Homeopathic Materia Medica

Stramonium

Abbreviation: HOMŒOPATHIC MATERIA MEDICA by William BOERICKE, M.D. Presented by Médi-T

Compare especially: Hyoscy and Bellad . It has less fever than Bellad , but more than Hyos . It causes more functional excitement of the brain, but never approaches the true inflammatory condition of Bellad. Antidotes: Bellad; Tabac; Nux.

Strontium Carbonicum

Abbreviation: HOMŒOPATHIC MATERIA MEDICA by William BOERICKE, M.D. Presented by Médi-T

Compare: Arnica; Ruta; Sil; Baryta c; Carbo; Stront jodat (arterio-sclerosis). Strontium brom (often gives excellent results where a bromide is indicated. Vomiting of pregnancy. Nervous dyspepsia. It is anti-fermentative and neutralizes excessive acidity). Stront nit (Morbid cravings; headache and eczema behind ears).

Strophanthus Hispidus

Abbreviation: HOMŒOPATHIC MATERIA MEDICA by William BOERICKE, M.D. Presented by Médi-T

Compare: Digit (but is slower than strophant in its action); Phos ac (weak heart, irregular pulse, fluttering sensation in cardiac region, palpitation during sleep, fainting).

Strychninum Purum

Abbreviation: HOMŒOPATHIC MATERIA MEDICA by William BOERICKE, M.D. Presented by Médi-T

Compare: Eucalyptus (neutralizes ill effects of Strychnin ). Strych ars (Paresis in the aged, relaxed musculature. Prostration. Psoriasis; chronic diarrhœa with paralytic symptoms; compensatory hypertrophy of heart with beginning fatty degeneration; marked dyspnœa when lying down; œdema of lower extremities, urine scanty, high specific gravity, heavily loaded with glucose. Diabetes. 6x trit). Strych et Ferr cit (chlorotic and paralytic conditions; dyspepsia, with vomiting of ingesta; 2x and 3x trit); Strychnin nit (2x and 3x. Said to remove craving for alcohol. Use for two weeks); Strychnin sulph (Gastric atony); Strych valerin (exhaustion of brain-power; women of high nervous erethism; 2x trit). Compare: Cicuta; Arnica (tetanus).

Succinum

Abbreviation: HOMŒOPATHIC MATERIA MEDICA by William BOERICKE, M.D. Presented by Médi-T

Compare: Do not confound with Ambergris (Ambra). Succinic acid (Hay-fever. Paroxysmal sneezing, dropping of watery mucus from nostrils; asthma. Inflammation through respiratory tract; causing asthma, chest pains, etc; itching of eyelids and canthi and nose worse drafts. Use 6 to 30th potency). Compare: Arundo, Wyethia, Sabadilla, Sinapis .

Sulfonalum

Abbreviation: HOMŒOPATHIC MATERIA MEDICA by William BOERICKE, M.D. Presented by Médi-T

Trional ; insomnia associated with physical excitement; (vertigo, loss of equilibrium, ataxia, nausea, vomiting, diarrhœa, stertorous breathing, cyanosis, tinnitus, hallucinations).

Sulphur

Abbreviation: HOMŒOPATHIC MATERIA MEDICA by William BOERICKE, M.D. Presented by Médi-T

Complementary: Aloe; Psorin; Acon; Pyrarara (a fish caught in the Amazon, clinically used for various skin affections). Lepra, tuberculides, syphilides, varicosities, etc. Compare: Acon (Sulph often follows in acute diseases); Mercur and calcarea are frequently useful after Sulphur, not before. Lyc; Sep; Sars; Puls; Sulphur hydrogenisatum (delirium, mania, asphyxia); Sulphur terebinthinatum (chronic rheumatic arthritis; chorea); Tannic acid (Nasal hæmorrhage; elongated uvula; gargle; constipation). Magnes artificialis (great hunger in evening, profuse sweat on face, bruised pain in joints, rectal constriction after stool). Magnetis polus Articus (anxious, coldness of eyes as if a piece of ice lay in orbit , increased flow of saliva, constipation, sopor, trembling, abdominal flatulence). Magnetis polus Australis (dryness of lids, easy dislocation of ankle, ingrowing toe-nails , aching in patella, shooting in soles). Compare in adenoids: Agraphis.

Sulphur Iodatum

Abbreviation: HOMŒOPATHIC MATERIA MEDICA by William BOERICKE, M.D. Presented by Médi-T

Obstinate skin affections, notably in barber's itch and acne. Weeping eczema.

Sulphuricum Acidum

Abbreviation: HOMŒOPATHIC MATERIA MEDICA by William BOERICKE, M.D. Presented by Médi-T

Complementary: Puls . Compare: Arn; Calend; Led; Sep; Calc.

Sulphurosum Acidum

Abbreviation: HOMŒOPATHIC MATERIA MEDICA by William BOERICKE, M.D. Presented by Médi-T

Sulphurous acid, (tonsillitis (as a spray), acne rosacea, ulcerative stomatitis, pityriasis versicolor).

Sumbulus Moschatus

Abbreviation: HOMŒOPATHIC MATERIA MEDICA by William BOERICKE, M.D. Presented by Médi-T

Compare: Asaf; Mosch .

Symphoricarpus Racemosus

Abbreviation: HOMŒOPATHIC MATERIA MEDICA by William BOERICKE, M.D. Presented by Médi-T

This drug is highly recommended for the persistent vomiting of pregnancy. Gastric disturbances, fickle appetite, nausea, waterbrash, bitter taste. Constipation. Nausea during menstruation. Nausea, worse any motion. Averse to all food. Better, lying on back.

Symphytum Officinale

Abbreviation: HOMŒOPATHIC MATERIA MEDICA by William BOERICKE, M.D. Presented by Médi-T

Compare: Arn; Calc phos .

Syphilinum

Abbreviation: HOMŒOPATHIC MATERIA MEDICA by William BOERICKE, M.D. Presented by Médi-T

Compare: Merc; Kal hyd; Nit ac; Aur; Alum .

Syzygium Jambolanum

Abbreviation: HOMŒOPATHIC MATERIA MEDICA by William BOERICKE, M.D. Presented by Médi-T

Compare: Insulin -An aqueous solution of an active principle from pancreas which affects sugar metabolism. If administered at suitable intervals in diabetes mellitus, the blood sugar is maintained at a normal level and the urine remains free of sugar. Overdosage is followed by weakness and fatigue and tremulousness and profuse sweating.

TAMUS

Tamus. Tamus communis. Black Bryony. Ladies' Seal. N. O. Dioscoreaceæ. Tincture of fresh root. Tincture of the berries. Clinical Chilblains. Characteristics Tamus is the only European representative of the Dioscoreaceæ. There are two species, T. communis and T. cretica. The Greeks use the young s...

TANGHINIA

Tanghinia. Tanghinia venenifera. N. O. Apocynaceæ. Trituration of the seed. Characteristics Tanghinia (the Tanghin or Tanquen of Madagascar) is the only representative of its genus of the Apocynaceæ. The fruit of the tree is ellipsoid, between two and three inches long, having a smooth, purplish ...

TANNIN

Tannin. Tannic acid. C14H10O9,2H2O. [There are two forms of tannic acid, Gallo-tannic acid, derived from nut-galls, and Querci-tannic acid, derived from healthy leaves and bark of the oak. The former is the most used.] Trituration. Solution in rectified spirit. Clinical Constipation. Ileus. Chara...

TARANTULA

Tarentula. Lycosa tarentula. Tarantula. N. O. Araneideæ. Tincture of the living spiders. Clinical Angina pectoris. Callosities. Chorea. Coccygodynia. Cornea, opacity of. Cystitis. Depression of spirits. Diphtheria. Dysmenorrhœa. Epistaxis. Erotomania. Fibroma. Headache. Hiccough. Hysteria. Interm...

TEPLITZ

Teplitz. The mineral water of Teplitz in Bohemia. [Contains in 16 oz. Nat. c. gr. 2.28, Nat. m. .43, Nat. fl. sil. .13, K. sul. .43, K. mur. .1, Calc. c. .32, Sil. .31, &c.] Dilution. Clinical Amenorrhœa. Bones, affections of. Breast, tumours in. Epistaxis. Eruptions. Erysipelas. Flatulence. ...

TETRADYMITE

Tetradymite. Rare crystals from North Carolina and Georgia, containing about 60 parts of Bismuth, 33 of Tellurium, 6 of Sulphur, and traces of Selenium and Iron." Trituration. Clinical Coccygodynia. Nails, ulceration of; ingrowing. Tendo Achillis, pain in. Urticaria. Characteristics Hering proved...

TEUCRIUM SCORODONIA

Teucrium Scorodonia. Teucrium scorodonia. Wood Germander. Wood Sage. N. O. Labiatæ. Tincture of whole fresh plant. Clinical Bronchorrhœa. Phthisis. Testicle, tuberculosis of. Tuberculosis. Characteristics T. scorodonia is an extremely bitter plant with the smell and taste of hops, for which it ha...

THEVETIA

Thevetia. Thevetia nereifolia. Cerbera thevetia. Ahovai-baum (of the Antilles). N. O. Apocynaceæ. Tincture or trituration of the seeds. Clinical Diarrhœa. Somnolence. Throat, affections of. Vomiting. Characteristics J. Balfour observed the effect of eating the seeds on two boys, 8 and 6 1/2. This...

THYROIODINUM

Thyroiodinum. Iodothyrinum. Trituration. Clinical Goître. Obesity. Urine, increase of. Characteristics Thyroiodine is now more generally named Iodothyrine, but I retain the former as more convenient. Hoenigschmied (Aerz. Cent. Zeit., No. 6, 1900, quoted A. H., xxvii. 211) says of it that it is pr...