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HEADACHES
TYPE OF PAIN/
REMEDY BETTER/ WORSE OTHER
LOCATION

Restlessness and
Generalised. Chronic Acute > cold Chronic
anxiety. Headaches
Arsenicum alb. pain is often burning, > heat< midnight – 2
usually accompany
sensitive scalp a.m.
other complaints.

< movement, noise,

Feels as though head
light, lying flat, Face is flushed, pupils
would burst, throbbing,
Belladonna bending forward. 3 dilated. Very violent
especially felt in forehead
p.m.> pressure, sitting pain
or around the eyes
up or bending back

< warm room, heat,

slightest motion, as
the day progresses. Great irritability.
Wants to be left alone
Bursting pain in forehead
Bryonia > firm pressure, in the dark. Migraines,
and behind eyes.
with nausea. Very
sitting absolutely
thirsty.
still in the dark
 < morning, sun, heat

Dull, heavy, aching > lying down with Not thirsty. Heavy
Gelsemium feeling like band around feeling. Fluey
head raised. After
the head. Eyelids droop headache.
urination.

< motion, riding in

car, uncovering head,
Like nail thrust into head. drafts. The sensitivity of the
Scalp extremely scalp is most
Hepar sulph.
sensitive. Especially > firm pressure, prominent.
above nose Complains intensely.
dry weather.

< morning, mental

effort, cold
Check source of
With nausea and distaste headache. Nux
Nux vomica for food. Back of head or > warmth, lying relieves headache
over eyes. down, covering from overeating or
stimulants, alcohol.
head.

< sun, heat, blowing

Front of head. nose, evening Common after eating
Pulsatilla Congestive headaches. rich foods. School-
Pains wander. Head hot > cold, open air girl’s headache.

REMEDY NOSE EYES, MOUTH BETTER/ WORSE OTHER

Sudden onset,
early stages of
Very thirsty for Worse for wind,
respiratory
Sneezing, nose cold drinks, dry heat. Wakes up
Aconite infections, esp.
stopped up tongue, bitter after 1 or 2 hours of
croup. Great
taste. sleep.
anxiety and
restlessness.

Much sneezing < warm room General raw

Eyes stream, lips
nose streams feeling can
Allium cepa sore. Hot and
clear and > open air extend to throat
thirsty
burning skin & chest
 > warm drinks, by
Frequent & sitting up
Thirsty for small Tremendous
painful
amounts of restlessness and
sneezing. < 12 to 2
Arsenicum alb water. Tongue anxiety. General
Discharge
white burning am, feeling of
thin,watery &
pain in throat. burning
burning. cold

Sudden onset.
Nose swollen, Throat very red
Hot face, cold
red sore and and raw. < motion, 3 pm,
Belladonna extremities. Often
hot. Little Hoarseness. light, noise, touch.
accompanied
mucous Thirstless.
with headache

< slightest motion,

Thirst for large 9 pm Dry, painful
Tendency to
quantities. cough. Very
Bryonia settle in chest
Tongue coated > lying still, irritable, wants to
quickly.
white or brown. pressure be left alone

Severe Good Fall cold

< damp, cold,
sneezing, often Eyes red & sore and flu remedy
Dulcamara change from warm
congestion and throat with frequent
to cold, drafts
sinusitis urination.

< 10 am Chills up & Down

Flu-like
spine, heavy
symptoms, Eyelids heavy, > urination, near
Gelsemium aching limbs.
nostrils sore coated tongue.
the fire Great fatigue and
from discharge
weakness.

Sinusitis with
Splinter-like
thick and yellow < uncovering any Irritable and
Hepar sulph. pains in throat.
and offensive part, the least draft hypersensitive.
Croup < night
discharge

< open air, cold,

noise, light, dry
weather
Nose alternately
Extremely chilly.
blocked (night)
Nux vomica Mouth dry > wet weather, Very irritable and
and running
impatient.
(day) warmth, warm
drinks
 > cold drinks and
food, sleep
Sore throat with Good for
One nostril
hoarseness. Dry lingering, tickling
blocked, one < cold, change of
Phosphorus lips and tongue. coughs. Worse
running. Colds
Thirst for cold temperature, talking, cold air,
go to chest
drinks lying on left side.
twilight, fasting

Thick, bland, < warm room, Patient usually

Chapped lips,
yellow or green twilight and evening mild, perhaps
dry mouth
Pulsatilla discharge or weepy. Wants
without thirst.
stuffed up (ripe > open air company. Colds
Loss of appetite.
cold) that linger.

COLD/FLU
REMEDY NOSE EYES, MOUTH BETTER/ WORSE OTHER

Sudden onset,
early stages of
Very thirsty for Worse for wind,
respiratory
Sneezing, nose cold drinks, dry heat. Wakes up
Aconite infections, esp.
stopped up tongue, bitter after 1 or 2 hours of
croup. Great
taste. sleep.
anxiety and
restlessness.

Much sneezing < warm room General raw

Eyes stream, lips
nose streams feeling can
Allium cepa sore. Hot and
clear and > open air extend to throat
thirsty
burning skin & chest

> warm drinks, by

Frequent & sitting up
Thirsty for small Tremendous
painful
amounts of restlessness and
sneezing. < 12 to 2
Arsenicum alb water. Tongue anxiety. General
Discharge
white burning am, feeling of
thin,watery &
pain in throat. burning
burning. cold

Sudden onset.
Nose swollen, Throat very red
Hot face, cold
red sore and and raw. < motion, 3 pm,
Belladonna extremities. Often
hot. Little Hoarseness. light, noise, touch.
accompanied
mucous Thirstless.
with headache
 < slightest motion,
9 pm
Thirst for large Dry, painful
Tendency to
quantities. cough. Very
Bryonia settle in chest > lying still,
Tongue coated irritable, wants to
quickly.
white or brown. pressure be left alone

Severe Good Fall cold

< damp, cold,
sneezing, often Eyes red & sore and flu remedy
Dulcamara change from warm
congestion and throat with frequent
to cold, drafts
sinusitis urination.

< 10 am
Chills up & Down
Flu-like
spine, heavy
symptoms, Eyelids heavy, > urination, near
Gelsemium aching limbs.
nostrils sore coated tongue.
the fire Great fatigue and
from discharge
weakness.

Sinusitis with
Splinter-like
thick and yellow < uncovering any Irritable and
Hepar sulph. pains in throat.
and offensive part, the least draft hypersensitive.
Croup < night
discharge

< open air, cold,

noise, light, dry
weather
Nose alternately
Extremely chilly.
blocked (night)
Nux vomica Mouth dry > wet weather, Very irritable and
and running
impatient.
(day) warmth, warm
drinks

> cold drinks and

food, sleep
Sore throat with Good for
One nostril
hoarseness. Dry lingering, tickling
blocked, one < cold, change of
Phosphorus lips and tongue. coughs. Worse
running. Colds
Thirst for cold temperature, talking, cold air,
go to chest
drinks lying on left side.
twilight, fasting

Thick, bland, < warm room, Patient usually

Chapped lips,
yellow or green twilight and evening mild, perhaps
dry mouth
Pulsatilla discharge or weepy. Wants
without thirst.
stuffed up (ripe > open air company. Colds
Loss of appetite.
cold) that linger.
 INDIGESTION
REMEDY MAIN SYMPTOMS BETTER/ WORSE OTHER

< touch, at night, lying

on painful part

Stomach flu in hot

Aconite weather, especially after > open air, Anxious and restless.
drinking ice-cold drinks perspiring, sitting
still.

< 12 to 2 a.m.
Burning pains, retching Travel tummy. Food
Arsenicum alb. and vomiting, offensive > warm drinks, poisoning. Wants sips
diarrhea warmth to drink, anxious.

> lying on painful part,

Pressure like a stone in pressure, rest, cold
stomach. Nausea and things Irritable, wants to be
faintness sitting up. left alone. Lethargy,
Bryonia
Stomach sensitive to < the slightest thirst for large
touch. Constipation. No amounts of water.
desire. movement.

< fatty foods Often the person feels

Bloating, heaviness,
very weak and wants
burping and wind. Pain in
Carbo veg. to be constantly
pit of stomach. Pain right > sitting up, burping
fanned or have the
after eating or drinking.
window open.

Tummy sensitive to touch, < 9 pm to midnight > Children are

distended. No relief from Application of heat, inconsolable and very
Chamomilla
passing wind. Colic with being carried or irritable. Often comes
teething. rocked. on after tantrum.

Serious, painful stomach

> hard pressure,
cramps causing the Angry and sensitive.
Colocynthis bending forward,
patient to bend double. Bitter taste in mouth.
warmth.
Spluttery diarrhea.

Stomach upset after grief. < colds, eating sweets,

Contradictory symptoms. emotional upset, Ignatia patients sigh or
Ignatia Nausea relieved by strong odors > yawn frequently and
eating. Sensation of lump warmth, while eating, are very nervous.
in throat and stomach. pressure, distraction.
 < noise, music, food,
Nausea on an empty esp. veal or pork, hot
humid weather. Anxiety and
stomach, not relieved by
restlessness. Often
vomiting. Profuse
Ipecac indicated when child
salivation, disgust for food, > rest with eyes
gets ill after being
perspiration, clean tongue.
closed. punished.
Thirstless.

< night

Like Colocynthis with > rubbing, bending Good for premenstrual

Mag. Phos. restlessness and burping cramps. Not angry,
double, warm
which does not relieve. prefers quiet.
applications

< alcohol, coffe,

Weight and pain in tobacco, on waking
stomach 1 to 2 hours after Irritability and
Nux vomica eating. After overeating. hypersensitivity to
> hot food or drink,
May want to vomit, but noise and light.
can’t. after stool.

< stuffy rooms,

Nausea on full stomach evening
Thirstless, strange
especially after eating rich
food cravings. Can be
Pulsatilla foods or becoming > fresh air, cold caused by emotional
overheated. Lots of gas.
food and drink upset.
Nervous diarrhea

SORE THROATS

REMEDY THROAT BETTER/ WORSE OTHER

< wind, warm room,

night
Red, dry, swollen,
Aconite Fearful, restless
burning
> Open air
 < warm drinks or
food
Sensation of
Red, inflamed, swollen fishbone stuck in
> cold drinks,
Apis tonsils. Burning, throat. Hurts
stinging, constriction sucking on ice whether swallowing
cubes or not.

Difficulty sleeping
Acute tonsilitis. Tonsils when ill.
Desires lemons or
scarlet, burning. Desire
Belladonna < touch, light noise lemonade. Hard to
to swallow despite pain.
swallow anything.
Tickling in larynx. easily startled

Acute, non-violent < on waking, Used for sore throat

Ferrum phos.
tonsilitis. swallowing from singing.

Sensation of stick in < cold, touch Highly irritable and

throat. Tonsils throb, on sensitive. Often
Hepar sulph.
swallowing, pain > hot drinks starts after exposure
radiates to ears. to cold.

< empty swallowing,

touch, warm or hot Throat hurts most
Left-sided sore throat. drinks trying to cough up
Lachesis
Constant tickle. mucous. Worst when
> swallowing food wakes up.

Cold settles in throat.

Desire to swallow, < right side, change
makes it <
in temperature, open Characteristic bad
air, after eating breath. Mucous
Mercurius Great amount of gives off bad odor
saliva. Pain extends > daytime, rest also.
to ears
 < warm food, drink

Burning pain. Red lips, > cold drinks, open Swollen tonsils,
Sulphur
ears. offensive breath.
air

SKIN AILMENTS
REMEDY INDICATIONS BETTER/ WORSE OTHER

< radiant heat, sun,

bathing
Fretful, don’t want even
Impetigo, warts (esp.
Antimonium crud. to be looked at.
plantar) chicken pox > open air, during
Aversion to touch.
rest

< evening, sour foods,

milk, warmth. Desire company,
Acne, chicken pox with
Antimonium tart. drowsy, irritable,
formation of pustules.
> sitting up sweaty, whining

< dry weather, getting

cold

Warts near fingernail,

Causticum on nose, large, jagged, > damp weather,
bleed easily heat of bed,
warmth.

Warts on face, or
Coming on in Fall as
Dulcamara palms of hands.
weather becomes cold.
Smooth and flat.

< before midnigght,

morning
Acne, painful boils
Hepar sulph. Localises infection.
filled with pus. > damp weather,
warmth
 < cold or hot weather,
Warts, large, jagged, morning
Stitching, splinter-like
bleed on washing.
Nitric acid pain. Strong odor of
Eruptions, herpes, > riding in car urine. Chilly.
acne

– open air, cold

applications

Usual pulsatilla
Chicken pox or < warmth, fatty
Pulsatilla characteristics should
measles
foods, towards be present.

evening.

< cold, cold, wet

weather, left side,
autumn, morning
Patient restless,
Chicken pox, poison
cannot sit still. Often
Rhus tox. ivy, excema, herpes, > continued motion, red triangular tip of
shingles.
warm weather, hot tongue.
bathing

< warmth, heat of bed, Lots of itching with

night, bathing, wool. eruptions. Tends to
Acne, chicken pox,
Sulphur perspire
eczema, boils, herpes.
> cold applications excessively.Very thirsty
and hot.

Warts on hands and

Thuja patients are
fingers, face and < cold, left side, damp
Thuja usually very self-
eyelids, skin tags, weather.
conscious.
eczema, acne

Urticaria, esp. from

overheating and Mother tincture usually
Urtica urens exertion. chicken pox used topically to
with sensitivity and relieve.
burning, stinging pains

Calendula All skin conditions Used topically and internally for irritation and rash

EARACHES
REMEDY SIGNS BETTER/ WORSE OTHER
 < 3 p.m., motion, right ear,
night
Red ear, ear canal, Ear feels hot and
Belladonna flushed face, sudden > sitting with head raised, throbs. Child is
onset with fever agitated.
warmth

Head hot and sweats Often chronic and

profusely. accompanied with
Congested nasal congestion
Calc. carb. < cold wind, exertion
throbbing pain with which is thick and
thick yellow bland. Very chilly
discharge. child.

< cold air or wind Angry cry. Doesn’t

Extreme pain, out of
want you to touch
proportion with > temporarily from being
Chamomilla ear. Often
inflammation. Very
carried or rocked. accompanies
irritable.
teething

Early stages, slow often accompanies

Ferrum phos. < left ear
onset. other cold symptoms

Splinter-like pain in < slightest touch and cold

Child hypersensitive.
ear, often
Hepar sulph May have offensive
accompanied with > warm applications
discharge.
croupy cough.

Excessive salivation

Especially chronic < night, warmth of bed, heat

ear infections. May Bad breath
Mercurius be gluey yellow-
> blowing the nose.
green pus or Often have
discharge
swollen glands

< heat, at night in bed Weepy, congested.

Little pain during Want attention and
Pulsatilla day. Comes on after consolation.
> cool applications
cold or chilling. Thirstless. Not
angry.

Drop directly in ear if there is no discharge. Can be used in conjunction with

Mullein oil
other remedies taken internally.

Tincture diluted in water. A few drops in the ear. Good especially when
Plantago accompanied by teething pain. Can also be used on the gums to sooth that
pain.
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