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