CHAPTER 4 of

HELP! and Homeopathy

Chapter 4

Homeopathic Materia Medica A-Z

A Materia Medica (medical materials) is simply a compilation of symptoms that, if a healthy person took this remedy, would cause this specific set of symptoms in them. To a homeopath it is a listing of symptoms that have been caused by the remedy listed.

The easiest way to use the Materia Medica is to match, as closely as possible, the injured person's symptoms to the remedy. If there are three or more symptom 'matches' then use the remedy. If there is one or two, do not. Go on to the next suggested remedy and look it up and see if you get a closer agreement on symptom matches.

If there is no symptom match (three or more) do NOT give them a homeopathic remedy. Do what you can as outlined in the Emergency Medical Response section and wait for 911 medical responders to arrive.

We have already shared three of many emergencies listed in Chapter 3, Emergencies A to Z. In this section, from Chapter 4, are all the remedies which correspond to them, so you can see how you can "cross-match" and utilize this wonderful book to the maximum. In this section, you will match the trauma or injury (such as bleeding) with the remedies listed in that section. When you can match 3 or more symptoms with one remedy--that is the one to use. We are going to list these remedies in a number of webpages for easy, quick downloading. Below will be: Aconite, Arnica and Arsenicum.

ACONITUM NAPELLUS

Aconitum Napellus

ARNICA MONTANA (page 166)

(Leopard's Bane)

    1.This remedy has been very useful in hemorrhaging or bleeding, trauma to the soft tissue of the body-bruises, contusions, head injuries, sprains, strains, post-surgery, and broken bones, among others.
    2. Everything feels too hard-the ground, the sofa, or the bed.
    3. Does not want to be touched. Person will pull away or shrink from you if you reach out to touch them.
    4. They say that everything is fine, that they are okay-but they're not.
    5. Head is hot, body is cold.
    6. Loss of sight or hearing after trauma to head.
    7. Does not want to be consoled, held, or touched.
    8. Useful in blunt trauma to the eye.
    9. Nosebleeds while washing their face, from coughing, or from some trauma.
    10. Person has a red face after suffering a stroke.
    11. Restless; cannot find a position that suits them.
    12. Cannot bear the least pain-extremely sensitive to the least amount of pain.
    13. Whole body overly sensitive to everything.
    14. Eyes-double-vision.
    15. General feeling of being bruised, sore, or lame.
    16. Dizziness and vertigo (everything whirls around head). Dizzy upon closing their eyes.
    17. Skin is black and blue, or bruised looking.
    18. Their symptoms are WORSE from being touched, being jarred, movement, resting, getting cold from dampness, rain, or high humidity, or from any blow, shock, hard physical labor, sprains, or falls.
    19. Their symptoms are BETTER lying down or with their head lower than the rest of the body, or being outstretched. NOTE: If suffering a head injury, do NOT lower the head; rather, elevate it 6 inches (so long as no spinal injury is involved).

NOTES

ARSENCIUM ALBUM (page 167)

(Arsenic Trioxide)

    1. This remedy has been used in asthma, anxiety attacks, panic attacks, pneumonia, food poisoning, stomach disorders, sore throat, and others.
    2. Anxious, worried and tense.
    3. Great anxiety along with extreme restlessness-will not sit or stand still.
    4. Fear of dying.
    5. Chilly and is worse from being damp, cold, or in a draught of wind.
    6. Always better with heat in any form (a blanket wrapped snugly around them, a hot drink, or being near a warm fire, etc.).
    7. Anxious about the other members of their family-not themselves.
    8. Burning pain in esophagus and stomach. Will want to sip cold/cool water repeatedly.
    9. Craving cold drinks-but may be vomited back up immediately afterward.
    10. Diarrhea that is watery, acrid, and very smelly.
    11. Cannot bear the sight or smell of food.
    12. Anxiety in the pit of the stomach. Burning pains. Craves coffee.<
    13. Long belches. Vomiting of blood, bile, green mucus, or brown-black mucus mixed with blood.
    14. Stomach feels irritable, raw, as if torn.
    15. Everything swallowed seems to lodge in the esophagus, which seems closed and feels as if nothing will pass beyond that point.
    16. Rectum burns and has pressure in it.
    17. Symptoms are WORSE from wet weather, cold dampness or cold air (air conditioning), ice, cold drinks, or cold food.
    18. Symptoms are BETTER from hot, dry applications, motion or walking about (if possible), from having company, heat, warm drinks/ food, or a warm wrap around them or a blanket.

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CARBOLICUM ACIDUM (page 176)

(Carbolic Acid)

    1. This remedy has been used for anaphylactic (allergic) reactions (to bites, stings, inhalation of an odor, food poisoning, etc.), pharyngitis, and shock, among others.
    2. Face dusky red with white around the mouth and nose.
    3. Cannot swallow; throat is swelling shut.
    4. Allergic reaction to bee and insect stings of all kinds.
    5. Shock and collapse.
    6. Pulse is feeble.
    7. Cannot breathe, paralysis of respiratory (lungs, diaphragm) centers.
    8. Depressed breathing.
    9. Swelling of face and tongue after the sting of an insect.
    10. Symptoms are WORSE in a warm room, and person is sensitive to cold air/drafts.
SEE: Apis Mellifica.

NOTES

HAMAMELIS (page 185)

(Witch Hazel)

    1. This remedy has been used for many types of venous congestion (black eye, eye injuries in general, Hyphema, bruising, gastric ulcer), such as hemorrhoids, varicose veins, hemorrhages (internal or external), for phlebitis, burns, bruises, vein inflammation and ulcers, and after operations, among others.
    2. Sore pain down cervical vertebrae (the neck region). Severe pain in lower back (sacral) which extends down the legs.
    3. Very sore muscles and joints.
    4. Chilliness in back and hips extending down their legs.
    5. Skin blue. Chilblains. Very sore feeling to the skin surface.
    6. Vomiting up black blood. Nausea, which is better if they keep quiet. Trembling sensation in stomach.
    7. Coughing up blood from a tickling and dry cough. Chest feels sore and constricted. Person cannot lie down due to difficult breathing and chest congestion. Worse by taking a long or deep breath. Muscles on left side of chest are dull and aching.
    8. Hemorrhaging blood is slow moving and dark colored (passive bleeding)-vein or venous origin/source. Person is always sore and bruised feeling in the region that is affected.
    9. Weak, cold, quick pulse with profuse sweating.
    10. Arms and legs are bruised feeling, tired. They feel weary. Soreness is the key word. Prickling pain.
    11. They take cold easily, especially in warm, moist air.
    12. Eye injuries. Sore pain in eye. Eye feels weak, but is less inflamed; painful weakness of the eye. Feeling as if both eyes would be forced out of the head. Feels BETTER by pressing on them with the fingers but it is WORSE a few minutes afterward. (The person wants to press their fingers to the injured eye-but do not let them-nevertheless, this is a symptom to use this remedy.) Eye sore and painful under slight pressure. Eye inflamed, vessels greatly injected (congested). Swelling of eyeball and lid with bloodshot appearance of eye. Intense SORENESS.
    13. Symptoms are WORSE from motion or movement, during the day, at rest, being out in open air, being touched, or in a warm room.

NOTES

NUX VOMICA (page 195)

(Poison Nut)

    1. This remedy helps with food poisoning, gall bladder attacks, asthma, digestive disorders, cerebral vascular accidents (stroke), and from recreational drug overdoses, among others.
    2. Weight and pain in the stomach.
    3. Stomach region very sensitive to pressure.
    4. Stomach area bloated or swollen feeling. May feel as if a stone is in the stomach.
    5. Nausea and vomiting with a lot of gagging or retching.
    6. Violent vomiting.
    7. Food lies like a heavy knot in the stomach.
    8. Wants to vomit, but cannot.
    9. Stomach pains that are worse with tight clothes around their waist.
    10. Cramping, sharp pains felt in the abdomen.
    11. Symptoms are WORSE with tight clothing, cold temperature, from drinking coffee or alcoholic beverages, narcotics, recreational drugs, mental exertion, disturbed sleep, odors, noise, being touched, hearing music, and overeating.
    12. Symptoms are BETTER from taking a nap, resting during damp, wet weather, strong pressure, wrapping head, hot drinks, drinking milk, and lying on side.


SEE: Tarentula Hispanica, if a drug overdose.

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