Category: Materia Medica

Antimonium Crudum Native sulphide of Antimony SbS2   The essential features Antimonium crudum is a seldom-prescribed remedy which should be used more frequently in practice. The following is a description of the constitutional Antimonium crudum patient, the type of person who will in the course of his lifetime develop the symptomatology of this remedy. Antimonium crudum preferentially affects the emotional level. These patients display an unbalanced emotional state, the emotions vacillating between an extreme sentimentality, which is expressed, and a very closed, withdrawn state of moodiness and sulkiness. Antimonium crudum is one of the most emotional, most sentimental remedies of …

Antimonium Tartaricum Tartar Emetic 2[ K(SbO)C4H4O6 ] H2O Trituration and solutions   The essential features This remedy finds its primarily usefulness in severe cases and hospitalized cases; these cases may be classified according to the organ system principally affected: a. the respiratory system the digestive system the nervous system This remedy is most frequently of use in affections of the respiratory system (in contradistinction to Antimonium crudum where the main seat of trouble is the digestive system). Antimonium tartaricum is most effective for disorders of the lower respiratory tract – the trachea, bronchi, and lungs. Inflammations of the lower respiratory …

Anthracinum   The essential features Anthracinum is indicated in patients who suffer chronically from carbuncles, boils, hydradenitis, and tumors which tend to have a malignant appearance, a reddish-black color, and cause a burning sensation and extreme pain. In Anthracinum, ulceration takes place easily, with sloughing and excruciating burning pains. Cellular tissues become edematous and indurated. Anthracinum meets septic conditions with enormous swelling, intolerable burning pains, and with dark-red discoloration of the inflamed part. Generally in this remedy there is a tendency to easy suppuration and sepsis. For the most part, the central theme of Anthracinum is concentrated upon the intolerably …

Anhalonium lewinii Anhalonium Lewinii Lophophora williamsii Mescaline; “Mescal buttons” Peyote; Peyotl; Pellote Natural order: Cactaceae   The essential features This seldom-indicated remedy – at least in the past – will be much more frequently indicated in the future. Anhalonium activates specific areas of the brain which seem to be concerned with the higher and highest functions of this organ; it appears to affect what could be called the spiritual aspect, or, even better, the transcendental aspect of our existence. I believe that these functions, or rather, this capacity of the brain to apprehend new dimensions in understanding and achieving higher …

 Anacardium Orientale anacardium orientale Semecarpus anacardium English: Marking-nut tree, Malacca bean French: Anacarde, Anacardien, Anacarde a feuilles longues, Feve de Malac German: Elephantenlaus, Malakka-nuss, Elephantem Laeusebaum, Anakardiem baum Italian: Anacardos Dutch: Anacardienboom, Hartjes Spanish: Anacard Bengal: Belaluhi Natural order: Terebinthinaceae. Family Jussieu [vegetable substance] — Pentandria digynia, L. The name is derived from two Greek words, ana — without, and cardium — a heart, because the pulp of the fruit, instead of having the seed enclosed, has the nut growing out at the end of it. There was a discrepancy as to whether Anacardium was the nut of the Semecarpus …

Ammonium Carbonicum Carbonas [sub] ammonii Sal volatile anglicanum English: Sesqui carbonate of ammonia; Smelling salts French: Ammoniaque carbonate; Sous-carbonate d’ammoniaque; alkali volatil concret; Sel volatil d’ Angleterre German: Fluchtiges Lügensaltz   The essential features This is a complex remedy, one which is very little understood, and therefore seldom used. Most probably, other remedies, such as one of the Kali’s, especially Kali carbonicum, or Antimonium tartaricum or Carbo vegetabilis, are prescribed instead. Its symptomatology seems to be quite complex, covering a number of different pathological states, and its uniqueness is consequently difficult to grasp. Kent describes Ammonium carbonicum as “a deep-acting, …

Ambra grisea Ambra Grisea seu Ambrosiaca. Ambra vera seu maritima French: Ambre gris German: Graue ambra English: Ambergris; Gray amber Animal substance Ambra grisea or Ambergris is a grayish, waxy pathologic secretion from the intestine of the sperm whale and is found floating in tropical seas. It occurs as a flammable, waxy mass, insoluble in water with a melting point of 60o C. It contains cholesterol and benzoic acid. Along with its Homeopathic use it is also used as a base for perfume. Mode of preparation: Trituration and tincture   The essential features The key word that best describes the …

Aletris Farinosa Star Grass. BLazing Grass. Colic Root. Unicorn Root. N.O. Haemodoraceae. Tincture of root.   The essential features Aletris farinosa is a remedy that should be thought of in cases of prolapsus of the uterus where Sepia or similar remedies seemed to be well indicated and did not act. The similarities with Sepia go beyond this however as we shall see from the development of the remedy. This is primarily a woman’s remedy that is suitable for anemic and debilitated females with little stamina in body and mind, where the reproductive organs are at  fault, relaxed and heavy, much …