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.
Graphites-Homaccord at 12 noon and 8 p.m., 8-10 drops possibly the above preparations taken together 2-4-6 times daily. China-Homaccord S (secondary anaemia after loss of blood) Lamioflur (anacidity)
Traumeel S tablets (regeneration of the sulphide enzymes) Injection therapy
Engystol N (anaemia due to infection), possibly with Traumeel S and Ferrum-Injeel. See also achylia gastrica, impregnation phases, precancerous state, gastritis, ulcers, ventricular and duodenal, cholangitis, etc.
Paeonia-Heel 1 tablet at 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. Traumeel S 1 tablet at 12 noon and 8 p.m.
possibly both preparations taken together 2-4-6 times daily. Abropernol as intermediate remedy.
Galium-Heel 8-10 drops 3 times daily in cases where the fissure can be regarded as an alternative phase.
Nux vomica-Homaccord for spasmodic constipation. Viburcol suppositories for the relief of pain.
Traumeel S ointment possibly alternating with Paeonia-Salbe-Heel ointment, which often acts specifically, and possibly Hamamelis-Salbe-Heel S ointment.
Injection therapy
Acidum nitricum-Injeel, Silicea-Injeel and Traumeel S alternating or mixed i.m., s.c., i.v. Tuberculinum-Injeel, Lac defloratum-Injeel (hard faeces with fissures), also in the forte form as Nosode therapy.
Paeonia officinalis-Injeel (forte), fissure and haemorrhoids. Collinsonia canadensis-Injeel for haemorrhoids with fissures.
Gynäcoheel at 10 a.m. and 6 p.m., 8-10 drops Hormeel S at 12 noon and 8 p.m., 8-10 drops
possibly the above preparations taken together 2-4-6 times daily. Aesculus compositum or Arteria-Heel (peripheral circulatory disorders). Injection therapy
possibly the above preparations taken together 2-4-6 times daily. Aesculus compositum (improvement of the peripheral circulation) Traumeel S tablets (regeneration of the sulphide enzymes) Traumeel S ointment, a thin layer applied daily and rubbed in.
In this case it is mainly a matter of excretion or reaction phases, but also impregnation, degeneration and deposition phases can appear or reappear as preliminary phases of a neoplasm phase. In all comparatively harmless ailments of later life it must be borne in mind that an alternative phase could be involved, as a therapeutical inhibition of such phases, e.g. eczema, haemorrhoids, dermatomycosis, catarrh, fluor albus, suppurating fistulae, etc., sometimes leads to the appearance of a latent degeneration or dedifferentiation phase, e.g. checking furunculosis in a diabetic patient can lead rapidly to a serious coma diabeticum. The most important therapeutic agent for alternative phases is Galium-Heel. In addition, the biotherapeutic remedy indicated is administered, e.g. if liver damage is present, Hepeel; for diabetes Syzygiumcompositum, for eczema, etc., also Lymphomyosot and, in addition, Arsuraneel. The alternative phases present must be treated only strictly biotherapeutically, e.g. furunculosis with Belladonna-Homaccord,Mercurius-Heel S or Traumeel S, with biologically correct nutrition and general detoxication measures; in addition, or alternating, Echinacea compositum S (stimulation of the defensive functions); possibly also Tonsilla compositum ampoules, as well as Coenzyme compositum ampoules (to regulate the enzyme functions), and, in particular, also Hepar compositum (to stimulate detoxication of the liver). Intensification of the functions of the cortex of the suprarenal gland with Berberis-Homaccord; possibly also Rhododendroneel S.
(Neurodermal impregnation or organodermal impregnation phase)
Due to the possible danger of a relapse, brought about psychologically, in this case no preparations in drop form containing alcohol should be administered. The products indicated, if there is no tablet preparations, should be given in the form of ampoules to be taken orally (see page 70).
Coenzyme compositum and Ubichinon compositum (enzyme system) and possibly Hepar compositum and Tonsilla compositum (therapeutical damage) as well as collective pack of catalysts of the citric acid cycle to be applied as well for curative purposes; possibly progressive auto-sanguis therapy with the above preparations.
