Osteoporosis
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Remedy |
Characteristics Symptoms |
Patient Worse by |
Patient Better by |
| Ammonium Carbonicum | Suitable for rather stout women who are always
tired and weary, take cold easily, suffer from cholera-like symptoms before
menses, lead a sedentary life, have a slow reaction generally, and are
disposed to frequent use of the smelling-bottle Fat patients with weak heart, wheezing, feel suffocated Very sensitive to cold air Great aversion to water; cannot bear to touch it Heaviness in all organs Uncleanness in bodily habits Acid secretions Prostration from trifles Taste sour; metallic Great appetite, but easily satisfied Frequent desire; involuntary at night Urine white, sandy, bloody, copious, turbid and fetid Erection without desire; seminal emissions Leucorrhœa burning, acrid, watery Aversion to the other sex Menses too frequent, profuse, early, copious, clotted, black; colicky pains, and hard, difficult stool, with fatigue, especially of thighs; yawning and chilliness Deep-seated periosteal pain Tearing in ankle and bones of feet, better when warm in bed Sleepiness during the day; starts from sleep strangling |
Evenings From cold, wet weather Wet applications Washing During 3 to 4 am During menses |
Lying on painful side and on stomach In dry weather |
| Asafoetida | Suits hysterical and hypochondriacal patients Extreme sensitiveness and terrible throbbing, nightly pains Offensive otorrhœa, with boring pains in mastoid bone Caries of nasal bones Great difficulty in bringing up wind Flatulence and regurgitation of liquid Hysterical flatulence. Great distention. Sensation of emptiness and weak Forcible eructation of gas Gurgling and rolling of wind, which escapes afterwards with loud and difficult eructation Darting pain and caries in bones |
At night From touch Left side During rest Warm applications |
Open air From motion Pressure |
| Belladonna | Always associated with hot, red skin, flushed
face, glaring eyes, throbbing carotids, excited mental state, hyperæsthesia
of all senses, Neuralgic pains that come and go suddenly Heat, redness, throbbing and burning Great children's remedy No thirst, anxiety or fear Stands for violence of attack and suddenness of onset Loss of appetite Averse to meat and milk Great thirst for cold water Abhorrence of liquids; dread of drinking Sexual desire diminished Menses increased; bright red, too early, too profuse; very offensive and hot Tottering gait Stiff neck; pain in nape, as if it would break; pressure on dorsal region most painful Sleep restless, crying out, gritting of teeth; kept awake by pulsation of blood-vessels; screams out in sleep Sleeplessness, with drowsiness Starting when closing the eyes or during sleep Sleeps with hands under head |
Touch Jar Noise Draught After noon Lying down |
Semi-erect |
| Calcarea Carbonica | Increased local and general perspiration Rachitic conditions Gets out of breath easily A jaded state, mental or physical, due to overwork Is a definite stimulant to the periosteum Easy relapses, interrupted convalescence Persons of scrofulous type, who take cold easily, with increased mucous secretions, children who grow fat, are large-bellied, with large head, pale skin, chalky look, the so-called leuco-phlegmatic temperament Great sensitiveness to cold; partial sweats Calcarea patient is fat, fair, flabby and perspiring and cold, damp and sour Open fontanelles; head enlarged; much perspiration, wets the pillow Pain from right mental foramen along lower jaw to ear Difficult and delayed dentition Aversion to meat, boiled things, fat Craving for indigestible things-chalk, coal, pencils; also for eggs, salt and sweets Milk disagrees Frequent sour eructations; sour vomiting Loss of appetite when overworked Heartburn and loud belching Ravenous hunger Repugnance to hot food Thirst; longing for cold drinks Aggravation while eating Children are late in learning to walk Urine dark, brown, sour, fetid, abundant, with white sediment, bloody Frequent seminal emissions; increased desire Semen emitted too soon Coition followed by weakness and irritability Menses too early, too profuse, too long, with vertigo, toothache and cold, damp feet; the least excitement causes their return Leucorrhœa, milky (Sepia Increased sexual desire; easy conception Curvature of dorsal vertebræ Ideas crowding in her mind prevent sleep; horrid visions when opening eyes; starts at every noise; fears that she will go crazy Drowsy in early part of evening Frequent waking at night Same disagreeable idea always arouses from light slumber Night terrors Dreams of the dead |
From exertion, mental or physical Ascending Cold in every form Water Washing Moist air Wet weather During full moon Standing |
Dry climate and weather Lying on painful side |
| Calcarea Fluorica | Malnutrition of bones Caries and necrosis with boring pains and heat in parts Sclerosis of ossicula and petrous portion of temporal bone Hard swelling on jaw-bone Osseous tumors Rachitic enlargement of femur in infants Pain lower part of back, with burning Vivid dreams, with sense of impending danger Unrefreshing sleep |
During rest Changes of weather |
Heat Warm applications |
| Calcarea Phosphorica | Especially indicated in tardy dentition and
troubles incident to that period Bone disease non-union of fractured bones It has a special affinity where bones form sutures or symphyses Numbness and crawling Tendency to perspiration Headache, worse near the region of sutures Fontanelles remain open too long Cranial bones soft and thin Craving for bacon, ham, salted or smoked meats. Much flatulence Great hunger with thirst flatulence temporarily relieved by sour eructations Heartburn Urine increased, with sensation of weakness Menses too early, excessive, and bright in girls. If late, blood is dark; sometimes, first bright, then dark, with violent backache Leucorrhœa, like white of egg Soreness in sacro-iliac symphysis, as if broken Pains in joints and bones Weary when going upstairs |
Exposure to damp, cold weather Melting snow From any change of weather |
In summer Warm, dry atmosphere |
| Cicuta Virosa | Violent, strange desires Sensation of internal chill Moaning and howling Does absurd things Desire for unnatural things, like coal Flatulence with anxiety and crossness |
From touch Draughts Concussion Tobacco smoke |
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| Ferrum Metallicum | Best adapted to young weakly persons, anæmic and
chlorotic, with pseudo-plethora, who flush easily; cold extremities; over
sensitiveness; worse after any active effort Weakness from mere speaking or walking though looking strong Pallor of skin, mucous membranes, face, alternating with flushes Orgasms of blood to face, chest, head, lungs, etc; irregular distribution of blood Pseudo-plethora Muscles flabby and relaxed Earthy, pasty taste, like rotten eggs Voracious appetite, or absolute loss of appetite Loathing of sour things Eructations of food after eating, without nausea Intolerance of eggs Stool undigested, at night, while eating or drinking, painless Menses remit a day or two, and then return Menses too early, too profuse, last too long; pale, watery Pain in hip-joint, tibia, soles, and heel |
While sweating While sitting still After cold washing Overheating Midnight |
Walking slowly about After rising |
| Hepar Sulphur | Blondes with sluggish character and weak muscles Great sensitiveness to all impressions Sweating patient pulling blanket around him. Tendency to suppuration Chilliness, hypersensitiveness, splinter-like pains, Feeling as if wind were blowing on some part The side of the body on which he lies at night becomes gradually insufferably painful; he must turn Pains in bones of face, especially when being touched Longing for acids, wine, and strong-tasting food Aversion to fat food Frequent eructations, without taste or smell Stool clay-colored and soft; sour, white, undigested, fetid; loss of power to expel even a soft stool Urine voided slowly, without force-drops vertically, bladder weak; seems as if some always remained Greasy pellicle on urine Sexual excitement and emission without amorous fancies Menses late and scanty. Extremely offensive leucorrhœa; smells like old cheese Finger-joints swollen; tendency to easy dislocation Constant offensive exhalation from the body |
From dry cold winds Cool air Slightest draught From Mercury Touch Lying on painful side |
In damp weather From wrapping head up From warmth After eating |
| Iodum | Rapid metabolism: Loss of flesh great
appetite Hungry with much thirst Great debility, the slightest effort induces perspiration Iodum individual is exceedingly thin, dark complexioned, with enlarged lymphatic glands, has voracious appetite but gets thin Tremor Craves cold air Sluggish vital reaction, hence chronicity in many of its aspects Iodine is warm, and wants cool surroundings Weakness and loss of breath going upstairs Empty eructations, as if every particle of food were turned into gas Anxious and worried if he does not eat Urine frequent and copious, dark yellow-green, thick, acrid with cuticle on surface Loss of sexual power, with atrophied testes Great weakness during menses; menstruation irregular. Acrid leucorrhœa, thick, slimy, corroding the linen Pain in bones at night |
When quiet In warm room Right side |
Walking about In open air After eating |
| Ipecac | Persistent nausea and vomiting Especially indicated in fat children and adults, who are feeble and catch cold in relaxing atmosphere; warm, moist weather Bones of skull feel crushed or bruised Mouth, moist; much saliva Menses too early and too profuse Sleeps with eyes half open; shocks in all limbs on going to sleep |
Periodically From veal Moist warm wind Lying down |
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| Lycopodium | Adapted more especially to ailments gradually
developing, functional power weakening Intolerant of cold drinks; craves everything warm Best adapted to persons intellectually keen, but of weak, muscular power Deep-seated, progressive, chronic diseases Emaciation Debility in morning Pre-senility Patient is thin, withered, full of gas and dry Lacks vital heat; has poor circulation, cold extremities Pains come and go suddenly Sensitive to noise and odors Bad odor from mouth Dyspepsia due to farinaceous and fermentable food, cabbage, beans, etc Excessive hunger Aversion to bread, etc Desire for sweet things Food tastes sour Sour eructations Great weakness of digestion. Eating ever so little creates fullness Cannot eat oysters Rolling of flatulence Wakes at night feeling hungry Incomplete burning eructations rise only to pharynx there burn for hours Likes to take food and drink hot Stool hard, difficult, small, incomplete Polyuria during the night; heavy red sediment. No erectile power; impotence; premature emission Menses too late; last too long, too profuse Leucorrhœa, acrid, with burning in vagina Drowsy during day; starting in sleep; dreams of accidents Offensive secretions; viscid and offensive perspiration, especially of feet and axillæ |
Right side From right to left From above downward 4 to 8 pm From heat or warm room, hot air, bed Warm applications, except throat and stomach which are better from warm drinks |
By motion After midnight From warm food and drink On getting cold From being uncovered |
| Mercurius | Tremors everywhere Weakness with ebullitions and tremblings from least exertion Complaints increase with the sweat and rest; all associated with a great deal of weariness, prostration, and trembling A human "thermometer"; sensitive to heat and cold Breath, excretions and body smell foul Tendency to formation of pus, which is thin, greenish, putrid; streaked with thin blood Pain and swelling of nasal bones, and caries, with greenish fetid ulceration Aching in facial bones Sweetish metallic taste Salivary secretions greatly increased Great thirst, with moist mouth Putrid eructations. Intense thirst for cold drinks Weak digestion, with continuous hunger Menses profuse, with abdominal pains Leucorrhœa excoriating, greenish and bloody; sensation of rawness in parts Bruised pain in small of back, especially when sitting Tearing pain in coccyx; better, pressing on abdomen Bone-pains and in limbs; worse, night Excessive odorous viscid perspiration; worse, night |
At night Wet, damp weather Lying on right side Perspiring Warm room Warm bed |
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| Mezereum | Affections of bones, and neuralgias most important,
especially about teeth and face Bruised, weary feeling in joints, with drawing and stiffness Pains of various kinds, with chilliness and sensitiveness to cold air Bone pains Pains shoot upward and seem to draw patient up out of bed Semi-lateral complaints Patient is very sensitive to cold air Violent neuralgia about face and teeth, running towards ear, at night; worse, eating; better near hot stove Desire for ham-fat. Mouth waters Red flakes float on top of urine Menses too frequent, soon, profuse Leucorrhœa like albumen; very corroding Violent sexual desire Pain and burning in tibia and long bones Bones, especially long bones, inflamed and swollen; caries, exostosis; pain worse night, touch, damp weather |
Cold air Night Evening until midnight Warm food Touch Motion |
Open air |
| Nitricum Acidum | Sticking pains Acts best on the dark complexioned and past middle life Pains appear and disappear quickly All discharges very offensive, especially urine, feces, and perspiration. Persons who have chronic diseases, and take cold easily and disposed to diarrhœa Excessive physical irritability Caries of mastoid Putrid breath Salivation Bloody saliva Great hunger, with sweetish taste Longing for indigestible things-chalk, earth, etc Loves fat and salt Urine scanty, dark, offensive; smells like horse's urine; cold on passing; Urine bloody and albuminous Leucorrhœa brown, flesh-colored, watery, or stringy, offensive Menses early, profuse, like muddy water, with pain in back, hips and thighs Short breath on going upstairs |
Evening and night Cold climate and also hot weather |
While riding in carriage |
| Petroleum | Heartburn; hot, sharp, sour eructation Strong aversion to fat food, meat Hunger, immediately after stool Ravenous hunger; must rise at night and eat Odor of garlic Before menses, throbbing in head Leucorrhœa, profuse, albuminous Pain in nape of neck, stiff and painful Weakness in small of back Coccyx painful |
Dampness Before and during a thunder-storm From riding in cars Passive motion In winter Eating From mental states Eating cabbage |
Warm air Lying with head high Dry weather |
| Phosphoricum Acidum | A congenial soil for the action of Phos acid is
found in young people who grow rapidly, and who are overtaxed, mentally or
physically Rhachitis and periosteal inflammation Averse to sunlight; sees colors as if a rainbow Intolerant of noise Craves juicy things Sour risings Thirst for cold milk Frequent, profuse, watery, milky Micturition, preceded by anxiety and followed by burning Frequent urination at night Phosphaturia Emissions at night and at stool Sexual power deficient; parts relax during embrace Menses too early and profuse, with pain in liver Itching; yellow leucorrhœa after menses Boring pain between scapulæ Pain in back and limbs, as if beaten Tearing pains in joints, bones, and periosteum Great debility Pains at night, as if bones were scraped Stumbles easily and makes missteps Lascivious dreams with emissions |
Exertion From being talked to Loss of vital fluids Sexual excesses Everything impeding circulation causes aggravation of symptoms |
From keeping warm |
| Plumbum Metallicum | Constrictive sensation in internal organs Excessive and rapid emaciation Contractions and boring pain Stools hard, lumpy, black with urging and spasm of anus Urine albuminous; low specific gravity.; scanty.; emission drop by drop Loss of sexual power Spinal cord sclerosed Lightning-like pains; temporarily better by pressure |
At night Motion |
Rubbing Hard pressure Physical exertion |
| Pulsatilla | Pre-eminently a female remedy, especially for mild,
gentle, yielding disposition Sad, crying readily; weeps when talking; changeable, contradictory The patient seeks the open air; always feels better there, even though he is chilly Discharges thick, bland, and yellowish-green. Symptoms ever changing Thirstless, peevish, and chilly. Great sensitiveness Wants the head high. Feels uncomfortable with only one pillow Lies with hands above head Nasal bones sore Greasy taste Dry mouth, without thirst; wants it washed frequently Offensive odor from mouth Food, especially bread, tastes bitter Much sweet saliva Alternations of taste, bitter, bilious, greasy, salty, foul; loss of taste Desire for tonics Averse to fat food, warm food, and drink Eructations; taste of food remains a long time; after ices, fruits, pasty Bitter taste, diminished taste of all food Flatulence Dislikes butter Heartburn Thirstlessness, with nearly all complaints No two stools alike Two or three normal stools daily Urine increased desire; worse when lying down Menses too late, scanty, thick, dark, clotted, changeable, intermittent. Leucorrhœa acrid, burning, creamy Pain in back; tired feeling Wide awake in the evening; first sleep restless; wakes languid, unrefreshed Irresistible sleepiness in afternoon Sleeps with hands over head |
From heat Rich fat food After eating Towards evening Warm room Lying on left or on painless side When allowing feet to hang down |
Open air Motion Cold applications Cold food and drinks, though not thirsty |
| Rhododendron | Tearing pain in bones Pains in bones in spots, and reappear by change of weather Cannot sleep unless legs are crossed |
Before a storm All symptoms reappear in rough weather Night Towards morning |
After the storm breaks Warmth Eating |
| Ruta Graveolens | Acts upon the periosteum and cartilages, eyes and
uterus. All parts of the body are painful, as if bruised Feeling of intense lassitude, weakness and despair Injured "bruised" bones Constant urging to urinate, feels bladder full Pain in nape, back and loins Backache better pressure and lying on back Spine and limbs feel bruised Small of back and loins pain Legs give out on rising from a chair, hips and thighs so weak Pain in bones of feet and ankles Great restlessness |
Lying down From cold, wet weather |
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| Sepia | Weakness, yellow complexion, bearing-down
sensation, especially in women, upon whose organism it has most pronounced
effect Pains extend down to back, chills easily Upward tendency of its symptoms Easy fainting "Ball" sensation in inner parts Sepia acts best on brunettes All pains are from below up Feels cold even in warm room Open fontanelles Taste salty, putrid Everything tastes too salty Longing for vinegar, acids, and pickles Worse, after milk, especially when boiled. Loathes fat Red, adhesive, sand in urine Involuntary urination, during first sleep Leucorrhœa yellow, greenish; with much itching Menses Too late and scanty, irregular; early and profuse; sharp clutching pains Weakness in small of back Pains extend into back |
Forenoons and evenings Washing Laundry-work Dampness Left side After sweat Cold air Before thunder-storm |
By exercise Pressure Warmth of bed Hot applications Drawing limbs up Cold bathing After sleep |
| Silicea | Diseases of bones, caries and necrosis Scrofulous, rachitic children, with large head open fontanelles and sutures, distended abdomen, slow in walking Suppurative processes. Silica patient is cold, chilly, hugs the fire, wants plenty warm clothing, hates drafts, hands and feet cold, worse in winter Lack of vital heat Prostration of mind and body Great sensitiveness to taking cold Intolerance of alcoholic stimulants Want of grit, moral or physical Caries of mastoid Sensitive to noise. Nasal bones sensitive Perforation of septum Disgust for meat and warm food Want of appetite; thirst excessive Sour eructations after eating Stool comes down with difficulty; when partly expelled, recedes again A milky, acrid leucorrhœa Increased menses, with paroxysms of icy coldness over whole body Weak spine; very susceptible to draughts on back Pain in coccyx Diseases of bones of spine Night-walking; gets up while asleep Sleeplessness, with great orgasm of blood and heat in head Frequent starts in sleep; anxious dreams; excessive gaping |
New moon In morning From washing During menses Uncovering, Lying down Damp Lying on Left side Cold |
Warmth Wrapping up head Summer In wet or humid weather |
| Staphysagria | Acts on teeth and alveolar periosteum Sexual sins and excesses Very sensitive Desire for stimulants Craving for tobacco Canine hunger, even when stomach is full. Leucorrhœa Sensation as if a drop of urine were rolling continuously along the channel Backache; worse in morning before rising Extremities feel beaten and painful Dull aching of nates extending to hip-joint and small of back |
Anger Indignation Grief Mortification Loss of fluids Onanism Sexual excesses Tobacco Least touch on affected parts |
After breakfast Warmth Rest at night |
| Sulphur | Ebullitions of heat, dislike of water, dry and
hard hair and skin, red orifices, sinking feeling at stomach about 11 am,
and cat-nap sleep Standing is the worst position for Sulphur patients, it is always uncomfortable Dirty, filthy people, prone to skin affections Aversion to being washed When carefully-selected remedies fail to act, especially in acute diseases, it frequently arouses the reactionary powers of the organism; complaints that relapse General offensive character of discharge and exhalations Complete loss of, or excessive appetite Putrid eructation Food tastes too salty Drinks much, eats little Milk disagrees Great desire for sweets Great acidity, sour eructation Very weak and faint about 11 am; must have something to eat Frequent micturition, especially at night Must hurry, sudden call to urinate Great quantities of colorless urine Much offensive perspiration Menses too late, short, scanty, and difficult; thick, black, acrid, making parts sore; menses preceded by headache or suddenly stopped Leucorrhœa, burning, excoriating. Nipples cracked; smart and burn Drawing pain between shoulders Stiffness of nape Sensation as if vertebræ glided over each other Cannot walk erect; stoop-shouldered Talks, jerks, and twitches during sleep Vivid dreams Wakes up singing Wakes frequently, and becomes wide awake suddenly Catnaps; slightest noise awakens Cannot sleep between 2 an 5 am |
At rest When standing Warmth in bed Washing Bathing In morning 11 am Night From alcoholic stimulants Periodically |
Dry, warm weather Lying on right side From drawing up affected limbs |
| Theridion | Sensitive to noise; it penetrates the body,
especially teeth Noises seem to strike on painful spots over the body Rachitis, caries, necrosis Sensitiveness between vertebræ; avoids pressure on spine Stinging pains |
Touch Pressure On shipboard Riding in carriage Closing eyes Jar Noise Coitus Left side |