Opposition Defiant Disorder (ODD)
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Remedy |
Characteristics Symptoms |
Patient Worse by |
Patient Better by |
| Aconitum Napellus | Fear, anxiety; anguish of body and mind
Physical and mental restlessness Does not want to be touched Sudden and great sinking of strength Fears death but believed that he will soon die; predicts the day Fears the future, a crowd, crossing the street Tendency to start Imagination acute, clairvoyance Music is unbearable; makes her sad Smell acutely sensitive Thirst for cold water Bitter taste of everything except water Urine scanty, red, hot, painful Menses too profuse, too protracted and late Anxious dreams Cold waves pass through him |
In warm room
In evening and night Lying on affected side From music From tobacco smoke Dry, cold winds |
In open air |
| Anacardium | Impaired memory
Depression and irritability Diminution of senses of smell, sight and hearing Intermittency of symptoms Fear of examinations in students Aversion to work lacks self confidence and in others; suspicious Irresistible desire to swear and curse Empty feeling in stomach; eating temporarily relived all discomfort Anxiety when walking, as if pursued Tendency to use violent language Brain fag Absent mindedness Very easily offended Malicious; bent on wickedness; absence of all moral restraints Clairaudient, hears voices far away or of the dead Objects appear too far off Swallows food and drink hastily Menses scanty Leucorrhoea with soreness and itching Anxious dreams |
Application of hot water | From eating
When lying on the side From rubbing |
| Antimonium Crudum | Excessive irritability and fretfulness
Thickly coated white tongue Can not bear heat of sun Tendency to grow fat Much concerned about his fate Cross and contradictive; whatever is done fails to give satisfaction Sulky; does not wish to speak Peevish; vexed without cause Angry at every little attention Sentimental mood Loss of appetite Desire for acids, pickles Thirst in evening and night Constant belching Urine turbid and foul Menses too early and profuse Leucorrhoea watery, acrid and lumpy |
Heat
Cold bathing In evening Acids Water Wine Washing |
In open air
During rest Moist warmth |
| Arnica | Limbs and body ache as if beaten; joints as if
sprained
Bed feels too hard Black and blue spots Sore, lame, bruised feeling Aversion to tobacco Fears touch or approach of anyone Indifference Inability to perform continuous active work Wants to let alone Longing for vinegar Distaste for milk and meat Dark brick red sediment in urine Dreams of death, mutilated bodies, anxious and terrible |
Least touch
Motion Rest Wine Damp cold |
Lying down
With head low |
| Arsenicum Album | All pervading debility
Great anguish and restlessness; changes place continually Great exhaustion after slightest exertion Irritable weakness Unquenchable thirst; drinks much but little at a time Fear, fright and worry Fears, of death, of being left alone, with cold sweat Thinks it is useless to take medicine Suicidal Despair drives him from place to place Miserly, malicious, selfish, lacks courage Sensitive to disorder and confusion Craves acids, coffee and milk Urine albuminous Menses too profuse and too soon Leucorrhoea acrid, burning, offensive, thin Dreams full care and fear |
Wet weather
After midnight Cold. Cold drinks or foods Seashore Right side |
Heat
From head elevated Warm drinks |
| Asafoetida |
Flatulence
Hysterical and hypochondriacal patients Extreme sensitiveness Irritable Complaints of her troubles |
At night
From touch left side During rest Warm application |
Open air
Motion Pressure |
| Asarum Europum | Nervous affections
Loss of energy Excessive sensitiveness; even from mere imagination Scratching on silk or linen or paper is unbearable Cold shivers from any emotion Tension and contractive sensations Always feels cold Desire for alcoholic drinks Menses too early, long lasting, black Tenacious, yellow leucorrhoea |
Cold dry weather
Penetrating sounds |
From washing
Damp, wet weather |
| Asterias Rubens | Flabby patient with red face
Excitement in both sexes Can not bear contradiction Gait unsteady Stools like olives |
Coffee
Night Cold damp weather Left side |
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| Aurum Metallicum | Hopeless, despondent and great desire to commit
suicide
Nightly bone pains Palpitations and congestions High blood pressure Feeling of self condemnation and utter worthlessness Disgust of life Great fear of death Peevish and vehement at least contradiction Constant rapid questioning without waiting for reply Can not do things fast enough Oversensitive to noise, excitement and confusion Horrible odor from nose and mouth Urine turbid, like buttermilk, with thick sediment Stools constipated, hard and knotty Sobs aloud in dreams; frightful dreams |
In cold weather
When getting cold From sunset to sunrise |
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| Belladonna | Hot red skin, flushed face, flaring eyes, throbbing
carotids
Excited mental state, hyperęsthesia of all senses Restless sleep Pains come and go suddenly Heat, redness, throbbing and burning Great remedy for children No thirst, anxiety or fear Violence of attack and suddenness of onset Furious, rages, bites, strikes Desire to escape Disinclined to talk Aversion to milk and meat Menses bright red, too early, too profuse, very offensive and hot Screams out in sleep |
Touch
Jar Noise Draught After noon Lying down |
Semi erect |
| Bryonia | Exceedingly irritable; everything puts him out of
humor
Wants to go home; talks of business Dry mucus membranes, lips, mouth Excessive thirst; thirst for large draughts Stools large, dry, hard Esp indicated for robust, firm fibred and dark complexioned Complaints develop slowly Urine red, brown, like beer; scanty, hot Menses too early, too profuse |
Right side
Open air Warm weather after cold days Warmth Any motion Morning Eating Hot weather Exertion and touch |
Lying on painful side
Pressure Cold things |
| Cantharis | Irritation
Anxious restlessness ending in rage Constantly attempts to do something, but accomplished nothing Paroxysms of rage, crying and barking Fiery, sparkling, staring look Over sensitiveness of all parts Intolerable, constant urging to urinate Unquenchable thirst Strong sexual desire Menses too early, too profuse |
Touch
Approach Drinking coffee or cold water Urinating |
Rubbing |
| Capsicum | Esp indicated for persons of lax fiber, weak;
diminished vital heat; fat, indolent.
Opposed to physical exertion Averse to go outside of their routine Get homesick easily General uncleanliness of body General chilliness Fear of slightest draught Excessive peevishness Wants to left alone Peppery disposition Intense craving for stimulants Much thirst but drinking causes shuddering |
Open air
Uncovering Draughts |
While eating
Heat |
| Chamomilla | Sensitive, irritable, thirsty, hot and numb
Unendurable pains Night sweats Whining restlessness Wants many things, which he refuses later Desires to be carried Impatient, intolerant of being spoken to or interrupted Always complaining Spiteful, snappish Aversion to warm drinks Yellow acrid, leucorrhoea |
Heat
Anger Open air Wind Night |
Being carried
Warm, wet weather |
| Cina | Esp indicated for big, fat, rosy children
Irritability of temper Variable appetite Grinding of teeth Hungry, cross, ugly and wants to be rocked; dose not want to be touched, crossed or carried Desires many things but rejects everything offered Craving for sweets White mucus, like small pieces of popped corn or worms in stools Urine turbid, white; turns milky on standing |
Looking fixedly at an object
At night In sun In summer |
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| China | Nervous erethism
Periodicity Sensitive to draughts Apathetic, indifferent, disobedient, taciturn, despondent Disposition to hurt other people's feelings Ideas crowd in mind, preventing sleep Milk disagrees Menses too early, dark clots Averse to exercise; sensitive to touch |
Slightest touch
Draught of air Every other day Loss of vital fluids At night After eating Bending over |
Bending double
Hard pressure Open air Warmth |
| Cocculus | Esp indicated for light haired females, unmarried
and childless women, sensitive and romantic girls
Sensation of hollowness or emptiness, as if parts had gone to sleep Capricious Can not bear contradiction Time passes too quickly Inclination to sing irresistibly Slow of comprehension Profound sadness Very anxious about the health of others Aversion to tobacco Desire for cold drinks, esp beer Smell of food disgusts Menses too early, clotted So weak during menses that, can hardly stand Purulent, gushing leucorrhoea between menses |
Eating
Loss of sleep Open air Smoking Riding Swimming Touch Noise Jar Afternoon During menses Emotional disturbances |
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| Colchicum | Great prostration
Internal coldness Tendency to collapse Dreams of mice Thirst for effervescent, alcoholic beverages Smell of food causes nausea, esp fish Urine dark, scanty |
Sundown to sunrise
Motion Loss of sleep Smell of food in evening Mental exertion |
Stooping |
| Collinsonia Canadensis | Sense of weight and constriction
Yellow coated tongue Depressed arterial tension Great atony of muscular fiber |
Slightest mental emotion or excitement
Cold |
Heat |
| Conium | General feeling as if bruised by blows
Great debility in the morning in bed Weakness of body and mind, trembling and palpitation Excitement causes mental depression Depressed, timid, averse to society, and afraid of being alone On inclination for business or study; takes no interest in anything Memory weak; unable to sustain any mental effort Tremulous weakness after every stool Menses delayed and scanty |
Lying down
Turning or twisting in bed Celibacy Before and during menses Taking cold Bodily or mental exertion |
While fasting
In the dark Letting limbs hang down Motion Pressure |
| Ferrum Metallicum | Best indicated in young weakly persons, anaemic and
chlorotic, with pseudo plethora
Flush easily Cold extremities Oversensitive Weakness from mere speaking or walking though looking strong Pallor of skin, mucus membrane, face, alternating with flushes Muscles flabby and relaxed Irritable Slight noise unbearable Excited from slightest opposition Sanguine temperament Loathing of sour things Intolerance of eggs Menses remit a day or two, and then return; too early, profuse, last long, pale and watery |
Active effort
While sweating While sitting still Cold washing Overheating Midnight |
Walking slowly about
After rising |
| Muriaticum Acidum | Patient becomes so weak that she slides down the
bed
Involuntary stools while passing urine Irritable and peevish; fretful Loud moaning Great restlessness Sad, taciturn; suffers in silence Can not bear sight or thought of meat Menses appear too soon |
Damp weather
Before midnight
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Lying on left side |
| Natrum Mur | Great debility; most weakness felt in the morning
in bed
Coldness Emaciation most notable in neck Great liability to take cold Dry mucus membranes Constrictive sensation throughout the body Great weakness and weariness Oversensitive to all sorts of influences Depressed Consolation aggravates Irritable; gets into a passion about trifles Awkward, hasty Wants to be alone to cry Loss of taste and smell Unquenchable thirst Sweats while eating Craving for salt Aversion to bread, to anything slimy, like oysters, fats Has to wait long time to pass urine in presence of others Menses irregular, usually profuse Leucorrhoea acrid, watery Dreams of robbers |
Noise
Music Warm room Lying down About 10 am Seashore Mental exertion Consolation Heat Talking |
Open air
cold bathing Going without regular meals Lying on right side Pressure against back Tight clothing |
| Nitricum Acidum | Best indicated in dark complexioned patients and
past middle life
Pains appear and disappear quickly All discharges are very offensive Takes cold easily Disposed to diarrhoea Irritable, hateful, vindictive, headstrong Hopeless despair Sensitive to noise, pain, touch, jar Fear of death Longing for indigestible things- chalk, earth, etc Loves fat and salt Urine scanty, dark, offensive; smells like horse's urine; cold on passing Menses early, profuse, like muddy water Leucorrhoea brown, flesh colored, offensive |
Evening and night
Cold climate Hot weather |
While riding in a carriage |
| Nux Vomica | Best indicated in rather thin, spare, quick,
active, nervous and irritable patients
Seeks stimulants Takes rich and stimulating food Zealous fiery temperament Easily chilled; avoids open air Very irritable; sensitive to all impressions Ugly, malicious Can not bear noises, odors, light etc Does not want to be touched Time passes too slowly Disposed to reproach others Sullen, fault finding Loves fats and tolerates them well Frequent ineffectual urging for stool and urination Menses too early, lasts too long; always irregular Can not sleep after 3 am until towards morning; awakes feeling wretched Dreams full of bustle and hurry |
Morning
Mental exertion After eating Touch Narcotics Spices Stimulants Dry, cold weather Cold |
From a nap, if allowed to finish
Evening While at rest Damp, wet weather Strong pressure |
| Palladium | Averse to exercise; motor weakness
Weeping mood Love of approbation Pride; easily offended Inclined to use violent language Keeps up brightly when in company, much exhausted afterwards Glairy leucorrhoea |
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| Petroleum | Loses his way in streets
Feels that death is near, and must hurry to settle affairs Irritable, easily offended, vexed at everything Low spirited with dimness of sight Strong aversion to fat food, meat Must rise at night and eat Odor of garlic Leucorrhoea profuse, albuminous |
Winter
Riding in cars, carriages or ships Eating cabbage Dampness Before and during a thunderstorm Passive motion Mental states |
Warm air
Lying with head high Dry weather |
| Phosphorus | Best indicated in tall, slender persons, narrow
chested, with thin transparent skin
Great nervous debility Emaciation Amative tendencies Great susceptibility to external impressions, to light, sound, odors, touch, electrical changes, thunderstorms Suddenness of symptoms Great lowness of spirits Easily vexed Fearfulness; as if something were creeping out of every corner Clairvoyance Great tendency to start Dread of death when alone Excitable; produces heat all over Restless, fidgety Thirst for very cold water Stools long, narrow, hard, like dog's Urine turbid, brown, with red sediment Menses too early, scanty, but lasts too long Leucorrhoea profuse, smarting, corrosive Lascivious dreams; of fire, haemorrhages |
Touch
Physical or mental exertion Twilight Warm food or drink Change of weather On getting wet in hot weather Evening Lying on left or painful side During a thunderstorm Ascending stairs |
In dark
Lying on right side Cold food Cold Open air Washing with cold water Sleep |
| Platinum | Localized numbness and coldness
Pains increase and decrease gradually Tremulousness Irresistible impulse to kill Self exaltation; contempt for others Arrogant, proud Weary of everything Objects look smaller than they are Sticky stools Menses too early, too profuse, dark-clotted Sleeps with legs apart |
Sitting
Standing Evening |
Walking |
| Pulsatilla | Best indicated in feamles of mild, gentle, yielding
disposition
Sad, crying readily; weeps when talking Changeable, contradictory Seeks open air; always better there, even though he is chilly Discharges are thick, bland and yellowish green Symptoms ever changing Thirstless Peevish Chilly Great sensitiveness Wants the head high; feels uncomfortable with only one pillow Lies with hands above head Timid, irresolute Fear in the evening to be alone, dark, ghosts Likes sympathy Easily discouraged Given to extremes of pleasure and pain Highly emotional; mentally an April day Desire for tonics Averse to butter, fat food, warm food and drink Two or three normal stools daily; no two stools alike Menses too late, scanty, thick, dark, clotted, changeable, intermittent Leucorrhoea acrid, burning, creamy |
Heat
Rich, fat food After eating Towards evening Warm room Lying on left or painless side When allowing feet to hang down |
Open air
Motion Cold applications cold food and drinks |
| Sarsaparilla | Despondent
Sensitive, easily offended, ill humored Taciturn Salivation No thirst Urine scanty, slimy, flaky, sandy, bloody Menses late and scanty |
Dampness at night
After urinating When yawning In spring Before menses |
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| Sepia | Weakness, yellow complexion, bearing down
sensations
Upward tendency of symptoms Easy fainting Ball sensation in inner parts Best indicated for brunettes Feels cold even in a warm room Indifferent to those loved best Averse to occupation, family Irritable, easily offended Dreads to be alone Very sad Weeps when telling symptoms Miserly Anxious towards evening; indolent Everything tastes too salty Longing for vinegar, acids and pickles Loathes fat Red, adhesive sand in urine Leucorrhoea yellow, greenish |
After milk, esp boiled
Forenoons Evenings Washing Laundry work Dampness Left side After sweat Cold air Before thunderstorm |
By exercise
Pressure Warmth of bed Hot applications Drawing up limbs Cold bathing Sleep |
| Silicea | Cold, chilly patients; hug the fire; want plenty of
warm clothing; hate drafts
Hands and feet cold Lack of vital heat Prostration of body and mind Great sensitiveness to taking cold Intolerance of alcoholic stimulants Want of grit, moral or physical Yielding, faint hearted, anxious Nervous and excitable Sensitive to all impressions Sensation of hair on tongue disgust for meat and warm food Milky, acrid leucorrhoea, during urination Anxious dreams |
Winter
New moon Morning Washing During menses Uncovering Lying down Damp Lying on left side Cold |
Warmth
Wrapping up head Summer Wet or humid weather |
| Staphysigaria | Very sensitive as to what others say abut her
Impetuous Violent outbursts of passion Hypochondriacal Sad Dwells on sexual matters; prefers solitude Peevish Desire for stimulants, tobacco |
Anger
Indignation Grief Mortification Loss of fluids Onanism Sexual excesses Tobacco Least touch on affected parts |
After breakfast
Warmth Rest at night |
| Thuja | Rapid exhaustion and emaciation
Left side complaints Chilly Emotional sensitiveness Music causes weeping and trembling Dislike for fresh meat, potatoes Can not eat onions Menses scanty, retarded
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Moonlight
Fat food Night From heat of bed At 3 am and 3 pm Damp, cold air After breakfast Coffee Vaccination |
Left side
While drawing up a limb |
| Thyroidinum | Emaciation
Muscular weakness Sweating Tingling sensations Arrested development in children Best indicated in pale patients Marked sensitivity to cold. Cold hands and feet Low blood pressure Irritable; worse least opposition; goes into rage over trifles Palpitation from least exertion Desire for sweets Thirst for cold water Urine smells of violets; increased uric acid |