Being a student of homeopathic medicine is a journey from known to unknown. Regardless of how much we read our material medica, it always challenges our limits. It is often said “your eyes will see in a patient, what your mind knows.” Here we have illustrated how to use and differentiate remedies, which we have learned through our clinical experience while treating cases. We once had a case of a middle aged man who got punched on his chest by his friend in an argument. He called us to get some medicines for this. On enquiring about his complaints he said, he had pain on slightest touch. Considering his blunt injury and typical modality Arnica was prescribed and he was asked to report back. There was no significant relief in his symptoms. Thus he was told to visit the clinic. On examination we found that there was reddish discoloration of the part which was hot to touch and aggravated by the slightest movement of his shoulder. Hence, Bryonia was given which helped him wonderfully. Later while reading Phatak’s material medica we were astonished to find “ Bryonia is indicated in cases of injury to joints when Arnica fails”. Then we realized read more [...]