TORTICOLLIS

HOMOEOPATHIC REMEDIES FOR TORTICOLLIS
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✔️Torticollis, is a painfully twisted and tilted neck. The top of the head generally tilts to one side while the chin tilts to the other side.

✔️This condition can be congenital (present at birth) or acquired. It can also be the result of damage to the neck muscles or blood supply. Torticollis  sometimes goes away without treatment. However, there’s a chance of relapse.

✔️Chronic wry neck can cause debilitating pain and difficulty performing daily tasks. Fortunately, medications and therapies can help relieve pain and stiffness. Surgery can also sometimes correct the condition. Treatment is most successful if it’s started early. This is especially true for children.

🔘Causes---Torticollis may be:

🔘Inherited -- due to changes in your genes

🔘Acquired -- develops as a result of damage to the nervous system, upper spine, or muscles

✔️If the condition occurs without a known cause, it is called idiopathic torticollis.

✔️Torticollis may develop in childhood or adulthood. Congenital torticollis (present at birth) may occur if the baby's head was in the wrong position while growing in the womb, or if the muscles or blood supply to the neck were injured.

▶️Symptoms—Limited range of motion of the head, headache, head tremor, neck pain, shoulder that is higher than the other, stiffness of neck muscles, swelling of neck muscles, possibly present at birth.

▶️HOMOEOPATHIC REMEDIES

🔶ACTEA RACEMOSA 30-Actea racemosa is an excellent remedy for torticollis. There is stiffness and contraction in back and neck. Rheumatic pain in muscles of back and neck. This condition is worse from cold and better from warmth

🔶DULCAMARA 30-In Dulcamara the neck is stiff . There is stiffness and lameness across neck and shoulders  after getting cold and wet. The entire spine is sensitive.

🔶LACHNANTHES 30-Lachnanthes one of the top remedies for torticollis. The patient experiences stiffness of neck, head drawn to one side.  Pain in nape as if dislocated.

🔶CALCAREA CARB 30-Calcarea carb is another excellent medicine for torticollis .There is stiffness and rigidity in nape of neck. Pain in  neck on turning head as if  a tumour would protrude there. Another important symptom is rheumatic pain in upper cervical vertebrae  with stiff neck especially  strain from over lifting.

🔶RHUS TOX- 30- Rhus tox is also effective for torticollis. There is stiff neck with painful tension when moving. The spinal membranes inflamed from getting wet or sleeping on damp ground.

🔶NUX VOMICA 30-In Nux vomica stiff neck with heaviness from cold.There is tension , burning pressure as from a stone between scapula. Sudden stitches in back when turning.

🔶COLCHICUM 30-In Colchicum there is pressing pain and tension in cervical muscles, felt even when swallowing.Rheumatic pain on neck and back on motion.

🔶ARSENICUM ALB. 30-Arsenicum alb is another top remedy for torticollis. Neck stiff as if bruised or sprained. Neuralgic pains on left side of neck.Cervical glands enlarged feel like a series of hard nodules under skin.

🔶BRYONIA ALB 30- Painful stiffness in nape of back, from hard water and sudden changes of weather. Pain worse from motion and better from rest.

🔶 BELLADONNA 30-    Painful swelling and stiffness of nape of neck, with cloudiness of head.  Inflammation and swelling of glands of neck and of back part of throat.  In coughing, violent pressing pain in nape of neck,as if it would break, worse bending head backward

🔶LYCOPODIUM 200- In Lycopodium one side of the neck is stiff and swollen.The cervical glands are swollen.

🔶SULPHUR 200- Cracking in cervical vertebrae , especially on bending backward. The patient felt stiffness in `neck or back, sensation as if vertebrae were gliding on over the other when turning in bed.

Disease wise Medicine

Diseasewise suggested homoeopathic remedies.
Dr. Sayeed Ahmad D. I. Hom. (London)

*Abortion at 2nd or 3rd month* Cimicifuga, Sabina, Secale cornutum.

*Abortion from debility* Aletris, Helonias.

*Abortion from traumatism* Arnica.

*Abortion threatened* Blumia odorata, Caulophyllum, Helonias, Viburnum.

*Abscess* Myristica.

*Acne* Berberis aquefolium, Juglans regia.

*Addison's disease* Adrenalin.

*Adenoids* Agraphis nutans.

*Adiposity* Calotropis, Fucus vesiculosus, Phytolacca Berry.

*After-pains* Caulophyllum.

*Agalactea* Ricinus communis, Urtica Urens.

*Ague* China.

*Albuminuria* Apis mellifica, Cannabis Sativa.

*Alcoholism* Avena sativa, Nux vomica, Quercus, Sulphuric acid.

*Alopecia* Pix liquida, Thuja occidentalis, Ustilago maydis.

*Amenorrhoea* Ashoka janosia, Gossypium, Pinus Lambertina, Pulsatilla.

*Anaemia* China officinalis, Ferrum phoshoricum.

*Anasarca* Apis mellifica, China officinalis, Convalleria majalis, Digitalis.

*Angina pectoris* Amyl nitrite, Cactus grandiflorus, Cratageus, Spigelia.

*Ankylostomiasis* Carduus marianus.

*Anorexia* Chelidonium, China officinalis, Gentiana lutea, Hydrastis.

*Aphonia* Borax.

*Apthae* Hydrastinum muriaticum, Kali muriaticum.

*Apoplexy* Aconitum napellus, Laurocerasus.

*Appendicitis* Bryonia alba.

*Arteriosclerosis* Allium sativum, Cactus grandiflorus, Digitalis, Sumbul, Thiosinaminum.

*Arthritis* Caulophyllum, Urtica urens.

*Ascarides* Abrotanum.

*Ascites* Adonis vernalis, Apis mellifica, Apocyanum, China officinalis, Digitalis.

*Asthma, cardiac* Convalleria majalis, Iberis, Strophanthus.

*Asthma* Blatta orientalis, Grindelia, Lobelia inflata, Passiflora, Pothos, Senega.

*Atrial fibrillation* Digitalis.

*Atrophy* Oleum Jecoris.

*Azoturia* Senna.

*Backache* Phosphoric acid, Berberis vulgaris, Chelidonium, China officinalis, Lobelia inflata.

*Barber's itch* Thuja occidentalis.

*Bed-sores* Calendula officinalis, Echinacea, Hypericum.

*Biliousness* Carica pappaya., Chelidonium.

*Bladder (irritable)* Berberis vulgaris, Eupatoreum purpureum, Senega, Solidago, Vesicaria communis.

*Blood pressure - high*Cratageus,Rauwolfia serpentina, Veratrum album.

*Blood pressure - low* Avena sativa, Cactus grandiflorus, Ginseng.

*Bone affections (bruised)* Symphytum.

*Bradycardia* Apocynum, Digitalis.

*Brain fag* Phosphoric acid.

*Breast, shrivelled* Sabal serrulata.

*Bright's disease* Apocynum, Terebinth.

*Bronchitis (chronic)* Ammonium carbonicum, Senega.

*Bronchitis* Bryonia alba, Justicia adhatoda, Solidago.

*Bronchopneumonia* Ammoniacum gummi.

*Bronchorrhoea* Ammoniacum gummi, Balsamum peruvianum, Eucalyptus.

*Bruises and contusions* Arnica montana, Calendula officinalis, Hamamelis.

*Bubo* Bufo rana.

*Burns* Cantharis, Urtica urens.

*Bursïtis* Benzoic acid, Ruta graveolens.

*Calculi (biliary)* Berberis vulgaris, Chelidonium, China officinalis, Chionanthus, Cholesterinum.

*Cancer bladder* Taraxacum.

*Cancer gastric* Geranium, Ornithogalum.

*Cancer mammae* Bryonia alba.

*Cancer pains* Euphorbium.

*Cancer rectal* Hydrastis, Ruta graveolens.

*Cancer tongue* Fuligo ligni.

*Capillary stasis* Echinacea.

*Carbuncle, urethral* Thuja occidentalis.

*Carbuncles* Ledum palustre.

*Cardiac dropsy* Adonis vernalis.

*Cardiac dyspnoea* Aspidosperma.

*Catalepsy* Cannabis indica.

*Cataract* Cineraria maritima.

*Catarrh, chronic* Eucalyptus.

*Cellulitis* Apis mellifica, Rhus toxicodendron.

*Cheyne-Stokes Respiration* Grindelia.

*Chillblains* Agaricus.

*Cholelithiasis* Chionanthus, Hydrastis.

*Cholera* Camphora, Coffea mocha, Trychosanthis dioica.

*Chordee* Agave, Yohimbinum.

*Chorea* Agaricus muscaris.

*Cicatrices* Thiosinaminum.

*Cirrhosis of liver* Carduus marianus, Chelidonium, China officinalis.

*Climacteric flushings* Amyl nitrite, Sanguinaria.

*Colitis* Cynodon dactylon.

*Colic (renal) * Berberis vulgaris, Hydrangea, Ocimum canum, Pareira brava, Sarsaparilla, Solidago, Urtica urens.

*Collapse* Aconite radix, Camphora, Hydrocyanic acid, Kali cyanatum.

*Cold sores* Camphor.

*Condylomata* Thuja.

*Conjunctivitis* Euphrasia.

*Constipation in children* Abroma augusta radix, Hydrastis, Senna.

*Convulsions* �nanthe.

*Coryza* Eucalyptus, Ocimum canum.

*Cough, dry* Mentha piperata, Laurocerasus.

*Cough, hoarse* Verbascum.

*Cough, laryngeal* Capsicum.

*Cough, phthisical* Allium sativum.

*Cough, spasmodic* Belladonna.

*Cracked lips* Condurango.

*Croup* Aconite, Sanguinaria, Spongia.

*Cyanosis* Laurocerasus.

*Cystitis* Equisetum, Pareira brava, Vesicaria.

*Cysts* Apis mellifica.

*Dandruff* Badiaga, Cochlearia, Thuja occidentalis.

*Deafness* Hydrastis, Mezereum, Verbascum.

*Debility* Aletris farinosa, Helonias indica, Phosphoric acid.

*Delirium tremens* Apocynum, Capsicum, Rananculus bulbosus.

*Dentition* Terebinth.

*Diabetes insipidus* Alfalfa, Phosphoric acid.

*Diabetes mellitus* Abroma augusta radix, Arsenic bromatum, Syzygium jambolanum, Uranium nitricum.

*Diarrhoea* Achyranthus, Aegle marmelos, Chapparo, Cynodon dactylon.

*Diphtheria* Apis mellifica, Echinacea.

*Dipsomania* Capsicum.

*Dissecting wounds* Echinacea.

*Drooling* Trifolium.

*Dropsy thirst, without* Apis mellifica.

*Dropsy* Aglae Folia, Apis mellifica, Apocynum, Brhavia diffusa, Thlaspi.

*Dropsy, cardiac* Adonis vernalis.

*Dropsy, hepatic* Liatris spicata.

*Dropsy, renal* Urea.

*Dropsy, thirst with* Apocynum.

*Duodenal ulcer* Ornithogalum.

*Dysentery* Aegle marmelos, Aloe, Atista indica, Cephalandra indica, Cynodon dactylon, Holarrhena antidysenterica.

*Dysmenorrhoea* Abroma augugta radix, Ashoka, Viburnum opulis.

*Dysmonorrhoea, membranous* Xanthoxyllum.

*Dyspepsia, atonic* Abies nigra, Anacardium.

*Dyspepsia, nervous* Anacardium.

*Dysphagia* Cajuputum.

*Dyspnoea* Aspidosperma, Senega.

*Earache* Mullein Oil, Plantago.

*Ear discharge* Mullein Oil.

*Ecchymosis* Arnica.

*Eczema* Alnus rubra, Anacardium, Juglans cinerea.

*Elephantiasis* Hydrocotyle.

*Emphysema* Lobelia inflata.

*Empyema* Arnica.

*Enteritis, acute* China officinalis.

*Enuresis* Equisetum, Rhus aromatica, Verbascum.

*Epididymitis* Sabal serrulata.

*Epilepsy* �nanthe crocata, Passiflora.

*Epistaxis* Ambrosia, Bryonia alba, Hamamelis, Millefolium.

*Epithelioma* Thuja occidentalis.

*Erysipelas* Apis mellifica.

*Erythema nodosum* Apis mellifica.

*Erythema* Antipyrine.

*Eustachian deafness* Hydrastis.

*Exophthalmic goitre* Lycopus, Pilocarpinum.

*Exudative pleurisy* Abrotanum.

*Eyes, inflammation* Euphrasia, Ruta graveolens.

*Fever* Acetanilidum, Ferr phos, Gnaphelium.

*Fever, typhoid* Baptisia, Phosphoric acid.

*Fibroids* Thlaspi, Trillium.

*Fissures* Condurango, Graphites, Ledum palustre.

*Flatulence* Asafoetida

*Freckles* Badiaga.

*Gall stones* Berb vulgaris, China officinalis, Chionanthus.

*Ganglion* Ruta graveolens.

*Gangrene* Echinacea.

*Gastritis* Arsenic album.

*Gastric ulcer* Geranium, Ornithogalum, Urtica urens.

*Gastroenteritis* Lactic acid.

*Gleet* Guaicum, Thuja occidentalis.

*Globus hystericus* Asafoetida.

*Goitre* Fucus vesiculosus.

*Gonorrhoea* Cannabis sativa, Vesicaria communis.

*Gout* Ledum palustre, Urtica urens.

*Gravel* Coccus cacti, Hydrangea, Solidago, Urtica urens.

*Haematemesis * Ficus religiosa, Hamamelis, Ipecac.

*Haematuria* Cannabis sativa, Ficus religiosa, Millefolium, Ocimum canum, Thlaspi.

*Haemoptysis* Acalypha indica, Erigeron, Geranium, Millefolium.

*Haemorrhages* Adrenalin, China officinalis, Hamamelis, Millefolium, Sabina, Trillium.

*Haemorrhoids* Aesculus hippocastanum, Aloe, Dolichos, Ficus religiosa, Hamamelis.

*Hallucinations* Antipyrine.

*Hay fever* Ambrosia, Pothos foetidus.

*Headaches, anaemic* China officinalis.

*Headaches, bilious* Chionanthus.

*Headaches, bursting* Glonoine.

*Headaches, congestive* Aconite, Glonoine.

*Headaches, nervous* Chionanthus.

*Headaches, sick* Sanguinaria.

*Heart hypertrophy & dilatation* Cactus grandiflorus, Crat�gus, Strophanthus.

*Heartburn* Geranium.

*Heart affections, palpitations* Cratageus.

*Heart failure* Adon vernalis.

*Hectic fever* Baptisia.

*Hepatitis* Carduus marianus, Chelidonium.

*Herpes labialis* Capsicum.

*Hiccough* Ginseng.

*Hoarseness* Verbascum.

*Hookworm* Chenopodium.

*Hydrocephalus* Apocyanum, Hedera Helix.

*Hydrothorax* Adonis vernalis.

*Hysteria* Crocus sativa, Ignatia, Passiflora.

*Impotence* Aegle folia, Agnus castus, Ashwagandha, Turnera, Yohimbinum.

*Influenza* Eucalyptus, Eupatorium perfoliatum.

*Insomnia* Avena sativa, Passiflora, Piscidia.

*Intermittent fever* Atista indica, Andersonia, Cephalandra indica, Chininum sulph, Chirata, Desmodium, Eupatorium perfoliatum, Lucas aspera.

*Jaundice* Carica pappaya, Chelidonium, Chionanthus, Digitalis, Kalmegh, Myrica, Podophyllum.

*Kidneys (congestive) * Chimaphila umbellata, Terebinth, Vesicaria, Uva ursi.

*Labour pains false* Caulophyllum.

*Labour, retained placenta* Caulophyllum.

*Labour, haemorrhage, after* Trillium.

*Lectophobia* Cannabis sativa.

*Leprosy* Calotropis, Hydrocotyle.

*Leucoderma* Hydrocotyle, Psoralea corylifolia.

*Leucorrhoea* Ashoka, Caulophyllum, China officinalis, Hydrastis.

*Leucorrhoea, acrid* Hydrastis.

*Leucorrhoea, blackish* China officinalis.

*Leucorrhoea, bland* Fraxinus americana.

*Leucorrhoea, bloody* China oficinalis, Thlaspi.

*Leucorrhoea, offensive* Carbolic acid.

*Leucorrhoea, profuse* Hydrastis.

*Leucorrhoea, stringy* Hydrastis.

*Lice* Staphysagria.

*Lithiasis* Benzoic acid, Berberis vulgaris, Hydrangea, Ocimum canum, Solidago, Thlaspi, Urtica urens.

*Liver (congestion) * Berberis vulgaris, Bryonia alba, Carduus marianus, Chelidonium, Carica pappaya.

*Lumbago* Berberis vulgaris.

*Malaria* Alstonia, Chirata.

*Malnutrition* Alfalfa, Gentiana lutea.

*Marasmus* Alfalfa, Oleum jecoris.

*Mastitis* Phytolacca.

*Meniere's disease* Chenopodium.

*Menorrhagia* Ashoka, China officinalis, Ficus religiosa, Sabina.

*Menstruation, delayed* Ashoka, Caulophyllum.

*Menstruation, painful* Abroma augusta radix, Ashoka, Viburnum opulis.

*Menstruation, profuse* Ficus religiosa, Trillium.

*Mental weakness* Avena sativa, Ashwagandha.

*Milk leg* Hamamelis.

*Miscarriage, repeated* Ashoka, Viburnum opulis.

*Miscarriage, threatened* Sabina, Viburnum opulis.

*Morning sickness* Aletris farinosa, Symphoricarpus racemosus.

*Morphine habit* Avena sativa.

*Mountain sickness* Coca.

*Mumps* Pilocarpine.

*Muscae volitantes* Cypripedium.

*Myocarditis* Digitalis.

*Myositis* Arnica.

*Naevus* Thuja occidentalis.

*Nephritis* Apis mellifica, Berberis vulgaris, Cantharis, Eucalyptus, Terebinth.

*Nettle rash* Apis mellifica, Hygrophilia, Strophanthus.

*Neuralgia* Sanguinaria.

*Neuralgia, periodic* Cedron.

*Neurasthenia* Avena sativa, Arnica, Cypripedium, Phosphoric acid.

*Neurasthenia, gastric* Anacardium, Gentiana.

*Neuritis* Hypericum.

*Night blindness* Physostigma.

*Night sweats* Chamomilla, Phosphoric acid, Pilocarpine.

*Obesity* Fucus vesiculosus, Phytolacca berry.

*Oedema* Apis mellifica, Digitalis.

*Osteomalacia* Phosphoric acid.

*Otitis media* Chenopodium.

*Otohhoea* Hydrastis.

*Ovarian cyst* Apis mellifica.

*Ovaritis* Xanthoxyllum.

*Oxaluria* Berberis vulgaris, Senna.

*Ozaena* Hydrastis.

*Palpitations* Adonis vernalis, Cactus grandiflorus, Convalleria, Digitalis, Iberis amara.

*Paresis* Badiaga.

*Paresis, pneumogastric* Grindelia.

*Paresis, respiratory* Lobelia inflata.

*Pemphigus* Caltha palustris.

*Pericarditis* Digitalis.

*Periostitis* Apis mellifica, Asafoetida.

*Peritonitis* Apis mellifica, Apocynum, Lycopodium.

*Pharyngitis, follicular* Aesculus hippocastanum, Hydrastis, Sanguinaria.

*Phlebitis* Hamamelis.

*Phthisis* Acalypha indica.

*Phthisis, laryngeal* Drosera.

*Pleurisy* Aconite, Apis mellifica.

*Pleurisy, effusion stage* Abrotanum, Kali iodatum.

*Pleurodynia* Bryonia alba.

*Pneumonia* Chelidonium.

*Polypi* Sanguinaria, Thuja occidentalis.

*Polypi, nasal* Teucrium.

*Polyuria* Phosphoric acid, Rhus aromatica, Uranium nitricum.

*Proctitis* Aloe.

*Prosopalgia* Cactus grandiflorus.

*Prostatitis* Sabal serrulata, Thuja occidentalis.

*Prostatic hypertrophy* Chimaphila umbellata, Hydrangea, Sabal serrulata.

*Pruritus* Carduus marianus.

*Psoriasis* Arsenic bromatum, Chrysarobinum.

*Purpura* Hamamelis.

*Pyaemia* Echinacea.

*Pyelitis* Chimaphila umbellata, Terebinth, Uva ursi.

*Pyorrhoea* Plantago, Terminalia chebula.

*Ranula* Thuja occidentalis.

*Raynaud's disease* Cactus grandiflorus, Secale cornutum.

*Rheumatism* Kalmia, Thuja occidentalis.

*Rheumatism, chronic* Oleum jecoris.

*Rheumatism, gonorrhoeal* Thuja occidentalis.

*Ringworm* Chrysarobinum, Sepia.

*Scabies* Balsmum peruvianum.

*Sciatica* Viscum album.

*Scurvy* Agave, Citric acid, Hamamelis.

*Sepsis* Echinacea.

*Somnambulism* Artemisia vulgaris.

*Spermatorrhoea* Agnus castus, Avena sativa, Damiana, Ginseng, Ocimum canum, Yohimbinum.

*Spleen affections* Azadirachta indica, Asafoetida, Ceanothus, Carica pappaya, Calotropis, Kalmegh, Leucas aspera, Luffa actangula, Quercus.

*Sterility* Agnus castus, Thlaspi, Turnera.

*Stings* Apis mellifica, Ledum palustre, Urtica urens.

*Stomach dilatation* Hydrastinum muriaticum.

*Subinvolution* Fraxinus americana.

*Sycosis* Thuja occidentalis.

*Synovitis* Apis mellifica.

*Syphilis* Guaicum.

*Syphilis, latent* Calotropis.

*Tachycardia* Cactus grandiflorus, Convalleria, Cratagus, Digitalis, Iberis amara.

*Tape worm* Cuprum oxidatum nigrum, Filix mas.

*Tape worm* Filix mas.

*Tetanus* Passiflora.

*Thread worm* Turpentine oil, Chelone.

*Tobacco craving* Daphne indica.

*Toothache* Plantago.

*Traumatism* Arnica, Bellis perrenis, Calendula officinalis, Hamamelis, Hypericum, Ledum palustre, Ruta graveolens, Symphytum.

*Tumours* Hydrastis, Thuja occidentalis.

*Typhoid* Abroma augusta radix, Baptisia, Bryonia alba, Phosphoric acid.

*Ulcers* Calendula officinalis, Carbolic acid, Echinacea.

*Urethral carbuncle* Eucalyptus.

*Urethritis* Cantharis.

*Uric acid diathesis* Ocimum canum.

*Urticaria* Antipyrine, Apis mellifica.

*Uterine displacement* Fraxinus americana.

*Uterine tumours* Thlaspi.

*Vaginismus* Cactus grandiflorus.

*Varicose veins with rapid reducers* Glonoine.

*Varicose veins with arterial lesions* Adrenalin.

*Varicose veins* Hamamelis.

*Venous stasis* Aesculus hippocastanum.

*Warts* Thuja occidentalis.

*Well's disease* Chelidonium.

*Whooping cough* Drosera.

*Worms* Santoninum, Filix mas.

Remedy Selection

⏩Remedy Selection---
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Source: homeopathy plus

Two things are necessary for the successful selection of the similar remedy, a clear picture of the patient and a comprehensive knowledge of the materia medica.

Not only must careful note be taken of all the patient's symptoms but each symptom must be investigated as to its details and modalities. It is the individual peculiarities of the symptom and its mode of responding to heat and cold and other modifying factors that provide the data for accurate symptom-matching.

If there is correspondence between the stimulus provided by the remedy and the response of the sick individual, relief of symptoms and restoration of health will result.

How this is brought about is difficult to explain, or even to theorize about. Numerous explanations have been offered and Hahnemann said that the drug-induced disease somehow annihilated the natural disease.

In practice, it is evident that the suitable remedy does stimulate the sick individual in such a way as to call forth a curative response.

The drug is usually administered in exceedingly small doses so that the stimulus provided may be in the nature of "information", or "instructions", as to how the body can set about reversing the disease process, repairing damage (where this is possible), and restoring the balance of function and biochemical homeostasis on which health and well-being depend.

The stimulus may be something in the nature of what one distinguished scientist describes as "the hypothesis of a biotonic or non-mechanistic information transmission".

It is not necessary to wait for accurate explanations before applying a principle which has been found to give practical results in healing the sick, and the problem becomes one of how to select the suitable remedy in any particular case.

The first endeavour must be to match the symptom picture presented by the patient with a similar picture in the materia medica. The symptoms may be many or few, pertinent or vague. Common symptoms such as cough, headache, rheumatic pain, skin rash and so on are of no value for accurate prescribing unless qualified.

The symptoms that must be picked out for the purpose of matching with the materia medica are those which are prominent, personal and particular; particular especially in their detail and in their modalities.

The next step is to assess the evidence from the point of view of prescribing value, to decide which symptoms and features by reason of their prominence, personal character, or peculiarity must be matched and covered by equally prominent and characteristic features in the materia medica picture.

It is of prime importance to know how to evaluate the symptoms presented by any particular patient. First and foremost it is the prominence, the marked and obvious character of a symptom, and its personal attributes in the particular individual patient that give it high value.

Further, and it is impossible to over-emphasize this, it is always necessary to study the individual patient as a whole; physical features, general reactions and emotional and temperamental attributes all being taken into account.

<Symptoms Classified >
Symptoms may be roughly classified as local, general, mental and constitutional.With regard to prescribing value the mental and emotional features are rated in the top rank, especially if of recent development or if showing a variation from the usual.

Local symptoms are of value when very marked and typical, a special kind of pain, haemorrhage of a definite variety, a distinctive type of cough, a particular form of sputum, and so on.

Symptoms may be valuable owing to their peculiar character. There are many of these, for example:

Burning pains relieved by heat point to Arsenicum Album; coldness of the affected part with relief from cold applications points to Ledum; great thirst despite a moist tongue suggests Mercurius; fever with absence of thirst points to Apis, GELSEMIUM or PULSATILLA; relief from swallowing solids accompanying a sore throat points to IGNATIA or Lachesis; prefers to lie on the painful side indicates Bryonia; a complaint that his limbs seem to be scattered all over the bed, disordered body-sense, points to Baptisia.

Symptoms may also be evaluated according to their chronology.

Recent symptoms are indicative of active disturbance in the body and are of high prescribing value when studied in detail.

Remote symptoms are those which may have occurred in the past and are only called to mind on careful enquiry. They often prove of value in pointing to a remedy which might have been prescribed at the time and may even now be of benefit.

Recurrent symptoms are usually evidence of an underlying chronic disorder which reveals itself by occasional attacks of acute illness. Search must be made here for some infectious illness in the past from which full recovery has not been made, or perhaps for an inherited taint, a so-called miasm.

This may call for the use of a Nosode, that is a preparation of an infective agent such as DIPHTHERINUM, MORBILLINUM, Tuberculinum, LUETICUM and so on.

Attacks which recur periodically at regular intervals point to the possible use of such remedies as Arsenicum Album, China, Natrum Muriaticum.

Recrudescent symptoms is a term which can be used in relation to a curious phenomenon, sometimes met with in homoeopathic prescribing. It is usually in connection with the treatment of a chronic condition, when following the administration of the apparently indicated remedy fresh symptoms appear.

These on careful investigation prove to be a recrudescence of old symptoms from which the patient suffered, perhaps some years past. They tend to appear, moreover, in reverse order chronologically to the times of their appearance in the past.

The temptation to treat such symptoms must be resisted. They are evidence of physiological reaction in response to the administration of the remedy, and such activity on the part of the body's own resources should not be interfered with.

These recrudescent symptoms, therefore, do not call for further prescribing. They will disappear in due course, probably not to reappear again.

Reactive symptoms is a term which may be used to describe another type of response to treatment, namely an aggravation of the existing symptoms after taking a few doses, or just one single dose, of the remedy prescribed. This is most likely to occur in persons who are unusually sensitive to any form of medication.

It is recognized to be a sign that the remedy is taking effect and is usually short-lived in duration. The remedy should be discontinued, but no antidote is called for unless the aggravation proves to be unduly prolonged.

In an over-sensitive subject the administration of a homoeopathic remedy may produce not an aggravation of the symptoms already present but fresh symptoms altogether, in other words an accidental proving. In this case the treatment must be discontinued, but if the symptoms still persist a suitable remedy must be given to deal with the new situation.

It may occur that in relation to the group of symptoms presented by the patient more than one remedy is indicated. In this case it is necessary to study the case also from the point of view of typology, to find the constitutional or personal remedy which matches the personality of the patient.

This will enable the possible remedies to be "reviewed"; the one which is most suitable to the particular patient can then be selected. In other words, what is matched with the materia medica is not merely the symptom picture but the patient picture, symptoms included.

Another reason for seeking the constitutional, or personal, remedy is that this will sometimes be called for when the apparently indicated remedy, prescribed on the symptom picture for an acute condition, fails to clear up the case. It may well be the remedy which covers the whole case, or it may be complementary to preceding remedies.

The search for the similar remedy must primarily be along the line of skilled symptom-matching, not neglecting to check and confirm by consideration of the general modalities and constitutional characteristics of the patient.

The search for the similar remedy in this way may at times be difficult and baffling, and sometimes the apparently indicated remedy will fail to effect the response hoped for. Experience has shown, however, that certain other lines of enquiry may on occasion prove of assistance in remedy selection.

<Causal Factor >
It has been observed that complaints of one kind or another may often be precipitated by or linked with adverse factors such as emotional stress, weather changes and extremes, injuries, inoculations and so on.

Further, it can be noted in the materia medica that complaints deriving from this or that causal factor are therapeuticallyassociated with certain remedies, which can be prescribed on this basis. For instance:

Symptoms induced by getting suddenly chilled when hot can often be controlled by DULCAMARA; those resulting from exposure to damp by Natrum Sulphuricum; those following injury, even at a remote date, by Arnica, or, if the injury has involved concussion of the brain, by Natrum Sulphuricum; those dating from a sudden or severe fright by Aconitum; those deriving from emotional stress or shock by IGNATIA.

In this connection it is often necessary to carry the investigation further back than the immediate precipitating factor and to make careful enquiry into disturbances of health in previous years, in infancy and childhood, or even into parental ill-health before birth.

It may transpire that the sick individual has "never been the same" since some previous and possibly quite remote disturbance of health.

Positive findings along these lines will often provide strong indications for the use of a remedy. For instance:

A history of trouble after anti-smallpox vaccination, or of repeated vaccinations, will suggest Thuja; previous infection with or contact with tuberculosis will point to the use of DROSERA or of one of the Tuberculinum preparations; old malaria, possibly much-treated, will call for Natrum Muriaticum; a remote episode of fright with the sense of fear persisting will suggest Opium; a former attack of measles, diphtheria, or whooping-cough, will indicate the possible need for the corresponding Nosode.

<Tissue Affinities >
It sometimes happens that in a particular case there is a paucity of high value prescribing symptoms to guide in the choice of the remedy. There is, however, evidence of the involvement of some special organ or tissue.

It is recorded in the materia medica that certain remedies have a special affinity for some organ, or tissue, or system, and in the presence of disease affecting such sites the associated remedy can often be employed therapeutically.

This is a limited sphere of help in remedy selection. But it may be of value, and remedies prescribed on such local indications will usually be given in low potency, say 3x or 6, and in repeated doses.

<Previous Clinical Experience >
If a patient presents similar symptoms to those suffered from on a previous occasion it can usually be inferred that the remedy effective on the former occasion will prove the best selection in the present event.

This points to the advisability of keeping careful records not only of symptoms but also of treatment, and in detail as to potency and number of doses given.

In the event of an epidemic of, say, influenza, when a similar symptom picture is encountered in case after case, the remedy that is found effective in one case is likely to be suitable also for the others, at any rate in clearing up the acute symptoms. Follow-up treatment will call for more individual selection along normal homoeopathic lines.

<Repertories >
The various available works of reference and repertories linking symptoms with related remedies afford valuable help in remedy selection. But there is no substitute for that constant study of the materia medica that alone can give the physician an intimate knowledge of a remedy, its most prominent features and its inner nature, and thus enable him to sense and recognise its counterpart in the sick individual.

Gonorrhoea

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Symptoms/Problems	Remedy	Frequency(Doses)
Suppressed;to restore discharge or to take care of bad effects of suppression or sycotic miasm	Medorrhinum 200 or 1M	weekly(3)
Secondary;history of repeated gonorrhoea and impotency	Agnus cast.200	weekly(3)
Burning while urinating;frequent urging;spasmodic closure of the sphinctre of the bladder	Cannabis sat.200 or 1M	weekly(3)
Intense burning;sexual excitement,constant urge to pass urine;urine bloody	Cantharis 30 or 200	4 hourly
Very difficult to begin to urinate;burning and scalding during micturation and straining afterwards	Chimaphilla umb.Q or 200	4 hourly
Frequent urination;burning after urination;urine scanty and reddish,inflammation of urethra	Kali bich.30 or 200	4 hourly
Cystitics with violent pain in urinary passage and bladder;passing almost blood instead of urine	Acid-nit.30 or 200	4 hourly
Profuse,slimy discharge due to suppressed gonorrhoea;haematuria;urine acrid,cutting pain while passing urine	Pulsatilla 30 or 200	4 hourly
Retention of urine;urine excoriates;urine white reddish	Sulphur 30 or 200	4 hourly(3)
Thin,greenish discharge;scalding during micturation;rheumatic complaints	Thuja oc.200 or 1M	weekly(3)

     

Cold,Catarrh and Coryza

Cold,Catarrh and Coryza

Cold,Catarrh and coryza

1st Stage

Symptoms/Problems	Remedy	Frequency(Doses)
Icy coldness of whole body;internal and external both.To give heat to the system	Camphor 6 or 30	1/2 hourly
Cold due to sudden exposure to dry cold wind;chilly feeling;headache,watering of eyes and sneezing;anxiety and fear;feverish feeling	Aconite 30 or 200	2 hourly
Running of nose during day and blockage at night with chilly feeling	Nux vomica 30	3 hourly
Cold with sneezing and profuse from eyes and nose;worse in warmth and indoor;better in open air	Allium cepa	3 hourly
Dryness of nose with headache;worse from motion;thirst more;lips parched and dry;stools constipated	Bryonia 30 or 200	3 hourly
Sneezing;watering of nose and eyes;throat sore with constant desire to swallow saliva;foul smell from mouth;feverish feeling with sweat which do not relieve.Worse at night	Mercurius sol.30	3 hourly
Watering and burning of eyes with streaming nose;acrid discharges	Euphrasia 30	3 hourly
Chilly feeling though face is hot;restlessness;un-quenchable thirst,drinks often but little at a time;better hot drinks	Arsenic alb.30	3 hourly
Acrid discharge from the nose which corrodes the upper lip.Nose filled with phelgm;breathes through the mouth	Arum triph.30	3 hourly
Cold;running of nose and sneezing;redness and pain forehead;watering eyes	Sabadilla 30	4 hourly
Cold;pain throat;red face,rush of blood towards head	Belladonna 30	4 hourly
Aching pain;dullness;chilliness in back;sneezing;bland and thick discharge from nose;feverish;better by passing urine	Gelsemium 30	3 hourly
Coryza with sneezing and aching in bones of extremities with soreness of flesh	Eup-perf.30	3 hourly
Cold;better from cold bathing	Calcarea sulph.30	4 hourly
Dripping of nose while eating	Trombidium 30 or 200	6 hourly
Dripping of nose while going to sleep	Thuja oc.30 or 200	6 hourly
Dry coryza;sniffles of infants,blockage of nose	Sambucus nig.30	4 hourly

2nd Stage

Symptoms/Problems	Remedy	Frequency(Doses)
Discharge from nose;yellowish or greenish;stringy	Kali bich.30	4 hourly
Greenish yellow mucous from nose;loss of taste and thirst;better open air	Pulsatilla 30	4 hourly
Thick yellow discharge from nose;post nasal cattarh;constipation	Hydrastis c.30	4 hourly
Watering from nose like a tap;thirst more;stools constipated;cold aggravates till noon and ameliorates after noon	Natrum mur.30(in acute stage Bryonia 30)	4 hourly
In fat and flabby patient;worse after bathing;chilly patient	Calcarea carb.200	6 hourly
Watery discherge from the nose and finally it becomes thick,yellow.Pain in the throat on swallowing as if full of splinters;sensitive to cold	Hepar sulph.30	4 hourly
Cold worse early morning;chronic;dry catarrh;aversion to take bath	Sulphur 200	weekly(3)
Chronic catarrh;dry coryza,with blockage of nose;worse change of weather and cold	Psorinum 200	weekly(3)
Chronic cases with tubercular history	Tuberculinum k.200 or 1M	fortnightly(6)
Obstinate chronic cases when indicated remedy fails	Bacillinum 1M	weekly(3)

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