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Thérapeutique
Homéopathique Pratique (THP).
Par le Dr Robert SérorInjuries.
By Prs W. A. Dewey & H. C. Allen
1 : Text. by Pr W. A. Dewey.
(<>)
2 : Homoeopathic MM. by Pr.
H. C. Allen. (<>)
Pr. Willis A. Dewey (1858-1938)
(Arnica, Rhus toxicodendron, Hypericum, Calendula, Staphysagria,
Symphytum, Ledum, Conium maculatum, Sulfuricum acidum, Ruta graveolens)
- In what general condition is
Arnica
montana a remedy ? (<>)
In mechanical injuries, sudden wrenching of muscles from strains,
hemorrhages from injuries ; for injuries to the soft parts accompanying
fractures, bruises, ecchymoses ; concussions of the brain and spine.
- When, in injuries, is
Rhus
toxicodendron (<>)
preferable ?
Where the ligaments rather than the soft parts are injured, for it acts
more on the fibrous tissues.
When would Hypericum (<>)
be indicated ?When there is injury to the nerves.
It has been called the “
Arnica
of the nerves.”
Give indications for Calendula (<>)
in wounds.When the wounds are ragged and there is loss of substance with great
soreness and pain ; it reduces inflammation and promotes healthy
granulation.
When should Staphysagria
(<>)be
thought of ?In symptoms traceable to surgical operations, smooth, clean cuts, etc.
What is the remedy for injuries to bone ?
Symphytum officinalis.
To what form of injury is Ledum
palustre (<>)
suitable ?To punctured wounds or those made with pointed instruments.
What is the remedy for indurations remaining after injuries and for
bruises of glands ?
Conium.
What remedy is useful for long-lasting black and blue spots with
soreness and stiffness ?
Sulphuric acidum.
What is a useful remedy for old sprains ?
Ruta graveolens.
Dr R. S. : Pour mémoire, j’ai ajouté la MMH des remčdes suivants du
Pr HC Allen (Key notes)For memory, I added the HMM of the following remedies of Pr HC Allen (Key
notes).It misses in the study of this remedy, Bellis
Perennis, whom it is necessary to prescribe, in 5 CH.In the traumatism of the breast.
It is an excellent preventive of breast cancers, after a blow or a
traumatism.
2 : Key notes – Pr. H. C. Allen
Dr Henry Clay ALLEN (1836-1909)
(<>),
Calendula (<>),
Conium (<>),
Hypericum (<>),
Ledum (<>),
Rhus toxicodendron (<>),
Ruta graveolens (<>),
Staphysagria (<>),
Sulfuricum acidum (<>),
Symphytum (<>).
Arnica montana Leopard’s Bane (Compositae)
Nervous women, sanguine plethoric
persons, lively expression and very red face.For the bad effects resulting from mechanical injuries ; even if received
years ago.Especially adapted to those who remain long impressed by even slight
mechanical injuries.Sore, lame, bruised feeling all through the body, as if beaten ;
traumatic affections of muscles.Mechanical injuries, especially with stupor from concussion ; involuntary
faeces and urine ; After injuries with blunt instruments (Symph.).Compound fractures and their profuse suppuration (Calend.).
Concussions and contusions, results of shock or injury ; with laceration
of soft parts ; prevents suppuration and septic conditions and promotes
absorption. Nervous, cannot bear pain ; whole body over-sensitive (Cham.,
Coff., Ign.).Everything on which he lies seems too hard ; complains constantly of it
and keeps moving from place to place in search of a soft spot (the parts
rested upon feel sore and bruised, Bap., Pyr. ; must move continually to
obtain relief from pain, Rhus).Heat of upper body ; coldness of lower.
The face or head and face alone is hot, the body cool.
Unconsciousness ; when spoken to answers correctly but unconsciousness
and delirium at once return (falls asleep in the midst of a sentence, Bap.).Says there is nothing the matter with him.
Meningitis after mechanical or traumatic injuries ; from falls,
concussions of brain, etc.When suspecting exudation of blood, to facilitate absorption
Hydrocephalus ; deathly coldness in
forearm of children (in diarrhoea,
Brom.).Apoplexy ; loss of consciousness, involuntary evacuation from bowels and
bladder ; in acute attack, controls haemorrhage and aids absorption ; should
be repeated and allowed to act for days or weeks unless symptoms call for
another remedy.Conjunctival or retinal haemorrhage, with extravasation, form injuries or
cough (Led., Nux.).Gout and rheumatism, with great
fear of being touched or struck by persons coming near him.Cannot walk erect on account of a bruised sort of feeling in the pelvic
region.Tendency to small, painful boils, one after another, extremely sore
(small boils in crops, Sulph.).Paralysis (left-sided) ; pulse full strong ; stertor, sighing, muttering.
Belching ; eructations ; foul, putrid, like rotten eggs.
Dysentery ; with ischuria, fruitless urging ; long
interval between the stools.Constipation : rectum loaded,
faeces will not come away ; ribbon like stools from enlarged prostrate or
retroverted uterus.Soreness of parts after labor ; prevents post-partum haemorrhage and
puerperal complications.Retention or incontinence of urine after labor (Op.).
Relation
. – Complementary : to,
Acon., Hyper., Rhus. Similar : to, for
soreness as if bruised, Bap.,
China, Phyt., Pyr., Rhus, Ruta, Staph.Arnica follows well : after, Acon., Apis., Ham., Ipec., Ver., is followed
by Sul. ac.In ailments from spirituous liquors or from charcoal vapors, Arn. is
often indicated (Am. c., Bov.).In spinal concussion, compare, Hyper.
Aggravation
. – At rest ; when lying
down ; from wine.Amelioration
. – From contact ;
motion (Rhus, Ruta).
Calendula officinalis Marigold (Compositae)
Traumatic affections : to secure union by first intention and prevent
suppuration.
In all cases of loss of soft parts when union cannot be effected by means
of adhesive plaster.External wounds with or without loss of substance ; torn and jagged
looking woulds ;post-surgical
operation ; to promote healthy
granulation and prevent excessive suppuration and disfiguring scars.Traumatic and idiopathic neuroma (Cepa) ; neuritis from lacerated wounds
(Hyper.) ; exhausted fromloss of
blood and excessive pain.Rupture of muscles or tendons ; lacerations during labor ; wounds
penetrating articulations with loss of synovial fluids.Wounds : with sudden pain during febrile heat ; constitutional tendency
to erysipelas (Psor.) ; old, neglected, offensive ; threatening gangrene
(Sal. ac.).Ulcers : irritable, inflamed, sloughing, varicose ;
painful
as if beaten (Arn.) ; excessive
secretion of pus.Calendula is almost specific for clean, surgical cuts or lacerated
wounds, to prevent excessive suppuration.Relations
. – Complementary : Hep.,
Sal. ac. Similar : to, Hyper. in injuries to parts rich in sentient nerves
where pain is excessive and out of all proportion to injury.Similar : to, Arn. in traumatism without laceration of soft tissue.
Symp., Calc. p., for non-union of bones.
Rhus, Ruta, strains or injuries of single muscles.
Sal. ac. prevents excessive suppuration ; gangrene.
Sulph. ac. in painful, gangrenous wounds ; said to destroy septic germs.
Acts well in potency as in tincture, applied locally and my be
administered internally at the same time.
Conium maculatum Hemlock Poison (Umbelliferae)
The “Balm of Gilead” for diseases of old maids and women during
and after climacteric.Especially for diseases of old men ; old maids ; old bachelors ; with
rigid muscular fibre ; persons with light hair who are easily excited ;
strong persons of sedentary habits.Debility of old people ; complaints caused by a blow or fall ; cancerous
and scrofulous persons with enlarged glands ; rigid fibre.No inclination for business or study ; indolent, indifferent, takes no
interest in anything.Memory weak, unable to sustain any mental effort.
Morose ; easily vexed ; domineering, quarrelsome, scolds, will not bear
contradiction (Aur.) ; excitement of any kind causes mental depression.Dreads being alone, yet avoids society (Kali c., Lyc.).
Glandular induration of stony hardness ; of mammae and testicles in
persons of cancerous tendency ; after bruises and injuries of glands
(compare, Aster. rub.).Breasts sore, hard and painful before and during menstruation (Lac c.,
Kali c.).Vertigo : especially when
LYING
DOWN OR TURNING IN BED ;
moving the head slightly, or even the eyes ; must keep the head perfectly
still ; on turning the head to the
left (Col.) ; of old people ; with
ovarian and uterine complaints.Cough : in spasmodic paroxysms caused by dry spot in larynx (in throat,
Act.) ; with itching in chest and throat (Iod.) ; worse at night,when
lying down, and
during pregnancy
(Caust., Kali br.).Great difficulty in voiding urine ;
FLOW
INTERMITS, then
flows again ; prostatic or uterine affections.Menses :
feeble,
suppressed ; too
late, scanty, of short duration ; with rash of small red pimples over body
which ceases with the flow (Dul.) ; stopped by taking cold
; by putting hands in cold water
(Lac d.).Leucorrhoea :
ten
days after menses (Bor.,
Bov.) ; acrid ; bloody ; milky ; profuse ; thick ; intermits.Bad effects : of
SUPPRESSED
SEXUAL DESIRE, or
suppressed menses
; non-gratification of sexual
instinct, or from excessive indulgence.Aversion to light without inflammation of eyes ; worse from using eyes in
artificial light ; often the students’ remedy for night work ; intense
photophobia (Psor.).Sweat day and night, as soon as one sleeps, or even when closing the eyes
(Cinch.).Relations
. – Patients requiring
Conium often improve from wine or stimulants, though persons susceptible to
Conium cannot take alcoholic stimulants when in health.Compare
: Arn., Rhus in contusions
; Ars., Aster, in cancer ; Cal., Psor. in glandular swellings. Is followed
well : by, Psor. in tumors of mammae with threatening malignancy.Aggravation
. – At night ; lying
down ; turning or rising up, in bed ; celibacy.
Hypericum Perforatum. St. Johns Wort (Hypericaceae)
Mechanical injuries of spinal cord ; bad effects of spinal concussion ;
pains, after a fall on coccyx.Punctured, incised or lacerated wounds ; sore, painful (Led. – contused
wounds, Arn., Ham.), especially if of long duration.Injuries : from treading on nails, needles, pins, splinters (Led.) ; from
rat-bites ;prevents
lock-jaw.Preserves integrity of torn and lacerated members when almost entirely
separated from body (Calend.).Injury to
PARTS
RICH IN SENTIENT NERVES – fingers,
toes, matrices of nails, palms or soles – where the intolerable pains shows
nerves are severely involved ; of tissues of animal life, as hands and feet.Nervous depression following wounds or surgical operations ; removes bad
effects of shock, of fright, of mesmerism.Always modifies and sometimes arrests ulceration and sloughing (Calend.).
Crushed, mashed finger-tips.
Tetanus after traumatic injuries (compare, Phys.).
Vertigo : sensation as if head became suddenly elongated ; at night, with
urging to urinate.Headache : after a fall upon occiput, with sensation
as if being lifted up high into the
air ; great
anxiety lest she fall from this height.Spine : after a fall ; slightest motion of arms or neck extorts cries ;
spine very sensitive to touch.Bunions and corns when pain is excruciating, showing nerve involvement.
Convulsions ; after blows on head or concussion.
Relations
. – Compare : Arn.,
Calen., Ruta, Staph. In wounds where formerly Acon., and Arn., were given
alternately, Hypericum cures.
Ledum palustre Marsh Tea. (Ericaceae.)
Adapted to the rheumatic, gouty diathesis ; constitutions abused by
alcohol (Colch.).Haemorrhage into anterior chamber after iridectomy.
Contusions of eye and lids, especially if much extravasation of blood ;
ecchymosis of lids and conjunctiva.Rheumatism or gout ;
begins
in lower limbs and ascends
(descends, Kal.) ; especially if brought to a low asthenic condition by
abuse of Colchicum ; joints become the seat of nodosities and “gout
stones.” which are painful ; acute and chronic arthritis.Affects left shoulder and right hip-joint (Agar., Ant. t., Stram.).
Emaciation of affected parts (Graph.). Pains are sticking, tearing,
throbbing ; rheumatic pains are < by motion ; < at night, by warmth ofbed and bed-covering
(Mer.) ; > only
when holding feet in ice-water (Sec.).Complaints of people who are
cold
all the time ; always feel cold and chilly ;
lack of animal or vital heat (Sep., Sil.) ; the wounded parts especially are
cold to touch.Parts cold to touch, but not cold subjectively to patient. In some
affections, warmth of bed intolerable on account of heat and burning of
limbs.Swelling : of feet, up to knees ; of ankle with unbearable pain when
walking, as from a sprain or false step ; ball of great toe swollen, painful
; in heels as if bruised. Intense itching of feet and ankles ; < from
scratching and warmth of bed (Puls., Rhus).Easy spraining of ankles and feet (Carbo an.).
Punctured wounds by sharp pointed instruments, as awls, nails (Hyper.) ;
rat bites, stings of insects, especially mosquitoes. Red pimples or
tubercules onforehead
and cheeks, as in brandy drinkers,
stinging when touched.Long-remaining
discoloration
after injuries : “black and blue” places become green.Relations
. – Compare : Arn., Crot.
t., Ham., Bellis, Ruta, in traumatism ; Con., in long-lasting effects of
injuries.
Rhus toxicodendron. Rhus Toxicodendron.
Poison Oak. (Anacardiaceae)Adapted to persons of a rheumatic diathesis ; bad effects of getting wet,
especially after being overheated.Ailments : from spraining or straining
a
single part, muscle or tendon
(Cal., Nux) ; overlifting, particularly from stretching high up to reach
things ; lying on damp ground ; too much summer bathing in lake or river.Affects the fibrous tissue, especially (Rhod. – serous, Bry.) ; the right
side more than the left. Pains : as if sprained ; as if a muscle or tendon
was torn from its attachment ; as if bones were scrapped with a knife ;
worse after midnight and in wet, rainy weather ; affected parts sore to
touch.Lameness, stiffness and pain on first moving after rest, or on getting up
in the morning, > by walking or continued motion.Great
restlessness, anxiety,
apprehension (Acon., Ars.) ; cannot remain in bed ; must change position
often to obtain relief from pain (from mental anxiety, Ars.). Restless,
cannot stay long in one position.Back : pain between the shoulders on swallowing ; pain and stiffness in
small of back < sitting or lying, > by motion or lying on something
hard.Great sensitiveness
to
open air ; putting the hand from
under the bed-cover brings on cough (Bar., Hep.). Muscular rheumatism,
sciatica, left side (Col.) ; aching in left arm, with heart disease. Great
apprehension at night ; fears he will die of being poisoned ; cannot remain
in bed. Vertigo, when standing or walking ; worse when lying down (better
when lying down, Apis) ; < rising from lying, or stooping (Bry.).Headache : brain feels loose when stepping or shaking the head ;
sensation of swashing in brain ; stupefying ; as if torn ;from beer
; returns from least chagrin ; < from sitting, lying, in cold, >
warmth and motion.Dreams of great exertion ; rowing, swimming, working hard at his daily
occupation (Bry.).Corners of mouth ulcerated, fever blisters around mouth and on chin (Nat.
m.).Tongue :
dry ; sore, red, cracked ; TRIANGULAR
RED TIP ; takes imprint of teeth
(Chel., Pod.).Great thirst, with dry tongue, mouth and throat. External genitals
inflamed, erysipelatous, oedematous. A dry, teasing cough, before and during
chill, in intermittent fever ; cough, with taste of blood.When acute diseases assume a typhoid form. Diarrhoea :
with
beginning typhoid ;
involuntary, with
great exhaustion ; tearing pain
down the posterior part of limbs during stool. Paralysis : with numbness of
affected parts ; from getting wet on lying on damp ground ; after exertion,
parturition, sexual excesses, ague or typhoid ; paresis of limbs ; ptosis.Erysipelas, from left to right ;
vesicular,
yellow vesicles ; much swelling, inflammation ; burning, itching, stinging.Relations
. – Complementary : to,
Bryonia. Inimical : to, Apis, must not be used before or after. Compare :
Arn., Bry., Rhod., Nat. s, Sulph.Aggravation
. – Before a storm ;
cold, wet rainy weather ; at night, especially after midnight ; from getting
wet while perspiring ; during rest.Amelioration.
– Warm, dry weather,
wrapping up ; warm or hot things ; motion
; change of position ; moving affected parts.
The great characteristic or Rhus is that with few exceptions the pains occur
and are < during repose and are
> by motion. Sepia, often
quickly > itching and burning of Rhus, the vesicles drying up in a few
days. Rhus is best antidoted by the simillimum ; the potentized remedy given
internally. The dermatitis should never be treated by topical medicated
applications ; they only suppress, never cure.
Ruta Graveolens. Rue. (Rutaceae.)
Scrofulous exostosis ; bruises and other mechanical injuries of bones and
periosteum ; sprains ; periostitis ; erysipelas ; fractures, and especially
dislocations (Symph.).Bruised lame sensation all over, as after a fall or blow ; worse in limbs
and joints (Arn.). All parts of the body upon which he lies are painful, as
if bruised (Bap., Pyr.). Restless, turns and changes position frequently
when lying (Rhus). Lameness after sprains, especially of wrists and ankles
(chronic sprains, Bov., Stron.). Phthisis after mechanical injuries to chest
(Mill.).Aching in and over eyes, with blurred vision, as if they had been
strained. After using eyes at fine work, watch making, engraving (Nat. m.) ;
looking intently (Sen.).Amblyopia or asthenopia from over-exertion of eyes or anomalies of
refraction ; from over-use in bad light ; fine sewing, over-reading at night
; misty, dim vision, with complete obscuration at a distance.
Eyes burn, ache, feel strained ;
hot, like balls of fire ;
spasms of lower lids.Constipation ; from inactivity, or impaction following mechanical
injuries (Arn.).PROLAPSE
OF RECTUM, immediately
on attempting a passage ; from the
slightest stooping ; after confinement ; frequent unsuccessful urging.Pressure on the bladder as if constantly full
; continues
after urinating ;
could hardly retain urine on account of urging, yet if not attended to it
was difficult afterwards to void it ; scanty green urine ; involuntary.Warts ; with sore pains ; flat, smooth on palms of hands (Nat. c., Nat.
m. – on back of hands, Dul.). Backache, relieved by lying on the back.Relations. –
Compare : Arn., Arg.
n., Con., Euphr., Phyt., Rhus, Symph. After Arnica, it hastens the curative
process in the joints ; after Symphytum, in injuries to bones.
Staphysagria. Stavesacre. (Ranunculaceae.)
For the mental effects of onanism and sexual excesses. Very sensitive to
slight mental impressions ; least action or harmless words offend (Ign.).Great indignation about things done by others or by himself ; grieves
about consequences. Apathetic, indifferent, low-spirited, weak memory from
sexual abuses (Anac., Aur., Nat., Phos. ac.). Ailments from pride, envy or
chagrin. Ill-humored children cry for things which, after receiving, they
petulantly push or throw away (Kreos.) [Cina, Bry.].Was insulted ; being too dignified to fight, subdued his wrath and went
home sick, trembling and exhausted (the rev. of Nux). Sensation of a round
ball in forehead sitting firmly there even when shaking the head. Mechanical
injuries from sharp-cutting instruments ;post-surgical
operations ;
stinging, smarting, pains, like the cutting of a knife.For the bad effects of : onanism, sexual excesses, loss of vital fluids ;
chagrin, mortification, unmerited insults ; indignation, with vexation or
reserved displeasure (Aur.). Nervous weakness ; as if one up after much hard
work.Styes,
chalazae on eyelids or upper lids, one
after another, leaving
hard nodosities in their wake (Con.,
Thuja).Toothache :
during
menses ;
sound as well as decayed teeth ; painful to
touch of food or drink ;
but not from biting or chewing ; < drawing cold air into mouth ; <
from cold drinks and after eating. Teeth turn black, show dark streaks
through them ; cannot be kept clean ; crumble ; decay
on edges (at the roots, Mez.,
Thuja) ; scorbutic cachexia. Craving
for tobacco.Extreme hunger even when stomach is full of food. Sensation as if stomach
and abdomen were hanging down relaxed (Agar., Ipec., Tab.). Colic : after
lithotomy or ovariotomy ; attending abdominal section (Bis., Hep.).Urging to urinate, has to sit at urinal for hours ; in young married
women ; after coition ; after difficult labor (Op.) ; burning in urethra
whennot urinating
; urging and pain
after
urinating in prostatic troubles of old men ; prolapse of bladder.Painful sensitiveness of sexual organs, vulva so sensitive can scarcely
wear a napkin (Plat.).Onanism ; persistently dwelling on sexual subjects ; constantly thinking
of sexual pleasures. Spermatorrhoea : with sunken features ;guilty, abashed look
; emission followed by headache, weakness ; prostration and relaxation or
atrophy of sexual organs.Cough : only in the daytime, or only after dinner, worse after eating
meat ; after vexation or indignation ; excited by cleaning the teeth.Croupy cough in winter alternating with sciatica in summer ;
cough excited by tobacco smoke
(Spong.). Backache, < at night in bed, and in the morning before rising.Arthritic nodosities of joints, especially of the fingers (Caul., Colch.,
Lyc.) ; inflammation of phalanges with sweating and suppuration. Sleepy all
day, awake all night ; body aches all over. In fever ; ravenous hunger for
days before attack.Eczema : yellow, acrid moisture oozes from under crusts ; now vesicles
form from contact with exudation ; by scratching one place itching ceases,
but appears in another.Fig-warts : dry, pediculated, cauliflower-like ; after abuse of mercury
(Nit. ac., Sab., Thuja).Relations
. – Compare : Caust.,
Col., Ign., Lyc., Puls., Col. and Staph. act well after each other ; Caust.,
Col., Staph., follow well in order names.Aggravation. – Mental affections
; from anger, indignation, grief, mortification ; loss of fluids ; tobacco ;
onanism ; sexual excesses ; from the least touch on affected parts. Inimical
: Ran. bulb., either before or after.
Sulfuricum acidum Sulphuric Acid. (HNO4.)
Adapted to the light-haired ; old people, especially women ; flushes of
heat in climacteric years.Unwilling to answer questions not from obstinacy, but inaptness.
Feels in a great hurry ; everything must be done quickly (Arg. n.).
Pain of gradual and slowly-increasing intensity which ceases suddenly
when at its height, often repeated (Puls.).The pain is pressure as of a blunt instrument.
Tendency to gangrene following mechanical injuries, especially of old
people.
Child has a sour odor
despite
careful washing (Hep., Mag. c., Rheum).Sensation as if the brain was loose in forehead and falling from side to
side (Bell., Bry., Rhus, Spig.). Aphthae ; of mouth, gums, or entire buccal
cavity ; gums bleed readily ; ulcers painful ; offensive breath (Bor.).Chronic heartburn,
sour
eructations, sets teeth on edge
(Rob.).Water drunk causes coldness of the stomach unless mixed with alcoholic
liquor.Sensation as if trembling all over, without real trembling ; internal
trembling of drunkards.Bad effects of mechanical injuries, with bruises, chafing and livid skin
; prostration (Acet. ac.).Ecchymosis ; cicatrices turn blood-red or blue, are painful (turn green,
Led.).Petechia : purpura haemorrhagia ; blue spots ; livid, red itching
blotches.Haemorrhage of black blood from all the outlets of the body (Crot., Mur.
ac., Nit. ac., Ter.). Concussion of brain from fall or blow where skin is
cold and body bathed in cold sweat. Weak and exhausted from deep-seated
dyscrasia ; no other symptoms (Psor., Sulph.).Relations
. – Complementary Puls.
Compare : Ars., Bor., Calend., Led., Ruta, Rheum, Symp.In contusion and laceration of soft parts it vies with calendula.
Follows well : after, Arn. with bruised pain, livid skin and profuse
sweat ; after, Led. in ecchymosis.Ailments from brandy-drinking. Sulphuric acid, one part, with three parts
of alcohol, 10 to 15 drops, three times daily for three or four weeks, has
been successfully used to subdue the craving for liquor –Hering.
Symphytum. Comfrey (Borraginaceae)
Facilitates union of fractured bone (Cal. p.) ; lessens peculiar pricking
pain ; favors production of callous ; when trouble is of nervous origin.Irritability at point of fracture ; periosteal pain after wounds have
healed.Mechanical injuries ; blows, bruises, thrusts on the globe of the eye.
Pain in eye after a blow of an obtuse body ; snow ball strikes the eye ;
infant thrusts its fist into its mother’s eye (to soft tissues around the
eye, Arn.).Relations
. – Compare : Arn.,
Calend., Cal. p., Fluor. ac., Hep., Sil.Follows well : after Arnica for pricking pain, and soreness of periosteum
remaining after an injury.
