Homeopathic Materia Medica
Explore clinical indications, key symptoms, modalities, and applications of classic remedies across 14 historical reference textbooks.
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TAMUS
Tamus. Tamus communis. Black Bryony. Ladies' Seal. N. O. Dioscoreaceæ. Tincture of fresh root. Tincture of the berries. Clinical Chilblains. Characteristics Tamus is the only European representative of the Dioscoreaceæ. There are two species, T. communis and T. cretica. The Greeks use the young s...
TANGHINIA
Tanghinia. Tanghinia venenifera. N. O. Apocynaceæ. Trituration of the seed. Characteristics Tanghinia (the Tanghin or Tanquen of Madagascar) is the only representative of its genus of the Apocynaceæ. The fruit of the tree is ellipsoid, between two and three inches long, having a smooth, purplish ...
TANNIN
Tannin. Tannic acid. C14H10O9,2H2O. [There are two forms of tannic acid, Gallo-tannic acid, derived from nut-galls, and Querci-tannic acid, derived from healthy leaves and bark of the oak. The former is the most used.] Trituration. Solution in rectified spirit. Clinical Constipation. Ileus. Chara...
TARANTULA
Tarentula. Lycosa tarentula. Tarantula. N. O. Araneideæ. Tincture of the living spiders. Clinical Angina pectoris. Callosities. Chorea. Coccygodynia. Cornea, opacity of. Cystitis. Depression of spirits. Diphtheria. Dysmenorrhœa. Epistaxis. Erotomania. Fibroma. Headache. Hiccough. Hysteria. Interm...
TARENTULA
Tarentula. Tarantula; Cuban and Spanish. (Araneideae) Adapted to highly nervous organisms, especially choleric affections where whole body, or right arm and left leg are affected (left arm and right leg, Agar.). Constant movement of the legs, arms, trunk, with inability to do anything; twitching ...
TARTAR EMET
TARTAR EMET. The head trembles, particularly when coughing, with an inward trembling and drowsiness, more in the evening and in warmth. Beating and throbbing in all the vessels of the body. Painful urging to urinate, scanty discharge, dark red, or the last bloody, with stitches in the bladder and...
TARTARUS STIBIATUS
Tartarus Stibiatus (Tartarus emeticus) (Tartarus stibiatum). Mind and Disposition. During the day hilarity, in the evening anxious and timid. Despair and hopelessness, with lethargy. Head. Numbness of the head, with stupefaction and somnolency. Pressing headache, as if the brain were compressed, ...
TEPLITZ
Teplitz. The mineral water of Teplitz in Bohemia. [Contains in 16 oz. Nat. c. gr. 2.28, Nat. m. .43, Nat. fl. sil. .13, K. sul. .43, K. mur. .1, Calc. c. .32, Sil. .31, &c.] Dilution. Clinical Amenorrhœa. Bones, affections of. Breast, tumours in. Epistaxis. Eruptions. Erysipelas. Flatulence. ...
TEREBINTHINA
TEREBINTHINA REGION: Mucous membranes: KIDNEYS. Bladder. Bronchial. Respiration. Heart. Blood. WORSE: Dampness. Cold. Night. Lying. Pressure. BETTER: Motion. Kidneys affected, with rheumatism. Sudden, grippy aching. Stiff, sore muscles. Pain; excites urination; along larger nerves. Burning; tip o...
TETRADYMITE
Tetradymite. Rare crystals from North Carolina and Georgia, containing about 60 parts of Bismuth, 33 of Tellurium, 6 of Sulphur, and traces of Selenium and Iron." Trituration. Clinical Coccygodynia. Nails, ulceration of; ingrowing. Tendo Achillis, pain in. Urticaria. Characteristics Hering proved...
TEUCRIUM SCORODONIA
Teucrium Scorodonia. Teucrium scorodonia. Wood Germander. Wood Sage. N. O. Labiatæ. Tincture of whole fresh plant. Clinical Bronchorrhœa. Phthisis. Testicle, tuberculosis of. Tuberculosis. Characteristics T. scorodonia is an extremely bitter plant with the smell and taste of hops, for which it ha...
THEA SINESIS
Thea Sinensis. Stomach and Abdomen. Sensation of complete relaxation of the stomach, with qualmishness and nausea, and discharge of water from the mouth ; her stomach felt as if hanging down like an empty bag, and heavy.
THEVETIA
Thevetia. Thevetia nereifolia. Cerbera thevetia. Ahovai-baum (of the Antilles). N. O. Apocynaceæ. Tincture or trituration of the seeds. Clinical Diarrhœa. Somnolence. Throat, affections of. Vomiting. Characteristics J. Balfour observed the effect of eating the seeds on two boys, 8 and 6 1/2. This...
THROMBIDIUM
Thrombidium Muscae Domesticae. Stool and Anus. Griping pain in the abdomen, followed by stool ; first, feces ; later, they are mixed with mucus ; worse after eating ; stool with tenesmus and prolapsus ani, shivering in the back, perspiration. Dysentery.
THYROIODINUM
Thyroiodinum. Iodothyrinum. Trituration. Clinical Goître. Obesity. Urine, increase of. Characteristics Thyroiodine is now more generally named Iodothyrine, but I retain the former as more convenient. Hoenigschmied (Aerz. Cent. Zeit., No. 6, 1900, quoted A. H., xxvii. 211) says of it that it is pr...
TOXICOPHIS
Toxicophis. Toxicophis pugnax. Moccasin Snake. N. O. Ophidia. Trituration. Clinical Œdema. Periodic neuralgia. Characteristics Some effects of bites with this snake have been recorded. A peculiar feature of the cases was that the symptoms of pain and fever recurred annually at exactly the same pe...
TRACHINUS
Trachinus. Trachinus draco and T. vipera. The Great and Lesser Weever, Sting-bull and Sting-fish. Trituration of the poisonous fins. Clinical Asthma. Blood-poisoning. Neuralgia. Ulcers. Characteristics Some very serious effects have been recorded from wounds inflicted with the fins of Trachinus. ...
TRADESCANTIA
Tradescantia. Tradescantia diuretica. N. O. Commelynaceæ. Tincture of fresh leaves. Clinical Gonorrhœa. Orchitis. Characteristics Mure proved Trad., which belongs to a genus of lily-like plants. It produced disorder of the genito-urinary organs, urethral discharge, and inflammation of the scrotum...
TRIFOLIUM REPENS
Trifolium Repens. Trifolium repens. White Clover. N. O. Leguminosæ. Trituration or tincture of flower heads. Clinical Mumps. Salivation. Characteristics The proving of Tr. r. produced a specific action on the salivary glands. Hale says it produces marked salivation in horses. Relations Compare: j...
TRIMETHYLAMINUM
Trimethylaminum. Propylaminum. N(CH3)3. [Found in many plants, Chen. v., Cratæg. ox., Phal. imp., Pyr. com., Arn., Cotyl. u., Fag. syl., &c., and in herring-brine.] Solution. Clinical Ankles, pains in. Rheumatic fever. Wrists, pains in. Characteristics Trimethyl., which is prepared from herri...
TRIOSTEUM
Triosteum. Triosteum perfoliatum. Fever-wort. Horse-gentian. N. O. Caprifoliaceæ (Tribe, Lonicereæ). Tincture of fresh root. Clinical Asthma. Backache. Fever; gastric. Headache; bilious. Influenza. Infra-mammary pain. Joints, stiff. Typhoid. Urticaria. Characteristics Triost. is an energetically ...
TROMBIDIUM
Trombidium. Trombidium muscæ domesticæ. N. O. Acaridea (Class, Arachnida). Tincture of the animals. Clinical Anus, prolapse of. Diarrhœa. Dysentery. Hip-joint, pain in. Liver, pain in. Nose, catarrh of. Sciatica. Tibia, pain in. Toothache. Characteristics Tromb. is "a parasite found singly or in ...
TROPAEOLUM
Tropæolum. Tropæolum majus. Indian Cress. Garden Nasturtium. N. O. Tropæolaceæ. Tincture of fresh plant. Clinical Urine, fetid. Characteristics Tropæolum is a native of Peru. It was called "Cress" and "Nasturtium" because the taste of the leaves was considered like the taste of cress, and they ha...