Homeopathy Checklist

Key/Common homeopathic remedies are listed below. You can download a pdf copy of the entire list of homeopathic remedies

Homeopathic Remedies Checklist
Formal NameUses

Common Name: Argent. Nit.

Formal Name: Argentum Nitricum

Alias: Hellston, Devil's Stone, Lunar Caustic

  1. Anxieties, fears, and phobias
  2. Digestive complaints brought on by nervous excitement or from eating too much sweet food
  3. Ailments accompanied by a craving for sweet foods

Common Name: Arsen. Alb.

Formal Name: Aresenicum Album

Alias: Arsenic Oxide

  1. Anxiety and fear caused by deep-seated insecurity
  2. Digestive disorders and inflammation of the mucous membranes, especially in the digestive tract
  3. Ailments characterized by burning pain that is better for heat

Common Name: Cal. Carb.

Formal Name: Calcarea Carbonica / Calcium carbonicum

Alias: Calcium Carbonate, Oyster Shell, Mother of Pearl

  1. Slow development of bones and teeth
  2. Bone & joint pain - backaches, bone growths, bunions or joint pain perhaps caused by arthritic conditions
  3. Anxiety & phobias - Ailments characterized by fears and anxieties that escalate into obsessive behavior with profuse, sour-smelling perspiration, and sensitivity to cold
  4. Dental problems - Painful teething in children with sore gums, fever and sweaty scalp. Child is irritable and makes chewing motion with jaws
  5. Digestive disorders- Indigestion with flatulence, bloating and sour belching or constipation with sour-smelling hard, pale stools
  6. headaches - sharp head pain, often right-sided and possibly with dizziness, congestion or catarrh. Migraines may develop
  7. 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

Common Name: Graphites

Formal Name: Graphite

Alias: Plumbago

  1. Skin complaints, especially eczema
  2. Metabolic imbalances that lead to skin problems, obesity and abnormal nail formation
  3. Ulcers caused by a weakness in the stomach lining

Common Name: Ignatia

Formal Name: Ignatia Amara / Strychnos Ignatii

Alias: St. Ignatius's Bean

  1. Emotional problems
  2. Acute grief, for example, caused by bereavement or broken relationships
  3. Headaches
  4. Coughs and soar throats
  5. Ailments with changeable, contradictory symptoms
  6. Digestive Disorders - Twitches, nervous tics or numbness in the face or limbs

Common Name: Lachesis

Formal Name: Trigonocephalus Lachesis / Lachesis Muta

Alias: Bushmaster, Surukuku

  1. Circulatory problems and vascular complaints
  2. Menopausal and premenstrual symptoms
  3. Slow to heal wounds
  4. Left sided ailments that tend to be worse from suppressing emotions or bodily discharges
  5. Spasms & tremors - Muscle spasms, tremors and weakness in the limbs
  6. sore throat- swollen, dark purple throat, predominantly on the left side with splinter like pain that may spread to the ears
  7. Heart disorders - Cramping pains in the chest with a rapid irregular, weak pulse and possible palpitations

Common Name: Lycopodium

Formal Name: Lycopodium Clavatum

Alias: Wolf's Claw, Club Moss, Lamb's Tail, Fox Tail, Vegetable Sulfur

  1. digestive disorders
  2. prostate enlargement
  3. Kidney and bladder complaints
  4. Right-sided complaints with a desire for sweet foods
  5. Anxiety and emotional problems caused by insecurity
  6. Chest infections such as dry sore tickling cough, burning chest pain etc

Common Name: Merc. Sol.

Formal Name: Mercurius Solubilis Hahnemanni

Alias: Quicksilver, Mercury, Black Oxide of Mercury, Ammonio-nitrate of Mercury

  1. Ailments accompanied by profuse, strong-smelling, burning bodily discharges, and a general sensitivity to heat and cold
  2. Throat and mouth complaints such as ulcers on the tongue, walls of mouth and gums
  3. Catarrh & colds
  4. Eye & ear infections
  5. Fever
  6. Thrush

Common Name: Nat. Mur.

Formal Name: Natrum Muriaticum, Natrum chloratum

Alias: Salt, Table Salt, Rock Salt, Sodium Chloride

  1. Colds with profuse runny catarrh that resembles uncooked egg whites
  2. headaches with a hammering bursting headache or migraine above the eyes. Could include vision disturbances such as zigzag lines
  3. skin conditions - greasy skin and hair with dandruff around the hairline
  4. Mouth & throat conditions - cold sores, mouth ulcers, dental abscesses and gingivitis
  5. Women's health - vaginal discharge that resembles uncooked egg white usually due to thrush
  6. Digestive disorders constipation with hared, dry stools, colicky pains with nausea and possibly anal fissures, rectal bleeding and backaches
  7. Emotional problems caused by suppressed feelings, especially grief
  8. Complaints that are generally worse for heat

Common Name: Nux. Vomica

Formal Name: Strychnos Nux Vomica

Alias: Poison Nut, Quaker Buttons, Vomit Weed

  1. Insomnia and digestive complaints caused by suppressed anger
  2. colds and flu

Common Name: Phos.

Formal Name: Phosphorus

Alias: White Phosphorus, Yellow Phosphorus

  1. Anxiety and fear caused by deep-seated insecurity
  2. Bleeding and circulatory problems
  3. Digestive disorders
  4. Respiratory complaints
  5. Ailments characterized by burning pain

Common Name: Pulsatilla

Formal Name: Pulsatilla Nigricans, Anemone Pratensis

Alias: Pasqueflower, Wind Flower, Meadow Anemone, Small Pasque Flower

  1. colds and coughs - alternately runny or blocked nose with smelly, thick, yellowy-green catarrh with a reduced sense of taste and smell
  2. Digestive problems caused by rich, fatty foods
  3. Women's health - short, variable, late or absent menstrual flow with severe pain
  4. Emotional problems, such as depression
  5. sinusitis
  6. eye infections with yellow-green foul smelling discharge from the eye. Sensitivity to light. May help with conjunctivitis and itchy sties

Common Name: Sepia

Formal Name: Sepia Officinalis

Alias: Cuttlefish

  1. Gynecological complaints. Especially conditions related to a hormonal imbalance, such as pms and menopause
  2. Ailments accompanied by exhaustion
  3. Digestive disorders - Indigestion and flatulence with an abdomen that feels tender and empty even after eating
  4. Headaches - that are particularly prevalent on the left side possibly with nausea, dizziness and hair loss
  5. Catarrh - salty tasting catarrh caused by an allergy or cold accompanied by a cough
  6. Skin conditions - Discolored itchy patches and a yellowy brown chloasma across the nose and cheeks especially during pregnancy
  7. Poor circulation - Varicose veins or hot and cold flashes especially during menopause

Common Name: Silica

Formal Name: Silicea Terra

Alias: Quartz, Rock Crystal, Pure Flint

  1. General undernourishment that leads to recurrent infections
  2. Skin and bone complaints
  3. Expelling foreign objects such as splinters
  4. Nervous system problems
  5. Ear, nose & throat conditions - recurrent colds, swollen glands, ear infections and tonsillitis leading to quinsy
  6. Digestive disorders with a weak digestive system with intolerance of particular foods, especially fat and milk
  7. Headaches with severe pain starting at the back of the head an extending over to the forehead with dizziness and visual disturbances
  8. Coughs - a persistent dry and irritating cough that takes the form of severe, exhausting coughing bouts

Common Name: Sulfur

Formal Name: Sulfur

Alias: Flowers of Sulfur, Brimstone, Sublimated Sulfur

  1. Skin complaints, especially eczema where the skin is red, inflamed, itchy and hot
  2. Digestive disorders
  3. Gynecological complaints
  4. Mental stress
  5. Respiratory illness - Dry sore throat with a choking feeling, swollen tonsils and hoarseness