Homeopathy can be used to help prevent and treat epidemics as well as first aid. Learn more here.

1. Homeopathy for Epidemics
&
Homeopathic First Aid Remedies
Dr. Sharum Sharif, ND
Whole Health Clinic
January of 2020

2. Why should we discuss epidemics and why
should we prepare ourselves for them ?
•Epidemics are on the rise, and they will be one
of the main challenges we will face as a species
increasingly over the next few years and in the
future.
•The biggest killers in history have been epidemic
diseases. And, that is why we should prepare
ourselves for them.

3. What are epidemic & pandemic diseases?
• Endemic: Regularly found among particular people or in
a certain area, and it goes on through generations.
Example:
• Cholera has been endemic in India for 2000 years.
• Plague is endemic in the Western U.S., South America, Asia
and Africa.
• Epidemic: Much more acute than endemic. A
widespread occurrence of an infectious disease in a
community at a particular time.
• Pandemic: Prevalent over a whole country or the world.

4. Important Terminology
• Genus Epidemicus (GE) is a word coined by Dr. Hahnemann which
denotes the homeopathic remedy that is similar to the totality of
symptoms found in the majority of patients suffering in an epidemic
disease and which, if given to the patients before the onset of the
disease, prevents the epidemic disease or when given during the
disease cures the patient.*
• Homeoprophylaxis (HP): Usually involves the use of a nosode for
preventing epidemics. We can also use a homeopathic remedy versus
a nosode for HP.
• Nosodes are remedies prepared from pathogens and/or human
discharges produced in response to those pathogens.
* Dr. Narayan Mathur’s statement from Dr. Perko’s book The Homeopathic Treatment of Influenza

5. Epidemic infectious diseases may be tough to
diagnose!
• Many epidemics involve broad common symptoms (such as fever,
achiness, h/a, and fatigue) which make them difficult to dx.
• Lab difficulties (applicable to Leptospirosis, for example):
• The culture is slow to grow
• Antibody detection may not be a direct predictor of infection
• Detection of bacterial DNA in blood samples by PCR is not widely available
• Misdiagnosis is more likely with OVERLAPPING diseases with similar
clinical presentations. Ex: Dengue and Leptospirosis in tropics.
• Misdiagnosis can lead to incorrect selection of medical treatment which
can lead to high mortality rates.
• Difficulties in DX & TX of an epidemic (w/ or w/o a coinfection)  a
dire need for effective alternative methods of prevention and
treatment.

6. Vaccine theory is similar to homeopathy, but during
epidemics vaccines have limitations
• Impractical to vaccinate ourselves against hundreds or thousands of potentially
pathogenic bugs, with their mutating new strains coming out.
• What about if there are multiple epidemics going on at same time, multiple vaccines at
same time? This practice might increase possibility of vaccine-related adverse effects.
• Not enough $$$ funding: According to a recent study by Duke university, there is no
funding for vaccines for a few of our biggest killers presently, including TB, HIV or
malaria.
• There are no vaccines available for some of the newly emerging diseases. Ex: Nipah.
• In emergency situations, we cannot produce, distribute, and administer ENOUGH
vaccines for large populations FAST enough even if funds were available.
• Time: Acquiring immunity w/ vaccines can take a few weeks, leaving target populations
vulnerable.
• Fear of injections & risk of use of infected needles, immunization of infants and
pregnant women, etc.

7. Why homeopathy? Part 1*
• Basic prescribing is easy to learn. (Giving instructions is easy.)
• Correctly prescribed, they are very safe. (Safe in all age categories.)
• They are suitable for young and old alike.
• They are highly effective. (And, they work immediately.)
• They are easy to administer. They have a long shelf-life.
• They are compact and light. (Therefore easy to transport and
distribute.)
• They are inexpensive.
• They are legally transportable across international borders.
• Their nomenclature is standardized world-wide.
* From the book titled “The World Travellers’ Manual of Homeopathy” by Dr. Colin B. Lessell

8. • You can take remedies even if on pharmaceutical medications without
fear of interactions.
• Since remedies aim to boost the immune system, genetic mutation
will NOT be a deterrent in finding a correct homeopathic solution.
• Unidentified cause- In case of epidemics where the organism is not
found, homoeopathy can still offer preventive measures as it relies on
the S/S (signs and symptoms) characteristic of the disease NOT on the
identification of organism per se.
* https://www.homeobook.com/guidelines-for-epidemic-management-in-homoeopathy/
Why homeopathy? Part 2*

9. Homeopathy Around the World
Posted by Dr. Lisa Samet on Nov 17, 2017
https://www.homeopathyworks.com/blog-1homeopathy-around-the-world/

10. Article: Large Scale Homeoprophylaxis: Results of Brief and
Long-Term Interventions, Isaac Golden, PhD, AJHM 112-1
Spring 2019
Country Programs Interventions by person, by year
and by disease
Cuba 7 25,520,000
India 10 65,364,071
Brazil 9 1,072,039
26 91,956,110
Table 1 summarizes a recent analysis which quantified the use of HP in 26
interventions in three countries. Over 90 million people on an annualized basis
had been protected, with effectiveness between 75% and 95%. Most of the
interventions were directed by government agencies and undertaken by doctors
and scientists employed by the agencies.
Conclusion: HP can provide governments a very economical practical option to
combat infectious diseases in both short and long-term disease outbreaks.

11. LAW of Similars or “Law of Like Cures Like”
S/S of Rx = S/S of Dz
• Depending on how a dz is manifested, a particular rx
(remedy) can help it, a rx whose sx (symptom) picture
matches the sx picture of the disease.
• Example: A bee sting causes redness, swelling, heat, stinging
sensation and the skin is worse with heat. The remedy Apis,
derived from bee venom, has all these keynotes. Therefore,
it can help with a bee sting. (Watch Jody’s video on my site:
https://drsharif.com/dermatological-conditions/)

12. (1 rx for many dzs) AND (1 dz needing many rxs in
different people or even in same person)
• I) Each remedy can treat numerous diseases, but the key features will
be the same regardless…
• Ex: Belladonna can be a great remedy in many epidemics including
Chickenpox, Cholera, Diphtheria, Hepatitis, Flu, Measles, Meningitis, Mumps,
Pneumonia, Polio, Smallpox, Tuberculosis, Typhus, Pertussis, and Malaria.
• II) Each disease can require different remedies in different people
• Ex: TB can require: Phos, Spong, Tub, Stann, etc.
• III) Each disease can require DIFFERENT remedies even in same
person depending on the STAGE OF DISEASE
• Note: Rx=Remedy Rxs=Remedies Dz=Disease

13. III) Each dz can require different remedies even in
the same person depending on the STAGE OF DZ
• Examples:
• Typhus fever has two stages. Hahnemann used for:
• 1st stage of dz: Bryonia or Rhus-tox, and
• 2nd stage of dz: Hyoscyamus
• Malaria has different phases (Cold phase, Hot phase, and Sweating phase),
and there are different remedies indicated for different phases.
• Ex: China may not help the sweat stage, but may help the fever and chills. You might
have to alternate China with mercury.
• TB has stages such as acute stage and last stage. There are many remedies
for each stage. Ex: Stanum is one of the main remedies for the last stage
where dr has to put ear next to pt’s mouth to hear.
• DON’T GET STAGES OF FEVER MIXED UP WITH STAGES OF EPIDEMIC
DISEASES!

14. Acute vs. Constitutional Prescribing?
• A constitutional remedy is based on a person’s
mental, emotional as well as physical signs and
symptoms.
• An acute remedy addresses a few of the patient’s
symptoms.

15. Epidemic Prescribing = Acute Prescribing
•We are NOT doing “constitutional” prescribing here.
•“By nature, epidemics are acute diseases- They are
fast, with a prodrome, crisis, and resolution by death
or recovery. Constitutional is for chronic diseases, and
is totally the opposite of acute.” Jeremy Sherr
• Example: Malaria attacks alternate between chills, fever and
sweats every few days, with different remedies for each stage. To
address each stage of the disease, a person’s constitution is
immaterial.

16. Dr. Robin Murphy: WHICH SYMPTONS DO YOU
FOCUS ON if there are many symptoms present?
• “Identify the BIGGEST “energy leak” (i.e. what’s causing most
suffering? what’s priority?), and aim the remedy there.
• Put it differently, you need to figure out the “center of gravity” of the case,
and then target the remedy there.
• Example: Patient has fever and diarrhea, & coughs. Which one do you focus on?
• If fever is the most severe problem, focus on the fever.
• If diarrhea is severe, focus on the diarrhea.
• What symptoms PREDOMINATE is what you want to address 1st. The “Homeopathic tx of Influenza” book by Dr.
Perko has a whole section on predominating symptoms, system by system, for the flu in particular. This section of
the book should help clarify the subject for you. This book is an excellent resource for the homeopathic treatment
of the flu.

17. Most epidemics start out with flu-like
symptoms… Treat what you see ASAP!
• “Even if you don’t know the exact dx, just tx the symptoms that are
present (remember to take a thorough case)- you don’t have to wait
for proper dx to be able to prescribe a homeopathic remedy, which is
a MAJOR advantage homeopathy has over conventional medicine.
• For example, during the first week of Typhoid infection you might
think the patient has the flu. Treat what you see, and you may just
cure Typhoid fever without knowing it, and all along being under the
impression that the patient only had the flu.”*
* Extracted from lectures by Dr. Robin Murphy on epidemics

18. FEVER, CAST-TAKING, part 1
“Heat” in the repertory means fever.
• Most epidemics are accompanied with some kind of fever.
• 1) The energetics (intensity and speed of onset of fever? Remedies for different
temp fevers:
Ferrum phosph (99-101), slow onset fever  Aconite (103-4), fast onset
fever  Pyrogen (105-6)
• 2) Time of onset of fever?
• 3) Type of fever (remittent, relapsing, etc.)? China fever hits every 7 to 14 days.
Arsenicum fever comes on every other day.
• 4) Stages of fever? Murphy’s Repertory has a GREAT section on this in the
Fever chapter. Stages of fever are: Chill, Fever (=Heat), Sweat (=Perspiration).
Ask: Which one stands out prominently? Chill followed by heat, or vice versa,
etc.?
• 5) Concommitant symptoms? What is the fever associated with? Nausea,
diarrhea, anxiety, restlessness or delirium? If you cure the fever, the
concomitants will get cured. Diarrhea then fever, or vice versa? Need a diarrhea-
fever remedy or a fever-diarrhea rx? Ex: Fever with restlessness & anxiety? Think
of Arsenicum album. Fever with delirium, sleepiness, offensive body odors?
Think of Baptisia.

19. FEVER, CAST-TAKING, part 2
• 6) Thirst? Intensity of thirst or lack of thirst?
• 7) Desire or aversion to cover oneself up in different stages (feeling
hot or cold?),
• 8) The organ/tissue where the source of fever (origin/cause) is
located? Otherwise, it is FUOs or fever of unknown origin (Think of
Aconite or Ferrum phosph in low potency).
• Example: If throat is the source of fever, need to go to the throat
chapter.
• 9) Discharges associated with the fever? Yellow mucous coming out
of nose or throat? Need a rx w/ fever w/ yellow mucous.
• 10) Other characteristic symptoms?

20. Nosodes ~ Vaccines
• NOSODES which are prepared from cultured pathogens and/or human
discharges (usually fluids, such as saliva, pus, urine, blood, or other diseased
tissue) produced in response to those pathogens. Examples: Tuberculinum,
Medorrhinum, HIV, Influenzinum, or Parotidinum (for mumps)
• The use of a nosode against its disease is called ISOPATHY. This is not
true homeopathy, but it has its place. Nosode is an attenuated pathogen ~
vaccine.

21. Auto-nosode – What is it? This can save
1000s or hundreds of 1000s of lives!
• “An auto-nosode is a remedy derived from the patient’s own pathogenic
excretion, and is more specific to the person. It can be used to treat the
patient him- or her-self.
• Example: Plague (Bubonic p.: Nosode prepared from the pus from the infected
glands; Pneumonic p.: Nosode prepared from the sputum; Septicemic/Hemorrhagic
p.: Nosode prepared from the blood)
• You can also use an auto-nosode to help others during an epidemic. You
can use it for prevention as well as at the first sign of illness in others.
• Auto-nosodes are our top choice for “vaccinating” people (for prevention)
in an active epidemic.
• If the illness has developed, then use the indicated remedy. If the
indicated remedy keeps relapsing, then return to the auto-nosode as an
“intercurrent” remedy to jump start the process. And, if/when the auto-
nosode stops working, you can switch back to the indicated remedy.”*
* This information is extracted and paraphrased from Dr. Murphy’s lectures on epidemics.

22. How to prepare and use an auto-nosode, and
to distribute to masses?*1
• There will be a discharge 99% of the time, and you use this d/c to make the nosode from.
• To make a stock bottle, you can get some d/c from the person, and put it in a ½-4 oz
dropper bottle of pure ethyl alcohol, ETOH, (190 proof Everclear). Note: The 190-proof
variation of Everclear is 92.4% ethanol by weight.
• How to make a 1c? Thoroughly mix the solution in the stock bottle, then add 1 drop of it
to 99 drops solution (alcohol/water), at least 20% alcohol for preservation. To preserve
forever, you should make an 80-90% alcoholic tincture. For a 2c, you mix 1 drop of the
1c in 99 drops solution (in same or a different bottle), and you continue this process until
you get your 6c. Remember to succuss many times going from 1c to 2c, 2c to 3c, etc.
• In epidemics, use at least a 6c dilution, and put it in water or graft it to be
able to help many others*2. Succuss or stir the solution before EACH dose. You will
probably need to use 6c up to 30c, so keep all the intermittent potencies in between 6c
and 30c. If 6c wears off, then use 7c, then 8c, and on up. Reason? You need to keep the
patient’s progress continual and steady.
*1 : Most of the information in this slide is extracted from Dr. Robin Murphy’s lectures on epidemics.
*2 : Refer to the link below for detailed information on Hahnemann’s Water Potencies:
http://www.alchemilla.com/index.php/homeopathic-medicine-mainmenu-33/14-hahnemanns-lm-and-
water-potencies

23. We have a moral & social obligation to collect
the auto-nosode!
• “Of course, it may be dangerous to collect pathogenic bodily
discharges or products if the epidemic dz is deadly such as ebola or
plague. However, we have a social and moral obligation to do so if
necessary since no one else will know how to do this.”*
* This information is extracted and paraphrased from Dr. Murphy’s lectures on epidemics.

24. General advice on administration of remedies*
• 1) Pills and coarse granules should be sucked rather than swallowed (absorption is more reliable).
• 2) Pills and coarse granules may be inhaled by babies and unconscious people. For such,
remember to crush them to a fine powder before use. Alternatively, you can use liquid
potencies.
• 3) All remedies should receive minimal direct handling. Do not put your fingers inside the vial.
• 4) Ideally, the consumption of food and drink (and cleansing of teeth) should not occur 10
minutes before and after the oral administration of a remedy.
• 5) Ideally, no coffee, decaffeinated or normal, should be taken during a course of homeopathic
treatment. Coffee tends to antidote the action of many remedies.
• 6) Remedies at the potencies recommended here (e.g. 6c or 30c) are safe for patients on
orthodox drug therapies.
• 7) Pills are sugar-based. The amount of sugar ingested as a single dose is insufficient to adversely
affect either diabetics or hypoglycemics. However, patients who suffer from disaccharide
intolerance should be restricted to the use of liquid potencies only.
• 8) Homeopathic remedies are largely safe when given during pregnancy and lactation. Refer to
next slide.
• 9) It is often necessary to interrupt the regularity of dosage of any medicine because of sleep.
Recommence on waking.
*Extracted from the book “The World Traveler’s Manual of Homeopathy” by Dr. Colin Lessell.

25. Potencies of the NOSODES
(Avoid lower potencies & frequent dosing)
• There is a concern for nosodes causing aggravations. Some homeopaths
recommend against lower potencies (LOWER than 30c) and frequent dosing.
• Dr. Colin Lessell, in his World Traveller’s Manual of Homeopathy, seems to
recommend the use of nosodes (for prevention of most diseases covered in
his book) in the 30c potency once a week.
• Dr. Robin Murphy, paraphrased: Many authors say don’t give nosodes below
30c b/c they are worried about contamination. It’s fine to give nosodes
below 30c since even at the 6c potency we are not dealing with material
doses. However, you should NOT give the nosodes in the lower potencies for a
long time or too frequently. You can take 1-2 doses of a 30c or 200c of the
nosode as a preventative (or to stop a miasm).
• Start the auto-nosode at a minimum potency of 6c, and keep all the potencies
between 6c & 30c (i.e. keep the 7c, 8c, all the way up to 30c) because you
might need to start with a 6c and gradually increase the potency up to 30c or
higher.

26. BASIC TIPS FOR PRESCRIBING DURING EPIDEMICS:
• 1) Take detailed cases only if time is an option. Ideally, study and observe the epidemic to come up
with the GE which is our top rx. This might take a while.
• 2) GE > an indicated rx > nosode for both prevention and treatment:
• If don’t know the GE yet, you can give the best indicated rx. If can’t come up with a specific rx, then
give the nosode if available. If no nosode available, can make your own auto-nosode. If you happen
to hear that the nosode is working extremely effectively for a lot of people, and time is of the essence,
just give the nosode vs a specific rx.
• 3) You treat what you see- Identify the biggest “energy leak”, and direct the rx there. (Dr. Murphy)
• 4) The person is the subset of the remedy, not vice versa. So, the patient does NOT have to have ALL
the keynotes of a remedy.
• 5) If your patient has 2-3 strong keynotes listed under a rx, you can select that rx with a good
confidence level.
• 6) The speed of the rx should match the speed of the dz (i.e. fasting-acting rx for a fast-moving dz,
and vice versa)
• 7) Select and give one remedy @ a time
• 8) If the selected remedy is unavailable, choose the next alternative rx rather than do nothing.
• 9) If the desired potency is unavailable, give whatever potency you have available.
• 10) You don’t change the rx or its potency as long as it is working. If a potency stops working, you
can go up to the next potency. Use up each potency’s effectiveness before you go up again.
(Sometimes just changing the potency helps the rx work better, up OR down either way.)

27. Special Considerations: Pregnancy and
Lactation*
• With only the odd exception, all homeopathic remedies, when prescribed
in the potency range 6c to 30c or 12x to 30x, are to be considered as safe at
any stage of pregnancy, provided that they are stopped immediately if
homeopathic aggravation occurs. This, however, is a rare event. Whilst
such aggravation is harmless, if the remedy is discontinued, the
administration of several cups of coffee will accelerate the reduction of ill-
effects.
• Use the following substances with caution:
• Remedies with potencies less than 6c or 12x. (Me: This is important if you are taking
nosodes of highly infectious/poisonous substances.)
• Remedies with potencies greater than 30c or 30x. (Me: May be too strong?)
• Homeopathic mother tinctures
*Extracted from the book “The World Traveler’s Manual of Homeopathy” by Dr. Colin Lessell.

28. Homeopathy vs. Vaccines
Homeopathy Vaccines
Effectiveness Yes (based on numerous government
ordered studies using HP or
homeoprophylaxis)
Yes
Speed of action in body Immediately effective We need time to make anti-bodies.
Speed of intervention in society
(distributing the
medicines/vaccines)
Rapid, especially with HP (hours to
days) versus GE or Genus Epidemicus
which can take time.
Weeks to months  Shortage
Not readily available in emergency
situations
Safety Totally safe. The person will not get
the pathogen, just its vibration.
Pathogens inside vaccines leading to
possible contagiousness. Risk of use
of infected needles. Concern for
immunization of infants and
pregnant women.
Cost Extremely LOW (lowest cost
medicines on Earth)
Expensive  Shortage
(Not enough funding for the top 2
biggest killers: Malaria & TB)
Route of administration Oral Injection
Mechanism of action HP: Subtle internal immune system
responses make the body behave as
if it has the dz. GE: Law of Similars.
Antibodies are made in response to
the vaccine

29. Homeopathy AND Vaccines, can you do both? Yes!
HP, a bridging device until vaccine is available.
• Even if you have had OR are planning to get vaccinated, you can still
do HP (homeoprophylaxis using nosodes), especially if the previous
vaccination caused an adverse event. “Taking the nosode will help
clear the vaccine by helping the body to reconcile the partially
developed immune system response.”*
• “HP (homeoprophylaxis) with nosodes could be a bridging device in a
serious epidemic for the period until a fully effective vaccine is
available.” Homeopathy (2010) 99, 153-155
* From book “The Solution, Homeoprophylaxis, the Vaccine Alternative” by Kate Birch and Cilla Whatcott

30. This book by Sandra Perko, PhD is a great resource for homeopathic treatment of the
flu.

31. Flu (influenza) – A pandemic flu is the disease
feared by many authorities
• Dr. Robin Murphy’s Repertory under Clinical chapter: ARS, BAPT, bell, BRY, EUP-
PER, GELS, INFLU, nux-v, OSCILLOC, PHOS, and RHUS-T.
• Dr. Murphy’s Lecture: Top remedy is Gelsemium. If more septic, then Baptisia.
He has an extensive coverage of flu in his epidemics notes.
• Dr. Murphy’s Lecture: Nosodes: Influenzinum A & B, and Oscillococcinum. Oscil.
is an acute rx, but Influenzinum more of a chronic rx for the flu.
• Dr. Shepherd: all-c, bapt, bry, eup-per, gels, hep-s, nux-v, puls, pyrog
• Dr. Hoover: Acon, Ars, Bac, Bry, Carb-v, Eucal, Eup-per, Formal, Gels, Influenz,
Lach, Phos, Rhux-t, Sep, and Sulph
• Are there any studies with Influenzinum nosode? Yes, there is a double-blind,
placebo controlled study with very positive results. It can be found here:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.homp.2015.02.006, available online at
http://www.sciencedirect.com

32. Is it possible to treat 10,000 patients in a
day!? Jeremy Sherr says Yes!
• In his online course on epidemics, Jeremy Sherr says: “We will
understand the true nature and purpose of epidemics, what their
role is in the world, and what their inner nature is, and learn to
differentiate them. We will learn how to treat epidemics
effectively. We will learn how to treat them even more effectively
with other methods and techniques that I have learned over the years
of treating epidemics.
• We will learn and find out - can we treat 10,000 patients in a
day? You will see that I definitely believe that we can.”
• One of us trains 100, and each of them trains 100 = 10,000 in a day

33. One bottle of a remedy can cure a city during
an epidemic! How?
• You can teach people to graft remedies (making exact copies of your own
existing remedy). We can do that on our own without the aid of a
pharmacy. There are YouTube videos on how to do this.
• You can also dilute the remedies in water, and pass on some of that water
to others. Refer to the slides under auto-nosode and the link below for
detailed information on Hahnemann’s Water Potencies:
• http://www.alchemilla.com/index.php/homeopathic-medicine-mainmenu-33/14-hahnemanns-
lm-and-water-potencies
• NOTE: According to many homeopaths, water potencies are actually stronger than dry pills.
• (Note: Compare this with how logistically difficult it will be to make enough
vaccines for an entire city or country or the world at large in an emergency-
it could take months to years to accomplish this mission. Note that just the
production of millions of doses of influenza vaccine would require
hundreds of thousands of eggs a day, a potentially impossible feat by itself.)

34. Simple things to do right after this talk
• 1) Purchase at least two emergency kits, one with the top 100-200 remedies in the 30c
potency and one in the 200c potency. If you can, the 6c kit would be great as well.
• Purchase Oscillococcinum & Crotalus horridus separately since it does not come in most kits.
• 2) Purchase the various nosodes for the main epidemic threats ahead of time. (If not, and if
an epidemic is moving in, immediately buy the nosode.)
• 3) Sign up to get free daily newsletters on disease outbreaks in the world from
http://www.cidrap.umn.edu (Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy) – A MUST!
• 4) Sign up to get epidemics updates from Dr. Paul Herscu, ND. Go to bottom of page:
http://paulherscuepidemics.blogspot.com to sign up. A MUST!
• 5) You should follow Dr. Andre Saine, ND and The Canadian Academy of Homeopathy on
Facebook.
• 6) Sign up with various homeopathic associations in North America (listed below) to see
various postings they might have on epidemics. Stay in touch with these associations:
• National Center for Homeopathy: https://www.homeopathycenter.org
• American Institute of Homeopathy: https://www.homeopathyusa.org
• Homeopaths Without Borders – N. America (HWB-NA) https://www.hwbna.org
• 7) Consider joining the mailing list on my teaching website to receive information about
disease outbreaks: http://www.VisualHomeopathy.com

35. Epidemics: Hate and Compassion from the Plague of
Athens to AIDS, by Samuel Kline Cohn Jr.
• By investigating thousands of descriptions of epidemics reaching back
before the fifth-century-BCE Plague of Athens to the distrust and violence
that erupted with Ebola in 2014, Epidemics challenges a dominant
hypothesis in the study of epidemics, that invariably across time and space,
epidemics provoked hatred, blaming of the "other," and victimizing bearers
of epidemic diseases, particularly when diseases were mysterious, without
known cures or preventive measures, as with AIDS during the last two
decades of the twentieth century. However, scholars and public
intellectuals, especially post-AIDS, have missed a fundamental aspect of the
history of epidemics. Instead of sparking hatred and blame, this study
traces epidemics' socio-psychological consequences across time and
discovers a radically different picture: that epidemic diseases have more
often unified societies across class, race, ethnicity, and religion, spurring
self-sacrifice and compassion.

36. Homeopathy will always be ready to help!
• “Throughout recorded history, the survival of human
societies have been threatened by epidemics, and regardless
of the advances in medicine, prevention or biotechnology,
there will always be epidemics, and homeopathy will always
be ready to rapidly intervene.” (extracted from Dr. Andre Saine’s talk
on epidemics in 2017)

37. Conclusion & Our Mission Statement
•Many (if not all) of these epidemic diseases can be
prevented by CLEAN water, clean food, a clean living
environment, AND by peaceful living with one
another and with nature. Contributing to the above
causes should be our mission statement.
•”Things will grow brighter as minds are brought
together and men think harmoniously. The more we
keep together the better, and the more we think as
one, the better.” Dr. James T. Kent, MD

38. HOMEOPATHIC FIRST AID
TOP 50 MOST COMMON REMEDIES USED IN ACUTE
OR FIRST AID SITUATIONS
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39. Finding a remedy is similar to identifying an
object that is heavily camouflaged
• https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/camouflage-gm499543152-
80287057
• https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/southern-bell-frog-
gm610574644-104836831
• The more experienced you are in homeopathy, the more efficiently
you can detect the need for a particular remedy versus other
remedies.

40. 1 remedy for many diseases, and
Many remedies for 1 disease
• I) Each remedy can treat numerous diseases, but the key features will
be the same regardless…
• Ex: Belladonna can be a great remedy in many epidemics including
Chickenpox, Cholera, Diphtheria, Hepatitis, Flu, Measles, Meningitis, Mumps,
Pneumonia, Polio, Smallpox, Tuberculosis, Typhus, Pertussis, and Malaria.
• II) Each disease can require different remedies in different people
• Ex: TB can require: Phos, Spong, Tub, Stann, etc.
• III) Each disease can require DIFFERENT remedies even in same
person depending on the STAGE OF DZ

41. A few silly characteristics that matter a lot in
homeopathy:
• Which side, left or right? For example, is the pain or rash, etc., worse on left or right?
• Feeling hot or cold? And, how does temperature affect it?
• For example, patient might be feeling hot (or cold) and then feel better with a hot OR
a cold application? Note: There are 4 permutations here:
• Patient feels hot, and feels better with hot. (strange, hah?!)
• Patient feels hot, and feels better with cold. (makes sense)
• Patient feels cold, and feels better with cold. (strange, hah?!)
• Patient feels cold, and feels better with hot. (makes sense)
• How thirsty or thirstless are you?
• Note: You could be hot and not be thirsty (strange, hah?!). Example: Apis

42. Thirst and Remedies, a few remedy examples
• THIRSTY remedies: Arsenicum and Aconite are thirsty, but Arsenicum
is a sipper, and Aconite is not a sipper.
• Bryonia has great thirst. (They feel very dry.)
• THIRSTLESS remedies:
• Apis is not thirsty even though they feel hot!
• Gelsemium & Belladonna are typically not thirsty.
• Note: Belladonna has great thirst for cold water or no thirst at all

43. BASICS, 1
• Materia Medica and Repertory: Homeopaths’ two bibles
• My main two sources for the following slides: 1) the book titled
“Homeopathic Self-Care” by Drs. Robert and Judyth Ullman, ND. 2)
Roger Morrison’s (MD) Desktop Guide (the blue book
• Pay attention to the second part of the name for each remedy.
• For example, Antimonium tart is not to be confused for Antimonium crudum.
Or there are different types of Natrum’s such as Natrum mur, or Natrum
sulph, etc.
• Each remedy has some main features called “keynotes”.

44. BASICS, 2
• There are many keynotes/characteristics for EACH remedy, and in this
presentation I have tried to note the most important characteristics for
each remedy to keep things more simple and practical. If your patient has
2-3 strong keynotes (or characteristics) listed under a remedy, you can
select that remedy with a good confidence level. To sit on an object, it
should ideally have 3 legs, right? 4 or more legs would be even more
stable. Similarly, to confidently pick a remedy, you want at least 2-3 of the
symptoms listed under a remedy to come up with a stool to sit on, so to
speak- a remedy that will do the job.
• You are not giving a remedy for ONE symptom or condition. You are
finding a remedy for a “syndrome” (a compilation of a bunch of symptoms).
• You pick a remedy for the patient with a set of signs and symptoms, not for
their condition!

45. BASICS, 3
• Each remedy has an abbreviation (usually 3-4 letters long). Example:
ARN for Arnica.
• Each remedy has “modalities”. Example: Better with or worse with...
• In homeopathy, some remedies favor one side over the other. For
example, a patient who needs Belladonna typically has right-sided
problems, but Lachesis has left-sided problems.
• Each s/s (sign or symptom) can be manifested in many different ways,
so the trick in finding the correct remedy is in figuring out how exactly
the s/s is manifesting. For example, take abdominal pain. You need
to know what part of the abdomen, how, when, how often, what
makes it better or worse, etc.

46. BASICS, 4
• When homeopaths make statements such as “Argentum nitricum is
one of the hottest remedies”, they mean to say that people who are
good candidates for the use of this remedy are some of the most
warm-blooded people- they feel very hot in their body.
• We are using these remedies here for acute illnesses, but many of
them (if not all of them) can be used “constitutionally”. Since
focusing on acute illnesses, I will for the most part ignore the
mental/emotional aspects of these remedies here.
• If a keynote is mentioned, it must be important. For example, if a
remedy has a keynote of irritability, they must get highly irritated with
their illness, not just a bit (Note: Everyone can get a bit irritated if ill,
so we don’t write irritable under each and every remedy, only under
remedies that are characteristically irritable.)

47. Alternating Remedies
• Alternating remedies? During complex epidemics, you might have to
alternate remedies hourly or daily or even during the course of the
disease.
• Example 1: Dengue fever with excessive muscular joint pain: use Eup
Perf 6c & Rhus tux 6c alternating every hour.
• Example 2: Nancy getting the flu last week, and she benefitted greatly
from Gelsemium. A couple of days into it, she felt totally normal
other than sinusitis, with sharp pain in sinuses, and took Hepar sulph.

48. TREATMENT
THE GOLDEN RULES
• Use whatever potency you HAVE available to you!
• Good rule of thumb on frequency of use: Whatever potency you
use, use a dose AS NEEDED.

49. Potency and Frequency During Epidemics
Treatment
• 6c and 30c potencies every few hours or daily, depending on the
severity of the case.
• Use 30c or 200c for acutes.
• Use a minimum of 6c when using the auto-nosode.
• Put remedies in water for more effectiveness. The water potency
has a three hour shelf life, Boiron says. Dr. Murphy on his CD’s says
the shelf life is 1-2 days; cover it by a tissue (non-perfume); don’t
need to refrigerate.
• Ex: You can take one pellet of 30c, put it in your 4 oz bottle, stir it, take a tsp
every several hours as needed for acutes. The person can sip it every 5-10
minutes in emergencies. If unconscious, pour a little of the fluid onto their
lip. Tap the cup (succuss it) a couple of times before each use.

50. Potency and Frequency During Epidemics
Prevention (w/ remedies or nosodes)
• Serious: 30C twice daily for a few days or even more.
• Milder situations: 30C once a week for the month.
• Use a minimum of 6c of the auto-nosode for prevention, and go up to
higher potencies as needed.
• IMPORTANT: Start the remedy for prevention 1 week before exposure,
not longer.

51. Aconite –#1 Remedy for PTSD & Panic Attacks
• Ailments from fright or shock
• Extreme anxiety/panic attacks (extreme palpitations & rapid pulse)
• Fear of impending death or just occupied by thoughts of death/dying
• Ailments from exposure to cold – Take at the first sign of a “cold”
(during first 24 hours).
• Note: If you have a high fever and no other symptoms, then take Ferrum
phos.
• Symptoms come on suddenly
• Intense burning thirst for cold drinks

52. Antimonium Tartaricum (A great pneumonia
remedy)
• Loose WET rattling cough with copious mucous that is difficult to cough up
(similar to Kali bich). A great pneumonia remedy.
• Breathing is rapid, short and difficult. Marked respiratory distress as found
in PNEUMONIA, whooping cough, emphysema, and TB.
• Chest feels full, but they cannot bring up mucous
• Vomiting from the cough
• Person has to sit up to breathe or cough
• Nausea & vomiting with the cough
• White coated tongue
• Worse by: Warm room, lying down
• Better by: Getting the mucous out, vomiting, cold/open air, sitting up

53. Apis mellifica (A great remedy for allergic
reactions)
• Bee stings or insect bites
• Redness, heat, stinging pains, with much swelling or puffiness (what you
would see with a bee sting)
• Hives, allergic reaction, even some cases of menopause
• Stinging pain in throat, especially right-sided (extending to R ear), better by
cold drinks
• Might feel as if urine is not coming out
• Not thirsty (Note: Feels hot but is not thirsty!!! Strange symptom)
• Worse by: heat (Hot rooms, hot drinks, a hot bath, or in bed)
• Better by: Cold (Cold air, cold applications, cold bath or shower,
uncovering)

54. Argentum nitricum (not Arg metallicum)
• One of the hottest remedies (for hottest people)
• Extremely impulsive and anxious. Panic attacks (one of many
remedies for anxiety)
• GI issues: Loud belching w/ abdominal distension. Heartburn,
flatulence, belching, & upset stomach.
• Violent heart palpitations
• Desires sweets
• Worse from heat
• Better with cold

55. Arnica – #1 remedy for physical trauma
• Most commonly used remedy for trauma, injuries, falls, sprains, or strains.
Examples: Concussions, broken bones, surgery, car accidents, etc.
• Specially indicated for trauma with BRUISING (of soft tissue). For sore, bruised
feeling anywhere in the body. Bed feels too hard!
• Excellent for shocks of any kind (physically or emotionally)
• Used after surgery to promote healing (30c twice a day for at least 2 weeks).
• On a mental level, a patient who acutely needs Arnica might insist that nothing is
wrong. They are in denial!
• Fear of being approached since they know they will hurt with touch.
(Lycopodium has fear of being approached too, but their issue is due to
emotional insecurity.)
• Worse by touch (because they hurt) or overexertion.
• Better by lying down with the head low

56. Arsenicum album (#1 remedy for anxiety)
• Tremendous anxiety and restlessness; hypochondriacal, afraid of germs. Despair of recovering.
• BURNING pains anywhere in the body
• Very chilly (Note: A burning sensation somewhere in body, but feels chilly. And, feels better with
heat and warm drinks.)
• Desires to sip on water frequently.
• Great acute remedy for asthma (30c as needed, up to several times a day)
• Any digestive issues where there is burning sensation involved. Examples: Heartburn or diarrhea
that burns the area.
• #1 remedy for food poisoning
• One of the top remedies for the flu when there is both diarrhea and vomiting. Look for burning
sensation in the body.
• Worse midnight to 2 AM, worse with cold food and drinks.
• Better by heat and warm drinks. (STRANGE- burning pains that are better by heat, not cold!)
• NOTE: CANTHARIS has burning pains that are better with cold, opposite of Arsenicum.

57. Baptisia: A great flu remedy
• One of the top remedies for the flu. Sore all over the body, especially
the part which is laid upon. Uncomfortable in any position, the bed
feels too hard (similar to Arnica)
• Sudden onset, rapid onset of septic state.
• For a highly toxic state. The most offensive odors of discharges
(urine, stools, sweats, breath, etc.)
• Mental level: Great confusion. Dullness of mind. Stupor. Stupid!

58. Belladonna for hot heads!
• On FDA’s radar to be possibly banned since the herb itself can be deadly.
• High fever (often above 103) with a bright red and hot face/head
• Head is hot, but the extremities are cold
• Right-sided symptoms (R sided headache, ear infection, or sore throat). Note:
Throbbing pains in the head (as if blood is gushing to the head)
• Sudden onset of symptoms
• Patients that need this remedy constitutionally tend to be very angry.
• Great thirst for cold water or no thirst at all. Desire for lemons or lemonade, sour
food.
• Worse by: Light, noise, jarring, touch, exposure to sun, lying down
• Better by: Sitting up or bending backward in a quiet, dark room (imagine a
migraine patient)

59. Bellis Perennis: Arnica of the pelvic organs
• Sprains and bruises, effects of major physical trauma such as surgery.
• Trauma to pelvic organs with sore, bruised feeling
• “Old gardeners” remedy.

60. Bryonia (Symptoms worse from motion)
• A great flu remedy.
• Symptoms made worse by any motion (Ex: Headache, back pain, or a dry cough
that is made worse by motion. So, holds onto chest to keep it from moving
during the cough.)
• Extremely irritable (leave me alone!)
• Dry everywhere (mouth or bowels; hard dry stools)
• Extreme thirst for cold drinks (to help with the dryness); Opposite of Gelsemium
• Worse from any motion including even moving the eyeballs!! Opposite of Rhus T.
• Better from pressure, lying on the painful side, warm drinks
• Note: Baptisia is sore all over the body, especially the part which is laid upon.
Bryonia is better off lying on the painful side since it helps stop it from moving!)

61. Two great acute migraine remedies, Belladonna
and Bryonia (Both are worse with movement)
• Belladonna: Right-sided migraines, and thirstless (or great thirst for
cold water).
• Bryonia: Left-sided, and thirsty. (Bryonia is very dry.)
• Note: Both of these remedies are also great remedies for the flu.

62. Calendula for cuts and open wounds
• You can use Calendula in any preparation (topical, tincture or a
homeopathic remedy) for the same purpose- to help speed up the
healing of a would or cut (including surgical cuts).
• You can use Calendula as a homeopathic remedy (to be taken orally)
to help with internal scars secondary to surgery.

63. Cantharis (#1 remedy for UTIs and burns)
• Cantharis is the Spanish fly.
• Burns with burning and itching blisters. Skin burns of any kind.
• The #1 remedy for UTIs (urinary tract infections or bladder infection) with raw burning
pains and constant urge to urinate.
• Sudden onset illness (like Aconite or Belladonna)
• Bladder infections, especially of sudden onset. Violent acute bladder infections. Severe
pain at beginning of or during the urine flow. Bloody urine. Scalding urine. Constant
urge to urinate. Urine is passed one drop at a time, and each drop passes as if scalding
water.
• Burning pains in the affected area.
• Worse urinating (of course since each drop burns like hell!!)
• Better with cold water. (Burns and scalds that are made better by cold water.)
• Note: Arsenicum also has burning pains, but better with heat!)

64. Carbo Vegetabilis (Charcoal) - #1 remedy for
fainting or collapse
• Most common medicine for fainting or collapse (as in advanced cardiac
failure or fainting)
• Weakness in which the person is blue and the pulse is faint, cold sweat.
• Recuperating from a debilitating illness.
• Strange: Person is cold and yet wants to be uncovered or to be fanned!!
• Tremendous amount of gas and bloating
• Worse lying flat, must sit up.
• Better with belching (if GI is involved) or being fanned or w/ a draft (if
collapsed)
• Difference between the use for Lycopodium and Carbo veg:
• Lycopodium: Too much air below the stomach (for flatulence or bloating)
• Carbo veg: Too much air above the stomach (for belching)

65. Chamomilla for extremely fussy kids
• Cross, contrary, irritable, impatient, inconsolable, crying child, especially an
infant during teething
• Demands to be carried, but they will hit you when you do so!
• Also great for earaches (especially during teething) or colic IF you see this
sort of attitude.
• Green diarrhea like chopped spinach during teething.
• Feel hot and must be put out of covers at night.
• Thirsty for cold drinks. Aversion to warm drinks.
• Worse with being touched, worse at 9 PM.
• Better with: Being carried. (In reality, better with NOTHING except the
remedy! 

66. Cinchona (or China) Officinalis
(For weakness from loss of fluids)
• #1 remedy for Malaria. (The remedy Cina is a different remedy than
China!!!). Great for periodic fever. Chills alternating with heat.
• WEAKNESS from loss of fluids (due to excessive diarrhea, vomiting,
sweating, breast feeding, blood loss, or dehydration)
• Excessive bleeding resulting in anemia? Think of this remedy.
• A LOT OF GI issues: Bloated, distended, flatulent but no relief from
belching or expelling gas. Frequent rumbling, eructation and flatus.
Cramping abdominal pain, better bending double
• Worse from touch
• Better bending double

67. Cocculus for nausea & dizziness/vertigo
• It mainly affects the central nervous system, and in most cases there
is at least some vertigo. NERVOUS SYSTEM PLUS DIGESTIVE SYSTEM.
• Motion sickness, seasickness, airsickness
• Nausea (GI) AND dizziness (brain) made worse by motion (Bryonia is
also worse from motion).
• Nervous exhaustion, anxiety, and insomnia
• Great nausea, worse from motion or during vertigo
• Numbness of hands or feet, trembling of hands

68. Colocynthis for severe abdominal cramps
better by bending over double
• Severe abdominal cramps better by bending over double
• Illness after indignation or humiliation (Note: This must be strongly present.)
• Colic in newborns
• Watery diarrhea with gas and pain (Note: There are tons of remedies for
diarrhea, you must look for other keynotes to confirm the remedy.)
• Intestines feel like stones are grinding inside
• Sciatica (often right-sided) after anger or being insulted (Better lying on affected
side)
• Menstrual cramps better heat and pressure (similar to Magnesium phos)
• Worse from becoming angry, lying on the painless side
• Better from hard pressure or lying on the side that hurts (like Bryonia) regardless
of location of pain, bending over, drawing the legs up

69. Cuprum met (copper) for violent cramps and
spasms anywhere in body. Also for convulsions
• Cramps and spasms in virtually every system, including digestive system,
respiratory system, nervous system, female system, musculoskeletal system, etc.
• VIOLENT spams with sudden onset.
• Violent abdominal cramps/colic with violent vomiting and diarrhea.
• Violent menstrual cramps
• Coughs with violent fits. Whooping cough (coughs relieved by cold drinks)
• Convulsions
• Muscle cramps in palms, calves, and soles of feet; muscle twitches
• Diarrhea with rice-water stools
• Worse from suppressed skin eruptions
• Better with cold drinks (Ex: vomiting prevented by drinking cold water)

70. Drosera = #1 remedy for deadly DRY
spasmodic coughs
• #1 remedy for deadly dry spasmodic coughs, found in say whooping
cough (pertussis). #2 remedy for such coughs is Spongia.
• Dry, barking, croupy, spasmodic cough that can end in gagging and
vomiting
• Violent fits of hard coughing with choking. Can barely breathe while
coughing.
• Worse lying down, after midnight
• Better with pressure, open air

71. Euphrasia (#1 remedy for EYE affections &
measles)
• EYE AFFECTIONS from; colds, hay fever (allergies), infections (pink
eye), eye injuries, measles.
• Allergies or hay fever when it affects mostly the eyes.
• Eyes water all the time
• Eyes are burning, irritated, sensitive to light
• Profuse acrid tearing with a bland discharge from the NOSE
• Cough only in daytime, better at night. Cough with much eye
watering.
• Worse: Evening
• Better: Open air

72. Ferrum Phos – homeopathic IRON+Phosphorus
(First stage of infections with FEVER)
• First stages of infections with HIGH FEVER where NO SPECIFIC symptoms
are present yet. (Patient often feels debilitated with the high fever.)
• You feel like you are coming down with something, but there are no clear
symptoms other than fever. (Note: Take Aconite at the first sign of a cold.)
• Inflammation of throat or lungs with FEVER, but FEW definite symptoms
present. Throat pain is worse by swallowing saliva. Tonsils red and
swollen.
• Bright red bleeding from any part of the body. Note: Phosphorus also
bleeds easily. Anemia. (Don’t take this remedy for anemia without
consulting with a homeopath!)
• High fever (generally 102 or higher) with flushed/RED face (or very pale).

73. Gelsemium (#1 FLU remedy; EXHAUSTED)
• #1 FLU remedy (THIS IS EXTREMELY important to remember.)
• Person feels EXHAUSTED and achy. Can barely get up and move around.
• 4 D’s of Gelsemium: Dizzy, drowsy, droopy and dull!
• Note: Most flu patients feel out of it, but Gelsemium patients are more so!
• Muscle aches (but not as much as in Eupatorium perf which is #2 flu
remedy. In Eupatorium, the bones ache like they are going to break.)
• Fever and chills; Thirstless
• Trembling of extremities
• Also for performance anxiety as an acute remedy. (Take a dose of Gels 30c
beforehand.)
• The person might remind you of an old, fatigued & thirstless dog sitting on
a couch resting.

74. Hepar Sulph (A great sinusitis remedy with
sharp pain)
• EXTREMELY chilly. (One of the coldest remedies, versus Argentum
nitricum, one of the hottest remedies.)
• Splinter-like sharp pains. Example: Sore throat or sinusitis with splinter-like
pains
• Tendency to form pus. Example: Tonsils swollen with pus.
• Swelling of glands. Example: Dental abscess, lung abscess, mastitis, boils,
• Severely painful ear infection, likely with discharge
• A great sinusitis remedy where there is splinter like pain somewhere in the
head
• Very highly irritable and oversensitive

75. Hypericum for NERVE PAIN (not muscle pain)
• Nerve pain from trauma, especially fingers, toes, teeth, puncture wounds, and
post-operative complaints (such as severe sharp shooting pains in the body after
any surgery including dental work)
• Great for injuries to areas with LOTS of nerves such as the tips of fingers and toes.
~ Excellent for smashed fingers or toes
• Numbness, tingling, and radiating pain along nerves
• Cuts with sharp, shooting pain
• Pain in the tailbone from a fall or a blow
• Herniated disc with shooting pains
• Worse by jarring of the affected area
• Better with rubbing the injured area
• Note: Arnica is great for muscle pain, but Hypericum is great for nerve pain.

76. Ignatia (#1 grief remedy)
• #1 grief or ailments from bad news remedy. Can be a trauma remedy.
• A highly feminine remedy (versus Nux vomica, a highly masculine
remedy)
• Weepy, sighing A LOT, & hysterical.
• 4 I’s of Ignatia: Ignatia is irritable, industrious, & idealistic.
• Note: A constitutional Ignatia might struggle with grief on an on-going
basis. They are idealistic, and reality is far from good enough!
• Muscle cramps/spasms/twitches in many cases

77. Ipecac or Ipecacuanha (great remedy for N/V)
• “Whenever nausea and vomiting are a prominent element of a case,
we must think of Ipecac.” (Dr. Roger Morrison, MD)
• Constant nausea which is incapacitating, but nausea is unrelieved by
vomiting!!
• Clean tongue despite of constant nausea
• Headache, cough, uterine bleeding, ALL WITH nausea/vomiting:
• Migraine headache with severe n/v
• Pertussis with n/v, stiffness and cyanosis (turning blue)
• Uterine hemorrhage with n/v: Sudden, bright red blood, coming in gushes,
often with n/v and faintness

78. Kali bichromicum or Kali bich (#1 sinusitis
remedy, with THICK mucous)
• Upper respiratory infections (bronchi and throat versus the lungs)
• Thick, stringy, ropey, yellow/green mucous from the nose or mouth that is
difficult to cough up and out of the throat.
• Wet coughs, but the mucous is stubborn and does not want to come out
upon coughing.
• Nose is constantly stopped up since the mucous is so thick! (Versus runny
clear discharge found in Pulsatilla, often used for a benign cold)
• Thick postnasal drip
• Last-stage of the common cold where the clear discharge turns into
yellowish/green.
• Worse with cold, damp weather
• Better with heat

79. Lachesis (a LEFT-sided remedy)
• On the FDA list of remedies that might get banned. It’s derived from snake
venom.
• Symptoms are worse on the left side of the body. Symptoms can start on
the left, and then move to the right.
• A hot remedy, aggravated by heat
• Extremely painful sore throat, worse on the left, worse by swallowing saliva
or liquids. Sensation of a lump in the throat
• General aggravation before the menstrual period.
• Purplish skin color if skin is affected.
• Worse with any kind of constriction or heat
• Better with discharge (Example: Women feeling better overall once the
menstrual flow begins.)

80. Ledum (#1 remedy for puncture wounds)
• Insect bites or stings (which are a type of puncture wounds)
• Vaccination (which is a type of puncture wounds)
• Injured area feels cold, and person wants cold application (strangely
they do NOT want warm application even though the area is cold!)
• For tetanus.
• Worse with warmth
• Better with cold

81. Lycopodium (a RIGHT-sided remedy; #1
remedy for chronic GI problems)
• #1 remedy for chronic digestive complaints, especially if they come
with excessive abdominal bloating and/or gas (too much gas inside)
• Sometimes constipated
• Symptoms are right-sided or move from right to left (opposite of
Lachesis)
• Acutely: Right-side sore throat, feels better with warm drinks. Dry
throat.
• Usually chilly but better with open air, and desire warm drinks
• Craves sweets (not like the rest of us, sort of addicted to sweets)

82. Magnesia Phos (a homeopathic muscle
relaxant)
• This is homeopathic magnesium. Magnesium in a supplement form
can relax muscles, but homeopathic magnesium can be significantly
more effective in relaxing muscles than the supplement form.
• Abdominal cramping (or gassy colic in infants) or menstrual cramps
better with hot applications, pressure, bending double, or rubbing
• Muscle cramps (Excellent for restless legs)
• Generally right-sided
• Worse with cold
• Better with warm or hot baths, pressure, rubbing or doubling up

83. Mercurius vivus = Mercurius solubis (a
homeopathic antibiotic)
• For acute or chronic ear, mouth and throat infections
• Abscessed teeth or gums, mouth ulcers, sore throat with foul breath,
swollen glands, excessive salivation (or drooling) especially at night in bed
• Bad-smelling discharges; Toxic states (as though one has ingested poison)
• If discharge from the nose or ears (in ear infection), it’s green or yellow.
• Metallic taste in the mouth
• Emotionally person feels dark and closed
• In sore throat, there is a burning raw sensation with ulcers on the tonsils
• Night sweats
• Worse at nights (all symptoms), worse with extremes of heat or cold
• Better with moderate temperature (very sensitive to temp fluctuations)

84. Natrum sulph
• An important remedy for head trauma. Note: There are numerous
other remedies for head trauma, but Nat sulph is considered to be
one of the best ones.
• Diarrhea, sudden urging to stool
• Liver and gallbladder disease such as hepatitis. (Natrum sulph as a
cell salt, 6x, is highly effective and safe for treating nausea of
pregnancy.)

85. Nux vomica (Great for overindulgence in
alcohol, drugs, etc.)
• Indigestion caused by an acute toxic state (not chronic GI weakness as is
the case with the remedy Lycopodium)
• Used to treat GI issues (such as acid reflux or nausea) brought on by
overindulgence in alcohol or drugs.
• Desires spicy foods, fat, coffee, alcohol, but worse with all of them
• Heartburn or acid reflux that is worse by spicy foods.
• Highly irritable, angry and impatient, type A personality. Highly masculine
remedy (versus Ignatia which is highly feminine)
• Chilly body type
• Worse with abuse of alcohol or drugs, excessively spicy food, cold
• Better with rest and discharges from the body

86. Phosphorus (#1 remedy for lung afflictions &
bright red bleeding from anywhere)
• Recurring respiratory infections; every cold goes to chest
• Cough, bronchitis, pneumonia, sore throat, & earache
• Great thirst for cold (even iced) drinks
• Gastritis with n/v (nausea & vomiting), better by cold drinks but vomits them as
soon as the liquids become warmed in the stomach. (Note: A great flu remedy.
Just look for the keynotes.)
• Chronic tendency to bruise and bleed easily. Bright red bleeding.
• Example: In a Phosphorus pneumonia case, patient might cough up blood.
• Example: In heavy menstrual bleeding, it’s bright red.
• If diarrhea, it’s usually painless, watery, exhausting diarrhea. Better with cold
drinks. (Note: Many cases of diarrhea are painful/crampy, requiring other
remedies.)
• Sometimes you will see tingling in the extremities
• Anxiety is often seen in the case
• Notice: Phosphorus is a top remedy for Ebola, Hepatitis, Pneumonia, and TB.

87. Phosphoric Acid (indifferent or collapsed from
grief or illness)
• Depressed, apathetic patients. Indifferent to all external events.
• Almost dead inside.
• Slow to answer. Forgetful. Mental weakness after grief.
• Ailments from grief or disappointed love.
• Collapse states fro grief, illness, drug or alcohol abuse.
• Collapse after long diarrhea or any fluid loss (similar to China or
Cinchona)
• Diarrhea which is painless and odorless. Diarrhea from grief.
• Hair loss

88. Pulsatilla (#1 remedy for the common cold)
There is a cure for the common cold afterall!
• Colds with clear discharge (not yellow or green)
• Often the ears are involved (earache)
• Mouth feels dry, yet not thirsty!! (Strange, hah?!)
• Clingy and cries easily. Mood can change quickly based on how others treat
them.
• Wants others around her (Pulsatilla children feel better from being held versus
Chamomilla children for whom no amount of consolation is sufficient. Dr. Kent
says you want to hug a Pulsatilla child but spank a Chamomilla child.)
• Note: Bryonia wants to be totally alone, the opposite of Pulsatilla.
• Temperament and physical symptoms change very quickly. Example: Irregular
periods, joint pain that moves around, mood changes rapidly, etc.
• Worse with heat (worse in warm stuffy rooms). Easily overheated.
• Better in open air and cold applications

89. Rhus tox (#1 joint pain rx, > heat & motion)
• #1 remedy for joint pain & stiffness that is better with heat and motion.
• Sprains and strains with a lot of STIFFNESS
• Restless with a constant need to move around to find a comfortable
position.
• Also a great remedy for certain skin disorders: Fine, water-filled, crusty
blisters. Skin is dry, hot, burning, and very itchy. Skin feels better with hot
water. Consider for chickenpox or shingles.
• Worse from getting cold or wet. Note: Better with hot water though!
• Better with heat and motion (versus Bryonia which is worse with motion- A
bryonia patient does not want to move at all.)
• So a hot shower in the morning, and then some movement, and the joints feel better
in such a case. When you hear this, Rhus tox can help a lot.

90. Ruta Grav (#1 remedy for sprains)
• Injuries to the tendons (tendonitis), cartilage, bursa, and periosteum (the outer
layer of bones), especially the wrists and ankles. (Note: Arnica is indicated for
muscle bruising/pain.)
• Bruises to the shin. Shin injury and shin splints.
• Acute bursitis and tendonitis, often with effusion.
• Chronic overuse or injury to tendons cause fibrosis, and nodular growths,
especially common in the wrists.
• Ganglion cysts
• Arthritic pains
• Anxiety and panic disorders with fear of death which comes on esp. during fever
or if over-heated
• Sprains from overexertion, tendonitis, knee and elbow injuries
• Restlessness (similar to Rhus tox?)
• Worse from cold, damp weather
• Better lying (some pains may be worse from lying). Soreness of part laid upon.

91. Silicea = Silica (#1 remedy for lumps and
bumps, and for pushing foreign objects out)
• Abscesses, cysts, or boils anywhere in the body. Ex: Dental abscesses,
abscess or cyst of the vulva or labia.
• (Hard) swollen lymph glands/nodes, often filled with pus.
• Sore throat with splinter-like pains
• Tonsils swollen with pus
• Useful to expel splinters and other foreign bodies
• Parotid gland swelling (mumps)
• Constitutionally, Silicas have poor health of bones, nails, or teeth (due to
mineral imbalance)
• Constitutionally, delicate features, like a porcelain doll; also detailed-
oriented and strong-willed

92. Spongia (#2 remedy for dry coughs from hell)
• In my experience:
• #1 remedy for dry coughs from hell was Drosera.
• #2 remedy for dry coughs from hell is Spongia.
• Dry, croupy, hacking, barking COUGH. Irrepressible cough coming from DEEP in
the chest. Air passages feel DRY!!!
• Dry hollow cough, like a saw cutting through wood or a barking seal
• THROAT: Throat feels dry, tight or constricted. Constant clearing of throat.
Hoarseness. Cough from tickling or irritation in throat or chest.
• Breathing is short, weak and difficult. Chest feels so weak that she can barely
talk, suffocating feeling.
• (Cough is) worse by touching the larynx (throat), talking, singing, or inhaling and
before midnight. Also worse from cold air
• (Cough is) better by eating or drinking

93. Staphysagria (Staph) for honeymoon cystitis
(bladder infections correlated with sex)
• Cantharis is the #1 remedy for a regular UTI (bladder infection).
• Staphysagria is the #1 remedy for bladder infections in women caused by sex if no history of sex
for a while OR from sudden onset excessive amount of sexual activity OR after excessive vigorous
sex (thus the title “honeymoon cystitis”), or from history of sexual abuse
• Frequent need to urinate. Urge to urinate, but nothing comes out
• UTI symptoms during OR after urination. Burning in urethra during urination or, esp., when not
urinating (between urinations)
• Bladder does not feel empty, even right after urinating
• Not just for women, also for BPH in men (resulting in retained urine), prostatitis, testicular
atrophy, and impotence
• Styes or tumors on the eyelids
• Also, great for sharp stinging pains due to surgical wounds.
• Constitutionally, a rather sweet (sort of like Pulsatilla, but not as sweet) and hypersexual person
who suffers from ailments from humiliation
• Worse from suppressed anger, grief, masturbation, or surgery. Worse after coition.
• Better from expressing emotions, esp anger, warmth, rest

94. Sulphur (#1 remedy for skin problems)
• A great skin remedy
• A hot remedy: Whether the symptom is inside the body or on the outside (or
skin), you should be seeing burning/heat in the picture. Example, burning sore
throat, burning eczema, worse from heat, etc.
• Skin: Red, burning skin eruptions with lots of itching. Itching is worse from heat.
Acne, eczema, psoriasis, scabies, boils, herpes, impetigo, tinea, chickenpox,
cellulitis, etc. (You always find a remedy for the patient, not for their condition.)
• GI:
• Heartburn after overeating or eating wrong foods. Burning pain in stomach and esophagus.
• Sudden explosive diarrhea makes him get out of bed in AM (5 AM). Stool is loose and
burning, and highly offensive
• Rectal itching and burning
• Worse from heat, the heat of the bed at nights.

95. Symphytum=Comfrey (#1 remedy for broken
bones; Also Arnica of the eye)
• The tincture can be toxic if not careful with the dosing. However, the
remedy is benign since remedies are extremely diluted. A great
example to demonstrate the usefulness of homeopathy.
• Fractures - both for pain and improved reunion of bone
• Acute fractures and non-union of previous fractures
• Injuries to cartilage or periosteum (covering of bones)
• Specific medicine for blunt injuries to the eyes (“Arnica of the eye”).
Black eye

96. Tabacum (for DEATHLY nausea & motion
sickness)
• Deathly nausea with violent vomiting, made worse by the LEAST MOTION
• Nausea of pregnancy, with spitting
• Nausea from motion sickness, seasickness, chemotherapy, acute gastritis, etc.
• Motion sickness, seasickness from the least motion. (Similar to Cocculus)
• Cold, clammy, and pale with deathly nausea
• Severe vomiting with lots of spitting. Spitting with nausea.
• Headache with deathly nausea
• Vertigo and/or nausea worse from opening the eyes
• Remember:
• Cocculus is also for motion sickness. Nausea & dizziness made worse by motion
• Ipecac is for n/v, nausea is not relieved by vomiting. Bleeding and nausea at same time.
• Worse with least motion or heat. Nausea is worse by opening the eyes.
• Better in cold, fresh air. Nausea is better by uncovering the abdomen.

97. Urtica urens (rashes that burn, sting & itch as
found in hives; also for burns)
• Urtica = Stinging nettle
• Rashes that burn, sting, and itch (similar to Apis, but Apis has lots of swelling
also. Apis for allergic reactions or anaphylactic shock. Worse heat)
• Stinging pains after burns or insect bites. (Note: Apis and Ledum are also for
insect bites.)
• Skin burns: First- and second-degree burns or scalds, with intense burning and
itching. (Similar to Cantharis. Arsenicum album also a great burn remedy.)
• Skin: Hives or allergic reaction from shellfish. Itching, stinging, and swelling of the
genitalia. Herpes of the scrotum and labia with heat and itching. Hives (w/
sensitivity & burning) from overheating and overexertion. Chickenpox. Eczema
with Urtica keynotes.
• Extremities: Joint pains alternating with nettle rash; GOUT. (Use material doses
versus potencies for this purpose?)
• Worse with cool, moist, or snowy air, cool bathing (Apis: worse with heat.)

98. Veratrum album (Going both ends with cold
sweats)
• Severe abdominal cramps with chills, vomiting, diarrhea, and profuse COLD
SWEATS, esp. on the forehead (Arsenicum does not have the cold sweats)
• Cold and worse from cold (similar to Arsenicum album, but Arsenicum has
burning pains too while they feel cold!)
• Internal coldness or feels as if ice-water in the veins not blood.
• Stomach flu with vomiting and diarrhea at the same time (Similar to Arsenicum)
• Wants ice water and vomits as soon as it is swallowed (Phosphorus can vomit the
ice water once the water warms up in the stomach.)
• A great remedy for dehydration and heatstroke.
• Considered a main remedy in cholera.
• Vomiting & diarrhea during menses with severe menstrual cramps. Feels cold.
• Collapse with a bluish color (Arsenicum album also exhausted.)
• Worse cold and cold drinks (similar to Arsenicum album)
• Better warmth and hot drinks (similar to Arsenicum album)

99. Remedies not in a typical homeopathic first
aid kit that you must have on hand:
• Crotalus 30c: Not available at health food stores
• Pyrogeneum 30c: Not available at health food stores
• Oscillococcinum (200c): Available at health food stores
• Eupatorium perf 30c: May be available at health food stores
• Tuberculinum 30c: Not available at health food stores. (A nosode)
• Medorrhinum 30c: Not available at health food stores (A nosode)
• The remedies above are important to have in case of an epidemic
disease outbreak.

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