Remedy Glossary

An A–Z reference to the individual remedies used throughout Morrow.

KEYNOTES OF INDIVIDUAL REMEDIES

Including abbreviations used on remedy labels.

 

Aconite (Acon): First signs of a cold; cough or earache after exposure to cold, dry wind; restlessness; fever with thirst.

Allium Cepa (Allium): Sneezing; copious watery nasal discharge; red, watery eyes; earache; and a tickling cough.

Ambrosia (Ambro): Hay fever; itchy eyes; blocked or “stuffed up” feeling in the nose and head.

Anas Barbariae: Traditionally used at the first signs of common winter illnesses with fatigue, chills, body aches and general malaise.

Apis: Severe reactions to bites and stings; shiny, rosy-red skin.

Arnica (Arn): Reduces shock, bleeding and bruising after injury; sore, bruised, aching pain; sprains and strains; sore muscles after over-exertion.

Arsenicum (Ars): Watery nasal discharge; gastritis with stomach pain, vomiting and diarrhoea; thirsty for frequent small sips.

Arsenicum Iod: Hay fever with chronic nasal catarrh; watery nasal discharge; constant desire to sneeze.

Belladonna (Bell): Sudden, intense earache with redness and swelling; child screams with pain, worse at night; high fever with a hot, flushed face and glistening eyes.

Bellis Perennis (Bell P): Deep tissue injury; helps remove swelling after blows or injuries.

Borax: Mouth ulcers; oral thrush; seasickness from downward motion.

Bryonia (Bry): Headache, worse from motion; bursting, splitting headache.

Calendula (Cal): Works as an antiseptic to help prevent infection; controls bleeding from cuts and wounds; soothing for skin irritations, nappy rash, abrasions and wounds.

Cantharis (Canth): Bites or stings resulting in intensely burning, scalding pain with red inflammation around the affected area.

Chamomilla (Cham): Irritable and restless; nothing consoles; earache with soreness, swelling and heat.

Cocculus (Cocc): Nausea and vomiting from travelling in cars or boats, or even watching a boat in motion.

Colocynthis (Coloc): Agonising abdominal pain with distension; extremely irritable.

Drosera (Dros): Dry, spasmodic or barking cough; coughing fits that may end in gagging or vomiting; worse after midnight.

Euphrasia (Euph): Allergies and hay fever; catarrhal conjunctivitis; eyes water constantly.

Ferrum Phos (Ferr P): Used in the first stage of inflammatory and catarrhal conditions affecting the respiratory tract; ear infections; and nosebleeds.

Gelsemium (Gels): Dullness, heaviness and fatigue; aching muscles; chills; headache; trembling; desire to lie quietly.

Glonoine (Glon): Congestive headache, worse from sun on the head, hot weather or fire; may be accompanied by nausea or vomiting.

Hepar Sulph (Hepar): Catarrhal inflammation; sore nostrils; dry, hoarse cough or rattling, croupy cough.

Hypericum (Hyper): Used for injuries to nerves with excessive pain and spasms after injury.

Influenzinum: Traditionally used at the first signs of influenza-like illness with fatigue, aching, chills and general malaise.

Ipecac (Ipec): Constant nausea and vomiting.

Kali Mur: Thick white mucus; blocked ears; congestion following the early inflammatory stage of colds and ear infections.

Ledum: Puncture wounds; bites and stings with itching.

Lycopodium (Lyc): Bloated tummy; feels full after eating a small amount; gnawing pain; anticipatory anxiety.

Nat Mur: Headaches from sunrise to sunset.

Nux Vomica (Nux): Irritable; does not want to be touched; snuffles and stuffy colds with a blocked nose at night; constipation with ineffectual urging.

Phosphorus (Phos): Frequent, profuse, bright red nosebleeds.

Phytolacca (Phyto): Violent vomiting with nausea; constant urging to pass stools; sore throat extending across the throat.

Pulsatilla (Puls): Earache, worse at night; deafness as though the ears are blocked; clingy.

Rhus Tox (Rhus T): Hot, painful swelling of joints; tearing pains in tendons, ligaments and tissues; swollen ankles; stiffness after sprains or injury.

Ruta: Straining of flexor tendons; bruised bones; lameness after sprains; swollen ankles after injury.

Sabadilla (Sabad): Chronic sore throat progressing from left to right; painful empty swallowing; desires warm food and drinks. Hay fever with sneezing and a runny nose, worse from the odour of flowers.

Silica (Sil): Expels foreign objects from beneath the skin.

Spigelia (Spig): Sun headache extending to the eyes; begins at sunrise; ears feel as though they are blocked; navel pain associated with worms.

Tabacum (Tabac): Nausea; giddiness; seasickness; motion sickness.

Urtica Urens (Urtica): Allergic reactions; intense itching; burns; stings; nettle rash.

Veratrum Album (Verat Alb): Profuse vomiting and diarrhoea with collapse, cold sweats and marked weakness.

Wyethia (Wyeth): Hay fever; itching at the back of the throat; very dry throat; constant desire to swallow saliva to relieve dryness.