By Oscar E. Boericke.
Repertory accompanying William Boericke’s Pocket Manual of Homoeopathic Materia Medica — ninth edition (1927), revised and enlarged. Repertory revised for this edition; prefatory note dated June 1927.
Historical reference only. Source transcription has not been fully proofread against the printed book. Italics are retained from the transcription. This library does not calculate or alter SRF results.
Nervous System
In the author’s prefatory note, italics indicate the more frequently verified clinical remedy. This is a historical grading convention.
BRAIN
Sensation of mouse running up limb [as]; heat from stomach; visual or aural disturbance -- Bell., Calc. c., Sul.
Brain [in], as a wavy sensation -- Cim.
Knees [in], ascends to hypogastrium -- Cupr. m.
Left arm [in] -- Sil.
Solar plexus [in] -- Bufo, Calc. c., Nux v., Sil.
Stomach or genitals [in] -- Bufo.
Upper or lower limbs [in] -- Lyc.
Felt, in heart region -- Calc. ars.
New moon; nocturnal [during] -- Caust., Cupr. m., Kali br., Sil.
Sleep [during] -- Bufo, Cupr., Lach., Op., Sil.
Deep sleep [following by] -- Æth., Hyos., Kali br., Lach., Op.
followed by
Nausea, vomiting -- Bell.
Prostration -- Æth., Chin. ars., Cic., Hydroc. ac., Sec., Sil., Strych., Sul.
Rage, automatic impulse -- Op.
Restlessness -- Cupr. m.
Tumor -- Arg. n., Cic.
Fright, emotional causes [from] -- Arg. n., Art. v., Bufo, Calc. c., Cham., Hyos., Ign., Sil., Stram.
Hysteria [from] -- Asaf., Cocc., Cupr. m., Hyos., Ign., Mosch., Œnanthe, Solan. c., Sumb., Tar. h., Zinc. v.
Injury [from] -- Con., Cupr. m., Meli., Nat. s.
Jealousy [from] -- Lach.
Menstrual disturbances [from] -- Arg. n., Bufo, Caul., Caust., Ced., Cim., Cupr. m., Kali br., Millef., Œnanthe, Puls., Solan. c.
Pregnancy [from] -- Œnanthe.
Sclerosis; brain tumors [from] -- Plumb. m.
Sexual disturbances [from] -- Art. v., Bufo, Calc. c., Plat., Stann., Sul.
Syphilis, tubercular [from] -- Kali br.
Taking cold; nocturnal; worse right side [from] -- Caust.
Valvular disease [from] -- Calc. ars.
Vital drains; onanism [from] -- Lach.
Wet exposure [from] -- Cupr. m.
Worms [from] -- Cic., Cina, Indigo, Sant., Sil., Stann., Sul., Teucr.
In children -- Æth., Art. v., Bell., Bufo, Calc. c., Cham., Cupr. m., Ign., Sil., Sul.
Periodical seizures -- Ars., Cupr. m.
Preceded, by
Dilated pupils -- Arg. n.
Gastric flatulency -- Arg. n., Nux v., Psor., Sul.
Irritability, rambling -- Bufo.
Malaise -- Cic.
Memory, confused -- Lach.
Palpitation, vertigo -- Lach.
Sudden cry -- Cupr. m., Hydroc. ac.
Tremblings, twitchings -- Absinth., Aster.
Vesicular eruption -- Cic.
Recurrent, several times daily -- Art. v., Cic.
Status epilepticus -- Acon., Æth., Bell., Cocc., Œnanthe, Plumb., Zinc. m.
Consciousness [with] -- Ign.
Face red [with], thumbs clenched, jaws locked, foam at mouth, eyes turned downwards, pupils fixed, dilated, pulse small, quick, hard -- Æth.
Paralysis following [with] -- Caust., Plumb. m., Sec.
Swelling of stomach [with], screaming, unconsciousness, trismus, distorted limbs; frequent during night; recurrent tendency -- Cic.
Vertigo (epileptic) [with] -- Arg. n., Bell., Calc. c., Caust., Cocc., Cupr., Hydroc. ac., Nit. ac., Op., Sil., Stram.
Ascending spinal (See Spine.) -- Alum., Bar. ac., Con., Gels., Lathyr., Led., Ox. ac., Phos., Picr. ac., Sec.
Bulbar -- Guaco, Mang. ox., Plumb. m.
General of insane -- Ant. c., Ars., Aur., Bell., Can. ind., Caust., Hyos., Kali br., Kali iod., Merc. c., Nat. iod., Nux v., Op., Phos., Physost., Plumb., Stram., Sul., Ver. a.
Gradually appearing -- Caust.
Right -- Bell., Caust., Chenop., Cur., Elaps, Irid.
Infantile (poliomyelitis anterior) (See Spine.) -- Acon., Æth., Bell., Calc. c., Caust., Chrom. s., Gels., Lathyrus, Nux v., Phos., Plumb. m., Rhus t., Sec., Sul.
Labio-glossopharyngeal -- Anac., Bar. c., Bell., Caust., Cocc., Con., Gels., Mang. binox., Nux v., Oleand., Plumb.
Landry's paralysis -- Aconitin., Con., Lyssin.
Lead -- Alumen, Caust., Cupr., Kali iod., Nux v., Op., Plumb., Sul. ac.
LOCALIZED
Arms [in], hands -- Cupr. m., Thyr.
Bladder [in] -- Caust., Nux v.
Chest [in] -- Gels.
Eye muscles [in] -- Caust., Con., Gels., Phos., Physost., Rhus t.
Face (Bell's palsy) [in] -- Acon., Am. phos., Bar. c., Bell., Caust., Cur., Gels., Graph., Kali chlor., Nat. m., Rhus t., Solan. ves., Zinc. picr.
Feet at night [in] -- Cham.
Forearm (wrist drop) [in] -- Cur., Ferr. ac., Plumb. ac., Plumb. m., Ruta, Sil.
Motor nerves [in] -- Cur., Cystisin, Gels., Ox. ac., Phos., Physost., Xanth.
Neck [in] -- Cocc.
Sensory nerves [in] -- Cocaine, Laburn., Plat.
Sphincters [in] -- Ars., Caust., Gels., Naja, Nux v., Phos., Physost.
Throat, vocal cords [in] -- Bell., Bothrops., Canth., Caust., Cocaine, Cocc., Gels., Kali p., Ox. ac., Plumb.
Spastic (See Sclerosis - Spine.) -- Gels., Hyper., Lathyr., Nux v., Plectranth., Sec.
Pseudohypertrophic -- Cur., Phos., Thyr.
Rheumatic -- Caust., Dulc., Lathyr., Phos., Rhus t., Sul.
Spinal origin -- Alum., Bell., Can. ind., Con., Irid., Lathyr., Phos., Physost., Picr. ac., Plumb., Xanth.
SLEEP
During day -- Agar., Alum., Am. c., Anac., Ant. c., Calc. c., Calc. p., Can. s., Carbo v., Cinch., Cinnab., Colch., Euphras., Graph., Indol, Kali c., Lupul., Lyc., Mag. m., Merc. c., Merc., Nat. c., Nat. m., Nux. m., Op., Phos., Sep., Sil., Spong., Staph., Sul., Tub.
Early evening [in] -- Calc. c., Mang. ac., Nux v., Phos., Puls., Sep., Sul.
While sitting reading[in] -- Nux v.
Yet cannot sleep. -- Ambra, Apis, Bell., Can. ind., Caust., Cham., Coca, Coff., Cupr. m., Ferr. m., Gels., Lach., Morph., Op., Sil., Stram.
INSOMNIA (sleeplessness) -- Absinth., Acon., Agar., Alfal., Alum., Ambra, Am. c., Anac., Ant. c., Apis, Apomorph., Aquil., Arn., Arg. n., Ars., Aur., Avena, Bapt., Bell., But. ac., Cact., Caffeine, Calc. c., Camph., Camph. monobr., Can. ind., Gaul., Cham., Chin. s., Chloral, Chrysanth., Cim., Cinch., Coca., Cocaine, Cocc., Coff., Col., Cyprip., Daphne, Dipod., Gels., Hyos., Hyosc. hydrobr., Ign., Iod., Kali br., Kali p., Lecith., Lil. t., Lupul., Lyssin, Mag. p., Merc., Nux v., Op., Passifl., Phos., Picr. ac., Puls., Selen., Scutel., Stann., Staph., Sulphon., Sul., Sumb., Stram., Tela ar., Thea, Val., Xanth., Yohimb., Zinc. p., Zinc. v.
Aching
Legs [in], yet cannot keep them still -- Med.
Muscles [in], too much exhausted, tired out -- Helon.
Anxiety, driving him out of bed, aggravated after midnight -- Ars.
Aortic disease -- Crat.
Arterial pulsations -- Acon., Bell., Cact., Glon., Sec., Selen., Sul., Thea.
Banqueting, late suppers -- Puls.
Bed feels too hard, cannot lie on it -- Arn., Bry., Pyr.
Bed feels to hot, unable to lie on it -- Op.
Chest oppression -- Physal.
Chronic nicotinism -- Plant.
Coffee, abuse -- Cham., Nux v.
Coldness
Knees [of] -- Apis, Carbo v.
Delirium (See Mind.) -- Acon., Bell., Cact., Calc. c., Can. ind., Gels., Hyos., Kali br., Phos., Stram., Ver. a.
Dentition (See Teeth.) -- Bell., Bor., Cham., Coff., Cyprip.
Menopause; women with prolapsus uteri or uterine irritation -- Senec.
Mouth and throat sore -- Arum, Merc.
Multiple neuritis -- Con.
Weaning of child -- Bell.
Animals, snakes -- Arg. n., Daphne, Lac c., Op., Ran. sc.
Anxious -- Abies n., Acon., Ambra, Anac., Apis, Arg. n., Arn., Ars., Bell., Bry., Calc. c., Caust., Can. ind., Canth., Cham., Cinch., Euphorb. dath., Ferr. p., Graph., Ign., Kali c., Lyc., Nat. m., Nit. ac., Nux v., Oxytr., Puls., Rhus t., Sec., Sep., Sil., Staph., Sul., Zinc. m.
Business matters he forgets during day -- Selen.
Confused -- Alum., Cinch., Glon., Helleb., Hydroc. ac., Phos.
Continues, after being apparently awake -- Calc. c., Cinch., Nat. m.
Death, or dead persons -- Arn., Ars., Calc. c., Can. ind., Crot. casc., Crot., Elaps, Lach., Nit. ac., Ran. sc.
Dreamful -- Alum., Brom., Con., Hyos., Ign., Lyc., Nit. ac., Phos., Sep.
Drinking -- Ars., Med., Nat. m., Phos.
Exertion of body, toil, business -- Apis, Ars., Bapt., Bry., Nat. m., Nux v., Phos., Puls., Rhus t., Selen., Staph.
Fantastic, pleasant -- Op.
Fires, flames, lightning -- Bell., Euphras., Lach., Phos.
Flying through air -- Apis, Rhus gl., Sticta.
Forgotten matters -- Selen.
Happy dreams -- Sul.
Hæmorrhage -- Phos.
Horrible -- Adon. v., Arg. n., Aur., Bapt., Bell., Cact., Calc. c., Can. ind., Castor., Cham., Cinch., Colch., Eupion, Graph., Hyos., Kali br., Kali c., Lil t., Lyc., Merc c., Nux v., Op., Phos., Psor., Puls., Ran. sc., Rhus t., Sec., Sep., Stram., Sul., Thea, Zinc. m.
Images bewildering, figures -- Bell., Hyos.
Lascivious (See Emissions - Male Sexual System.) -- Arg. n., Ars., Can. ind., Canth., Cob., Diosc., Ham., Hyos., Ign., Nat. m., Nit. ac., Op., Phos. ac., Phos., Sil., Staph., Thuya, Ustil, Ver. v.
Laughs, during -- Alum., Caust., Hyos., Lyc.
Robbers -- Bell., Nat. m., Psor., Ver. a.
Vivid (See Anxious.) -- Agar., Arg. n., Brom., Can. ind., Cenchris, Cham., Coff., Daphne, Diosc., Hydroc. ac., Hyos., Indol, Iod., Mang. ac., Nat. m., Petrol., Phos., Puls., Pyr., Sul., Tub., Ver. v.
Emotional causes (grief, worry, anxiety, over-excitement, nervousness) -- Absinth., Acon., Alfal., Ambra, Am. val., Aur., Bry., Can. ind., Cham., Chin. ars., Chloral, Cim., Coca, Coff., Col., Gels., Hyos., Hyosc. hydrobr., Ign., Kali br., Mosch., Nat. m., Nux v., Op., Passifl., Phos. ac., Plat., Senec., Sep., Stram., Sul., Thea, Val., Zinc. v.
Exhaustion, debility, over-exertion of mind or body -- Arn., Ars., Avena, Can. ind., Chin. s., Chloral, Cim., Cinch., Coca, Cocc., Colch., Dipod., Gels., Hyos., Kali br., Nux v., Passifl., Piscidia, Phos.
Eyes half open, during (See Eyes.) -- Bell., Cham., Hyos., Ipec., Op., Pod., Zinc. m.
Every second night -- Cinch., Lach.
Fears suffering from mental and physical exhaustion on waking -- Lach., Syph.
Formication in calves and feet -- Sul.
Grinding of teeth -- Bell., Cic., Cina, Helleb., Kali br., Pod., Santon., Spig., Zinc. m.
Heat in general -- Acon., Arn., Bar. c., Bell., Bor., Caust., Cham., Hep., Kali br., Mag. m., Meph., Op., Sanic., Sil., Sul.
Hunger -- Abies n., Apium gr., Cina, Ign., Lyc., Psor., Sul.
Hyperacute senses -- Asar., Bell., Calad., Calc. br., Cham., Cocc., Coff., Ign., Nux v., Op., Tar. h., Val., Zinc. v.
In aged -- Acon., Ars., Op., Passifl., Phos.
In children -- Absinth., Acon., Ars., Bell., Calc. br., Cham., Cina, Cyprip., Hyos., Kali br., Passifl., Phos., Puls., Sul.
Itching -- Acon., Agar., Alum., Psor., Teucr., Sul., Val.
Scrotum [of] -- Urt.
Moaning, whining, during -- Ant. t., Arn., Ars., Aur., Bapt., Bell., Carbo v., Cham., Cic., Cupr. ac., Gels., Helleb., Hyos., Kali br., Lach., Lyc., Mur. ac., Nat. m., Nit. ac. Op., Pod., Puls., Rhus t., Ver. a.
Mouth, open -- Merc., Rhus t., Samb.
Nose stopped up must breathe per orem -- Am. c., Lyc., Nux v., Samb.
Pains -- Arn., Can. ind., Cham., Col., Mag. m., Merc., Passifl., Puls., Sinap. n.
Palpitation -- Acon., Alum., Am. c., Cact., Iod., Lil. t., Lycop., Rhus t., Sep.
Picks at bed clothes, during -- Op.
POSITION
Back [on] -- Am. c., Ars., Cina.
Back with thighs drawn upon abdomen [on], hands above head disposition to uncover lower limbs -- Plat.
Belly [on] -- Acet. ac., Am. c.
Hands and knees [on] -- Cina.
Hands over head [with] -- Ars., Nux v., Plat., Puls., Sul., Ver. a.
Hands under head [with] -- Acon., Ars., Bell., Cinch., Col., Plat.
Legs apart [with] -- Cham., Plat.
Must stretch violently for hours -- Amyl, Plumb. m.
During restlessness -- Acon., Agar., Alum., Ambra, Apis, Apoc., Arg. n., Arn., Ars., Bapt., Bell., Bry., Calc. c., Can. ind., Castor., Caust., Cham., Cina, Cim., Cinch., Coca, Cocaine, Coff., Eup. perf., Gels., Glon., Graph., Hyos., Ign., Jal., Kali br., Lac d., Lyc., Menthol, Nit. ac., Nux v., Passifl., Psor., Ptel., Puls., Radium, Rhus t., Ruta, Santon., Sarcol. ac., Scutel., Stram., Stront. c., Sulphon., Sul., Tar. h., Thea, Zinc. m.
Kicks off clothes -- Hep., Op., Sanic., Sul.
Rolling head -- Apis, Bell., Helleb., Pod., Zinc. m.
Shocks, electric-like, on falling asleep -- Ant. t., Cupr. m., Ign., Ipec.
Shrieks, screams, awakens frightened -- Ant. c., Ant t., Apis, Aur., Bell., Bor., Bry., Cham., Cic., Cina, Cinch., Cupr. ac., Cyprip., Dig., Helleb., Hyos., Ign., Iodof., Kali br., Lyc., Nux m., Phos., Psor., Puls., Spong., Stram., Tub., Zinc. m.
Singing, during -- Bell., Croc., Phos. ac.
Singing on awakening -- Sul.
Skin dry -- Thea.
Sleepless, in evening, before midnight -- Ars., Lach., Lil. t., Nat. m., Nux v., Phos. ac., Phos., Puls., Rhus t., Selen., Thuya.
Sleepless, after 2 - 3 A.M. -- Apium gr., Bapt., Bellis, Bry., Calc. c., Cinch., Coff., Gels., Kali c., Kal., Nat. c., Nat. m., Nit. ac., Nux v., Selen., Sep.
Snoring, during -- Cinch., Laur., Op., Sil., Stram., Tub., Zinc. m.
Soporous, deep, heavy sleep -- Am. c., Ant. c., Apis, Arn., Cinch., Cupr. m., Helleb., Hyos., Kali br., Lact. v., Laur., Lonic., Lupul., Morph., Naja, Nux m., Op., Phos. ac., Piscidia, Pod., Rhus t., Sec., Stram., Sul.
Spasmodic symptoms, during (jerkings, twitchings, startings) -- Acon., Æth., Agar., Ambra, Ant. c., Apis, Ars., Bell., Bor., Brom., Bry., Calc. c., Carbo v., Castor., Caust., Cham., Cina, Cinch., Cupr. ac., Daphne, Helleb., Hyos., Ign., Kali c., Lyc., Morph., Nit. ac., Nux v., Passifl., Phos., Samb., Sil., Stram., Sul., Tar. h., Val., Zinc. m., Zizia.
Suddenly wide awake -- Sul.
Suffocation, loss of breath, on falling asleep -- Am. c., Ars., Cur., Graph., Grind., Kali iod., Lach., Lac c., Merc. pr. rub., Morph., Naja, Op., Samb., Spong., Stront. c., Sul., Teucr.
Sweating, during (See Night Sweats - Fever.) -- Æth., Calc. c., Cham., Cinch., Op., Phos. ac., Psor., Sil., Ver. a.
Talking, during -- Bar. c., Bell., Bry., Carbo v., Cina, Graph., Helleb., Hyos., Kali c., Lyc., Sep., Sil., Sul., Zinc. m.
Tea, abuse -- Camph. monobr., Cinch., Nux v., Puls.
Tobacco -- Gels.
Unrefreshing, awakens wretched -- Alum., Ant. c., Apium gr., Ars., Brom., Bry., Cinch., Cob., Con., Dig., Ferr. m., Graph., Hep., Lach., Lil. t., Lyc., Mag. c., Merc. c., Myr., Nux v., Op., Phos., Ptel., Puls., Rhus t., Sarcol. ac., Sep., Sul., Syph., Thuya, Thymol, Tub., Zinc. m.
Walking, during (somnambulism) (See Mind.) -- Art. v., Bry., Kali br., Pæonia, Sil.
Yawning, stretching, limbs -- Acon., Agar., Amyl, Ant. t., Arn., Asar., Calc. c., Carls., Castor., Cepa, Chel., Cina, Cinch., Coca, Crot., Cupr. ac., Elat., Euphras., Gels., Hep., Hydroc. ac., Ign., Kali c., Lyc., Mang., Morph., Nat. m., Nux v., Plumb. m., Rhus t., Sec., Sil., Sul.