Cause of diseases (Found at the last of each remedy in Clarke's DICTIONARY OF PRACTICAL MAT MEDICA.

[krishna murthy]

[After having selected one or a few remedies for a

patient, to confirm one among them, the following may of

some help. The following is from Clarke’s Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica:]
Cause of Diseases
Abies-n: Tea. Tobacco.

Acon.: Fear. Fright. Chill. Cold, dry winds. Heat; especially

of sun. Injury. Surgical operation. Shock.

Actæa Racemosa: Anxiety. Fright. Disappointed love.

Business failure. Over-exertion. Child-bearing.

Act-sp.: Fright. Fatigue.

Agar.: Coitus, subjective symptoms arising after. Frost. Sun.

Fright. Mental application or excitement. Over-exertion.

Sexual excess. Alcoholism. Blood poisoning.

Agn.: Sexual excesses. Gonorrhœa or gleet, repeated attacks

of. Sprains or over-lifting.

All-c.: Effects of exposure to damp cold winds and weather.

Colds of spring; hay-fever of August; epidemics of

spasmodic cough in autumn. Wet feet. Eating spoiled

fish. Injuries. Surgical operations (fine shooting pains

after) , otherwise called 'ghost pain'.32

All-s: Drinking bad water. Gluttony.

Aloe: Sedentary habits.

Alumen: Bad news. Operations on eyes; on teeth.

Alum.: Anger. Disappointments. Lifting. Bodily exertion.

Anac.or.: Checked eruptions. Examinations.

Ant-c.: Gluttony. Hot weather. Heat of sun. Getting over-

heated. Disappointed love. Suppressed eruptions.

Ant-t.: Effects of anger (cough) or vexation.

Apis.: Grief. Fright. Rage. Vexation. Jealousy. (The queen

bee is the most jealous thing in nature.) Hearing bad

news, mental shock. Suppressed eruptions.

Arg-m.: Onanism. Sunstroke.

Arg-n.: Apprehension, fear or fright. Eating ices. Intemperate

habits. Mental strain and worry. Onanism and venery.

Sugar. Tobacco (boys) .

Armor.: Checked foot-sweat. Nervous excitement. Cold.

Arn.: Mechanical injuries. Fright or anger. Excessive venery

(vaginitis in the female, impotence in the male) .

Ars.: Chill in the water. Eating ices. Poor diet. Fruits, ailments

from. Drunkenness. Effects of tobacco; of quinine; of

iodine. Sea-bathing and sea-travelling. Climbing

mountains. Strains. Fit of passion. Care. Grief. Fright.

Chronic effects of food poisoning.

Ars-i.: Study (headache) .

Ars-m.: Laughing (headache) . Thinking (headache) .

Art-v.: Blow on head. Fright or grief or bad news.33

Asaf.: Checked skin affections.

Aur.: Mercury. Alcohol. Iodide of Potassium. Effects of grief;

fright; anger; disappointed love; contradiction; reserved

displeasure.

Aur-m-n.: Vexation (Jaundice) .

Aur-mur.: Chagrin. Fright. Vexation.

Bar-c.: Checked foot-sweat.

Bell.: Hair-cutting. Head, getting wet. Sausages. Sun. Wind,

walking in.

Bellis.: Injuries. Effects of cold drinks when overheated.

Wetting when overheated.

Bism.: Abdominal operations.

Bry.: Anger; fright; chagrin. Suppressed eruptions and

discharges. Alcohol. Gluttony. Wounds. Cold winds.

Cact.: Sun. Damp. Love disappointment.

Cadm-s.: Sun. Draught of air. Cold wind. Alcohol.

Cain.: Fatigue.

Caj.: Effects of checked perspiration.

Calc.: Alcohol. Cold, moist winds. Excessive venery. Self-

abuse. Injury to lower spine. Over-lifting. Strains. Mental

strain. Losses of fluids. Suppressed sweat. Suppressed

eruption. Suppressed menses. Fright.

Calc-p.: Over-growth. Lifting. Ascending. Over-study. Sexual

excesses. Sexual irregularities. Grief. Disappointed love.

Unpleasant news. Operation for fistula. Getting wet.

Camph.: Shock from injury. Eruptions, suppressed. Cold air.

Sunstroke. Vexation.34

Carb-a.: Loss of fluids. Lifting. Strain. Eating. Eating spoiled

fish. Eating decayed vegetables. Quinine.

Carb-v.: Alcohol. Bad food: eggs, wines, liquors, fish. Fat

food. Butter. Salt or salt food. Poultry. Ice-water.

Debauchery. Strains. Lifting. Over-work (asthenopia).

Change of weather. Warm, damp weather. Hot air inhaled

from fire. Overheating.

Caust.: Burns or scalds. Fright. Grief or sorrow. Night-

watching. Suppressed eruptions. Ulcers maltreated with

lead.

Cham.: Dentition. Anger. Indigestion. Pain.

Cheir.: Cutting wisdom teeth.

China-a.: Fluids, loss of. Onanism. Chill. Anger. Coryza,

suppressed. Tea. Alcohol. Mercury.

Chininum Arsenicosum: Tobacco.

Cimic.: (See Actæa Racemosa)

Cina: Worms. Yawning.

Cocc.: Anger. Fright. Noise. Sleep, loss of. Seasickness.

Travelling. Over-strain, mental or bodily. Sun. Tea-

drinking.

Cod.: Fatigue and excessive mental excitement = headache.

Coff.: Effects of sudden emotion, especially pleasurable ones.

Fear or fright. Wine (wine-drinkers should take coffee;

beer-drinkers should take tea) . Over-fatigue and long

journeys.

Colch.: Grief. Misbehaviour of others. Wetting. Checked

perspiration.35

Coloc.: Anger. Indignation. Chagrin. Grief. Catching cold.

Con.: Contusions. Blows. Grief. Sexual excess. Sexual

abstinence. Excitement. Over-work. Snowy air. Spring.

Crot-h.: Fright. Sun. Lightning. Alcohol. Foul water. Noxious

effluvia.

Cup-ac.: Overworked brain. Repelled eruptions.

Cup-m.: Suppressions. Fright.

Dig.: High living. Sexual abuse, or sexual excess. Alcohol.

Dios.: Tea-drinking. Excess in eating. Fasting. Errors in diet.

Onanism.

Dulc.: Damp with cold. Wading. Washing. Injuries. Checked

eruptions. Checked perspiration.

Epip.: Physical or nervous over-strain. Any unusual exertion

or excitement, as going on a visit, or doing a day's

shopping.

Fer-p.: Checked perspiration on a warm summer's day.

Mechanical injuries.

Ferr-pic.: Fatigue.

Form.: Checked foot-sweat.

Gels.: Depressing emotions. Fright. Anger. Bad news. Sun.

Heat. Damp weather, warm or cold. Thunderstorms.

Alcohol. Self-abuse.

Glon.: Sun. Bright snow. Fire-heat. Fear or fright. Jarring.

Injuries.

Graph.: Grief. Fear. Overlifting.

Grat.: Abuse of coffee.36

Gunpowder: Blood-poisoning.

Ham.: Injuries.

Hekla: Injury to bone.

Hell.: Checked exanthemata. Blows. Disappointed love

Hep.: Cold, dry winds. Injuries. Mercury. Suppressed

eruptions.

Homarus: Milk, effects of.

Hydrophob. (Lyssinum) : Dog-bites.

Hyos.: Jealousy. Lochia, suppressed. Milk, suppressed.

Hyp.: Fright. Bites. Wounds. Shock.

Ign.: Grief. Fright. Worry. Disappointed love. Jealousy. Old

spinal injuries.

Iod.: Nervous shock. Disappointed love.

Ipec.: Vexation and reserved displeasure. Injuries. Suppressed

eruptions. Quinine. Morphia. Indigestible foods.

Kali-bi.: Indulgence in beer and malt liquors. Hot weather.

Autumn. Spring.

Kali-br.: Anger. Fright. Emotional disturbance. Worry.

Business losses and embarrassments. Sexual excess.

Sexual abuse.

Kali-c.: Catching cold. Overstrain.

Kali-i.: Drinking cold milk.

Kali-m.: Vaccination. Sprains. Burns. Blows. Cuts. Rich food.

Deranged internal functions.

Kali-n.: Eating veal.

Kali-p.: Mechanical injuries. Blows. Sexual excitement,37

indulged or suppressed.

Kali-s.: Chill when over-heated. Injury.

Kalm.: Chill. Exposure. Wind. Sun.

Kreo.: Bad smells. Sprains.

Lac-c.: Result of fall.

Lac-d.: Injuries.

Lach.: Injuries. Punctured wounds. Poisoned wounds. Grief.

Vexation. Anger. Fright. Jealousy. Disappointed love.

Alcohol. Masturbation. Sprain (bluish swelling of joints).

Sun. Warm weather. Draught of air.

Lathyrus.: Cold and damp weather.

Laur.: Fright.

Led.: Alcohol, abuse of. Hair-cutting. Suppressed discharges.

Wounds: Bruises; Bites; Punctured wounds; Stings.

Lith-c.: Bruises. Falls.

Lob-i.: Alcohol. Tea. Tobacco. Wetting feet. Suppressions.

Foreign bodies.

Lob-p.: Snake-bites. Blood poisoning.

Lob-s.: Grief. Suppressions.

Lycopodium.: Fear. Fright. Chagrin. Anger. Vexation. Anxiety.

Fevers. Over-lifting. Masturbation. Riding in carriage.

Tobacco-chewing. Wine.

Lycopus Vir.: Suppressed hæmorrhoidal flow.

Lyssin.: See Hydrophobinum

Mag-c.: Vexation. Fit of passion. Mental distress. Shocks,

blows. Pregnancy. Dentition. Cutting wisdom teeth.38

Injudicious feeding. Milk.

Mag-m.: Sea-bathing.

Mag-p.: Dentition. Cold winds. Cold bathing. Standing in

cold water. Working with cold clay. Study. Catheterism.

Maland.: Vaccination.

Malar.: Wetting. Camp life.

Menth-p.: Early rising.

Meny.: Injuries to nerves (tooth broken in) . Quinine.

Mer-per.: Blow on head.

Mer-bin.: Wetting. Washing floor. Weather changes.

Mer-pro.: Cold draught when perspiring. Cold, damp weather.

Spring.

Merc.: Fright. Suppressed gonorrhœa. Suppressed foot-sweat.

Mez.: Anger. Mercury. Vaccination.

Mill.: Falls (from height) . Over-exertion. Lifting. Suppressed

lochia. Suppressed menses. Suppressed milk.

Morph.: Electric shock. Lightning-stroke. Thunderstorms.

Moschus: Chill.

Mur-ac.: Sun.

Naja: Grief.

Nat-c.: Cold drink when over-heated. Milk. Sun's rays

(chronic effects) . Gaslight. Heat. Change of temperature.

Storms. Electric states. Over-study. Strains. Sweat,

suppression of.

Nat-m.: Disappointment. Fright. Fit of passion. Loss of fluids.

Masturbation. Injury to head. Quinine. Lunar caustic.39

Bread. Fat. Wine. Acid food. Salt.

Nat-p.: Sugar. Milk. Fat food. Bitter foods. Thunderstorms.

Nat-s.: Anger. Injury to head (fall) . Suppressed gonorrhœa.

Nit-s-d.: Cheese. Salt. Stormy weather.

Nux-m.: Fright. Mental exertion. Suppressed eruption. Bath

(suppressed menses) . Over-eating. Milk. Bad beer.

Alcohol.

Nux-v.: Anger. Coffee. Alcohol. Debauchery. Masturbation.

Sexual excess. Injury.

Œn.: Injuries.

Ol-an.: Suppressed foot-sweat.

Onos.: Eye-strain. Sexual excess.

Opi.: Fear. Fright. Anger. Shame. Sudden joy. Charcoal fumes.

Alcohol. Lead. Sun.

Ovi-g-p.: Over-exertion. Strain.

Ox-ac.: Coffee.

Oxyg.: Morphia. Strychnine.

Pæon.: Bruises. Pressure (bed-sores, tight boots) . Bad news.

Paris: Injury. Suppressions.

Pet.: Vexation. Riding in carriage or ship. Nitric acid (deafness

from) . Cabbage. Suppressed eruptions. Sprains.

Ph-ac.: Bad news. Grief. Chagrin. Disappointed love.

Separation from home. Loss of fluids. Sexual excesses.

Injuries. Operations. Over-lifting. Over-study. Shock.

Phos.: Anger. Fear. Grief. Worry. Mental exertion. Strong

emotions. Music. Strong odours. Gas. Flowers (fainting)40

. Thunderstorms. Lightning (blindness) . Sexual excesses.

Loss of fluids. Sprains. Lifting. Wounds. Exposure to

drenching rains. Tobacco (amblyopia) . Washing clothes.

Having hair cut.

Phys.: Emotions. Grief. Bathing. Injuries. Blows.

Phyt.: Exposure to cold and damp.

Pic-ac.: Fatigue. Study. Mental exertion.

Plant.: Bruises. Burns. Cuts. Punctured wounds. Snake-bites.

Plat.: Fright. Vexation. Bereavement. Fit of passion. Sexual

excess. Masturbation.

Plb.: Repelled eruptions. Sexual excess.

Pod.: Over-lifting or over-straining (prolapsus uteri) . Summer

(diarrhœa) .

Polyg.: Cold. Damp. Sprains.

Prun-s.: Sun. Sprains. Over-lifting.

Psor.: Emotions. Over-lifting. Mental labour. Repelled

eruptions. Stormy weather. Thunderstorm. Injuries.

Blows. Sprains. Dislocations.

Ptel.: Repelled eruption (asthma) .

Puls.: Chill. Wetting feet. Eating: Pork; Fats; Pastry; Ice-

cream; Mixed diet. Thunderstorm. Tea.

Pyro.: Blood poisoning. Ptomaine poisoning. Sewer-gas

poisoning. Typhoid fever (remote effects of) . Dissecting

wounds.

Quer.: Alcohol.

Rad-br.: Effect of X-ray burns.41

Ran-b.: Anger (slightest fit of, = trembling and dyspnœa) .

Change of temperature or weather. Injury. Alcohol.

Rheum: Eating prunes. Eating unripe fruit. Dentition. Spasms.

Dislocations.

Rhod.: Stormy weather. Thunder. Sprains. Eating fruit.

Getting wet Catching cold.

Rhus-t.: Slightest anger. Cold. From wetting head. Damp

sheets. Bathing, in fresh or salt water. Getting wet when

heated. Strains. Over-exertion. Over-lifting. Raising arms

high to lift things. Drinking ice-water. Beer (headache).

Rhus-v.: Sprains.

Ruta: Bones, injuries of. Bruises. Fractures. Sprains. Carrying

heavy weights. Over-exertion of eyes.

Sabad.: Fright. Mental exertion. Thinking. Worms.

Sac-lac.: Mental excitement. Over-fatigue.

Sac-off.: Anger.

Sal-ac.: Suppression (foot-sweat) .

Samb.: Fright. Grief. Anxiety. Injury (hydrocele) . Excessive

sexual indulgence.

Sang-n.: Driving in cold wind. Winter weather. Exposure.

Sanic.: Strains. Jarring.

Squil.: Blood-letting.

Scroph.: Vexation.

Scut.: Excitement. Influenza. Overwork (mental or physical)

. Tobacco (heart) . Pain (causes nervous agitation) .

Sec.: Lifting (= abortion) . Injury (= gangrene) . Sexual excess.42

Sel.: Alcohol. Tea. Sugar. Salt. Lemonade. Debauchery.

Walking. Exertion. Masturbation. Loss of fluids.

Senec.: Venesection. Suppressed menstruation. Wounds.

Seneg.: Bites, poisonous. Sprains.

Sep.: Anger and vexation. Blows. Falls. Jar. Injury. Overlifting

(dyspepsia) . Snowy air. Tobacco (neuralgia) . Laundry

work. Wetting. Alcohol. Milk, boiled (diarrhœa) . Fat

Pork.

Sil.: Vaccination. Stone-cutting. Loss of fluids. Injury. Strains.

Splinters. Foreign bodies.

Sin-n.: Damp weather. Summer season.

Skook.: Vaccination.

Spigelia: Chill. Tobacco.

Stan.: Emotions. Fright. Masturbation. Dentition. Using voice.

Staph.: Anger. Anger suppressed or reserved. Injury; falls;

clean-cut wounds; operations. Coitus. Masturbation.

Sexual abuse. Sexual craving. Emissions. Dentition.

Tobacco. Mercury.

Stict.: Fall. Hæmorrhages.

Stram.: Shock. Fright. Sun. Childbirth. Suppressions.

Stront-c.: Operation (photopsia) . Sprains. Hæmorrhages

(chronic sequelæ) .

Stroph.: Alcohol. Tea. Tobacco.

Sul.: Suppressions. Alcohol. Sun. Sprains. Chills. Over-

exertion. Reaching high. Falls. Blows. Bed-sores.

Sul-ac.: Lifting arms. Falls. Bruises. Concussion (of brain) .

Chafing. Surgical operations. Sprains.43

Symph.: Fractures. Injuries (to eye; bone; periosteum) . Falls.

Blows. Sexual excess.

Syph.: Sun. Damp weather. Thunderstorms.

Tar-h.: Fall. Unrequited love. Bad news. Scolding.

Punishment. Sepsis.

Tell.: Falls. Rice (vomiting).

Ter.: Alcohol. Falls. Strains. Tooth extraction. Damp cellars.

Teuc.: Concussion (brain) . Injuries likely to set up tetanus.

Ther.: Sea-travelling. Riding. Washing clothes.

Thuja: Vaccination. Gonorrhœa, badly treated or suppressed.

Sunstroke. Sexual excess. Tea. Coffee. Beer. Sweets.

Tobacco. Fat meat. Onions. Sulphur. Mercury.

Upas: Sexual excess.

Urt-u.: Burns. Bee-stings. Blows. Suppressed milk.

Suppressed nettle-rash.

Val.: Injuries (slightest injury = spasms. Bed-sores form soon

in typhoid).

Variol.: Contusion (enlarged testicle).

Verat.: Fright. Shock of injury. Disappointed love. Injured

pride or honour. Suppressed exanthema. Opium.

Tobacco. Alcohol.

Verat-v.: Sun. Suppressed menses. Suppressed lochia.

Vinc.: Anger (red nose). Mental exertion (tremulousness and

starting) .

Viol-o.: Suppressed discharges.

Viol-t.: Suppressed milk-crust (nervous paroxysms).44

Visc.: Chill. Wetting. Fright. Suppression of menses.

Xan.: Injury to nerve. Wetting (getting feet wet) . Suppression

of menses.

Zinc.: Grief. Anger. Fright. Night-watching. Operations.

Frost-bite. Suppressions: eruptions; otorrhœa; menses;

lochia; milk.

Zinc-ac.: Night-watching.

Zing.: Melons. Bread.