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Classical Materia Medica Encyclopedia

Homoeopathic Remedies & Keynotes

Explore key characteristics, guiding modalities, and clinical affinities from Boericke, Kent, and Allen's Keynotes.

PlantPolycrest

Arnica Montana

Mountain Daisy / Leopard's Bane

Trauma, blunt mechanical injuries, bruised sensation, says 'nothing is the matter with him', bed feels too hard.

Affinity: Muscles, blood vessels, periosteum, trauma
PlantPolycrest

Nux Vomica

Poison Nut

Sedentary overworked executives, irritable, ineffectual urging for stool, chilly, hypersensitive to noise and light.

Affinity: Digestive tract, nervous system, liver
PlantPolycrest

Lycopodium Clavatum

Club Moss

Right-sided complaints extending to left, 4 PM to 8 PM aggravation, excessive flatulence, craves warm food and sweets.

Affinity: Digestive tract, liver, kidneys, respiratory
MineralPolycrest

Arsenicum Album

White Oxide of Arsenic

Great prostration with fastidious anxiety, fear of death, burning pains relieved by heat, midnight aggravation (1–2 AM).

Affinity: Mucous membranes, heart, gastrointestinal, skin
MineralPolycrest

Sulphur

Brimstone / Sublimed Sulphur

King of anti-psoric remedies, burning of soles of feet in bed, 11 AM hunger, aversion to bathing, philosophical intellect.

Affinity: Skin, venous circulation, portal system
PlantPolycrest

Pulsatilla Nigricans

Wind Flower / Pasque Flower

Mild, yielding, weepiness, thirstlessness with dry mouth, changeable symptoms, relieved in open cool air.

Affinity: Female hormonal system, mucous membranes, veins
PlantPolycrest

Rhus Toxicodendron

Poison Ivy

Stiffness and pain worse on beginning motion, distinctly relieved by continuous walking; aggravated by damp rainy weather.

Affinity: Fibrous tissues, joints, tendons, skin
PlantPolycrest

Bryonia Alba

Wild Hops / White Bryony

Aggravation from slightest movement, great thirst for large quantities of cold water at long intervals, irritable, desires rest.

Affinity: Serous membranes, lungs, pleura, liver, joints
PlantPolycrest

Atropa Belladonna

Deadly Nightshade

Sudden violent onset, redness, burning heat, throbbing headache, dilated pupils, sensitivity to jarring motion and light.

Affinity: Brain, vascular system, throat, right side
Mineral / AnimalPolycrest

Calcarea Carbonica

Carbonate of Lime / Oyster Shell

Fair, fat, flabby, cold clammy feet, head sweats profusely during sleep, craves boiled eggs, fears insanity and infection.

Affinity: Glands, bones, nutrition, lymphatic system
MineralPolycrest

Silicea Terra

Pure Flint / Silica

Lack of vital grit, chilly, offensive foot sweat, suppurative tendencies, promotes expulsion of foreign bodies.

Affinity: Connective tissue, bones, nails, nervous system
AnimalPolycrest

Sepia Officinalis

Inky Juice of Cuttlefish

Bearing-down pelvic sensation, chloasma on face, indifferent to family and loved ones, relieved by vigorous aerobic exercise.

Affinity: Female pelvic organs, venous circulation, skin

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