CACTUS GRANDIFLORUS (Cact.) – کیکٹس گرانڈی فلورس – Keynotes Derived from Homeopathic Materia Medica VIVA
CACTUS GRANDIFLORUS (Cact.) - کیکٹس گرانڈی فلورس
CONSTRICTION – CONGESTION – CONTRACTION
MENTAL
Shrieking from pain.
Delusion that she is caught in wires, that the body is wrapped.
Anxiety about health, reaches hypochondriasis. Despair of recovery. Desires to take large doses of medicine. Delusion he’s about to die with rheumatism or heart disease.
Fear of death or that something will happen.
Delirium during sleep.
Mania during fever and heat.
Suspicious, mistrustful.
PHYSICAL
HEART AND CIRCULATION PROBLEMS: infarct, angina, etc. WITH CONSTRICTIVE PAINS AND SWELLING OF LEFT HAND.
Numbness or pains extend to the left arm, hand or even fingers.
Grasping sensation of heart, constriction of chest as if from an armor.
Severe, violent CONSTRICTING PAINS in which the patient cries out from pain. Pain as if from a steel hand, as if a wire that gets twisted tighter and tighter. Whole body feels caged. Constriction of vagina on touch and coition. Constriction and choking sensation in oesophagus. Facial pain < fasting.
Violent palpitation < lying on left side, menses.
Hæmorrhages with read more [...]
BRYONIA ALBA (Bry.) – برائیونیا – برائی اونیا – Keynotes Derived from Homeopathic Materia Medica VIVA
BRYONIA ALBA (Bry.) - برائیونیا - برائی اونیا
In Bryonia the characteristic is aggravation from motion. On the mental level, any ‘motion’ is intolerable too; they want to be by themselves. We see great irritability with the desire to be left alone. They are aggravated by any interference which will make them put the slightest physical or mental effort.
WORSE FROM SLIGHTEST MOTION, DRYNESS
MENTAL
Irritable, wants to be quiet.
Anxiety about the future. Strong fear of poverty, anxiety about money matters, talks about business.
Delusions he’s away from home.
PHYSICAL
All ailments are WORSE FROM MOTION; even the slightest, such as inspiration, coughing, stepping. Pain takes away the breath.
>REST, PRESSURE, LYING ON THE PAINFUL SIDE.
Cough is painful, he has to hold the chest.
THIRSTY FOR LARGE QUANTITIES. Dryness of mouth with thirstlessness.
Dryness of mucus membranes (mouth, nose, throat, rectum, eye, lips).
Constipation, with very hard and dry stool; as if burned.
Headache on left side; over the left eye extending to occiput. <moving the eyes.
Sleeps on left side; but is aggravated read more [...]
BROMIUM (Brom.) – برومیم – Keynotes Derived from Homeopathic Materia Medica VIVA
BROMIUM (Brom.) - برومیم
SWOLLEN LYMPH NODES - RESPIRATORY PROBLEMS
MENTAL
Hard, not flexible individuals. The mind loses its flexibility and becomes as immovable as a stone and quite unable to function.
Cannot eliminate, keeps emotions inside. Eventually becomes emotionless.
Sad, indifferent, discontented.
Sits alone in room without doing anything, staring in one direction without saying anything, without emotions, without thoughts.
She is deeply despondent, sits alone in her room without doing anything, without saying anything and constantly looks in one direction.
Delusion that strange persons are looking over their shoulder or that they would see someone on turning.
PHYSICAL
Affects respiratory tract especially Larynx and trachea.
Worse overheated. Complaints come in the summer.
ASTHMA < ON LEAVING THE SEA (as soon as they go ashore).
Hoarseness or tickling cough from being over-heated.
Dyspnoea, cannot inspire deep enough, as if breathing through a sponge <dust. Much rattling of mucus during cough (Ant-t.).
Left sided tonsillitis or pharyngitis.
Swelling and INDURATION OF GLANDS with stony read more [...]
BOVISTA (Bov.) – بووسٹا – Keynotes Derived from Homeopathic Materia Medica VIVA
BOVISTA (Bov.) - بووسٹا
ENLARGED SENSATION - ANXIETY – AWKWARDNESS
MENTAL
ANXIETY and inner HURRIEDNESS. Chaotic.
Everything is EXAGGERATED: awkward in speech and action- stammers, drops things, laughs and cries alternately. Alternating mood. Sub-manic states. ENLARGED SENSATION.
Absent minded – staring thoughtless, looking fixedly at one point.
Closed - cannot connect.
Sensitive, easily offended.
Anxiety about anything, not easy to define it.
PHYSICAL
Influences circulation, causing relaxation of capillary system.
ENLARGED, SWOLLEN FEELING IN HEAD AND HEART.
General puffiness- swelling. Skin gets indented easily from pressure.
Perspiration smells like onions.
Diarrhoea before or during menses. Menses flow only at night. Traces of menses between periods.
Herpes, esp. of the lower extremities.
Cannot bear tight clothing around abdomen, stomach, throat, chest.
Skin eruptions with excessive itching. Tip of coccyx itches intolerably.
Leucorrhoea before and after menses. Thick leucorrhoea when walking.
Numbness on the root of tongue.
Paralysis in right optic nerve.
Eructations before read more [...]
BORAX (Borx.) – بوریکس – Keynotes Derived from Homeopathic Materia Medica VIVA
BORAX (Borx.) - بوریکس
FEAR OF DOWNWARD MOTION, APHTHAE
MENTAL
FEAR AND ANXIETY ON DOWNWARD MOTION, riding down hill.
Startled easily esp. at sneezing, hawking, from noise, from fright.
Oversensitive to noise. Fear or even diarrhoea from sudden noise.
Makes involuntary motions of the hands.
Fear of falling, of infections.
PHYSICAL
Affects MUCOUS MEMBRANES, causing catarrhal conditions.
Children or infants cry and scream before the urine passes. Frequent urging to urinate, shrieking before urinating or before stool. Painful urging, the child cries.
DESCENDING AGGRAVATES SYMPTOMS. It causes fullness of head, impeded respiration, vertigo.
APHTHAE of tongue, of mouth, genitalia, nipples. Bleeding aphthae.
Sleeplessness with heat in head, 03:00-05:00 from heat.
Milk of chest is cheesy, thick and tastes bad.
Sensation of cobweb on hands and face.
Wrinkled palate.
Leucorrhoea between menses, like boiled starch, white as thick paste, burning. Leucorrhoea with sensation of warm water flowing down.
External trembling on sneezing, after sneezing.
MODALITIES
AGG: DOWNWARD MOTION, read more [...]
BERBERIS VULGARIS (Berb.) – بربیرس ویلگارس – Keynotes Derived from Homeopathic Materia Medica VIVA
BERBERIS VULGARIS (Berb.) - بربیرس ویلگارس
AFFECTIONS OF KIDNEYS, BLADDER AND BACK WITH RADIATING PAINS
MENTAL
Fear of solitude.
Feels anxiety in different body positions.
Mentally and physically tired. Weakness of mind that is especially apparent in twilight.
Weakness of memory. Dullness of mind esp. on waking.
The patient sees terrifying apparitions at twilight, including ghosts or imaginary forms surrounding him.
Melancholy, sadness, apathy and inclination to weep. Darkness aggravates.
PHYSICAL
Acts on KIDNEYS, BLADDER & LIVER. Arthritic affections with urinary disturbances.
RADIATING PAINS from kidneys, renal region. Kidney stones, colic. Kidney pain extending into thigh, calves, bladder, ureter, testes, hip, downward.
Kidney pains <jar, pressure, motion.
Numbness in region of kidneys.
BACK PAIN EXTENDING TO or AROUND ABDOMEN, thighs esp. posterior portion.
WANDERING PAINS.
Burning pain in urethra >urination.
Stiffness, sore pains, heaviness of lower limbs, of extremities - as if beaten.
MODALITIES
AGG: standing, motion (also sudden motion), walking, spoiled fish. read more [...]
BELLADONNA (Bell.) – بیلاڈونا – Keynotes Derived from Homeopathic Materia Medica VIVA
BELLADONNA (Bell.) - بیلاڈونا
In Belladonna we see intensity in the acute states as well as in the constitutional characteristics. The acute symptoms come suddenly and with great intensity. In chronic cases, we see people with intense emotions. This intensity is expressed in violence and aggressiveness and is so strong that even during sleep they are talking loudly and grind their teeth.
INTENSITY OF SYMPTOMS, CONGESTION, RED FACE WITH COLD EXTREMITIES
MENTAL
People with intense emotions.
Rage, violent, biting people or objects, pulls hair, spits, kicks, impulse to set things on fire. Delirium with congestion.
Many delusions. Oversensitive to light and shining objects.
Fears dogs, animals, imaginary things.
Talking in sleep.
PHYSICAL
Great intensity of symptoms, with sudden manifestation.
HEAT OF HEAD or FACE WITH COLD EXTREMITIES esp. feet, in acute conditions.
High fevers with dry burning skin, redness of face, glassy eyes and cold extremities.
Ailments from sudden exposure to cold.
HEAT, CONGESTION and REDNESS of mucus membranes, of skin eruptions.
Flushing and congestion causes radiating read more [...]
Homeopathy medicines and treatment for dengue and malaria fever
Not all fevers are dengue or malaria infections. But in this ongoing dengue season, you should seek immediate medical advice from a qualified medical practitioner or hospital for any change in your body temperature. Following information is not a replacement for expert medical advice.
Prevention
Malaria Officinalis 30c can be used as a preventive measure against dengue and malaria fever:
One dose in the morning and one in the evening for two days.
Repeat after 1 week for 3 weeks.
Treatment
(1) If fever starts with vomiting:
Ipcac 30c – One dose only in the beginning. This will take care of vomiting in couple of hours.
Ferrum Phos 30x, Natrum Sulph 30x: Take both these medicines alternatively every 4 hours. These will take care of fever (and skin rashes if any.)
(2) If fever is accompanied by extreme pain in the body:
Ipcac 30c – One dose only in the beginning. This will take care of vomiting in couple of hours.
Eupatorium perfoliatum 30c – 4 doses with 4 hour interval. This will take care of the body pain.
Ferrum Phos 30x, Natrum Sulph 30x: Take these medicines alternatively every 4 hours for two days. These will take care read more [...]
BAPTISIA TINCTORIA (Bapt.) – بیپٹیشیا ٹنکٹوریا – Keynotes Derived from Homeopathic Materia Medica VIVA
BAPTISIA TINCTORIA (Bapt.) - بیپٹیشیا ٹنکٹوریا
In Baptisia we see the disintegration of the body and mind.
The high fever and the offensiveness show the decomposition processes that take place internally. On the mental level the patient experiences this disintegration as a delusion that the body is scattered, its parts are separated.
It’s indicated in later stages of serious inflammatory processes.
DISINTEGRATION – OFFENSIVENESS - FEELS THE BODY IS SCATTERED
MENTAL
DELUSIONS HE IS SEPARATED OR SCATTERED (DUALITY).
Delusions-one part of body is talking, conversing to another (toe with thumb, legs).
Falls asleep in mid-sentence in semi-comatose states. Answers and returns to stupor quickly.
Dullness of mind. Great confusion. As if drunk, intoxicated.
Stupid, besotted expression of the face.
Aversion to mental work. Difficult concentration.
PHYSICAL
HIGH FEVER WITH DELIRIUM.
OFFENSIVE DISCHARGES, foul odor of body, offensive perspiration, urine, mouth etc.
STOOL VERY OFFENSIVE. Diarrhoea. Stool thin, dark, bloody.
PROSTRATION IS RAPID. Sudden weakness.
Dark red discoloration read more [...]
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