Materia Medica at A Glance Sue Price
FOREWARD I started this project because I began to accrue so much great information and had no good way of getting to it when I needed it. Folders of notes from college, various seminar notes on the lap top and others in notebooks, even my own discoveries and patient reactions and so I began to piece it all together, making sense of symptoms and remedies as I went along. Quite a few years ago I began to realise how helpful these remedy pictures were to me and showed a few colleagues who encouraged me to make the information available to others. I originally studied at The School of Homeopathy in Devon and Misha Norland always encouraged us to have as many tools in our toolboxes as we could, to enable us to find the best remedy for our patient as possible. On each page I have included every tool available to me for that remedy which includes Chakra s, the circle of elements, Sankaran s sensation method, Jeremy Sherr s Verb, as well as the more traditional rubrics, miasms and key notes. I included some SRP s for each remedy as I began to see that often these illustrated a really interesting point about the remedy, and I must admit, a few are there because they astound me and I have yet to make sense of them! My intention was to have as much information that was relevant to the remedy as possible on a single page. It has not been my intention to use other people s work and pass it off as my own. I have tried to credit every quote from others to them whenever possible, and I would also like to acknowledge the contribution from seminar notes which I have listed at the back. 1
TABLE OF CONTENTS Remedy Page Remedy Page Aconite 4 Colchicum 49 Adamas 5 Conium 50 Agaricus 6 Crocus-sativa 51 Aloe-socatrina 7 Croton-tiglium 52 Alumina 8 Cuprum 53 Ambra-grisea 9 Cygnus-cygnus 54 Anacardium 10 Digitalis 55 Androctonus 11 Dioscorea-villosa 56 Anhalonium 12 Drosera 57 Apis 13 Dulcemara 58 Argentum-metallicum 14 Elaps-corallinus 59 Argentum-nitricum 15 Eupatorium-perfoliatum 60 Arnica 16 Euphrasia 61 Arsenicum 17 Falco-perigrinus 62 Aurum 18 Ferrum-metallicum 63 Baryta-carb 19 Ferrum-phosphoricum 64 Belladonna 20 Fluoric-acid 65 Bellis-perennis 21 Gelsemium 66 Berberis 22 Germanium 67 Borax 23 Graphites 68 Bromium 24 Haliaeetus-leucocephalus 69 Bryonia 25 Hamamelis 70 Bufo 26 Helleborus-niger 71 Cactus-grandiflorus 27 Hepar-sulph 72 Calcaria-arsenicosa 28 Hura-brasiliensis 73 Calcarea-carbonica 29 Hydrastis 74 Calcarea-fluorata 30 Hydrogen 75 Calcarea-phosphorica 31 Hyoscyamus 76 Calcarea-silicata 32 Hypericum 77 Calcarea-sulphurica 33 Ignatia 78 Camphora-officinalis 34 Iodum 79 Cannabis-indica 35 Ipecacuanha 80 Cantharis 36 Kali-arsenicosum 81 Capsicum 37 Kali-bichromicum 82 Carbo-vegetablis 38 Kali-bromatum 83 Carcinosin 39 Kali-carbonicum 84 Causticum 40 Kali-muriaticum 85 Chamomilla 41 Kali-phosphoricum 86 Chelidonium 42 Kali-sulphuricum 87 China-officinalis 43 Kreosotum 88 Chocolate 44 Lac-caninum 89 Cicuta 45 Lad-defloratum 90 Cimicifuga 46 Lac-equinum 91 Cina 47 Lac-felinum 92 Coffea 48 Lac-humanum 93 2
Remedy Page Remedy Page Lachesis 94 Platina 117 Lilium-tigrinum 95 Plumbum 118 Lycopodium 96 Plutonium-nitricum 119 Lyssinum 97 Podophyllum 120 Magnesium-carbonica 98 Psorinum 121 Magnesium-muriaticum 99 Pulsatilla 122 Magnesium-phosphoricum 100 Pyrogen 123 Magnesium-sulphuricum 101 Rhus-glabra 124 Mandragora 102 Rhus-tox 125 Medorrhinum 103 Ruta-graveolens 126 Mercury 104 Sepia 127 Naja 105 Silica 128 Natrum-carbonicum 106 Staphisagria 129 Natrum-muriaticum 107 Stannum 130 Natrum-phosphoricum 108 Stramonium 131 Natrum-sulphuricum 109 Sulphur 132 Nitric-acid 110 Syphilinum 133 Nux-vomica 111 Tabacum 134 Opium 112 Tarentula-hispanica 135 Ozone 113 Thuja 136 Petroleum 114 Tuberculinum 137 Phosphoric-acid 115 Veratrum-album 138 Phosphorous 116 Zinc 139 3
ACONITE Aconite is a plant from the Ranunculaceae family. Some words Sankaran uses to give us the sensation of this family are vexed, easily excited, raw nerves, electric shock, anger with grief, shock and annoyed, bursting. He places it in the acute miasm and suggests their feeling could be acutely and suddenly vexed. It is associated with the base chakra. Modalities: Chilly, Thirsty Worse: NIGHT, FRIGHT, SHOCK, GETTING COLD, violent emotions, dry wind, dentition, vexation. Better: Open air, rest, warm perspiration. Aconite i Affinities: MIND, NERVES, HEART, brain, abdominal organs, joints, right side, left side. Beside himself, frantic, madness from pain Bright red haemorrhages Anxiety in newborns Shrieking Sudden inflammation Intense burning thirst Dry heat, hot face Fright, complaints from Sudden intense threat Doubtful of recovery Death, conviction of Abusive, insulting Many fears Always a very rapid onset Oversensitive to all external stimuli Clairvoyance Confusion of mind Terror stricken, racing pulse, palpitations, cannot breathe This remedy has a very fast action. Symptoms are acute, violent and painful. The four elements: Excitability v fear of death, predicting the moment of death, night time aggravation, dry burning heat. FIRE Therapeutics: Ailments that develop very suddenly Effects of fright Conjunctivitis, especially at the beginning AIR Croup, especially in a child who had a rapid birth AIR Retention of urine caused by shock, especially in newborns Jaundice in new babies Some Mind SRP S: Affection, has none during pregnancy Rage, fury, alternating with laughing Anxiety before apathy Delirium, with jerking Anxiety in chest, extending to head Impatience, throws himself about Anguish with spasms of pain Dreams of waking Fear of death with loquacity Fear of death in pregnancy Fear, to go out of bed Foolish behaviour during fever 4