OHM is an excellent homeopathic pharmacy located in Texas. They make a nice little kit aimed at pain management. Unfortunately, OHM doesn’t sell to the general public; but, that doesn’t stop you from creating your own little kit based on their suggested remedies.

Let’s see why these 12 11 remedies are included in this select little kit and why you may want to consider having some handy.
Note: this is a quick list to get you started — it is far from complete.


Aconite 200c

• Pains that come on suddenly and intensely; may follow shock.
• Sharp, shooting, stabbing pains; may be quite severe.
• Nerve/neuralgic pains, especially when they are accompanied by anxiety or restlessness.
• Burning pains, particularly in the face or extremities.
• Throbbing pains; headaches.
• Pains are worse from the cold and may improve with warmth.
• Sore throats, sudden colds and coughs.
• Mentally/Emotionally: marked restlessness and anxiety; with a fear of death or disaster.
• Particularly good when used as soon as possible when the symptoms arise.

Arnica 30 & 200

• Bruised and sore pain, especially after physical trauma or injury. Soft tissue injury.
• Muscle and joint pains and stiffness from overexertion or strain.
• Helpful following surgical or dental procedures.
• Headaches that feel bruised or sore; following head injury/concussion.
• Aggravation from touch or pressure.
• Restless and unable to find a comfortable position.
• Useful where the body or mind is in a state of shock due to a recent injury or traumatic event.

Bryonia 30c

• Sharp, stabbing pains — may be quite intense and are often localized.
• Worse with any movement or jarring; complete stillness is preferred.
• Joint pain, especially when movement makes it worse.
• Headaches that feel heavy and are worse from movement; may be described as “bursting.”
• Chest pain which is worse from deep breathing or coughing.
• Abdominal pain: sharp and worsens with movement. Constipation.
• May feel restless but only find relief when completely still.
• Dryness: dry, sore cough; dry mucous membranes.
• Irritability and thirst.
• Acute inflammatory conditions affecting the joints, lungs and abdomen.

Calc phos 6c

• Growing pains, especially during periods of rapid growth.
• Bone pains or soreness, particularly in cases of fractures or delayed healing.
• Neck and back pain; may be associated with weakness or poor posture.
• Joint pain may be worse in cold, damp weather and improve with warmth.
• Headaches resulting from mental exertion or stress — a dull ache.
• Abdominal discomfort or colic, especially in children

Calendula 30c

• Pain associated with cuts, scrapes and other wounds; abscesses or infected wounds.
• Burns or burning pains (including sunburns); burning sensations.
• Sore and tender skin: dermatitis, rashes, cuts, abrasions.
• Helpful to alleviate pain and promote healing after surgical procedures, especially in soft tissue.
• Joint pains which are worse movement and better with rest; sprained joints or muscles.
• Sensitive to touch or pressure.

Chamomila 30c

• Particularly effective for teething pains, characterized by irritability and discomfort.
• Colicky abdominal pain, often accompanied by cramping and restlessness.
• Intense headaches with irritability or anger. (See also, Caffeine Withdrawal.)
• Neuralgic/nerve-y pains that are sharp and shooting.
• Sore or tense muscles, especially after exertion.
• Mental/Emotional: often indicated when pain is exacerbated by emotions like anger or frustration. Sensitive to pain, feeling overwhelmed by even mild discomfort. May seek comfort from being held or cuddled, particularly in cases of teething or colic. Oversensitive to pain.
• Worse at night or during emotional distress. Better from warmth and warm applications.

Hypericum 30c

• Nerve pain: sharp, shooting, tingling or burning sensations. Nerve trauma.
  • Nerve-related pain following surgical procedures.
• Pain resulting from injuries to nerve-rich areas (fingers, toes, spine).
• Cuts or lacerations involving nerve endings.
• Headache with a neuralgic component.
• Shooting pains; may radiate from one area to another.
• Sensitivity to touch.
• Worse from movement.
• Mental/Emotional: emotional distress related to injuries or trauma.

Phosphorus 30c

• Burning pains, especially in the chest, stomach or extremities.
• Neuralgic/nerve pains: sharp and shooting, often with heightened sensitivity.
• Headaches: intense and throbbing; often described as bursting.
• Joint pains worse in the cold weather; improves with warmth.
• Crampy or colicky abdominal pain with digestive issues.
• Pain associated with bronchitis or pneumonia.
• Vascular trauma.
• Post-anesthesia effects.
• Often very sensitive to external stimuli, including touch, noise and light.
• Worse at night and during times of emotional stress.
• Thirsty for cold drinks which may temporarily relieve the burning sensations.
• There may be an emotional aspect to the pain: anxiety or fear accompanying physical symptoms.

Rhus tox 30c

• Stiffness and soreness in muscles and joints; worse after periods of rest. Muscle or tendon sprains.
• Rheumatic (deep aching or throbbing) pains, worse in cold, damp weather and better with movement and warmth.
• Burning sensations.
• Pains following overexertion or strain.
• Restlessness due to discomfort — feel they need to move to relieve the pain.
• Skin sensitivity or rashes; eczema.
• Worse at night or at rest.

Ruta 30c

• Bruised, sore and aching pains, especially after trauma or injury.
  • Injuries to bones and periosteum; sprains and dislocations.
• Useful for tendons and ligaments — often described as stiffness or strained; following injuries.
• Back pains which are worse from lying down or sitting but improves with movement.
• Eye strain — may lead to aching eyes and headaches.
• Deep pains in the bones; following injury or over-doing it.
• Sensations: strained and bruised, particularly in joints and tendons.
• Worse from cold and damp; better from warmth and rest.
• Good for mechanical injuries; overuse of muscles and tendons.

Symphytum 30c

• Deep, aching bone pains, particularly after fracture or injury. Injuries to bones, cartilage and periosteum.
  • NOTE: do not use Symphytum with suspected fracture until after imaging and the bone is properly set.
• Pain from injuries to bones and soft tissues. Joint pains often better with movement.
• Bruised or sore sensations.
• Pain following surgical procedures involving bones or joints.
• Nerve pain occurring in conjunction with bone injuries.
• Sensitive to touch — even the slightest touch can cause discomfort.

This kit suggests using the appropriate remedy every 15 minutes in acute situations. Reduce frequency repetition upon improvement.
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I have a number of longer homeopathic pain remedy articles still in the works. Sit tight!


Julia Coyte, CHom
Classically Practical homeopath

#wellnessawaits

We are definitely in the dog days of summer here in the desert southwest. It is monsoon season but the rain is not landing on us. We do have a couple of rooms in the house that have a little air conditioner, the rest of the house is cooled with a swamp cooler. For the most part, I definitely prefer the swamp over refrigerated air — the windows need to be open for them to work properly (we still hear the birds and the the little fountain!) and we’re not hermetically sealed inside and they add some much needed moisture into our desert house. For those unfamiliar, a swamp cooler is an evaporative cooler, meaning it only works during low humidity. How high does the humidity need to be for the swamp cooler to turn the house swampy? Not very — once we go above 30% humidity, it starts to feel fruitless. See here for more information. As I write this, the swamp has cooled our porch down to 80 (from the 99 outside), but with 56% humidity I have the unusual (for us) experience of a water glass covered in condensation.

These hot and (relatively) humid days, remind me of the movie 12 Angry Men. Have you seen it? The original film with Henry Fonda (1957)? Fantastic movie. If you haven’t seen it, put it on the list — again, the original black and white movie. (You’ll get over it not being in color soon enough. You can do it.)

​12 Angry Men is about the 12 jurors stuck in a jury room where one juror holds out against the others — and, of course they have to confront their own biases and demons while enduring a hot, sweaty environment.
There’s so much to say about this movie — swimming against the current… doing what is right even though you’re alone and it’s difficult… bias, prejudice and yes, anger.

I’m not the only homeopath who watches a movie and wonders what homeopathic remedy may benefit each character. (See also, Fictional Wounds for a previous take.) I wish I had taken notes during the movie to flesh out the characters and their anger. In hindsight, it was really only 11 angry men and 1 who was determined, rather than angry.

With these memories of this movie popping into my head with these hot and sweaty days, I thought I would take a look at different kinds of anger. Well, sort of — more of how anger is expressed or what sets it off.

Let’s now look at our 12 angry men. It has been a couple of years since I last watched it and I didn’t take notes, so I did ask Grok for a review of the characters to refresh my memory (turns out I did pretty well without any notes — the movie must have made a bigger impression on me than I realized!)

1. A man who just had to be right
2. A man who was angry with the idea of missing his ball game
3. A man who was really angry about his estranged son and his anger colors his thoughts on the defendant.
4. A man who was openly angry about immigrants.
5. A timid man who would get annoyed at being ignored or talked over.
6. A man who was angry about being looked down upon due to his upbringing.
7. A man who would get angry when he felt older jurors were not being shown the respect he thought they deserved.
8. A man, the foreman, who was frustrated by the lack of order — he was trying to keep things proper and run an efficient meeting.
9. A man who was indignant about how he saw prejudice clouding judgement.
10. A man who was angry that others were not showing the proper respect to the justice system.
11. A man who was irritated at having to be inconvenienced.
12. The not very angry man, our protagonist, who was determined, rather than angry — he was frustrated by the rush to convict without giving it the attention the situation deserved.

Let’s ruminate on some anger remedies (and, rubrics)!
Are there other rubrics? Absolutely! It’s a movie, I went very surface level, here! Note: I used Murphy (via RadarOpus) unless otherwise noted and I kept it to just two possible remedies for each man — just enough to get a broad overview of the anger aspect of each remedy.

For the man who had to be right (#1) I would consider Platinum metallicum or Lycopodium.

• Platina is known for its haughtiness and arrogance and a fear of losing control over themselves or their environment
• Lycopodium has a fear of failure and a strong desire to be seen as competent and knowledgeable — leading to the need to always be right.
  • Rubrics used:
    • Mind - CONFIDENT - excessive, self-esteem
    • Mind - SELF, general - self-sufficient, needs no help from others - overly confident
    • Mind - PRESUMPTUOUS
    • Mind - CONTRADICTIONS, general - intolerant, of

#2, the man who was angry about missing a ball game, Ignatia or Gelsemium.

• Ignatia is known for anger with anxiety and silent grief; it may alternate with cheerfulness or anger from bad news.
• Gelsemium is the anticipatory anxiety remedy. This man was anticipating his ball game and he was angry he couldn’t attend.
  • Rubrics chosen:
    • Mind - ANGER, general - refused, when things he wants are
    • Mind - ANGER, general - trifles, at
    • Mind - SELFISHNESS (Gels is not in this rubric)
    • MIND - Emotions effects - Anger, bad news, disappointment, vexation (Boericke)
    • Mind - ANGER, general - vexation, from
    • Mind - ANTICIPATION, general - ailments, from
    • Mind - DISAPPOINTMENTS, ailments from
      
      

The 3rd man was really angry with (at?) his estranged son. This one was trickier because there is most likely so much underneath this anger. For the sake of this discussion, however, I would be looking at Natrum muriaticum and Lycopodium (and in this situation, it’s even trickier because both remedies are included in some very important rubrics).

• Nat mur dwells on past unpleasant memories — how in the past is this estrangement, I don’t recall (or, they never said). They are easily provoked to anger and has a disinclination to mental work (like jury duty, I am assuming).
• We looked at one aspect of Lycopodium anger above, let’s look further. Lyc has complaints brought on by fear and fright, chagrin, anger, vexation, anxiety. Might this man have been fearful for/of his son or embarrassed that his son was keeping his distance from him?
  • Rubrics chosen:
    • Mind - ANGER, general - absent, persons while thinking of them, angry at
    • Mind - ANGER, general - grief, with silent
    • Mind - ESTRANGED, feels - family, from
    • Mind - ABANDONED, forsaken feelings - ailments, from being
    • Mind - DISCORDS, ailments from

Man #4 is an angry bigot. The top 2 remedies are Causticum and Lycopodium.

• Causticum — has (most of) the word “Cause” in it. These are people who get angry over an injustice.
• Lycopodium, Farrington (1935) tells us, is “irritable, malicious and intolerant of contradiction, and goes about seeking a quarrel. … He is restless, and full of anxiety and fears. At times he may be haughty and domineering…”
  • Rubrics chosen:
    • Mind - PREJUDICED, attitudes
    • Mind - INTOLERANCE
    • Mind - CRITICAL, censorious
    • Mind - INTOLERANCE - ailments, from
    • MIND - PREJUDICED - traditional prejudices

Our 5th man is timid and doesn’t take kindly to being talked over. Here comes Lycopodium again, as well as Staphysagria.

• Turning to Farokh Master (2017), Lycopodium has an “extreme lack of confidence in his own abilities… This arises from being verbally criticized by dominating parents.” (Was the 5th man dominated by his parents? We don’t have that answer.) Cowperthwaite (1909) adds: “morose, peevish, vehement, angry, timid. Easily aroused to anger.”
• Staphysagria is well known for its suppressed anger and I don’t think it’s hard to see how suppressed anger can lead to timidity. Master, this time from his book Suppressed Staphysagria (2003), says: “He gets angry when any injustice is done but does not retaliate due to timidity.”
  • Rubrics used:
    • Mind - TIMID
    • Mind - CONFIDENT - alternating, with - timidity (Staph)
    • Mind - TIMID - public, about appearing in, to talk (Lyc)
    • Mind - ANGER, general - ailments, from - suppressed, from
    • Mind - DOMINATION, by others, ailments from - history, of, a long

Juror #6 is the man who is angry about being looked down upon due to his upbringing. Once again, we are comparing between Staphysagria and Lycopodium.

• I am going to make the assumption that shame (See, also: Shame.) plays a role in this man’s anger. Staphysagria is a big shame remedy. Murphy (2003) says: Great indignation about the things done by others or by himself, grieves about the consequences. Humiliation, deep guilt and shame.… Very sensitive as to what others say…”
• Lycopodium shame, however, according to Jonathan Shore (1990): “Humiliation and shame, as opposed to indignation.… Indignation is a certain sort of anger, righteous anger. Mortification is anger with shame, humiliation.”
  • Rubrics chosen:
    • Mind - ANGER, general - ailments, from - suppressed, from
    • Mind - DOMINATION, by others, ailments from - history, of, a long
    • Mind - SHAME, ailments from

Angry man #7 is the one who would get angry when he felt the older jurors were not being shown the respect he thought they deserved. Colocynthis and Causticum.

• Colocynthis cannot tolerate injustice. Arndt (1904) tells us Colocynthis is “useful in troubles caused by anger or indignation.”
• As we learned above, Causticum believes strongly in justice. Master (2017): “Cannot tolerate injustice; very strong morals and an innate sense of what is right and wrong.”
  • Rubrics chosen:
    • MENS - SYMPATHETIC, compassionate - misfortune of others, greatly affected by (Mangialavore)
    • MENS - AILMENTS from - misfortune of others (Mangialavore)
    • R.R. - Mind; Anger, irascibility; injustice, from (Viva: Reliable Rep)
    • Mind - ANXIETY, general - others, for
    • Mind - INJUSTICE, general - injustice, cannot tolerate

#8 (should probably be #1 since he was the foreman) is frustrated by the lack of order — he worked hard to keep thing running properly. Aurum metallicum and Calcarea carbonica are two remedies which take their responsibilities seriously.

• Aurum met can be angry with himself and his mistakes or about business matters; there may be some anxiety with the anger.
• Calc carb may have some anxiety with the anger or, just thinking about former stresses may bring on some anger.
  • Rubrics used:
    • Mind - CARES, full of
    • Mind - RESPONSIBILITY, general - ailments, from too much
    • Mind - CARES, full of - trifles, about
    • Mind - ANXIETY, general - business, about
    • Mind - BUSINESS, general - cares, worries about business
    • Mind - WORRIES, tendency, to - business, or work
    • Mind - ANGER, general - business, about

The 9th man was indignant about how he perceived others’ prejudices clouding their judgement. The two remedies I would think about for this man are Nux vomica and Ignatia.

• Nux vomica is an irritable sort who gets easily annoyed by lots of things. According to New England Journal of Homeopathy (1995), Nux vomica “gets very angry at injustice. She does not watch the news, because it depresses her.”
• Looking further at Ignatia from Shore (1990): “Except… you see she has this feeling for the children being teased… but it is not really like Causticum. It is not a question of injustice; it is a question of pain. … It is just sort of a passing thought, especially when she was talking about how she didn’t like it when other kids were being teased.”
  • Rubrics chosen:
    • Mind - CONTEMPTUOUS
    • MENS - ANGER, irascibility - tendency (Mangialavore)
    • MENS - ANGER, irascibility - tendency - contradiction, from (Mangialavore)
    • MENS - IRRITABILITY - injustice, from
    • Mind - INJUSTICE, general - injustice, cannot tolerate (Mangialavore)

Juror #10 is the man who was righteously angry that others were not showing the proper respect to the justice system. This was a harder one to figure out, but I came down to Kali carb and Cuprum metallicum.

• Kali carb, from New England Journal of Homeopathy (1996): “As a result of their perfectionism and self-containment, Kali carbonicum individuals develop a deep Resentment [sic] of any person who appears to be breaking the rules without evidence of conscience or remorse. They are driven to be ‘good’ by their internal critic, while they judge and condemn anyone who does not conform to their idea of correctness. Eventually they are filled with resentment and display a chronic Irritability [sic].”… “If, however, their partner embarrasses them by breaking a rule of behavior they can become quite angry and are unable to recapture the view of their partner as a good person.”
• Vermeulen (2004) says Cuprum metallicum is “Very respectful of RULES; angry when others do not respect them.… He is a lover of leadership, rules and regulations.”
  • Rubrics used:
    • MENS - LAW, very respectful (Mangialavore)
    • Mind - DUTY - sense, of duty, too much
    • MENS - DUTY - great sense of

#11 is a man who was irritated at having to be inconvenienced. This one, too, has so many underlying possibilities, it’s hard to get a handle on it, but I am going to make a couple of assumptions in my rubric choices. The main remedy that comes up is Nux vomica but further down the way were two rubrics that led me to an interesting choice of remedy that I would not have thought about: Ipecac.

• Nux vomica is a big “business” and “work” and “anger”remedy, but it also has some selfishness, too. When we put together a man who is irritated at an inconvenience for his civic duty, perhaps some of these rubrics point us to Nux.
• Buck (1895) says Ipecac is “Angry for the smallest trifle.” Clarke (1902) reminds us: “Irritability, and disposition to be angry.”
  • Rubrics chosen:
    • Mind - SELFISHNESS
    • Mind - LAZINESS, behavior - business, when transacting
    • Mind - GLOOMY, morose - business, does not proceed fast, when
    • Mind - ANGER, general - business, about
    • Mind - MUTTERING, general - business, matters, about (Note: it has been too long to remember if this character muttered, but it felt right. Regardless, it’s an interesting rubric.)

Our final juror, our protagonist, was not actually angry but very determined and was frustrated by the rush to convict someone without giving it the attention the situation deserved. In this instance, there is nothing to be addressed, homeopathically speaking. However, here are a few rubrics that could be used in conjunction with this man:

• Mind, general; determination, general (Viva: Murphy Meta)
• Mind, general; determination, general; strong (Viva: Murphy Meta)
• Mind - OBSTINATE, stubborn, headstrong
• Mind; Dutiful (Viva: Reliable)
• Mind - JUSTICE, obsessed with
• Mind; Integrity, sensation of; concerned about his (Viva: Reliable)
• Mind - VEHEMENCE
  
  

There is one more character in this movie: the weather. It was hot and muggy with all the men sweltering with just one measly fan in the room.

• Mind - STUPEFACTION, mental - weather, during hot
• Generals - HOT, weather - agg.
• Generalities; Weakness, enervation; weather; hot (Viva: Reliable)
• Generalities; Weather; hot weather; ailments from (Viva: Reliable)
• Mind; Weather; sultry, agg (Viva: Reliable)

Since I have the information sitting in front of me, Antimonium crud and Lachesis are the predominant remedies from these hot weather rubrics.

12 Angry Men nicely illustrates the individualization of homeopathy — there is not one remedy that would address the various expressions of anger in all these men. Their past experiences and the way their anger shows up and what they do with that anger — these are all very important considerations in finding a suitable homeopathic remedy.

This article has been rolling around in my head since I last saw this movie a couple of years ago and I now know why it took so long to see the light of day — it’s actually a really big topic. (Look for the Digging Deeper into Angry Remedies soon.)

It turns out, though, that I was more than happy to while away some of these really hot days sitting in front of my fan, listening to my little fountain outside the open window and finally putting some possible homeopathic remedies to these characters.

​Julia Coyte, CHom
Classically Practical homeopath

#wellnessawaits

Reference list
Arndt, H. E., 1904. First Lessons in the Symptomatology of Leading Homoeopathic Remedies. accessed through Radar Opus software.

Buck, H., 1895. The Outlines of Materia Medica & Clinical Dictionary. accessed through Radar Opus software. B. Jain Publishers.

Clarke, J. H., 1902. A Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica. accessed through Radar Opus software.

Cowperthwaite, A. C., 1909. A Text-book of Materia Medica and Therapeutics, Characteristic, Analytical and Comparative. accessed through Radar Opus software.

Farrington, H., 1935. Homeopathy and homeopathic prescribing : A study course for graduate physician.

Master, F., 2017. Clinical observations of children’s remedies. New Delhi, India: B. Jain Publishers (P) Ltd.

Master, F. J., 2003. Suppressed staphysagria. B. Jain Publishers.

Murphy, R., 2003. Homeopathic medical repertory : a modern alphabetical repertory. Blacksburg, Va.: H.A.N.A. Press.

New England Journal of Homeopathy, 1995, 4 (2).
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New England Journal of Homeopathy, 1996, 5 (2).
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Shore, J., 1990. Seminar Glasgow [Scotland]. Presented at the Seminar Glasgow. Accessed through Radar Opus software
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Vermeulen, F., 2004. Prisma : the arcana of materia medica illuminated : similars and parallels between substance and remedy. accessed through Radar Opus software. Haarlem, Netherlands: Emryss.

​First off, let me tell you that I am an absolute sucker for a little book. Make it hardcover and I’m hooked even more. Gild the edges and you have me judging a book by its cover and I’m in love with it!

Emma Van Hinsbergh** (2024) wrote this very pleasing little book. It’s like those lovely little books that are on display in the bookstores around Mother’s Day or Christmas. A perfect little gift.

All the pages are illustrated with a gentle shade of green. The introduction says, “By using this book as a handy tool to delve more deeply into this fascinating healing system, you can learn how to improve your mind, body and soul. From getting a better night’s sleep to boosting your immune system, homeopathy can set you on the road to a healthier, happier life.”

Chapter 1: A Gentle Healing Tradition, explains the history and principles of homeopathy.

Chapter 2: Why Choose Homeopathy? The author explains how “homeopathy is often sought for chronic conditions, where conventional medicine might not help in providing long-term relief. It aims to stimulate the body’s natural healing abilities, addressing the root cause of the imbalance and promoting overall well-being.” She lists a couple of pages of the benefits of using homeopathy (gentle, individualized, safe) and gives a little case study showing how homeopathy was “absolutely life changing” for one teenager.

Chapter 3: Your Health explains how homeopathic remedies are made, what to expect during a homeopathic consultation and ten helpful questions to ask a potential homeopath.

Chapter 4: Daily Healing begins by explaining how to use homeopathy at home, followed by materia medica of few remedies and remedies one might want to include in a homeopathic home kit and then a few remedies for some mental/emotional symptoms and rounds out the chapter with a very quick description of the top 50 homeopathic remedies.

Chapter 5: Be Your Own Homeopath tells you how to do just that — how to match the symptoms and choose the best remedy and potency. This is the bulk of the book — a mini (and pretty) homeopathic handbook. This chapter ends with a very short list of common conditions and possible remedies.

The acknowledgements page thanks the team at Homeopathy UK (“the UK’s leading charity for the promotion of homeopathy”) and lists a few websites to get you on your way to your next step in using homeopathy.

In short, this little book is an excellent gift for the homeocurious person in your life. The idea of homeopathy can be a hard sell for a lot of people. This book is a non-threatening (welcoming even!) introduction for homeopathy newbies.



Julia Coyte, CHom

Classically Practical homeopath


#wellnessawaits


*ABOUT THE SERIES: Sirius Hidden Knowledge Series explores some of the most fascinating subjects in modern alternative thought and practice. Written by experts and renowned practitioners in their respective fields, this series brings the latest in developments in everything from spiritual development to alternative health. These delightful hardback editions are presented with gold embossed cover designs and gilded page edges.”
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**Emma Van Hinsbergh is not a homeopath, according to the page cited above. She is a reporter/editor, specializing in health and wellbeing. Not that it matters, I’m just dotting is and crossing ts. In fact, this might be a selling point of the book - it is truly written for the absolute homeopathic greenhorn.

Learning to use homeopathy can be a little overwhelming and daunting. A little technology may make it a little easier.
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I went through my old list and then I scrolled through the app store on my iPhone, iPad and Mac. A lot of the original apps are still around — a few of them have been nicely updated and a bunch of new stuff, too.

• New (to me) apps are preceded by *.
• Apps where I updated my thoughts are preceded by †.

I did not click on any that were not in English.

There were so many new (to me, anyway) apps, that I divided them into categories.

• Desktop apps
• Phone apps
  • AI apps
  • General Homeopathy apps
  • Homeopathic Literature apps
  • Homeopathy for Pets
  • Professional Homeopathy apps
• Web-based apps

I alphabetized it this time.
If it appears on the iPad app, I have noted that. NOTE: I did not test the iPad app to see if it works properly on that device. I have simply made mention of the fact that it appears on the iPad App Store.
Note: There are a couple of apps which seem to be essentially the same, but I have to admit I gave up trying to figure out that minutiae.

Desktop Apps (via the Apple app store)
​*Beladonna [sic]: The Complete Companion for Professional Homeopaths. Using Kent’s repertory, it allows you to repertorize your symptoms and the possible remedies pop up on the right hand side of the screen.

• My initial thought for the home user is that it would be a good, handy place to keep your family records, but I didn’t dig deep enough to see if that would actually work.
• I did not purchase the app and when I clicked on the various options to do so, it gave an error message.

Phone appsI was pleased to see the surprisingly large number of mobile apps on the iPhone if you search “Homeopathy” in the app store. (If they mention the app being available for Android, I have included that information.) I played around with a few of them so you don’t have to.

From here, they are divided into AI apps; General Homeopathy apps; Homeopathy-adjacent apps; Homeopathic Literature apps; Homeopathic Pharmacies; Homeopathy for Pets; Professional Homeopathy apps; and, Web-based apps.
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​AI apps
*Dr. Senan Homeopathy: Smarter Homeopathy Practice & Prescribing with Interactive AI.

• An account is required to move forward. I didn’t register.
• iPad

*Materia Medica AI does not require an account but there is an option to have one and I’m not sure if there would be a difference, or not. It asks you to “prepare your library” and download 111 mb of books. It says, “One-time download. Works fully offline after this.”

• I already have these books on my phone so I didn’t complete the process.
• iPad

*My Materia - Homeopathy looks like an AI chat bot. The first screen asks you to tell it what’s going on. If you want to save your conversations, you need to sign up. Then, as promised, comes the materia medica with an overview for each of the 619 remedies, followed by Symptoms & Indications for relevant bodily systems, modalities, remedy relationships and dose information.

• It appears to be free, but I didn’t sign up to find out.
• A lot of remedies I have never even heard of, in addition to common remedies.
• I played with the chat bot a little bit and it says it’s only able to work with acute conditions but I was impressed with the questions it asked. For the example I used, it provided only one remedy.
• I liked using this app.
• iPad

*Your Master Homeopathy says: “Answer 30 carefully crafted questions to uncover which of 48 classical homeopathic constitutional remedies best matches your unique physical and emotional profile.” Sounds fun!

• Not all of the answers for each question covered what would be my response.
  • With that, I’m going to guess there are 4 “types” that pop up depending on which of the 4 answers you chose in the first part of the quiz. It gives you an overview of your “type” and lists a handful of remedies within “your family”.

At the end of the quiz, you can choose to email the results, retake the quiz or ask the AI Guide. The AI Guide didn’t respond when I pressed it. Turns out that’s where the money enters the equation. It says for $7.99 (one-time purchase, I think). In return for your money, you get: unlimited AI conversations; personalized remedy guidance; symptom and remedy explanations and constitutional type deep-dives. On the next page, it says it offers holistic guidance of diet, lifestyle and remedy suggestions and that it’s private and secure: “Your health information is never stored or shared.”

• It was a fun quiz, but in a few of the answers, I felt pushed in a direction that was not accurate to me. Having said that, the remedy it suggested for me is a remedy I have used to very good effect in the past, but I never would consider it “my constitutional” remedy.
• I didn’t purchase it, but I like the idea of a homeopathy-specific AI right there on my phone. (I have played with an on-line homeopathy AI and I really enjoyed it.)
• iPad

General Homeopathy Apps
*Boger: CM Boger’s repertories app

• “The app offers users the capacity to repertorise symptoms using jointly CM Boger’s 3 repertories: General Analysis (GA), Synoptic Key (SK) and Boger-Boenninghausen (BB).”
• $29.99
• I did not purchase the app, but am tempted to play with it.
• iPad

*Cliniq Homeopathique opens with a disclaimer and then requires registration.

• I did not register.
• iPad

*Dr Moolchandani’s Homeopathy appears to be for registered patients.

• iPad

*Eureka Homeopathy Game requires a $1.99 premium 3-month subscription. I took the bait and learned that it auto-renews after 3 months, FYI. You then choose your avatar (I’m assuming they are all famous homeopaths but I did not recognize the first 2 options which were available at the basic level).
“Hot or Chilly” is the game. Remedy names pop up and you choose whether they are hot or chilly. You can play in Timer Mode or Life Mode and apparently can play multiplayer.
That’s it. Arcade-music is played, you’re presented with remedy names (a few I have never heard of) and then you choose if they are hot or chilly. If the game progresses beyond Hot or Chilly, there is no indication.

• Note to self: cancel my auto-renewal.
• If anybody moves through the levels and learns there is more to this game, let me know!
• iPad

*Hcura Pro requires registration.

• I have no reason for this, but I feel like it’s for established clients?
• iPad — once I saw it here, it looks absolutely for clients

*HealingArtist: Classical Homeopathic Analysis opens with a privacy policy that you have to opt in to use. On the next page, an ad for a local rug cleaning company shows in the middle of the screen and asks if the problem you are experiencing is a new issue or an old issue. Acute or chronic, it appears. To continue, you have to enter your personal details… which I did not do.
You can “Unlock Expanded Insight” which claims to give additional review layer for each case; richer remedy details and additional context; ad-free experience; view results without ad-based unlocks and support a small team building classical homeopathy tools.
Pricing: Yearly: $14.99. Monthly: $1.99. One-time payment: $34.99.

• I didn’t enter my information and I didn’t try it.
• iPad

†Healio Homeopathy (at the time of this writing 7/26) offers a monthly plan for $2.99/$6.99; a 3 month plan for $5.99/$14.99; and $11.99/$29.99 for the yearly plan.
For this trial run, I searched for “post-nasal catarrh” and what comes up is a long list of remedies with color coded buttons on the side of “low,” “medium,” and “high” to help you wade through them. Once you click on one of the listed remedies you then get more information on that remedy. The information provided comes from Kent and there is a lot of it. (Note: I did not purchase a subscription and it appears you just have to sit through a momentary ad to get to your information. It looks like you can have the “analysis” feature if you subscribe.)

• I found this app not quite as easy to use as some of the others but it provides a lot of information.
  • †It appears you can pay to avoid the ads, but even without paying, it’s just a short wait to get the nicely detailed materia medica highlights for the suggested remedies.
  • †They offer “analysis” when you upgrade to “Pro.”
  • †The repertory was pretty fun to play around with.
  • †I don’t recall so much information when I played around with it last time.
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*Homeo Guide: Homeopathy for all & Homeopathic Guide (I thought were one and the same, but now I’m not so sure. Apologies if I messed this up.) When this app opens, it goes immediately to an alphabetical list of remedies. Each remedy lists the substance from which it is derived (Example: Abrotanum. “Lemongrass. This remedy is recommended for regulating intestinal disorders (alternating diarrheas and constipations). It is especially recommended for treating infants.)”

• It provides guidelines in addition to the remedy suggestions. For example: Cough: Take 3 granules 3 times per day. It then proceeds to list “triggers” such as: While swallowing; Allergic cough; Productive cough; During menstruation, etc. Following this, it has “According to Symptoms.” Followed by “According to sensations” and “According to concomitant symptoms.”
• Quite a lot of information in here. I did notice some of the remedies listed would not be readily available for some home users.
• “Homeopathic Guide” looks promising, but when I click on the conditions, some of them seem to be correctly linked with what follows but others were not.
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*Homeo Mate: Your homeopathic reference library. This app looks very promising but it’s by subscription. Lifetime: $64.99 and Weekly: $2.99/week.

• It appears you can access the conditions in the “First Aid” section as well as the remedy names but you have to pay to see the further information about each remedy.
• You can “Browse by System” which again, shows the remedy names.
• It provides a few free results of remedy information: Ambra Grisea, Aconitum napellus and Allium cepa.
• It appears the “Remedies” section gives the “A” and “B” remedies for free and the rest of the alphabet is for Premium subscribers. However, I tried to return to the beginning of the alphabet and I was unable to do so.
• A “Notes” section also appears to be for Premium subscribers.
• iPad

*Homeo Treatment Guidelines — is actually STGH, listed below. “Access Latest Standard Treatment Guidelines in Homeopathy.”

• Registration is required.
• I have no idea what they have to offer.
• iPad

*Homeocare International requires registration. “Get Treated with Constitutional Homeopathy Treatment for 100 plus diseases at your fingertips using our App. First corporate Homeopathic clinics to use genetic constitutional treatment method. 15+ Million People Treated, 300+ Doctors, 50+ Clinics across South INDIA. Sign up Now! Online consultation. Homeopathy Treatment. Serving from 36+ years. Expert Homeopathy Doctors.”

• Only available for iPhone.
• Digging deeper on line, it looks like it’s for current patients — booking appointments, uploading medical reports, making payments, etc.
• iPad

*Homeopathic Cure lists, for example: Children Diseases; Female and Male Diseases; Brain Diseases. It’s important to note that “diseases” may not be the most apt word — the first “brain disease” that pops up is “Anger,” followed by 3 short remedy descriptions.
When I clicked on “Neck, Shoulder” it gives postural/positional suggestions followed by “Neck- Stiff” and 5 suggested remedies followed by a few more specifics and their remedy suggestions.
“Other Diseases” is 46 pages beginning with “Frost Bait” [sic] and “Drowning” and what to pay attention to if you are caring for someone suffering from one of those.

• Not all the remedies listed are what I would think of first for some of the conditions, but who’s to say these aren’t better suggestions?
• I’ve never heard of “Sheetad Disease” but I now know they should be given daily Vitamin C. (I would have thought maybe Sheetad was referring to Scurvy, but that entry appears a few pages later. The internet was no help in trying to learn what Sheetad Disease is.🤷‍♀️
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†Homeopathic Helper is an app for Apple and Android phones ($14.99 at the time of writing, 2024). The app includes a free book which is a nice little introduction to homeopathy with some sample cases and dosage instructions.

• †I didn’t see this book this time.
• †I don’t recall paying for this app and this time around, I don’t see an option to pay anything.

Once you have registered an account, you can choose “conditions” or “remedies.” A few of the choices: allergic reactions, bladder infections, earache, impetigo, sciatica, shingles. Each condition has a brief overview followed by a handful of remedies which may be useful.

• †Perhaps I registered last time I did this and that’s why it worked this time, but I actually think I downloaded it anew. 🤔

When searching by “Remedy,” “Dosage Instructions” pops up first followed by the remedies. I clicked on Aethusa and was met with a pretty picture of the plant and a tap-able description of “Nausea & Vomiting” which takes me back to that condition. Aconite shows a list of 6 different conditions, for comparison’s sake.

• †It includes two free downloadable books: Think Outside the Lunchbox Cookbook and About Homeopathy and also has biographies of the two homeopaths behind the app: Jyl Steinback and Dr. Maryann Ivons.
• Overall, I would say it’s a very nice app and I like that the remedies listed reach just slightly beyond commonly available remedies.

• I found the selection of remedies provided for each condition I looked at to be helpful and clear.
• iPad

†Homeopathic Prescriber teaches how to take a case as well as an A-Z of symptoms. I was randomly clicking around and stumbled on the entry for “screaming children” with further differentiation of symptoms, like: night screaming; piteous crying; before urine passes — followed by the suggested remedy. They have a button for Video News which says the videos will change periodically. Today it showed only one video for Homeopathy for Depression and Anxiety.

• There is something intriguing about this app. I think I’ll be playing around with this one a little bit more.
  • † Nothing is listed in the Video News section now (2026)

*Homeopathic Treatment opens with an ad and then has icons for various conditions: Eyes Diseases, Ear Diseases, Brain Diseases.** I had to click on the Brain Diseases again… Anger is the first listed and it offers a little introduction: “When a person has to work against or mental tensions take birth in the mind because of any disease, he shows his tension through his way of speaking or behavior. It is called anger. The voice of an angry person is heavy and he speaks with irritation. A person suffers from bilious disorders, neural disorder or mental tension. Showing anger in normal conditions or while talking is kind of symptom of bilious disorder.” Not how I would describe anger, but I can’t disagree with what is written here. Five remedies with a little write up of each are offered to help with Anger.
**Astute readers will see a separate entry which includes “Brain Diseases.” I’m not certain the two apps are related, but I wouldn’t be surprised to learn they are.There is an alphabetical materia medica at the end (called “Homeopathic Medicines”). It’s quite small and some expected remedies are not present (Aconite, Nat mur are two that I looked for) but what is there, is useful.

• The interface is a little clunky and I’m assuming they will be adding more remedies at some point?

*Homeopathy at Home, is developed by Mary Greensmith (who, I believe, is the brains behind Homeopathy 247). The layout is very smooth and pleasing. Below each symptom/remedy suggestions section, there are tabs for Potency & Dose; Disclaimer; References; Chronic Prescribing; Understanding Your Symptoms and More Information (which directs you to the “Learning” tab for case studies, homeopathic courses, prescribing methodology and videos). The videos take you to Mary’s YouTube channel while remaining in the app. You can access the Homeopathy247 podcast from the app, too.

• I think I will be moving this to a more prominent place on my home screen. It’s a really nice app.
• iPad

†Homeopathy Clinical Tips (see also Homeopathy Tips below, from the same company) asks you to register, but it appears you can use it without doing so. This is not as user friendly as some of the others but it does offer some potency and dosing suggestions.
When clicking the “Useful Tips,” up pops many little pictures of information. For instance, “Examination Fear” says “Argentum nitricum 200c offers instant relief” and names the author of the suggestion, in this case, Dr. Foubister.
“Clinical Tips,” shows three remedies for “Abscess” and provides some more specifics when you click on it. It also offers potency and dosing and again lists the contributing authors.
“Clinical Tips” lists remedies, not alphabetized, some of which have a condition listed beneath and others do not.
There are buttons for “Organ” and “System.”

• This is kind of a fun little app to play around with but not as helpful as some of the others for new homeopathy users.
  • †Still fun to play around with — Looking at “Frozen Shoulder - Sanguinaria” under organs — it says “indicated in cases of frozen shoulder when there is severe pain in the right shoulder with restriction of movements.” It suggests a “30c, 4 hourly. Stop when better” and notes the information comes from Dr. Jawahar Shah.
  • †The Useful Tips are still fun.
  • †”Celebrity Comments” are interesting.
  • †I didn’t see “Examination Fear” this time, but did find “Examination Funk.”
  • †Not the user-friendliest interface, but I still like playing around with this app.
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†Homeopathy for Everyone, AKA HPE appears to be free and is a little different than the other listings in that they provide some combination remedy suggestions as well as potency and dosing guidance. Note: A number of the suggested remedies are unusual remedies. When you click on “whiplash” for example, it lists a remedy combo, suggests taking it 3 times a day for a maximum of a week and that’s that. It appears to be just that for every condition clicked.

• This app is interesting in that it provides combos and some out of the norm remedies.
  • † I got a chuckle out of a few of the entries. For example: Male diseases; Impotency; For overly sexual and now shagged out.
  • † Many out of the norm remedies.

​*Homeopathy - HomeoMate — I think this is the same as “Homeo Guide reviewed above.

Homeopathy Tips seems to also be called “Visual Tips” (from the same company as Homeopathy Clinical Tips listed above) offers Visual Tips, divided into “Clinical Tips,” “Diet & Nutrition Tips,” “Health Tips,” “Amazing Facts” and “Celebrity Testimonials.”

The Clinical Tips are images for conditions, such as “Mountain Sickness” with remedy/dosing suggestions.

Diet and Nutrition Tips, like: “Chili,” for example, states “They stimulate the release of feel-good endorphins in the brain.”

Health Tips, like: “Learn to Relax” says, “unwind, take up a hobby and start socialising. This fights stress and depression.”

Amazing Facts, like: “If all muscles in your body worked together, you could lift more than 10 tons.”

Celebrity Testimonials come from everybody from John d. [sic] Rockefeller to Prince Charles to Pamela Anderson.

The “More” button connects you to Mind Technologies and other “Hompath Products” such as Hompath Firefly, Zomeo, MMLive, Miasms (among others).

• I suppose it’s fun to dig around in here for a bit, but I don’t see myself returning to it for reference.
• iPad

*Homeopathy UK — it appears I already had this app on my phone; it bugged out when I tried to use it the first time, but it booted up OK the second time. It lists the “10 Most Common Conditions” and then “Conditions.” Each Condition has a short description, followed by commonly used remedies with fairly detailed write ups of each, including “Key Rubrics.”
At the bottom of the page, it says, “Remedy Finder Content provided by The School of Homeopathy.” After having taken a few of their courses, I am a big fan of this school and would assume this app would have good, solid, reliable information.
There are buttons for: Donations; Advice (promising online chat coming soon); the History of Homeopathy; Clinic locations in the UK and finally, Success Stories.

• This one looks very good and will be moved into my frequently used app folder.
• iPad

*Homeopathy247, again, as above, is developed by Mary Greensmith. This app appears to be more aimed at those who are using the services of Homeopath247. The first screen gives you the option to “Search your Homeopath,” “Meet the Team,” and “Get Consultation.”
The “Learning” button takes you to a list of links for free books, such as: Homeopathy for Back Pain; Breaking Free from Anxiety and Manage Your Cholesterol and Find Better Health with Homeopathy… among others.
The Webinar button promises more webinars coming soon, but it’s empty today.
A button to the Homeopathy247 podcast, right in the app.
Links to homeopathy courses, such as: Natural Detoxing for Dogs and Natural Support and Balancing for Adrenal Fatigue… among others.
Link to Facebook Groups for Ask a Homeopath 247, Homeopathy for Allergy and Homeopathy for Kids & Teens… among others.

• There is a lot of information on this app!
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*Homeorep: Boenninghausen’s Method App
“Chapters and rubrics are editable, patient’s data synchronized via iCloud.”
“Homeorep is an advanced and flexible homeopathic software for the repertorisation of symptoms. It has been developed for the demanding homeopaths who need a tool capable of helping them solve the ever different clinical cases encountered in daily practice.”

• $29.99
• I didn’t purchase it, but I’m tempted.

†Lotus Smart Charts is a neat little app from Robin Murphy and Judith Toscano. Choose from Kids and Babies, First Aid, Furry Friends and Digestion. Once you choose your main category, you then choose the issue. For example, under First Aid, you can choose: Bleeding, Black Eye, Puncture wounds, etc. and when you click on your issue a couple of remedies pop up with a few differentiating features.

• This app has a nice interface and with the information coming from Drs Murphy and Toscano, you know the remedies suggested are pretty good places to start.
  • †This app has been updated — they have added: Pain, Coughs, Children, Women’s Health, Healthy Mind, Travel, Animals and Dosage.
    • †The new “cough” section has handy-dandy audios of the various types of cough. Very helpful.
• There is a button for “Classes” but nothing came up on my phone.
• “Study” brings you to some flash cards.
• “Lotus Hub” takes you to their resources: Books & Charts; Healthy Recipes; Contact Us & Disclaimer
  • †This was a really good app before and it’s even better now.
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*Materia Medica Live Lite shows a colorful (and loud) screen for a bit at the beginning, but appears to let you opt out of that for future visits. The Video page lists “Plants,” “Animals,” “Minerals” and “Nosode.”

Clicking on “Plants,” I am greeted with a list of 10 remedies. Clicking on the top one (China officinalis), shows an infographic overview of the remedy followed by “Fast Tips.” Most of the remedies have infographics but Cannabis sativa goes to a quirky video describing the mental/emotional symptoms.

• It’s not clear what the full app provides. There is a button to click but it didn’t feel promising.
• iPad

*Mindwell Homeopathy requires registration. No hint as to what the app offers.

• I did not register.

†MyHomeopath allows you to use a reduced version of the app for free, or, you can choose to subscribe for a low annual fee. The free version only offers “general,” “fever” and “head.” To use this app, choose your condition and then on the right hand side of the screen it has a check list where you can click the symptoms you are experiencing. Once you make your selections and click “remedies,” it provides a ranked choice of possible remedies. It also provides instructions for making a water dose.

• At least in the free version, it doesn’t appear to provide much information on the suggested remedies. You would need to refer elsewhere for that.
  • †Subscription price: €5.49/year

*Rescue Homeopathy has you choose “Google” or Apple” — then you have to create an account to move further.

• I did not create an account
• iPad

*Similia Home Prescriber is the phone app associated with the Similia website, which I really, really like. I’m excited to try this one!

The first screen has you agree to call for emergency help if you need it. Then, it asks if you have a kit. If you say yes, it gives you many kits from which to choose (Olloïs, Ainsworths, Helios, etc.) and then asks if you would like to filter the remedy suggestions to your kit. So cool!

Next, it asks you, “How do you feel today?” After typing your response, it says “you have one free search to try Similia. After this, you’ll need a subscription to continue.” Fair enough.
While waiting for the next question, it gives some homeopathic trivia. After answering the questions, it suggests a remedy with a “How to take this remedy” button, followed by the reasoning for the suggestion. A “Micro Materia Medica” is then offered.

Similia is a subscription based service. Because I was not able to log in to the Similia phone app with my Similia web password, I’m going to go out on a limb and say these are two different subscriptions (and, the pricing is different).

• I am a very big fan of Similia website — it’s an excellent repertory/materia medica option. This app has a similar feel and is very polished and clean. (For the record, if Similia were available as a one-time purchase, I would be a very frequent user, despite owning two other complete homeopathic software options. It has a fantastic interface - really nice to use.)
• I really like that you have the option to tailor the suggestions to the specific homeopathy kit you own.
• iPad

*STGH: Standard Treatment Guidelines in Homeopathy requires registration to continue.

• I did not create an account

*Symptomly: track symptoms & remedies

• A basic app to record what and how severe the symptoms are. There is room for notes.
• Then, choose the remedy taken, when it was taken, what the potency was.
• “Timeline” takes the symptoms and the remedies and puts them on the same page for easy viewing.
• “Settings” lets you enable and customize reminders for taking remedies.
• This app has so much potential, but it falls short. If there were a nice app which could be customized for multiple family members and have a little more flexibility, it would be amazing!

*Theory of Acutes, AKA TOA has a lot of information from the author, Dr. Prafull Vijayakar. Then, I really just sort of stumbled into using the app, though I wasn’t intending to at that moment. In other words, the interface could be improved.
I did not read all the opening pages from the author, nor have I read any of the author’s books. Had I done so, I may be more informed on the “Theory of Acutes.”
First page gives you 3 buttons from which to choose in regard to Activity levels since the acute disease began. The next page depends on your answer — you may be given remedies right off the bat or asked more questions. When you click through your symptoms and arrive at a possible remedy, it shows a triangle with keynotes of the remedy, followed by “Other Indications” and ends the page with a “Remedy Relationship Chart” — which I like.
It has a section for Patient Notes and for Personal Notes.

• I’m not certain I will be using this app much, but something about it intrigues me.
• iPad

*WelcomeCure Homeopathy requires an account to use.

• I did not create an account and was not able to see anything further.
• iPad

• iPad

*WelcomeCure Homeopathy requires an account to use.

• I did not create an account and was not able to see anything further.
• iPad

Homeopathic Literature apps
†Homeopathy Materia Medica is an app that lives on my phone and I do refer to it fairly often and I believe it is free (but it has been on my phone for a long time, so I’m not certain). This is a straightforward materia medica. Choose a letter, find your remedy and read up on it. It has a button where you can add your own notes. (I have never used this feature.) It also has videos of well known homeopaths discussing remedies. It is not a complete materia medica, but that would be asking a lot.

• This app is much more than adequate for a quick understanding of common remedies.
  • †I still use this app all the time.
• † I’m not sure if these were there before or if it’s new, but there are also:
  • Preface to Boericke’s 9th edition (1927)
  • study guides from Dunham and Hering
  • remedy abbreviations
  • there are buttons for “Masters” and “Subscribe” and “Contact” but nothing happens when I click on them.
  • the very last line lists: homeopathycourseonline.com but when I searched for that, nothing came up.

*Soul of Remedies appears to be Dr. Rajan Sankaran’s book in iPhone format.

• I tried out the read aloud aspect and it read out the wrong remedy and it broke up and glitched out very quickly.
• The written descriptions seem straightforward, but I did not compare it to the actual book.
• iPad

Homeopathic Pharmacies
†Boiron’s Medicine Finder appears to be free and when I searched “postnasal drip” only 1 remedy popped up. Of the few conditions I scrolled through, only 1 or 2 remedies ever popped up. There is a “shop” button that takes you to the Boiron website to purchase remedies. They have an electronic version of their “Easy Guide” and a button for their new products. It does, however have a handy dandy video for how to open a Boiron tube, something I found incredibly frustrating when I first used one (click here to read about my first time trying to get into the blasted tube!) Additionally, there is a link to the internet to watch Boiron videos on various remedies.

• I found this app very basic and not terribly helpful and it froze up on me a number of times.
  • † This time when playing with it, it was a smoother experience.
  • iPad

*Corrigo Homoeopathy for purchasing Corrigo homoeopathic combination remedies. Looks like it’s in India. It doesn’t appear they ship further afield. Has their blog posts on the app.

• Could be used to learn what remedies are useful for various conditions through the combinations listed.
• iPad

*Helios Homoeopathy is primarily for ordering remedies. Appears to be free.

• Easy to use interface.
• iPad

*SBL Homoeopathy — there is no indication they ship outside India.

Homeopathy-adjacent apps
Bach Flowers Remedies is another app that lives on my phone… providing a nice overview of each of the Bach Flower Essences. It also offers the “Quick Prescriber” where you can search by symptom. Click your symptom and the app provides the one or two essences appropriate for each symptom.

• A good way to get to know the Bach Flowers.
• iPad

†Biochemic Tissue Salts appears to be free and has a pretty in-depth overview of each of the 12 cell salts: what the substance is, preparation, physicochemical data, what a deficiency of the substance can cause, normal function in the body, general indications and then a nice, long list of symptoms and “particular indications.”

• This app lives on my phone and I have found it to be a great resource for cell salts. Though there is a lot of information to sift through.
  • †I think this app now goes by the name “Biochemic Salts.”
  • †The “Combinations” tab is very useful and I don’t remember seeing it before. It’s a mini repertory, really. Click “cough” and it lists five different cell salts and for which symptoms they would be useful.
• iPad

*Visual Tips might be linked to “Homeopathy Visual Tips” listed above? This one, however, is not limited to homeopathy. It has Diet and Nutrition Tips, Health Tips and Amazing Facts.

Homeopathy Pets apps
*Homeopathy for Dog Owners - $2.99.

• I didn’t purchase it, but it gets 3.7 stars, for whatever that’s worth.
• iPad

*Homeopet Natural Pet Care Information

• It has a cute interface but when I clicked on the little paw to enter, I got a spinny icon that never stopped.
• iPad

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*Hompath Vet -- $9.99

• I didn’t purchase it
• iPad

Professional Homeopathy Apps
*Complete Dynamics: listed as “professional homeopathy” and sells for $239.99. Further down the list, it shows the “amateur edition” for $22.99.

• I didn’t purchase it
• iPad

*Hompath FireFly Prime “is a Homeopathy Repertory Software, with 11 repertories including Q-Rep, Repertory of Mental Qualities by Jeremy Sherr, kent, Boericke, etc.”
“109 Homeopathic books from Allen, Rajan Sankaran, Farokh Master etc. Ideal app to manage your patients’ cases, Repertorise, Prescribe; anytime, anywhere.”

• Requires registration to use it.
• $74.99
• I didn’t purchase it
• iPad

*OpusGo is RadarOpus’ phone app. “The ultimate homeopathic app for professionals! Repertorize, browse References and save patient info in seconds.”
The purchase price comes with Kent’s Repertory and Lectures on Homeopathic Philosophy, Boericke’s Pocket Manual, Hahnemann’s Organon of Medicine
You can purchase additional repertories, like: Schroyens Synthesis Adonis, Mangialavori’s Suggesta 2.0, Hering’s Guidine Symptoms [Vol. 1-10] and more.
When I played with it for a few minutes, it looks very promising. It has the ability to list and store patient details and consultations.

• †I am a big RadarOpus fan and I have purchased this app but I have not had the time to learn how to use this app yet.
• iPad

*Synergy Mini - though I use Synergy software on my computer (now known as VIVA), I have not signed up for the mobile version.

• Prices: 3 month plan: $29.99 and 1 year plan: $99.99.
• I think HomeoSwift is the same app (the icons are very similar), but I can’t be certain because I’m not signed up for either. The prices are the same as above. I don’t see any other information.
• iPad

*Synthesis

• I believe I paid for this app once upon a time. It works on my phone. I don’t love using it, but it’s there when I need it.

*Vithoulkas App requires an account to use and I decided to create one this time, perhaps, because George Vithoulkas is a homeopath I admire and I refer to his books very frequently. Once in, the Discover page offers the following choices: Clinical Cases; Scientific Papers; E-Learning Course; Webinars; Courses in Alonissos; Videos; UDiHoP (whatever that is) and General News.

I clicked on the Clinical Cases and was met with some cases much beyond a stubbed toe, like: “A case of a comminuted subcapital fracture of the humerus treated with classical homeopathy” and “Homeopathic treatment for prolonged postoperative coma.” Me thinks this app is not really aimed at home users.

The E-learning course offers a free trial and then explains the 2-year course.

The webinars offered are focused (naturally enough) on George Vithoulkas.

The videos: I clicked on “The Depth of Healing” and I see a description of it, but no video. Same thing happened when I clicked on “The Qualities of an Ideal Healer.”
I now know that UDiHoP is Union for Diplomate Homeopathic Physicians.

• Will I be using it? Probably not, unless I need to look up his case report on “Postoperative Bile Duct Fistula and Liver Abscess from Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy Treated with Classical Homeopathy.”
• iPad

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*Zomeo Homeopathy — $699.99

• I didn’t purchase it
• iPad

​Web-based apps
Homeopathic Housecall has been around for a number of years. Based on Constantine Hering’s The Homeopathic Domestic Physician from 1835, Homeopathic Housecall brings this classic book into the modern world through an internet-based app.
The interface is pretty easy to navigate. You begin each case by searching by Complaints, Locations or Stressors. From there, the program leads you through a series of questions to help you find an appropriate homeopathic remedy. At the end of that, they give you a few remedies (and some basic information for each) for you to parse through to see what looks like the best fit.

Homeopathic Housecall is a subscription based service beginning at $65 per year for a 2-year annual subscription; $89 for a one year subscription; or, $11.99 per month. They also offer a 7-day free trial.

• I have used this a few times. I think it’s a good option for home users.

Vithoulkas Compass is web-based homeopathic software. As this article is primarily focusing on home users, their “An Occasional Prescriber” plan is €21/month and their student version of the same-named plan is €15/month.

• I have never tried this software, though they do offer a 7-day free trial.

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There you have my 2 cents on a handful of available homeopathy technology. As I mentioned earlier, there are a lot of apps out there and I just took a quick look at a few that were not prohibitively expensive.

I’m so excited about all these many options!

Whether you are new to homeopathy or have been playing with it for a while or even practice professionally… there is an app for you!

​Julia Coyte, CHom
Classically Practical homeopath

#wellnessawaits

It seems there are a few issues across the US at the minute…

​Tummy bugs are in the news.
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Apparently, there are a couple somethings going around: Cyclosporiasis and the dreaded Norovirus. I asked Grok how to tell the difference.

• Incubation
  • Cyclosporiasis (caused by a parasite), takes from 2 days to 2 weeks to kick in.
  • Norovirus (virus) kicks in quickly, about 12-48 hours.
• Typical duration
  • Cyclosporiasis: weeks to a month and can relapse
  • Norovirus: 1-3 days
• Main symptoms
  • Cyclosporiasis: Watery/explosive diarrhea, bloating, cramps, loss of appetite, fatigue, weight loss; vomiting less prominent
  • Norovirus: Sudden vomiting (often prominent, especially in kids), watery diarrhea, nausea, stomach pain; fever/headache/body aches common
• Contagiousness
  • Cyclosporiasis: is not spread from person to person — it generally comes from contaminated food or water. Summer apparently plays a role because they say more people are eating fresh produce (FOX 5 Atlanta 2026).
  • Norovirus: highly contagious, spreading from person to person (via vomit, stool, surfaces and food).
• Conventional treatment
  • Cyclosporiasis: antibiotics for prolonged cases
  • Norovirus: supportive only — no antibiotics

Does homeopathy care whether it’s a parasite or a virus? Not really. Homeopathy treats the person using a homeopathic remedy based on the presenting symptoms.

With that in mind, here is an article from a couple of years ago about Norovirus listing some possible homeopathic remedies which could prove helpful regardless of causation.

Nobody needs a nasty, nauseating norovirus

Since Cyclosporiasis is more bottom oriented, you may want to check out The Doo Doo Documents 3: Diarrhea, too.

The other thing floating around out there is smoke from the forest fires.
Agy the Buffalo Herbalist (I have no affiliation, I just really like her stuff) has an excellent article on wildfire smoke and what herbs may be helpful.
The Buffalo Herbalist
What Wildfire Smoke Does to Your Body (and How to Support It)

Smoky Skies, Burny Eyes offers a few homeopathic options which may help, too.


Take good care of yourself out there!


Julia Coyte, CHom
Classically Practical homeopath

#wellnessawaits

​It is the 4th of July — a big holiday for us Americans as it recognizes the day when the USA signed the Declaration of Independence to mark the official separation of the North American colonies from Great Britain. Flagging the day (so to speak) when we, as a country, became free and independent.
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I’m a big fan of independence… autonomy, sovereignty, freedom, liberty — all the things in all the ways.

​It’s difficult to distinguish which freedom is more important than another because they are all pretty gosh darned important. One freedom that doesn’t get enough airtime (in my opinion) is health freedom — the freedom to choose medical treatments… or, not, as the case may be. If you, too, are interested in health freedom, check out National Health Freedom Coalition.

One beautiful way to exercise health independence is to learn about a handful of homeopathic remedies. Just a little homeopathic knowledge can go an awfully long way to keeping you and your family happy, healthy and well.

For the record, I am a big proponent of getting things checked out by a physician. I like to dot my i’s and cross my t’s. Doing so, however, is becoming increasingly difficult. I recently had a non-emergency issue for which I perhaps would have liked to have seen a physician. I did an on-line consult with a nurse and was instructed to call the physician’s office to make an appointment — she said that she would put in the notes that she recommended I do so in hopes of expediting an appointment. I called. They saw the note and I was told the nearest appointment was 6 months out. Never mind. I took care of it homeopathically.

Over the counter meds are easy, but they are not without risks. There are beautiful homeopathic remedies which can fill this gap. (See Painkillers and The Road Less Traveled.) 

​Antibiotics can lose their oomph after a while. (See here, here and here for a few articles.) There are absolutely times where antibiotics are absolutely needed. There are many more times when antibiotics are used injudiciously (see here and here). Homeopathy is an excellent alternative for non-urgent situations, e.g., ear infections.

​Emergency Room/Urgent Care wait times vary greatly, but unless you are in dire straits, who has 4-8 hours to wait to see a doctor (maybe, but more likely not actually a doctor) for common conditions like sore throats*? (See also, Tis the season for… Sore Throats.)

​A few years ago, UK homeopaths (Alliance of Registered Homeopaths; Homeopathy International (HINT); Society of Homeopaths; and, The People’s Health Alliance) put out a really nice PDF called, “The 35: Homeopathy’s answer to the 35 conditions no longer routinely prescribed for in primary care.” These are what they call “minor conditions considered to be self-limiting and so do not need treatment as they will heal or be cured of their own accord.” Well, they may heal on their own in due time, but that doesn’t mean that time is spent comfortably! This is where homeopathy can help.

A few of the conditions listed in “The 35” which, generally speaking, could benefit from some sort of treatment include: 
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• Back pain & Strain (Rhymes with Box; Summer Fun #4: Sprains, Strains & Bicycle Falls; Painkillers; Relief)
• Burns & Scalds (Kitchen Quickies: Burns; Tis the Season for… Burns?; Summer Fun #1: Sun)
• Colds & Nasal Congestion (Calming the Cold; Decongestants)
• Cystitis (When it hurts to go…)
• Dermatitis (See also, Ringworm)
• Diarrhea (Traveler’s Diarrhea; The Doo-Doo Documents 3: Diarrhea)
• Headaches & Migraine (Headaches & Cell Salts; The Road Less Traveled)
• Indigestion & Heartburn (Just going for a Pepcid; Too Much)
• Toothache, Teething & Tooth decay (It’s Never Too Late, 3: Oral Health; A Dental Quickie: The dentists are on it!; Why the Hek/c; Brace Face; Guest Post: Straight from the dentist’s mouth)

​Plenty of people have spent many hours in an urgent care waiting for some sort of treatment to get some level of relief for these conditions. Having a little kit of homeopathic remedies at their disposal could save lots of people lots of time, frustration and pain. (See: Quickie: Kits for a very easy way to get started.)

What do you do with these little tubes you have accumulated? Well, I have a bunch of answers for that, too.

There are plenty of excellent books for homeopathic home use. Here is a very short list:

• The Homeopath in Your Hand
• Homeopathy at Home
• Homeopathy: An A to Z Home Handbook

​There are apps out there to help us use homeopathy. (Here is a link to Homeopathy Helpers which I wrote in 2024… and most likely needs a little update. I’ll get there one day!)

​This is the year! is chockablock full of helpful tips to get underway with using homeopathic remedies.

​Recently, I updated my Substack home page with a “New to Homeopathy? Start here…” section. This can help fill in some of the “now what do I do” blanks when you’re getting started in your homeopathic journey.

It’s not just people who need some independent health care. Our pets can benefit from some homeopathic remedies, too. (See also, Homeopathy to the rescue for…)

Take Independence Day to the next level, and learn how to treat your family and friends (and pets!) minor inconveniences. You won’t regret it.

​Julia Coyte, CHom
Classically Practical homeopath

#wellnessawaits

​*Most sore throats are not a problem. The American College of Emergency Physicians recommends seeking medical attention when: the pain is severe or lasts more than a few days; if the sore throat is accompanied by swollen glands that cause difficulty breathing or prevent the person from swallowing fluids; in children in particular, if there is presence of excessive salivation, inability to swallow liquids, difficulty speaking, irritability or the inability to move the neck.

Reference list
Alliance of Registered Homeopaths, n.d. Home Page [online]. Alliance of Registered Homeopaths.
Cleveland Clinic, 2023. Antibiotic Resistance [online]. Cleveland Clinic.
Homeopathy International, 2018. Home - Homeopathy International [online]. Homeopathy International - Delivering excellence in Homeopathy.
Hyun, D., 2017. Why Doctors Prescribe Antibiotics—Even When They Shouldn’t [online]. Pew.org.
Mayo Clinic, 2022. Antibiotics: Are You Misusing Them? [online]. Mayo Clinic.
National Health Freedom Coalition, n.d. Home [online]. National Health Freedom Coalition.
NIH Library of Medicine, 2017. Do antibiotics help fight common colds? [online]. Nih.gov.
Queen, J., Zhang, J. and Sears, C. L., 2020. Oral antibiotic use and chronic disease: long-term health impact beyond antimicrobial resistance and Clostridioides difficile. Gut Microbes [online], 11 (4), 1–12.
Society of Homeopaths, 2026. Homeopathic treatment of a genetic case with a twist [online]. Society of Homeopaths.
The People’s Health Alliance, 2023. Home [online]. The People’s Health Alliance. 

I am currently on vacation but had to share this “super quickie”…

I have a brand new dentist. It took a figurative minute to find one that seemed like a good fit. I was nudged into speeding up this process of finding a new dentist because my tongue wouldn’t leave a tooth alone. I could feel a little hole in the tooth, but no pain. I assumed it was an old filling that had come loose.

Nope. Turns out I chomped really hard and damaged two teeth.

I was 2 minutes late to the appointment to have this filling and I was back in my car, headed home in 30 minutes. Fastest dental appointment ever for me.

He filled the tooth and then he gave me another injection. I’ve never had that before. He told me he injected Traumeel* to reduce the inflammation!

Works for me!

The other tooth has a very small hole that doesn’t currently need filling. I told him I was working on fixing it homeopathically. He used the little tooth camera and took a picture and said we will keep an eye on the process. I look forward to returning here one day and telling you my tooth has repaired itself. That’s a big goal and I’m excited to see what can be done! 🤞



Julia Coyte, CHom
Classically Practical homeopath


#wellnessawaits



*He did not inject the topical version of Traumeel. They make a special one for injecting. (Once upon a time, I had an acupuncturist who dipped the needles in it.)

It doesn’t matter what you call it: Studying. Revising. Cramming. “It” is overloading your brain with information.

One may be forgiven for thinking school is out for summer, but that is not the case for everyone. One person reached out the other day, saying they and their friends are sharing some problems:

• needing to focus
• needing to feel well-rested (see also, Stolen Sleep)
• managing stress

Who can blame them? They just worked their way through law school and now they are back, hard at work, studying for the bar exam. I’m sure their minds and bodies are thinking — We are so done with this! What do you think you’re doing sitting back down at a desk while these beautiful summer days are just on the other side of the window?!

Let’s look at these problematic symptoms.

What is causing the inability to focus? Is it distraction? Is it burnout? (These people did just finish law school. I should think the desire to keep at the books right as summer hits could be pretty difficult!)

What is getting in the way of feeling well-rested? Is there insomnia? Is all the legalese swirling through your mind when you’re trying to sleep? Is the candle being burned at both ends? Are nutrition needs being met?

What is the stress that is being managed? I’ll go in reverse order this time — are nutrition needs being met? This is so hugely important! Is the stress a direct result of not getting sufficient sleep? Is there a hyper-focus on learning the law, thereby causing a lapse in attention to the rest of the details of your life resulting in new levels of stress?

I’m going to go out on a limb and say it’s a little bit of everything.

Let’s think about this in terms of the repertory. Another way of saying needing to stay focused is being distracted. Dr. Murphy ranks Phosphorus at the top of this list (in terms of remedies which are readily available).
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I really hate to do this to you when you are already wiped out from studying, but you’ll have to read through these short descriptions to find the best-suited remedy to your specific symptoms!

Phosphorus
Carroll Dunham’s Lectures on Materia Medica (1878):
"Phosphorus - Sensorium - Weakness of memory, indisposition (moderate) to exertion; difficulty in collecting and concentrating thoughts; weak feeling in the head, aggravated by thinking and by loud noise, music or hard stepping; these things produce throbbing in the head, a feeling of confusion, dullness and distraction, but especially of weakness in the head."

Frans Vermeulen (2015) says it a little more simply: Phosphorus is “easily distracted.”

Clarke (1902): “Headache as if too full of blood from intense study.”

Douglass (1903): "Cannot study nor keep his mind on any particular subject long at a time.
Disinclination to study or converse."

Gibson (1987): “Is full of fears… of study (owing to mental exhaustion)…”

RELEVANT RUBRICS:

• Mind - CONCENTRATION, general - difficult - studying, reading, while - learns with difficulty
• Mind - LEARNING, disabilities, studying, reading - understanding, difficult
• Mind - STUDY, general - aversion, to
• Mind - STUDY, general - headache, causes
• Mind - CONCENTRATION, general - aversion, to
• Mind - CONCENTRATION, general - difficult
• Mind - CONCENTRATION, general - difficult - can't fix attention
• Mind - CONCENTRATION, general - difficult - eating, amel., from
• Mind - CONCENTRATION, general - difficult - morning

Phosphoric acid
​Douglas Borland says in Digestive Drugs (1940):
"The mental picture is that of those who are just dead tired. They feel generally indefinite, do not want to talk, cannot concentrate, their thoughts wander away from the subject. Any mental effort is liable to produce an acute headache with a sensation of extreme pressure on the top of the head. On any effort at all these patients are liable to feel giddy."

Gibson (1987) adds:
"The mind is confused, and any effort to concentrate brings on a dizzy feeling. There is great sensitivity, notably to music and also to odours. The subject is easily startled. May complain of various odd sensations such as widespread formication*; may be afflicted with homesickness."

Leeser (1935) goes a little further:
"Poor comprehension and concentration, poor memory, indifference, dullness, inability to perform mental work, lack of ideas, moreover, depression, apathy, dissatisfaction with one’s self, aversion to speaking, in particular homesickness, indicate the psychic state in phosphoric acid. But nervous excitation with sleeplessness and sensitivity to all noises is also observed… a brief sleep may often remove the fatigue and be sufficient to refresh…"

Mind - CONCENTRATION, general - difficult - studying, reading, while - learns with difficulty
Mind - LEARNING, disabilities, studying, reading - understanding, difficult
Single remedy rubrics:Mind - STUDY, general - heaviness, in head and limbs, causes: (1) PH-AC.

Picric acid
Blackwood (1906) says:
"This remedy is indicated in restoring the wasted and worn-out systems of those who are suffering from the effects of close application to study or business and become anaemic and neurasthenic** and asthenic**."

Clarke (1902):
"a patient of mine, previously a good sleeper, to lie awake a long time at nights, exhaustion after the day's studies, fatigue even from a short walk, twitchings of muscles when asleep or awake; hysterical state, loss of will power; constant headache, irregular menses.

Any attempt to study = burning along spine; with great weakness of back and legs; soreness of muscles and joints.

agg. By study or slightest mental exertion.

Inability to keep eyes open when studying."

Gibson (1987):
"The chief characteristic is extreme muscular weakness, accompanied by a compelling desire to lie down and a complete absence of anxiety. Is utterly exhausted; can neither think nor study. Darting pains may be felt in various sites, possibly involving bones."

• Mind - CONCENTRATION, general - aversion, to
• Mind - CONCENTRATION, general - difficult
• Mind - CONCENTRATION, general - difficult - studying, reading, while
• Mind - DULLNESS, mental - studies, from over-study
• Mind - STUDY, general - aversion, to
• Mind - STUDY, general - inability, to
• Sleep - INSOMNIA, sleeplessness - exertion, agg. - mental, after
• Sleep - INSOMNIA, sleeplessness - thoughts, from
• Sleep - SLEEPINESS, general - daytime - sleeplessness at night, and
• Sleep - UNREFRESHING, sleep
• Single remedy rubrics Pic-ac:Back - WEAK, back, spine, tired feeling in - burning, with, along spine, brought on by study
• Joints - SORE, pain - study, from
• Mind - STUDY, general - spine, causes burning along, with weakness of legs and back, and soreness of muscles and joints

Then, of course, we have our good old Nux vomica, and, I think this would be my first stop. We know Nux is helpful when things are too much: too much studying; too much not enough sleep; too much snacking while studying.

Farrington (1955):
"Lesson twenty-five - Nux vomica - General characteristics - Ailments from ANGER; grief; EXCESSIVE MENTAL LABOR; SEDENTARY HABITS; LOSS OF SLEEP; DEBAUCHERY; SEXUAL EXCESSES; ALCOHOL; COFFEE; NARCOTICS; TOBACCO; GETTING CHILLED; suppression of sweat or HAEMORRHOIDS. HYPERSENSITIVENESS; IRRITABILITY; …IMPATIENCE; MALICIOUSNESS; IMPETUOUSNESS; hurry; sadness; …weeping; timidity; dullness; CONFUSION; DIFFICULT CONCENTRATION; weakness of memory; INDOLENCE; IMBECILITY; delirium; INSANITY; MANIA; HYSTERIA; INCREASED SEXUAL DESIRE; debility; trembling."

Those are some strong words in there. Suffice it to say, that would be an extreme picture of a Nux vomica state.

Gunavante (1998) always sums things up succinctly: “Concentration difficult while studying.”
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Now, let’s look at a few applicable rubrics for Nux vomica:

• Mind - DELUSIONS, general, hallucinations, visions - study, after
• Mind - CONCENTRATION, general - difficult - studying, reading, while
• Mind - DULLNESS, mental - studying, when
• Mind - STUDY, general - palpitations, causes: (1) NUX-V. (single remedy rubric)
• Mind - THOUGHTS, general - distracted
• Sleep - DISTURBED, sleep - easily
• Sleep - DISTURBED, sleep - thoughts, by activity of - business, of
• Sleep - FALLING, asleep - sitting
• Sleep - INSOMNIA, sleeplessness - cares, from daily - business, of
• Sleep - INSOMNIA, sleeplessness - exertion, agg. - mental strain, after
• Sleep - INSOMNIA, sleeplessness - nervousness, from

SUMMING UP THE REMEDIES
(I know your attention span is already shot, so I’ll keep this brief):

Phosphorus may be a good place to start if:

• there are learning difficulties (e.g., dyslexia)
• not a morning person
• there is a lot of anxiety/fear
• desires company/feels worse when they are alone

Phosphoric acid may be a good place to start if:

• there are learning difficulties (e.g., dyslexia)
• there is a physical weakness
• chronic fatigue
• headaches from eyestrain
• homesickness (literal or figurative) is playing a role

Picric acid may be a good place to start if:

• headaches are a thing
• studying causes anxiety
• there is a complete inability to study
• studying causes physical pain and weakness in the legs and back, soreness of muscles and joints
• blurred vision after working
• brain fag (with or without headache)

Nux vomica may be a good place to start if:

• concentration is difficult while reading/studying
• delusions/hallucinations after studying
• there is a mental dullness when studying
• study causes palpitations
• insomnia from daily business and after mental strain (in other words, stress)
• irritability plays a role

Are these the only remedies? Nope. Far from it. But, I know you’re tired, so I tried to keep it simple.


Good luck on your exams!


Julia Coyte, CHom

Classically Practical homeopath



#wellnessawaits


* Formication: the feeling that bugs are crawling on your skin
**Neurasthenia: an ill-defined medical condition characterized by lassitude, fatigue, headache, and irritability, associated chiefly with emotional disturbance (Oxford University Press 2021).
**Ashtenia: abnormal physical weakness or lack of energy (Oxford University Press 2021).

Sticta has been stucta in my mind lately. Not sure why, but it won’t let go. Let’s take a quick look at this tiny, little, sticky remedy.

Choudhuri’s Study of Materia Medica (1916) says:
"This is comparatively speaking a little known and a rarely used remedy but that does not render it any the less important, for those cases that will call for Sticta will need Sticta; there Sticta and none but Sticta will help."
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This little remedy, Sticta pulmonara, also known as Lobaria pulmonara, is even kinda stucta where it grows. It’s a form of lichen which grows on tree trunks.

The second part of its name, pulmonara, is kind of handy, too. Pulmonary = relating to the lungs. Clarke (1902) says: “There cannot be much doubt whence Sticta received its name of Pulmonaria. The likeness of the plant to lung tissue is self-evident.”

​"'It was first used’ says Hale, ‘for severe harassing cough,’ and such good results accrued that provings were made to ascertain its full value.

'It was found to cause severe coryza, with violent sneezing, intense headache, and conjunctivitis.

'These attacks were preceded or followed by rheumatic pains and swelling of the small joints.’ The catarrh of Stic. is for the most part obstructive, and if there is discharge it dries quickly, and forms crusts or scurf.
Constant need to blow the nose, but no discharge comes on account of dryness." (Clarke 1902)

​Sticta is known for its “excessive and painful dryness of the mucous membrane is not due to any want of secretion; for secretions occur but they dry up very rapidly leaving thick crusts behind them.” If you have ever experienced the crusts in the nostril problem, it’s easy to envision that wet Lobelia plant above just instantly shriveling up to the dry Lobelia. This is what I refer to as “wallpaper.”

​​Sticta may be useful when there is stuckness in the respiratory system and it also may be useful for stuckness in the joints.

Bursitis is the inflammation of a bursa. Bursa is a small, fluid-filled sac that cushions bones and tendons and muscles near the joints. When there is overuse, for example, the bursa gets inflamed resulting in pain and tenderness.

Many people with bursitis describe a “stuck” feeling in the affected joint due to the stiffness, swelling and pain rather than a true mechanical lock. The inflamed bursa swells, thickens and irritates surrounding tissues, resulting in a tight feeling.

​The hip may feel stiff or stuck when standing from sitting. There may be difficulty raising the arm overhead — it feels frozen or stuck halfway. The knee may feel like it’s kind of stuck - unable to bend or straighten all the way.

Here is a quick look of grade 3 & 4 rubrics for Sticta:

• housemaid’s knee (bursitis of the kneecap)
• dry mucus membranes
• pressing pain, including headaches
• lung irritation & pain
• dry throat
• coughing without expectoration

​Sticta really shines in the nose:

• compelled to blow the nose
• dry, chronic catarrh
• stuffy nose without discharge
• nasal discharges — dry, hard crusts, scabs, inside the nose
• dryness in the nose
• sensation of fullness at the root of the nose — way up there

​Mentally and emotionally, an argument could be made for being stuck in a loop:

• a nervousness which causes sleep disturbances
• Knerr lists it as a (3) for hysteria

and one more loop-like stuckness from Choudhuri: “under Sticta it is due to his inability to keep his tongue quiet.”

"Feels as if she must talk, about everything and anything, whether listened to or not.… Confusion of ideas, patient must talk." — Murphy

​This little remedy has a surprising number of one remedy rubrics, like:

• Children - INSOMNIA, children - nervous, children, during cough
• Ears - PAIN, ears - behind, ear - acute, deep in mastoid
• Intestines - RUMBLING, in - yeast, as if full of
• Larynx - TICKLING, trachea - right
• Legs - MOTIONS, general - lower - involuntary - night
• Mind - HYSTERICAL, behavior - light, and noise agg.
• Mind - TALKING, talks, general - listens, does not care whether anyone talks
• Mouth - DRYNESS, mouth - palate - leather, like, soft palate

Feeling stuck? Try some Sticta to become unstuckta.

Julia Coyte, CHom

Classically Practical homeopath


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