Author: Urenus

The mother tincture is prepared from the dried roots of Arnica montana L. N.O. Compositae.

Arnica is the best-known folk-remedy for wounds, injuries, contusions etc. of every kind, and may also be used in concussion of the brain, distortions, bruises, fractures, haematomas etc. Likewise damage resulting from over-exertion is an indi- cation, e.g. of the heart (athletes). Arnica patients als complain of a sensation of weakness, tiredness and general exhaustion. A specific symptom is that everything on which he lies feels too hard (Nash), and so he must be constantly changing posi- tion in order to find relief. Even the bed seems too hard. In septic states this is often an indication for Arnica, though Baptisia – another often-used remedy in sepsis – has the same symptom. The Arnica patient relapses quickly into his stupor when aroused from it. Arnica also has – like Baptisia – a dark streak down the middle of the tongue, and also a dusky-red face, such as is found in the course of sepsis and ty- phus. Stools and urine are often passed unawares, and bruises appear beneath the skin. In whooping cough, children who need Arnica or Baptisia, cry before the coughing comes on. All these cases are strict indications for Arnica. As well as with Baptisia, Arnica also has a certain similarity with Belladonna, head and face being red and hot, while body and limbs are cool or cold.

Further noteworthy Arnica symptoms are: putrid smell from the mouth, offensive eructations and distension with flatus smelling of rotten eggs, and a battered feeling in the uterine area, so that the patient cannot walk upright. The presence of many small, painful boils, occurring one after the other, is an indication for Arnica. The Arnica constitution is usually muscular and athletic, plethoric and tending to hyper- tension; however, this is no reason not to prescribe Arnica in septic states, even in weakly, neurasthenic patients, if the correct symptoms are present. This principle of prescribing according to the symptoms outweighs by far any constitutional consid- erations which may be present, and applies for all remedies as a general rule.

Up to now little attention has been paid to the action of Arnica in septic states, where it ranks equally with Baptisia and can often be prescribed alongside or with it, or differentiation made from it. Battered pains occur also in Baptisia, Phytolacca, Rhus Tox., Ruta, Staphisagria, China and others, but in Arnica, however, they are characteristically especially marked. If other typical Arnica symptoms are also pres- ent, then Arnica will be the remedy of choice and prove to act best.

Arnica complements Rhus Toxicodendron well. The latter will follow with advan- tage when the action of Arnica has died down and the case has fundamentally al- tered.

The following is a summary of the important symptoms of Arnica:

1. Injuries of every kind, such as haemorrhages, injuries to the soft tissues, concus- sion, dislocations, contusions, fractures, subluxations and others.
2. Consquences of over-exertion, e.g. muscular ache, sportsman’s heart.
3. Everything seems too hard (the bed is too hard). General battered sensation.
4. Offensive eructations. Putrid smell from the mouth. Distension, with flatus smelling of sulphuretted hydrogen.
5. Battered feeling in the uterine area and inability to walk upright.
6. Coughing with chest pain. Child cries before the coughing paroxysm in whoop- ing cough.
7. Septic states with a dark streak down the middle of the tongue, dusky-red face and episodes of restlessness, possibility of delirium.
8. Stool and urine pass unnoticed.
9. Apoplexy. Ruptured blood-vessels. (Like Aconite, Arnica has a special action on the arterial circulatory system.)
10. Tendency to extremely painful boils, appearing one after the other.
11. Hoarseness of speakers and singers.
12. Neurodermitis and eczema on the forehead, cheeks and face, with itching. (In external application, Arnica may cause skinirritation.)

The German Monograph-Preparation Commission for the Homoeopathic Field of Therapy has, under the Preparation-Monograph for Arnica montana, published the following indication(s) in the German Bundesanzeiger (German Federal Gazette) for arnica: haemorrhages of all kinds; myalgia after excessive strain; disorders of the arterial and venous systems.

The mother tincture is prepared from the fresh aerial parts of the plant Aris- tolochia clematitis L. N.O. Aristolochiaceae.

Skin diseases (ulcers, wounds, eczema, acne, etc.). Diseases of the female repro- ductive tract (amenorrhoea). Menopausal arthropathy. Gastro-intestinal catarrh.

The following further symptoms appeared in the provings: stabbing and lancinat- ing pains in various areas of the body, cramping pains in the heels, stabbing pains in the heart, so that the patient can hardly breathe; raw lips and inflamed gums, tongue coated white in the morning, lack of appetite and colicky abdominal pains, followed by loose stools with burning in the anus and frequent urging to urinate.

The German Monograph-Preparation Commission for the Homoeopathic Field of Therapy has, under the Preparation Monograph for Aristolochia clematitis, pub- lished the following indication(s) in the German Bundesanzeiger (German Federal Gazette) for aristolochia clematitis: paramenia; affections of the venous system.

The attenuations are prepared from Silver nitrate, AgNO₃, MW: 161.9.

Silver Nitrate, also known as “lunar caustic”, is  the  medicine  with  which  every civilised person unavoidably becomes acquainted at the beginning of his     or her extra-uterine existence, for, as a part of the Crede prophylaxis, every new- born child has one drop of a 1% solution (formerly 2%) introduced into the eye-tis- sue.

Whereas in orthodox medicine Argentum Nitricum is used primarily as an astrin- gent, a disinfectant and a caustic, in homoeopathy it is an important polychrest, dis- tinguished by its extensive range of healing action. Many types of orthodox treat- ment with this substance, e.g. cauterisation of excess tissue, astringeing of the mu- cosum in duodenal ulcer as part of the Roll treatment, may, when effective, be seen as unintentional homoeopathy. Of course, the dilutions used in these procedures cor- respond to the homoeopathic low potencies in common use. Furthermore, an addi- tional resorptive effect is always to be reckoned within external use. In tabes dorsalis

there is also an oral indication for Argentum Nitricum tablets which were formerly much used.

Argentum Nitricum in homoeopathic potency has obvious effects on the autonom- ic nervous system, and vagotonous conditions in particular derive benefit from it. However, irritations too, eg. lancinating pains in tabes are alleviated or removed by Argentum Nitricum. Radiating pains are typical, especially stomach pains extending up into the chest cavity and mimicking angina pectoris. Frequently there is also dis- tension of the abdomen – part of the gastro-cardiac symptom-complex, ameliorated by loud, explosive eructations, as can also be the case with Phosphorus and Asafoeti- da.

The Argentum Nitricum patient is anxious and restless, exhibiting many features of neurasthenia, and is very concerned about his state of health. Argentum Nitricum patients furthermore have cravings for sweets, especially sugar. Diarrhoea easily oc- curs from excitement, and all symptoms, especially gastric ones, are aggravated by becoming flustered. The typical Argentum Nitricum headache is ameliorated by hav- ing a cloth firmly bound around the head. Vertigo also occurs, accompanied by gen- eral weakness and trembling, also tinnitus, such as one finds in Ménière’s syndrome. Argentum Nitricum is indicated in hoarseness of singers, with roughness and scratching in the throat and a sensation as of a splinter lodged in the throat; also in polyps of the vocal cords. Tiredness in the lower legs, calves and lower arms are likewise typical. Argentum Nitricum is indicated in epilepsy, when the pupils are en- larged for hours or days before the attack. In this area it is only seldom that one will be able to expect a full and final cure; however, distinct improvements can often be achieved, e.g. in the frequency and violence of the attacks. It must also be mentioned that in such it is absolutely necessary to maintain a diet which is strictly free of su- toxins.

Let us sum up the most important symptoms of Argentum Nitricum:

1. Distension in the upper abdomen, gastro-cardiac symptom-complex, ameliora- tion from eructations.
2. Spluttering diarrhoea, flecked, green, mucoid stools like chopped spinach.
3. Headache, ameliorated by tight binding of the head.
4. Catarrh and hoarseness of singers, speakers, teachers etc. after over-exertion of the voice. Sensation of a splinter in the throat. Catarrh of the pharynx, ears and conjunctiva.
5. States of weakness and exhaustion, primarily in the calves and lower arms.
6. Lancinating pains in tabes-sufferers.
7. Gastric crises.
8. Epilepsy with mydriasis a few days before the attack.
9. Agoraphobia, neurasthenia, restlessness and worry. Diarrhoea from excitement, stage-fright, vertigo. Romberg’s sign is positive.
10. Bleeding gastric ulcers. (Use high potencies!)

The German Monograph-Preparation Commission for the Homoeopathic Field of Therapy has, under the Preparation Monograph for Argentum nitricum, published the following indication(s) in the German Bundesanzeiger (German Federal

Gazette) for argentum nitricum: psychosomatic disorders of the alimentary tract; migraine.

The attenuations are prepared from a trituration of metallic silver, Ag, AW: 107.9.

Loss of memory. Pain in the left ovary, as if enlarged. Chronic hoarseness of speakers and singers. Pains in the joints. Coxalgia. Pains in the rib cartilage. Brain- tiredness in mental workers. Repeated low potencies of Argentum Metallicum over a long period eventually cause argyria, resulting from a deposition phase of silver in the epidermis.

Indications for Argentum Metallicum include a cramping pain at various sites in the body, and the symptom: vertigo on looking into running water.

Other characteristic symptoms include occipital headache after mental exertion, with an empty sensation in the head and loss of memory; also a pale, wan face and itching in the canthi.

There is a dryness of the mouth with accumulation of sticky saliva which makes speaking difficult, and sore throat with hoarseness and difficulty in swallowing and attacks of deep coughing; a feeling of weakness in the chest with constriction are also indications for Argentum Metallicum.

The German Monograph-Preparation Commission for the Homoeopathic Field of Therapy has, under the Preparation Monograph for Argentum metallicum, published the following indication(s) in the German Bundesanzeiger (German Federal Gazette) for argentum: chronic inflammations of the pharynx and larynx: mental exhaustion; disturbances of the nervous system, accompanied by lameness and cramps in the arms and legs; inflamatory swelling of the ovaries.

The mother tincture is prepared from the freshly-gathered roots of one-year-old plants of Arctium lappa L., Articum minus [Hill.] and Arctium tomentosum Mill.

N.O. Compositae.

Skin diseases. Eczema of the scalp.

Arctium Lappa is recommended not only in boils, but also in chronic, recurring erysipelas, and for uterine prolapse.

Arctium Lappa is used externally for offensive perspiration of the axillae. (The area in question should be washed with a 50 : 50 mixture of tincture and water.)

The German Monograph-Preparation Commission for the Homoeopathic Field of Therapy has, under the Preparation-Monograph for Arctium lappa, published the following indication(s) in the German Bundesanzeiger (German Federal Gazette) for arctium lappa: weeping skin eruptions; prolapse of the uterus; rheumatism.

The mother tincture is prepared from the Diadem spider, Araneus diadematus Clerck. N.O. Araneidae.

Lack of vital heat. Chilliness. All complaints aggravated by wet and cold. Neural- gia of the upper jaw at night. Feeling as of ice in the bones. Hydrogenoid constitu- tion. Pain in the heels. Haemorrhagic tendency. Colitis with bleeding.

Also characteristic of this remedy are intermittently occurring fevers, the fever ex- pressing itself almost exclusively as a chill, followed only seldom by heat and never by sweat. Aranea is indicated in numerous complaints associated with impregnation phases, especially in the neurodermal area (nervous system), such as the feeling of great relaxation, tiredness and faintness with very restless sleep and frequent wak- ing, and possible delusions of the lower arm and hands being larger and heavier than usual. There may also be a painful burrowing and drawing in the spinal nerves, with headache and a feeling of heaviness in the head. There is also the sensation as if the eyes were trembling, and there may be tremors in the upper arm. Aranea is also said to be indicated in malarial cachexia, with considerable enlargement of the spleen.

The German Monograph-Preparation Commission for the Homoeopathic Field of Therapy has, under the Preparation Monograph for Araneus diadematus, published the following indication(s) in the German Bundesanzeiger (German Federal Gazette) for aranea diadema: abnormal blood pressure; periodically occurring neu- ralgia; intermittent episodes of fever; Parkinson’s disease; paralgesia; painful artic- ular disease.

The mother tincture is prepared from the fresh rootstock of the plant Aralia race- mosa L., which is a native of North America. N.O. Araliaceae.

Hay fever. Bronchial asthma. Leucorrhoea. Pruritus.

Aralia is indicated by a great sensitivity to draughts; the slightest draught causes sneezing. Respiration makes a whistling sound, with a feeling of imminent suffoca- tion, especially on inspiration, worse lying. At night coughing paroxysms occur, waking the patient from first sleep and obliging him to sit up. This is accompanied by a constriction of the chest, as if laced up, with the sensation as if a foreign body were lodged in the throat.

Aralia is often indicated in retoxic phases resulting from suppressed discharges,

e.g. suppressed menses, retoxically treated leucorrhoea, and also in asthma follow- ing harmful use of narcotics.

The German Monograph-Preparation Commission for the Homoeopathic Field of Therapy has, under the Preparation Monograph for Aralia racemosa, published the following indication(s) in the German Bundesanzeiger (German Federal Gazette) for aralia racemosa: common cold; allergic disorders of the respiratory organs, such as hay fever and asthma.

The mother tincture is prepared from the whole fresh plant in bloom, Aquilegia vulgaris L. N.O. Ranunculaceae.

Menstrual disturbances, functional amenorrhoea. Menopausal problems. Depres- sion during the menses.

Aquilegia is particularly a remedy for nervous female patients, mostly suffering from hormonal dysfunction, e.g. with globus hystericus, but also suffering from sleeplessness, nervous tremors and sensitivity to light and noise, especially during painful menstruation (dysmenorrhoea). This is often accompanied by painful pres- sure in the loin on the right-hand side.

The German Monograph-Preparation Commission for the Homoeopathic Field of Therapy has, under the Preparation Monograph for Aquilegia vulgaris, published the following indication(s) in the German Bundesanzeiger (German Federal Gazette) for aquilegia: insomnia in conjunction with nervousness.

The attenuations of this nosode are prepared from surgically removed inflamed ver- miform appendix.

Chronic swellings of the lymph glands. Irritative conditions such as appendicitis. May be tried experimentally in chronic constipation.

In their homoeopathic form, the nosodes often offer the body, the missing molec- ular fragment, which will bring about a specific enzyme-stimulus directed at the pathological (homotoxic) situation, in accordance with the Reversal effect (Arndt- Schultz Law) and the Law of Similars (Hahnemann).

The attenuations are prepared from Apomorphine hydrochloride, C₁₇H1₈ClNO₂ · 5H₂O, MW: 312.8.

Vomiting with cerebral involvement. Nausea. Hyperemesis. Sea-sickness.

The German Monograph-Preparation Commission for the Homoeopathic Field of Therapy has, under the Preparation Monograph for Apomorphinum hydrochloricum, published the following indication(s) in the German Bundesanzeiger (German Fed- eral Gazette) for apomorphinum hydrochloricum: vomiting, as associated with various diseases.