Materia Medica and Repertory Flashcards

Which remedy suits stitching pains markedly worse from any motion, better from firm pressure and lying on the painful side, with great thirst for large quantities?

Answer: Bryonia alba

Bryonia is worse from motion, better from pressure and rest, with dryness and large thirst.

Rhus toxicodendron pains are typically relieved by:

Answer: Continued motion and warmth

Rhus tox has restless stiffness worse on first motion but better with continued motion and warmth.

Sepia is most characteristically indicated in a patient who is:

Answer: Indifferent to loved ones, worn out, better from vigorous exercise

Sepia shows indifference to family, exhaustion, and improvement from dancing or vigorous motion.

The term 'concomitant' in case-taking refers to a symptom that:

Answer: Accompanies the chief complaint without obvious causal link

Concomitants are attending symptoms occurring alongside the main complaint and often decisive in prescribing.

Which remedy is chiefly indicated for burning pains relieved by heat, with great restlessness and prostration out of proportion to the illness?

Answer: Arsenicum album

Arsenicum has burning pains paradoxically better from warmth, with anxiety, restlessness, and marked weakness.

In the repertory, when a remedy appears in only one small rubric it is described as a:

Answer: Small remedy for that symptom

A remedy with limited representation is a 'small' remedy, contrasted with broadly-indicated polychrests.

Apis mellifica is best indicated for swellings that are:

Answer: Rosy, edematous, stinging, and better from cold

Apis produces puffy, stinging, edematous swellings, thirstless and relieved by cold applications.