List of homeopathic preparations
Appearance
The following substances are commonly used in homeopathy today. See Category:Homeopathic remedies for a list of commercial preparations.
Homeopathic name | Substance | Common name | Alleged homeopathic use (evidence does not support efficacy) |
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Aconite[1] | Aconitum napellus | Monkshood, monk's blood, fuzi, wolf's bane | Shock, influenza and fever |
Aesculus hippocastanum[1] | Aesculus hippocastanum | Horse-chestnut | Haemorrhoids and varicose veins[2] |
Anthracinum, Anthracinum bovum, Anthracinum suum |
Anthrax poison extracted from the spleen of affected sheep | All types of furuncles (like acne,[3] carbuncles, malignant pustules), septic wounds, grangrenous degenerations, anthrax poisoning, | |
Allium cepa[1] | Onion | Itching eyes, lachrymation, allergies, hay fever | |
Antimonium Arsenicate | Skin conditions, minor lethargy | ||
Antimonium tartaricum[citation needed] | Antimony tartrate | Impetigo | |
Argentum nitricum[citation needed] | Silver nitrate | Fear, anticipation, apprehension, nervous excitement, exam nerves, conjunctivitis. | |
Arnica | Arnica montana | Leopard's bane | Shock and bruising |
Arsenicum album | Arsenic trioxide | White arsenic | Colds, influenza, diarrhoea, food poisoning |
Baptisia[1] | Baptisia tinctoria | Wild indigo, horseflyweed | Fever |
Belladonna[1] | Atropa belladonna | Deadly nightshade | High fever with redness and delirium, and throbbing headache |
Bellis perennis[1] | Bellis perennis | Common daisy | Cuts and wounds |
Bryonia | Bryonia alba | White bryony | Fever, joint pain, cough and pleurisy |
Calcarea carbonica[citation needed] | Calcium carbonate | Oyster shell | Indigestion |
Calendula[1] | Calendula officinalis | Marigold | Healing of wounds |
Chamomilla | Matricaria chamomilla | German chamomile | teething in infants |
Camphor | Cinnamomum camphora | Cholera (used by Hahnemann on an 1831 cholera outbreak on Central Europe, and by Dr. Quin in 1854 London's epidemic) | |
Colocynthis[1] | Citrullus colocynthis | Squirting cucumber | Diarrhoea |
Cuprum metallicum[citation needed] | Copper | Cholera, diarrhoea, griping in the guts | |
Digitalis[1] | Digitalis purpurea | Foxglove | Heart conditions, angina |
Drosera[1] | Drosera rotundifolia | Sundew | Cough |
Dulcamara[1] | Solanum dulcamara | Woody nightshade | Range of chronic ailments |
Ferrum phosphoricum | Iron phosphate | Ferr phos | Haemorrhages and nosebleeds |
Gelsemium | Gelsemium sempervirens | Yellow jasmine | Joint pain and fever |
Glonoinum[citation needed] | Nitroglycerine | Facial neuralgias, heat headaches | |
Graphites[citation needed] | Graphite | Itching cracked skin, eczema, psoriasis | |
Hamamelis[1] | Hamamelis virginiana | Witch-hazel | haemorrhoids, varicose veins |
Hepar sulfuris calcareum | Calcium sulfide | Hepar sulf | wide range of chronic ailments, boils, abscesses, croup. |
Ignatia amara | Strychnos ignatii | St. Ignatius bean | recovery from grief |
Kalium bichromicum | Potassium dichromate | used in HeadOn | thick secretions from the mucous membranes of the sinuses and respiratory tract |
Lachesis[1][citation needed] | Lachesis muta | Bushmaster snake | wide range of uses. |
Ledum[1] | Ledum palustre | Marsh tea | bites, stings, punctured wounds |
Lycopodium[1] | Lycopodium clavatum | Wolf's foot, clubmoss | wide range of chronic use |
Mercurius vivus | Mercury | wide range of chronic ailments | |
Natrum muriaticum[citation needed] | Sodium chloride | Natrum mur; table salt | varied chronic uses; irritable, touchy, dislikes consolation |
Natrum sulphuricum[citation needed] | Sodium sulphate | Natrum sulph | asthma, headaches, worse for damp, warts |
Nux vomica | Strychnos nux-vomica | Strychnine tree | nausea, hangovers, substance abuse and chronic ailments |
Oscillococcinum[citation needed] | Cairina moschata liver | Muscovy duck liver | colds/flu; |
Petroleum[citation needed] | Crude oil | Skin affections, eczema, psoriasis | |
Phosphorus | Phosphorus | Phos | wide range of chronic ailments |
Picricum acidum[citation needed] | Picric acid | Picric acid | Water retention, Confusion |
Pulsatilla | Pasque flower | Wind flower | various childhood, menstrual and chronic ailments |
Rhus toxicodendron | Toxicodendron radicans | Poison ivy | joint pains and fevers |
Ruta | Ruta graveolens | Rue | trauma or sprain of the ligaments; conditions involving the tendons, fibrous tissue, or periosteum; joint stiffness, eye strain |
Sepia[citation needed] | Cuttlefish ink | many female problems | |
Silicea[citation needed] | Flint | Various chronic conditions, sensitivity to cold | |
Sulphur | Sulfur | chronic ailments, skin complaints, general debility | |
Thea Sinensis / Camellia Sinensis | Leaves of tea plant | neurologics (insomnia, nightmares), digestives (dyspepsia caused by drinking tea often) | |
Thuja[1][citation needed] | Thuja occidentalis | warts & chronic conditions | |
Urtica urens[1] | Stinging nettle | Burns, bites and stings |
See also
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q Bharatan, Vilma. "Plants and fungi used in homeopathy". Natural History Museum (London). Archived from the original on 22 March 2008. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
- ^ https://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/druginfo/natural/patient-horsechestnut.html Aesculus at MedlinePlus
- ^ John Clarke (1998). Un Diccionario De Materia Medica Practica (in Spanish). B. Jain. pp. 129–130. ISBN 81-7021-812-8. Retrieved 2008-06-22.