Remedies and their uses - acute conditions and Injuries

- TYLER M L,acute conditions and Injuries
 Aconitum napellus
 A remedy of rapid, but short action. Helps in sudden, acute conditions. Sudden fevers, with quick, hard pulse. Pulsations and throbbing all over. Restlessness. Anxiety. Fear. Forebodings. Fear of death. Agonized tossings. Worse at night. Early stages of acute sickness, and for temporary distress during sickness. Acute effects of fright, shock, chill, emotion.
 Antimonium tartaricum
 Much wheezing. Can't get phlegm up, lungs filling. Dusky face, blue lips and nails. Chest troubles, especially of children and old people (with these symptoms). Hates touch and interference. Head thrown back. Nausea and drowsiness. No thirst-as a rule. The eruption of ant. Tart. is pustular.
 Argentum nitricum
 "Funk," as examination funk. Ailments from anticipation Worry and anticipation, as before making a speech, etc.( but without the restlessness and anxiety of Arsenicum). Flatulent dyspepsia in a patient who feels the heat, and craves sweet things (which disagree) and salt. Anticipation a misery, even diarrhoea from anticipation.(Gels.) Hurry. Fear of high places.

 Arnica montana
 Over-fatigue of mind or body. Feels, or is, bruised. Bed feels too hard(even fevers with this sensation). Must move for change of position. Soreness after strenuous exertion. Fear of being approached or touched-so sore. Helps patients who, when desperately ill, declare they are quite well Boils and septic conditions. The remedy of falls, bruises, and of overstrain, mental and physical. Given internally, also a teaspoonful of the tincture in bath or foot-bath is helpful.
 Arsenicum album
 Restless during a time of strain, or anticipation. Restless. Anxious. Fear. Fear of death. Mentally, like Aconite, but less excited; and more collapsed. A more deep-acting remedy. Great prostration. PTOMAINE POISONING. Diarrhoea and vomiting, incessant and prostrating, often simultaneously. Face drawn and anxious. Burning pains, relieved by heat. (Phos. burning pains relieved by COLD.) Abdominal symptoms brought on by eating ICES/ BY FRUIT, BY TAINTED MEAT and FOODS. Tongue dry, to brown, or black. Burning pains in abdomen relieved by heat.
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 Baptisia tinctoria
 Typhoid states and conditions. TYPHOID fever. INFLUENZA, with gastric and bowel troubles. Influenza pneumonia. "Typhoid pneumonia." Drowsy. Comatose. Falls asleep while answering. Red or dusky-red face. Besotted appearance. Bed feels hard. (Arn.) In delirium, may feel as if limbs scattered about: tries to get the pieces together. Mouth and tongue dry-foul. Stools offensive. Putridity. Low types of disease, of very rapid onset.
 Belladonna
 Fevers and inflammations, with parts RED-HOT-SWOLLEN-DRY. Patient flushed. Eyes bright: pupils dilated. Dry, burning heat of skin-throat-face. Skin so hot, almost burns the examining finger. Belladonna delirium is of a violent type. Bell. pains are throbbing in character. Jerks and twitches in sleep. Early stages of all inflammations. (May abort whitlow, etc.) Fevers of the Scarlet Fever type. SCARLET FEVER, to prevent-abort-or modify. In inflammations, visible parts red, hot, swollen, throbbing dry. Sunstroke. (Glonoine.)

 Bryonia alba
 Fevers and inflammations-lungs, pleura joints, meninges of brain, with BRY symptoms, i.e. , WORSE FOR MOVEMENT: for respiration. Better for pressure. Wants to lie still and be let alone. In nausea, in vomiting, in faintness, worse from even raising the head. All conditions worse from movement, and better for pressure. DRYNESS. Dry, painful cough. Dry mouth. Small, dry, hard, dark stools. Tongue white coated. Thirsty. Irritable. Sharp stitches in chest, with respiration. A great remedy of pneumonia or pleuro-pneumonia, with above symptoms.
 Calcarea carbonica
 Chilly, clammy, perspiring. The slow, lethargic type of patient. Nervous: every kind of fear. Head sweats: at night (sil.). Face sweats: chest. Cold, clammy hands and feet. Teething children fair, fat, flabby, of plus quantity, minus quantity: fat, not strong. Troubles of skin-chest-nerves-joints-abdomen: bronchitis: diarrhoea, in people or children of the calc. type.
 Cantharis vesicatoria
 Burning, scalding urine, with cutting pain during urination (Any disease, even pneumonia, with this.) Urging, straining, to pass water; or dribbling. Inflammation of bladder, and genito-urinary tract. Skin inflamed, blistered. Insect bites with great inflammation, and burning (here give a few doses internally). Also for the pain of burns (Utica urens).

 Chamomilla
 Intolerant of pain or discomfort. Irritable. Cross. "Impossible." Wants a thing, and throws it away. Extreme restlessness and ill humor with the pains, in mouth-abdomen-limbs. Frantic toothache. Teething babies scream and must be carried. Diarrhoea with this "Cannot bear it!" temper. Fevers at 9 a.m.  with the cham. temper.
 Colocynthis
 Waves of violent griping or clutching abdominal pain. Colic, doubling him up. Relief from doubling up, and pressing hard into abdomen, and hot bottle. (Mag. Phos.) Diarrhoea, with much colic and wind. Dysentery, with much pain, better for doubling up and pressure. One of the remedies for sciatica and neuralgia.
 Crotalus horridus
 Blood poisoning. Abscesses, boils, septic conditions. Hemorrhages: with decomposition of blood. BLACKWATER FEVER. Skin yellow. Great prostration. Bleeding; even from every orifice of body.
 Cuprum metallicum
 Cramps and colic. Diarrhoea, with cramps. Cramps, also in calves, finger, etc. CHOLERA with severe cramps. Epilepsy where it starts with cramps in fingers.
 Drosera rotundifolia
 Whooping- cough. Laryngitis. Diseases of bones, joints, glands in persons with tuberculous family history. Always give one dose and wait for weeks (even months in chronic disease) before repeating.

 Eupatorium purpureum
 Fevers of the "breaks-bone" type. Malaria, with severe bone and muscle pain. Influenza, with severe bone pains. Fearful headache, worse for moving. Attacks begin 7 to 8 a.m.  Bilious.(?Jaundiced.) Influenza with these "break-one" symptoms.
 Gelsemium sempervirens
 Severe headaches. Fevers. INFLUENZA, and influenza colds. Eyelids heavy. Limbs heavy, aching. No thirst. CHILLS up and down back. Colds with heaviness and aching. Measles. Fish poisoning, with face like measles
 Glonoinum
 Sun-headaches.(Bell.) Sunstroke. Concussion, and injuries to head. (Arnica.) Waves of terrible, bursting, throbbing headache. Sudden upward rushes of blood to head. Head feels as if it will burst. (Bell.) Violent palpitation. Worse for motion, jar. (Bell.)
 Hepar sulphur
 Boils. Abscesses. (Silica Sulph.) Unhealthy skin: will not heal. (Silica.) Pain and trouble in ear. (Puls.) Sticking pain in throat, swallowing. Cough, with extreme sensitiveness to draughts and chill. (Nux.) Sores sensitive: temper sensitive. Choleric-even violent. (Nux.) Croup (with Acon. and Spong.)

 Hypericum perforatum
 Injuries to head, to spine, to coccyx. Injuries to NERVES. Injuries to soft parts, where skin is broken and Arnica cannot be applied. Injuries to parts rich in nerves, fingers, lips, etc. To relieve pain and inflammation, and to promote easy suppuration (in boils and abscesses.) Apply to very painful piles (A few drops in water, saturate a wee bit of rag, and push it up against the piles at night.) (Ham.) Apply to cuts, lacerations, punctures (Ledum). Two drops to the ounce of water, to saturate gauze or lint. Use also internally, a few pellets four-hourly.
 Lachesis mutus
 Septic conditions. (Crot.h. ) Abscesses. Whitlow. Septic wounds. The parts, or the patient apt to be dusky, or bluish. Septic sore throats, especially left-sided. Diphtheria of left throat, without the mercury dirty tongue. Throat very sensitive, even where little is to be seen. Cannot bear anything near, or to touch, throat. WORSE AFTER SLEEP. Sleeps into an aggravation of his complaint. May be loquacious, suspicious jealous. Speech hurried: or abnormally slow. Snake bites. Insect bites that are rather blue. Ulcers, bluish surroundings.
 Ipecacuanha
 Spasmodic cough. Asthma. Wheezing. Diarrhoea-stools green, or bloody stools-bright blood. WITH NAUSEA. Complaints with nausea unrelieved by vomiting.

 Ledum palustre
 Punctured wounds, from stepping on nails; sting of animals. Later on, if there are shooting pains and threatened lockjaw, use Hypericum (which see). Rheumatism, where, with a chilly patient, the pains are relieved by cold applications. (Puls.) "Black eye" from a blow.
 Lycopodium clavatum
 Worse afternoon 4 to 8 p.m.  Right side aliments; may to left side (in diphtheria, etc.) Patient loves sweet things, hot drinks. Anticipation is a misery. (Arg. Nit.: Gells.: etc.) Hunger, but a little food fills stomach. Fullness and distension after food. Must loosen clothing. Worse from heat: from cold drinks.
 Mercurius corrosivus
 Diarrhoea. DYSENTERY:--pratically specific. Tormenting straining, before, with, and after stool. "Never-get-done" sensation. Stools of blood, of bloody, shreddy slime. Scanty. Straining in bladder also. Hot urine, passed drop by drop, with much straining. Flabby, tooth-notched tongue. Swollen tongue. Salivation. Inflammation of bladder.(See Cantharis.)

 Mercurius cyanatus
 Almost a specific for DIPHTHERIA. Septic sore throats, with foul mouth and tongue. One, or many small white patches on tonsils (follicular tonsillitis), with foul mouth and high temperature. Give three doses, six hours apart, to prevent diphtheria, where there has been risk of infection. (A wonderful remedy for syphilitic manifestation and sores. Here give one, or three doses six-hourly, and wait four or five weeks before repeating.)
 Mercurius solubilis
 (merc. sol.).
 Profuse, offensive sweat in fevers, etc. Sweat does not relieve. Mouth and tongue very foul. Salivation. Rheumatism, influenza, pneumonia, etc., With offensive sweat and foul tongue. Itching eruptions worse at night.
 Natrium muriaticum
 MALARIA. (See Eupatorium and Arsenicum.) Recurrent attacks of malaria, best given between attacks. ILLNESSES, and poor health, FOLLOWING MUCH MALARIA, and MUCH QUININE. A Natrum mur. malaria begins about 10 a.m.  Severe backache, only relieved by lying on back on a hard cushion. Influenza, with this form of backache. Headaches, maddening, bursting, or hammering in character. May start, with "fiery zigzaga." (Sepia.) The typical Natrum mur. patient is irritable, weeps easily, hates fuss, craves salt, is very affected by the sun. (It helps the diseases of great salt-eaters.)

 Nux vomica
 Excitable. Choleric. Impatient. Irritable. Hypersensitive. Active. Intense. Nervous. Gastric upsets and constipation in persons of such temperament. SPASMS. Abdominal spasms. Constipation, with constant desire for stool, and little result, irregular peristalsis helps where there is a craving for, or where patient is worse for, alcohol, seasoned foods, coffee.
 Phosphorus
 Congestion's. Hemorrhages small, easy bleeding of bright blood (nose, chest, anus). Easy bruising-even to purpura. (Lach.) vomiting. Craves cold drinks (which may be vomited when they become warm in stomach). Burning pain in stomach, relieved by cold drinks and ices (reverse of Arsenic). Often craves Salt. (Natrum Mur.) vertigo. Feeling as if feet rose in air Chest tight. Pneumonia, with spitting of bright blood, or "prune juice" expectoration. The Phos. patient is worse for cold (except for stomach and headache, which are better for cold). Worse for lying on left side. Nervous. Nervous alone. In the dark. Fear of thunder: disease: death. Dysentery, with gaping anus. Diarrhoea, with gaping anus. Suits the tall, slender, artistic type of patient. Very sensitive and nervous.

 Pulsatilla pratensis
 Changeable disposition. WEEPS EASILY. Loves sympathy and fuss. Timid. Shy. Irritable, jealous, suspicious. Worse for external warmth (except some-times, the pains). Craves open air. Not hungry: not thirsty. Bad taste. Ailments worse for eating. Flatulence, stomach and abdominal pain. Easy diarrhoea. Stools generally loose. In rheumatism, pains wander. Great remedy in catarrh: in women's troubles. Menses begin late: are often late, scanty, irregular, even suppressed. Curative in skin, joint, chest, digestive troubles. In patients with the Pulsatilla mentality. Measles (Gels.)
 Rhus toxicodendron
 A tendon remedy. Sprains. Acts on fibrous and muscular tissues. Rheumatism, lumbago, stiff-neck. Periarticular  rheumatism, worse first moving. Fevers, with Rhus symptoms, viz. tearing pains. No rest in any position. Worse from cold, damp, uncovering, washing. Better for warmth; change of position, motion-after first painful start. Eruptions, erysipelas, with the Rhus restlessness, and sensitiveness to wet and cold-and aggravation from washing and bathing.

 Sepia officinalis
 INDIFFERENT: to family, to loved ones (Phos.), to occupations, to pleasure. Depressed, but intolerant of sympathy: weeps with sympathy. "Only wants to get away and be quiet." Intolerant of NOISE, SMELLS, smell of cooking (Ars. Cocc. Colch.) Feels the cold, but must have open air. Relief from eating. Sweat (of feet, cold; of armpits, often offensive) A great remedy in all complaints of women during pregnancy and lactation. "Bearing-down pains," worse standing (better standing, Puls.) Sepia may be needed in cough, asthma, malaria, skin and joint disease, etc., but only in patients with the typical "Sepia symptoms." Backache better for pressure (Nat. mur.) Aversion to fats (Puls., Nat. mur.), desire for sour things-vinegar.
 Silicea terra
 Want of self-confidence. Lacks grit and enterprise. Mental labor and concentration difficult. CHILLY.  Sweating: of head at night (Calc.),of feet, often offensive. Suppressed foot sweat. Skin heals badly. Small wounds fester (Hep.) Boils: whitlows: suppurations: septic conditions. (Lach.,Crot. H., etc.) Tends to extrude foreign bodies, and so promotes healing of wounds. Was extraordinarily useful in War wounds. Children who don't grow, don't thrive, lack grit and stamina and application: are chilly and sweat. (In sepsis very like Hepar: but Hepar is violently choleric and irritable: Silica in mentality is as above.)

 Sulphur
 Red orifices; lips esp., eyelids, anus, if inflamed. Boils, skin troubles, piles. Morning diarrhoea or constipation; stools too large, and painful. The typical Sulph. patient is worse for heat. Loves fat, which may disagree: salt: sweets. Feet burn at night: puts them out. (Puls., Cham. Medorrh.) Starving at 10 or 11 a.m.  Always wants to sit down. Stoop-shouldered. Untidy. Worse for bath-hates bath and washing. The "ragged philosopher" type. In such patients occasional doses of Sulph. will help whatever is the matter. Useful after measles: after cerebral hemorrhages.
 Veratrum album
 Excessive vomiting, purging. Excessive cold sweat. Diarrhoea, with above. CHOLERA, with excessive evacuations, and excessive cold sweat. Cold sweat on forehead. Faintness or collapse. Sudden, excessive evacuations, with cold sweat. Rapid sinking of forces: complete prostration (Comp. Ars.) Neuralgia of head, with sensation of a lump of ice in vertex. Attacks of pain with delirium, driving to madness.