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HOMEOPATHY M AT E R I A M E D I C A U P P E R R E S P I R ATO RY T R AC T INFECTIONS NMT150 - Y1T2 LEARNING OBJECTIVE: TO OUTLINE THE MAIN KEYNOTES OF 60 REMEDIES, INCLUDING MAJOR POLYCHRESTS AND FREQUENTLY PRESCRIBED REMEDIES IN ACUTE CASES. TODAY'S REMEDIES: Allium...

HOMEOPATHY M AT E R I A M E D I C A U P P E R R E S P I R ATO RY T R AC T INFECTIONS NMT150 - Y1T2 LEARNING OBJECTIVE: TO OUTLINE THE MAIN KEYNOTES OF 60 REMEDIES, INCLUDING MAJOR POLYCHRESTS AND FREQUENTLY PRESCRIBED REMEDIES IN ACUTE CASES. TODAY'S REMEDIES: Allium cepa Belladonna Gelsemium sempervirens And a brief look at: Aconitum napellus, Baptisia tinctoria, Euphrasia officinale and Ferrum phosphoricum 60 REMEDIES aconitum cantharis euphrasia kali phosphorus spongia tosta napellus vesicatora officinalis carbonicum phytolacca allium cepa carbo vegetabilis ferrum lachesis muta decandra staphysagria antimonium causticum phosphoricum ledum palustre podophyllum tartaricum peltatum stramonium chamomilla gelsemium lycopodium apis mellifica sempervirens clavatum pulsatilla sulphur cinchona arnica montana officinalis (china) glonoinum magnesium pyrogenium symphytum graphites phosphoricum officinale arsenicum cina maritima rhus album medorrhinum toxicodendron tabacum colocynthis hepar sulphuris aurum mercurius thuja conium hypericum rumex crispus metallicum occidentalis maculatum perforatum natrum ruta belladonna drosera muriaticum tuberculinum ignatia amara graveolens bryonia alba rotundifolia natrum ipecacuanha sepia sulphuricum urtica urens calcarea eupatorium officinalis carbonica perfoliatum kali bichromicum nux vomica silicea veratrum album 60 REMEDIES aconitum cantharis euphrasia kali phosphorus spongia tosta napellus vesicatora officinalis carbonicum phytolacca allium cepa carbo vegetabilis ferrum lachesis muta decandra staphysagria antimonium causticum phosphoricum ledum palustre podophyllum tartaricum peltatum stramonium POLYCHREST REMEDIES chamomilla gelsemium lycopodium apis mellifica sempervirens clavatum pulsatilla sulphur cinchona arnica montana officinalis (china) glonoinum magnesium pyrogenium symphytum graphites phosphoricum officinale arsenicum cina maritima rhus album medorrhinum toxicodendron tabacum colocynthis hepar sulphuris aurum mercurius thuja conium hypericum rumex crispus metallicum occidentalis maculatum perforatum natrum ruta belladonna drosera muriaticum tuberculinum ignatia amara graveolens bryonia alba rotundifolia natrum ipecacuanha sepia sulphuricum urtica urens calcarea eupatorium officinalis carbonica perfoliatum kali bichromicum nux vomica silicea veratrum album 24 REMEDIES... aconitum cantharis euphrasia kali phosphorus spongia tosta napellus vesicatora officinalis carbonicum phytolacca allium cepa carbo vegetabilis ferrum lachesis muta decandra staphysagria antimonium causticum phosphoricum ledum palustre podophyllum tartaricum peltatum stramonium chamomilla gelsemium lycopodium apis mellifica sempervirens clavatum pulsatilla sulphur cinchona arnica montana officinalis (china) glonoinum magnesium pyrogenium symphytum graphites phosphoricum officinale arsenicum cina maritima rhus album medorrhinum toxicodendron tabacum colocynthis hepar sulphuris aurum mercurius thuja conium hypericum rumex crispus metallicum occidentalis maculatum perforatum natrum ruta belladonna drosera muriaticum tuberculinum ignatia amara graveolens bryonia alba rotundifolia natrum ipecacuanha sepia sulphuricum urtica urens calcarea eupatorium officinalis carbonica perfoliatum kali bichromicum nux vomica silicea veratrum album … AND A FEW MORE aconitum cantharis euphrasia kali phosphorus spongia tosta napellus vesicatora officinalis carbonicum phytolacca allium cepa carbo vegetabilis ferrum lachesis muta decandra staphysagria antimonium causticum phosphoricum ledum palustre podophyllum tartaricum peltatum stramonium chamomilla gelsemium lycopodium apis mellifica sempervirens clavatum pulsatilla sulphur cinchona arnica montana officinalis (china) glonoinum magnesium pyrogenium symphytum graphites phosphoricum officinale arsenicum cina maritima rhus album medorrhinum toxicodendron tabacum colocynthis hepar sulphuris aurum mercurius thuja conium hypericum rumex crispus metallicum occidentalis maculatum perforatum natrum ruta belladonna drosera muriaticum tuberculinum ignatia amara graveolens bryonia alba rotundifolia natrum ipecacuanha sepia sulphuricum urtica urens calcarea eupatorium officinalis carbonica perfoliatum kali bichromicum nux vomica silicea veratrum album … AND A FEW MORE aconitum cantharis euphrasia kali phosphorus spongia tosta napellus vesicatora officinalis carbonicum phytolacca allium cepa carbo vegetabilis ferrum lachesis muta decandra staphysagria antimonium causticum phosphoricum ledum palustre podophyllum tartaricum peltatum stramonium chamomilla gelsemium lycopodium apis mellifica sempervirens clavatum pulsatilla sulphur cinchona arnica montana officinalis (china) glonoinum magnesium pyrogenium symphytum graphites phosphoricum officinale arsenicum cina maritima rhus album medorrhinum toxicodendron tabacum colocynthis hepar sulphuris aurum mercurius thuja conium hypericum rumex crispus metallicum occidentalis maculatum perforatum natrum ruta belladonna drosera muriaticum tuberculinum ignatia amara graveolens bryonia alba rotundifolia natrum ipecacuanha sepia sulphuricum urtica urens calcarea eupatorium officinalis carbonica perfoliatum kali bichromicum nux vomica silicea veratrum album  MATERIA MEDICA KEYNOTES OF A REMEDY Symptoms strongly associated to the general trends and features frequently seen in a remedy Can include Characteristic Symptoms (SRP symptoms, for Strange-Rare-Peculiar) and affinities of a remedy or be common Usually accented with CAPITAL LETTERS Or Bold letters Or italics Or colour (especially online) Sulphur Skin Itchy < heat Red orifices Slouches, stooped Back Pain from Sulphur standing KEYNOTES Opiniated, Mind critical Independent Paul Herscu, ND, on KEYNOTES Etc. URTI CASE TEEN PRESENTS WITH SORE THROAT, FEVER, ENLARGED LYMPH NODES. TEST: STREP + www.homeoint.org BELLADONNA Belladonna stands for violence of attack and suddenness of onset. "Belladonna always is associated with hot, red skin, flushed face, glaring eyes, throbbing carotids, excited mental state, hyperesthesia of all senses, delirium, restless sleep, convulsive movements, dryness of mouth and throat with aversion to water, neuralgic pains that come and go suddenly." BELLADONNA ( CONTINUED ) Heat (FEVER), redness, throbbing and burning. Great children's remedy. Throat red, worse on right side. Tonsils enlarged; throat feels constricted; difficult deglutition (swallowing)  Throat pain that usually comes on quickly Painful swallowing Red and swollen tonsils, sometimes with white patches or streaks of pus Tiny red spots on the area at the back of the roof of the mouth (soft or hard palate) Swollen, tender lymph nodes in your neck Fever Headache Rash Nausea or vomiting, especially in younger children Body aches (Mayo Clinic website) BELLADONNA (Atropa b., Deadly nightshade) Solanaceae (nightshade) family Affinity: Brain, head. Cardiovascular system. Fevers. Sudden intense symptoms, acute, appear and disappear suddenly. Mental/emotional symptoms: Lively, vibrant personality, with sudden fits and tantrums: bites, strikes, kicks, pulls hair, hits head on the wall/floor Tries to run away, hide from hallucinations during fevers or nightmares (dogs, cats, animals, bugs, devils, fire, etc.) Wild expression and eyes, dilated pupils, shiny glassy eyes when sick  nna ado ll Be GENERAL SYMPTOMS Pains: Throbbing, pulsating, hammering, bursting, stabbing, burning pains; visible pulsations. Heat, redness, inflammation, congestion (head, lungs). Dryness. No thirst, in fever, or constant desire to drink. Modalities: Worse: afternoon (3 pm on), night; motion, jar; light touch; draft, walking in wind; shiny bright objects, light. Noise. Right side. Better: leaning head against something; bending the part back or inward; while standing; in bed; in morning; with warmth.  Belladonna Aconitum Nightmare CVS Very Anxiety Nerves Not thirsty Terrors Hallucinat. Pulsing Bursting Thirsty Fear of Numbness Throbb. Cold death Pain water Panic attack  Gelsemium Mucous CNS / Motor membranes nerves Flu Weakness Infectious Paralysis mononucleosis Trigeminal neuralgia GELSEMIUM GENERALS Gradual onset of complaints Muscular weakness, may see double… Muscle aches, soreness, pain, heaviness Thirstlessness “Droopy, dizzy, drowsy, and dull” (influenza, mononucleosis, CFS…)  MODALITIES Better Worse Open air In sun, heat, summer Closing the eyes Damp weather Bending forward Before thunderstorm Headache > profuse urination From bad news, emotions, excitement Periodically MENTAL SYMPTOMS Anticipatory anxiety Stage fright (with trembling, urging to empty bladder) Examination funk Timidity in public Cowardice Diarrhea from fear May act bravely, be bold, to fight inner fearful feeling GELSEMIUM DIFFERENTIAL... BAPTISIA TINCTORIA Very weak with a URTI and high fever, can progress very fast So weak they can't sit up in bed or they may even fall off the bed! May feel confused, intoxicated, have body delusions like their limbs are detached from the body and scattered all over the bed... May have canker sores (aphthae) and diarrhea (GI infections) Better: indoors, drinking liquids (but may gag on fluids) Worse: cold, open air, walking, eating solids (but easier to swallow) A L L I U M C E PA Differential with Euphrasia officinale, Ferrum phosphoricum ALLIUM CEPA (RED ONION) Has affinity with mucous membranes (nose, eyes, larynx, bowels) and nerves Keynote: the nasal discharge is acrid and burns the nostrils and upper lip area (redness), but the tears are bland (Euphrasia has the opposite: the tears irritate the skin, we can see the path where the tear rolled down the cheek, but the nose is fine) MIND: groggy, sleepy, lethargic – in morning, heat Indifferent, dull, lack of motivation Absent-minded, worse afternoon and coffee GENERALS: Left side, or left to right Neuralgic pains after surgery/amputation/injury Shooting pains, following a thin line MODALITIES: Worse: warm room, spring and fall, flowers, evening, cucumber Better: in fresh air (not too cold), onions (may crave) Sore throat: burning Or lump in the throat Larynx: tickling, pain from coughing Hoarseness Headache worse from closing the eyes Modalities symbols: < means worse or aggravated with > means better or ameliorated with THANK YOU!