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.

  • Coronary diseases

    See angina pectoris, myocardial infarction (heart attack), disturbance of circulation, coronary insufficiency, neurocirculatory asthenia, atrial fibrillation.

    Coronary diseases

    See angina pectoris, myocardial infarction (heart attack), disturbance of circulation, coronary insufficiency, neurocirculatory asthenia, atrial fibrillation.

  • Corneal opacity

    See Cataract, symptoms of.

    Corneal opacity

    (Ectodermal deposition or impregnation phase) (Main remedy: Galium-Heel)

    Galium-Heel at 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. 8-10 drops

    Psorinoheel at 12 noon and 8 p.m. 8-10 drops

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

    Calcium fluoratum-Injeel, Galium-Heel, Psorinoheel and possibly Engystol  N alternating or mixed i.m. as well as the progressive auto-sanguis therapy with Cornea suis-Injeel, Baryum oxalsuccinicum-Injeel and Acidum fumaricum-Injeel at intervals i.m., s.c.

    Placenta compositum (tentatively as intermediate remedy).

    Mucosa compositum (therapeutic agent for affections of the mucous membranes).

  • Convulsions

    Impregnation phase
    Main remedies:Belladonna-Homaccord and
    Spascupreel
    Secondary remedy:Psorinoheel
    Phase remedies:Cerebrum compositum Coenzyme compositum Ubichinon compositum

    Convulsions

    See epilepsy, pertussis, chorea minor, spasms, etc.

  • Contracture (Dupuytren’s)

    See Dupuytren’s contracture.

  • Constipation

    Deposition phase
    Main remedy:Nux vomica-Homaccord
    Secondary remedies:Graphites-Homaccord
    Hepar compositum
    Phase remedy:Lymphomyosot

    Constipation

    (Entodermal deposition phase)

    (Main remedy: Nux vomica-Homaccord)

    Nux vomica-Homaccord 8-10 drops at 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. Graphites-Homaccord 8-10 drops at 12 noon and 8 p.m.  possibly the above preparations taken together 2-4-6 times daily. Hepeel for meteorism, 1 tablet, several times

    Gastricumeel for swelling in the epigastrium, 1 tablet, several times Injection therapy

    Hepeel (or Injeel-Chol or Chelidonium-Homaccord) alternating with Nux vomica- Homaccord, possibly Erigotheel and Traumeel S i.m., s.c., i.v.

    Nux vomica-Injeel (forte) S in typical cases (futile tenesmus)

    Asthma-Nosode-Injeel for chronic, spasmodic constipation, Bacterium coli-Injeel interposed

    Collective pack of the Catalysts of the citric acid cycle or also Mucosa compositum (remedy for affections of the mucous membranes), possibly also Hepar compositum (therapeutic agent for affections of the hepatic functions) once to twice weekly i.m. or s.c., otherwise possibly Colon suis-Injeel, Vesica fellea suis-Injeel, Jejunum suis-Injeel,

    possibly also Rectum suis-Injeel and Hepar suis-Injeel i.m., s.c., as well as the progressive auto-sanguis therapy in persistent cases. Whole meal bread, lactovegetarian diet.

    See also meteorism, liver damage, duodenitis, gastritis, colitis, haemorrhoids.

  • Conjunctivitis

    Inflammation phase
    Main remedy:Oculoheel
    Secondary remedies:Belladonna-Homaccord
    Mercurius-Heel Apis-Homaccord
    Phase remedies:Echinacea compositum Traumeel

    Conjunctivitis

    (Ectodermal reaction phase) Oculoheel 1 tablet 3 times daily

    Belladonna-Homaccord for severe inflammation, as additional remedy Mercurius-Heel S for suppurative inflammation

    Apis-Homaccord for oedematous swelling

    Traumeel S tablets (anti-inflammatory, antisuppurative action) Traumeel S ointment externally

    Injection therapy

    Belladonna-Homaccord and Traumeel S, possibly also Euphrasia-Injeel and Aethiops antimonialis-Injeel as mixed injection or alternating i.v.

    Crocus-Injeel (forte) for burning of the eyes after reading for a short time,  myiodesopsia

    Croton tiglium-Injeel for epiphora and photophobia, Euphrasia-Injeel (forte) for heliophobia by day, chemism

    Juglans-Injeel for chronic gonorrhoeal ophthalmia Ruta-Injeel (forte) after overstrain

    Mucosa compositum (remedy for affections of the mucous membranes) interposed once weekly i.m.

  • Condylomas

    Deposition phase
    Main remedy:Psorinoheel
    Secondary remedies:Engystol
    Traumeel ointment Cutis compositum
    Phase remedy:Galium-Heel

    Condylomas

    (Ectodermal deposition phases) Psorinoheel 3 times daily 8-10 drops

    Schwef-Heel (intermediate remedy)

    Galium-Heel (detoxicating agent acting on the mesenchyme in neoplasm). Traumeel S ointment to be applied externally once to twice weekly.

    Injection therapy

    Psorinoheel on Mondays i.m., s.c., i.d., i.v.,

    Engystol N and Hormeel S on Thursdays i.m., possibly also Cutis_suis_Injeel and Funiculus umbilicalis suis-Injeel as mixed injection, likewise

    Thuja-Injeel forte S, Antimonium crudum-Injeel forte and Acidum nitricum-Injeel forte, Medorrhinum-Injeel (forte), possibly also Trichomonaden-Fluor-Injeel, Carcinoma laryngis-Injeel, and Sutoxol-Injeel (forte) as nosode therapy (in the Iymphatic glands and the flexure of the groin)Cutis compositum (extremely chronic cases, constitutional therapy).

  • Collapse

    (Haemodermal impregnation or degeneration phase) Aurumheel N drops, every 5-10 min. alternating with Veratrum-Homaccord 8-10 drops at each dose

    Cralonin drops, possibly in substitution for Aurumheel N Cardiacum-Heel for cardiac symptoms

    Traumeel S drops also interposed after injuries. Injection therapy

    Carbo compositum, Traumeel S with Carbo vegetabilis-Injeel, Veratrum-Injeel forte S

    i.v. or added to the infusion fluid.

    Medorrhinum-Injeel for cold sweat, the patient must remain uncovered (as for Carbo vegetabilis-Injeel)

    Vertigoheel with Traumeel S for brain injuries as mixed injection daily, in more serious cases twice daily i.v.

    See also shock, haemorrhages, wounds, etc.

  • Collagen-vascular diseases

    (Mainly mesenchymal impregnation or degeneration phases)

    The connective tissue which, with its high content of gelatinous substance (collagen), acts as sustentacular organ and, on the other hand, also as a spacious storehouse for numerous homotoxins which, at the moment, are not utilizable or intended for elimination, and in which both defensive reactions and the subsequent inflammatory processes take place, is subject to numerous possibilities of damage, particularly in  the form of retoxic impregnation due to the inhibition of inflammatory and elimination processes of which, partly directly and partly indirectly, collagen diseases are the consequence (lupus erythematodes, etc.). In this connection, the visible phenomenon can occur on the ectoderm and in addition, disturbances of the functions of the other organs (liver, etc.) are observed.

    The principal remedies are Galium-Heel, Psorinoheel, Lymphomyosot, Hepeel; further, the progressive auto-sanguis therapy with Funiculus umbilicalis suis-Injeel, Hepar suis- Injeel, Cutis_suis_Injeel and appropriate Injeels.

    Traumeel S tablets possibly in alternation with Aesculus compositum and Cruroheel S always interposed.

    Injection therapy

    Apart from Galium-Heel, Psorinoheel, Lymphomyosot, Hepeel, Traumeel S, Engystol  N and Gripp-Heel, in particular also Echinacea compositum (forte) S, Thyreoidea compositum, Tonsilla compositum, Hepar compositum, Cutis compositum, for general revitalization, also Testis compositum (men) and Ovarium compositum (women), Coenzyme compositum, Ubichinon compositum (enzyme regeneration), in serious cases also Glyoxal compositum (a single injection, awaiting the subsequent effect), as well as Cutis compositum at intervals.

    Regarding the therapy, see the individual indications, e.g. polyarthritis, erythema, scleroderma etc.

  • Concussion, minor

    Inflammation phase
    Main remedy:Traumeel
    Secondary remedies:Vertigoheel
    Cerebrum compositum

    Concussion

    (Neurodermal impregnation phase)

    Traumeel S drops in one to two-hourly alternation with Vertigoheel drops

    Injection therapy

    Traumeel S and Vertigoheel daily in the first few days, later 2-3 times weekly as mixed injection i.v., i.m.

    Hypericum-Injeel (forte) for brain and nerve injuries

    Cerebrum suis-Injeel for after-treatment once weekly, possibly alternating with Cerebrum compositum i.m.