Hair: FALLING OFF OF- Cantharis, int., and ext. in pomade; Ac-Phosphorus (after illness, or from general debility); Aloes, Ac-Fluor., Iodium, Arsenicum; Calc-C., Sepia (and ext.), Silicea; Sulph. (with chronic headache).
Hands: CHAPPED- Arn, Calend-or Glyc-cerate, or Glyc. Starch (F. 2); Petrol. 12 int., and Petrol. Soap ext., or Ac-Sulphs. and glycerine (F.12), ext.; internally Calc-C., Graphites
See also Chilblains.
COLDNESS OF- Aconite, Sepia, Bary-Carb, Pulsatilla, Nat-Mur., Sulphur
CRACKS IN- see Cracks.
DRYNESS AND BURNING OF- Phosphorus, Silicea, Sanguinaria, Lycopodium, Trill.
PAINS IN- Bryonia, Colchicum, Ledum, Caulophyllum (rheumatic or gouty); Rhododendron (neuralgic); Arnica (aching from over-use); Ruta, Puls Gentle friction with oil.
See Gout and Rheumatism.
PERSPIRATION OF- Calc-C., Nat-Mut., Sulphur, Thuja.
PSORIASIS, ROUGHNESS, AND REDNESS OF-Mercurius, Petrol., Phyto., Belladonna, Hep-S., Graphites, Bary-Carb., Arsenicum, Alum, Selenium (of palms).
SWELLING OF- Belladonna (with much redness); Apis (acute oedema); Arsenicum, Iodium, China, Ferrum (from Constitutional debility.
TREMBLING AND WEAKNESS OF- Phosphorus, Sulphur, Anacardium, Opi., Mercurius, Nux V., Silicea, Arg-Nit. (non-mercurial); Belladonna, Nux V., Ac-Nit. (mercurial); Agaricus
Hay- Asthma: Sabad., Ipecac., Ac-Hydrocy., K-Bich.; Euphr., Gelsemium, Sanguin. (profuse lachrymation); Arsenicum (great debility); K- Hydriod. The inhalation of Ac-Sulphs. or Anthoxanth is recommended. Swedish movements when the chest is contracted. Also residency by the sea or on a barren common.
PROPHYLACTICS- Sabad., Arsenicum, K-Bich., Psorin.
Headache: BILIOUS AND SICK- Chamomilla (in females from cold or worry); Iris (much vomiting of bile); Bryonia (worse with every movement: vomiting of bitter fluid); Gelsemium (blind headache); Gloninum (full, bursting headache); Sanguinaria (mostly over right eye); Nux V (nervous and sick, with constipation); Ipecac. (intense sickly feeling, with much retching); Ver-Alb. (pain in eye-ball, coldness of the skin, and prostration); Aconite (followed by vomiting of bile, or from cold: see under Cham); Sulph., Cimic., Lachesis (at the critical age); Cocc., Mercurius, Pulsatilla, Sepia, Stann. (attaining a climax and then decreasing).
CATARRHAL-Aconite (chills and flushes of heat, throbbing temples); Euphr, Gels (profuse lachrymation); Bryonia, Merc-S. (In rheumatic patients); Mercurius, Nux V., Cimic.
CONGESTIVE- Bell (redness of the face, throbbing of arteries, and sensitiveness to noise giddiness, inclination to vomit, and torpor of the bowels); Aconite, Ver-Vir. (with plethora); Nux V.. (pain at the back of the head, with irregular action of the bowels); Helleborus (at night, in occiput and nape of neck); Sulph- Quin. (periodic); Glon (more in the morning, with excessive throbbing); Gelsemium, Cact. (aching in eyeballs, and giddiness); Phell., Leptand. Hot fomentations..
NERVOUS- Ignatia. (Monthly or fortnightly; weight at the back of the head; sense as if a nail were driven into the skull); Nux V.(in persons of sedentary habits, who study much); Belladonna.(see indications above); Coffea (with sleeplessness); Gelsemium (with giddiness); Sulph-Quin. (periodic); Arsenicum (period., in forehead and orbits); Helleborus (stunning, stupefying; pain in nape of neck); China, Ac-Phosphorus, Ferrum (from debilitating losses); Chamomilla, Spigelia, Coloc.., Sepia, cimic., Kali Carb., Sitz baths, tepid or cold, still or running, for shorter or longer periods (Dr Johnson).
RHEUMATIC- Aconite, Bryonia, Cimic., Ac-Nit., Rhus, Spigelia., Phyto.
CHRONIC AND OBSTINATE- Arg-Nit., Calc-C., Phosphorus.., Platina, Plumb., Silicea, Stann., Zincum met.
FROM HEART-DISEASE- Cast., Lilium, Aconite, Belladonna, Digitalis, Gelsemium
FROM MENTAL CAUSES, OVER-STUDY, ANXIETY, etc.-Nux V., Aurum, Phosphorus, Ac-Phosphorus, Anacardium, Cimic., Gelsemium, Ignatia, Silicea, Calc-C.
Head Lice: Ung.. Merc-Praecip-Alb., Ung. Merc-Ammon-Chlorum Free washing afterwards. Internally, Natrum muriaticum
Hearing: HARDNESS- See Deafness.
MORBIDLY SENSITIVE- Ignatia, Nux V., Cann-Ind., Cup-M., Coffea, Belladonna, Aurum, China, Chamomilla
Heart: CONGESTION-Aconite, Cact., Ver-Vir., Asafoetida, Opi., Pulsatilla, Sulphur.
DISEASE OF- Digitalis (slow, or quickened and feeble, irregular and intermittent pulse; dilatation); Cact. (sensation as if the heart were grasped firmly); Aconite (violent palpitation as in Hypertrophy); Lilium (with uterine disorder); Spigelia (stabbing pain); Ver-Vit. (cardiac debility, with diarrhoea, faintness, and collapse); Arnica (induced by over-exertion); Collinsonia (with dyspepsia or portal congestion); Phosphorus, Ac-Phosphorus, Cact., Calc-C. (fatty degeneration); Arsenicum, Aurum (great debility, dyspnoea, dropsy); Camph, Mosch.. (for various paroxysmal sufferings).
INFLAMMATION OF, AND ITS MEMBRANES- Aconite, Spigelia, Cimic. (violent action of the heart; rheumatic peri- and endo-carditis); Aconite, Bryonia, Asclep-Tuberculinum (pericarditis); Bryonia (rheumatic patients, and when serous effusion is threatened); Colchicum, Apis (gouty patients); Arsenicum, Laches., Naja (great debility, dropsy); Hot linseed-meal poultices, frequently renewed.
PALPITATION OF- Aconite (from excitement and organic disease); Mosch., Camph. (simple nervous(: Ignatia (from grief); Coffea (from joy, with wakefulness); Chamomilla (in children and females, from worry or anger); Opi., Ver-Vir. (from fright, etc., with fluttering dyspnoea, etc.); Belladonna (pulsation extending to the head); China, Ac-Phosphorus, Ver-Vir., Ferrum (from debility); Nux V., Gelsemium (from spinal irritation); Cact., Pulsatilla, Gelsemium, Digitalis, Laches., Naja, Pulsatilla, Iodium, Hypericum, Ambra., Bary-Carb. have been found useful. Cold compress over heart.
See also Angina Pectoris, Dyspnoea, etc.
Heartburn: Pulsatilla, Bism. 3x trit; Iris, Bryonia, Caps. O, Nux V.; Carbo V.12, Calc-C. 12-30, Rob. (with chronic acidity); Lycop. Lemon juice may be taken, but new bread and pastry must be avoided.
Heat-Spots: see Eczema: SIMPLE.
Hectic-Fever: China, Ac-Phosphorus, Gelsemium, Phosphorus, Arsenicum, Hep-S., Silicea, Sulphur
Helminthiasis: Cin., Sant., Mercurius, Teuc., Ignatia, China, Ferrum, Ant-C., Spigelia, Dr. Nankivell advises Cin., Ignatia, and China to be given in mother tincture, and the Sant. in powder, I-gr. doses.
See also Worms.
Hemicrania: Belladonna, Nux V., Ignatia, Coffea, Pulsatilla, Aurum, Arsenicum, Chelid, Calc-C.
See also Headache: NERVOUS.
Hemiplegia: Bary-Carb.., Nux V., Lycopodium (right side); Arnica, Cocc.
See Paralysis.
Hepatitis: see Liver: INFLAMMATION OF.
Hernia: ACUTE PAIN FROM-Aconite, Nux V., Belladonna, Silicea (in children). A proper should be worn.
Herpes: Aconite (fever, neuralgia, etc.); Rhus (simple cases); Arsenicum, Mercurius (with neuralgia and debility); Phy. to, Iris., Graphites (ulcerating); Phosphorus (in phthisical constitutions); Ran- Bulb. (pleurodynia); Graphites, Nux Jug. (chronic).
CIRCINNATUS- Tellur., Iris, Sepia, Ac-Nit.
See also Ringworm.
ZOSTER- Rhus, Ran-Bulb., Cist.; Arsenicum; Cantharis lotion (for itching).
Hiccough: Nux V. (simple spasm, and in hard drinkers); Ac- Sulph., Rob. (acid eructations); Aconite, Arsenicum, Belladonna, Ver-Vir., Gelsemium, Hyoscyamus (in brain affections).
Hip-joint Disease: (* An important element in the diagnosis of this disease is furnished by a comparative examination of the nates. In health they are firm and globular, from a large accumulation of fat over the great muscle of each buttock. Wasting of one is an early symptom of hip-joint disease.). Aconite (fever); Coloc., Rhus, Belladonna, Merc-S (pain); Silicea, Calc-Phosphorus, Calc-C., Ferr-Iodium, Hep-S., Ac-Phosphorus, China, Kali C., Bacil. Immediate and perfect rest. Obtain a surgeon’s advice.
Hoarseness: see Voice: HOARSE.
Hordeolum: see Eyelid: STYE ON.
Housemaid’s Knee: Apis, Silicea; Pulsatilla, Lycopodium, Arnica, Rhus Tox. int. and ext. Locally a lotion of Kali Iodium (5 grs. to the ounce) is often of good service. Rest from kneeling is an important element in the treatment.
Hunger-Pest: see Relapsing-Fever.
Hydrocele: see Dropsy: LOCAL.
Hydrophobia: Belladonna, Stramonium, Lachesis Hydrophobin, Scutel; the likeliest remedies to prevent the development of the poison; one of them should be administered in a low dilution directly after infection and the patient kept under its influence for some time.
Hydrocephalus: see Brain. INFLAMMATION OF, and DROPSY OF.
Hydrothorax: see Chest: DROPSY of.
Hypochondriasis: Aurum, Nux V., Anacardium (chiefly in males); Cimic., Ignatia, Sepia, Petrol., Platina (chiefly in uterine derangements, especially at the change of life); Arsenicum, Arg-Met., Lycopodium, Sulphur, Coni. Sharp discipline, change of air scene, and treatment.
Hysteria: Mosch, (with tendency to fainting, headache, constriction of the chest, and general chilliness); Ignatia, Pulsatilla, Gelsemium, Cimic., Platina, Cocc., Asafoetida, Caulophyllum, Zinc-Val., Hyoscyamus, Belladonna, Nux Mosch.
Hysteric_convulsions or Fits: Camph. or Mosch. int. or by olfaction; Aconite, Opi. (if caused by fright). Cold douche to the face.
LICENTIATE OF THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS; MEMBER OF THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS; LICENTIATE IN MIDWIFERY, LONDON AND EDINBURGH, ETC. PHYSICIAN TO THE READING AND BERKSHIRE HOMOEOPATHIC DISPENSARY.
Author of "The Stepping Stone to Homeopathy and Health,"
"Manual of Homoeopathic Treatment". Editor of "The Homoeopathic World."