Homeopathy Materia Medica and Repertory 3

Question 1

Which remedy is chiefly indicated for right-sided complaints, worse from 4-8 p.m., with craving for sweets and much flatulence?

Accepted Answer

Lycopodium

Answer

Lycopodium is right-sided, aggravated 4-8 p.m., craves sweets, and has marked digestive bloating.

Question 2

Lachesis is most characteristically worse from:

Accepted Answer

Sleep and on waking

Answer

Lachesis aggravates during and after sleep, so the patient dreads sleeping.

Question 3

A mild, weepy, changeable patient who is thirstless and craves open air best fits:

Accepted Answer

Pulsatilla

Answer

Pulsatilla is gentle, tearful, thirstless, better in open air, with shifting symptoms.

Question 4

In materia medica, a 'keynote' symptom is best described as:

Accepted Answer

A striking, characteristic symptom that points to the remedy

Answer

A keynote is a peculiar, characteristic symptom strongly guiding to a particular remedy.

Question 5

Which remedy is the leading acute remedy for sudden, violent, high fever with red face, throbbing headache, and dilated pupils?

Accepted Answer

Belladonna

Answer

Belladonna produces sudden, intense congestion with heat, redness, throbbing, and dilated pupils.

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