Quiz
4
The 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.
The
transverse
colon
protrudes
like
a
pad. 2.
Nostrils
crusty,
inflamed;
tip
of
nose
shining
red;
red
noses
of
young
women. 3.
Complaints
of
imaginary
odor
before
the
nose,
as
of
herring
or
musk. 4.
Must
move
constantly,
but
motion
does
not
relieve. 5.
Ill-humor
during
wet
stormy
weather. 6.
“Is
the
Aconite
of
the
venous
capillary
system”. 7.
Terrible
burning
in
legs
and
arms
during
an
electrical
storm. 8.
Mental
traumatism;
mental
effects
from
injuries
to
head;
chronic
brain
effects
of
blows,
falls. 9.
Rash
from
exposure
to
open
air;
dry,
itch-like
eruptions,
prone
to
appear
in
spring;
become
crusty. 10.
Craving
alcohol,
in
any
form.
Hereditary
tendency
to
alcoholism. 11.
Child
wants
abdomen
uncovered,
relieves
nausea
and
vomiting. 12.
The
urine
has
the
odor
of
violets.
13.
Child
repeats
everything
said
to
it. 14.
Tongue
foul,
but
becomes
clear
at
each
menstrual
nisus,
returns
when
flow
ceases. 15.
Irritable,
headstrong;
hateful
and
vindictive;
inveterate,
ill-willed,
unmoved
by
apologies. 16.
Uncommon
mental
activity;
cannot
stop
thinking. 17.
Sensation
of
feather
in
larynx,
exciting
cough. 18.
Toothache
only
when
eating. 19.
Children
dislike
to
be
carried,
or
to
be
raised. 20.
Every
mental
excitement
<
or
increases
the
cough. Answers: 1.
Belladonna;
2.
Borax;
3
Agnus
castus;
4.
Causticum;
5.
Ammonium
carconicum;
6.
Hamamelis
virginica;
7.
Medorrhinum;
8.
Natrum
sulphuricum;
9.
Sarsaparilla;
10.
Syphilinum;
11.
Tabacum;
12.
Terebinth;
13.
Zincum
metallicum;
14.
Sepia;
15.
Nitric
acid;
16.
Physostigma;
17.
Drosera;
18.
Kali
carbonicum;
19.
Bryonia;
20.
Spongia
tosta
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