Homeopathic Materia Medica
Explore clinical indications, key symptoms, modalities, and applications of classic remedies across 14 historical reference textbooks.
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SABADILLA OFFICINARUM
SABADILLA OFFICINARUM REGION: MUCOUS MEMBRANES: NOSE. ANUS. Digestive tract. NERVES. Lachrymal glands. Throat. WORSE: COLD; air; drinks. PERIODICALLY: Same hour. Forenoon. New and full moon. Odors. Undeveloped exanthema. BETTER: Open air. Heat. Eating. Swallowing. Weak; nervous; easily startled. ...
SACCHARUM LACTIS
Saccharum Lactis. Milk-sugar. Lactose. C12H22O11. Clinical Amblyopia. Angina pectoris. Body-odour, offensive. Diabetes. Dyspepsia. Earache. Gout. Headache. Hysteria. Labia, soreness of. Nervousness. Neuralgia. Ovaries, affections of. Over-exertion. Ptosis. Sciatica. Sighing. Stye. Umbilicus, infl...
SALICINUM
Salicinum. Salicin. C13H18O7. Trituration and Solution. Clinical Deafness. Influenza. Ménière's disease. Tinnitus. Characteristics Saln. is an active principle (glucoside?) obtained from different species of Willow. It has been used largely in the treatment of rheumatism in ordinary practice. It ...
SALIX MOLLISSIMA
Salix Mollissima. Salix mollissima. N. O. Salicaceæ. Tincture of fresh leaves and young shoots. Clinical Rheumatism. Sciatica. Characteristics Cooper has used Sal. mollis. with success in rheumatic affections, especially in sciatic neuritis in nervous subjects, in whom the capillary cutaneous cir...
SALIX PURPUREA
Salix Purpurea. Salix purpurea. Red or Purple Willow. N. O. Salicaceæ. Tincture or infusion of fresh bark. Clinical Diarrhœa. Fever. Parotitis. Vertigo. Characteristics T. C. Duncan and his wife proved Sal. purp., taking drachm doses of the infusion of the bark. The chief symptoms produced were: ...
SALOL
Salol. Salicylate of Phenol. C6H4 OH ─ C6H4 COOC6H5. Trituration. Clinical Diarrhœa. Dysentery. Fever. Gonorrhœa. Headache. Influenza. Neuralgia. Rheumatism. Small-pox. Characteristics Salol was primarily used as an anti-rheumatic, especially in the treatment of acute cases. It was given as an an...
SAMBUCUS CANADENSIS
Sambucus Canadensis. Sambucus canadensis. S. humilis. S. glauca. S. nigra (Marsh). Elder-bush. N. O. Caprifoliaceæ. Tincture of buds, flowers, tender shoots, and leaves. Clinical Albuminuria. Angina pectoris. Asthma. Blotches. Larynx, dry. Lumbago. Characteristics The indigenous North American El...
SANGUINARINUM
Sanguinarinum. Sanguinarinum. C19H17NO4. Trituration. Solution in vinegar. Clinical Croup. Characteristics Sanginarin. is a pearly white substance. In smallest physiological doses it acts as "expectorant," in large it causes nausea, and still larger vomiting. In repeated doses it lowers the pulse...
SANGUINARINUM TARTARICUM
Sanguinarinum Tartaricum. Tartrate or Sanguinarin. C19H17NO4C4H6O6. Trituration. Clinical Exophthalmos. Mydriasis. Stool, bilious. Vision, dim. Characteristics Tully and Terry (C. D. P.) experimented with Sng. tart. in considerable doses. Tully says he has repeatedly witnessed "all the effects of...
SANGUISUGA
Sanguisuga. Hirudo or Sanguisuga officinalis. The Leech. N. O. Hirudineæ. Tincture of the living animal. Clinical Anus, bleeding from. Hæmorrhages. Characteristics Burnett was the first to use Sanguisuga as a homœopathic medicine. Dangerous hæmorrhages have not unfrequently followed the applicati...
SANTALUM
Santalum. Santalum album (India); and S. Freycinetianum and S. paniculatum (Sandwich Islands). Sandal Wood. N. O. Santalaceæ. The oil distilled from the wood. Dilutions with alcohol. Clinical Gonorrhœa. Kidney-ache. Characteristics The word Santalum is of Persian origin. Sandal-wood oil is obtain...
SAPONINUM
Saponinum. Saponin. (A glucoside obtained from Saponaria officinalis, Gypsophila, Struthium, Senega, Quillaja, &c.) C32H54O18. Trituration. Solution. (Watery solutions speedily decompose.) Clinical Boils. Constipation. Diarrhœa. Dysmenia. Enuresis, when walking. Exophthalmos. Fever. Headache....
SCAMMONIUM
Scammonium. Convolvulus scammonia. Scammony. N. O. Convolvulaceæ. Triturations of the dried milky juice of the root. Clinical Diarrhœa. Gastro-enteritis. Characteristics Scam. is a drastic cathartic, producing copious watery evacuations, and griping a good deal. Sprengel records a case of fatal p...
SCARLATININUM
Scarlatininum. The nosode of Scarlatina or Scarlet Fever. Clinical Albuminuria. Nephritis. Scarlet fever. Skin affections. Throat, sore. Characteristics Scarlatinin has been used, like other nosodes, for the prevention and for cure of the disease from which it takes origin. But its well-known aff...
SCHINUS
Schinus. Schinus molle. N. O. Anacardiaceæ. Tincture of the berries. Tincture of leaves and berries. Clinical Diarrhœa. Liver, griping pain in. Œsophagus, dryness of. Spinal cord, drawing in. Vomiting. Characteristics Allen says Schinus is an evergreen shrub, native of Mexico and South America, a...
SCILLA MARITIMA
Scilla Maritima. Scilla maritima. Squill. Sea Onion. (Red variety.) N. O. Liliaceæ. Tincture of fresh bulb. Acetum. Clinical Angina pectoris. Asthma; dry; splenic. Bright's disease. Bronchitis. Conjunctivitis, phlyctenular. Coryza. Cough, catarrhal. Diabetes; insipidus. Dropsy; splenic. Eyes, aff...
SCIRRHINUM
Scirrhinum. Carcinominum. The nosode of Scirrhous Cancer. Trituration. Clinical Breast, cancer of. Cancer. Cancerous diathesis. Glands, enlarged. Hæmorrhages. Varicosis. Worms. Characteristics Burnett is my authority for this nosode. He proved it on himself, and produced "a tremendous sinking at ...
SCOLOPENDRA
Scolopendra. Scolopendra morsitans (and other species). Centipede. N. O. Chilopoda (sub-ord. Scolopendridæ). Tincture of living animals. Clinical Angina pectoris. Convulsions. Malignant pustule. Characteristics The effects of Centipede bites have been observed on several persons. Swelling, pain, ...
SCOPARIUS GENISTA
Scoparius genista Scoparius genista Generalities • It is a heart tonic; affects the kidneys; cord; muscles and left side. • It increases the strength of the heart, reduces blood pressure. • Irregular heart action from influenza or other infectious diseases. • Relieves the congestion of kidneys en...
SCORPIO
Scorpio. Scorpio (several species). Scorpion. N. O. Scorpionida. (Class, Arachnida.) Tincture of living animals. Clinical Salivation. Strabismus. Tetanus. Characteristics Scorpion stings are attended with a certain amount of danger, especially to children. The symptoms of the Schema are from effe...
SCROPHULARIA
Scrophularia. Scrophularia nodosa (and S. Marilandica, the American variety introduced from Europe and Asia). Fig-wort. N. O. Scrophulariaceæ. Tincture of whole fresh plant. Clinical Appendicitis. Breast, tumours of. Colic. Deafness. Dyspepsia. Enuresis. Eyes, scrofulous affections of. Glands, en...
SENECIO JACOBOEA
Senecio Jacobœa. Senecio jacobœa. St. James' Wort. Staggerwort. Ragwort. N. O. Compositæ. Tincture of fresh plant. Clinical Brain, affections of. Cerebro-spinal irritation. Depression. Enuresis. Headache. Twitchings. Characteristics Cooper has published (H. W., xxxv. 154) observations with Sen. j...
SEPTICAEMINUM
Septicæminum. Nosode of Septicæmia (Swan). Attenuations made from contents of a septic abscess. Clinical Camp diarrhœa. Dysentery. Typhoid fever. Characteristics Skinner (H. W., xxxv. 246) gave a supply of Septic. 10m (F. C.) to a volunteer going to South Africa, with instructions to take a globu...
SILICA
Silicea. Pure Silica. (Silicic Oxide) Adapted to the nervous, irritable, sanguine temperament; persons of a psoric diathesis. Persons of light complexion; find, dry, skin; pale face; weakly, with lax muscles. Constitutions which suffer from deficient nutrition, not because food is lacking in qual...