‘‘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: ashokdantkale@yahoo.comMob: 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.