Category: Materia Medica Hans-Heinrich Reckeweg

The attenuations of this sarcode are prepared from the fresh tooth of a healthy pig (Sus scrofa domesticus).

The main indications are:

Periodontitis. Caries. Disturbances in dental development. Apical foci of infection.

The mother tincture is prepared from the dried leaves, tops of the twigs and blos- soms of the plant, Turnera diffusa Willd. and hybrids, a native of Mexico, California, Brazil and Bolivia. N.O. Turneraceae.

The main indications are:

Flaccidity of the male and female genitalia. Impotence, sterility. Spermatorrhoea. Hypertrophy of the prostate. Neurasthenia. Migraine.

The German Monograph-Preparation Commission for the Homoeopathic Field of Therapy has, under the Preparation Monograph for Turnera diffusa, published the following indication(s) in the German Bundesanzeiger (German Federal Gazette) for damiana: sexual insufficiency; paramenia.

The attenuations of this nosode are prepared from urine from a patient with an urinary tract infection having simultaneous inflammation of the bladder, the renal pelvis and the kidney.

In the last few decades, cases of chronic urinary tract infections of this kind have shown a considerable increase. It has turned out that the complicated irritative and inflammatory symptoms – mostly of bacterial origin – of the urinary tract can sel- dom be finally cured with antibiotics and anti-bacterial medicines in normal use, but tend to recur. Thus the patients who are treated with such drugs, in spite of months of medication and the associated dangers of damaging side-effects (which almost invariably appear), cannot attain a cure.

Especially in cases in which one kidney may have been destroyed by consecutive hydronephroses, there will be a threat to life. These patients can be helped by keep- ing to a strict diet which excludes all pork (sausage, all kinds of ham and bacon, and also liver-sausage etc., even of calves’ liver, since all kinds of sausage, apart from those guaranteed to be free of pork, contain pork to some extent). This, along with suitable remedies such as Hepar Sulphuris and Mercurius Solubilis, and not least with Cysto-pyelonephritis Nosode.

Admittedly, courses of treatment lasting for weeks are necessary, which must then extend further over months on a reduced dosage; and the ban on pork must be ad- hered to strictly for years to come, since pork offers an ideal substrate for the bacte- ria in the urinary system, being a pyogenic substance. The simple inflammatory or purulent illnesses of the urinary tract also constitute a serious threat of disease, as is shown by the following.

From a developmental point of view, the kidneys and urinary tract are a part of the mesoderm. Thus diseases of the urinary system should always be regarded seriously, since they usually occur either when there is a high toxic level in the organism, the physiological excretion being insufficient to cope with it, or else they may be the re- sult of serious toxic damage. Here one must take into account the possibility of rein- toxication, e.g. the suppression of excretion via the skin, since skin and kidneys dis- play certain relationships in the way in which substances may act on them. Toxins which are excreted via the skin are also excreted via the kidneys, and vice-versa. (E.g. uric acid crystals on the skin in uraemia.)

In particular the suppression of sweat in the axillae and on the feet is responsible for kidney disease, including formation of calculi. The body then tries to eliminate the suppressed homotoxins through another channel, i.e. the kidneys.

This signifies an overload for the kidneys, which are highly susceptible to toxic factors; on the other hand ubiquitous bacteria find a favourable soil in which to grow in the urine, which is loaded with homotoxins. Thus urinary tract infections must be seen as infectious diseases developing on homotoxic terrain. Here the bacteria are of only secondary importance.

The essential therapeutic factor consists in removing the homotoxic terrain, re-

opening the blocked excretory outlets (and this means strictly forbidding any use of anti-perspirants etc.), and the use of suitable anti-inflammatory remedies. (Argentum Nitricum, Cantharis, Mercurius Solubilis, Hepar Sulph., Arsenicum Album, etc.).

The Cysto-pyelonephritis Nosode can also be used in other kidney diseases such as hydronephrosis, nephrolithiasis, and may also be tried in acute glomerulo- nephritis, hypertrophy of the prostate, etc.

The attenuations are prepared from the essential amino-acid (L-(+)-Cysteine), C₃H₇NO₂S, MW: 121.2.

It is a SH-group-containing factor of redox potentials (e.g. Glutathione). Retoxic and iatrogenic damage of all kinds. To be used intercurrently in all cellular phases, especially in liver damage, asthma, leukaemia, pre-cancerous states and neoplasm phases.

The drug picture of Cysteinum was composed in July 1995 by David Riley, M.D., Santa Fe (New Mexico), USA.

The most important symptoms from David Riley’s drug proving were:

Essential Characteristics

This remedy has an affinity for the digestive tract with nausea, strong urge to stool and diarrhea. Increased thirst was also part of that picture. Headache, vertigo and a sick feeling were also noted.

Irritability. Generally worse in the morning. Sick feeling. Vertigo. Dull headaches. Eye pain. Coryza with copious, clear discharge. Sneezing. Nausea. Increased thirst. Stomach pains. Diarrhea. Flatus. Increased urge for evacuation of the bowels. Inef- fectual urging. Back pain and stiffness.

Mind

IRRITABILITY especially in the morning or when ill. Threw a cat off of a bed. Awk- wardness and dropping things. Absent-minded, discontented, and confused. CONFI- DENCE is either lacking or improved. Anxiety especially on staying awake during the night. Sense of being in a hurry. Indifferent about missed appointments. Feeling a sense of isolation. Forgetful, particularly about business. Ennui, sadness, worse in the morning. SADNESS with involuntary weeping. Jealous. Being talkative and desir- ing to talk and joke Dreams of insects , and in particular bees. Delusion that bugs are crawling in circles on the back. Vivid dreams. Answers hastily or incorrectly. Aver- sion to company. Difficult concentration. Weakness of memory. Quiet disposition. Rapid thoughts. Timidity.

Generalities

Worse in the morning, weakness, weariness, pain. SICK FEELING in general with a feeling of collapse. ENERGY is increased especially at 5 p.m. or decreased. Desires bacon, eggs, and fish. Lassitude, weakness, and weariness in the MORNING. Aching pain especially on waking. Sense of physical relaxation.

Vertigo

VERTIGO, worse from motion. Worse from standing. Faint-like.

Head

Sense of constriction in the head as from a band or hat. Heat in the head. Itching at the vertex. DULL HEADACHE in the occiput or vertex better from pressure. Head pain in one part of the head extending to other parts of the head, forehead to neck, or teeth. Head pain better cold applications or pressure. Waves of pain or strong head pain on waking with sinus involvement. Shooting, lancinating head pain. Head pain in the

forehead, behind the eyes, occiput especially left side, on the sides behind the ears, temples and vertex. Pains that are piercing, shooting in the temples, and throbbing of the forehead. Pains that extend from the forehead backward and to the ears, neck or occiput, and vertex.

Eye

Dry eye gum especially in the inner right canthi. Dryness with increased lachry- mation, worse in the evening. Pain in the eyes, as if there is sand in the eyes better on closing the eyes. Burning pain in the eyes associated with dryness of the eyes. Press- ing pain in the left eye better from pressure.

Vision

Blurred and wavering.

Ear

Aching pain in the ears.

Nose

CORYZA on the left or right side as if leaking. Discharge is clear and also from the posterior nares. SNEEZING in the afternoon or from tickling in the nose. Itching inside the right nostril at night. Inflammation in the sinuses on the right side.

Face

Dry face and lips. Aphthae. Painful eruptions inside the left nostril. Cramping pain in the jaw. Relaxation of tight, cramping jaw pain.

Mouth

Aphthae. Dryness in the mouth. Eruptions on the palate.

Taste

Taste in the mouth as if she had been eating herbs.

Throat

Choking sensation. Dryness and irritation, worse on the right side of the pharynx. Thick, watery mucus. Sore pain.

Stomach

APPETITE increased or decreased. Feeling distended NAUSEA; worse in a warm room or worse in the upper abdomen. INCREASED THIRST for large quantities. Desire to drink large quantities of water. Stomach pain, burring pain with cramping, and eruc- tations. Gurgling in the morning. Painful stomach after vomiting. Vomiting of undi- gested food, green bile, or sour.

Abdomen

Cramping pain as if diarrhea would come on or before stool. Burning pain.

Rectum

DIARRHEA, worse in the morning at 5 a.m. or sensation as if diarrhea is coming on. Constipation with straining. FLATUS that is burning, during diarrhea, or involuntary. URGING that is INEFFECTUAL or straining at stool or improvement from normal need to strain.

Stool

Frequent stools or absent stools. Stools like balls. Loose, watery stool. Yellow or green or long stool. Scanty stool.

Genitalia, Female

Thin vaginal discharge. Menses is too short.

Speech & Voice Hoarseness and tightness. Respiration

Difficult inspirations as if mucus is down deep. Sighing and need to take deep breaths.

Cough

Deep cough with thick, ropy, yellow expectorations.

Expectoration

Thick, yellow, and ropy expectorations.

Chest

Stitching pain in the chest in the right breast or sternum. Palpitation at night after starting from sleep. Aching pain in the wind. Sense of oppression or heaviness of chest coupled with lightheadedness.

Back

Pain and stiffness as from a spasm. Worse on the right side. Worse in the upper back and neck. Itching in the region of the scapulae. Back pain in the right cervical region or between the scapulae.

Extremities

Awkwardness of the hands with tendency to drop things. Eruptions of pimples on the thighs. Itching of the second and fourth fingers, thigh, and upper limbs and as if covered with bugs or ants. Sharp pulsations felt in the toes. Weakness of the upper limbs. Aching in the shoulder that is worse motion, especially if raising the arm or occurs as illness comes on. Shooting pain in the upper limbs and arm and the calf. Stitching pains in the toes.

Sleep

Disturbed sleep. Difficulty to fall asleep. Restless sleep that is light. WAKING that is difficult in the morning, or after one a.m., or with the desire to urinate. Yawning es- pecially in open air.

Fever

Paroxysmal fevers without perspiration.

Skin

Eruptions of small boils or pimples above the eyes or on the thighs.

The mother tincture is prepared from the fresh rootstock, gathered in autumn, of the plant Cypripedium calceolus, var. pubescens [Willd.] Corell., a native of North America. N.O. Orchidaceae.

The main indications are:

Abuse of coffee. States of nervous irritation.

In a healthy human being, the use of an infusion of the root causes firstly an im- provement in mental function and the whole nervous activity, following which a great tranquility is observed, which finally proceeds to a considerable fatigue of mind and body. The main symptoms are similar to those of poisoning with poison- ivy.

Cypripedium is particularly effective in nervous women, whose nerves are affect- ed by illness or by abuse of tea or coffee. (Impregnation phases). However, it is also recommended in consequences of mental over-exertion, nightwatching and exhaus- tion of the nervous system in influenza. (Impregnation phases, otherwise in such cases use Cocculus.)

It could also be beneficial in teething complaints of children with symptoms of cerebral irritation and incipient meningitis.

The German Monograph-Preparation Commission for the Homoeopathic Field of Therapy has, under the Preparation Monograph for Cypripedium calceolus var. pu- bescens, published the following indication(s) in the German Bundesanzeiger (Ger- man Federal Gazette) for cypripedium pubescens: insomnia.

The mother tincture is prepared from the fresh aerial parts of the plant, Cynara scolymus L. N.O. Compositae.

The main indications are:

Tonic. Resolvent. Diuretic. Contains an enzyme, which converts insulin into levu- lose. Deep-acting, effective liver remedy, also in cirrhosis and jaundice, oedema, sciatica, and to stimulate the detoxifying function of the liver.

Although the consumption of artichokes is without question beneficial to the liver function, and lower potencies undoubtedly work effectively, the author has found the medium and higher potencies to do very good work.

The German Monograph-Preparation Commission for the Homoeopathic Field of Therapy has, under the Preparation Monograph for Cynara scolymus, published the following indication(s) in the German Bundesanzeiger (German Federal Gazette) for cynara scolymus: chronic hepatobiliary diseases.

The mother tincture is prepared from the fresh rootstock with the attached tuber- ous roots of the plant, Cyclamen purpurascens Mill. (Cyclamen europaeum L.), gathered in the Autumn. It grows in the woodlands of the central mountains of Southern and Central Europe, as far north as 50° latitude. N.O. Primulaceae.

The main symptoms are:

Hemicrania with darkened complexion. Fluent coryza with loss of smell and taste. Dysmenorrhoea. Breasts hard and swollen. Galactorrhoea, even in non-pregnant women.

An indication for Cyclamen can be a lack of sense of taste and an aversion to bread and butter, and to a lesser extent to hot food.

Cyclamen has a sad, tearful mood similar to that of Pulsatilla; however, warm ameliorates, (in Pulsatilla, cool fresh air). A particularly important symptom deserv- ing emphasis is the secretion of milk from the breasts of non-pregnant women, since this symptom is found hardly anywhere else, and therefore in many cases used to lead to mastectomy in young girls.

The German Monograph-Preparation Commission for the Homoeopathic Field of Therapy has, under the Preparation Monograph for Cyclamen europaeum, pub- lished the following indication(s) in the German Bundesanzeiger (German Federal Gazette) for cyclamen: headaches; migraine; various forms of paramenia; digestive insufficiency; common cold; rheumatism, emotional discord or upset.

The attenuations of this sarcode are prepared from the fresh skin of a healthy pig (Sus scrofa domesticus).

The principal indications are:

Allergic reactions. Dermatoses. Eczema. Seborrhoea. Pemphigus. Fissures. Psori- asis. Prostration. Dermatomycoses. Elephantiasis. Scleroderma. After burns (includ- ing X-ray burns). Neurodermatitis. Disturbances of renal excretion. Hyperhydrosis, etc.

The mother tincture is prepared from the extract of the corky tissue of different va- rieties of Chondodendron, especially C. tomentosum Ruiz. et Pav., C. candicans [L.C. Rich.] Sandw. and C. polyanthum Diels. N.O. Menispermaceae.

The main symtoms are:

Various paralyses and weakened states of the musculature, also following over-ex- ertion (pianists). Dyspnoea and vertigo in emphysema. Liver spots (!). Diabetes mel- litus. Scrofulous skin-eruptions behind the ears and on the face. Effective in thirst from any cause.

An indication for prescribing Curare can be: “as if the brain were full of liquid.”

Curare is also recommended in epileptiform attacks, occurring primarily before the menses, also in rabies and in spasm of the jaw in tetanus. Curare is also said to be indicated in scrufulous children with skin conditions, eczemas (especially on the face and behind the ears – cf. Petroleum, especially where liver spots form).

When a feeling of thirst cannot be removed by Bryonia, Arsenicum etc., then Cu- rare is usually effective.

The German Monograph-Preparation Commission for the Homoeopathic Field of Therapy has, under the Preparation Monograph for Curare, published the following indication(s) in the German Bundesanzeiger (German Federal Gazette) for curare: paralysis; lameness; spasmodic conditions.

The attenuations are prepared from Copper(II)-sulphate, CuSO₄ · 5 H₂O, MW: 249.7.

For the main symptoms, see under Cuprum.

The German Monograph-Preparation Commission for the Homoeopathic Field of Therapy has, under the Preparation Monograph for Cuprum sulphuricum, published the following indication(s) in the German Bundesanzeiger (German Federal Gazette) for cuprum sulphuricum: spasmodic muscular conditions; nocturnal paroxysmal coughing.