Homeopathic Materia Medica
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Materia Medica by Adolf zur Lippe (By Adolf zur Lippe)
CANTHARIDES
Cantharides. Spanish Flies (Cantharideae) Oversensitiveness of all parts. Haemorrhages from nose, mouth, intestines, genital and urinary organs. Pain; raw, sore, burning in every part of the body, internally and externally; with extreme weakness. Disgust for everything; drink, food, tabacco. Drin...
CREOSOTUM
Creosotum. Mind and Disposition. Low-spirited, inclined to weep, longing for death ; music and other subduing emotions cause him to weep. Ill-humor (in the morning), with disposition to weep. Head. Weakness of memory. Painful dulness of the head, as ; after intoxication. [5] Heaviness in the fore...
CUPRUM
Cuprum. Mind and Disposition. Craziness ; attacks with savage malice, with proud bearing, and at times interrupted by clonic spasms. Great anguish, like fear of death ; restlessness, groaning, and desire to escape. Attacks of rage (wants to bite the bystanders). Convulsive laughter. [5] Incoheren...
Cactus Grandiflorus
Abbreviation: HOMOPATHIC MATERIA MEDICA by William BOERICKE, M.D. Presented by Médi-T
Antidotes: Acon; Camph; China . Compare: Digital; Spigel; Convallar; Kalmia; Naja; Magnol.
Cadmium Sulphuratum
Abbreviation: HOMOPATHIC MATERIA MEDICA by William BOERICKE, M.D. Presented by Médi-T
Compare: Cadmium oxide; Cad brom (pain and burning in stomach, and vomiting); Cadmium jodat (Itching of anus and rectum felt during the day only; constipation frequent desire, tenesmus, abdomen bloated); Zinc; Ars; Carbo; Verat .
Caladium Seguinum
Abbreviation: HOMOPATHIC MATERIA MEDICA by William BOERICKE, M.D. Presented by Médi-T
Incompatible: Arum triph . Complementary: Nitr ac. Compare: Capsic; Phosph; Caust; Selen; Lyc. Ikshugandha (sexual weakness, emissions, prostatic enlargement).
Calcarea Carbonica
Abbreviation: HOMOPATHIC MATERIA MEDICA by William BOERICKE, M.D. Presented by Médi-T
Antidotes: Camph; Ipec; Nit ac; Nux . Complementary: Bell; Rhus; Lycop; Silica. Calcar is useful after Sulphur where the pupils remain dilated. When Pulsatilla failed in school girls. Incompatible: Bry; Sulphur should not be given after Calc. Compare: Aqua calcar.--Lime-water--(1/2 teaspoonful in milk); (as injection for oxyuris vermicularis), and Calc caust--slaked lime--(pain in back and heels, jaws and malar bones; also symptoms of influenza). Calc brom (removes inflammatory products from uterus; children of lax fiber, nervous and irritable, with gastric and cerebral irritation. Tendency to brain disease. Insomnia and cerebral congestion. Give 1x trituration). Sulph (differs in being worse by heat, hot feet, etc). Calcar calcinata -Calcined oyster-shell-a remedy for warts. Use 3d trituration. Calcarea ovorum. Ova tosta -Toasted egg-shells--( backache and leucorrha . Feeling as if back were broken in two; tired feeling. Also effective in controlling suffering from cancer). Calcar lactic (anæmias, hæmophilia, urticaria, where the coagulability of the blood is diminished; nervous headache with dema of eyelids, lips or hands; 15 grains three times a day, but low potencies often equally effective). Calcar lacto-phosph (5 grains 3 times a day in cyclic vomiting and migraine). Calc mur.--Calcium chloratum -Rademacher's Liquor--(1 part to 2 of distilled water, of which take 15 drops in half a cup of water, five times daily. Boils. Porrigo capitis. Vomiting of all food and drink , with gastric pain. Impetigo, glandular swellings, angioneurotic dema. Pleurisy with effusion. Eczema in infants). Calcar picrata , (peri-follicular inflammation; a remedy of prime importance in recurring or chronic boils , particularly when located on parts thinly covered with muscle tissue, as on shinbones, coccyx, auditory canal , dry, scurfy accumulation and exfoliation of epithelial scales, etc, styes, phlyctenules. Use 3x trit). Compare also with Calcarea: Lycop; Silica; Pulsat; Chamom.
Calendula Officinalis
Abbreviation: HOMOPATHIC MATERIA MEDICA by William BOERICKE, M.D. Presented by Médi-T
Compare: Hamamel; Hyperic; Symph; Arn . Compare in deafness: Ferr pic; Kal iod; Calc; Mag c; Graph. Antidote: Chelidon; Rheum. Complementary: Hepar.
Cannabis Sativa
Abbreviation: HOMOPATHIC MATERIA MEDICA by William BOERICKE, M.D. Presented by Médi-T
Antidotes: Camph; Lemon juice . Compare: Hedysarum-Brazilian Burdock--(Gonorrha and inflammation of penis); Canth; Apis; Copaiva; Thuj; Kal nit.
Capsicum Annuum
Abbreviation: HOMOPATHIC MATERIA MEDICA by William BOERICKE, M.D. Presented by Médi-T
Antidote: Cina; Calad . Compare: Pulsat; Lycop; Bell; Centaurea (surging of blood; homesickness; intermittent fever).
Carbo Animalis
Abbreviation: HOMOPATHIC MATERIA MEDICA by William BOERICKE, M.D. Presented by Médi-T
The Carbon group all have putrid discharges and exhalations. All act on the skin, causing interrigo and excoriations. Glandular enlargements and catarrhal states, flatulency and asphyxiation. Carbon Tetrachlorid is said to cause fatty liver ( Phosph; Ars; Chlorof ). Paralysis of interosseus muscles of feet and hands. Wonderful clinical results in the treatment of Hook worm disease. See Thymol (Relationship). Complementary: Calc phos. Antidotes: Ars; Nux. Compare: Badiaga; Sepia; Sulph; Plumb iod.
Carbo Vegetabilis
Abbreviation: HOMOPATHIC MATERIA MEDICA by William BOERICKE, M.D. Presented by Médi-T
Antidotes: Spirits Nitre; Camph; Ambra; Arsenic . Compare: Carboneum-Lampblack (Spasms commencing in tongue, down trachea and extremities. Tingling sensation). Lycop; Ars; China. Complementary: Kali carb; Dros.
Cascarilla
Abbreviation: HOMOPATHIC MATERIA MEDICA by William BOERICKE, M.D. Presented by Médi-T
No summary available.
Castor Equi
Abbreviation: HOMOPATHIC MATERIA MEDICA by William BOERICKE, M.D. Presented by Médi-T
Compare: Graphites; Hippomanes; Calc. Oxal .
Causticum
Abbreviation: HOMOPATHIC MATERIA MEDICA by William BOERICKE, M.D. Presented by Médi-T
According to the careful investigations of Dr. Wagner of Basel, Causticum corresponds to Ammon causticum 4x. Causticum does not agree with Phosphorus ; the remedies should not be used after each other. Diphtherotoxin follows , causticum in chronic bronchitis. Antidote: Paralysis from lead-poisoning. Complementary: Carbo; Petrosel. Compare: Rhus; Arsenic; Amm phos (facial paralysis).
Chamomilla
Abbreviation: HOMOPATHIC MATERIA MEDICA by William BOERICKE, M.D. Presented by Médi-T
Compare: Cypriped; Anthemis; Aconite; Puls; Coffea; Bellad; Staphis; Ignat . Follows Belladonna in diseases of children and abuse of opium. Rubus villosus -Blackberry--(diarrha of infancy; stools watery and clay colored). Antidotes: Camph; Nux; Puls. Complementary: Bell; Mag c.
Chelidonium Majus
Abbreviation: HOMOPATHIC MATERIA MEDICA by William BOERICKE, M.D. Presented by Médi-T
Chelidonin .--(Spasm of smooth muscle everywhere, intestinal colic, uterine colic, bronchial spasm, tachycardia, etc). Boldo -Boldoa fragrans--(Bladder atony; cholecystitis and biliary calculus. Bitter taste, no appetite; constipation, hypochondriasis languor, congestion of liver; burning weight in liver and stomach. Painful hepatic diseases. Disturbed liver following malaria). Elemuy Gauteria --(Stones in kidneys and bladder; grain doses of powdered bark in water or 5 drops of tincture. Pellagra). Sulph often completes its work. Complementary: Lycop; Bryon. Antidote: Chamom. Compare: Nux; Sulph; Bry; Lyc; Opium; Podophyl; Sanguin; Ars.
Chenopodium Anthelminticum
Abbreviation: HOMOPATHIC MATERIA MEDICA by William BOERICKE, M.D. Presented by Médi-T
Compare: Opium; China; Chelid .
China Officinalis
Abbreviation: HOMOPATHIC MATERIA MEDICA by William BOERICKE, M.D. Presented by Médi-T
Antidotes: Arn; Ars; Nux; Ipec . Compare:-Quinidin--(Paroxysmal tachycardia and auricular fibrillation. Heart is slowed, and the auriculo-ventricular conduction time is lengthened. Dose 1/2 grain t.i.d). Cephalanthus--(Button Bush-Intermittent fever, sore throat, rheumatic symptoms, vivid dreams). Ars; Cedron; Nat sulph. Cydonia vulgaris-Quince (supposed to be of use to strengthen the sexual organs and stomach). Complementary: Ferrum; Calc phos.
Cicuta Virosa
Abbreviation: HOMOPATHIC MATERIA MEDICA by William BOERICKE, M.D. Presented by Médi-T
Antidotes: Opium; Arn . Compare: Cicuta Maculata-Water Hemlock--(Effects very similar; the most prominent symptoms being; Falls unconscious, tetanic or clonic convulsions. Body covered with sweat. Consider in epilepsy and tetanus. Tincture and lower potencies). Hydrocy acid; Con; Oenanth; Strychnia; Bellad.
Cimex Lectularius
Abbreviation: HOMOPATHIC MATERIA MEDICA by William BOERICKE, M.D. Presented by Médi-T
No summary available.
Cina Maritima
Abbreviation: HOMOPATHIC MATERIA MEDICA by William BOERICKE, M.D. Presented by Médi-T
Compare: Santonin --(often preferable in worm affections; same symptoms as Cina; corresponding to the "pain in shocks" produced by Cina. Visual illusions, yellow sight; violet light not recognized, colors not distinguishable. Urine deep saffron color. Spasms and twitchings, chronic gastric and intestinal troubles sometimes removed by a single dose (physiological) of Santonin. Dahlke). Helmintochortos -Worm-moss (acts very powerfully on intestinal worms, especially the lumbricoid). Teucrium; Ignat; Cham; Spig . Antidote: Camph; Caps.
Cinnabaris
Abbreviation: HOMOPATHIC MATERIA MEDICA by William BOERICKE, M.D. Presented by Médi-T
Compare: Hepar; Nitr ac; Thuja; Sep . Antidotes: Hepar; Sulph.
Cistus Canadensis
Abbreviation: HOMOPATHIC MATERIA MEDICA by William BOERICKE, M.D. Presented by Médi-T
Antidotes: Rhus; Sepia . Compare: Conium; Carbo; Calc; Arg n.