Materia Medica

First Aid
Foundation Course in Medical Homeopathy
Part 2
Dr Kasra Chehrazy MD MFHom

Aconitum napellus
Source: Monkshoods, "the queen of poisons"
Affinity: Sodium channel; PNS
Targeted application:
Shock
anticipatory anxiety (panic, fear)
Croup
URT, Coryza
Fever
Key word: Tight, Fright, Fear at night
General:
Great fever remedy
Ailments from exposure to cold
Dry wind
Acute conditions, sudden or violent onset.
Very thirsty
Aconitum napellus
Modalities:
<violent emotions, <night , especially around midnight, <cold dry
wind, <warm room
>open air
Face:
Hot, flushed, but when sit up gets pale
Mind:
Great fear of death
Can predict the exact time of death
Restlessness, excitement, agitation

HOMEOPATHIC ASPIRIN:
Aconite + Coffee + Chamomilla

Apis mellificia
Source: Crushed body of the honey bee or just the poison
Affinity: Skin; serous and mucous membranes
Targeted application:
Acute allergic reactions
Conjunctivitis
Acute M/S conditions
Generals:
Inflammation (acute, severe) skin
mucus & serous membranes

Exudate


Pain with marked redness + edema + swelling

General soreness RESTLESSNESS
all pains and sensations < touch except headache

Throat
Kidney
Meninges
Pericardium
Joint
Marked
Seroius
Nonpurulant
Burning
Stinging
Apis mellificia
Modalities:
<heat, < movement, <pressure, <touch, <afternoon
>cold applications, cool air
THIRSTLESS (in acute state)
Face:
angioneurotic edema

Eye:
redness & swelling of conjunctiva and/or eyelids
pohotphobia
burning stinging pain >cold
any inflammation: iritis, keratitis, trachoma

M/S: hot, red, swollen, shiny, acutely painful joints

Urinary: Acute dysuria, frequency, painful urging

Skin: urticarial rash, reaction to bites and stings

Arnica montana
Source: leopard's bane
Affinity: Connective tissue, muscular tissue
Targeted application:
Traumatic shock
Trauma:
PRE/POST- OP
Dental
Dental bleeding
Post-partum
Urinary retention after labour
Over-exertion (cramp)
Bleeding
Stroke
Cerebral haemorrhage
Head injury
Orbital hematoma,
Diabetic retinopathy: vitreous haemorrhage+detached retina

Arnica montana
Key word:
Bruising, anything that feels bruised
Soft tissue damage
Capillary bleeding
Soreness, stiffness
General:
Great fever remedy
Ailments from exposure to cold
Dry wind
Acute conditions, sudden or violent onset.
Very thirsty
Restless at night as bed feels hard
Modalities:
<touch, jarring, motion
>lying, > rest
Arnica montana
Mind:
Fear of being touched
Fear of sudden death in cardiac disease
Memory loss
With minor illness tells she is bad, with serious illness feels well



Bryonia alba
Source: white bryony
Affinity:
Connective tissue (joints, muscles, ligaments, fasciae)
Serous membranes (Lung, heart, abdomen, pelvic visera)
Targeted application:
Acute MSKELconditions
appendicitis
Keyword:
Dryness (mental, physical, emotional)
General:
Dryness all over
thirsty
Stitching, bursting pain
Bryonia alba
Modalities:
<least motion, < touch, <heat, <eating
>pressure, > lying on painful side, >cool, >open air
Mind:
Irritable
Wants to be left alone
Fear of poverty
Chest:
Dry, very painful cough, >holding the chest tight
Abdomen:
Constipation with very dry stool
Appendicitis, > lying on painful side
M/S
Joints red, swollen, hot
Hypericum perforatum
Source: St. John's wort
Affinity:
nerve endings
Targeted application:
Injury
Damage to sensitive/nerve rich tissues
Penetrating wounds (splinters)
Painful animal bites (dogs, cats, etc)
lacerations
Spinal injuries
Centripedal spread of pain
Pain following retinal surgery

Ledum palustre
Source: Marsh Rosemary
Affinity:
Soft tissue
Targeted application:
Injury
Puncture wounds
Eye injury, bruising around eyes (after arnica)
Insect bites, stings (low potency)
Acute M/S conditions
Ascending progression
Painful joints, pale and cold in touch > cold
General:
Chilly patients
Modalities:
Painful joints > cold
Symptoms > cold
Hypericum perforatum
Modalities:
<violent emotions, <night , especially around midnight, <cold dry
wind, <warm room
>open air
Face:
Hot, flushed, but when sit up gets pale
Mind:
Great fear of death
Can predict the exact time of death
Restlessness, excitement, agitation

HOMEOPATHIC ASPIRIN:
Aconite + Coffee + Chamomilla

Rhus toxicodendron
Source: Poison ivy
Affinity:
ligaments
fibrous tissues of the joints
Targeted application:
MSKEL conditions
Acute febrile illness e.g flu
Acute skin conditions
General:
Restless
Chilly
Pain + stiffness
thirsty
Stitching, bursting pain
Desire milk
Rhus toxicodendron
Modalities:
< rest, < fatigue, <first movement, < wet, <cold, <night
>movement, >warmth
Extremities:
Joint pain + stiffness
Skin:
cold sores

Ruta graveolens
Source: Ruta
Affinity:
periosteum
Attachment of muscles and tendons (esp. wrist and ankle)
Targeted application:
MSKEL conditions
Acute febrile illness e.g flu
Acute skin conditions
General:
Restless
Stiffness of body
Pain like the bone were broken
Modalities:
< cold, < wet
>continued movement
Ruta graveolens
Eye:
Weak accommodation
GIT:
Rectal prolapse
Targeted application:
Osteoarthritis of the knee following old sprains
Growing pain
Sport injuries to tendons and ligaments (collateral ligament in skiing)

Symphytum officinale
Source: Knitbone
Affinity:
periosteum
Targeted application:
Accelerated reunion of fractures
Accelerates callus production in broken bones (rib injury)
Injury to the eye and orbit (pain of bony orbit)
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Byonia

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Hypericum

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