HYPERICUM

No. 1 Remedy for injury to nerves. Useful first aid treatment for lacerated wounds from sharp instruments or any injury to nerve-rich areas (e.g. slamming door on fingers or falling on the coccyx). Pains are extreme and shoot along the nerves. Reputed anti-tetanus...

HEPAR SULPH

No. 1 Remedy for painful, infected wounds. Characterised by hyper-sensitivity to everything: pain; touch; cold; noise; exertion. One of the chilliest known remedies. Emotionally can be violent and intense. Tendency to form pus. Pains stitching and splinter-like (cf...

GELSEMIUM

No. 1 Remedy for flu. Especially if there is shivering up and down the spine. Characterised by paralysis. The remedy is known as the “glass coffin” because although there is complete physical prostration, it is coupled with mental alertness. Patient...

CHINA

No. 1 Remedy for de-hydration. Delicate types whose senses are too acute. Emotionally and physically exhausted. Complaints often arise after loss of fluids / severe dehydration (e.g after fever or diarrhoea). Bloated abdomen, but not relieved by burping (cf. Carbo...

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 bad-tempered children who are only quiet when carried and...

CARBO VEG

No. 1 Remedy for resuscitation. “The homoeopathic corpse reviver”. This remedy has saved many lives. Symptoms at their most extreme are complete state of collapse due to oxygen starvation. Body (even breath) is cold. May appear limp, pale or blue. Less...