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Materia Medica

Homeopathic Journal :: Volume: 5, Issue: 2, Dec 2011 (New Papers) !rom Homeori"on#com

TABLE OF CONTENTS

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Aconite Napellus, Aethusa cynapium, Aloes socotrina, Ambra grisea,

Anacardium, Antim crudumPart1

Antim Tart, Apis mellifica, Argentum nitricum, Arnica montana,

Arsenic albumPart2

Baryta carb, Belladona, Bryonia alba, Calcarea carb, Calcarea phos Part3

Chamomilla matricaria, Chelidonium majus, Cina, Colchicum

autumnale, Hepar sulph, Ignatia amera, achesisPart4

ycopodium cla!atum, Natrum muriaticum, Nu" !omica, Phosphorus Part5

Podophyllum peltatum, Pulsatilla nigricans, #uta gra!eolens, #hus

to"icodendron, $angunaria Canadensis, $iliceaPart6

ACONITE NAPELLUS

Aconite Napellus or %on&shood is a poisonous plant called 'a&ra in Hindi, one of the fi!e species of Aconite plant culti!ated in America but also

found in (urope and the mountains of Himalaya. This homoeopathic medicine is gi!en to those )ho suffer from sudden and !iolent inflammatory

conditions of the brain, lungs, heart, &idneys, and other organs of the body along )ith a state of an"iety of mind and great ner!ous e"citability

generally reflected in the form of fear.

In diseased condition the fear is so mar&ed that the patient starts predicting the time of his death. He may call his family members around to ta&e a

lea!e of them or, say *'octor, there is no use of ta&ing medicine as I am going to die.* $uch disturbance may be triggered of by the e"posure of the

dry cold air particularly in autumn )hen the days are still hot but the nights ha!e become cold or, !ice !ersa specially )hen the persons though

seem healthy but are actually sensiti!e to heat and cold. The mind too is li&e the body i.e. e"tremely sensiti!e and that+s )hy the patient

e"aggerates the complaints to such an e"tent that his o)n imagination of the enormity of his complaints o!erpo)ers him. (!en in a most trifling

ailment li&e inflammation of the eyes or body temperature, the patient has uncomfortable anguish and an"iety along )ith fear in the mind.

Aconite is an effecti!e medicine )hen there is fear among the children and others for the dar& places as they ha!e been frightened by their elders

or because of )rong perceptions and stories, etc., )hen the objects had loo&ed ghosts, fearful images )atched at night )hile a)a&e or asleep. n

account of ne)s or sights of the accidents, arson, riots, !iolence, etc., these sensiti!e persons de!elop fear of going out in the cro)ded place li&e

cinema hall, fair, mar&et and crossing the roads, etc. At times, they may ha!e actually come across such situation of !iolence, destruction, shoot

out or threat to their life from their enemies.

The fear and fright may lead to abortion in a sensiti!e pregnant )oman or menses may get suppressed in others. -or the same reason Aconite is an

e"cellent medicine for the prima gra!ida )hen she thin&s about her parturition or )hen the process has become really difficult.

'uring epidemics of !arious tropical diseases li&e cholera, )hen the atmosphere is surcharged )ith fear, Aconite acts as pre!enti!e drug. It not only

remo!es the fear from the mind of the people but actually cures the !ictims. At time, it comes to the rescue of the doctor )hen there isanaphylactic shoc& i.e. serum reaction and the patient+s life is too short especially )hen the patient says, *sa!e me doctor, sa!e me doctor, I shall

die.* He may get hold of the doctor of the fear of death in his mind.

It is also the li fe sa!iour medicine for the ne)born babies )hen they ha!e difficulty of breathing especially after the use of forceps or from tedious

labor. It is good medicine for the school going children )ho are occasionally punished either by the parents at home or by the teachers at school for

not pulling )ell, for not doing home )or& or doing some mischief in the class, lea!e either the school or run out of the home for e!er.

A good medicine for bo)el trouble )hen the days are hot and nights are cold.

The most notable feature of this remedy is that on many occasions )hen one needs its help, already there is enough delay as either the trouble is

o!er or the disease has passed to the ne"t stage or the patient is no more. The actions are thus li&e a fearful storm that s)eeps and passes o!er.

AETHUSA CYNAPIUM

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Aethusa cynapium is a (uropean )eed, commonly &no)n as -ool+s parsley. This homoeopathic medicine is prescribed to persons )ho ha!e

intolerance of mil& or mil& preparations in any form due to irritability of the stomach particularly noticed in infants and children during dentition in

summer months. As a conse/uence no sooner the child finishes the feed, it comes up either )ith a great gush and in big /uantity or )hen it is

retained for a )hile in stomach, the mil& is !omited in the form of big, thic&, greenish, partly in curds and partly in li/uid form.

)ing to e"ertion in !omiting and )ea&ness thereafter, the child falls into a sort of helpless slumber from )hich it ma&es up crying )ith !iolent

hunger to eat and !omit again. 0ery often !omiting is accompanied )ith diarrhoea of light yello), slimy and bilious colour. $uch conditions if not

chec&ed )ith the timely administration of this medicine runs on to cholera infantum, )here child cannot stand,

unable to hold up the head and is prostrated and sleepy.

The child may ha!e the appearance as if it )ere dying )ith pale, Hippocratic face. There appears )hitish blue hue around the lips of all that portion

of the face bounded by the upper lip and t)o distinct lines dra)n from t)o orifices of the nose to the angles of the moth called the linea nasalis.

Aethusa cynapium is a good medicine for brain trouble )ith a hot head, !omiting, e"haustion, s)eat and prolonged sleep. At times, the brain

trouble does not affect the stomach but the child goes into con!ulsions )here the eyes of the child turn do)n)ards )ith dilated pupils and the

thumbs get clenched.

Aethusa cynapium has been found an effecti!e remedy to o!ercome e"amination fun& )hen the patients, generally students are unable to read

anything after o!er ta"ation 1brain fag2 of mental faculties. $ome times there may occur inability to thin& or fi" attention from )ant of the po)er of

concentration. The result may be confusion and idiocy.

ALOES SOCOTRINA

Aloes socotrina is a succulent plant. The medicine is prepared from the gummy lea!es.

This homoeopathic medicine is recommended to persons )ho lead sedentary life and conse/uently suffer from e"cessi!e fullness 1engorgement2 of

the !eins especially of the porta l system. As a result the li!er area 1right hypochondrium2 is felt hea!y, hot and burning.

$ometimes the !eins become engorged and tortuous 1!aricose2 and may oo3e !enous blood particularly from the nose, bo)el, bladder, and

genitalia. The s&in and other orifices of the body li&e the eyes, mouth, throat and anus may also become hot and burn. The soles too burn and the

patient &eeps them unco!ered.

)ing to portal congestion, the muscles of the rectum get rela"ed leading to protrusion of the mucosa of the anus li&e a bunch of the grapes,

commonly &no)n as piles or haemorrhoids. These to may be felt hot, sore and burn pre!enting sleep. At times, itch is so !iolent that the patient is

compelled to bore the finger into the anus.

Concurrently, there may be great rumbling in the abdomen so much so that it may be heard anyone in the room due to accumulation of flatus,

)hich generally passes do)n)ard causing distress in lo)er bo)el.

The abdomen many be much distended as e!er e!en after great /uantity of flatus has been passed out )ithout any relief. A great feeling of fullness

and )eight in the pel!is specially in rectum as though it )ere full of faecal matter.

The urging for the stool is so great that he rushes for the toilet but e!en before his clothes are all soiled. 4enerally the stools are passedin!oluntarily )hile e"pelling flatus or passing the urine. $ometimes, )hen there is urge to clear the bo)el the patient passes only hot flatus and

gets relief for a short time but the urge soon returns compelling him to go again for e!acuation. At times, the patient holds the stool )ith great

difficulty and e!en not dare to ta&e his mind off the sphincter o)ing to the fear of escaping faeces.

Normally the stool gurgles out li&e )ater runs out of the bottle )hen it is passed out. $ometimes children may go round dropping in!oluntarily

hard, round marble li&e pieces of the stool. They don+t e!en &no) the stool has been passed out or, these little nodules remain in the rectum for a

long time )ithout any urge to e!acuate them. It ultimately escapes unconsciously and are found in the clothings. At times, the patient may pass a

cup full of thic& jelly li&e mucus before ha!ing stool )hich may ha!e occupied the lo)er part of the rectum.

Aloes is a good medicine for diarrhoea )hen it may be brought on by drin&ing beer and eating oysters in the hot summer season. It is )orse after

eating or drin&ing anything else. 5seful in dysentery )hen there may be !iolent tenesmus, heat in the rectum, perspiration e!en to fanting and

profuse clammy s)eat.

The stool may be yello), bloody or transparent jelly li&e mucus, comes in great masses or +gobes+ )hich drops out of the anus unnoticed.

$ometimes, stool is )atery, hard lumps mingled )ith faecal fluid or hard lumps loo&ing li&e marbles or sheep during stool.

It has also been found effecti!e medicine in curing prolapse of the uterus of long standing )hen there is dragging do)n feeling due to its out)ard

pressure. It is accompanied )ith fullness, heat on the body surface and feeling of the )edge in bet)een symphysis pubis and coccy" along )ith the

tendency of morning diarrhoea. The patient may at times e"perience funnelling sensation in the !agina.

AMBRA GRISEA

Ambra 4risea is also &no)n as Ambergris, a fat li&e morbid secretion found in the intestine and in the e"creta of the sperm)hale.

This homoeopathic medicine is prescribed to the persons )ho are intensely shy and blush easily. They cannot do anything in presence of others. At

times, they cannot e!en defecate )hen somebody is present nearby. The result is in!erterate constipation specially e"perienced by the children,

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5seful medicine for those )ho go among strangers and become ner!ous. The result is cough )hich may be often follo)ed by eructation of )ind. At

times, there occurs particularly from little e"ertion li&e attempting to se"ual intercourse.

Ambra is a superb medicine for domestic shoc& especially after repeated deaths in the family. There seems to be nothing remaining. The patient

ta&es on dreaminess and )onders )hether life is )orth li!ing. In great business loss, the result may be sleeplessness, )here the patient feels

sleepy but as soon as the head touches the pillo), he )a&es up.

$uch patients may d)ell upon unpleasant happenings of the past, )hich they cannot ta&e rid of. 6hile concentration of mind is difficult, he has to

ma&e an unusual effort e!ery time to bring his thoughts bac& to place before he can concentrate o!er the present subject.

6hen there is per!ersion in the ability to heart the music )hich brings on congestion to head, it sometimes aggra!ates the cough and often ma&es

the patient to )eep.

Ambra is a good medicine for the bleeding from the nose of such persons especially in the morning. Also, for the slightest sho) of blood bet)een

menstrual periods of the females, e!ery little accident or e"ertion such as straining at stool or after little longer )al& than usual brings the

bleeding. 'uring menses the left leg becomes /uite blue and distended and tortuous !eins 1!arices2. At times, menses may appear se!en days

before time )hich may be follo)ed by soreness, itching, and s)elling of genitalia.

ANACARIUM ORIENTALE

Anacardium orientale is a homoeopathic medicine prepared from the seeds of the mar&ing nut 1used by )asherman for identification mar&ing on

clothes2. The Indian name for this plant is *bhila!a.*

It is a remedy for mental fatigue, )hen a slight mental e"ercise brings on a dull pressing headache.

Also, for those )ho suffer from sudden loss of memory, )hen things told at a gi!en moment are forgotten minutes later.

Anacardium is prescribed to o!ercome memory )ea&ness after an e"hausting disease, or due to old age.

Impaired memory may lead to depression or irritability or a!ersion to )or&, lac& of self7confidence. Also, fear of e"aminations, inter!ie)s or public

appointments.

Confusion reigns supreme in such persons. They may also become suspicious that they are being obser!ed. They cannot easily ta&e a decision.

A patient may also become !iolent, and suffer from profound melancholy and hypochondriasis. He may cause bodily injury to others )ithout any

cruel, malicious or )ic&ed intention.

It is also suitable for those )ho are hypersensiti!e )hen it comes to religious issues.

It acts as *smiriti sudha* for the students, if ta&en 89 to 8: days before the e"amination in ;99 potency doses )ee&ly.

This dose is also ad!ised for patients mentioned abo!e.

ANTIM CRUUM

Antim crudum is a chemical compound also &no)n as blac& sulphide of antimony. This homoeopathic remedy is commonly prescribed for the gastric

derangement due to sluggish stomach in normal eaters but mostly for those )ho o!erload their stomach from fat food, mil&, meat, pasty and s)eet,

etc., of recent origin. As a result, there may be thic& mil&y )hite or dirty coating on the tongue )ith or )ithout cutting colic in abdomen along )ith

a feeling of oppression in the stomach.

'iarrhoea often follo)s such dietic errors )here the stool is linteric and partly hard solid lumps remain mi"ed )ith )atery faecal discharge. (!en

sometimes loose motions may alternate )ith constipation particularly noticed in old people.

Antium crudum is also gi!en to those long standing cases that dates the beginning of the present trouble e.g. after going on s)imming, falling into

)ater or after cold bathing. Headache is one such problem, commonly noticed after cold bathing particularly in the ri!er or the canal )ater in the

chilly )inter. Tender abdomen in the flan&s 1o!arian region2 along )ith many other female problems are also found after indiscriminate cold

bathing.

A good medicine for the 4out or #heumatoid arthritis of fingers )here the s)elling and pains are )orse from cold damp )eather or cold bathing and

relie!ed by heat or hot bating.

An e"cellent medicine for the corns on the soles most often and occasionally on the palms. 0ery painful )hen )al&ing especially on the hard

ground. The nails may also be found brittle and gro)ing out of shape.

Antim crudum has been found efficacious in toothache or decayed teeth 1stumps2 )here there is unbearable pain after eating anything or after cold

drin&s. The gums may be receding from the teeth and bleed on touch.

-or the hysteric or other sentimental patients )ho are do)n hearted 1sad2 and loathsome nature often become impulsi!e to commit suicide in

desperation by dro)ning. At times, they may ha!e an irresistible desire to tal& in rhymes and !erses particularly in moon night.


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ANTIM TART

Antim tart or Tartar emetic is an indispensable life saving homoeopathic medicine.

Owing to its marked action on respiratory system particularly the lungs where it not only helps in the absorption of mucus secretion but also

strengthens the lungs to expel the mucus and builds resistance for subsequent attacks of cold.

This drug is mostly prescribed for the bronchitis, bronchopneumonia (cold in the chest, asthma and various other chest complaints.

Although it can be prescribed for all age groups but its special affinity is for the young children and the old rundown people who easily become

victims of the exposure to sharp cold spell in winter and suffer from chest congestion. The patients cough and cough but are unable to raise the

phlegm and throw it out due to weakness of the lungs. Thus, there appears large accumulation of the mucus in the chest while coughing with

peculiar sound called !rattle.!

Owing to chest congestion, the victims feels difficulty in breathing while lying in bed thus compelled to sit up erect in the bed or is carried by the

mother in her lap in order to have easy breathing.

The new born and other infants may have had their first attack at the time of their birth generally due to cold bathing or, by any other way even in

summer months but such children become prone for the subsequent exposure to cold later in life until they reach to adolescence, when they are not

treated "udiciously.

#uring such attacks, the face becomes cold and darkish blue owing to lack of oxygen supply. They may have low or high fever with their tongue

thickly white coated. The nostrils may be dilated and in flapping condition, the child coughs and coughs with a loud rattling for a long time but

cannot raise the mucus. Thus he becomes dull, drowsy and unconscious before the impending death.

Antim tart is also used to relieve asphyxia from drowning, swallowings foreign bodies such as buttons, seeds, pebbles or marbles sticking in the

trachea or bronchi, or may be due to paralysis of lungs where the victim is almost breathless and gasps for air. $t not only removes the rattles% the

impending death signal but brings the patient to normal life.

APIS MELLEFICA

Apis mellefica is the common honey bee. The medicine is prepared from the poison of this bee.

This homoepathic medicine is prescribed to persons who show awkwardness and drop thins out of their hands despite careful handling. &uch persons

generally the widows may keep themselves !very busy! by constantly changing one kind of work to another.

Also, for the paralysis particularly the left side after hearing bad news, severe shock, fright, vexation or "ealousy.

Apis is the leading medicine for the swelling of the skin after insect bite when there occurs sudden puffing of the part. The swelling most commonly

is urticarial (dhappar in nature which appears and disappears here and there over the skin.

At times, swelling develops all over the body(anasarca where the face is greatly swollen, lower eyelid and uvula hang down l ike transparent sac

filled with water. &ometimes there may be intensely violent and rapid or insidious painful or painless throat problem, such as diphtheria etc, where

the patient seems in imminent danger of death by suffocation from actual closure of throat owing to oedema of larynx accompanying hoarseness,

short dry cough, difficult or hurried breathing. The patient may have a feeling as if every breath would be his last.

Apis is splendid remedy in inflammation of the abdominal viscera particularly the ovary, uterus and genitals commencing from he right side of the

body extending to the left side. The inflamed area is pale, waxy and hydrocephalus, ascites, hydrothorax, and hydrocele etc. (owing to abnormal

accumulation of the cerebrospinal or serous fluid in these body cavities.

$t is the most suitable medicine for the congestion of the brain, may be due to hot weather etc. leading to meningitis where the patient mostly the

child bores his head into the pillow or rolls and tosses in the bed. The child gnashes the teeth, has squint of eyes with body convulsions or is in

semiconscious state and carries his hands frequently to the head. 'ery often the child cries out with a piercing shriek (brain cry with sudden startle

from sleep.

Apis is effective in trachoma (ohain, chemosis (oedema of whites, staphyloma (protrusion of cornea and sclera etc. )hen there is deep burning,

stinging or stitching pain in eyes. The patient wants something cold applied in the eyes. These troubles get worse from looking at white things like

the snow. $t is effective medicine in acute nephritis (*right+s disease as a sequel of acute throat trouble when there is ineffectual urging for

urination owing to irritability of the bladder. The patient scarcely retains the urine. There is much straining in voiding the urine which comes in

drops. The urine may be scantly, fetid and contains albumen or the blood. At times, there is retension or suppression of the urine specially noticed

in nursing infants. They scream while passing urine.


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Apis is equally effective in stopping fecal matter or fluid that ooes from the anus owing to loose sphincter. $t also removes the fear of body parts

would break if he strains at stool.

$t has often cured tumors and stopped the progress of cystic growth of ovary and uterus.

Apis is useful in malarial fever when chill starts at -/ and brain fever which occurs due to suppression of skin eruptions.

ARGENTICUM NITRICUM

Argenticum nitricum is the common &ilver nitrate, generally used for cauteriation.

This homoeopathic medicine is recommended to shrivelled (dried up children who often look like withered old men.

Also, to those persons who are irrational in their reasonings and do things in hurry in order to pass the time fastly. &ince the are nervous and

anxious, they apprehend lest delay will spoil everything specially when about to go to audience, to meet an engagement, when going to a wedding,

office or school etc. The anxiety (over excitability of mind is often attended with fear and diarrhoea.

&uch persons may be intrusive to "ump off into water or kill themselves from a height particularly while crossing the bridge or looking out of the

window or a high building. At times, these patients actually "ump from these places and commit suicides.

&ometimes they may also become the victims of perceptive errors i.e. the long or short sightedness owing to imperfect coordination of eye muscles.

The result is% while walking through the street they dread of the corners as these seem to be pro"ecting out and afraid on being bumped against

them. 0ikewise the houses on both sides of the street would approach and crush them.

$t is an effective medicine for the giddiness when it is accompanied with buing in the ears, great weakness and trembling either when the patient

closes the eyes or looks up or down.

Argentum nitricum is a great remedy for the removal of examination funk of students owing to apprehension of getting failed and terror of

apprehension of others.

$t also removes the fear of being in an enclosed place (claustrophobia and the patient always wants to be near the door whether in a bus, rail or

any other overcrowded place in order to have an easy escape.

$t is an useful medicine for nightmares when dreams are full of all sorts of strange, horrible, vicious and violent things especially of a departed

friend, the patient wakes up in excitement and with a start.

Argentum nitricum is very much effective medicine for the inflamed eyes particularly purulent con"unctivitis of new born and others when there is

profuse, thick mucus discharge from the eyes. The whites of the eyes look beefy red. The lids may be swollen and normally found stuck

(agglutinated together waking up in the morning. The trouble gets worse from light, noise and heat and better from cold application of water and

ice. Also, when cornea is found ulcerated and opaque in patients having history of suppressed gonorrhoeal discharge.

$t is a good medicine for sore throat when there is a feeling of splinter (sticks like pain in the gullet accompanying slight hoarseness. Thick and

sticky mucus is normally expectorated out when patient is obliged to hawk up.

Argentum nitricum is an exceptionally good medicine for gastric ulcer particularly of sugar and "uggery eaters. ather such patients have irresistible

craving for these dainties. The pain is felt in a spot at the pit of the stomach and radiates from this place to all directions. The onset of the pain may

be gradual, so is the decline but when it is of severe intensity the patient vomits the ingesta, mucus, bile or the blood.

At times, sweetmeat makes the nursing infants sick as they cannot digest it. &ometimes, this indigestion is through the mother+s milk who is fond of

such tings and taking them regularly. The child passes loose motions (diarrhoea where the stool is generally green colour like chopped flakes of

spinach or it turns green when allowed to remain on diaper for a while.

1or the same reason it is an effective medicine for stopping recurrent attacks of Angina pectoris particularly when patient experiences intermittent

and irregular throbbings all over the body which are worse on lying right side and at night.

Argentum nitricum is a good medicine for dyspepsia when there is much gas formation and enormous distension of the belly especially in the

afternoon and at night. The wind rumbles in the abdomen. The patient is scarcely able to release it either by passing flatus downward or through

belching (eructations upward.

$t is useful medicine in epilepsy and other convulsive disease when attacks are preceded by dilatation of pupils 2 for hours or days and the patient

feels great restlessness and trembling of hands following attack.

ARNICA MONTANA

Arnica /ontana !fall herb! or anacea lapsorum is a herb which grows plentifully in the mountains of 3urope. The tincture is prepared from the

whole flowering plant. *ecause of its wider use in the in"uries of the muscles, fractures of the bones and haemorrhage due to mechanical in"uries or

fall, it is called the king of traumatic remedies.

This homoeopathic medicine suits to those diseases where any in"ury of any duration seem to have caused the present trouble. The acute

manifestations are soreness, lame, bruised feeling all over the body as if beaten and there is aching all over the body. The patient does not like

lying down as every thing on which he rests seems hard and uncomfortable. 4e therefore constantly keeps on changing position from one side to

another in search of soft place (provided the bed is soft or cosy. There may be ecchymosis (black and blue spot caused by the fall or the accident


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or without fever. $t has been found effective when there is intracranial haemorrhage due to fall or blows and has a tendency to absorb the clot.

Also, for the ailments where the patient avoids anyone to touch, strike or approach him on account of pains and intense agony particularly in the

inflammatory conditions of gout and arthritis.

Arnica is a great muscular tonic for the sports persons, farmers, labourers and cyclists etc, who are doing heavy physical work and when they feel

limbs and whole body sore and aching. The "oints are also felt sprained. $t simply relieves discomfort when people have been knocked up after day+s

shopping, travelling, and other physical activities.

Arnica along with other sports medicines if taken under the guidance of experienced physician may replace the use of the drugs (anabolic steroids

generally taken for building up the stamina.

$t is a great standby for threatened abortion due to fall or shock. $t removes the bad effects of labor, promotes contraction of the uterus and expels

retained portions of the placenta or the membranes.

A good drug for uterine haemorrhage from mechanical in"uries particularly after coition, prevents mastitis and formation of tumors in a sore bruised

breast of the female which may at times lead to cancerous affections. $t also removes soreness of pelvic parts after labor, stops post partum (after

delivery haemorrhage, puerperal complications and septic fever. $f the urine is retained or there is incontinence after labor Arnica corrects that

too.

$t is an excellent medicine for soreness of gums and useful to stop haemorrhage and pain after tooth extraction.

After rail or road accident when there is a horror of instant death with cardiac distress night after night and patient calls for the doctor+s help but

there is no problem during day time, is also removed by Arnica.

There may be strange mental condition of the patient when he or she is desperately ill but when asked, says !$ am not ill, $ do not need the help of

the doctor.! At times, when there is involuntary discharge of urine and stool in an unconscious patient or when the patient is asleep in any disease

condition, Arnica is the remedy.

$t also removes the ill effects of charcoal gas poisoning during winter season when the occupants have become unconscious due to lack of oxygen.

0ocally Arnica has produced extraordinary growth of hair and has also been considered useful in baldness.

1or external use 5 or $6 potency used as liniment in a ratio of 78 or 9: drops to a pint of water.

1or internal use 7/ or higher potency dose, required to be repeated as per situation.

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suffocative attacks come at about midnight. The patient sits in the bed and holds the chest. There may be wheeing and panting respiration along

with sweat over the face and the forehead. Owing to difficult breathing, the patient may be anxious and fearful for the fatal outcome of the disease.

$t is also a good medicine for nocturnal stuffy cold, which threatens suffocation and difficult breathing at night whether in children or grown up

persons.

$n tuberculosis of the upper one=third of the right lung where the patient feels frequent but sharp stitches under the right clavicle (collar bone. $t

may be accompanied with a sense of constriction in the chest particularly noticeable on going to upstairs, or uphill.

Arsenic album is invaluable medicine for malarial fever when the patient gets attacks between 7 to 9 a.m. or p.m. Occasionally the attacks are

preceding in nature by one hour every time. There may or may not be the chill stage but the patient desires tumbler full of hot water during heat

stage. $t is an excellent medicine for those lingering cases of malarial fever taking typhoid form.

$n skin trouble like dry itch, dandruff of the head or the psoriasis of any part of the body when there is severe itching and smarting afterwards, the

patient scratches the affected part until it is raw and bleeds. At times, scratches may lead to anxiety (dil kala panda Arseni album has been found

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BARYTA CARB

Baryta carb is also known as Barium carbonate.

This homoeopathic medicine is particularly recommended to children who are mentally backward (idiots) and at the same time intensely shy and

timid. They hide themselves somewhere in the house or outside places on being afraid when some stranger comes in the house. Sometimes they

keep the hands over their faces and peep out through fingers when brought to doctors.

Such children generally do not grow properly as they ought to have grown, the result is sort stature or the stunted body growth (dwarfish) with

swollen belly, bloated face, ematiated limbs and enlarged glands of the neck and groin. They cannot be taught as they cannot comprehend owing to

weak intellectual faculty.

Also, for old people who are physically torn with weak memory and childish behaviour owing to mental retardation (senile dementia).

Baryta carb is an effective medicine for the enlargement of prostate gland (gadud) of males at advanced age. At times, this ageing process leads to

premature wasting (atrophic degeneration) of body organs especially the brain and genital organs of both sees. Big artery (the aorta) may also

show these changes and becomes dilated (aneurism).

!t is an ecellent remedy for cerebral haemorrhage (apopley) of old persons resulting one"sided paralysis (hemiplegia) etc.

Baryta carb is said to act wonderfully as curative as well as preventive medicine for the enlarged tonsils and cough owing to it thereafter in children

who are sensitive to cold and get fre#uent attacks of tonsillitis after getting eposed to cold.

!t overcomes the difficulty in swallowing the bolus of food specially in old, nervous or broken down people when it goes down a little way and then

causes chocking of food"pipe and gagging in the mouth. $owever, the patient is able to swallow the li#uid or soft food without any problem.

%ood medicine for hardness of hearing of these persons when they feel reverberating (re"echo) sound in the ear while blowing the nose.

Baryta carb has been found effective in curing fatty tumors (lipomas), cysts, lumps, tuberculosis outgrowth and sarcoma etc. and often prolongs the

life of the patient by mitigating pains of cancerous growth.

!t is useful medicine for long"established constipation of the aged persons due to sluggish rectum where the stool is hard and knotty. &iles may

sometimes protrude while evacuating the bowel or the bladder.

BELLADONA

Belladona is a perennial herb which grows in the sandy parts of 'urope and Asia. The tincture is etracted from the entire plant before flowering

time. !t was used as cosmetic to brighten the eyes and flush the cheeks by enetian ladies of olden times. The medicinal value of this plant is due to

its alkaloids, Atropin, and Belladonin.

This is the principal homoeopathic medicine used for relieving the blood congestion, may it be head, chest, uterus, oints or skin, etc. *wing to

congestion of the brain, there is a sudden and violent throbbing (pudpudi) pain on stooping forward, bending down and lying down.

Belladona is especially prescribed to plethoric and vigorous persons particularly the young children who are sensitive to changing atmospheric

temperature after having the hair cut. They go to bed hale and hearty but wake up with sudden body temperature, may it be very high i.e. +- or

+ degree /ahrenheit with the flushed face, red eyes, widely dilated pupils and rolling of the head from side to side. At times, the child may be

delirious and may have fear of all sorts of imaginary things or, performs all sorts of violent acts. There may be convulsions due to high temperature

along with strabismus (s#uinting of eyes). Some times, the child starts in sleeps as if frightened and wakes up with shudders when ust falls asleep

after a feeing as if he was falling down deep.

Belladona is eceptionally good medicine for the pregnant women who marry late in life and during labor the uterus does not rela owing to

deficient, ineffectual and spasmodic nature of labor pains hindering the epulsion of the foetus. !t also checks the bleeding after delivery when

blood feels hot. !n the caking up of the breast (mastitis) of nursing women when red streaks like radii run from a central point and the pains are

agoni0ing.

Belladona is helpful in sore throat with inflamed tonsils, the swallowing is difficult particularly for the li#uids owing to dryness and spasmodic

constriction of the throat. There may be feeling of a lump in the throat.

Belladona is also useful in acute inflammatory condition of stomach and bowel when there is burning pain, great distress and distension. !nflamed

part is sensitive to slightest motion, touch and pressure, may it be the appendicitis or anything else.

Belladona is e#ually useful in ir ritation of the bladder and urinary tract when there is retention of the urine. 1ribbling of urine in brain trouble. The

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Belladona is effective in the acute inflammatory rheumatism with the swelling of the oints, redness and great sensitiveness on motion and to a ar.

BRYONIA ALBA

Bryonia alba is also called as white bryony or wild hops.

This homoepathic remedy is prescribed to those ailments which develop insidiously as well as passively, may these be the chest(bronchitis, pleurisy

and pneumonia), bowel, (thirst, dryness, dyspepsia, diarrhoea, and constipation) and locomotion ( soreness and synovitis) which mostly occur in

warm weather following cold days, from cold drinks or ice in hot weather, when overheated, after taking cold or getting hot in summer or after

eposure to cold dry east wind.

Such complaints generally get worse from any kind of movement of the affected parts. So these patients want to keep tem absolutely #uiet, they

may even apply pressure to retort movement or lie down in painful side of the part.

ery often, the internal bodily sluggishness is due to lack of secretion of the mucous glands of alimentary canal thereby leading to dryness of lips,

mouth, throat, intestine, and rectum.

2onse#uently, there is constipation and the patient epels the hard, brown or black knotted, burnt pieces of faecal matter with great straining.

Sometimes, after prolonged absence specially on being eposed to heat of summer by the residents of cold climate.

At times, these patients pass loose motions generally in the morning on beginning to move in bed or after getting up and moving about. The bowel

may become distended causing colic and driving him out of bed for evacuations. Sometimes loose motions may be several in the morning and very

few in the afternoon and no stool at night as he keeps #uiet in bed.

There is thirst for large amount of cold water at long interval or very often for little #uantity owing to dryness of the whole alimentary canal.

$owever, he may loose the taste for water and does not want it anymore, may be due to dirty brown or yellow thickly coated tongue.

Such patients may also be dyspeptic and feel pressure as of a stone in the stomach after eating which is relieved by eructations.

The dryness of serious membrane of lung (pleura) and bronchi causes dry, hacking and shaking cough with hoarseness and soreness in the chest

due to irritation in the upper part of trachea compelling the patient to sit up in bed mostly at night. The cough is generally worse after eating or

drinking anything. $e may even press his chest with his hand as a sort of protection against the pain especially eperienced by the patient who

suffer from dry pleurisy and pneumonia3 lobar (croupous) or the catarrhal (pleuro pneumonia) with full tense and #uick pulse, chill with eternal

coldness. 4apid and panting breathing with fre#uent desire to take deep breath in order to epand lungs but he cannot do so owing to stitching like

needle pricks being mostly in right lung, compelling the victim to lie on the inflamed and painful side or on the back to keep affected part still.

There may also be constrictive feeling in chest, scanty epectoration, high or low grade fever, profuse sweat, intense thirst and bloody sputa, etc. as

other features.

!t is e#ually efficacious in asthmatic attacks with dry spasmodic cough from overheating and worse in a warm room. The patient may want cool air

to breathe. The cough compels the patient to spring out of bed.

Bryonia is an ecellent medicine in the absorption of effusion of the synovial fluid of an inflamed knee oints (synovitis) when it is red, swollen andstiff and is worse by the least movement so painful that patient uses knee cap.

!t is particularly useful remedy when menstrual flow gets suppressed upon (amenorrhea) by the slightest provocation, like on her being overheated,

from eertion such as ironing or cold washing a few days before the menses begins, giving way to certain other varieties of discharges like bleeding

from the nose (epistais), flow of the milk from the breast, running of the ear or blood spitting. Also, congestion of the head splitting headache

which gets worse even by the movement of eyes, light or shadow, etc.

Bryonia removes severe stitching pains as from a sore spot caused by inury in the region of ovary which may etend to thigh. The pain is worse by

taking deep breath.

!t is an ecellent medicine for inflamed mamma owing to stoppage of milk flow particularly in the lying in period of the female (the puerperal or

post delivery period). As a result, the breasts become stony hard, hot, heavily swollen and painful leading to milk fever and abscess formation. At

times, the patient may be compelled to support them with hands.

Bryonia alba is a good medicine for low"grade delirium, which usually commences at about 5 p.m. especially in rheumatic, pneumonic or typhoid

fever. The patient picks his dry and parched lips making them to bleed. At times dry and parched condition of lips is due to fre#uent seminal loss

especially in winter or, heat of summer in the males.

$e may even find confused specially after having been aroused from stupefaction. The patient talks irrationally about his day6s business and

fre#uently gets up in bed and tries to get out to go home, although he is very much at home.

The patient particularly the children may demand things immediately, when offered, are refused as they want something else which they don6t

know what. At times, they desire things which are not to be had. These patients may even dream about their household affairs and business which

they may have done during day. They may also show irritability when disturbed and compelled to answer the #uestions. Such patients may

normally be found anious about their future and at every day6s concern of life.

CALCAREA CARB

2alcarea carb is the common 2alcium carbonate. This homoeopathic medicine is prepared by triturating middle layer of the oyster shell (the &earl

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This medicine is generally prescribed for delayed development and maturation of bones. As a result, there is late learning to stand and walk by the

infants and growing children. At times, bones are nourished irregularly and unevenly leading to rickets (crooked bones). 7nock knees, bowing of the

legs, spinal curvature, delayed dentition, eostosis, osteomalacia (adult rickets) and laryngomalacia (poor development of the voice owing to weak

voice bo). !t is useful when fontanellies and sutures take long time to close up. The head seems enlarged in relation to the si0e of the body and at

times child is unable to hold the head up. The enlargement may be due to hydrocephalus.

2alcarea carb is an ecellent medicine for the obese children and other grownup persons owing to accumulation of undue and disproportionate fat

making them weak, fragile and incapable to sustain eertions. Also, for women who become corpulent after parturition.

Such persons may be fair skinned or the blonds but are flabby and sweat profusely all over the body, more pronounced over the head, nape of the

neck, chest, aillae and seual organs. The sweat rolls down the head and face wetting pillows far around. !t may smell sour odour.

!t is useful for the reasons who have great liability to take cold and where there is feeling of coldness in general or in particular part, subective or

obective, particularly in head, abdomen, feet and legs since the patient is also sensitive to cold damp air, at times. The body gets swollen after

bathing and worn clothes are felt tight on account of swelling. The feet too are cold at night as if had on cold damp stocking, when walking in cold

air or in very cold weather, but then the feet become warm and burn. So he puts them out of bed at night. At times, he may eperience burning in

verte too.

2alcarea carb removes great intolerance of milk in breastfed babies. As soon as the milk is taken, it is either vomited out in sour curds or passed

out in stool as white curded lumps.

!t is good medicine for the children who long eggs and are better after eating them, may be during sickness or convalescence. ery often children

crave indigestible things like chalk, charcoal, slate pencils, earth, clay, etc. They may have fermentation which favors the worms. The abdomen may

thus be much distended like an inverted saucer and painful to pressure owing to accumulation of the wind or, from hard and swollen mesentery

with tubercular deposits. 4est of the body may be seen ematiated with the glands of the neck and lower aw swollen sometime as big as hen6s egg.

2alcarea carb is useful in difficult dentition of the children. They dread in dreams, screech out at night and may have fever, convulsions and pain in

the belly.

!t is also good medicine for polyps of the nose, ears, vagina, uterus, and bladder, cystic growth and papillomata (an abnormal benign epithelial

tumor). At times, there is bleeding from these orifices owing to polyps.

2alcarea carb removes cramps of calves, fingers and toes, etc. while stretching limbs in bed specially when the bed is cold.

!t is an ecellent medicine for the deafness, fever, painful limbs, and paralysis, etc. from working in water or potters, brick makers, gardeners, fruit

growers and those whose occupation in life makes eposure a matter of every day6s necessity. !t is useful in so called asthmatic problem of the

persons who are devoid of sunlight owing to shady location of their houses in the winter.

They may look healthy but in fact are so tired in legs and chest that they faint and suffocate from going upstairs. They may also get di00iness when

climbing high places. 8omen who are anaemic, chlorotic or pernicious, have late menses or no menses at all, thus are rendered sterile. 2alcarea

carb removes not only anaemic condition but also corrects delayed menses and favours conception.

2alcarea carb acts like panacea in all such disorders arising out of ecessive or deficient secretion of milk. !t checks galactorrhea (continuous

discharge of milk from the breast even after nursing the child), as well as helps to remove scanty flow of the milk owing to want of vitality to

secrete milk.

!t is effective for the males where there are involuntary nocturnal emissions. !t also removes the ill"effects of masturbations and too fre#uent

seual indulgence where coition is followed b weakness, lassitude, irritability, fre#uent and profuse urination.

2alcarea carb is beneficial in ulceration and opacity of the cornea. !t is also an ecellent medicine for kidney and gallstones trouble where there

occurs profuse perspiration on the hands and feet during pain. 2alcarea carb is the chronic of Belladona i.e. when Belladona has again and again

helped the acute trouble, 2alcarea carb will be curative and prevent recurrences.

CALCAREA PHOS

2alcarea phos is the calcium phosphate.

This homoeopathic remedy is often prescribed to children who are slow to grow despite being well"fed owing to defective assimilation. 9ormally they

are pot bellied and slow in learning to walk due to weak legs to support the body.

2alcarea phos is specially recommended to ematiated infants with or without sweat over the head where the bones generally remain soft and thin

as they take long time to close. Such children manifest pigeon chest (ricket), bow legs, bifid spine, spinal curvature or the pott6s disease, etc. in due

course of time.

!t is a good medicine when teeth start decaying soon after getting erupted. Also given to infants and young children during first and second

dentition for cutting the teeth in time and without any simultaneous complaint like persistent vomiting of milk, whether the infant is breastfed or

brought upon artificial food. :oung children sometimes eperience pain in stomach while attempting to take food. Thus they may restrain

themselves and remain hungry all the time.

At times, these children suffer from diarrhoea particularly during summer months, owing to gastroenteritis or enterocolitis, etc., the stool may be

green, watery, offensive, slimy or contains undigested food particles but always profuse, hot and spluttering owing to emission of much flatus during

evacuation, generally worse after eating fruits, ice"cream, cold drinks, etc.


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!t is a good medicine for long"standing loose motions of moribund (critical) children when persistent purging leads to enlargement of head. Thus

becomes a curative as well as preventive medicine for well"established cases of hydrocephalus or the hydrocephaloid.

2alcarea phos is an effective medicine for anaemia of children who are peevish, flabby with cold etremities and with weak digestion. Their neck is

so thin and weak that it cannot support the head despite strong appetite where infants want to be nursed all the times, even then look old and

wrinkled. At times, they have strong desire for indigestible food like the smoked and saltish meat, etc.

!t is useful medicine when a rapidly growing young married males and females are weakened by night pollutions (seminal emission) and by rapid

child bearing, prolonged suckling, ecessive menstruation or leucorrhoeal discharge respectively. Such problems if not checked may lead to

tuberculosis.

2alcarea phos is an ecellent medicine for the headache of school"going children who may be in their second teething time. The child holds the

head with hands and screams out at pain felt at the region of oints (sutures) of head bones. %enerally these children are dull and feeble minded,

they cannot sustain mental eertion. Thus dread of going to school or shirk at study whether at school or the home.

!t is particularly helpful in relieving menstrual pain of slow maturing girls at puberty which otherwise may contribute throughout reproductive life of

the female, such pains are mostly violent, crampy and unbearable, commonly felt in the small of the back and the groins several hours before the

flow starts, making the patient to cry out. 4elief is obtained when flow starts.

This medicine should be given those medicines who are still in nursing periods, (lactating) but gets menstruation well in advance. The result may be

spoiled or bad milk formation; (saltish and bluish milk) which the child refuses to take. Also, to women who become debilitated and develop weak

voice, cough, and pain between shoulders owing to prolonged feeding.

2alcarea phos is considered an effective medicine in Biochemic system (1igitalisers in $omoeopathic system for closing foramen ovale (the patent

interventricular or interatrial septum) of the heart in the new born babies. !t stops oo0ing of the bloody discharge from the navel (umblicus) of the

infants.

!t is an useful medicine for involuntary urination (incontinence and enuresis) in old people and young debilitated children. !t has been foundeffective in diabetes mellitus when lungs also get involved.

2alcarea phos is found curative medicine in fistula of anus when acute symptoms like the fistulous discharge alternates with chest problems

particularly observed in rheumatic patients who may at other times suffer from faceache, headache or earache in cold weather specially during

autumn or the fall but feels better during spring.

This is an effective medicine for congenital dim eyesight of 4achitic or the Tubecular children. At times, the vision is weak after the inflammation of

the eye is over.


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Materia Medica


CHAMOMILLA MATRICARIA

Chamomilla matricaria is a wild plant commonly known as 'Corn-fever-few' that grows in sandy areas all over Europe.

This homoeopathic remedy is prescribed to persons who are exceedingly ir ritable, discontented fretful!, ill-tempered peevish! and easily

"uarrelsome snappish!.

These patients, mostly the infants and young children, become "uite stiff, bend backward, kick and scream particularly during teething time,

sometimes without reasons and seasons. They would only be pacified on being carried in the lap or on the shoulder.

They may demand this or that, become angry and moans most piteously when refused anything. #hen anything is offered, re$ect it unreasonably or

impatiently petulantly!. %t times, they want such things that are not to be had, when procured and offered, are refused with disdain and

discourteously. Thus, it is very difficult to please such children as they don't know what they want, why they are unhappy and making every else

around them so. The children at times, will go into convulsions when punished.

The child whines low and long-lasting cry! and is confused, sputters about everything. &t wants something new every time. &t refuses everything

that he has asked for whether it is something to eat, for something to play with for its toys. #hen these are handed over to the child it throws them

away with a force across the room, strikes the nurse or anybody else present around him in the face.

The grownup persons too howl and mourns continuously on account of time of some trifling displeasure like slight insult which arose out of mere

triviality and "uite a long time ago.

Chamomilla is an excellent medicine when the patient cannot tolerate himself, other people near him, the pains and any other thins. e cannot

bear to be spoken to and thus may be averse of talking taciturnity!. The answer from both the adults and the children are harsh snappish! and

ill-mannered. %lso, when complaints come on from bad effects of having the feeling wounded mortification!, contradiction and from anger.

&t is an effective medicine in gastralgia when constrictive pain or as if a stone were in the stomach particularly felt in coffee drinkers, morphine and

opium eaters. &t stops in first dose in a few minutes vomiting or violent retching when it seems that it would tear the stomach specially after crude

effect of morphine has passed away and vomiting comes.

Chamomilla is a good medicine for wind colic when abdomen is distended like a drum with gripping pains accompanying urge to go to stool, cramps

in the bowel specially in infants and little ones when they double up, scream and kick due to pain. (uch attacks generally come in the evening from) p.m. till midnight. %t times, colic may be experienced while urinating.

&t is an excellent medicine for toothache mostly of left side and lower teeth worse at night, when anything warm is taken into mouth, by talking, in

open air, in room getting warm in bed, during menstruation and pregnancy. The teeth feel too long with swollen gum.

Chamomilla is a good medicine for diarrhoea during dentition specially in summer season when stool is grass or eggs and spinach mixed and

chopped together. (ometimes yellow and white intermingled with mucus, felt hot when passed and smells like rotten eggs sulphuretted hydrogen!,

may be copious and watery but mostly * to + passages daily. %t times, scanty brown watery stool after much straining specially in dysentery which

may be accompanied with fever, crankiness, twitching of the muscles and colic indeed show desperate condition. %lso, for diarrhoea from cold,

anger, chagrin and after tobacco.

&t is great standby in some of those difficult labor cases when there occur irregular hour glass contractions owing to rigidity of os uteri. The pain

may be cutting or tearing in nature making the patient so irritable that she not only scolds the pain, the doctor, the nurse or whoever else is

present near to her but drives them out of the room, when realises her folly, calls them again inside and apologies. %t times, when the patient is

put to breast, cramps occur in the womb, back and the belly of the mother.

%lso, when the mother flies into fury resulting bleeding from the genitalia and $aundice, such fits of anger in nursing mother sometimes makes her

milk unfit for the baby.

Chamomilla is the remedy of young children when they catch cold in winter and get dry, rough and scraping cough during sleep without waking

them, arising from suprasternal fossa and worse from ) o'clock to midnight. The child may have fever with one side of the face flushed. %t times,

the patient is sleepy but cannot sleep owing to irritability of the mind. &n whooping cough of such patients whohave spells of spasmodic cough from

being irritated.

&t is one of the best pain reliever remedies when the pain may be in tooth, the ear, the belly and heart, etc. The pain is unendurable often causes

screams. The patient seems to be driven to freny and to despair, worse at night, may be accompanied with un"uenchable thirst, profuse and warm

sweat on the covered parts especially the head and face. #hen the child has the pain, the nurse or the parents are compelled to carry him all the

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The adults too cannot keep still, get up at night and toss in bed owing to severe pain with or without getting relief. &n those violent pains where the

patient prefers to die rather than suffer so much, may often as paralying pains and are generally the rheumatics. #hen such pains occur in limbs,

not only they drive the patient to desperation and maddened state but also give rise to almost complete loss of sensation of the skin and benumbed

feelings. %t times, the limbs ache as a result of the over sensitiveness to pain. The patient ma sometime feel as though she were walking around on

the ends of the bones of her legs and did not have any foot, as though the feet were gone.

Chamomilla antidotes bad effects of coffee when taken in excess specially the nurses who are tired and drink it to keep up at night to look after the

patients.

&t is also a remedy for bad effects of violent emotions resulting headache, colic or $aundice.

&n the nutshell, whatsoever are the ailments when anger is the cause, chamomilla is the remedy.

% typical patient needing a dose of chamomilla, is the ugliest in the sense that nobody likes the company of such person. &f he is the husband, the

wife soon gets tired of him, if he is the father, the child is afraid to approach him, if he is the child, everybody else in the house except the parents

rather have him dead.

CHELIDONIUM MAJUS

Chelidonium ma$us is also known calendine, a perennial herb found in ermany, /rance and other European countries. This homoeopathic drug is

prescribed to the patients who suffer from $aundice and other liver disorders where the skin and whites of the eyes are yellow in colour, the stool is

white, clay or yellow in colour but pasty, which may float in water. The urine may be highly pale and stains the linen or the floor yellow. (uch

patients may have a desire for very hot drinks almost boiling.

These patients may be dyspeptic and the taste of the mouth may be bitter, the tongue may be coated. %t times, they may have disgust for food. &n

gall stone colic, the pain may be dull or severe like shooting, stabbing, tearing or lancinating, fixed or extending to left flank hypochondrium! but

generally through to back at lower angle of right shoulder blade.

Chelidonium is useful in pneumonia when the patient feels tightness in the chest, difficult breathing, dry spasmodic paroxysmal cough especially at

night and due to change of weather or in the spring season as found in humid asthma owing to liver disorder.

&t is effective in neuralgia of the right side of the face, eyes and ears when there is excessive gushing of tears from the eyes on account of pain. %t

times, the neuralgia may be preceded with pain in liver. The pain may extend from right cheek to the teeth or the eyes.

(uch patients may also experience icy coldness on the tip of the fingers. %t times right foot may be felt cold while the left remains normal.

CINA

Cina is also known as worm seed basically an unopened bud!. The active principle of this drug is santonine.

This homoeopathic remedy is often prescribed to young children and grownup persons who actually suffer from worms particularly the %scaris i.e

round worm 0ulap in 1una$abi! or worm like complaints. &n such cases the child is generally cross, ugly and cries when touched, looked at orapproached. e even frets, kicks, gnashes and strikes everyone around him especially when try to be held or carried owing to great irritability of

the mind and naughtiness. The child weeps pitifully when awake. &t may not lay awake even for a while without crying, so must be rocked, carried

or dangled upon swinging! the knees constantly day and night. (ometimes it cannot be "uietened as he is proof against all caresses.

The child grinds the teeth in sleep, it may be restless and tosses about in bed, whining and crying as if delirious in sleep. &t may love to sleep on his

belly, sometimes sleeps on his hands and knees. The child cries screams! and talks in sleep and may awake frightened owing to night terrors.

2ery often he is obstinate, wilful and extremely touchy. (lightest provoking matter offends him. e wants many things which it refuses when

offered, rather this act goads him to further fury. Thus uncosy and distressed all the time, the child is not pleased or satisfied at anything.

There occurs itching of the nose and anus owing to reflex i rritation compelling the child to have constant desire to rub, pick or bore the finger into

these parts all the time. %t times, the child rubs the nose on pillow, on the shoulder of the mother or the attendant.

The child turns his head from side to side. Eyes too roll during sleep with dilated pupils. Twitching of the eyelids with dim eyesight. 3ark rings

around the eyes. %ll sorts of colours may be noticed before the eyes particularly the blue, violet, yellow or green. (ometimes the ob$ects look

yellow. ("uint strabismus! from abdominal irritation owing to worms, is also observed in such patients. %t times, there is intense localised

circumscribed! redness of the cheek alternating with cold and paleness with or without fever. /ace too, looks sickly pale with white and bluish

appearance of mouth.

%ll this is there despite excessive ravenous! appetite, as these children generally feel hungry immediately after the meal is over. Thus they want

to eat all the time and may be passing linteric stools containing undigested food particles!.

The child may be have gnawing or pinching pain in abdomen. (ometimes twitching pain is left in and about navel. (uch victims may occasionally

have night convulsions, $erking movement of fingers of the right hand. The child stretches and frets spasmodically left foot may be in constant

motion. %t times, choreic movements stiffens out straight! of the face and hands are also noticed whenever the child yawns due to worm spasm.

(ometimes there is trembling and shouldering of the body while yawning.

The child may be afraid to speak or move for fear of bringing on an attack paroxysm! or cough where it may be so violent as to bring tears in eyes

and pain in and under the chest bone sternum!. urgling or clucking noise from throat down to stomach after coughing may also be experienced

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(uch children very often pass involuntary urine at night bed wetting!. %t times, urine turns milky and turbid after standing for a while casually

noticed on the floor of the room where the child has voided the urine.

3ose 455 or 60 potency, single dose once in a week or two, is sufficient to annihilate the worms and other wormy symptoms.

COLCHICUM AUTUMNALE

Colchicum autumnale is commonly called meadow saffron. The active principal of this plant is colchicine.

This homoepathic medicine is prescribed to persons who are extremely sensitive to strong odour of raw or cooked food as it causes fainting nausea,

gagging, retching and great weakness. Thus, an effective medicine for the pregnants who despite great hunger for different things, nauseate by

mere thought or sight of food. 7ltimately leading to loathing and disgust for food as it becomes impossible to eat. %t times, such patients are not

able to take food for a month or so, the result is almost critical condition of the patient owing to want of food.

&t is good remedy for great drum like distension meteorism! of the abdomen and one is afraid that is may be going to explode particularly noticed

in cows, goats and other cattle after eating too much clover patch Tinpatia grass!.

Colchicum is valuable medicine for diarrhoea and dysentery especially during autumn when the stools are bloody and full of scrapings from the

intestine which may lead to protrusion of the anus. (ometimes stools may be full of glarry $elly like mucus of variable characters. The patient may

feel tingling, itching, burning or tearing pain in the anus. %t times, he may have a shudder owing to extreme constriction of sphincters of the anus.

The patient may fall asleep at the place of evacuation owing to great relief from the tenesmus after passing stool.

&t is splendid remedy for acute rheumatism and gout when trouble starts in small $oints of the fingers or the toes. The $oints are not often

accompanied with swelling or the redness but are excessively painful. The patient may scream with pain when fingers and toes get stub. (ometimes

the trouble moves from one $oint to another, from below upwards or vice versa. The pain generally gets worse by cold exposure, due to dampness,

towards evening and particularly during fall.

ood medicine for the rheumatism of the summer when heat may slack up the flow of urine or the "uantity of solids in the urine. Thus the urinebecomes black or ink like having albumen in it.

Colchicum is useful in wryneck torticollis! when there occurs severe pressing pain in the neck and the muscles become tense. %t times, swallowing

may be difficult owing to severe pain in throat.

% good remedy when rheumatism and gout leave the $oints and attack the heart, producing pericarditis and valvular defects along with muffled

heart sounds and tight feeling of the chest with breathing difficulty or, inflammatory irritation of abdominal viscera leading to colitis, the result is

diarrhoea, and dysentery of above said characteristics.

3ose 85 potency dose may be repeated 9 to * hours interval. /or distension 455 or 60 dose may be repeated :-65 minutes interval until

improvement starts.

HEPAR SULPH

epar sulph is also known as ahnemann's Calcium sulphide. &t is prepared by mixing powdered oysters shell with pure flowers of (ulphur in e"ual

parts by trituration.

This homoeopathic drug is suited to the patients who are inherently very irritable and whose speech and actions are hasty. They may finish long

sentences in one breath. Every little thing that disturbs these patients make them intensely angry, abusive, and impulsive to kill their best friend or

dear ones instantly. %t times, they have the impulse to set themselves on fire, to do violence or destruction.

%lso, suited to dyspeptic patients who have great longing for vinegar, wine, sour and strong tasting things. (uch patients are oversensitive to pain.

(light pain may make them to faint, can't bear even touch of the clothes. ence useful in boils, abscesses, ulcers, felons and many other

inflammatory and suppurative conditions of glands like the tonsils.

This drug is effective to the babies who are irritable and are always smelling sour despite of much wasting. They may have sour smelling diarrhoea

&t is an excellent medicine for the cough and cold of oversensitive and chilly patients when there is sudden fall of atmospheric temperature owing to

snowfall on the mountains and blowing of the icy cold winds thereafter. The patients cough with great soreness of the chest. &t is worse in the cold

air and keeping the body parts uncovered. There may be stuffy feeling in the head, face and chest with the blocked nose and hoarseness of the

voice in the beginning but profuse nasal and throat discharges subse"uently accompanying pricking pain in throat with or without swelling. The

cough and soreness may be worse after eating anything cold. There may be anxious wheeing in asthmatic due to dry cold air and the patients want

to be wrapped up warmly even in hot weather.

epar sulph removes weakness of the bladder when urine is voided slowly without any force, it drops vertically with a feeling as if some urine has

always remained in the end. The patient is obliged for a while before any urine passes. This may be accompanied with obstinate gonorrhea where

there is thick, white, cheesy discharge gleet!, of long standing. 3ue to inflammatory conditions and ulcers of urethra, there is sense of sticking and

splinters like pain in the urethra while passing urine.

LACHESIS

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%lso, for the persons who are often unable to swallow warm li"uids like tea, etc. owing to chocking or clutching at the throat. =ormally empty

swallowing or swallowing li"uids is more painful than the solids.

They may have sensitiveness of the body for touch and light pressure of clothes while hard pressure may be agreeable. (uch persons cannot bear

collars, scarfs, ties around their neck.

;achesis is effective in dry hacking cough of the children caused by tickling in throat particularly the voice box. The cough is always worse on going,

during or after sleep but it does not wake the child from sleep. %t times, there may be loss of voice aphonia! owing to paralysis or the oedematous

swelling of the vocal cords.

;achesis proves the life saviour in very bad cases of heart diseases when there is purple and bloated face. %s soon as the patient goes into sleep he

rouses up with palpitation, difficult breathing and suffocation. (o the patient is afraid of going to sleep for fear that he will die before he wakes up.

The palpitation of the heart may also come after going to warm room or after warm bath.

;achesis is very much effective in overcoming insane $ealousy and suspicion. The patient suspects every one without reason> the servant, wife and

the children. e may not take medicine even from the doctor owing to suspicion that he would be poisoned.

(ometimes, the husband suspects the fidelity of his wife. The wife too may have the suspicion about her husband, children or friends that they are

trying to damage her, that they are going to put her in a mental asylum.

&n most extraordinary talkativeness when one word often leads into the midst of another story, $umping off to most heterogenous sub$ect. %t times,

the patient is compelled to hurry in everything. e does and wants everybody else to hurry. (entences are sometimes only half finished.

&t is good medicine for pressing, bursting headache particularly of left temple, may be due to heat of the sun in summer months but mostly due to

stopped body's natural discharges like the menses, nasal discharge or the sweat. The headache may also be experienced in the morning after walk

on from sleep especially in heart and chest problems.

;achesis is useful in erysipelas gangrene, the affected part is purple or mottled in appearance. &f there is ulceration, it bleeds black charred strawcolour blood owing to false granulation, the blood coagulates soon. &n gangrene of the parts that have been in$ured, the tissue turns black and

starts sloughing with great offensive smelling discharge. &t is effective in fistulous opening, fissures and piles when associated with a feeling of being

continually hammered.

&t is e"ually useful in whitlow felon!, carbuncles, abscesses, malignant pustules, pemphigus, herpes, chickenpox, malignant ulcer such as

epithelioma etc. The discharge is watery but putrid offensive! and there is burning pain. The patient has to rise at night to bathe it with water in

order to get relief in pain.

The eyes too may be inflamed and congested. They are sensitive to light photophobia!, violent pain in eyes from touching the throat. The vision

may be dim or flickering. &t may be lost either during headache or, chest and heart problems. ;achesis stops the progress of optic disc vasculitis

?.3.2.! beginning from the left eye and improves the lost vision.

The passage of the external ear meatus! is also very much sensitive when anything is introduced into it, there will be violent spasmodic coughing

and tickling in the throat. &t is useful for old drunkard who have red rose. %t times, the nose may be red owing to heart problem.

&t is also effective in paresis semi-paralysis! of the tongue when the tongue is dry, leathery and the patient is unable to articulate the words. &t isso swollen that it leaves little room in the mouth and protrudes very slowly. %t times, the tongue may be fre"uently protruding in and out from the

mouth like that of a snake.

;achesis is a leading medicine for the menopausal disorders of melancholic females when the periods stop and all sorts of troubles make their

appearance, such as hot flushes, headache or mania etc. &n painful menstruation where pains are relieved by the flow of the blood, the suffering

may be more before and after the flow. The menses flow for one hour every day, the discharge may be generally black. %t times, the ovaries may

be swollen. &t has also cured suppurative condition of the ovaries, fallopian tubes etc. #here the uterine region is very sensitive to touch or the

slightest contact of the clothes over the wasteline is unbearable.

&t removes the putridity from the stools when the patient has suffered for a long time from bowel trouble.

&n general, troubles needing ;achesis have aggravation in spring season.


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Materia Medica


LYCOPODIUM CLAVATUM

Lycopodium clavatum is a low creeping perennial herb which grows every where in Europe and Asia. The medicine is prepared from the fine, mobile,

yellow powdery spores of the herb.

This homoeopathic medicine is recommended to all age groups particularly for the persons of low body vigour owing to feeble muscular

development. They may be dark complexioned, lean, shallow, with sunken face, wrinkles may at times be seen over the face and the forehead may

be frowned. The patient may look older than he actually is.

It is useful for the persons who are very nervous and emotional. They may often weep in the act of receiving a friend or meeting an acuaintance,

in receiving a gift, at the slightest !oy or when thanked.

Lycopodium is beneficial in the failure of intellectual functions "sensorium# of so called old men as their memory fails. They may use wrong words to

express themselves, mix up things generally in writing spellings on account of failing brain power. There may be aversion to undertake anything

new, aversion to appear in any new role and aversion for his work. The patient dreads lest something wrong would happen, lest he will forget

something or unable to reach his destination. A continually increasing dread of appearing in public comes on. There may be feeling ofincompetence, a feeling of inability to undertake the task although he has been accustomed to it for many years. Thus, a good medicine for the

lawyers, lecturers and other public men like ministers owing to lack of confidence on themselves. The subordinates too may have lack of courage in

meeting with their boss or the high$ups in the office.

Lycopodium is an effective medicine for children who dread %athematics. Also, for dyspepsia resulting from recent or old liver trouble. The patient

may have insatiable hunger "bulimia# with much bloating after eating particularly after, lunch hours or in the evening. There may be burning,

eructations rising only up to the gullet and there it burns for hours. At times, there may be the feeling of satiety which may alternate with a feeling

of hunger of peculiar kind, where the patient sits down to the table very hungry but few morsels fill him right up to throat pit and he feels

distressing afterward. &ometimes, the patient starts keeping fast or missing one or two times meal. &uch condition has generally been observed in

those patients who are either suffering from diseases like arthritis, gout or stone problem or, likely to develop such things in near future.

'olling of flatulence due to fermentation in abdomen with loud grumbling, croaking especially lower abdomen, the fullness is relieved by passing

flatus out. The rumbles of flatulence may often be observed particularly in the region of left flank "hypochondrium#.

At times, the patient feels pain in the back, hips, legs owing to blocked gas in these parts or in diseases where symptoms run from right to left side,like inflammation of the throat, including tonsillitis, chest, abdomen, liver and ovaries. It has cured many cases of hernia in children. At times, the

trouble descends downward as seen in the ematiation where the victim ematiates about the neck while the lower limbs are well nourished

particularly seen in the pinning boys and the old people owing to liver complaints. It is also helpful in the swelling of the legs which may sometime

lead to ulcerations.

Lycopodium is effective in snuffles "obstruction of nose# of the children and youth where the breath freuently stops during sleep sometime for

about () seconds or so even when the mouth is open. The eyes may at times remain half open during sleep. Also, in the dim vision or the night

blindness of the children and other people.

Lycopodium helps the patient of neglected pneumonia when there is difficult breathing from accumulation of serum in the pleura. It cures cases of

pneumonia where the disease is at the right lung and when liver complications arise.

It has been found useful in all types of fevers particularly the %alaria where attacks of chill may come in between * to +

and to * p.m. in evening with shaking chill and incessant yawning and nausea, the patient feels as if lying on a piece of ice. -etween chill and

heat he vomits extremely sour fluid.

Lycopodium has been found an excellent medicine in kidney stones where the pains occur in kidney area, whether right or left and the patient may

have bubbling sensation generally in the left lumbus and red sediment in the urine owing to calcium oxalate or other crystals that settle at the

bottom of otherwise clear urine which is occasionally passed after terrible attack of renal colic. In children this gritty sediment may sometimes be

found in their diapers after severe crying spells before urination. The colic in many times is relieved after urination.

It is one of the best remedies for the impotency of young men due to masturbations or exhausting night pollution or due to sexual excesses leading

to cold and relaxed penis. The desire may be strong as ever or perhaps more but cannot perform the act. &ince erections are feeble, at times the

patient falls asleep during embrace. It has actually produced impotency when it was taken simply as an aphrodisiac "sex stimulant# by the males.

Eually useful for the females when they have dryness of vagina leading to burning pain during and after coition. &ometimes bleeding takes place

after evacuating bowel. At times, gas emits from vagina "physometra# owing to fermentation of its secretion.

Lycopodium has been found effective when there is greying of hair in early age and for the baldness of the top of the vertex in males and falling of


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hair after delivery in women. oetus seems to be turning somersault within the womb of the pregnant mother, may at times be in need of a dose of

Lycopodium.

NATRUM MURIATICUM

/atrum muriaticum or sodium chloride is the common table salt. This homoeopathic medicine is recommended to persons who are highly anaemic

and ematiated from the neck and downward despite eating nutricious and fattening food. Their collar bones become prominent but the lower partsof

the body0 the hips and limbs may still be normal or flabby. 1wing to such body state, the patient acuires irritability when spoken to. They dislike

fuss, caress etc. They may even cry out and go into a passion on being consoled. At times, weep miserably and continuously without any cause or

may indulge in sad and painful thoughts which render them more aggrieved and mentally tortured specially remembering and brooding over thepast unpleasant and disagreeable insults, misdeeds, mishappenings like death of near and dear in the family or in relation. &eldom the patient may

find happiness over such matters "in hysterical affections#.

It is a remedy for various hysterical complaints when the patient weeps with tears in eyes, laughs, goes in rage or curses and blaspheming. The

patient is unable to control affections and reciprocrates them knowing well that it is unwise to fall in love with a married person but cannot help and

lies awake with love for the beloved.

/atrum mur is an excellent medicine for the ill$effects of anger caused by offence, grief, fright, humiliation "vexation# and mortification etc. that

makes these patients disheartened, gloomy, apprehensive and taciturn. &ometimes, they acuire malicious attitude and plan to take revenge. They

are thus the most disagreeable companions.

At times, these patients are found confused. They commit many mistakes and thus become nervous, drop the things from hands and break them up.

1wing to impairment of mental faculty, they don2t have inclination to undertake any kind of mental work. The growing children may be slow in

learning to talk and have difficult speech.

It is good medicine for the bad effects of acids, bread and rich food, uinine, excessive craving for the salt when patient salts everything he eats and

all kinds of cauteri3ation with silver nitrate.

/atrum mur goes deep into the life to restore the pink complexion of highly anaemic0 pernicious or chlorotic patients who bleed only watery

discharge from the cuts made either on the fingers or any other body part. Even the menstrual flow is like white leucorrhoeal discharge.

4ersons particularly living on sea shore or those who have been on long ocean voyage freuently suffer from such anaemic conditions. They may be

found waning and be spattered with numerous brown spots over the sickly and dirty looking skin and particularly exposed to sun heat. The face may

look greasy "oily#, shiny and shallow but full of black heads "comedones# and boils. There may be swollen upper and lower lips with pearly blisters

"herpes# around the corners of the mouth and baldness of the head with falling of the whiskers.

In scorbutic state of the system where crack develops on the lower lip, ulcers in the mouth and swollen gums with peculiar appearance of the

mapped "geographical# tongue. 1wing to anaemic condition there may be coldness of the legs and numbness and tingling in the fingers, toes, lips

and tongue. The ankles are so weak that they turn easily specially in children who are late in learning to walk. These patients may experience

painful contractions of hamstrings "calf muscles#, pain and cracking are f

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