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How to Find a Remedy for Acute Conditions
Whether you are new to Homeopathy or an authority in the field, it can sometimes be difficult to find a remedy to help with your particular problem. You may have specific symptoms that are easy to identify but have no idea where or how to find a remedy to treat them. There are a number of available books as well as a few web sites that can make this process a bit easier for you.
Ailment Search
One of the easiest things to do is to use the Search Remedies by Ailment feature and see if your particular problem is listed. If your symptoms don’t match any listed in that category, then you can follow the instructions below.
Materia Medica and Repertory
You will need these 2 books to find your remedy. The Materia Medica is the book of Remedies. There are a number of Materia Medicas to choose from. I would say the most popular one is the book by William Boericke. Most people start with Boericke’s and continue to use it in their quest in finding a remedy. Another Materia Medica that is popular is the one by Robin Murphy, Nature’s Materia Medica. This is a more “modern” book and will have the “newer” remedies in it.
The Repertory is the book of Symptoms. It is broken down into body parts and also includes “Mind” and a section called “Generals”. You can find the Materia Medica and Repertory here in the REFERENCE Section.
Using the Materia Medica and Repertory
If you do not have a Materia Medica and a Repertory, yet, you can go to this web site and use the one online.
Let’s say you have a congested head cold with a headache, sneezing and other symptoms. Go to the above web site and click on REPERTORY. The first symptom you may want to look up may be headache. Scroll down to HEAD and then click on Headache. Scroll through the entire section, stopping at the symptoms that you have, write down the remedies associated with that symptom. You can hit your BACK button to take you back to the previous page, scroll to NOSE, click on Sneezing and scroll through that section writing down the remedies that appear for the symptoms that you have. You will do this for each body part/symptom that you have. When you have finished, find the remedy or remedies that appear for all or most of your symptoms.
If you are doing this with the book, you will notice some remedies are in bold print, some in italics, and some in plain print. These are assigned point values. Bold is 3 points, italics are 2, and plain is 1. On the web site, you have italic and plain print. So use the value of 2 for italics and 1 for plain print. When you are writing down the remedies for each symptom, assign the remedy a point value, i.e., Belladonna 2. If a remedy, Belladonna for example, appears in a number of symptoms, then write the total point value for Belladonna. Take your next remedy, and add up the total points for that one also and, so on.
Now you will go to the Materia Medica. Take the remedy with the highest total point value and go back to the web site. We will use Belladonna for an example. Click on B (for Belladonna). Then click on Belladonna. Read the symptoms associated with Belladonna for whatever symptom/body part you are looking for. Do this for each remedy you have selected. PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO MODALITIES which will be found towards the bottom of the page. MODALITIES are what makes the problem better or worse, when the symptoms appear, how the symptom is affected by temperature, etc. This is one of the most important things to base your remedy selection on.
So this is how you find your remedy. You will choose the remedy that best fits your symptom picture. Please note that not all your symptoms may be covered by any one remedy.
Self Help Books
If the above method is too overwhelming, there are a number of Acute Care Treatment books available. These can be invaluable when looking for help.
As you can see, this process is very time consuming and definitely not as easy as it sounds. A Homeopathic doctor does basically the same thing I have described but he has the advantage of having years of training, experience with the remedies, honing his skills of observation and being able to interpret nuances of both the patient and the remedy. It is most definitely recommended that you see a homeopathic medical doctor in your area. Also, he/she can detect if there is a serious underlying cause that may not be apparent to a lay person. Yes, it may be expensive but in the long run you benefit immeasurably from this holistic treatment.
Again, this is for ACUTE conditions. For CHRONIC or LIFE THREATENING conditions, it is up to you to act responsibly and seek professional, medical help.
Have you heard of the remedy……..Verbascum Thapsus
Verbascum Thaps is made from a biennial herb which is common in the United States and northern and central Europe. The whole fresh herb is used. It’s also called Mullein.
Some of the symptoms associated with this remedy are:
- Face – facial neuralgia, particularly left side; pressing teeth together. Pain comes in flashes.
- Ears – earache with sense of obstruction; deafness. Mullein Oil is extremely useful for earaches. Warm the oil and place a drop or two in the ear and place a small piece of cotton in ear.
- Respiratory – HOARSENESS; voice deep, harsh, and sounds like a trumpet. Cough which is worse at night, during sleep; asthma.
- Urinary – Constant dribbling;enuresis, burning urination; pressure in bladder.
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