Category: Materia Materica

Materia medica is a Latin term from the history of pharmacy for the body of collected knowledge about the therapeutic properties of any substance used for healing. The term derives from the title of a work by the Ancient Greek physician Pedanius Dioscorides in the 1st century AD. The term materia medica was used from the period of the Roman Empire until the 20th century but has now been generally replaced in medical education contexts by the term pharmacology. The term survives in the title of the British Medical Journal’s Materia Non Medica column.

  • Melancholia

    See Depression.

  • Megacolon

    Impregnation phase
    Main remedy:Nux vomica-Homaccord
    Secondary remedies:Proctheel Galium-Heel
    Phase remedies:Hepar compositum Coenzyme compositum

    Megacolon (Hirschsprung’s disease)

    (Entodermal deposition phase) (Main remedy: Proctheel)

    Lymphomyosot 8-10 drops at 8 a.m. and 4 p.m.

    Nux vomica-Homaccord 8-10 drops at 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. Proctheel 8-10 drops at 12 noon and 8 p.m.

    possibly the above preparations taken together 2-4-6 times daily.

    Injection therapy

    Nux vomica-Homaccord i.m., s.c., i.d., i.v.

    Momordica compositum (disorders of the epigastrium, left).

    Galium-Heel, Engystol N, Veratrum-Homaccord as auxiliary remedy i.m.

    Bacterium coli-Injeel (forte), Bacterium lactis aerogenes-Injeel (forte), Bacterium proteus-Injeel (forte), Bacterium pyocyaneus-Injeel (forte), possibly also Salmonella typhi- et paratyphi B-Injeel (forte) as nosode therapy.

    Coenzyme compositum or collective pack of catalysts of the citric acid cycle interposed.

    Mucosa compositum and possibly Hepar compositum alternated i.m. or s.c. or in place of these Colon suis-Injeel and Jejunum suis-Injeel once weekly i.m. as well as the progressive auto-sanguis therapy with the ampoule preparations mentioned.

  • Measles

    Inflammation phase
    Main remedy:Viburcol
    Secondary remedies:Bryaconeel Tartephedreel Oculoheel
    Phase remedy:Belladonna-Homaccord

    Measles

    (Ectodermal or mesenchymal reaction phase) (Main remedy: Viburcol)

    Viburcol suppositories 2-4 times daily

    Bryaconeel 1 tablet at 8 a.m., 12 noon and 4 p.m.

    Tartephedreel 8-10 drops at 10 a.m., 2 p.m. and 6 p.m.

    possibly the above preparations taken together 2-4-6 times daily. Belladonna-Homaccord for incipient otitis, 5 drops every 1-2 hours .

    Aconitum-Homaccord for restlessness, fever and serious bronchitis as intermediate remedy, 8-10 drops 1/2 hourly to hourly.

    Arnica-Heel possibly as sole remedy, 8-10 drops every 1-2 hours. Osteoheel S for otitis after perforation of the membrane of the tympanum. Cruroheel S (chronic fistulae of the ear).

    Arsuraneel (headache). Injection therapy

    Gripp-Heel and possibly Traumeel S alternating i.m.

    Echinacea compositum (forte) S, possibly in alternation with Engystol N (powerful stimulation of the body’s own defences).

    Bryonia-Injeel (forte) S for headache (need to hold the head tightly in the hands). Engystol N s.c. or i.m., possibly also i.v. for retoxic symptoms or measles in the elderly. Zincum valerianicum-Injeel or Zincum metallicum-Injeel for receding measles (in addition to Engystol N).

    See also otitis media, mastoiditis, meningeal reactions, encephalitis, viral diseases, etc.

  • Mastoiditis

    Inflammation phase
    Main remedy:Arnica-Heel
    Secondary remedies:Galium-Heel Traumeel
    Phase remedy:Echinacea compositum

    Mastoiditis

    (Entodermal reaction phase) (Main remedy: Traumeel S)

    (in addition to any necessary penicillin therapy) Traumeel S 1 tablet every 1-2 hours.

    Viburcol in case of pain, 1 suppository 1/2 hourly to hourly.

    Arnica-Heel for swinging temperatures, 8-10 drops every 1/4 hour.

    Osteoheel S and Arsuraneel for deep abscess formation (in addition to operative  relief), 1 tablet hourly alternating (possibly Cruroheel S).

    Traumeel S drops 8-10 drops once to twice daily for local application in the ear in otitis media (perforata).

    Injection therapy

    Traumeel S, possibly alternating with Echinacea compositum (forte) S (1/4 ampoule i.v., remainder i.m. with 1-2 ml of the patient’s own blood) in daily alternation, as long as fever or serious inflammatory symptoms exist.

    Mercurius praecipitatus ruber-Injeel (forte S) when the bones are involved. Pyrogenium-Injeel (and Sutoxol-Injeel) for serious inflammatory symptoms. Baptisia-Injeel S in the development of sepsis.

    Bryonia-Injeel (forte) S if there is a suspicion of an abscess of the brain.

    Apis-Homaccord and Belladonna-Homaccord for meningeal reactions, Engystol N for retoxic phases and threatening abscess of the brain, together with antibiotic therapy (mobilization of the defensive system), in addition Arsenicum album-Injeel S.

    See also otitis media, measles, encephalitis, meningeal reactions.

  • Mastodynia (breast pain) Impregnation phase

    Main remedy:Traumeel
    Secondary remedies:Cimicifuga-Homaccord
    Bryaconeel Psorinoheel
    Pulsatilla compositum
    Phase remedy:Thyreoidea compositum

    Mastodynia (breast pain)

    (Ectodermal or mesenchymal impregnation phase) (Main remedy: Cimicifuga-Homaccord)

    Ranunculus-Homaccord 8-10 drops at 8 a.m. and 4 p.m.

    Bryaconeel 1 tablet at 10 a.m. and 6 p.m.

    Cimicifuga-Homaccord 8-10 drops at 12 noon and 8 p.m. possibly the above preparations taken together 2-4-6 times daily. Hormeel S in substitution.

    Injection therapy

    Ranunculus-Homaccord, Cimicifuga-Homaccord, Hormeel S, possibly also Spascupreel alternating i.m., s.c., i.v., i.d. (segmentally) with Bryonia-Injeel (forte) S, Conium-Injeel (forte) S, Cimicifuga-Injeel (forte) S as alternating remedy.

    Lac caninum-Injeel (forte) for pains in the breasts (and radiating to the neck) during the menses.

    Scrophularia nodosa-Injeel (forte) for lumps in the breast.

    Medorrhinum-Injeel (forte) (breasts ice-cold, marbled and sensitive to contact), further Mastopathia cystica-Nosode-Injeel, Ovarium compositum (regulation of the hormonal function), possibly Placenta compositum (circulation), when there is a suspicion of malignancy also Thyreoidea compositum and possibly Glyoxal compositum (single injection, await result), then Coenzyme compositum and/or Ubichinon compositum, also the collective pack of catalysts of the citric acid cycle.

    See also fibroma of the breast, intercostal neuralgia, osteochondrosis (pains radiating in the breast are often of osteochondrotic origin).

  • Mastitis

    Inflammation phase
    Main remedy:Arnica-Heel
    Secondary remedies:Bryaconeel Lymphomyosot Apis-Homaccord
    Phase remedy:Echinacea compositum

    Mastitis

    (Ectodermal or mesenchymal reaction phase)

    Traumeel S 1 tablet hourly, later every 2 hours. Bryaconeel possibly as auxiliary remedy.

    Arnica-Heel for septic extension and abscess formation, as auxiliary remedy. Cruroheel S and Arsuraneel for the development of Cellulitis.

    Injection therapy

    Traumeel S daily i.m. (at intervals with the patient’s own blood). Echinacea compositum (forte) S (alternating with Traumeel S).

    Pyrogenium-Injeel (forte) for acute, highly feverish mastitis, Bryonia-Injeel (forte) S specifically recommended.

    Cyclamen-Injeel for lactorrhoea.

    Phytolacca-Injeel (forte) S when the breast is hard as a stone.

    Lac caninum-Injeel (forte) in the case of a relapse, Silicea-Injeel (forte) (when suckling, blood comes out of the breast).

    Petroleum-Injeel (forte) for sore, cracked mamillae.

    Ovarium compositum (for after-treatment, regulation of the hormonal functions). See also lactorrhoea, abscess.

  • Mania

    Decoupling phase
    Main remedy:Ignatia-Homaccord
    Secondary remedies:Nervoheel Valerianaheel
    Phase remedies:Cerebrum compositum Coenzyme compositum Ubichinon compositum

    See depression, schizoid conditions; excitation, conditions of, psychic symptoms, etc.

  • Malignant anthrax*

    Inflammation phase
    Main remedy:Arnica-Heel
    Secondary remedies:Tartephedreel Galium-Heel
    Phase remedy:Echinacea compositum

    Malignant anthrax

    (Mesenchymal reaction phase)

    (In addition to serum or antibiotic treatment)

    Belladonna-Homaccord (generally in reaction phases) and Traumeel S 8-10 drops every 1-2 hours alternating, or 1 tablet, Arnica-Heel possibly exchanged for Belladonna-Homaccord.

    Injection therapy

    Traumeel S or Echinacea compositum S (possibly alternating) i.m., s.c., as well as solvent ampoules for antibiotics.

    Anthracinum-Injeel (forte) and Pyrogenium-Injeel (forte) in addition (nosodes), possibly with Baptisia-Injeel (forte) S for swinging temperatures.

  • Malaise (See also Exhaustion)

    Impregnation phase
    Main remedy:Arsuraneel
    Secondary remedy:China-Homaccord
    Phase remedies:Coenzyme compositum Ubichinon compositum

  • Malabsorption

    Impregnation phase
    Main remedy:Nux vomica-Homaccord
    Secondary remedy:Molybdän compositum
    Phase remedies:Mucosa compositum Coenzyme compositum