The book, “Desktop Guide to Keynotes and confirmatory
symptoms” of Dr.Roger Morrison is one of the fantastic materia medica in
Homeopathy. He has narrated important keynote symptoms of the remedies in a systematic
manner which is easily understandable and comprehensible. Particularly, he
described some important acute symptoms of 17 remedies under the head “ACUTES”
which are complied below for better understanding of each remedy. Hope that the
compilation will be useful to select the similimum to the patients in acute condition.
ACONITE:
Ø During
the early phase of respiratory infections, influenza, pneumonia, tonsillitis, otitis,
urinary infections, hepatitis, conjunctivitis, acute arthritis, etc.
Ø Exanthems
(Measles, Rosella, etc)
Ø Complain
begins suddenly and intenselee and often with great pain.
Ø Sudden, marked heat and fever alternates with chills, heat and flushing
to face, pupils constricted, restlessness, thirst for cold drinks, cold
extremities, and often anxiety and fear of death.
Ø Myocardial infarction with severe chest pain, radiating pain and numbness
into left arm, horrible fear of death (Cact, Arn).
Ø Bell’s palsy
Ø Cerebral accidents.
Ø Trauma and its after-effects.
APIS:
Ø Pharyngitis
with marked redness, swelling of uvula, better from cold food or drinks.
Ø Angioneurotic
edema, often with marked swelling of face, better from cold applications.
Ø Herpes
zoster or Rhus-poisioning of the face with markedly swollen lids which can
hardly be forced open.
Ø Acute
nephritis with generalized edema, scanty urine.
Ø Meningitis
with stupor, shrieking, high fever and red face, all markedly worse from heat.
Ø Fever
with alternating sweats and dry heat.
Ø Pleurisy
or bronchitis with marked pain on inspiration.
Ø Cystitis.
Pyelonephritis. Burning dysuria, frequent urging.
Ø Scarlet fever. Exanthems. Impetigo. Bee sting.
ARSNICUM ALBUM:
Ø Fever
from 12 to 2 or 3 AM or 12 to 2 or 3 PM.
Ø Acutes
with great restlessness, anxiety, chilliness and thirst for small quantities
often.
Ø
Fever and delirium. Delirium tremens.
Ø Burning
pharyngitis, ameliorated by warm drinks.
Ø Acute
gatroenterititis with vomiting and diarrhea, sometimes simultaneously (Verat).
Ø Influenza
with the typical acute picture.
Ø Acute
asthmatic crisis with anxiety, restlessness and thirst.
BELLADONNA:
Ø May help
to abort many convulsions if used at the first indication.
Ø Meningitis.
Encephalitis.
Ø Otitis
media , mainly right-sided, often with aggravation at night in bed, intense
pains which make the child scream and become frantic, bright red tympanic
membrane with marked swelling.
Ø Iritis.
Ø Pharyngitis
and tonsillitis with deep red discoloration, markedly swollen tonsils, often
distinctly right-sided, worse for swallowing.
Ø Acute
cholecystitis.
Ø Pleurisy.
Pneumonia.
Ø Mastitis,
mainly right-sided, red, painful, worse from jar.
Ø Pyelonephritis .
Cystitis.
Ø Ovarian pains and cysts, mainly right-sided, markedly painful, worse
before or during the menses, worse from jar or motion.
Ø Sciatica and low back pain markedly aggravation from motion, from
misstepping and jarring.
Ø Acute arthritis, markedly inflamed, red, swollen joint, worse from
motion or jar, ameliorated by cold applications.
Ø Influenza.
Upper respiratory infection.
Ø Early
stage of any exanthema-rubella, mumps, etc.
Ø
Scarlet fever.
Ø Appendicitis.
BRYONIA:
Ø Meningitis,
often delirious with desire “to go home”. There is a characteristic movement of
the mouth, with wiggling of the jaw back and forth. Encephalitis. Coma.
Influenza, with intense aching which is worse from motion, severe
headache, coated tongue and great thirst.
Ø Gastritis, worse slight movement, better lying still, marked nausea and
vomiting from drinking or eating, especially from dietary indiscretions,
sometimes ameliorated by warm drinks.
Ø Appendicitis, perhaps 70% of the cases require Bryonia. The patient lies
on the right side, worse from any motion, worse from deep inspiration , better
by cold applications
Ø Hepatitis with jaundice, pain in liver ameliorated by lying on the right
side, great nausea.
Ø Bronchitis. Upper respiratory infections.
Ø Pneumonia, especially right-sided, lies very still, worse rising up from
the bed, better lying on the painful side, better pressure; worse from taking a
deep breath so he pants shallowly to avoid inspiring ; the cough causes pain in
head or in chest so the patient holds the chest when forced to cough , rusty or
blood-streaked sputum.
Ø Pleurisy with pain worse movements of respiration, worse motion, better
pressure, better lying on the painful side.
CACTUS:
Ø Cardiac
episode with severe, constricting pains, oppression of chests, anxiety, dyspnea
or even cyanosis, and coldness of extremities.
CHAMOMILLA:
Ø Otitis media-child wakes at night crying, inconsolable, angry and must
be carried (often provoking late night calls waking the doctor), won’t tolerate
being touched or examined, hysterical when physician attempts to look in the
ear.
Ø Teething-irritable
infants, sore gums, often provokes diarrhea.
Ø Colic-child
inconsolable arches back, cries angrily.
Ø Fever-one
sided chill, face flushed on one neck, perspiration of covered parts and of
scalp, thirsty, restlessness and irritability.
LYCOPODIUM:
Ø Pharyngitis,
often right-sided or begin on the right side and travel to the left, better
from either warm or cold drinks. Tonsillitis.
Ø Pneumonia,
great dyspnea, prostration, frothy sputum, rattling chest uses accessory
muscles, flares nostrils, forehead furrowed.
Ø Cholecystitis.
Ø Kidney
stone colic, right side, may note reddish sand in the urine.
Ø Influenza
or other febrile conditions with high fever and violent chills and rigors which
are worse from every movement which stirs the air under the covers.
Ø Cystitis
with nearly constant urging, relieved for moments only on passing small
quantities of urine and relieved by warm applications or warm bathing.
Ø Gastritis
with pains from alcohol abuse or from over-eating. Acute colic- kidney stones,
cholecystitis- with cramping pains better from heat, worse touch.
OPIUM:
Ø Head
injury, concussion with somnolence and confusion.
Ø Cerebral
accident with stupor bloated and mottled face, great heat and perspiration,
stertorous respiration, constricted pupils.
Ø Coma or
delirium with high fever, flushed face, hot perspiration.
Ø Meningitis.
Encephalitis.
PULSATTILLA:
Ø Otitis media with pains which wake the child, she cries and needs
comfort but without the anger of Chamomilla.
Ø Upper respiratory infection or influenza with bland coryza, sneezing,
and conjunctivitis.
Ø Night-time coughs of children.
Ø Cystitis. Pyelonephritis.
Ø Hay fever, marked sneezing and red and itchy eyes.
Ø Measles. Mumps. Chicken pox.
PYROGEN:
Ø Influenza:
high fever, aching and restlessness (Rhus-t, ars, Eup-per).
Ø Puerperal
fever with aching, offensive discharge and lochia. It is almost a specific for
the condition.
Ø Typhoid
fever was said to respond dramatically to this remedy though such a condition
is rarely seen in western countries.
RADIUM:
Ø Influenza
with strong occipital headache.
Ø Acute
rheumatism.
RHUS-TOX:
Ø Influenza
with much aching which forces the patient to shift around constantly. The fever
may come rapidly especially at 10AM.
Ø Chicken
pox. Impetigo. Scarlet fever.
Ø Pharyngitis,
better warm drinks with restless uncomfortable feeling in the body. Upper
respiratory infection.
Ø Pneumonia,
cough producing rusty colored sputum.
Ø Sprains
with a stiff, sore sensation but the patient feels the need to be flexing and
moving the joint.
Ø Back
injuries.
Ø Injuries
to the tendons or muscles, worse from over exerting.
STICTA:
Ø Acute
rheumatism or bursitis with hot joint and redness of skin.
Ø Influenza.
SULPHUR:
Ø In lingering,
“neglected” colds, flus, tonsillitis, bronchitis, pneumonia, the patient is
warm, sweaty, wears old cloths and forgets to change for days; the hair becomes
greasy and plastered to the head.
Ø Measles
( Apis, Bell, Bry, Euphr, Gels, Puls, Rhus-t)
ZINC:
Ø Meningitis
or encephalitis with piercing shriek, convulsion, tremor, boring or rolling the
head, stupor or coma, tremendous headache.
Ø Chronic
complaints from suppressed exanthem.
Source: DESKTOP GUIDE to Keynotes and
confirmatory Symptoms .
By Dr.ROGER MORRISON M.D.
Compiled by: KARUPPIAH.S
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