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.

  • Complex regional pain syndrome

    Impregnation phase
    Main remedy:Traumeel
    Secondary remedies:Lymphomyosot Apis-Homaccord Galium-Heel
    Phase remedies:Coenzyme compositum Ubichinon compositum Thyreoidea compositum Tonsilla compositum
  • Colitis, ulcerative

    See Ulcerative colitis.

  • Colitis

    Inflammation or Degeneration phase
    Main remedy:Podophyllum compositum
    Secondary remedies:Mercurius-Heel Diarrheel
    Veratrum-Homaccord
    Phase remedies:Echinacea compositum Traumeel
    Mucosa compositum

    Colitis

    (Entodermal impregnation or reaction phase) (Main remedy: Nux vomica-Homaccord)

    Nux vomica-Homaccord at 8 a.m., 12 noon, 4 p.m., 8-10 drops

    Galium-Heel at 9 a.m., 1 p.m., 5 p.m., 8-10 drops

    Mercurius-Heel S at 10 a.m., 2 p.m., 6 p.m., 1 tablet

    Veratrum-Homaccord at 11 a.m., 3 p.m., 7 p.m., 8-10 drops possibly the above preparations taken together 2-4-6 times daily. Podophyllum compositum (colitis, haemorrhoids)

    Ignatia-Homaccord    or    Nervoheel                                   (psychosomatic                                   components)                                   Cinnamomum- Homaccord S (discharge of blood)

    Cruroheel S (alternating remedy)

    Diarrheel S (dyspepsia, meteorism, diarrhoea)

    Traumeel S tablets (anti-inflammatory, antisuppurative action) Injection therapy

    Podophyllum compositum

    Nux vomica-Homaccord, Veratrum-Homaccord, Traumeel S, Galium-Heel and Colon suis-Injeel, possibly also Glandula suprarenalis suis-Injeel for the progressive auto- sanguis therapy, possibly repeated several times.

    Ignatia-Homaccord (in substitution for Nux vomica-Homaccord)

    Bacterium-coli-Injeel (forte), Bacterium proteus-Injeel (forte), Salmonella typhi-Injeel (forte) and Salmonella paratyphi B-Injeel (forte) for nosode therapy

    Mercurius praecipitatus ruber-Injeel (forte S) as intermediate remedy, Mucosa compositum (constitutional therapy, after-treatment) once to twice weekly i.m. or s.c., possibly also Hepar compositum or Hepar suis-Injeel and Funiculus umbilicalis suis- Injeel in chronic cases.

  • Colic

    Inflammation phase
    Main remedy:Spascupreel
    Secondary remedy:Atropinum compositum
    Phase remedy:Belladonna compositum

    Colic

    (Reaction or impregnation phases of various kinds, mainly entodermal)

    Spascupreel in frequent doses (tablets, suppositories, ampoules) or Atropinum compositum S suppositories, alternating with the other biotherapeutics and antihomotoxic agents such as

    Chelidonium-Homaccord (liver, gall bladder) Nux vomica-Homaccord (stomach, intestines)

    Veratrum-Homaccord (intestines, diarrhoea, dysentery) Reneel and Berberis-Homaccord (kidneys)

    Injection therapy

    Atropinum compositum is the principal remedy, otherwise the above Homaccords with Magnesium phosphoricum-Injeel (forte) for dysmenorrhoea, writer’s cramp and general convulsive disorders

    Erigotheel (stomach)

    Atropinum sulfuricum-Injeel forte (contains 0.11 mg. atropine sulphate per ampoule), several ampoules frequently indicated (even up to 10 ampoules per injection) in the mixed injection, e.g. as mixed injection with Hepeel and Spascupreel for biliary colic, with Berberis-Homaccord for renal colic (in this case possibly giving in addition Pareira

    brava-Injeel forte and Cantharis-Injeel;) also hot-water bottles, hot compresses made from potatoes boiled in their skins (gall bladder), electric heating pads, etc. Frequently, in this way, the application of strong pain killers etc. can be avoided.

    At intervals also (for chronic colic-like conditions) Coenzyme compositum or the collective pack of Catalysts of the citric acid cycle.

    See also cholangitis, cholelithiasis, nephrolithiasis, intestinal spasms, etc.

  • Claudication, intermittent (Charcot’s disease)

    Impregnation phase
    Main remedy:Aesculus compositum
    Secondary remedies:Secale compositum
    Barijodeel Traumeel tablets
    Placenta compositum
    Phase remedies:Ubichinon compositum Coenzyme compositum

    Claudication, intermittent (Charot’s disease)

    (Haemodermal impregnation phase)

    Aesculus compositum (main remedy) 3-6 times daily 10 drops, possibly in place of this Arteria-Heel

    Arnica-Heel

    Aesculus-Heel ana 8-10 drops 3 times daily

    Traumeel S tablets (regeneration of the sulphide enzymes) Traumeel S ointment to be rubbed in.

    Injection therapy

    Circulo-Injeel and Spascupreel (principal remedy)

    Coenzyme compositum (improvement of the enzyme functions), possibly also Ubichinon compositum (serious cases) and Placenta compositum (peripheral circulation) in alternation with the above and Lymphomyosot (drainage of the mesenchyme), at intervals also the collective pack of Catalysts of the citric acid cycle or Acidum DL-malicum-Injeel, Baryum oxalsuccinicum-Injeel, Natrium pyruvicum-Injeel, Natrium oxalaceticum-Injeel and Acidum fumaricum-Injeel to improve the respiration of the cells. Grippe-Nosode-Injeel and Bacterium proteus-Injeel for nosode therapy.

    Placenta suis-Injeel, Arteria suis-Injeel, possibly also Vena suis-Injeel as mixed injection i.m.

    See also endarteritis obliterans, disturbance of circulation, peripheral, thrombo-angitis obliterans, etc.

  • Cirrhosis hepatis

    See Liver damage and cirrhosis of the liver.

  • Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)

    Degeneration phase
    Main remedies:Bronchalis-Heel and
    Tartephedreel
    Secondary remedy:Cor compositum
    Phase remedies:Placenta compositum Coenzyme compositum Ubichinon compositum

  • Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFIDS)

    Impregnation phase
    Main remedy:Aletris-Heel
    Secondary remedies:Cerebrum compositum
    Aurumheel Engystol
    Phase remedies:Tonsilla compositum Thyreoidea compositum Coenzyme compositum Ubichinon compositum

    Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFIDS)

    (Entodermal impregnation phase)

    Schwef-Heel 8-10 drops at 8 a.m., 12 noon and 4 p.m.

    Traumeel S 1 tablet at 10 a.m., 2 p.m., and 6 p.m. Lymphomyosot 10 drops daily

    Engystol N 1 tablet at 11 a.m., 3 p.m., and 7 p.m.

    Chronic fatigue syndrome, officially called Chronic Fatigue Immune Dysfunction Syndrome (CFIDS) is an epidemic illness. It is

    associated with chronic Epstein-Barr virus infection. Other viruses such as Herpes, CMV seem to also play a role in the illness. No specific causal factor has been identified and it is as yet unclear whether these viruses seen in association with CFIDS are causative or merely opportunistic. The symptoms may include: overwhelming fatigue, chronic sore throats, swollen lymph nodes, depression, poor memory, fibromyalgia and sleep disturbances.

    Injection therapy

    Engystol N is one of the main remedies for all viral diseases, i.m., s.c., i.v.

    It may be used in conjunction with Echinacea compositum S, Traumeel S, and Lymphomyosot for injection therapy.

    Other remedies that may be indicated depending on the symptom picture are: Apis-Homaccord

    Belladonna-Homaccord Hepar compositum Cerebrum compositum

    Homoeopathic mercury also has an antiviral action and is found in Traumeel S, Mercurius-Heel S, Osteoheel S, Cruroheel S, Angin-Heel S, and Naso-Heel S.

    Therapy to support the pituitary-adrenal axis is important. Cortison-Injeel and ACTH- Injeel may be used as injection therapy twice weekly.

    Nosode therapy may be helpful, particularly when a particular agent is found in the clinical picture. These may include Herpes simplex-Injeel, Herpes zoster-Injeel, Hepatitis-Injeel, Grippe-Injeel, Fluor albus-Injeel, Trichomonaden-Fluor-Injeel, Vaccininum-Injeel, Variolinum Injeel, Diphtherinum-Injeel, Psorinum-Injeel, Tuberculinum-Injeel, etc. The Nosode should be administered in accordance with the principles of regressive vicariation.

    Catalyst therapy may be particularly useful in the condition. Impairment of the intra- cellular respiratory cycles can be inferred by the symptom picture associated with CFIDS.

  • Chron’s disease (ileitis and colitis)

    Degeneration phase
    Main remedy:Podophyllum compositum
    Secondary remedies:Diarrheel
    Veratrum-Homaccord Traumeel
    Galium-Heel
    Phase remedies:Mucosa compositum Coenzyme compositum Ubichinon compositum