Homeopathic Materia Medica

HALL

Hall. The salt springs of Hall in Upper Austria, containing chlorides, iodides, bromides, and carbonates of the alkalies and alkaline earths and iron; but by far the largest ingredient is chloride of sodium. Dilutions. Clinical Breast, affections of. Exophthalmic goître. Glands, enlarged. Goître....

HEDERA HELIX

Hedera Helix. Common Ivy. N. O. Araliaceæ. Tincture of young shoots. Clinical Cataract. Hydrocephalus, chronic. Rhinorrhœa cerebro-spinalis. Rickets. Characteristics Our knowledge of the therapeutic properties of Ivy we owe to Dr. Cooper, whose experience has shown it to have a relation to ricket...

HEDYSARUM ILDEFONSIANUM

Hedysarum Ildefonsianum. Hedysarum desmodium. Barba de Roy. Carapicho. Brazilian Burdock. N. O. Leguminosæ. Clinical Gonorrhœa. Gonorrhœal ophthalmia. Penis, inflammation of. Characteristics This plant is named by Mure, who gives a figure of it in his book and describes it thus: "The brownish lig...

HELIOTROPIUM

Heliotropium. Heliotropium peruvianum. Heliotrope. Cherry-pie. N. O. Boraginaceæ. Tincture of whole fresh plant when in flower. Clinical Clergyman's sore throat. Dysmenorrhœa, membranous. Hoarseness. Leucorrhœa. Uterus, misplacement of. Characteristics Heliotrope has been slightly proved. Symptom...

HELIX TOSTA

Helix Tosta. Toasted snail. N. O. Helicidæ. Trituration. Clinical Hæmoptysis. Phthisis. Characteristics Snails have a traditional virtue in curing consumption, and homœopaths have put the remedy to the test by potentising it. W. H. Leonard (Med. Adv., xxii. 310) reports two cases cured with Helix...

HELLEBORUS FOETIDUS

Helleborus Fœtidus. Bear's foot. N. O. Ranunculaceæ. Tincture of the root. Clinical Cholera. Hair, failing off. Nails, falling off. Scarlatina. Skin, peeling. Stiff-neck. Characteristics The effects of Hel. f. have been observed on several persons. It is a violent narcotico-acrid poison, and in f...

HELLEBORUS ORIENTALIS

Helleborus Orientalis. Helleborus orientalis, Lam. N. O. Ranunculaceæ. Tincture of root. Clinical Diarrhœa. Indigestion. Salivation. Characteristics This was proved by V. Schroff on Lederer, and produced symptoms like those of the other Hellebores. These are peculiar: Accumulation of water in the...

HELLEBORUS VIRIDIS

Helleborus Viridis. Green Hellebore. N. O. Ranunculaceæ. Tincture of root; of young shoots. Clinical Colic. Diarrhœa. Epilepsy. Sore throat. Ulcers. Characteristics This was also proved by Schroff. It produced roaring in the ears; itching in the nose; and prickling of the tongue; diarrhœa of liqu...

HEMIDESMUS INDICA

HEMIDESMUS INDICA (Indian Sersaperilla) Plant Introduction: It is a creeper and available in Bengal and various states of India; kinds of tropical-American smilax esp. the Jamaica "sersaperilla" is the chief sourse of the medicinal sersaperilla. Germination takes place from the old root during ra...

HIPPOMANE MANCINELLA

Hippomane Mancinella. Mind and Disposition. Sudden vanishing of thought. Thoughtlessness. Vivacity, looks on the bright side of everything ; is inclined to sing. Bashful and taciturn. Head. Pulsating pains in the head and neck preventing one from writing. [5] The whole head feels ; sore as if bru...

HOANG-NAN

Hoang-Nan. Strychnos gaultheriana, Pierre. (Tonquin). N. O. Loganiaceæ. Tincture of dried bark. Clinical Albuminuria. Boils. Carbuncles. Eczema, pustular. Hydrophobia. Leprosy. Paralysis. Prurigo. Syphilis. Ulcers. Characteristics Hoang-nan is a plant indigenous to Tonquin, where it has a great r...

HOLARRHENA ANTIDYSENTERICA

HOLARRHENA ANTIDYSENTERICA Plant Introduction. It is a moderate tree of 20-25 ft high; leaves fall in the spring. Bark is 1/4 in thick, grayish, harsh with whitish medula. Leaves are ovate and 6-12 inch long (width 1 inch). Flowers are white in colour and have a mild scent. Fruits are covered wit...

HOMERIA

Homeria. Homeria collina. Cape Tulip. N. O. Iridaceæ. Tincture of bulbs. Clinical Collapse. Constipation. Vomiting. Characteristics Homeria is a violent narcotico-acrid poison very like Colchicum in its effects. A Malay woman, with her three grandchildren, æt. 12, 8, and 6, ate a small basinful o...

HURA CREPITANS

Hura Crepitans. Sand-box. Monkey's dinner-bell. N. O. Euphorbiaceæ. Tincture of seeds. Clinical Blindness. Diarrhœa. Sore-throat. Vomiting. Characteristics "The curious, rounded, hard-shelled fruits are about the size of an orange, and have as many deep furrows as there are cells, each cell conta...

HYDRASTININUM MURIATICUM

Hydrastininum Muriaticum. An alkaloid of Hydrastis canadensis. C11 H11 NO2 HCl. Trituration of the crystals. Clinical Fibroma. Metrorrhagia. Characteristics The alkaloids of Hydrastis have been largely used in the old school as remedies for internal hæmorrhage. Hydrastin. was found to be inconven...

HYDRASTINUM MURIATICUM

Hydrastinum Muriaticum. Muriate of Hydrastia. C21 H21 NO6 NCl. Clinical Cancer. Mouth, ulcer of, Ozæna. Ulcer. Characteristics This is the first alkaloid of Hydrastis that was isolated. Hale commends it as excellent for local applications, in the strength of about ten grains to eight ounces, stro...

HYDROPHOBINUM

Hydrophobinum. Lyssin. The nosode of rabies. Trituration of sugar of milk saturated with the saliva of a rabid dog. Triturations might also be made of Pasteur's strongest virus. Clinical Bubo. Clairvoyance. Convulsions. Corns, pains in. Diarrhœa. Dysentery. Fever. Hair, oiliness of. Headache. Hyd...

HYDROPHYLLUM VIRGINIANUM

Hydrophyllum Virginianum. Virginian Waterleaf. N. O. Hydrophyllaceæ. Tincture of fresh plant in flower. Clinical Eyes, inflammation of. Rhus poisoning. Characteristics The Hydrophyllaceæ are nearly allied to the Borages. They grow among moist, shady rocks, and they derive their name from the circ...

HYGROPHILA SPINOSA

HYGROPHILA SPINOSA Plant Introduction This is a thorny plant yielding bluish or, pinkish flowers, reddish seeds, grown in the marshy lands. This drug occupies an important position in the Indian Science of Medicine. Many physicians have mentioned its properties in the 'Pharmacopoeia of India.' Na...

HYOSCYAMINUM

Hyoscyaminum. Hyoscyamine. A crystalline alkaloid of Hyoscyamus Niger. C17 H23 NO3, Trituration or solution of the sulphate and hydrobromate. (A non-crystallisable alkaloid, Hyoscine, is also used in medicine in the form of the hydrobromate.) Clinical Ciliary neuralgia; spasm. Delirium. Fevers. M...

Haematoxylon Campechianum

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

Compare: Cactus; Colocy; Naja .

Hamamelis Virginiana

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

Compare in hæmorrhoids: Calc fluor; Aloe; Mur ac in varicose veins. Mangifera indica . Compare: Arnica; Calend; Trillium; Bellis; Sulph ac; Pulsatilla. Antidote: Arnica. Complementary: Ferrum.

Hecla Lava

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

Compare: Silica; Mercur; Phos; Conchiolinum --Mother of pearl (diaphysis of bone affected; parts extremely sensitive to touch). Amphisbæna -Snail-like lizard (great affinity for the jaw bones, worse by air and dampness). Slag --(Great itching of parts).

Hedeoma Pulegioides

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

Compare: Mentha; Sepia; Lilium; Ocimum (uric acid diathesis, pain in ureters). Hedera Helix --Common Ivy--(Delirium and chronic convulsions. Chronic hydrocephalus Rhinorrhea, cerebro-spinalis. Cataract. Acts on blood vessels, menorrhagia). Glechoma Hederacea --Ground Ivy--(Hæmorrhoids with rectal irritation and bleeding. Diarrhœa. Anus feels raw and sore. Cough with laryngeal and tracheal irritation. Glandula sub-mentalis inflamed).