little at a time
Burning relieved by heat
Fear, fright and worry
Putrid discharges
Gradual loss of weight from impaired nutrition
Septic infection and low vitality
Craves acids, coffee and milk
Urine scanty, burning and albuminous
Menses too soon and too profuse
Leucorrhoea acrid, thin, burning, offensive
Dreams full of care and fear
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Wet weather
After midnight
Cold.
Cold drinks or food
Seashore
Right side |
Heat
Head elevated
Warm drinks |
| Arsenicum Iodatum |
Dry, scaly, itching; marked exfoliation of skin in
large scales, leaving a raw exuding surface beneath
Eczema of the beard; watery, oozing, itching; worse washing
Persistently irritating, corrosive discharges
Great emaciation
Drenching night sweats
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| Arundo |
Eczema; itching and crawling, esp of chest, upper
extremities
Eczema behind ears
Longing for acids
Movement in abdomen as from something alive
Red sediment in urine
menses too early and profuse
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| Astacus Fluviatilis |
Nettle rash over whole body
Itching
Liver affection
Very sensitive to air |
Uncovering |
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| Bacillinum |
Eczema of eyelids
Constant disposition to take cold
Bubbling rales and muco purulent expectoration |
Night and early morning
Cold air |
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| Baryta Carb |
Scabs around the wings of nose
Best indicated in infancy and old age; in children who are backward
mentally or physically, are dwarfish, do not grow and develop
Always have swollen tonsils
Very sensitive to cold
Offensive foot sweats
Very weak and weary, must sit down or lean on something
Very averse to meeting strangers
Constipation with hard, knotty stools
Scanty menses
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Warm food
While thinking of symptoms
From washing
Lying on painful side
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walking in open air |
| Belladonna |
Eruption like scarlatina, suddenly spreading
Hot, red skin
Flushed face, glaring eyes, throbbing carotids
Excited mental state
Hyperasthesia of all senses
Restless sleep
Pains come and go suddenly
Great children's remedy
No thirst, fear or anxiety
Violence of attack and suddenness of onset
Averse to meat and milk
Menses profuse, bright red, too early, offensive and hot
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Touch
Noise
Jar
Draught
After noon
Lying down |
Semi erect |
| Berberis Aquifolium |
Dry eczema; pimply, dry, rough, scaly
Eruption of scalp extending to face and neck
Tongue thickly coated, yellowish brown; feels blistered
Thick mucus and bright red mealy sediment in urine |
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| Berberis Vulgaris |
Eczema of anus and hands; itching, burning and
smarting; worse scratching, better cold applications
Circumscribed pigmentation following eczematous inflammation
Small pustules all over body
Rapid change of symptoms
Wandering, radiating pains
Best indicated in fleshy persons with good liver but little endurance
Sticky, frothy saliva like cotton
Urine with thick mucus and bright red mealy sediment
Menses scanty with gray mucus
Leucorrhoea with gray mucus |
Motion
Standing |
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| Borax |
Eczema of toes and fingers with loss of nails
Eruptions on fingers and hands, itching and stinging
Itching on back of finger joints
Salivation
Dread of downward motion
Very sensitive to slightest noise; not so much disturbed by louder ones
Stools loose, pappy, offensive
Pungent smell in urine
Menses too soon and profuse
Leucorrhoea like white of eggs
Voluptuous dreams
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Downward motion
Noise
Smoking
Warm weather
After menses |
Pressure
Evening
Cold weather
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| Bovista |
Eczema, moist; formation of thick crusts; itching
on getting warm
Scurf and crusts about nostrils and corners of mouth
Moist eczema on back of hands
Best indicated in stammering children, old maids with palpitation and
tettery patients
Intolerance of tight clothing around waist
Menses too early and profuse; worse at night
Traces of menses between menstruation
Leucorrhoea acrid, thick, tough, greenish following menses |
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| Calcarea Carbonica |
Nettle rash; better cold air
Eruptions on and behind ears
Increased perspiration
Dislike of fat, meat, boiled things
Cravings for indigestible things, coal. chalk, pencils; eggs, sweets,
salt
Milk disagrees
Thirst for cold drinks
Gets out of breath easily
A jaded state, mentally or physically, due to overwork
Easy relapses; interrupted convalescence
Takes cold easily
Great selectiveness to cold
Fat, fair, flabby, perspiring, damp, cold and sour patients
Menses too early, too profuse and too long
Milky leucorrhoea
Dreams of dead
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Exertion, mental or physical
Ascending
Cold every form
Water
Washing
Moist air
Wet weather
During full moon
Standing |
Dry climate and weather
Lying on painful side |
| Calcarea Iodatum |
Copper colored and papulous eruptions
Skin cracked
Best indicated in flabby children subject to colds
Profuse and yellow secretions
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| Calcarea Phos |
Best indicated in anaemic children who are peevish,
flabby, have cold extremities and feeble digestion
Numbness and crawling sensations
Tendency of perspiration
Craving for bacon, ham, salted or smoked meats
Much flatulence
Leucorrhoea like white of eggs
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Exposure to damp, cold weather
Melting snow |
Summer
Warm, dry atmosphere |
| Cantharis |
Secondary eczema about scrotum and genitals
following excessive perspiration
Eruptions with mealy scales
Vesicular eruptions, with burning and itching.
Itching vesicles on face, burning when touched
Over sensitiveness of all parts
Irritations
Raw, burning pains
Intolerable, constant urging to urinate
Unquenchable thirst
Urine jelly like, shreddy, containing membranous scales looking like
bran in water
Strong sexual desire
Menses too early and too profuse
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Coffee
Touch
Approach
Urinating
Drinking cold water |
Rubbing |
| Capsicum |
Best indicated in persons of lax fiber, weak;
diminished vital heat; fat, indolent
Opposed to physical exertion
Averse to go outside of their routine
Gets homesick easily
General uncleanness of the body
Sense of constriction
Burning pains and general chilliness
Fear of slightest draught
Intense craving for stimulants
Much thirst; but drinking causes shuddering
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Open air
Uncovering
Draughts |
While eating
From eat |
| Carbolicum Acidum |
Itching vesicles, with burning pain
Feeble pulse
Depressed breathing
Mental and bodily languor
Disinclination to study
Acuteness of smell
Putrid discharges
Desire for stimulants and tobacco
Irritating leucorrhoea |
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| Carbo Vegetabilis |
Itching; worse in evening, when warm in bed
Tip of nose red and scabby, itching around nostrils
Itching and moisture at thigh near scrotum
Best indicated in sluggish, fat and lazy with chronicity in his
complaints; persons who have not never fully recovered from the effects of
some previous illness
Blueness, coldness and ecchymosis
Cool breath
Imperceptible pulse
Oppressed and quickened respiration
Must have air, must be fanned hard, must have all windows open
Faints easily, is worn out
Aversion to milk , meat and fat things
The simplest food distresses
Leucorrhoea before menses, thick, greenish, milky, excoriating
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Evening
Night
Open air
Cold
Fat food
Butter
Coffee
Milk
Warm damp weather
Wine |
From eructation
From fanning
Cold |
| Castor Equi |
Cracked and ulcerated nipples
Violent itching in breasts; areola reddened
Chapped hands
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| Causticum |
Soreness in folds of skin, back of ears, between
thighs
Best indicated in broken down seniles; dark complexioned and rigid
fibred persons
Dirt white sallow skin
Emaciation
Burning, rawness and soreness
Aversion to sweets
Worse after eating fresh meat; smoked meat agrees
Stools soft and small, size of goose-quill
Menses late, cease at night; flow only during day
Leucorrhoea at night
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Dry, cold winds
In clear, fine weather
Cold air
From motion of carriage |
In damp, wet weather
Warmth
Heat of bed |
| Chininum Sulphuricum |
Itching; erythema, urticaria, icterus, vesication,
pustules, purpura
Shriveled skin
Violent ringing, buzzing, roaring in ears with deafness
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| Chrysarobinum |
Vesicular or squamous lesions, associated with foul
smelling discharges and crust formation, tending to become confluent and
to give the appearance of a single crust covering the entire area
Violent itching in thighs, legs and ears
Dry scaly eruption, especially around eyes and ears, scabs with pus
underneath
Eczema behind ears; filthy, scabby condition with tendency to form thick
crust; whole ear and surrounding tissue appear to be one scab
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| Cicuta Virosa |
Eczema; no itching, exudation forms into a hard,
lemon colored crust
Elevated eruptions. as large peas
Sensation of internal chill
Thick yellow scabs on head
Pustules run together forming thick, yellow scabs on face and head,
corners of mouth and chin, with burning pain
Thirst
Desire for unnatural things like coal
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Touch
Draughts
Concussions
Tobacco Smoke |
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| Cistus Canadensis |
Itching all over which prevents sleep
Skin of hands hard, thick, dry, fissured; deep cracks
Itching, burning and crusts on right zygoma
Extremely sensitive to cold
Hurts to protrude the tongue
Desire for cheese
Bad smelling leucorrhoea
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Slightest exposure to cold air
Mental exertion
Excitement |
After eating |
| Clematis Erecta |
Skin red, burning, vesicular, scaly, scabby
Terrible itching; worse washing in cold water; worse face and hands and
scalp around occiput
Great emaciation
Great sleepiness
Distant pulsation in whole body
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At night
Warmth of bed
Washing in cold water
New moon |
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| Collinsonia Canadensis |
Itching of anus
Intense itching of vulvae
Sense of weight and constriction
Bitter taste
Dry faeces |
Slightest emotion or excitement
Cold |
Heat |
| Comocladia Dentata |
Papular eczema of the trunk and extremities; also
pustular type
Skin itches, red and pimply; redness all over |
Touch
Warmth
Rest
Night |
Open air
Scratching |
| Conium |
Rash before menses; itching around pudenda
Yellow skin, with papular eruptions; yellow finger nails
Trembling
Difficult gait
Sudden loss of strength while walking
General feeling as if bruised by blows
Great debility in the morning in bed
Weakness of body and mind
Tremulous weakness after every stool
Menses delayed and scanty
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Lying down
Turning or rising in bed
Celibacy
Before and during menses
From taking cold
Bodily and mental exertion |
While fasting
In the dark
From letting limbs hang down
Motion
Pressure |
| Cornus Circinata |
Vesicular eczema if face in infants, with nursing
sore mouth
Weakness in morning
Vesicular eruptions associated with chronic liver disease or apthuous
stomatitis
Loose windy, dark stool immediately after dinner |
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| Croton Tiglium |
Intense itching; but scratching is painful
Pustular eruption, especially on face and genitals, with fearful
itching, followed by painful burning
Eruptions around eyes
Vesicles; confluent oozing
Feels tight all over
Night urine foaming, dark orange, turbid on standing, greasy particles
floating on top; day urine is pale with white sediment |
Least food or drink
During summer
Touch
Night
Morning
Washing |
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| Dulcamara |
Vesicular eruptions
Humid eruptions on face, genitals, hands etc
Thick, brown crusts, bleeding when scratched
Icy coldness
Best indicated in patients living or working in damp, cold basements
Burning thirst for cold drinks
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Hot days and cold night towards close of summer
Every cold change
Night
Damp, rainy weather
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Moving about
External warmth |
| Euphorbia Lathyris |
Eruptions rough, scaly, smarting and burning; when
scratched forms deep, ragged ulcers; skin where ulcerated remains red
Profuse urination
Breath cold, musty odor |
Touch
Cold air |
Close room
Sweet oil application |
| Fluoricum Acidum |
Itching specially of the orifices, and in spots,
worse warmth
Profuse, sour, offensive perspiration
Compelled to move about energetically
Early decay of teeth
Averse to coffee
Wants fancy dishes, highly seasoned foods
Craved cold water
Scanty, dark urine
Menses profuse, frequent, too long |
Warmth
Morning
Warm drinks |
Cold
While walking |
| Fraxinus Americana |
Infantile eczema
Cramps in feet
Cold creeping and hot flashes
Watery unirritating leucorrhoea |
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| Fuligo Ligni |
Obstinate ulcers, epidermis, tetters, eczema
Intense itching of vulvae
Sadness
Thoughts of suicide |
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| Graphites |
Eruptions, oozing out a sticky exudation; rough,
hard, persistent dryness of portions of skin unaffected by eczema
Humid, itching eruption on hairy scalp, emitting a fetid odor
Eczema of lids; fissured
Eczema of nose
Moist eczema around mouth and chin
Moisture and eruption behind ear
Best indicated in patients who are rather stout, of fair complexion
Tendency to skin affections and constipation
Fat, chilly and costive
Delayed menstrual history
Takes cold easily
Gushing leucorrhoea; pale, thin, white, excoriating
Hears better in noise
Smell abnormally acute; can not tolerate flowers
Breath smells like urine
Aversion to meat
Sweets nauseate
Hot drinks disagree
Urine turbid, with sediment; sour smelling
Menses too late, pale and scanty
Aversion to coitus
Excoriation between thigh
Cracks or fissures in ends of fingers
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Warmth
At night
During and after menstruation
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In the dark
Wrapping up |
| Hepar Sulphuris Calcareum |
Papules prone to suppurate and extend; bleed easily
Constant offensive exhalation from the body
Unhealthy skin
Especially indicated for blondes with sluggish character and weak
muscles
Great sensitiveness to all impressions
Sweating patient pulling blankets around him
Easy perspiration
Tendency to suppuration
Chilliness
Splinter like pains
Craving for sour and strong things; acids, wines
Feeling as if wind were blowing on some part
The side of body on which he lies at night becomes gradually
insufferably painful; he must turn
Discharges smell like old cheese
Aversion to fat food
Menses late and scanty
Extremely offensive leucorrhoea; smelling like old cheese |
Dry, cold winds
Cool air
Slightest draught
Touch
Lying on painful side |
Damp weather
Wrapping up head
Warmth
After eating |
| Hippozaenium |
Eczema
Discharges acrid, corroding, bloody, offensive
Excessive thirst
Loss of appetite
Albumen in urine; also leucine and tyrosine
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| Hydrocotyle |
Dry eruptions
Great thickening of epidermoid layer and exfoliation of scales
Difficulty in maintaining upright posture
Very copious perspiration
Heat within vagina
Profuse leucorrhoea |
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| Hypericum |
Eczema of hands and face with Intense itching;
eruption seems to be under the skin
Constant drowsiness
Craving for wine
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Cold
Dampness
In a fog
In a close room
Least exposure
Touch |
Bending head backwards |
| Juglans Cinerea |
Eczema, especially of lower extremities, sacrum and
hands
Eruptions in scalp
Feeling as if all internal organs were too large, especially
those of left side
Itching and pricking when heated
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Walking |
Getting heated
Exercise
Scratching
On rising in morning |
| Juglans Regia |
Itching and eruptions of small red pustules
Menses early, black, pitch like, coagulated
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| Kali Arsenicum |
Chronic eczema; itching worse from warmth, walking,
undressing
Skin dry, scaly, wilted
Restless, nervous and anaemic patients
Tendency towards malignancy |
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| Kali Muriaticum |
Eczema with vesicles containing thick, white
contents
Dry flour like scales on skin
White or gray coating of base of tongue
Snapping and noises in ear
Leucorrhoea milky white mucus, thick, non irritating, bland
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Rich food
Fats
Motion |
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| Kreosotum |
Itching, worse towards evening
Dorsal surface of fingers and hands eczematous
Excoriating. burning and offensive discharges
Especially indicated for overgrown, poorly developed children
Bitter taste after a swallow of water
Urine offensive
Dreams of urinating; anxious dreams of pursuits, fire, erections etc
Must hurry when desire comes to urinate
Leucorrhoea, yellow, acrid; odor of green color; worse between periods
Menses too early and prolonged
Menstrual flow intermits; ceases on sitting or walking; reappears on
lying down |
In open air
Cold
Rest
When lying
After menstruation |
Warmth
Motion
Warm diet |
| Lacticum Acidum |
Skin harsh, dry, no sweat
Red spots or blotches on various parts of the body, particularly thighs
and lower extremities
Copious salivation and water brash
Hot, acrid eructations
Trembling of whole body while walking
Profuse, frequent urination; contains saccharine |
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| Ledum |
Facial eczema; crusty eruptions around nose and
mouth
Itching of feet and ankles; worse scratching and warmth of bed
Lack of animal heat and yet the heat of bed in intolerable |
At night
Heat of bed |
Cold
Putting feet in cold water |
| Lycopodium |
Chronic eczema associated with urinary, gastric and
hepatic disorders; bleeds easily
Skin becomes thick and indurated
Moist eczematous oozing behind ears
Humming and roaring with hardness of hearing
Aversion to bread, etc
Desire for sweets
Can not eat oysters
Ailments gradually developing
Especially indicated for older persons and precocious, weakly children;
for persons intellectually keen, but of weak muscular power
Red sand in urine
Intolerance of cold drinks; craves everything warm
Emaciation
Debility in morning
Thin, withered, full of gas and dry patients
Lacks vital heat; has poor circulation, cold extremities
Pains come and go suddenly
Sensitive to noise and odors
Menses too late, lasts too long, too profuse
Leucorrhoea acrid, with burning in vagina
Dreams of accidents
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Right side
From right to left
From above downwards
4 to 8 pm
Heat of room, hot air, bed
Warm applications |
Motion
After midnight
Warm food and drinks
On getting cold
Being uncovered |
| Malandrinum |
Scabs on upper lip, with stinging pain when torn
off
Skin dry, scaly; itching
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| Manganum Aceticum |
Chronic eczema associated with amenorrhoea, worse
at menstrual period or at menopause
Red, elevated spots
Itching, better scratching
General soreness and aching; every part of the body feels sore
when touched
Every cold rouses up a bronchitis
Menses too early and scanty
Can not walk backwards without falling
Tendency to fall forward
Walks stooping forward
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Cold, wet weather
Change of weather |
Lying down |
| Mercurius |
Vesicular and pustular eruptions
Itching; worse from warmth of bed
Skin almost constantly moist
Weakness with ebullitions and trembling from least exertion
Sensitive to heat and cold
Breath, excretions and body smells foul
Tendency of pus formation, which is thin, greenish, putrid; streaked
with thin blood
Great thirst with moist mouth
Intense thirst for cold drinks
Menses profuse
Leucorrhoea excoriating, greenish, bloody
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At night
Warmth of bed
Damp, cold rainy weather
During perspiration
Lying on right side
Warm room |
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| Mercurius Corrosivus |
Severe and stubborn eczema of sweating parts of the
body exposed to the fumes
Burning and redness of skin, with formation of small vesicles
Profuse perspiration; surfaces cold
Salivation
Constriction
Raging thirst for cold things
Desire for cold food and intolerance for hot things
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Evening
Nights
Acids |
While at rest |
| Mercurius Dulcis |
Copper colored eruptions
Pallor, flabby bloatedness and turgid flaccidity
Constant flow of dark, putrid saliva; very offensive
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| Mercurius Praecipitatus Ruber |
Acute or chronic eczema; much sero-purulent or
purulent exudation
Sensation as if a hot iron in anus moving up or down
Unquenchable thirst |
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| Mezereum |
Eczema; intolerable itching; worse in bed
Eruptions ulcerate and form thick scabs under which purulent matter
exudes
Chilliness
Sensitiveness to cold air
Desire to bore finger in ears
Desire for ham fat
Mouth waters
Red flakes float on top of urine
Menses too frequent, soon, profuse
Leucorrhoea like albumen; very corroding
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Cold air
Night; evening until midnight
Warm food
Touch
Motion |
Open air |
| Muriaticum Acidum |
Eczema of back of hands
Papular and vesicular eruptions with great itching
Patient becomes so weak that she slides down the bed
Involuntary stools while passing urine
Can not bear sight or thought of meat
Menses appear too soon
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In damp weather
Before midnight |
Lying on left side |
| Natrum Arsenicum |
Squamous eruption, scales thin, white, and when
removed leave skin slightly reddened; if scales remain they cause itching,
< when warm from exercise
Wavering, floating sensation on turning head
Emaciation
Restlessness
Thirst
Chilliness
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Pressure
Motion
Jarring
Least exertion
During the day
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| Natrum Muriaticum |
Eczema; raw, red, and inflamed; worse eating salt,
at seashore
Dry eruptions, especially on margin of hairy scalp and bends of joints
Crusty eruptions in bends of limbs, margin of scalp, behind ears
Eruptions around mouth and vesicles like pearl on lips
Large vesicle on lower lip, which is swollen and burns
Great debility; most weakness felt in the morning in bed
Coldness
Emaciation most notable in neck
Great liability to take cold
Dry mucus membranes
Constrictive sensation throughout the body
Great weakness and weariness
Oversensitive to all sorts of influences
Unquenchable thirst
Sweats while eating
Craving for salt
Aversion to bread, to anything slimy, like oysters, fats
Has to wait a long time to pass urine in presence of others
Leucorrhoea watery, acrid
Dreams of robbers
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Noise
Music
Warm room
Lying down
About 10 am
At seashore
Mental exertion
Consolation
Heat
Talking |
Open air
Cold bathing
Going without regular meals
Lying on right side
Pressure against back
Tight clothings |
| Nux Vomica |
Eruptions; skin red and blotchy
Rather thin, spare, quick, active, nervous and irritable patient
Leads sedentary life
Seeks stimulants
Takes rich and stimulating food
Pre-eminently a male remedy
Zealous fiery temperament
Easily chilled
Avoids open air
Loves fat and tolerates it well
Frequent ineffectual urging for stool and urination
Menses too early, lasts too long
Sexual desire strong
Must sit up in bed in order to turn
Drags his feet when walking
Can not sleep after 3 am until towards morning; awakes feeling wretched
Dreams full of bustle and hurry |
Morning
Mental exertion
After eating
Touch
Spices
Stimulants
Narcotics
Dry weather
Cold |
From a nap, if allowed to finish
In evening
While at rest
In damp, wet weather
Strong pressure |
| Oleander |
Violent itching eruption, bleeding, oozing; want of
perspiration
Eruption on scalp
Corrosive itching on forehead and edge of hair; worse heat
Thirst
Undigested faeces
Stool passes when emitting flatus |
Undressing
Rest
Friction of clothes |
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| Persicaria Urens |
Gouty eczema with much irritation
Skin dry
Scarlet eruption around waist; itching, burning spasm
Aversion to coitus
Excessive weakness
Trembling
Sensitiveness to cold. |
Cold
Damp
Change of weather |
Warmth |
| Petroleum |
Thick, greenish crusts, burning and itching;
redness, raw; cracks bleed easily
Itching at night
Moist eruption on scalp; worse back and ears
Eczema in and behind ears with intense itching
Strong aversion to fat food, meat
Must rise at night and eat
Odor of garlic
Leucorrhoea profuse and albuminous
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Winter
Riding in cars, carriages or ships
Eating cabbage
Dampness
Before & during thunderstorms
Passive motion
Eating
From mental states |
Warm air
Lying with head high
Dry weather |
| Phosphorus |
Eczema of neurasthenic persons
Especially indicate in tall slender persons, narrow chested, with thin
transparent skin
Great nervous debility
Emaciation
Amative tendencies
Great susceptibility to external influences; to light, sound, odors,
touch, electrical changes, thunder storms
Suddenness of symptoms
Thirst for very cold water
Stools long, narrow, hard like dog's
Great weakness after stool
Urine turbid, brown, with red sediment
Menses too early, scanty but lasts too long
Leucorrhoea profuse, smarting, corrosive
Dreams if fire, haemorrhages; lascivious
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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 |
In dark
Lying on right side
Cold food
Cold
Open air
Washing with cold water
Sleep |
| Pilocarpus Microphyllus |
Dry eczema
Hot flushes, nausea, salivation and profuse perspiration
Saliva viscid, like white of egg
Urine scanty
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| Pix Liquida |
Scaly eruptions; much itching
Skin cracked, bleeds on scratching
Eruptions on back of hands |
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| Plumbum Metallicum |
Dry eczema
Excessive and rapid emaciation
Abdomen retracted
Stools hard, lumpy, black, with urging and spasm of anus
Urine scanty, albuminous and of low specific gravity |
At night
Motion
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Rubbing
Hard pressure
Physical exertion |
| Podophyllum |
Scabs on arms and legs
Burning tongue
Great desire to press teeth or gums together
Thirst for large quantity of cold water
Sensation of weakness or sinking in abdomen
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In early morning
Hot weather
During dentition |
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| Primula Veris |
Eczema of hands and palms
Fear of falling when standing up
Urine smells strongly of violets
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| Psorinum |
Crusty eruptions
Humid eruptions on scalp; hair matted
Offensive discharges from eczema around ears
Intolerable itching
Humid eruptions on face
Eruptions around fingernails
Wants the head kept warm
Wants warm clothing even in summer
Extreme sensitiveness to cold
Debility
Lack of reaction
Secretions have a filthy smell
Profuse sweating
Very hungry always; must have something to eat in the middle of the
night
Leucorrhoea fetid, lumpy
Dread of least cold air or draft
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Coffee
Change of weather
In hot sunshine
From cold |
Heat
Warm clothing, even in summer |
| Rhus Tox |
Burning eczematous eruptions with tendency to scale
formation
Jaws crack when chewing
Desire for milk
Great thirst
Urine turbid, high colored, scanty, with white sediment
Menses early, profuse, prolonged and acrid
Dreams of great exertion
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During sleep
Cold, wet rainy weather
After rain
Night
During rest
Drenching
When lying on back or right side |
Warm, dry weather
Motion
Walking
Change of position
Rubbing
Warm applications
From stretching out limbs |
| Rhus Venenata |
Vesicle on skin
Itching; relieved by hot water |
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| Rumex Crispus |
Intense itching of skin, especially of lower
extremities; worse exposure to cold air when undressing
Flatulence
Can not eat meat; it causes eructations, pruritis |
In evening
From inhaling cold air
Left chest
Uncovering |
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| Sanicula |
Eczema, fissured hands and fingers
Thirst; drinks little and often
Stools large, heavy and painful
Leucorrhoea with odor of fish brine or old cheese
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Moving arms backwards |
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| Sarsaparilla |
Skin emaciated, shriveled, lies in fold
Moist eruption on scalp
Eruptions on face and upper lip
No thirst
Urine scanty, slimy, flaky, sandy and bloody
Severe pain at conclusion of urination
Menses late and scanty
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Dampness at night
After urinating
When yawning
In spring
Before menses |
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| Scrophularia Nodosa |
Eczema of the ears; behind and around ears
Great drowsiness; in morning and before and after meals with weariness |
Lying on right side
In morning
Cold air
Rest
Pressure |
Warm room |
| Selenium |
Dry, scaly eruption in palms, with itching
Vesicular eruptions between fingers, with itching
Great debility; worse heat
Easy exhaustion, mental and physical, in old age
Much clear, starchy mucus
Desire for brandy and other strong drinks
Sleep prevented by pulsation of all vessels
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After sleep
In hot weather
From Cinchona
Draught of air
Coition |
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| Sepia |
Herpetic eruption on lips, about mouth and nose
Ring worm like eruption every spring
Itching; not relieved by scratching; worse in bends of elbows and knees
Weakness, yellow complexion and bearing down sensation
Tendency to abortion
Easy fainting
Acts best in brunettes
Feels cold even in a warm room
Everything tastes too salty
Longing for vinegar, acids and pickles
Loathes fat
Red, adhesive sand in urine
Leucorrhoea yellow, greenish
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Milk, esp boiled milk
Forenoons
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 bathings
After sleep |
| Silicea |
Eruptions on chin
Eruptions itch only in day time and evenings
Suppurative processes
Patient is cold, hugs the fire, wants plenty warm clothings, hates
drafts
Hands and feet cold
Lack of vital heat
Prostration of body and mind
Great sensitiveness to taking cold
Intolerance to alcoholic stimulants
Ailments attended with pus formation
Want of grit, moral or physical
Disgust for meat and warm food
Milky leucorrhoea
Anxious dreams
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Winter
New moon
Morning
From washing
During menses
Uncovering
Lying down
Damp
Lying on left side
Cold |
Warmth
Wrapping up the head
Summer
Wet or humid weather |
| Skookum Chuck |
Eczema, vaccinal
Dry skin
Uric acid in urine |
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| Staphysigaria |
Eczema of head, ears, face and body; thick scabs,
dry and itch violently; scratching changes the location of itching.
Itching eruptions above and behind ears
Very sensitive
Feels sleepy after eating
Desire for stimulants
Craving for tobacco
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Anger
Indignation
Grief
Mortification
Loss of fluids
Onanism
Sexual excesses
Tobacco
Least touch on affected parts |
After breakfast
Warmth
Rest at night |
| Stillingia |
Chronic eruptions on hands and fingers
Milky and thick urine with white sediments
Constipation |
Afternoons
Damp air
Motion
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Mornings
Dry air |
| Strychninum Arsenicum |
Prostration
Marked difficult respiration on lying down
Urine scanty, high specific gravity, heavily loaded with glucose |
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| Strychnia Phosphorica |
Weakness and loss of power
Lack of control
Uncontrollable desire to laugh
Disinclination to use the brain
Hand and axillae covered with cold, clammy perspiration |
Motion |
Rest
Open air |
| Sulphur |
Skin dry, scaly, unhealthy; every little injury suppurates
Pimply eruptions, pustules
Heat and burning of skin, with itching made worse by heat of bed
Ebullitions of heat
Dislike of water; aversion to being washed
Dry and hard hair and skin
Red orifices
Sinking feeling at stomach about 11 am
Cat nap sleep
Complaints that relapse
Offensive exhalations and discharges
Food tastes too salty
Milk disagrees
Great desire for sweets
Great quantity of colorless urine
Menses too late, short, scanty, thick, acrid, black, making parts sore
Leucorrhoea burning, excoriating
Can not walk erect; stoop shouldered
Can not sleep between 2 and 5 am
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At rest
Standing
Warmth of bed
Washing
Bathing
Morning
11 am
Night
Alcoholic stimulants
Periodically |
Dry, warm weather
Lying on right side
From drawing up affected limbs |
| Sulphur Iodatum |
Weeping eczema
Itching in ears, nose and in urethra
Papular eruptions on face
Arms covered with itching rash |
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| Thuja |
Eruptions only on covered parts; worse after
scratching
Complaints from moonlight
Rapid exhaustion and emaciation
Left sided complaints
Chilly patient
Dislike for fresh meat and potatoes
Can not eat onions
Rancid eructations after fat food
Menses scanty and retarded
Profuse leucorrhoea; thick and greenish
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Night
Heat of bed
3 am and 3 pm
From cold, damp air
After breakfast
Fat
Coffee
Vaccination |
Left side
While drawing up the limbs |
| Tuberculinum |
Chronic eczema; itching intense; worse at night
Best indicated in light complexioned, narrow chested subjects
Very susceptible to changes in weather
Always tired; worse motion
Aversion to work
Wants constant changes
Cold from slightest exposure
Constantly changing symptoms
Rapid emaciation
Averse to meat
Desire for cold milk
Menses too early, too profuse, long lasting
Longs for cold air
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Motion
Music
Before a thunderstorm
Standing
From draught
Early morning
After sleep |
Open air |
| Urea |
Gouty eczema
Urine thin and low specific gravity
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| Uric Acid |
Gouty eczema where the eczema has been cutaneous
outlet for the constitution |
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| Ustilago Maydis |
Skin dry; eczema; copper colored spots
Uncontrollable masturbation in males
Sensation of boiling water along the back
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| Vinca Minor |
Eczema of head and face; pustules, itching, burning
and offensive odor
Spots on scalp, oozing moisture, matting the hair together
Irresistible desire to scratch
Excessive menses with great weakness |
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| Viola Odorata |
Best indicated in dark haired patients
Aversion to music
Milky urine; smells strong |
Cool air |
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| Viola Tricolor |
Eczema in childhood
Eczema of scalp, with swollen glands
Intolerable itching
Eruptions, particularly over face and head, with burning and itching;
worse at night
Thick scabs, which crack and exude a tenacious yellow pus
Urine copious; disagreeable cat like odor |
Winter
11 am
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| X Ray |
Dry, itching eczema
Sterility
Lewd dreams
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In bed
Afternoon
Evenings
Night
Open air |
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| Xerophyllum |
Blister, little lumps
Skin rough and cracked; feels like leather
Frequent urination at night
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Application of water
In afternoon and evenings |
Application of hot water
In mroning
Moving affected parts |
| Zincum P |
Nervousness
Vertigo
Sexual excitement
Sleeplessness
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