CCH Homeopathic Therapeutics & Remedy Selection 2 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: A patient presents with burning pains relieved by heat, restlessness, and anxiety about health after midnight. Which remedy is most indicated?
- Arsenicum album (Correct answer)
- Rhus toxicodendron
- Aconitum napellus
- Phosphorus
Correct answer: Arsenicum album
Arsenicum album is the keynote remedy for burning pains relieved by heat, restlessness after midnight, and health anxiety.
Question 2: In classical homeopathy, the 'totality of symptoms' primarily refers to which combination?
- Mental, emotional, and physical characteristic symptoms (Correct answer)
- Chief complaint and pathology only
- Modalities and concomitants only
- Diagnosis and tissue affinity
Correct answer: Mental, emotional, and physical characteristic symptoms
The totality of symptoms encompasses the characteristic mental, emotional, and physical symptoms that individualize the patient.
Question 3: A child with recurrent ear infections is worse at night, craves cold drinks despite vomiting them, and has great thirst. The most similar remedy is:
- Phosphorus (Correct answer)
- Belladonna
- Pulsatilla
- Chamomilla
Correct answer: Phosphorus
Phosphorus is indicated when patients crave cold drinks that are vomited once they become warm in the stomach, along with burning and thirst.
Question 4: Which remedy is known for the modality 'better from cold applications' combined with throbbing, congested headaches and sudden onset?
- Belladonna (Correct answer)
- Glonoinum
- Ferrum phosphoricum
- Natrum muriaticum
Correct answer: Belladonna
Belladonna features sudden onset, throbbing pains, red flushed face, and aggravation from heat with relief from cold.
Question 5: A patient with insomnia lies awake between 1–3 AM, has a driven personality, is very chilly, and craves fats and spicy food. The best indicated remedy is:
- Nux vomica (Correct answer)
- Lycopodium
- Sulphur
- Arsenicum album
Correct answer: Nux vomica
Nux vomica is classically indicated for overworked, chilly patients who wake 3–4 AM and crave stimulants, fats, and spicy food.
Question 6: In selecting a constitutional remedy, which type of symptom carries the highest prescribing value according to Kent's hierarchy?
- Mental and emotional symptoms, especially will and intellect (Correct answer)
- Physical generals such as food cravings
- Local pathology symptoms
- Concomitant symptoms
Correct answer: Mental and emotional symptoms, especially will and intellect
Kent placed mental symptoms—particularly those of the will—at the highest level in his hierarchy of symptom evaluation.
Question 7: A woman with menstrual irregularities is weepy, craves open air, has no thirst, and symptoms change frequently. Which remedy fits best?
- Pulsatilla (Correct answer)
- Sepia
- Natrum muriaticum
- Ignatia
Correct answer: Pulsatilla
Pulsatilla is characterized by changeability of symptoms, weepiness, thirstlessness, and amelioration in open air.
CCH Homeopathic Therapeutics & Remedy Selection 2
A patient presents with burning pains relieved by heat, restlessness, and anxiety about health after midnight.
Which remedy is most indicated?