The periodic table constitutes a valuable tool that systematizes the physical and chemical properties of the elements.:ORIGIN AND SOURCES OF HOMOEOPATHIC DRUGS

- Sumit Goel.

Nature is made up of 103 plus elements and their combinations in form of mixtures and compounds.

The periodic table constitutes a valuable tool that systematizes the physical and chemical properties of the elements. The utility of the periodic table lies in its ability to provide clues to the physical and chemical behaviour of the elements and their compounds. Based on periodic law, the periodic table arranges the elements into horizontal rows, with the same outermost, partly filled, major quantum groups and into vertical columns that have elements with the same valence electron structures. As a result, in any vertical group, the members exhibit similar behaviour patterns.

Elements of Group O : Helium, Neon, Argon, Krypton, Xenon, Radon

Elements of Group IA : Hydrogen, Lithium, Sodium, Potassium, Rubidium, Caesium, Francium Elements of Group IB : Copper, Silver, Gold

Elements of Group IIA : Beryllium, Magnesium, Calcium, Strontium, Barium, Radium

Elements of Group IIB : Zinc, Cadmium, Mercury

Elements of Group IIIA : Boron, Aluminum, Gallium, Indium, Thallium

Elements of Group IIIB : Scandium, Yttrium, Lanthanide series, Actinide series

Elements of Group IVA : Carbon, Silicon, Germanium, Tin, Lead

Elements of Group IVB : Titanium, Zirconium, Hafnium

Elements of Group VA : Nitrogen, Phosphorus, Arsenic, Antimony, Bismuth

Elements of Group VB : Vanadium, Niobium, Tantalum

Elements of Group VIA : Oxygen, Sulphur, Selenium, Tellurium, Polonium

Elements of Group VIB : Chromium, Molybdenum, Tungsten

Elements of Group VIIA : Fluorine, Chlorine, Bromine, Iodine, Astatine

Elements of Group VIIB : Manganese, Technetium, Rhenium

Elements of Group VIII : Iron, Cobalt, Nickel, Ruthenium, Rhodium, Palladium, Osmium, Iridium, Platinum

Homoeopathic medicines may be prepared from pure elements, acids, compounds - inorganic and inorganic, minerals and tar derivatives and also from mineral springs that have been prepared and tested homoeopathically.

A. ELEMENTS

Metals

Aluminium metallicum; Argentum metallicum; Arsenicum metallicum; Aurum metallicum; Beryllium metallicum; Bismuthum metallicum; Cadmium metallicum; Caesium metallicum; Cobaltum metallicum; Cuprum metallicum; Ferrum metallicum; Indium metallicum; Iridium metallicum; Manganum metallicum; Magnesium metallicum; Mercurius vivus; Niccolum metallicum; Osmium metallicum; Palladium metallicum; Platinum metallicum; Plumbum metallicum; Rhodium metallicum; Stannum metallicum; Tellurium metallicum; Thallium metallicum; Titanium metallicum; Uranium metallicum; Vanadium metallicum; Zincum metallicum

Non-metals

Bromium; Carboneum; Chlorum; Hydrogenum; Iodium; Oxygenium; Ozonum; Selenium; Phosphorus; Sulphur

Metalloids

Antimonium

B. ACIDS

Inorganic acids

Acidum boracicum; Acidum bromicum; Acidum chlornitrosum; Acidum chromicum; Acidum hydrobromicum; Acidum hydrofluoricum; Acidum muriaticum; Acidum nitricum; Acidum nitro muriaticum; Acidum phosphoricum; Acidum sulphuricum; Acidum sulphurosum

Organic acids

Acidum aceticum; Acidum ascorbicum; Acidum benzoicum; Acidum butyricum; Acidum camphoricum; Acidum carbolicum; Acidum chrysophanicum; Acidum citricum; Acidum formicum; Acidum gallicum; Acidum hippuricum; Acidum hydrocyanicum; Acidum lacticum; Acidum lacticum dextrum; Acidum oxalicum; Acidum picricum; Acidum salicylicum; Acidum sarcolacticum; Acidum succinicum; Acidum tannicum; Acidum tartaricum; Acidum uricum

C. COMPOUNDS

Inorganic

* Alumen; Alumina; Alumina phosphoricum; Alumina silicata; Aluminium acetate; Aluminium bromatum; Aluminium muriaticum

* Ammonium aceticum; Ammonium benzoicum; Ammonium bromatum; Ammonium carbonicum; Ammonium causticum; Ammonium formaldehyde; Ammonium iodatum; Ammonium muriaticum; Ammonium nitricum; Ammonium phosphoricum; Ammonium picricum; Ammonium sulphuricum; Ammonium tartaricum; Ammonium valerianicum; Ammonium vanadianicum

* Antimonium arsenicum; Antimonium crudum; Antimonium iodatum; Antimonium muriaticum; Antimonium nitricum; Antimonium natrum lacticum; Antimonium oxydatum; Antimonium sulphuratum aureum; Antimonium tartaricum

* Argentum bromatum; Argentum cyanatum; Argentum iodatum; Argentum muriaticum; Argentum nitricum; Argentum oxydatum; Argentum phosphoricum

* Arsenicum album; Arsenicum bromatum; Arsenicum hydrogenisatum; Arsenicum iodatum; Arsenicum nitricum; Arsenicum sulphuratum flavum; Arsenicum sulphuratum rubrum; Arsenicum tersulphuratum

* Aurum arsenicum; Aurum bromatum; Aurum fulminans; Aurum iodatum; Aurum muriaticum; Aurum muriaticum kalinatum; Aurum muriaticum natronatum; Aurum phosphoricum; Aurum silicata; Aurum sulphuratum

* Baryta acetica; Baryta arsenicum; Baryta carbonicum; Baryta iodatum; Baryta muriaticum; Baryta nitricum; Baryta oxydatum; Baryta phosphoricum; Baryta sulphuratum

* Bismuthum oxydatum; Bismuthum subnitricum

* Cadmium arsenicum; Cadmium bromatum; Cadmium iodatum; Cadmium muriaticum; Cadmium nitricum; Cadmium oxydatum; Cadmium phosphoricum; Cadmium sulphuricum

* Calcarea acetica; Calcarea arsenicum; Calcarea bromatum; Calcarea carbonicum; Calcarea caustica; Calcarea chlorinata; Calcarea fluorata; Calcarea hypophosphorosum; Calcarea iodatum; Calcarea lactica; Calcarea lactica natronata; Calcarea lactica phosphorica; Calcarea muriaticum; Calcarea oxalicum; Calcarea phosphoricum; Calcarea picricum; Calcarea silicata; Calcarea stibiato-sulphuratum; Calcarea sulphuratum; Hepar sulphuris calcareum; Lapis albus

* Calculus bilialis; Calculus renalis

* Cerium oxalicum

* Chromium oxydatum; Chromium sulphatum; Chromico kali sulphuricum

* Cobaltum nitricum

* Cuprum aceticum; Cuprum ammonio sulphuricum; Cuprum arsenicum; Cuprum carbonicum; Cuprum cyanatum; Cuprum nitricum; Cuprum oxydatum; Cuprum sulphuricum

* Ferrum aceticum; Ferrum arsenicum; Ferrum bromatum; Ferrum carbonicum; Ferrum citricum; Ferrum iodatum; Ferrum lacticum; Ferrum magneticum; Ferrum muriaticum; Ferrum pernitricum; Ferrum phosphoricum; Ferrum phosphoricum hydricum; Ferrum pyrophosphoricum; Ferrum sulphuricum; Ferrum tartaricum

* Causticum (Tinctura acris sine kali); Kali aceticum; Kali arsenicosum; Kali benzoicum; Kali bicarbonicum; Kali bichromicum; Kali bromatum; Kali carbonicum; Kali chloricum; Kali chromicum; Kali citricum; Kali cyanatum; Kali ferrocyanatum; Kali iodatum; Kali muriaticum; Kali nitricum; Kali oxalicum; Kali permanganum; Kali phosphoricum; Kali picricum; Kali salicylicum; Kali sulphuricum; Kali sulphuricum chromicum; Kali tartaricum; Kali telluricum

* Lithium benzoicum; Lithium bromicum; Lithium carbonicum; Lithium citricum; Lithium lacticum; Lithium muriaticum; Lithium phosphatum

* Magnesium aceticum; Magnesium carbonicum; Magnesium iodatum; Magnesium

* Muriaticum; Magnesium phosphoricum; Magnesium sulphuricum

* Manganum aceticum; Manganum bin oxydatum; Manganum carbonicum; Manganum muriaticum; Manganum oxydatum nigrum; Manganum phosphatum; Manganum sulphuricum

* Aethiops mercurialis mineralis; Cinnabaris; Mercurius aceticum; Mercurius iodatum flavum; Mercurius iodatum rubrum; Mercurius bromatum; Mercurius corrosivum; Mercurius cyanatum; Mercurius dulcis; Mercurius et kali iodatum; Mercurius nitricum; Mercurius sulphuricum

* Borax; Natrum aceticum; Natrum arsenicum; Natrum benzoicum; Natrum bicarbonicum; Natrum bromatum; Natrum carbonicum; Natrum chloratum; Natrum causticum; Natrum hypochloricum; Natrum hypophosphoricum; Natrum iodatum; Natrum lacticum; Natrum nitrosum; Natrum phosphoricum; Natrum salicylicum; Natrum selenicum; Natrum silicatum; Natrum succinatum; Natrum sulphuricum; Natrum sulphurosum; Natrum telluricum

* Niccolum bromatum; Niccolum carbonicum; Niccolum sulphuricum

* Nitrogenum oxygenatum

* Phosphorus hydrogenatus; Phosphorus muriaticus

* Platinum muriaticum; Platinum muriaticum natronatum

* Plumbum aceticum; Plumbum carbonicum; Plumbum chromicum; Plumbum iodatum

* Radium bromatum; Radium muriaticum

* Rhodium oxydatum nitricum

* Stannum iodatum; Stannum muriaticum

* Strontium bromatum; Strontium carbonicum; Strontium nitricum

* Sulphur hydrogenisatum; Sulphur iodatum; Sulphur terebinthatum

* Thallium aceticum

* Uranium aceticum; Uranium nitricum

* Zincum aceticum; Zincum arsenicum; Zincum bromatum; Zincum carbonicum; Zincum chromicum; Zincum cyanatum; Zincum iodatum; Zincum muriaticum; Zincum oxydatum; Zincum phosphoratum; Zincum sulphuricum; Zincum valerianicum

Organic

Acetanilidum; Acetone; Aether; Aethyl bromide; Aethyl nitricum; Aethyl nitrosum; Alcoholus; Aldehyde; Allyl sulphide; Amylaminicum hydrochloricum; Amylenum nitrosum; Anilinum; Apomorphinum muriaticum; Atropinum; Atropinum sulphuricum; Benzenum; Benzoinum; Benzolum dinitricum; Benzolum nitricum; Caffeinum; Camphora; Camphora bromata; Carboneum chloratum; Carboneum hydrogenisatum; Carboneum oxygenisatum; Carboneum sulphuratum; Chininum arsenicum; Chininum hydrocyanicum; Chininum muriaticum; Chininum salicylicum; Chininum sulphuricum; Chininum valerianicum; Chloralum; Chloroformium; Cholesterinum; Chrysarobinum; Cocainum muriaticum; Codeinum; Eosinum; Formalin; Glonoinum; Glycerinum; Guaiacol; Hydrastininum muriaticum; Hyoscyaminum; Indigo; Indol; Iodoformum; Lysidinum; Menthol; Methylene blue; Morphinum; Morphinum muriaticum; Naphthalinum; Narceinum; Narcotinum; Nitri spiritus dulcis; Paraffinum; Petroleum; Phenacetin; Picrotoxinum; Pilocarpinum; Pilocarpinum muriaticum; Piperazinum; Pix liquida; Propylamine; Resorcinum; Saccharum lactis; Saccharum officinale; Salol; Sanguinarinum nitricum; Santoninum; Sparteinum sulphuricum; Strychninum; Strychninum nitricum; Strychninum phosphoricum; Strychninum sulphuricum; Sulphanilamide; Sulphonal; Thiosinaminum; Thymolum; Trinitrotoluene; Urea; Uric acid

MINERALS AND TAR DERIVATIVES

Adamas; Aethiops antimonalis; Anthracite; Anthrakokali; Antipyrinum; Benzoaris; Eupionum; Fluorspar; Graphites; Hekla lava; Ichthyolum; Kaolin; Kerosolenum; Kreosotum; Mica; Sal marinum; Silica marina; Silica terra; Slag; Tetradymite

D. MINERAL SPRINGS

* Adelheid aqua

* Aqua marina

* Aqua petra

* Aqua silicata

* Bartfelder aqua

* Bondonneau aqua

* Carlsbad - The waters of the Sprudel and Muhlbrunnen springs.

* Eaux bonnes aqua

* Franzensbad - The alkaline - saline springs of Franzensbad, in Bohemia.

* Gastein - The hot springs of Wildbad Gastein in Salzburg, Austria.

* Gettysburg - The salt of a Mineral spring at Gettysburg, Pa., U.S.A.

* Hall - The salt springs of Hall, in Upper Austria.

* Kissingen - Cold, chlorinated, gaseous, saline springs of Kissingen, in Bavaria.

* Levico - An arsenical mineral water of South Tyorol.

* Lippspringe - The waters of the mineral spring in Lippspringe, Westphalia.

* Sanicula - A mineral spring water of Ottawa, Ill., U.S.A.

* Skookum Chuck - Skookum Limechen Chuck (Strong Medicinal Water) Medicinal Lake.

* Teplitz - The mineral water of Teplitz in Bohemia.

* Vichy - Mineral springs at Vichy, France (Grande-Grille springs).

* Voeslau - Mineral springs at Voeslau, in Austria.

* Wiesbaden - The spring at Wiesbaden, in Prussia.

* Wildbald - The springs at Wildbald, in Wurtemburg.

SELF ASSESSMENT

* Discuss the sources of homoeopathic medicines. Describe Chemical source with examples

QUIZ

1. Hepar sulph is included in

(a) Natrum group

(b) Calcarea group

(c) Kali group

(d) Baryta group

2. Hekla lava belongs to

(a) Chemical source

(b) Nosodes

(c) Imponderabilia

(d) Synthetic source

3. Which of the following drug belongs to the Chemical source

(a) X-ray

(b) Electricitas

(c) Secale cor

(d) Wiesbaden

ANSWERS: 1 (b); 2 (a); 3 (d).