Quiz 3The Materia Medica is so vast, that every time we read a drug from any our books, we find a symptom that we had never seen before. Allen’s
‘Keynotes
of
the
Leading
Remedies’
is
a
book
that
we
use
from
the
day
we
join
a
homeopathic
college,
and
it
continues
to
be
of
use,
years
after
one
graduates
and
settles
down
comfortably
with
a
successful
practice.
It
should
be
noted
however
that
the
‘Allen’s
Keynotes’
is
not
a
source
book
but
a
mere
compilation
from
other
books.
Hence,
to
understand
the
Materia Medica,
one
must
read
the
other
original
reference
works. Here
are
a
few
symptoms
from
the
Allen’s
Keynotes.
Do
you
know
to
which
remedy
they
belong?
(A
new
set
of
symptoms
will
be
put
up
every
month). Happy
quizzing! 1.
Diarrhoea
of
children;
during
teething;
after
eating;
while
being
bathed
or
washed…. 2.
Profuse
sweat
over
entire
body
during
waking
hours;
on
going
to
sleep
dry
heat
returns. 3.
Enuresis:
nocturnal;
from
nervous
irritation;
urine
pale,
copious;
after
catheterisation. 4.
Easily
strained
from
lifting,
even
small
weights;
straining
and
overlifting
easily
produce
great
debility
…... 5.
Sexual
desire
absent
in
fleshy
people. 6.
Breasts
cold
as
ice
to
touch,
especially
the
nipples,
rest
of
body
warm
(during
menses). 7.
Sensation
of
lump
in
throat;
descends
on
swallowing,
but
returns
immediately. 8.
Irritable;
nervous;
fidgety;
hard
to
please. 9.
Lassitude;
faints
on
going
into
a
room
full
of
company. 10.
Happy
dreams;
wakes
up
singing. 11.
Sensation
as
if
a
thread
were
hanging
down
the
throat. 12.
Children
get
sick
in
the
evening
when
sitting
before
an
open
fire
or
falling
asleep
there. 13.
Sore
throats
and
cough
are
apt
to
begin
and
end
with
menstruation. 14.
Profuse
perspiration
after
acute
diseases,
with
relief
of
all
suffering. 15.
Intermittent
dyspnoea,
every
other
day
at
same
hour;
fever
with
persistent
nausea. 16.
Constant
discharge
of
flatus,
up
and
down,
for
years;
belching
tasting
of
ingesta. 17.
Irresistible
desire
to
lie
down
and
sleep;
strength
suddenly
leaves
him;
especially
in
hot
weather. 18.
Water
drunk
causes
coldness
of
the
stomach
unless
mixed
with
alcoholic
liquor. 19.
Every
spring,
skin
affections
reappear. 20.
Felons;
early
when
pains
are
sharp
and
agonising,
when
pricking
is
first
felt. Answers: 1.
Podophyllum;
2.
Sambucus
nigra;
3
Magnesia
phosphorica;
4.
Carbo
animalis;
5.
Kali
bichromicum;
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