Homeopathy Clinical Sciences Review

This flashcard set covers the essential homeopathic remedies and principles for clinical sciences, including key use cases, modalities, and potency guidelines.

Aconite napellus

Used for sudden shock, fear, and panic in the first stage of trauma; symptoms are worse with cold, wind, or night and feel like death.

Arnica montana

Indicated for bruising, soreness, and blunt trauma (new or old) characterized by a "sore, beaten-up feeling"; worse with touch and motion.

Bellis perennis

Known as "Deep Arnica," it is used for deep bruising, internal organ trauma, and pelvic trauma; worse with cold baths or touch.

Ledum

Used for puncture wounds, bites, black eyes, and swelling where the part feels cold but the patient desires cold applications.

Natrum sulph

Indicated for after-effects of head injury (concussion, depression) and asthma; worse in damp or humid weather.

Symphytum

Known as "Comfrey" or "knit-bone," it stimulates bone healing for bone trauma, non-union fractures, and eye injuries.

Allium cepa

Used for allergic rhinitis and colds with profuse acrid nasal discharge and bland tears; worse in a warm room.

Antimonium tartaricum

Indicated for rattling cough with weak expectoration and bronchitis; patient may be tired, sweaty, and drowsy.

Causticum

Used for hoarseness, loss of voice, and dry cough with sticky sputum; worse in dry cold wind and better in rainy weather.

Drosera rotundifolia

Indicated for barking or paroxysmal cough (whooping cough) and suffocation on lying down; better sitting up.

Kali bichromicum

Used for sinusitis with thick, yellow, stringy mucus and pain at the root of the nose; worse with cold or beer.

Phosphorus

Indicated for respiratory issues like pneumonia or asthma in social patients who crave cold drinks and have a bleeding tendency.

Rumex crispus

Used for a dry, explosive cough caused by a tickling sensation in the throat pit; worse from cold air or talking.

Tuberculinum

A deep-acting nosode for recurrent URTIs and allergies in restless children who crave milk and smoked meat.

Arsenicum album

Used for food poisoning and burning pains; worse between midnight and $2:00\,a.m.$ and better with warmth.

Bryonia

Indicated for constipation and indigestion where pain is worse from the slightest motion and better with pressure or rest.

Carbo vegetabilis

Used for bloating, gas, and collapse with coldness; the patient feels "air hunger" and desires to be fanned.

Chelidonium majus

Specific for liver and gallbladder issues with right-sided pain radiating to the right scapula and a yellow tongue coating.

China (Cinchona)

Used for gas, bloating, and weakness following the loss of fluids (hemorrhage or diarrhea); sensitive to light touch.

Cina

Indicated for children with worms, teeth grinding, and irritability; the child is restless, angry, and picks at their nose.

Ipecacuanha

Characterized by persistent nausea with a clean tongue; used for cough with vomiting or hemoptysis.

Lycopodium

Used for bloating and gas; symptoms are worse between $4:00\,p.m.$ and $8:00\,p.m.$ and better with warm drinks.

Merc sol (Mercurius solubilis)

Indicated for purulent infections with foul breath, glandular swelling, and offensive discharges; worse at night.

Podophyllum

Used for explosive, painless "gushing" diarrhea, often during teething or in the early morning.

Veratrum album

Indicated for violent diarrhea and vomiting with collapse and cold sweat on the forehead; patient is cold to the touch.

Argentum nitricum

Used for anxiety with impulsiveness, stage fright, and hurried behavior; worse with heat and sweets.

Aurum metallicum

Indicated for deep depression with suicidal thoughts and a high sense of duty; worse at night.

Baryta carbonica

Used for delayed development and shyness in immature children or the elderly; associated with swollen glands.

Calcarea carbonica

Suited for chubby, chilly, sweaty children who crave eggs and have sweat on the head; worse from exertion.

Gelsemium

Indicated for anticipatory anxiety with weakness, trembling, and heaviness (droopy eyelids); patient lacks thirst.

Ignatia amara

Used for acute grief, emotional shock, and sighing with a sensation of a lump in the throat; symptoms are paradoxical.

Natrum muriaticum

Indicated for silent grief and past trauma; the patient is reserved, craves salt, and is worse with consolation.

Staphysagria

Used for suppressed anger, humiliation, or sexual trauma; the patient is sensitive and avoids confrontation.

Stramonium

Indicated for night terrors, fear of the dark, and violent mania; worse from glistening objects or being alone.

Equisetum arvense

Used for enuresis and bladder pain with a constant urge; the bladder feels full even when it is not.

Magnesium phosphoricum

Known as "Homeopathic Advil," it is used for cramping and dysmenorrhea better by heat and pressure.

Pulsatilla

Indicated for weepy, clingy patients who crave attention and creamy food; better in fresh air and worse in warm rooms.

Sepia

Used for hormonal burnout, apathy, and exhaustion; the patient feels better with vigorous exercise and being alone.

Thuja

Indicated for warts, vaccine ill effects, and fixed ideas; the patient has oily skin and feels that something is wrong with them.

Apis mellifica

Used for allergic reactions, stings, and edema with stinging, burning pains; worse with heat and better with cold.

Graphites

Indicated for skin eruptions with honey-like discharge and thick, cracked skin; often seen in obese, chilly individuals.

Sulphur

Used for eczema with intense burning and itching; patient is extroverted, messy, and gets $5\,a.m.$ diarrhea.

Aesculus hippocastanum

Specific for hemorrhoids with a sensation of a "stick up the rectum," back pain, and venous stasis.

Belladonna

Indicated for sudden, throbbing, violent pain with a red flushed face and dilated pupils; worse from light and noise.

Lachesis

Used for left-sided complaints and circulatory congestion; worse with tight clothing and during menopause.

Hypericum

Indicated for sharp, shooting radiating nerve pain from crushed fingers, toes, or spinal trauma.

Rhus toxicodendron

Used for ligament/tendon injury and arthritis with a "rusty hinge" feeling; worse with rest and better with continued motion.

Ruta graveolens

Indicated for tendinitis, periosteal injury, and overuse injury; the affected part feels bruised and aching.

Conium maculatum

Used for tumors and hard glands (BPH); associated with progressive ascending paralysis and emotional flatness.

Hepar sulphuris

Indicated for abscesses and sharp "splinter" throat pain; the patient is extremely chilly and sensitive to cold or touch.

Phytolacca

Specific for mastitis and breast pain where the pain radiates from the nipple to the back; glands are hard and painful.

Eupatorium perfoliatum

Used for influenza where the "bones feel broken" (deep bone pain) accompanied by a high fever.

Ferrum phosphoricum

Indicated for the early stage of inflammation and high fever when symptoms are vague; also used for nosebleeds.

Simillimum

The most accurate match between a patient's totality of symptoms (physical, mental, emotional) and a remedy's known effects.

Potency $6CH$ or $30CH$

Guidelines used primarily for physical conditions, especially local or acute symptoms.

Potency $1M$ or $10M$

Guidelines used for emotional trauma, shock, or long-standing chronic disease.

Camphora

A substance recognized as a general antidote to many homeopathic remedies.

Antidotes

Substances like coffee, menthol, camphor, mint, or steroids that can block or interfere with the action of a remedy.