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Session 05a

Materia Medica

Homeopathy Department

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Materia Medica

Comprised from:

o Provings

o Poisonings

o Clinical confirmation

May also contain information on:

o Source material

o Other uses

o Homeopathic differential diagnosis

o Relationships to other medicines

o Therapeutic usage

o Prescribing advice (Obal Blog, n.d.)


Types of Materia Medica

o Comprehensive catalogues of symptoms

o Keynote materia medicas

o Discussions

o Psychological profiles

( CW Books,. n.d..)


Structure

o Often follow a top-to-bottom structure, organised by

locations

(Connexions, 2013).


Grading

o Text may be in different fonts to communicate quality in

the source of information

o E.g. in Boericke’s Pocket Manual of Homeopathic

Materia Medica

• Regular font: less frequently verified

• Italics font: more frequently verified

o Other texts have more sophisticated or detailed methods (Boericke, 2013)


Reference list

Boericke, W. (2013). Pocket manual of homeopathic materia medica. Kandern, Germany:

Narayana Publishers GmbH.

Connexions. (2013). Anatomical position [Image]. Retrieved February 17, 2017, from

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Anatomical_position.jp

g/499px-Anatomical_position.jpg

CW Books [Image]. (n.d.). Retrieved February 20, 2017, from

https://www.readcwbooks.com/books.jpg

Obal blog. (n.d.). Books [Image]. Retrieved February 20, 2017, from

http://www.thorntonlibrary.org/Stack%20Books.jpg

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Session 05b

Doctrine of Signatures



Doctrine of Signatures

“the art of knowing from the outer appearance of a plant or

its environment what its medicinal properties are” (Graves, 2012, p.3)

o Rooted in folklore tradition

o Often reflected in common names of medicinal plants,

e.g. lungwort or eyebright

o May be seen reflected in mythology e.g. the nymph

Anemone transformed into Pulsatilla by the jealous

goddess/wife of Zephyr, the West Wind (Graves, 2012)


The Example of Aloe

o Used for dry skin, in moisturisers and lotions

o Can learn from the aloe that stays moist even in the

desert

o Cut plant looks like cross section of skin (Graves, 2012)

(ER and Jenny. 2007)


Doctrine of Signatures in

Homeopathy

o Hahnemann rejected Doctrine of Signatures as a primary

source of information wanting his materia medica to

come purely from his more scientific human

pathogenetic trials. (Hahnemann, 1996)

“I am far from denying, however, the many important hints

the natural system may afford to the philosophical student

of the materia medica and to him who feels it his duty to

discover new medicinal agents ; but these hints can only

help to confirm, and serve as a commentary to facts

already known, or in the case of untried plants they may

give rise to hypothetical conjectures which are however, far

from approaching even to probability” (Hahnemann, 1796)


Doctrine of Signatures in

Homeopathy

o Some contemporary homeopaths apply doctrine of

signatures types of data

o The homeopaths use DOS in animal and mineral

medicines as well as plants

o DOS is more frequently used when a practitioner is

working with kingdoms, or group analysis methods

o This remains an area of strong controversy between the

conservative and experimental homeopaths (Gray, 2011)


Reference list

ER and Jenny. (2007). Making Aloe Vera dessert [Image]. Retrieved February 20, 2017,

from

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e8/Making_Aloe_Vera_Dessert.jp

g

Graves, J. (2012). The language of plants: A guide to the doctrine of signatures. Great

Barrington , MA: Lindisfarne Books.

Gray, A. C. (2012). Method. New Delhi , India: B Jain Publishers Pvt Ltd.

Hahnemann, S., & O'Reilly, W. B. (2010). Organon of the medical art. Redmond, WA:

Birdcage Books.

Hahnemann, S. (1796). Essay on a new principle for ascertaining the curative powers of

drugs, with a few glances at those hitherto employed. Retrieved February 20, 2017,

from www.grundlagen-praxis.de/diskussion/englisch/essay.pdf

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Session 05c

Asteracea



Asteracea Family

o Aster, Daisy or Sunflower family

o Also known as Compositae

o Second largest plant family(Vermeulen, 2011)

( Fan Wen, 2015)


Main Constituents

o Inulin: for carbohydrate storage

o Sesquiterpene lactones: bitter tasting, anti-inflammatory

and anti-hyperalgesic

o Polyacetylenes: inhibit bacteria and fungi (Vermeulen, 2011)

( The Old Farmer’s Almanac, n.d.)


Injuries, wounds, beatings,

accidents

(Legend Fighting Championship, 2012)


Reference list

Fan Wen. (2015). Gerbera Jamesonii - flower view [Image]. Retrieved February 20, 2017,

from http://By Fan Wen - Own work

http://www.flowersview.com/Gerbera%20Jamesonii/Gerbera+Jamesonii+%283%29.j

pg.html, CC BY-SA 4.0,

https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=43556060

Legend Fighting Championship. (2012). Legend fighting championship [Image]. Retrieved

20 February 2017, from

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/73/Legend_Fighting_Championshi

p_3.jpg

The Old Farmer's Almanac. (n.d.). Shasta daisies: How to plant, grow, and care for

Shasta daisies [Image]. Retrieved February 20, 2017, from

http:/http://www.almanac.com/sites/default/files/styles/primary_image_in_article/publi

c/image_nodes/shasta-daisies-plant-grow.jpg?itok=HVLWSB3a

Vermeulen, F., & Johnston, L. (2011). Plants: Homeopathic and medicinal uses from a

botanical family perspective. Glasgow: Saltire Books.

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Session 05d

Arnica montana



Source

o Leopard’s bane

o Wolf’s bane

o Fall herb

o Family: Asteraceae

o Order: Asterales(Vermeulen, 2012)

o “use the roots, flowers and leaves. Before using

the flowers we should clean them of the eggs

[musca arnicae] of a peculiar parasitic insect

which infests this plant” (Vithoulkas, 1995, p.529)

(Arnica montana, 2006)


Herbal Uses

o Topically for:

• Injuries

• Varicose veins

• Bruises

• Sprains

• Pain

• Inflammation

• Insect bites

o Not used internally(Thomsen & Gennat, 2009)

(Goodwin Jr., G., & Snark, 2004)


Human Pathogenetic Trial

o Introduced by Hahnemann, with 10 provers

o Jorg in 1823 with 10 males and 1 female using crude

doses

o Von Szontagh self experimentation with tincture and 3x(Vermeulen, 2012)

(Jmp48, 2012)


Theme

“The main theme of Arnica symptomatology revolves

around a deep traumatic experience upon the physical or

emotional or mental body. A traumatic experience of the

human organism resulting from injuries, falls, blows,

concussions, fright, fear, financial loss, etc.

The experience leaves the person with a tremendous fear

of coming into physical contact with anything which is hard

or penetrating. The whole of the symptomatology develops

around this basic fear: Do not touch me, do not come too

close to me, physically or emotionally and most of all do not

penetrate me, physically or metaphorically.” (Vithoulkas, 1995, p.529)


Symptoms

( Hillewaert, 2008)

Boericke, W. (2013). Pocket manual of homeopathic

materia medica. Kandern, Germany: Narayana Publishers

GmbH.


Case

“Rheumatism, aching and soreness in muscles and joints, compelling

him to move after a few minutes and find a new place in which he

seems more quiet. Rhus 1m. Next day no improvement and no change

in symptoms, except growing worse generally. The pain in the ankle

joint feels as if sprained, joints and muscles sore to touch. He says, "I

move all the time; when I get into a new place I feel better but very

soon the bed in the new place feels like iron and I must move. The

moving I am compelled to do not from an innate restless pain but from

the hardness of the bed as it seems to me." It must be observed that

Rhus tox could not cure this case, yet at my visit the language was

calculated to deceive. Arn. must be the most appropriate remedy. The

soreness which gradually grows worse by the pressure of the bed and

the peculiar soreness as of a sprain precluded any other remedy. Arn. 1

M. was given in water. The pain and soreness were gone at the end of

three days. Sulph 6 M., one dose finished the cure. He was out of the

house on the eighth day.” (Kent, 2007, p.583)


Reference list

Arnica montana [Image]. (2006). Retrieved February20, 2017, from

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/Arnica_montana.JPG/4

50px-Arnica_montana.JPG



Goodwin Jr., G., & Snark. (2004). Arnica griscomii [Image]. Retrieved February 20, 2017,

from https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b7/Arnica_griscomii.jpg

Hillewaert, H. (2008). Arnica montana (flower head) [Image]. Retrieved February 20,

2017, from

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Arnica_montana_%28fl

ower_head%29.jpg/800px-Arnica_montana_%28flower_head%29.jpg Jmp48.

(2012).

Jmp48. (2012). Arnica montana aubrac [Image]. Retrieved February 20, 2017, from

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Arnica_montana_Aubr

ac.JPG/800px-Arnica_montana_Aubrac.JPG

Kent, J. T. (2007). New remedies, clinical cases, lesser writings, aphorisms and precepts.

New Delhi, India: B Jain Publishers.


References

Thomsen, M., & Gennat, H. (2009). Phytotherapy: Desk reference : a clinical handbook.

Hobart: Global Natural Medicine.

Vermeulen, F. (2012). Synoptic reference 1. Assesse, Belgium: B. Jain Archibel s.p.r.l.

Vithoulkas, G. (1995). Materia medica viva volume 3. London, UK: Homeopathic Book

Publishers.

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Session 05e

Bellis perennis



Source

o Common daisy

o Bruisewort

o Bairnwort



o “Tincture of the whole fresh plant” (Vithoulkas, 1997, p.912)

(Grand-Duc, 2010)


Herbal Uses

o Not commonly used in herbalism(Thomsen & Gennat, 2009)

(WiZZik, 2010)



o Thomas self experimented with tincture & 3c in 1856-57

o Compton Burnett used tincture on himself and another

man in 1880-81

o Hinsdale proved the tincture on 2 females and 4 males in

1915

o Mezger & Hael used tincture and low potencies on 21

provers in 1937

o Deacon and Ribot-smith proved 30c and 200c in 1995,

with 9 female and 4 male provers(Vermeulen, 2012)

(Karwath, 2005)


Theme

“Bellis is an important remedy for deep traumas, whether

they be of the physical body or of the psyche. It is a remedy

that should be considered whenever a mistreatment or hurt

has been suffered in deep parts: when the physical body

has been cut up in an operation or hurt in an accident, or

when the emotional body has been mistreated in an

emotional conflict.

It is important for the student of homeopathy to understand

that different constitutions have different predispositions. In

this remedy there seems to be a predisposition for the

tissues of the muscular system and the tendons to be in a

precariously weak or tired state.” (Vithoulkas, 1997, p.912)


Symptoms

( Monniaux, 2005)



GmbH.


Case

“…lady suffering from a tendency to neuritis, only manifest when

she became over-fatigued or exhausted from long hours, or undue

exposure... The attack in question was a bit more general in

location, in that it involved the hands and wrists, then the shoulder,

and finally settled in the left knee. Here it remained and none of her

accustomed remedies did any apparent good... The knee was stiff

though she could walk, yet it was painful to climb the stairs or get in

and out of a car. Pain and soreness were of only moderate degree...

doctor again went over the case and discovered that the good

woman has slipped on the ice, some months previous, had

wrenched this knee but had not thought it worth while to speak of it.

Clinical pathology, in the form of trauma to deep tissues, of long

standing, pointed the way to a deep-acting remedy for bruised

tissue, tincture of Bellis Perennis, as recommended by Dr. Burnett

of England. This was prescribed and the patient took her trip and

walked in comfort.” (Farr, 1930, para. 3)


Reference ist

André Karwath aka Aka. (2005). Bellis perennis white (aka) [Image]. Retrieved February

23, 2017, from

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Bellis_perennis_white_

%28aka%29.jpg/616px-Bellis_perennis_white_%28aka%29.jpg



Farr, I. L. (1930). Clinical pathology: an aid or hindrance in prescribing. The

homoeopathic recorder, 45(2).

Grand-Duc. (2010). Bellis perennis full plant [Image]. Retrieved February 23, 2017, from

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bellis_perennis_full_plant.jpg

Monniaux, D. (2005). Bellis perennis dsc00906 [Image]. Retrieved February 23, 2017,

from

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Daisy10.JPG/800px-

Daisy10.JPG




Reference list


Vithoulkas, G. (1997). Materia medica viva volume 4. London, UK: Homeopathic Book

Publishers.

WiZZiK. (2010). Daisy10 [Image]. Retrieved February 23, 2017, from

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Daisy10.JPG/800px-

Daisy10.JPG

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Session 05f

Calendula officinalis



Source

o Pot marigold



o “Tincture of leaves and flowers” (Vithoulkas, 2008, p.1447)

(Zell, 2009)


Herbal Uses

o Wounds

o Mouth ulcers

o Skin infections

o Inflamed mucous membranes

o Vaginitis

o Haemorrhoids and varicose veins

o High cholesterol (Thomsen & Gennat, 2009)

(Alvesgaspar, 2013)



o Franz and Price self-experimented with tincture

o Petroz, method unknown

o Clinical observations from Yingling, Lippe and

Mangialavori(Vermeulen, 2012)

( Etienne, 2010)


Theme

“Calendula is to lacerated wounds what Arnica is to

bruises. Both are considered specifics for injuries... When

the skin or an organ is not torn and the external trauma

only produces an extravasation of blood, then Arn. will be

indicated. However, when there is laceration of the skin or

of an organ and inflammation sets in, then the correct

choice is Calendula… An important characteristic of

Calendula is that, once there is an injury, inflammation or

ulceration, the pain experienced may be very violent, often

out of all proportion to the extent of the injury. Also the

effect on the general condition of the patient is quite

distressing” (Vithoulkas, 2008, p.1447)


Symptoms

( Kenpei, 2007)



GmbH.


Case

“Feb. 5, 1935, a boy of twelve was brought to my office

after a sledding accident. Two sleds collided and this boys

left hand was ground into the ice and the dirt underneath it.

The whole hand and wrist were covered with blood, hiding

scratches and excoriated areas where bits of frozen earth

had cut their way under the skin. It was a work of time to

wash the hand anywhere nearly clean and stop the

bleeding. Then the calendula solution came into use again

with occasional soakings through the bandage as in the

case of the torn finger. There was no suppuration; particles

of dirt were thrown out and the hand looked nearly normal

in two days.” (Green, 1936, para. 4)


Reference list

Alvesgaspar. (2013). Flower july 2013-2 [Image]. Retrieved February 20, 2017, from

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Flower_July_2013-

2.jpg/761px-Flower_July_2013-2.jpg



Etienne. (2010). Calendula officinalis L [Image]. Retrieved February 20, 2017, from

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Calendula_officinalis_L

.JPG/800px-Calendula_officinalis_L.JPG

Green, J. M. (1936). A few surgical cases. The Homoeopathic Recorder, 51(1).

Kenpei. (2007). Calendula officinalis3 [Image]. Retrieved February 20, 2017, from

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Calendula_officinalis3.j

pg/800px-Calendula_officinalis3.jpg





Reference list

o Vithoulkas, G. (1997). Materia medica viva volume 7, London, UK: Homeopathic

Book Publishers.

o Zell, H. (2009). Calendula officinalis 001 [Image]. Retrieved February 20, 2017, from

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Calendula_officinalis_00

1.JPG/800px-Calendula_officinalis_001.JPG

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Session 05g

Chamomilla



Source

o Matricaria recutita

o Matricaria chamomilla

o German chamomile

o Scented chamomile



o “Tincture of the whole fresh plant” (Vithoulkas, 2009, p.1716)

(Hugo.arg., 2007)


Herbal Uses

o Gastrointestinal uses:

• Gum infections

• Food sensitivities

• Indigestion

• Colic

• Diarrhea

o Anxiety and restlessness

o Asthma

o Hayfever

o Menstural pain (Thomsen & Gennat, 2009)

( Ehedaya, 2008)



o Hahnemann, self experimentation and his wife and

possibly some daughters

o Stapf observations in children, including reaction to the

tea

o Austrian proving in 1844 with 5 provers

o Hencke self experimentation with tincture

o Hoppe proving with tincture and low potencies (Vermeulen, 2012)

(Mussklprozz, 2004)


Theme

“..Chamomilla patients are oversensitive people, to an

extreme degree, and oversensitivity and irritability run

through the whole symptom picture” (Vithoulkas, 2009, p.1716)

(fir0002, n.d.)


Symptoms

(Gerding, 2006)



GmbH.


Case

“Master Kumar, aged 7 years, was admitted in the homoeopathic

hospital with the following complaints:

For the last 3 months, he gets pain in the abdomen agg. after

eating and agg. milk. During pain he becomes restless, irritable

and even violent and beats his mother. Pain started after an

attack of fever. Now, he has aversion for milk. Thirst: 2 glasses

per day. Stool, urine, sleep, etc., normal. With pain there is

sweat on the forehead.

Mother says that previously he used to get repeated attacks of

cold but since the pain started he does not catch cold. Prev.

Hist.: Milestones normal but had teething diarrhoea; dysentery at

6 months; whooping cough at 1 year; chicken pox at 2 years.

Family History: Nil.

On examination: Tenderness in the right iliac fossa.”(Sankaran, 2003, p.260)


Reference list



Ehedaya. (2008). Loose chamomile tea [Image]. Retrieved February 20, 2017, from

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Loose_chamomile_tea.

jpg/800px-Loose_chamomile_tea.jpg

Fir0002. (n.d.). Chamomile flowers [Image]. Retrieved February 20, 2017, from

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Chamomile_flowers.jpg/

800px-Chamomile_flowers.jpg

Gerding, G. (2006). XN Matricaria recutita 00 [Image]. Retrieved February 20, 2017,

from

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/XN_Matricaria_recutita

_00.jpg/800px-XN_Matricaria_recutita_00.jpg

Hugo.arg. (2007). Ramune001 [Image]. Retrieved February 20, 2017, from

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Ramune001.JPG/450p

x-Ramune001.JPG

Mussklprozz. (2004). Matricaria recutita [Image]. Retrieved February 20, 2017, from

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/89/Matricaria_recutita.jpg


Reference list

Sankaran, P., Sankaran, R., & National Center for Homoeopathy (U.S.). (2003).The

elements of homoeopathy. Mumbai: Homoeopathic Medical Publishers.




Vithoulkas, G. (1997). Materia medica viva volume 8, London, UK: Homeopathic Book

Publishers.

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Session 05h

Cina maritima



Source

o Artemisia cina

o Levant wormseed

o Santonica wormseed



o “the unexpanded flower heads (‘seeds’) of

Artemisia Maritima” (Vithoulkas, 1997, p.1895)

(Porse, n.d.)


Herbal Uses

o Not commonly used in herbalism

o Worm infestations (Thomsen & Gennat, 2009)

(Köhler, 1897)



o Introduced by Hahnemann, on 6 male provers

o Poisoning cases included in symptoms (Vermeulen, 2012)

(Molekuel, 2010)


Theme

“Since ancient times, Cina has been known as a worm

remedy, especially in children affected by roundworm. Even

its old name, ‘Wormseed’ , suggests this... Although the

symptom picture of Cina shows that the old indication for

‘worms’ has very good reason, it is hardely exact enough,

because Cina is not helpful in all cases of roundworm in

children, nor are all the cases where Cina acts ‘worm’

cases” (Vithoulkas, 1997, p.1895)


Symptoms

(Slotta, n.d.)



GmbH.


Case“A child about four years of age:

(a) A cough, day and night, worse at night, of a peculiarly

distressing character. The paroxysms occurred every two

or three hours; during which the child would become

exhausted; have difficulty in regaining the breath and often

end in a "spasm." (This spasm was described by the nurse

as a rigidity of a whole body, or a convulsive throwing of the

body backward, so sudden as to force the child off her lap.)

(b) Ravenous appetite, never satisfied, eats heartily; has

hard, disturbed abdomen; picks constantly at its nose, rubs

its nose in its sleep; has stools of mucus and undigested

food…

Two drops of the 200th were dropped into a half ounce vial

of dilute alcohol.” (Hale, 1994, para 1)


Reference list



Hale, E. M. (1994). Spasmodic cough (case of cough, treated with Cina). The New

England Journal of Medicine, Surgery and Collateral Branches of Science, 3(1).

Retrieved 20 February 2017, from http://www.nesh.com/the-new-england-journal-of-

homeopathy/vol-3-no-1-winter-1994/

Köhler, F. E. (1897). Artemisia cina - Köhler–s medizinal-pflanzen-165 [Image]. Retrieved

20 February 2017, from

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_K%C3%B6hler%E2%80%93s_Medizinal-Pflanzen-165.jpg

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2017, from https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Artemisia-

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maritima.JPG/462px-Artemisia-maritima.JPG


Reference list

Slotta, T. (n.d.). Artemisiamaritima [Image]. Retrieved February 20, 2017, from

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Artemisiamaritima.jpg/8

00px-Artemisiamaritima.jpg





Publishers.

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Session 05i

Compare and contrast



Arn. Bell-p. Calen. Cham. Cina.

Sphere of

action

Blood &

vessels.

Nervous

system.

MSK. GIT

Blood

vessels.

Capillaries.

Female.

Joints. Skin

Soft parts.

Spine. Liver.

Blood

vessels;

capillaries

CNS. GIT;

digestion.

Liver.

Capillaries.

Left side

CNS. GIT.

Left side

Acute usage Superficial

bruising.

Pain as if

beaten

Deep

bruising,

abdomen

and pelvis

Pain open or

torn cuts.

Infected

wounds

Pain;

toothache,

earache,

menstrual

pain.

Worms, or

complaints

concomitant

to worms

Modalities < touch,

night, heat

< motion,

cold.

> heat

< loss of

blood, damp,

cold or open

air

< cold,

menses,

movement,

touch

> motion,

lying on

abdomen

Common Acute Uses

(Boericke, 2013; Vermeulen, 2012; Vithoulkas, 1997)


Reference ist





Publishers.


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