CCH Homeopathic Therapeutics & Remedy Selection 3 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: A patient has grief after a breakup with suppressed emotions, sighing, contradictory symptoms, and hysterical episodes. The foremost remedy is:
- Ignatia amara (Correct answer)
- Natrum muriaticum
- Staphysagria
- Causticum
Correct answer: Ignatia amara
Ignatia amara is the primary acute grief remedy, particularly when emotions are suppressed and symptoms are contradictory or paradoxical.
Question 2: Which potency range is typically used in classical homeopathy for acute prescribing when a clear simillimum is identified?
- 30C to 200C (Correct answer)
- 3X to 6X
- LM potencies only
- 1M to 10M exclusively
Correct answer: 30C to 200C
In acute prescribing, 30C to 200C potencies are commonly used when there is a clear simillimum and the vital force is reactive.
Question 3: A patient reports joint pains worse in cold damp weather, better with continued motion, and with a strong desire to move despite initial stiffness. The remedy is:
- Rhus toxicodendron (Correct answer)
- Bryonia alba
- Ruta graveolens
- Calcarea carbonica
Correct answer: Rhus toxicodendron
Rhus toxicodendron is the classic remedy for stiffness worse on initial motion but improved by continued movement, in cold damp weather.
Question 4: A remedy with the keynote 'better from lying perfectly still, worse from any motion, and with extreme irritability' is:
- Bryonia alba (Correct answer)
- Rhus toxicodendron
- Nux vomica
- Colchicum
Correct answer: Bryonia alba
Bryonia alba is characterized by aggravation from the slightest motion and relief from absolute stillness, with great irritability.
Question 5: In the context of Hering's Law of Cure, healing is considered to proceed correctly when symptoms move:
- From more vital to less vital organs, from above downward, and from inside outward (Correct answer)
- From below upward and from inside outward only
- From less vital to more vital organs
- In the reverse order they appeared, regardless of direction
Correct answer: From more vital to less vital organs, from above downward, and from inside outward
Hering's Law states that cure proceeds from more vital to less vital organs, from center to periphery, from above downward, and in reverse chronological order.
Question 6: Which remedy is indicated for deep-seated skin eruptions with offensive discharges, aggravation from washing, and a tendency to suppress emotions with anger?
- Sulphur (Correct answer)
- Psorinum
- Graphites
- Mezereum
Correct answer: Sulphur
Sulphur is known for offensive odors, aggravation from bathing, and burning skin eruptions in individuals who may be philosophical or untidy.
Question 7: A person with marked fearfulness, anticipatory anxiety, physical weakness, and a sensation of emptiness at 11 AM is best treated with:
- Sulphur (Correct answer)
- Lycopodium
- Arsenicum album
- Calcarea carbonica
Correct answer: Sulphur
Sulphur has a characteristic hungry, empty feeling at 11 AM and is associated with heat, offensiveness, and philosophical tendencies.
CCH Homeopathic Therapeutics & Remedy Selection 3
A patient has grief after a breakup with suppressed emotions, sighing, contradictory symptoms, and hysterical episodes.
The foremost remedy is: