Homeopathic Materia Medica
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CALCAREA FLUORATA
Calcarea Fluorata. Calcium Fluoride. Fluor spar. Ca F2. Trituration. Clinical Adenoids. Aneurism. Bone affections. Breast, indurations of. Cataract. Catarrh. Cold sores. Corneal opacities. Cough. Exostosis. Flatulence. Glands, indurated. Hæmoptysis. Herpes. Hodgkin's disease. Joints, cracking of....
CALCAREA HYPOPHOSPHOROSA
Calcarea Hypophosphorosa. Hypophosphite of Lime. Ca 2PH2O2. Trituration and solution. Clinical Angina pectoris. Arteries, affections of. Asthma. Congestion. Headache. Paralysis. Sweating. Characteristics This salt has been proved by A. R. Barrett and a friend, who each took one grain of 2x trit. ...
CALCAREA LACTICA
Calcarea Lactica. Lactate of Lime. CA6H10O6, 5H2O. Trituration. Clinical Chilblains. Headache. Migraine. Rhinitis. Sprue. Characteristics With the introduction of colloidal preparations of the metals preparations of Calcium and its salts have come into much more general use in old-school practice...
CALCAREA LACTICA NATRONATA
Calcarea Lactica Natronata. Lactate of Calcium and Sodium. Clinical Alkaline blood. Asthma. Chilblains. Hæmorrhage. Hay fever. Urticaria. Characteristics A colloid of metallic Calcium has been prepared by the Crooke's laboratory, and its use subcutaneously has met with success in checking hæmorrh...
CALCAREA MURIATICA
Calcarea Muriatica. Calcium Chloride. Chloride of Lime. Ca CI2. Clinical Boils. Glandular swellings. Impetigo. Scrofula. Vomiting. Characteristics The following symptoms have been noted: Faintness, anxiety and weakness. Trembling and giddiness. Respiration quick and snoring; increased secretion o...
CALCAREA OVI TESTAE
Calcarea Ovi Testæ. Egg-shell. Trituration of the shell, not including its lining membrane. Clinical Leucorrhœa. Warts. Characteristics This preparation of Calcarea has been used in preference to others in cases of simple bland leucorrhœa. Water in which eggs have been boiled is popularly suppose...
CALCAREA OXALICA
Calcarea Oxalica. Calcium Oxalate. Ca C2O4. Clinical Cancer. Characteristics Calc. ox. has been found useful in allaying the pains of cancer. Relations Compare: Acet. ac., Oxal. ac., Citric ac., Euphorb., Euphorb. het.
CALCAREA PICRICA
Calcarea Picrica. Picrate of Calcium. 2 (C6H2 (NO2)3) OCa. Clinical Ear, perifollicular inflammation of. Boils in meatus. Characteristics "Indicated by clinical experience for perifollicular inflammation. The extreme prostration of Picric acid is relieved by this salt also" (Houghton). Minute and...
CALCAREA RENALIS
Calcarea Renalis. Urate of Lime renal calculi. Also Phosphate of Lime renal calculi. Trituration. Clinical Gout. Gravel. Joints, nodosities on. Renal calculi. Stone in bladder. Teeth, tartar on. Characteristics H. Recorder (Aug., 1895) reprints a paper by Dr. Bredenoll, of Erwitte, in which he gi...
CARBONEUM
Carboneum. Carboneum. C. (A. W. 12). Lamp-black. Amorphous Carbon (obtained from the chimney of a coal-oil lamp). Trituration. Clinical Convulsions. Sore-throat. Tetanus. Tongue, spasm of. Characteristics This substance was proved by Dr. Burt in the 1x trit. It produced sore-throat, costiveness, ...
CARDUUS BENEDICTUS
Carduus Benedictus. Cnicus benedictus. Centaurea benedicta. N. O. Compositæ. Tincture of whole plant when in flower. Clinical Amaurosis. Diarrhœa. Eyes, affections of. Fever. Headache. Joints, cracking of. Œsophagus, stricture of. Varicosis. Vision, affections of. Characteristics The proving of C...
CARYA ALBA
Carya Alba. Shellbark, or Shagbark Hickory. N. O. Juglandaceæ. Tincture of nuts. Clinical Purpura. Scurvy. Characteristics Like Juglans Regia and Juglans Cinerea, Carya alba appears to possess antiscorbutic properties. An exclusive diet of the nuts for three or four weeks, in a girl seven years o...
CENTAUREA TAGANA
Centaurea Tagana. Centaurea tagana. N. O. Compositæ. Tincture of root. Clinical Coryza. Diarrhœa. Eyes, inflammation of. Fevers. Home-sickness. Influenza. Intermittents. Sight, vanishing of. Characteristics The Centaureas are allied to the Thistles. Dr. Chagon, Duc de Sorentino, experimented with...
CEREUS SERPENTINUS
Cereus Serpentinus. N. O. Cactaceæ. Tincture of stems. Clinical Anger, fits of. Enuresis. Epistaxis. Heart, pains in. Impotence. Characteristics The heart was less prominently affected by Cer. serp. than by the other Cacti; but pains in head and a paralysed feeling were experienced. A voluptuous ...
CERVUS
Cervus. Cervus campestris. Cervus brasilicus. Brazilian deer. Triturations of the fresh hide covered with hair. Clinical Sciatica. Taste, altered. Tongue, painful. Characteristics Mure proved this substance, and one symptom appears to be peculiar: "Taste of doughy bread in the mouth." Relations C...
CETRARIA ISLANDICA
Cetraria Islandica. Iceland Moss. N. O. Lichenes. Decoction and tincture. Clinical Atrophy. Catarrh. Diarrhœa. Phthisis. Scrofulous emaciation. Scurvy. Ulcers. Characteristics Cetraria has been used in decoction and as a food, and has been found curative empirically in the diseases named above. S...
CHEIRANTHUS CHEIRI
Cheiranthus Cheiri. Common Wallflower. N. O. Cruciferæ. Tincture. Clinical Deafness. Wisdom-teeth, effects of cutting. Characteristics Our knowledge of the medicinal use of Cheiranth. is due to Dr. Cooper. The cases cured with it are as follows: (1) Young man, deafness and Otorrhœa left side. Is ...
CHENOPODIUM VULVARIA
Chenopodium Vulvaria. Stinkender Gänsefuss. N. O. Chenopodiaceæ. Tincture of fresh plant. Clinical Constipation. Enuresis. Scapula, pain under. Spleen pain. Characteristics Chenop. v. has an odour of decaying fish, and contains Trimethylamene. It constantly gives off ammonia. It has been proved, ...
CHIMAPHILA MACULATA
Chimaphila Maculata. Spotted Wintergreen. N. O. Pyroleæ, a tribe of the Ericaceæ. Tincture of root and leaves, or of fresh plant in flower. Clinical Angina pectoris. Diarrhœa. Headache. Sore-throat. Tongue, stiffness of. Toothache. Worm-fever. Characteristics Chim. mac. has been proved independen...
CHINA BOLIVIANA
China Boliviana. Cinchona Boliviana (a variety of Cinchona calisaya growing further north). N. O. Rubiaceæ. Tincture of bark. Clinical Aphthæ. Corns. Coryza. Hands, red. Mouth, commissures ulcerated. Pneumonia. Wry-neck. Characteristics China Bol. was proved by Modiedo, and the proving is accepte...
CHININUM MURIATICUM
Chininum Muriaticum. Muriate of Quinine. (C20 H24 N2O2 HCl 2H2O.) Trituration or solution. Clinical Alcoholism. Eye: neuralgia of. Gastritis. Headache. Intermittents. Iritis. Keratitis. Neuralgia. Pannus. Sclerotitis. Tobacco, effects of. Trachoma. Characteristics Chi. mur. resembles Chi. ars. ve...
CHININUM SALICYLICUM
Chininum Salicylicum. Salicylate of Quinine. (C20H24N2O2)2 C7H4O3. Trituration and solution. Clinical Deafness. Menière's disease. Tinnitus. Characteristics "Of all the preparations of Quinine the Salicylate is the most injurious to the structures of the internal ear" (Cozzolino); and, therefore,...
CHROMIUM KALI SULPHURATUM
Chromium Kali Sulphuratum. Chrome Alum. Potassic-Chromic Sulphate (Cr2K2S4O16, 24H2O). Clinical Catarrh. Hay asthma. Hay fever. Characteristics Cr. k. s. was introduced into homœopathic practice some years ago by Dr. Mersch, of Brussels, and in my experience it is by far the most valuable remedy ...
CHRYSOPHANICUM ACIDUM
Chrysophanicum Acidum. Chrysophanic acid. (CH3 C14 H5 (OH)2 O2). (An organic acid obtained from rhubarb and some lichens. A constituent of "Goa powder.") Clinical Ophthalmia. Psoriasis. Ringworm. Characteristics Tried as a local application in the form of ointment in bad cases of psoriasis on one...