Travel Materia Medica C - D

Please note: No. 1 Remedy = Most frequently prescribed. to ensure your prescribing is as accurate as possible always match the symptoms as closely as possible to the medicine.

CHAMOMILLA No 1 Remedy for teething children.
Especially if child has one red cheek. Characterised by over-sensitivity. Pains are intolerable and appear to be out of all proportion to the illness or injury. Suited to hot, bad-tempered, over-tired children who are only quiet when carried and constantly request,then reject,things. Better: uncovered. Worse: 9pm - midnight.

CHELIDONIUM No.1 Remedy for liver conditions.
Reputed to have prophylactic properties against jaudice and other liver-related illnesses.Yellowness. Pains (often right-sided) with nausea and perspiration.Cold fingertips (and right foot). Better: hot drinks; eating (especially at noon). Worse: 2-4am; 2-4pm

CHINA No. 1 Remedy for dehydration
Delicate types whose senses are too acute. Complaints often arise after loss of fluids / severe dehydration (e.g after over-exposure to sun, fever or diarrhoea). Bloated abdomen, but not relieved by burping(cf Carbo veg). Diarrhoea - painless, lots of flatulence with undigested food. Better: hard pressure; lying down; fasting; loose clothes. Worse: light touch.

COCCULUS No 1 remedy for travel sickness
(see also Petroleum & Tabacum). Nauseous. Lack of sleep causes mind and reaction times to slow down creating illusion that time is moving too fast. Weak, numb empty feeling with trembling. Worse: sight/smell of food; open air; passive motion.

CUPRUM
An important cholera remedy also used for diarrhoea. Cramps and spasms. Convulsions which start in fingers / toes. In extreme cases blueness / coldness apparent death ( cf Carbo Veg). Diarrhoea: violent with cramps and retching. Better: drinking cold water; perspiration. Worse: hot weather; touch.

EUPATORIUM PERFOLIATUM
A remedy for fever with deep bone pain. Little perspiration. Chills in small of back, which feels broken. Very restless, yet not better for motion. Better: cold drinks; ice-cream.