Category: Materia Medica

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.

  • Kidney stones

    See nephrolithiasis.

  • Keratoderma

    Deposition phase
    Main remedy:Graphites-Homaccord
    Secondary remedies:Abropernol
    Cutis compositum
    Phase remedies:Coenzyme compositum Ubichinon compositum

  • Keratitis

    Inflammation phase
    Main remedy:Oculoheel
    Secondary remedy:Mercurius-Heel
    Phase remedy:Traumeel

    Keratitis

    (Ectodermal reaction phase)

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

    Traumeel S (or Mercurius-Heel S) 1 tablet at 10 a.m., 2 p.m. and 6 p.m. possibly both preparations taken together 2-4-6 times daily.

    Lamioflur (photophobia; sharp, burning secretions). Mercurius-Heel S (superficial forms).

    Injection therapy

    Traumeel S, Mercurius jodatus flavus-Injeel and possibly Kalium bichromicum-Injeel alternating or mixed i.m., s.c., i.v. Conium-Injeel (forte) S (photophobia).

    Antimonium crudum-Injeel (forte) and Aethiops antimonialis-Injeel (phlyctenae). Argentum nitricum-Injeel (forte) (serious reddening and swelling). Mucosa compositum (action on the mucous membranes in chronic affections), otherwise possibly also Cornea suis-Injeel i.m. in chronic cases and the progressive auto-sanguis therapy.

  • Itch

    See scabies.

  • Keloids

    Deposition or Impregnation phase
    Main remedy:Graphites-Homaccord
    Secondary remedies:Galium-Heel
    Pulsatilla compositum
    Phase remedies:Psorinoheel
    Pulsatilla compositum

    Keloids

    (Ectodermal deposition  phases) (Main remedy: Graphites-Homaccord)

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

    Galium-Heel 8-10 drops at 12 noon and 8 p.m.

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

    This treatment must be continued for months and possibly for a year. In addition, Graphites-Homaccord should be applied in drops locally several times daily.

    Injection therapy

    Staphisagria-Injeel (forte S) for after-effects of incised wounds (also orally).

    Graphites-Homaccord, alternating with Cutis compositum (remedy for disorders of the skin function), possibly also with Thyreoidea compositum (powerful stimulant of the glandular and connective tissue functions).

  • Iritis

    (Ectodermal reaction phase)

    (Main remedy: Kalmia-Injeel ampoules to be taken orally).

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

    Oculoheel 1 tablet at 12 noon and 8 p.m.

    Kalmia-Injeel (specifically effective), the ampoule to be dissolved in a glass of water and taken per os in draughts in the course of the day (in about 6 small draughts)

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

    Injection therapy

    Kalmia-Injeel (forte) S i.m., s.c., i.v.

    Mercurius jodatus flavus-Injeel in addition for iritis luetica, Colchicum-Injeel (forte S) in addition for rheumatic iritis.

    Glandula suprarenalis suis-Injeel and Oculus totalis suis-Injeel in chronically recurrent cases. It is essential to advise a check-up by an eye specialist in cases of (suspected) iritis.

  • Irritable bowel syndrome

    Impregnation phase
    Main remedy:Nux vomica-Homaccord
    Secondary remedies:Spascupreel Veratrum-Homaccord Hepeel
    Phase remedies:Mucosa compositum Coenzyme compositum Ubichinon compositum

  • Irritable bladder

    Inflammation phase
    Main remedy:Populus compositum
    Secondary remedy:Plantago-Homaccord
    Phase remedy:Berberis-Homaccord

  • Iron deficiency anemia

    See Anemia.

  • Iridocyclitis*

    Impregnation or Degeneration phase
    Main remedy:Oculoheel
    Secondary remedy:Galium-Heel
    Phase remedies:Placenta compositum Coenzyme compositum Ubichinon compositum