Ailment list:

Select the medicine with the most similar symptoms and modalities, having read the brief description and

"Medicine picture" in the following list.

 

If two remedies appear to be indicated, try the first one and if it does not work then try the other. In

acute conditions you may change the remedy if there is no improvement after some hours, but in chronic

conditions it is best to watch for changes over several days or weeks. The following ailment is a very

basic indication and a Homeopathic repertory should be consulted for further details.

Condition
Indication
Homeopathic Remedy

Other Remedy

Abdomen pain or distension
Where food lies like a stone in the stomach.
Bryonia
Abdominal discomfort with bloatedness followed by forceful belching. loose bowels from anxiety.
Argent Nit
Cramping pains with feeling of obstructed wind. Pains with anger. Better when curled up.
Colocyntis
Uncomfortable bloating. Relieved with warm drinks and worse when curled up.
Lycopodium
Cramping pains after over indulgence in spicy foods and alcohol. Associated heartburn an nausea.
Nux Vom
Pains and discomfort after eating rich foods or from anxiety. Pains in both sides of abdomen, is better when walking around.
Pulsatilla
Dragging down pains, as if contents of abdomen will fall out. Pains extend into thighs, is worse during menses.
Sepia
Abscesses and Boils
Small painful boils in crops, one after another.
Arnica
Traumgel
Red swelling with throbbing pain and without pus formation.
Belladonna
Spot gel
Early pus formation, sensitive to touch, with sharp sticking pains.
Hepar Sulph
Bluish colour with acrid pus which is offensive, burning pains, sensitive to touch.
Lachesis
When suppuration has taken place and is slow to clear, fails to come to a head. Aids in the discharge of pus. B24.
Silicea
Small boils in crops.
Sulphur
Acidity
From nervous anticipation of coming events.
Argent Nit
From over indulgence in spicy food and alcohol.
Nux Vom
Acne
Face is flushed, red, dry and hot. Acne bright red and inflamed. Rosaces.
Belladona
Spot gel
Pimples with suppuration yellow heads. Cystic lumps under skin. Jealous person.
Calc Sulph
Sore to the touch, suppurate white pus. Reddish blue disscolouration of skin. Irritable personality
Hepar Sulph
Around jaw and hairline, worse before menses.
Nat Mur
Red irritated spots on face and shoulders. Burning and itching of skin. Impatient personality.
Sulpher
Face and nose. Greasy skin and hair. History of warts. Worries about appearance.
Thuja
Anaemia
Since childhood, especially girls, disposed to obesity. Weakness, breathless, vertigo and palpitations on exertion.
Calc Carb
Tired and restless. Child never satisfied. Swollen glands. Repeated colds. Poor appetite.
Calc Phos
Anaemia from loss of fluids, or heavy menses. Weak, oversensitive and nervous, everything upsets, light, noise and odours.
China
Flashes of the face with paleness. Irritable, nervous and easily exhausted.
Ferrum Phos
Throbbing headache, especially when walking upstairs, palpitation and intermittent heart beats. Sensitive and introverted.
Nat Mur
Anaemia in pale blondes.Never well since puberty or onset of menses. Sensitive yeanling people who need emotional support.
Pulsatilla
Sallow, worn out by work of domestic duties. Irritable, indifferent to children and husband. Aversion to sex. Worse 15h00 to 17h00.
Sepia
Anger
Outbreaks of storm-like rage, violent with red face. Breaks things, strikes out and threatens.
Belladona
Anger and petulant behavior in teething children. Red cheeks. Throws things with anger.
Chamomilla
Violent anger, wants to strike out and hurt others. Morose and irratible.
Hepar Sulph
Hysterical outbursts. Easily hurt and offended. Anger from contradiction. Anger alternating with tears, sighing and sobbing.
Ignatia
Anger before menses. Over tense, talkative people. Egocentric and opinionated. Jealous and suspicious. Disposition to critism.
Lachesis
Anger with depression and pessimism. Lack of self confidence, yet competative .Irritable in mornings.
Lycopodium
Very irritable, bad mood, cannot bear noise, odour or light. Irritable and angry from inefficiency of others.
Nux Vom
Cries and shakes with anger. Avoids confrontation then gets angry about trifles. Bottles up anger outbursts. Throws things.
Staphysagria
Angry and impatient if kept waiting. Extremely quarrelsome and unsociable. Hot and untidy people.
Sulphur
Anxiety
Sudden panic attacks.
Aconite
More prolonged with periodic panic attacks.
Arsen Alb
With fainting spells.
Sulphur
Associated with catarrh and coughing.
Ipecac
With profuse sweating.
Sulphur
Appetite, Excessive
Feeling of emptiness even after a meal.
Ignatia
Canine hunger.
Iodatum
Varies greatly to complete loss of appetite.
Ferrum Phos
Even at night, but is easily satisfied.
Lycopodium
Appetite, Loss of
Aversion to meat.
Calc Carb
Fullness after a few mouthfuls.
Prunus Ser
Loss of appetite for everything.
Rhus Tox
Bad Breath / Halitosis
With a bitter taste in the mount of waking.
Kali Phos
With a metallic taste in the mouth.
Merc Sol
Bereavement
Where the death is sudden and the shock severe.
Aconite
Prolonged mourning. Can't get over the loss of a loved one.
Ignatia
Billious attack
Where the food lies like a stone in the stomach.
Bryonia
Bites, Animal
Seek medical treatment, but immediately take.
Aconite
Traumgel
Bladder, painful
Burning pains.
Cantharis
Body odour
With skin very sensitive to the touch.
Hepar Sulph
With perspiration which stains the clothes yellow.
Merc Sol
Where injuries tend to suppurate.
Silicea
With unhealthy-looking skin and where the feet are a particular problem.
Sulphur
Boils, throbbing
When there is much redness and heat, just beginning to form.
Belladonna
Spot gel
When pus has formed.
Hepar Sulph
Rotine remedy.
Gunpowder
When every little injury tends to suppurate.
Silicea
Bone injuries
Recovery from all kinds of bone injuries is aided with.
Ruta Grav
Ruta cream
Brain, tired
From excessive mental effort.
Kali Phos. Phos acid
From a dread of having to make any mental effort.
Silicea. Pic acid
Breathing, difficult
With the need to sit or bend forward.
Arsen Alb
Associated with a dry throat and chesty cold.
Bryonia
Bronchitis
With a rattling of mucous in the bronchial tubes.
Ipecac
L8 Cough syrup
With loss of voice or hoarseness.
Phosphor
Bruises
Of soft parts.
Arnica
Arnica cream
Of bones.
Ruta Grav
Ruta cream
Of areas high in nerves.
Hypericum
Hypercal cream
Burns
In all kinds of burns and scalds.
Cantharis
Carbuncle
Expulsion of poisons assisted by.
Silicea
Catarrh
Head colds with watering eyes and streaming nose.
Euphrasia
L10 CF Complex
Change of life
In fair blue-eyed women.
Pulsatilla
Wild yam gel
In dark-haired women.
Sepia
Chestiness
With a dry painful cough.
Bryonia
L8 Cough syrup
With hoarseness and loss of voice.
Phosphor
Chicken pox
At the onset of symptoms use.
Rhus Tox
Chilblains, bluish
Use a suitable chilblain ointment, in conjunction with.
Hamamelis
CB cream
Chilliness
For those who always hug the or radiator.
Asen Alb
When the chilliness is intense.
Hepar Sulph
Especially in the evening.
Sepia
Colds
Of sudden onset after exposure to draughts or a cold wind.
Aconite
L1 ICC complex
When the symptoms are influenza- like.
Gelsemium
L10 CF complex
Sneezy colds. Nose runs like tap.
Nat Mur
Colic
Restlessness with pressive gastralgia.
Chamomilla
Drawing pain on stomach, better curling up.
Colcynth
Much flatulence, neuralgia of stomach, better stretching out.
Dioscorea
Collapse
Place a small portion of crushed tablet inside the lips while awaiting help.
Carbo Veg
Confusion
Associated with depression and despondency.
Actaea Rac
Conjunctivitis
With headaches.
Argent Nit
With inability to bear bright light.
Euphrasia
Constipation
With ineffectual urging.
Nux Vom
Stool recedes when partly expelled.
Silicea
With large painful stools.
Sulphur
Coughs
Dry painfull cough.
Bryonia
L8 Cough syrup
Sudden violent attacks. Whooping cough with hoarseness and loss of voice.
Drosera
Cramp
Especially in fingers, legs and toes.
Cuprum Met
Cuts
Open wounds.
Arnica, Hypericum
Hypercal cream
Dentist, visit to
After extraction pain is reduced and healing assisted with.
Arnica
Depression
Associated with confusion and despondency.
Actaea Rac
In emotional individuals and bereavement.
Ignatia
Especially woman who are easily depressed.
Sepia
Diarrhoea
Brought on by excitement and worry about coming events.
Argent Nit
In those who find it difficult to cope with life.
Gelsemium
Being driven from the bed in the morning.
Sulphur
Dyspepsia
Due to nervous excitement about coming events.
Argent Nit
Earache
With redness, heat and throbbing.
Belladona
Ear candles
Eczema
Skin cracked and weeping.
Graphites
Skin cream
At border of the hair.
Nat Mur
Eggs, dislike of
This is a characteristic symptom of.
Ferrum Phos
Exhaustion
After diarrhoea or sickness.
Arnica
Eyes, inflamed, burning and watering
Unable to bear bright light.
Euphrasia
Eyelids, swollen
Particularly lower eyelids
Apis Mel
Face, flushed
With heat and throbbing.
Belladona
On exertion or with a slight rise in temperature.
Ferrum Phos
Fat. excess
With excessive appetite.
Calc Carb
Often accompanied by unhealthy skin.
Graphites
In shy and emotional individuals.
Pulsatilla
Fear
Following a frightening incident.
Aconite
L3 SD complex
Great fear to the point of terror
Arsen Alb
Of crowds, death and impending misfortune.
Ferrum Phos
Fear of coming events
Especially when appearing before an audience.
Argent Nit
With a fear of failure. "Examination Nerves".
Gelsemium
Flatulence
From eating sweets, cheese, fats and salty foods.
Argent Nit
Bring up large amount of wind.
Carbo Veg
Fractures
Where they are slow to heal.
Calc Phos
Comfrey cream
General medicine for fractures, dislocations and bone injuries.
Ruta Grav
Giddiness
On seeing flowing water.
Ferrum Phos
From exhaustion and weakness.
Kali Phos
Gout
With a fear of being touched.
Arnica
Gouty enlargements of the joints of the fingers.
Calc Flour
Gums, ulcers on
With bad breath and metallic taste.
Merc Sol
Mouth gel
Headache
With painful watering eyes and unable to bear bright light.
Euphrasia
With humming in the ears.
Kali Phos
Hammering headache preceded by misty vision of zig zag lights.
Nat Mur
Herpes
For shingles
Rhus Tox
Rhus Tox cream
Hoarseness
Following cold damp weather.
Carbo Veg
With laryngitis.
Phosphor
Horse-fly bites
To help reduce the swelling.
Hypericum
Impotence
Use in conjunction with professional counseling.
Graphites
Indigestion
Accompanied by much flatulence.
Carbo Veg
From nervous causes.
Kali Phos
From over-eating.
Nux Vom
Intercourse, aversion to
Use in conjunction with professional counseling.
Graphites
Irritability
From jealousy, fright, anger or grief.
Apis Mel
With impulsiveness.
Argent Nit
Very ill-tempered and easily aggravated.
Bryonia
Itching
Scratching pleasurable, but results in burning.
Sulphur
Skin cream
Joints, painful
Strained and rheumatic condition.
Rhus Tox
Muscle rub gel
Laryngitis
With barking cough and tickling dry throat.
Drosera
L8 Cough syrup
With a hard dry cough and loss of voice.
Phosphor
Ligaments, painful
From over-exertion.
Rhux Tox
Rhux Tox cream
Light, intolerance
With watering, stinging eyes.
Euphrasia
Lips, dry
With excessive thirst.
Bryonia
Liverishness
In early morning.
Nux Vom
Lumbago
Very deep seated.
Calc Flour
Measles, first stage
With excessive watering of eyes.
Euphrasia
Where warmth cannot be borne.
Pulsatilla
Mental strain
From overwork and worry about the future.
Argent Nit
Migraine
Preceded by misty vision or zig zag lights.
Nat Mur
Beginning in the neck, coming over the head, and ending in one eye.
Silicea
Blurred vision before headache.
Kali Bich
Milk, aversion to
With craving for eggs and sweets.
Calc Carb
Morning sickness
Which gets worse while lying down.
Ipecac
Mouth, taste in
Strong metallic slimy taste with flow of saliva.
Cuprum Met
Mouth gel
Sweetish metallic taste, saliva coppery.
Merc Sol
Muscular soreness
After prolonged exercise.
Actaea Rac
Muscle rub gel
Nausea
With burning pains.
Arsen Alb
Constant nausea and sickness.
Ipecac
With vomiting after over-eating.
Nux Vom
Neck stiff
Pain often travels down back.
Actaea Rac
Muscle rub gel
Nervousness
Due to worry about coming events.
Argent Nit
Unable to cope with life.
Gelsemiun
With indigestion.
Nux Vom
Neuralgia
Pain disappears at night and returns next day.
Actaea Rac
Muscle rub gel
With flushed, hot and throbbing face.
Belladonna
Nose, running
With influenza-like symptoms.
Gelsemium
L10 CF complex
Overwork, effects from
With long hours have been worked with much mental strain.
Arbent Nit
Pains, burning
As a result of insect stings.
Apis Mel
Anti-Mosquito cream
Especially when passing water.
Cantharis
Feet burn in the bed. Burning, itching piles.
Sulphur
Pains, shooting
Which are worse with any movement and in cold damp weather.
Actaea Rac
Muscle rub gel
Periods, irregularities with
Periods are worse early and may be excessive.
Calc Phos
In fair-haired, blue eyed woman. Periods delayed, scanty, yet protracted.
Pulsatilla
In dark, haired, woman. Periods delayed.
Sepia
Piles
Bleeding, protruding and itching piles.
Calc Flour
P cream
Psoriasis
In cautious, indecisive individuals.
Graphites
Skin cream
In over-sensitive individuals given to quick hasty speech.
Hepar Sulph
In deep-thinking, independent individuals.
Sulphur
Restlessness
In those with acute imagination.
Aconite
With debility and exhaustion.
Arsen Alb
With great apprehension at night.
Rhus Tox
Rheumatism
With fear of being touched.
Arnica
Traumgel
Greatly aggravated by movement.
Bryonia
Muscle rub gel
Worse on beginning to move, but improves with continued gentle movement.
Rhus Tox
Scalds
Before blisters form, take.
Cantharis
Shingles
Where the scalp is affected.
Rhus Tox
Shock
Immediately following an accident, take.
Aconite
Sickness
To reduce the prolonged effect of shock
Arnica
Sinus affections
Catarrh with stingy discharge.
Kali Bich
Tearing pain in head, from root of nose extending to forehead, with nausea.
Nat Mur
Pain begins at the back of the head and settles over the eyes.
Silicea
Skin disorders
Cracked weeping eczema.
Graphites
Skin cream
Injuries tend to suppurate.
Hepar Sulph
Itching skin, scratching relieves, but results in burning.
Sulphur
Sprains
Sprains accompanied by bruising.
Arnica
Traumgel
Sprains of joints or tendons.
Rhus Tox
Mucle rub gel
Sprains of wrists or ankles.
Ruta Grav
Splinter, sensation of
At the back of throat.
Hepar sulph
Stings, insect
For all types of stings.
Apis Mel
Ledum cream
Stomach, upset
With sickness and burning pains.
Asren Alb
Stomach, Painful to touch
When food lies like a stone in the stomach.
Bryonia
Styes
At onset take.
Pulsatilla
Of the lower eyelid.
Staphysagria
Sunburn
With redness, heat and throbbing.
Glonoine
After sun gel
Suppuration
With cracked skin.
Graphites
Skin cream
When there is great sensitivity to the slightest tough.
Hepar Sulph
Swallowing, difficulty in
With a sore throat and running nose.
Gelsemium
Teething
Bleeding of gums. Difficult and delayed dentition.
Calc Carb
Mouth gel
Restlessness with toothache.
Chamomilla
L2 Teething complex
Very painful dentition, child will not sleep.
Kresotum
Tendons, painful
From over-exertion.
Rhus Tox
Rhus Tox cream
Thirst, absence of
Even with a high temperature.
Gelsemium
With a swollen throat.
Apis Mel
Even though the mouth may be dry.
Pulsatilla
Thirst, excessive
With a high temperature.
Aconite
For cold drinks
Bryonia
Due to the over-use of salt.
Nat Mur
With dry mouth and throat. Desire for milk.
Rhus Tox
Throat, sore
Following exposure to dry winds.
Aconite
Dry and burning.
Arsen Alb
L12 Throat complex
With excess of saliva.
Merc Sol
Toothache
Worse from hot and cold, but better when cheek is rubbed.
Merc Sol
Mouth gel
"Touchiness"
In absent minded individuals.
Calc Phos
As a result of fussing.
Hepar Sulph
Urination, burning, painful
Before, during and after passing water.
Cantharis
Urination, constant urge to
Especially after drinking cold water.
Cantharis
Varicose veins
Medical advice must be sought should there be a tendency to ulceration, but to help alleviate this condition take.
Hamamelis
P Cream
Voice, loss of
With hoarseness.
Carbo Veg
From over-use of the voice.
Kali Phos
With laryngitis.
Phosphor
Warts
Use suitable external application, and take.
Thuja
Wart ointment
Whooping cough
Seek medical help, but in the early stage take.
Drosera
Wounds, lacerated
Where nerve endings have been affected.
Hypericum
Hypercal cream
Yellowness
Especially of the face, with a "saddle" across the nose.
Sepia