CCH Emergency & Acute Prescribing 3

Question 1

A patient has an acute asthma attack with rattling mucus in the chest, difficulty breathing, and a sensation of suffocation worse at 4–5 AM. Which remedy fits?

Accepted Answer

Antimonium tartaricum

Answer

Antimonium tartaricum is characterized by rattling, loose mucus in the lungs that cannot be expectorated, with suffocative breathing worse early morning.

Question 2

Which homeopathic remedy is indicated for acute conjunctivitis with acrid, burning discharge from the eyes but bland nasal discharge?

Accepted Answer

Euphrasia

Answer

Euphrasia presents with acrid, burning eye discharge causing excoriation, with a bland nasal discharge — the opposite of Allium cepa.

Question 3

A patient has a migraine that begins at the occiput and spreads forward, with heaviness of eyelids, chills up the spine, and no thirst. Which remedy?

Accepted Answer

Gelsemium

Answer

Gelsemium is strongly indicated by dull, heavy headache starting at the occiput, drooping eyelids, chills along the spine, and thirstlessness.

Question 4

In acute otitis media, which remedy suits a child with a rupture of the eardrum, thick, offensive discharge, and improvement from warmth?

Accepted Answer

Hepar sulphuris

Answer

Hepar sulphuris is indicated when suppuration is well established with offensive discharge and the patient is very sensitive to cold and touch.

Question 5

Which acute remedy is most indicated for a nosebleed consisting of bright red, non-clotting blood that is profuse and comes on after injury?

Accepted Answer

Phosphorus

Answer

Phosphorus is associated with bright red, profuse hemorrhage from any orifice, including traumatic nosebleeds, where blood does not clot readily.

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CCH Emergency & Acute Prescribing 3