Homeopathic Materia Medica
Explore clinical indications, key symptoms, modalities, and applications of classic remedies across 14 historical reference textbooks.
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CAMPHORA OFFICINALIS
CAMPHORA OFFICINALIS Camphor Hahnemann says: "The action of this substance is very puzzling and difficult of investigation, even in the healthy organism because its primary action, more frequently than with any other remedy, alternates and becomes intermixed with the vital reactions (...
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...
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...
CARIA PAPAYA
CARIA PAPAYA (Pop-Tree) Let us see first whether it is an Indian tree. No, it is not so. In the twelfth century the Arabian merchants fetched some seeds of this tree to Arabiya from New Guinea. The use was started after full growth of the tree. Ultimately, the seeds were brought to India t...
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...
CASSIA SOPHERA
CASSIA SOPHERA (Senne Sophera) Plant Introduction: This plant grows mostly in tropical countries. In Bengal, it grows in plenty just after the first rainfall. The trees are seen with full of flowers in the Autum. The fruits are like the kidney beans or rod with seeds. It is a bushy tree with smal...
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...
CEPHALANDRA INDICA
CEPHALANDRA INDICA Plant Introduction: This plant found in Bengal and in various parts of India, is a kind of creeping plant. The leaves are 4 inch broad, penta axilic, petiole is extended upto one inch. The fruits are like Patol, colour changes to red when they get mature containing seeds...
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 ALBUM
CHENOPODIUM ALBUM Deafness: variable; > high pitched voice.
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
Chimaphila Urinary Organs: Chronic renal and vesical affections with an enormous amount of thick ropy mucous sediment in the urine.
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,...
CHIRATA - GENTIANA CHIRATA
CHIRATA OR GENTIANA CHIRATA Plant introduction: It is a kind of short and steady shrub with stem height uf 2-5 ft. Leaves, are 2/3 inch long and inch wide. Comaparatively the leaves at the lower portion of the stem are greater in size than those of the upper. Branches are oval shaped or helicoid ...
CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS
Chlamydia Trachomatis Kingdom: Bacteria Phylum: Eubacteria Chlamydia Trachomatis is an interstitial parasite, meaning that it lives and thrives between the cells of the human body, in interstitial fluid. It is generally transmitted during sexual contact, most often infecting the urinary tract. It...
CHLORALUM
CHLORALUM REGION: BRAIN. Heart. Muscles. Liver. Skin. WORSE: Alcohol. Night. Exertion. BETTER: Open air. Muscle prostration. .................... Indifferent and sleepy or cerebral excitement; hears voices. Mania. Bileless stools. Bed-wetting. Wants to be fanned. Dyspnœa. As of a weight on chest....
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 ...