KNOW Homoeopathy

Extremities Sore   and   raw   spots  on   feet, especially   heel,   from  friction – Allium cepa Hamstrings   feel   painfully    short  when  walking;  tension  in  joints  as  from shortening of the muscles – Amm mur, Caust. , Cimex Gout  and  rheumatism, with great  fear  of being  touched  or struck  by  persons coming  near  him – Arn Ulcers : irritable, inflamed, sloughing, varicose; painful as if beaten (Arn.); excessive secretion of pus – Calendula Unsteady walking and easy falling of little children – Causticum The fingers “go to sleep” frequently and easily – Digitalis Affects left shoulder- and right hip-joint – Led pal, Agar. Ant. t., Stram Painful contractions of the hamstrings – Natrum mur, Am. m., Caust. Guaiac Acute inflammatory swelling of joints, wandering from one joint to another; severe at night; < in rest and during rough stormy weather – Rhododendron, Kalm Lameness after sprains, especially of wrists and ankles – Ruta (chronic sprains, Bov. Stron.) Burning of soles of feet; must uncover or put them in a cool place – Sanicula, Lach. Med., Sang., Sulph When singing or using the voice, aching and weakness in deltoid and arms – Stannum met

Back Spine aches from base of brain to coccyx, very sensitive to touch or pressure – Lac can, chin. s., Phos., Zinc Sacrum extreme sensitiveness; cannot bear the slightest touch, even of a soft pillow – lobelia Violent stitches in upper left chest, below the scapula, extending to neck – Theridion, Anis. Myr., Pix, Sulph Great sensitiveness between vertebrae, sits sideways in a chair to avoid pressure against spine – Chin. S, Theridion

Throat Sensation of lump in throat; descends on swallowing, but returns immediately – Rumex 

Mouth Stammering, slow difficult speech – Bovista, Stram, Kali brom Excessive flow of saliva, it runs out of mouth when sleeping – syphilinum Saliva and all food has a salty taste – Cyclamen Saliva – tough, ropy, viscid, frothy in mouth and throat, with constant spitting – Lyssin, Hydr Continual rising of white froth into the mouth – Mag mur Hay fever squirming sensation in the nostril, as of a small worm; brought on by exposure to hot sun or intense summer heat – Natrum mur

Respiratory Epistaxis: when coughing; at night during sleep; hangs in a dark clotted string from the nose, like an icicle – Merc sol All    irritating   things   –   salt,  wine,    vinegar,   pepper    –   immediately    produce   cough – Alumina Cough, during pregnancy – Apoc, Con, Kali brom, Caust, Nux mos Laughing   excites   cough – Arg met, Dros. Phos,  Stan Dyspnoea or asthma, where the patient can only breathe by standing up – Cann sativa With every explosive cough there escapes a volume of pungent, foetid air – Caps Lumps of mucus fly from mouth when coughing – Bad., Chel, Kali carb Want of  breath in those engaged in athletic sports – Coca Cough has a gurgling sound,  as if water was being poured from a bottle – Cuprum met Cough only in the day time – Euphr Cough only in the night – Petroleum Great weakness and loss of breath on going upstairs – Calc.; during the menses – Iodum, Alum, Carbo an, Coc Dyspnoea  > by lying down – Kali bi Dyspnoea worse when lying down – Aral., Lach, Ars, Grindelia Cough deep hollow, like coughing in a barrel – Medr The least thing coming near mouth or nose interferes with breathing; – Lach Dyspnoea and sense of constriction; can inhale with ease, but no power to exhale – Medor, Samb Cough going from warm to cold air – Phos (opp: Bry.) Cough returns every winter – Psorinum Expectoration  profuse, like the white of an egg – Stannum met Expectoration   salty – Kali i., Phos, Stannum, Ambra, Sep.

Ear Hearing confused; cannot tell from what direction a sound comes – Carbo an Eustachian tube closed; catarrhal deafness and otorrhoea in psoric children – Merc duls

Eyes Eyes burning, biting, smarting as from smoke, must rub  them – Allium cepa Eye  strain  from  sewing – Ruta, Natr mur, Arg nit Sunshine, light & wind are intolerable, cold air or water very pleasant to the eyes. – Asarum Hemiopia;   sees   only the  lower half – Aurum met Hemiopia;   Sees only the left half, Lith. c, Lyc. When reading, the letters seem to turn, go up or down or disappear – Cicuta, Coc Eyes – sensation, as if room were filled with smoke – Crocus Intolerable pain in eyeballs; could not turn the eyes without turning the whole body. – Spigelia – seems as if eyes were too large for the orbits – Actea, Comocladia

Head Great falling of hair, after chronic headache or at climatric – Sepia Headache as if a tornado in head; as if head had  been  blown  to pieces – Carb an Headache, as if a rubber band were stretched tightly over the forehead, – Carbolic acid, Gels. Plat., Sulph Eating a little too much causes headache – Nux mosch Headache in occiput, which is as heavy as lead – Petroleum Headache of students, teachers and overworked business men – Picric acid Headache always hungry during; > while eating – Anac. psor Kali p Headache from too much thinking, too close application or attention – Sabad, Arg.n Coldness of the vertex with headache – Sepia, Vert alb Heat of vertex, Calc., Graph. Sulph. Headache at sunrise, at its height at noon, declines till sunset – Spigelia, Nat. m., Tab. Glon, Kalmia Sweat on the face on a mall spot only while eating – Ign At puberty : acne in anaemic girls with vertex headache – Calc phos 

MIND Child cries & whines if any one touches it, will not let you feel the pulse – Ant tart, Ant crud, Sanicula Women esp. widows, children & girls who generally careful becomes awkward & let things fall while handling them – Apis, Bov, Natrum mur Excessively nervous, easily frightened by the slightest noise or an unusual sharp sound, a cough, sneeze, a cry, lighting a match, etc. – Bor, Asar, Calad, Tarent, Nux, Therid Constantly dwelling on suicide – Naja, Aur met; but afraid to die – Nux vom Children fear of falling, grasp the crib or seize the nurse – Borax, Sanic, Gels Chronic blue condition, everything seems so dark that it can grow no darker – Lil tig, Lyc, Puls Assumes strange attitude & positions in bed. – Plum met Afraid of sharp pointed things – Spigelia Faint & weak esp. when going downstairs , can go up well enough – Stannum, Borax, (opp – Calc) Naturally of a sweet disposition, now on the borderland of insanity – Tuber Hereditary tendency to alcoholism – Syphil, Asarum, Psor, Sul, Tub, Sul ac Cannot sleep lying on the back – Acetic acid, Amm c (sleeps better on back – Ars) unrefreshing sleep more tired on rising than when resting – Mag.c, Bry, Con, Hep, Opium, Sulph Cannot get asleep unless legs are crossed – Rhododendron Cannot read what he writes – Lyco (BOERICKE) Feels that death is near & must hurry to settle affair – Petroleum Always washing the hands – Syphilinum (BOERICKE) Ailments : from suppressed grief and terrors of conscience; from duty not done or bad act committed – Cyclamen

Most common type of vertex presentation: LOA (Left Occipito Anterior)

Largest fetal head diameter: Mentovertical

'Million dollar immunoglobulin' is another term for: IgM

Triple test is done for diagnosing: Down syndrome

Before puberty :-the cervix to uterus ratio is: 2:1

Strawberry vagina :- is seen in Trichomoniasis

LYMPHOGRANULOMA VENERUM/ LGV :- The 'groove sign' characteristic of LGV (if both the inguinal and the femoral nodes are involved)

BACTERIAL VAGINOSIS :- Clue cells

Trichomoniasis :- Strawberry vagina/ Colpitis macularis appearance

Candidiasis :- Cottage Cheese Appearance

Clue cells in vagina :- fishy odour, positive Whiff test signifies: Infection with Hemophilus vaginalis (bacterial vaginosis)