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Homeopathic Single Remedy Quick
Guide
Courtesy of Hyland's |
Aconitum
Napellus
Initial stages of fevers and inflammations brought about by exposure to dry
cold, with anxiety, restlessness and thirst. Discontinue when perspiration sets
in.
Allium
Cepa
Beginning stages of cold with sneezing and streaming eyes. Watery discharge
irritates nose, often accompanied by laryngitis with raw sensation down into
chest.
Antimonium
Tartaricum
Colds with wheezing cough, much mucous, rattling or bubbling in chest. Patient
is pale with cold sweat.
Apis
Mellifica
Swelling from insect bites, bee stings, urticaria and other acute disorders. Red
spots with stinging pain. Patient drowsy and sensitive to heat.
Arnica
Montana
Muscular soreness due to overexertion. The first remedy for swelling, bruising
and shock. An athlete's necessity.
Arsenicum
Album
Stomach upset, vomiting, diarrhea, often accompanied by great thirst,
restlessness, choryza and sciatica. Worse just after midnight. Weakness from
overexertion.
Belladonna
Sudden onset of violent symptoms characterized by flushing heat, and throbbing
pain. Patient may have sore throat, cough, aches and fever.
Bryonia
Alba
The flu with aching, dry cough. "Grumpy Bear." Rheumatic pain worse
from motion, better from cold.
Calcarea
Phosphorica
Calc Phos is noted for its effect on the development of bones and teeth. It is
essential for growing healthy bones and is useful for children. Calc Phos
supports definition and knitting of bones. Good for sore throat and painful
swallowing.
Cantharis
Bladder irritation with painful urination. Cantharis also alleviates pain of
burns and scalds.
Carbo
Vegetabilis
Known as the great reliever, Carbo Veg. helps the person who is on the verge of
collapse or whose vitality is low after illness. Head is hot but body often icy
cold.
Chamomilla
Hypersensitivity to pain, rheumatic discomfort, sleeplessness and nervous
excitability. Relieves colic and teething distress in children.
Ferrum
Phos
Ferrum Phos helps the lungs to distribute oxygen throughout the body. It helps
carry the oxygen in the circulatory system and is useful for inflammations (sore
throat, stuffy nose), nosebleeds or muscular strains. For first aid, fevers and
first stage of inflammations, Ferrum Phos is your remedy.
Gelsemium
Sempervirens
Flu, tension headaches, and colds - especially summer colds. Patient is drowsy,
listless and complains f aches and chills, wants to be left alone and is NOT
thirsty.
Hepar
Sulphuris Calcareum
Helps to localize inflammation, as in bringing a boil to a head. Also of value
in treating croup, certain head colds, sore throats and laryngitis.
Hypericum
Perfoliatum
Hypericum heals bruises on injured parts rich in nerves such as fingertips and
toes. Helps tailbone injuries.
Ignatia
Amara
Relieves feeling of grief, disappointment, anxiety, anger often accompanied by
nervous headache. Relieves bedwetting in children and the elderly.
Ipecacuanha
Primary remedy for nausea and vomiting, gagging cough, upset stomach. Also aids
in stopping nosebleeds or bleeding from any part of the body.
Ledum
Palustre
Puncture wounds, stings, bites, Poison Oak, rheumatism and sprains.
Magnesia
Phos.
Mag Phos is noted for its ability to ease muscular cramping symptoms. It is
quick to relieve pain, especially cramping, shooing, darting or spasmodic pains
as well as for nerve pains, like sciatica. Symptoms are better from warmth,
pressure and bending double but worse from cold.
Mercurius Vivus
Sore throat, boils and gum disease. Characterized by perspiration, weakness,
trembling and sensitivity to temperature changes.
Nux
Vomica
Gastric and liver disorders occasioned by high living, overeating or excessive
medication. "Hangover" medicine, Nux Vomica also can break the
laxative headache.
Phosphorus
Laryngitis, chest colds, hemorrhaging and nerve inflammations. Phosphorus has a
long lasting effect and should not be repeated often.
Pulsatilla
Advanced stages of a cold with profuse thick yellowish discharge. Also helps
rheumatic pain, menstrual disorders and upset stomach from overeating.
Rhus
Toxicodendron
Rheumatic conditions brought on by cold, wet weather. Burning, itching vesicular
skin eruptions. Pain in joints, tendons, aggravated at first motion, improved
with continued motion.
Ruta
Graveolens
Shinbone injury, or any injury to the periosteum (bone covering). Useful for
sprains, strains and shin splints. A follow-up if Arnica fails.
Spongia
Tosta
Respiratory disorders, cough and hoarseness with painful burning throat.
Advanced stages of croup (after Aconite.)
Sulphur
Skin diseases with itching, burning and dryness. Standing is uncomfortable to
the Sulphur patient, and this remedy is used frequently in chronic conditions.
Veratrum
Album
Useful when diarrhea and vomiting occur simultaneously. Patient is in a cold
sweat and feels faint.
