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Common Name: Argent. Nit.
Formal Name: Argentum Nitricum
Alias: Hellston, Devil's Stone, Lunar Caustic
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- Anxieties, fears, and phobias
- Digestive complaints brought on by nervous excitement or from eating too much sweet food
- Ailments accompanied by a craving for sweet foods
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Common Name: Arsen. Alb.
Formal Name: Aresenicum Album
Alias: Arsenic Oxide
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- Anxiety and fear caused by deep-seated insecurity
- Digestive disorders and inflammation of the mucous membranes, especially in the digestive tract
- Ailments characterized by burning pain that is better for heat
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Common Name: Cal. Carb.
Formal Name: Calcarea Carbonica / Calcium carbonicum
Alias: Calcium Carbonate, Oyster Shell, Mother of Pearl
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- Slow development of bones and teeth
- Bone & joint pain - backaches, bone growths, bunions or joint pain perhaps caused by arthritic conditions
- Anxiety & phobias - Ailments characterized by fears and anxieties that escalate into obsessive behavior with profuse, sour-smelling perspiration, and sensitivity to cold
- Dental problems - Painful teething in children with sore gums, fever and sweaty scalp. Child is irritable and makes chewing motion with jaws
- Digestive disorders- Indigestion with flatulence, bloating and sour belching or constipation with sour-smelling hard, pale stools
- headaches - sharp head pain, often right-sided and possibly with dizziness, congestion or catarrh. Migraines may develop
- Women's health - Burning vaginal itching with a thick yellow or white discharge due to thrush. Heavy menstrual flow or PMS with low energy levels
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Common Name: Graphites
Formal Name: Graphite
Alias: Plumbago
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- Skin complaints, especially eczema
- Metabolic imbalances that lead to skin problems, obesity and abnormal nail formation
- Ulcers caused by a weakness in the stomach lining
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Common Name: Ignatia
Formal Name: Ignatia Amara / Strychnos Ignatii
Alias: St. Ignatius's Bean
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- Emotional problems
- Acute grief, for example, caused by bereavement or broken relationships
- Headaches
- Coughs and soar throats
- Ailments with changeable, contradictory symptoms
- Digestive Disorders - Twitches, nervous tics or numbness in the face or limbs
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Common Name: Lachesis
Formal Name: Trigonocephalus Lachesis / Lachesis Muta
Alias: Bushmaster, Surukuku
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- Circulatory problems and vascular complaints
- Menopausal and premenstrual symptoms
- Slow to heal wounds
- Left sided ailments that tend to be worse from suppressing emotions or bodily discharges
- Spasms & tremors - Muscle spasms, tremors and weakness in the limbs
- sore throat- swollen, dark purple throat, predominantly on the left side with splinter like pain that may spread to the ears
- Heart disorders - Cramping pains in the chest with a rapid irregular, weak pulse and possible palpitations
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Common Name: Lycopodium
Formal Name: Lycopodium Clavatum
Alias: Wolf's Claw, Club Moss, Lamb's Tail, Fox Tail, Vegetable Sulfur
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- digestive disorders
- prostate enlargement
- Kidney and bladder complaints
- Right-sided complaints with a desire for sweet foods
- Anxiety and emotional problems caused by insecurity
- Chest infections such as dry sore tickling cough, burning chest pain etc
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Common Name: Merc. Sol.
Formal Name: Mercurius Solubilis Hahnemanni
Alias: Quicksilver, Mercury, Black Oxide of Mercury, Ammonio-nitrate of Mercury
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- Ailments accompanied by profuse, strong-smelling, burning bodily discharges, and a general sensitivity to heat and cold
- Throat and mouth complaints such as ulcers on the tongue, walls of mouth and gums
- Catarrh & colds
- Eye & ear infections
- Fever
- Thrush
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Common Name: Nat. Mur.
Formal Name: Natrum Muriaticum, Natrum chloratum
Alias: Salt, Table Salt, Rock Salt, Sodium Chloride
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- Colds with profuse runny catarrh that resembles uncooked egg whites
- headaches with a hammering bursting headache or migraine above the eyes. Could include vision disturbances such as zigzag lines
- skin conditions - greasy skin and hair with dandruff around the hairline
- Mouth & throat conditions - cold sores, mouth ulcers, dental abscesses and gingivitis
- Women's health - vaginal discharge that resembles uncooked egg white usually due to thrush
- Digestive disorders constipation with hared, dry stools, colicky pains with nausea and possibly anal fissures, rectal bleeding and backaches
- Emotional problems caused by suppressed feelings, especially grief
- Complaints that are generally worse for heat
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Common Name: Nux. Vomica
Formal Name: Strychnos Nux Vomica
Alias: Poison Nut, Quaker Buttons, Vomit Weed
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- Insomnia and digestive complaints caused by suppressed anger
- colds and flu
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Common Name: Phos.
Formal Name: Phosphorus
Alias: White Phosphorus, Yellow Phosphorus
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- Anxiety and fear caused by deep-seated insecurity
- Bleeding and circulatory problems
- Digestive disorders
- Respiratory complaints
- Ailments characterized by burning pain
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Common Name: Pulsatilla
Formal Name: Pulsatilla Nigricans, Anemone Pratensis
Alias: Pasqueflower, Wind Flower, Meadow Anemone, Small Pasque Flower
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- colds and coughs - alternately runny or blocked nose with smelly, thick, yellowy-green catarrh with a reduced sense of taste and smell
- Digestive problems caused by rich, fatty foods
- Women's health - short, variable, late or absent menstrual flow with severe pain
- Emotional problems, such as depression
- sinusitis
- eye infections with yellow-green foul smelling discharge from the eye. Sensitivity to light. May help with conjunctivitis and itchy sties
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Common Name: Sepia
Formal Name: Sepia Officinalis
Alias: Cuttlefish
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- Gynecological complaints. Especially conditions related to a hormonal imbalance, such as pms and menopause
- Ailments accompanied by exhaustion
- Digestive disorders - Indigestion and flatulence with an abdomen that feels tender and empty even after eating
- Headaches - that are particularly prevalent on the left side possibly with nausea, dizziness and hair loss
- Catarrh - salty tasting catarrh caused by an allergy or cold accompanied by a cough
- Skin conditions - Discolored itchy patches and a yellowy brown chloasma across the nose and cheeks especially during pregnancy
- Poor circulation - Varicose veins or hot and cold flashes especially during menopause
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Common Name: Silica
Formal Name: Silicea Terra
Alias: Quartz, Rock Crystal, Pure Flint
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- General undernourishment that leads to recurrent infections
- Skin and bone complaints
- Expelling foreign objects such as splinters
- Nervous system problems
- Ear, nose & throat conditions - recurrent colds, swollen glands, ear infections and tonsillitis leading to quinsy
- Digestive disorders with a weak digestive system with intolerance of particular foods, especially fat and milk
- Headaches with severe pain starting at the back of the head an extending over to the forehead with dizziness and visual disturbances
- Coughs - a persistent dry and irritating cough that takes the form of severe, exhausting coughing bouts
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Common Name: Sulfur
Formal Name: Sulfur
Alias: Flowers of Sulfur, Brimstone, Sublimated Sulfur
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- Skin complaints, especially eczema where the skin is red, inflamed, itchy and hot
- Digestive disorders
- Gynecological complaints
- Mental stress
- Respiratory illness - Dry sore throat with a choking feeling, swollen tonsils and hoarseness
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