‘‘SOME USEFUL RARE REMEDIES’SOME USEFUL RARE REMEDIES’
ByByDR. ASHOK KUMAR DANTKALEDR. ASHOK KUMAR DANTKALE
BHMS, MD(Hom)BHMS, MD(Hom)Assistant Professor,Assistant Professor,Dept. of Physiology &Biochemistry,Dept. of Physiology &Biochemistry,Govt. Homoeopathic Medical College,Govt. Homoeopathic Medical College,Basaveshwarnagar, Bangalore -79Basaveshwarnagar, Bangalore -79Email: Email: [email protected]: 09844231936Mob: 09844231936
RARE REMEDIES
COMMON REMEDIES
POLYCREST REMEDIES
CONSTITUTIONAL REMEDIES
ROLEA. SPHERE OF ACTION
B. UTILITYa) PALLIATIVEb) CURATIVEc) MIASMATIC
HOW TO STUDY?
THEIR ACTION
THEIR COMMON FEATURES PARTICULARS
MODALITIES
SPHERE OF ACTION
MANIFESTATIONS
COMMON
UNCOMMON
1. ACALYPHA INDICA• A remedy having marked action on GIT &
Respiratory organs.• Incipient Phthisis, with hard
cough, bloody expectoration, hemorrhage (Acon) but no febriledisturbance. Haemoptysis.<morning.
• Very weak in the morning, gains strength during day.
• All pathological hemorrhages having notably a morning aggravation.
2. ARANIA DIADEMA( PAPAL CROSS)
- Cedron like periodicity.- Intolerance of cold & damp- Relief from smoking be it
headache, toothache.
So say the wise “ man with a pipe seldom quarrels with his wife”
3. AGRAPHIS NUTANS
- Proneness to take cold on exposure to cold winds
- Adenoids throat complaints - Enlarged tonsils
- Mucous diarrhoea from cold- Mutism of childhood unconnected
with deafness.
4. CURARE(Arrow Poison)
- Muscular paralysis without impairing sensation & consciousness.
- Paralysis of respiratory muscles. Reflex action diminished. Debility of aged & from loss of fluids.
5. CHLOROFORMUM
- General anesthetic & antispasmodic, Complete muscular relaxation.
- Great weakness, esp on Rt. side.- Limbs very tired from knees down.
(PHOSPHORUS- Is the remedy to be given in Narcosis of Chloroform)
6. CHENOPODI GLAUCI APHIS
- Toothache> general warm sweat ( Cham.)- Severe pain in region of lower inner
angle of left shoulder blade running into chest (Fixed pain under inner lower angle of right shoulder blade. Chelidonium.)
7. CYPREPEDIUM(Lady’s Slipper)
- It has great repute as a ‘Nervine among eclectics& in domestic practice It is suited to nervous disorders from mental over excitement.
- It is indicated in the Brain- Hyperesthesia of children who wake in the night lively & full of play.
8. EEL SERUM- Albuminurea, Haemoglobinuria,
oliguria,& anuria. - Hypertension, oliguria but no oedema- Sudden deterioration in kidney
function due to exposure to cold or infection or intoxication, will re- establish Diuresis.
- Renal dysfunction of cardiac origin.
9.FRAXINUS AMARICANAS
- Enlargement of uterus , patulous with fibrous growths subinvolution & prolapse.
- Uterine tumours with bearing down sensation.
- Hot spot on top of head.- Dr.Burnet regards it as Uterine tonic.
Calls it as ‘Medicinal pessary’
10. HELODERMA- The eyeballs become more prominent
and the cornea shows opacities.The exophtholmos is due to presence of blood behind the eyeball.
- It is indicated in many forms of diseases characterised by great coldness-Arctic coldness.Internal coldness as if frozen to death.
11. LECITHIN- It has a favorable influence up on the
nutritive condition & Esp. upon the blood hence its use in anemia convalescence, neurasthenia and insomnia.Increases RBC &Hb%.
- Excellent galectogogue renders milk more nourishing& increases quantity.
- It decreases excretion of phosphates.
12. LAUROCERASUS- Spasmodic tickling cough Esp. in
cardiac patients is often magically influenced by this drug.
- Asphyxia neonatorum.- Cyanosis & dyspnoea< sitting up.- Toes & finger nails become knotty,
skin blue. Clubbing of fingers.
13. MYRISTICA SEBIFERA
- A remedy of great antiseptic powers.- Inflammation of skin, cellular tissue
and periostium.- Specific action on Panaritium. Pain in
the finger nails with swelling of phalanges.
- Hastens suppuration & shortens its duration.
14. NAPHTHALINE- Coryza, hay fever, phthisis pulmonalis
also gonorrhea have been influenced favourably by this drug.
- Marked affinity for eye. It produces detachment of retina. Opacity of cornea. Exudation in the retina choroid & ciliary body.
- Black urine.- Pinworm infestation.
15. OOPHORINUM- Suffering following excision of the
ovaries, climacteric disturbances generally esp. those characterised by skin disorders such as acne, prurigo etc.
- Ovarian cysts.
16. OENANTHA CROCATA
- Epileptiform convulsions, worse during menstruation & pregnancy.
- Puerperal eclampsia, uraemic convulsions.
- Convulsive facial twitching, trismus, foaming at mouth. Ophisthotonus.
- Much yawning tendency to cry over little things.
17. OXALIC ACID- It influences spinal cord & produces
motor paralysis.- Pains very violent in spots
< motion & thinking of them.- Must urinate when thinking of it- Heart symptoms alternate with
aphonic. Aortic insuficiency.- Pains come suddenly.
18. PIX LIQUIDA(PINE TAR)
- Tar & its constituents act on various mucous membrane
- Its skin symptoms are most imp. with scaly eruptions & much itching.
- A great cough medicine. Bronchial irritation and influenza (Kali Bich)
- Pain at a spot about III left costal cartilage it joins the rib.( Ran Bulb)
19.PHELLANDRINUM
- A very good remedy for the offensive, fetid expectoration & cough in Phthisis, bronchitis,& Emphysema (Affects middle lobes).
- Everything tastes sweet.- Pain in milk ducts, Stitching pain thro
Rt. Breast near sternum extending to back near shoulder.
- Desire for acids.
20.QUERCUS GLANDIUM 20.QUERCUS GLANDIUM SPIRITUSSPIRITUS
- Antidotes effects of alcohol.
- Takes away craving for alcohol.
