Travel Materia Medica B - C

Please note: No. 1 Remedy = Most frequently prescribed. to ensure your prescribing is as accurate as possible always match the symptoms as closely as possible to the medicine.

BELLADONNA
Reputed prophylactic properties against meningitis / rabies.
Inflamed area or entire patient (!)nflamed area or entire patient (!) is burning, red and hot. The eyes are glassy, pupils dilated. Onset is sudden. Possible cause: chill to the head. Pains: violent and throbbing. Rapid pulse. Patient is angry, may be delirious and even have visions. Thirsty, may crave lemonade. Worse: touch; jarrring; 3pm.

BELLIS PERENNIS
Important remedy for long-haul travellers; reduces after-effect of lengthy sitting. An excellent remedy for healing injury to deep tissue when it is sore/bruised. "Refreshes the parts Arnica cannot reach". Ailments from getting chilled when over-heated e.g. stomach ache from eating ice-cream on a hot day.

BRYONIA
Dryness of all mucous membrane. Great thirst for large amounts at long intervals (opposite of Arsenicum). Patient lies absolutely still. Pains are stitching. A "bear with a sore head" who is irritable and resentful of being questioned or fussed over.Worse: for slightest movement.

CAMPHOR
Reputed prophylactic properties against cholera, can also be given in early stages (see also Veratrum, Cuprum, Carbo Veg). Sudden/ complete prostration. Face pale/blue. Body cold to touch yet hates being covered. Diarrhoea - stools like rice water. Better warm air and cold water (opposite of Carbo Veg) Sensitive to slightest touch.

CANTHARIS No. 1 Remedy for the intense pain of burns.
Often effective in the treatment of cystitis, where there are burning pains before, during and after urination. Intense mental and physical irritation. Onset is sudden and violent. Pains are cutting and burning. Patients have a burning, intense thirst, but worse drinking (esp. cold drinks).Worse: touch.

CARBO VEG No.1 Remedy for resuscitation.
This "Homoeopathic corpse reviver" has saved many lives. Symptoms, at their most extreme, are complete state of collapse due to oxygen starvation. Body (even breath) is cold, limp, pale or blue. Less severe cases have extreme sluggishness. Many digestive disorders, esp. wind. Upper abdomen / stomach very bloated. Diarrhoea caused by bad food / over-indulgence. Better: cool air; being fanned; burping. Worse: warmth; dehydration; before sleep; tight clothing.