Here you will find listed once more the homeopathic remedies, explained with their main symptoms.

If while looking for the right remedy you have come across multiple options, simply read through symptoms listed for each remedy and chose the one that matches your symptoms closest. Remember that you do not have to suffer from all listed symptoms. Similarity is the key!
Where you see “proven in” you will find several ailments that are especially well treated with this remedy.

Aconitum (Monkshood)

• Ailments that appear suddenly and are acute and intense
• Shivers, then fast and high spikes in fever and rapid pulse
• Hot and dry skin, fever is eased and lowered through sweating
• Reddened face pales when sitting up
• Aftereffects of dry cold and cold weather or wind
• Aftereffects of fright or shock
• Intolerable pain
• Agitation and mental restlessness
• Panic attacks, anxiety and agony
• Intense thirst and craving for cold drinks

- worsens around midnight; through heat; through cold wind
+ improves in fresh air; through uncovering patient

Proven in: all acute (feverish) infections with the above listed symptoms
 

Allium Cepa (Common Onion)

The common onion is a great example for the homeopathic principle. Everyone is aware of the effect of a pungent, freshly cut onion…. eyes and nose tear up. According to the rules of homeopathy, the common onion in it's homeopathic potency should help with illnesses that show the same symptoms as shown in smelling or eating a freshly cut onion. Thus, Allium Cepa helps with the following main symptoms:

• Urge to sneeze with runny rose and watery, stinging chafing nose secretion
• Red eyes, burning eyes and teary eyes, whereby the tears do not irritate the eyes
• Scratchy or itchy throat or hoarseness
• Hacking cough, especially when inhaling cold air

- worsens at night and when warm
+ improved in fresh air and in cool spaces

Proven in: hay fever; colds due to cold weather, wind and damp, when above symptoms can be determined
 

Apis Mellifica (Honeybee)

The honey bee is also a good example of the homeopathic principle. The effects of the sting of a bee are well-known: slightly red swelling, piercing pain, improvement when cooled. Thus according to the homeopathic rule Apis will help with the following symptoms:

• Skin is swollen, pale red and hot
• Burning, piercing pain
• The painful areas are very sensitive
• A feeling of constriction in throat or bladder
• Lack of thirst
• Restlessness, unable to concentrate

- worsens through heat, when touched, after sleeping, and in the late afternoon
+ improves in fresh air, through cold baths and cold compresses

Proven in: insect bites, especially bumble bee stings, skin rashes, joint pains, throat and bladder infections with above listed symptoms
 

Argentum Nitricum (Silver Nitrate)

• Many cases of fear: fear of height, claustrophobia, agoraphobia, Hypochondria  
  disorder, fear of hospitals and of upcoming events (i.e. job interview, exam etc.)
• Nervous dizziness with wobbly legs; sometimes with hissing in the ears; after mental
  overexertion; motion sickness and other fears
• Thoughts and actions of very impulsive persons
• Diarrhea before meetings and appointments
• Strong desire for sugar (or cheese or salt)
• Constant belching with vomiting and nausea
• Cramp-like stomach pain with flatulence
• Cold, possibly numb feeling in hands and feet

- worsens in warm temperatures; after sugar (or cheese or salt) intake; physical symptoms
  worsen with above listed fears
 

Arnica (Wolf’s Bane)

• Important first remedy to use for all injuries and shock after injury
• Bruises, contusions, sprains, hemorrhages
• Physical overexertion with muscle pain
• Feeling crushed, sore and immobile
• The bed feels too hard which leads to restlessness and no sleep
• Oversensitive, do not want to be touched
• Need to be left alone

- worsens through touch and movement; in the damp
+ improves when laying down
 

Arsenicum Album (White Arsenic)

• Restless, fidgety, urged
• Frequently drained, weak and exhausted after minimal exertion
• Burning pain, worsened through heat
• Intense thirst with craving for warm drinks
• Diarrhea with vomiting, i.e. food poisoning (especially fish or meat)
• Skin disease

- worsens around midnight, in cold and/or damp climate
+ improves when drinking a warm beverage

Proven in: Diarrhea with vomiting and food poisoning
 

Belladonna (Nightshade)

• Acute, sudden and painful ailments
• Illnesses with rapid rising high fever which is usually dry in the beginning and with a red face, then hot sweaty head and cold hands and feet; sweating under the covers; no thirst during fever; pulse is fast hard and pounding
• Result of wet and cold weather, wet hair and draft
• Infections feeling hot and red with burning or throbbing pain
• Enlarged pupils
• Sensitivity to vibrations, noise and bright lights
• Dry mouth with aversion to water
• Cramp-like pain in the stomach region, throat and abdomen
• Ailments appear and disappear quickly

- worsens in the afternoon and evening; through touch; vibration and noise; when laying down
+ improves when resting, sitting upright, tilting back the head

Proven in: acute infections, headaches and colicky pain with above listed symptoms, especially when they appear and disappear suddenly; often used as follow-up remedy to Aconitum, when the fever turns into sweating and Aconitum no longer helps

Bryonia (Red Berry Bryony)

• Discomfort after hot days, especially if the weather was cool prior to then
• Important remedy for a dry cough with pain in the chest (thorax)
• Slowly developing infection – at first sneezing and runny nose, then coughing, pain in limbs and headache (behind the eyes)
• In general for sharp, pulling pains
  - Worsened by the smallest movements
  + Improved with complete rest
• All mucous membranes are very dry
• Extreme thirst for cold drinks, often with dry cracked lips and a bitter taste in the mouth
• Severe constipation with dry, hard bowel movement
• Sprains and strains
• Food lays heavily in the stomach

- worsens through movement; heat; agitation and tension
+ improves when resting, pressure (patient likes to lay on aching side); in the fresh air; cold beverages

Calcium Carbonicum (Lime from Oyster Shells)

• Lack of vigor; appear tired and listless, want to be left alone
• Fear of the future, of poverty, fear of physical or mental diseases; fear of spiders and of mice
• Exhaustion and difficulty breathing with the smallest of exertion (i.e. climbing stairs), and this causes sweating
• Cold, damp feet
• Sensitive to the cold, prone to infections, get a cold easily and frequently
• Tendency for morbid obesity with intense hunger, and craving for eggs and sweets
• Aversion to milk and fats with sour burping and vomiting
• Feel better being constipated
• Sweat easily, especially at night and with exertion, on head and face (upper lip), neck and feet
• All bodily excretions have a sour smell, constant sour taste in the mouth
• For polyps

- worsens with every physical and mental exertion; cold and damp in any form
+ improves in warm, dry weather, when laying on the aching side (also Bryonia)
 

Calcium Fluoratum (Calcium Fluoride)

• Fortifies bones and connective tissues
• Strengthens connective tissues
• Varicose veins (not infected)
• Hemorrhoids which are itchy, bleed and protrude
• Hair loss and nail disorders
• Bad teeth and tooth decay
• Gout in joints, aids in abnormal hardenings

- worsens after rest; damp and cold; through fierce movement
+ improves during rest; warmth; moderate movements

Calcium Phosphoricum (Calcium Hydrogen Phosphate)

Suits lively, sensitive, skinny children and adults or those prone to anemia who are easily exhausted; weak skeleton with long neck; belated teething; proven child remedy

• Slow-healing bone fractures and osteoporosis
• Nightly pain in bones (in particular during growth spurts)
• Headaches in school-aged children and persons sensitive to weather changes
• Polyps
• Cold feet and hands
• Menstrual pain and discomfort with back pain, in particular in young girls
• Sour burping, heartburn and vomiting; frequent bloating
• Cramp-like stomach pain right after eating; craving for salty and smoked foods
• Chronic diarrhea with fatigue; alternating diarrhea and constipation
• Exhaustion and fatigue in children and adolescents following acute viral infections

- worsens with and through cold damp weather; changing weather; during the night and during rest periods
+ improved in warm dry weather; in the summer time; with moderate movement in the fresh air

Cantharis (Spanish Fly)

• Severe burning pains
- worsened drinking beverages, especially coffee
• Bladder infections with sharp pains; before, during and after urination; constant urge to urinate
• Urine burns, is reddish-brown; often with containing blood
• Burns and scalds, before blisters form; in particular when after burns and scalding (especially inside the mouth and throat area) there is pain during urination
• Aversion to food, drink and cigarette smoke
• Urge to urninate
   - worsened by standing and walking
   + improved when resting
• Sun burn 

- worsens when drinking, especially coffee; through touch

Proven in: urinary tract infections; burns and scalds

Carbo Vegetabilis (Charcoal)

Suits cumbersome, heavy, contented, older patients and those chronically ill; proven also for food and/or gas poisoning

• All symptoms can be traced back to lack of oxygen
• Sluggish digestion with bloating of the whole stomach (meteorism)
• Difficulty breathing with bloated stomach
• Cramp-like stomach pains with severe flatus
• Dizziness with ringing in the ears and nausea
• Wooziness and feeling faint with blue lips
• Sensitive to the cold with shivers but at the same time yearning for fresh air
• Red head after eating or drinking alcohol

- worsens when eating stodgy foods (fatty foods, milk, meats); in damp warm weather; at night; in cold weather
+ improved in fresh air; when belching

Chamomilla (Genuine Chamomile)

Suits restless, irritable, irascible and short-tempered patients; sensitive to pain; hot (fever) and thirsty; difficult to please; proven remedy for children

• Important remedy for unbearable pain that appears suddenly and causes impatience and irritability (such as stomach colic, ear ache and nerve pain)
• Teething and tooth ache
• Greenish, undigested diarrhea (looks like chopped spinach and smells of rotten eggs)
• Piercing ear ache with heat and swelling driving the patient crazy
• Cramp-like stomach and belly pain, with flushed cheeks and hot sweats
+ improved through warmth
• One flushed and one pale cheek; sweaty head; hot red sweaty forehead is typical even without fever
• Discomforts through anger and frustration
• Overly sensitive due to too much coffee or other stimulants

- worsens due to aggravation, anger and agitations; coffee; via touch and approach; discomforts may be at their worst in the morning and late evening
+ improved by being picked up (for children)

Proven in: Children (teething, tummy ache, diarrhea, ear ache) and adults with complaints caused by high coffee consumption.
Note: If the patient is calm and mellow Chamomilla will (probably) not work.
 

Cimicifuga (Bugbane)

• Claustrophobia, in particular in public transportation and in the car, with the need to exit into the open
• Headache brought on by mental overexertion
+ improved in fresh air
• Neck pain with stiff, strained neck and back
• Spinal column is overly pressure sensitive
• Rheumatic joint pain (similar to muscle ache after workout)
• Menstrual disorders with pain before period which is mostly irregular and associated with back pain
• Complaints and disorders during menopause (climacteric), with depressive moods and rheumatic pains
• Depression, combined with fear and worry or confusion and despondency

- worsens in cold and damp climate; in the mornings; before and during menstruation; exercise
+ improved through heat; eating

Coffea (Coffee)

• Very nervous and restless individuals
• Individuals very sensitive to pain
• Aftereffects of sudden emotions; shock from surprise and happy tidings
• Insomnia due to nervousness; full of ideas unable to “shut off”
• Nervous heart palpitations, especially due to surprise, extreme delight, high coffee consumption
• Consequence of coffee consumption (Nux Vomica)

- worsens due to intense emotional excitation, coffee, stimulants, strong smells; to cold and at night
+ improved through heat; laying down

Cuprum Metallicum (Copper)

• Cramps in fingers and/or toes
• Camp-like coughing; difficulty breathing due to spasmodic tightening in the chest; possibly vomiting
• Metallic taste in the mouth and increase saliva production
• Nausea and vomiting with cramp-like stomach and belly pain

- worsens after vomiting
+ improved when drinking cold water

Drosera (Sundew)

• Spasmodic coughing with coughing attacks in rapid succession, possibly with gagging; seldom with vomiting
• Coughing bouts in quick succession that take breath away
• Deep raw cough
• Tickle/itch that leads to coughing
• Cough with raw deep voice, loss of voice
• Laryngitis with dry throat, whereby speech is difficult and painful

- worsens after midnight; when laying down; when drinking, talking, laughing; with heat and warm beverages
+ improved when standing

Euphrasia (Eyebright)

• For Conjunctivitis one of the first and most important remedies
• First a dry sandy feeling in the eye, but then followed by heavily flowing tears
• Eyes are constantly tearing, tears are acidic and irritate the eyes
• Pain is burning or pressured
• Feeling of sand in the eyes; constant need to blink
• Very sensitive to light, especially artificial light and at night
• Subsequent purulent secretion that causes eye lids to burn and swell
• Mild runny nose, burning tears that irritate eyes (opposite of Allium Cepa)

- worsens at night, in the warm climate, indoors, in bright light
+ improved outdoors

Proven in: Conjunctivitis, flu infections and hay fever with above listed symptoms

 

Ferrum Phosphoricum (Phosphoric Iron)

Suits nervous, sensitive patients who are prone to anemia who flush easily.

• All infectious illnesses in the beginning stages with heat, reddening, swelling and pain
• Bleeding, in particular nose bleeds, with light red blood
• Earaches (almost specifically for the beginning stages of Otitis)
• Beginning, dry cough; possible with light red blood in the sputum
• Flu-like infections with medium to high fever and quick heart rate

- worsens at night, in warm climate, through touch
+ improved with cold compresses, with rest

Proven in: Inflammations and infections without clear symptoms as well as Otitis as a first remedy (for example when Belladonna does not provide relief)

Gelsemium (Mock Orange)

• Effects of fright, shock, fear; effects of emotional anxiety in particular received bad news
• Diarrhea, in particular after an exam (Argentum Nitricum before diarrhea)
• Feeling of apathy, numbness, listlessness and no energy
• Lack of thirst (important with fever)
• Trembling weakness in hands and feet
• Cold shivers that run down the back
• Dark, red, puffy face
• Headache and migraine with double vision
+ worsens when urinating
• Feeling of having to move so the heart won’t stop beating
• Neck pain and headache
• Dizziness with neck pain
• Raw throat pain which may radiate towards the ear; often feeling of lump in the throat
• Flu-like infection with runny nose

- worsens with excitement, fright and shock; heat, warm rooms and sun; before thunderstorms; smoking
+ improved in the fresh air and through urination

Proven in: (Summer) flu, neck pain and migraine-like headache as well as emotional stress (fear of exam, performance etc.)
 

Graphites (Graphite)

Suits plump and thick-skinned patients who are sensitive to cold, who have a indolent way of thinking, have a bad memory; who are indecisive; fearful and disheartened; music often makes them cry.

• Abnormal tendency for being overweight
• Constipation; feel the fullness of bowels but do not evacuate
• Cracked, dry, itchy skin rashes that may dampen and ooze yellowish discharge (also in the genital area)
• Nail bed inflammation with cracked, dry skin
• Peeling, cracked, dry, deformed nails and ingrown toenails
• Ear canal eczema with pain or (moist) skin rash behind and in the ear

- worsens in warm climate, at night, during and after menstruation
+ improved when enveloping in blankets or clothing

Hamamelis (Which Hazel)

• Dark congestions and hemorrhages that won’t seem to clot
• Varicose Veins
• Hemorrhoids
• Long-lasting nose bleeds
• Often in conjunction with a feeling of fatigue in arms and legs, with pain in muscles and joints
• Sore feeling, similar to contusions

- worsens in warm dry climate
 

Hepar Sulfuris (Calcium Sulfide)

Suits patients with light skin complexion who have unhealthy skin and are lackluster; often very irritable and speak quickly

• Extreme sensitivity to draft and cold climate – simple exposing hands or feet (i.e. under the covers) worsens all symptoms, especially with fever
• Skin very sensitive to touch and the affected areas, even clothing can cause pain
• Infected areas are extremely sensitive to pain (boils, sores, abscesses, acne)
• Piercing pain (for example throat ache)
• Strong tendency for purulence
• Bodily secretions (sweat, discharge, stool etc.) are sticky and smell sour or of old cheese
• Raspy cough with hoarse voice and loss of voice cause by cold air
• Often only small things cause for irritation or temper

- worsens in dry or cold air; with the slightest draft; through touch or exposure
+ improved when wrapped up in blanket or clothes, in the warm climate or in steam bath

Proven in: Sinusitis, cough, ear and throat ache; abscesses, boils and skin conditions

Hypericum (St. John’s Wort)

• Important remedy for all nerve injuries
• Sprains and contusions to the spinal column, in particular tailbone bruising
• Contusions on fingers or toes
• Phantom pain
• Pain along the nerves which are pulling and piercing

- worsens in cold climate, damp, touch
 

Ignatia (Ignatius Bean)

Suits patients who are mostly sensitive, intelligent, romantic and with prone to hysteria; tried and rusted female remedy

• Important remedy for broken heart; grief due to loss of a loved one; also home sickness
• Changeable moods
• Tendency for laughing and crying spells (due to emotional stress)
• Sigh and cry often, caused by grief or joy
• Lump in throat and pressure on chest
+ improved when eating
• Often sour belching or sour taste in the mouth
• Physical and psychological symptoms are constantly changing and in opposition
• Cramps in arms and legs
• Headaches that feel the head wants to explode
• Sleeplessness with frequent yawning, in particular due to worries and sorrow

- worsened through the smell of tobacco, coffee and alcohol
+ improved while eating

Ipecacuanha (Seminal Root)

• Continuous nausea and vomiting
• Clean tongue in moist mouth with heavy saliva formation
• Cough with nausea and vomiting
• Cough that worsens with each breath, possibly with feeling of suffocation
• Cough with claustrophobic feeling in chest and difficulty breathing – children may turn blue in the face and become stiff (Emergency Room!)
• Cough with nose bleeds (also use Ferrum Phosphoricum)
• Cough with hoarseness, loss of voice
• Dry cough at first, then with phlegm that is hard to cough out
• Often with profuse light red blood from nose, stomach or lungs (also use Ferrum Phosphoricum)

Kalium Bichromicum (Potassium Dichromate)

• Secretions of the mucous membranes (nose, bronchia, mouth etc.) are thread-forming and yellow in color
• Cold with yellowish-green thread-forming, possibly foul-smelling secretion and sore nostrils
• Nose and sinus seems congested; cannot breathe through the nose
• Loss of sense of smell
• Headache during or after sinusitis and after a suppressed cold; headaches are often in small, dime-sized areas above the eyes, at the bridge of the nose and on the cheek bones
• Migraine often only above one eye; prior to the headache often blurry vision – or even temporary blindness
• Metallic sounding hacking cough with yellow masses or yellowish, thread-forming phlegm
• Nausea and vomiting after alcohol, especially beer

- worsened by beer consumption; in the mornings; in dry hot climate
+ improved with heat application; warm head steam bath

Proven in: Chronic (non-acute) Sinusitis; also tried and proven for headaches and migraines which follow Sinusitis

 

Kalium Phosphoricum (Potassium)

Suits slender patients with weak nerves, so-called “jitterbugs” and overworked students; proven remedy for nerves!

• Nervous exhaustion
• Nervous stomach or diarrhea
• Mental strain and fatigue
• Mental strain causing headaches with empty feeling in the stomach
+ improves with moderate exercise
• Dizziness caused by mental strain and fatigue
• Buzzing and humming in the ears
• Loss of voice due to overexertion of the vocal cords
• Mouth is often very dry in the mornings, frequently accommodated by bad breath and yellowish plaque on the tongue

- worse in the mornings, worsened by physical and mental exertion; through agitation; loud noises
+ improved with rest and moderate exercise

Lycopodium (Clubmoss)

Suits people who love company as long as they are happy, but want to be left alone when they are not; who suddenly suffer a loss of self-esteem and are constantly filled with fear they might collapse under pressure; therefore avoid new situations; cannot tolerate any kind of opposition; but are moved to tears when someone expresses gratitude

• Feeling of fullness with bloated stomach and sour burping; cannot abide having anything tight around the stomach
• Cravings, often at night; but often full after a few bites
• Strong cravings for sweets
• Aversion to cold drinks; preference for warm meals and warm drinks
• Complaints occur at first on the right side of the body and the migrate toward the left side
• One foot is warm while the other is cold
• Bladder and kidney ailments, often connected with back pain, need to urinate during the night; urine stream slow and often after several attempts
• Oftentimes urine is smelly with reddish sediment

- worse after meals, accompanied by great fatigue; in warm closed rooms; in cold air or by cold drinks
+ improved in the fresh air; with exercise; with loosening of the clothes

Proven in: Persons who have aged prematurely with graying and loss of hair, with worsened memory (especially for names), who make spelling mistakes; who often have a history of kidney problems; with elevated uric acid values; gout and many age spots

 

Magnesium Phosphoricum (Phosphate of Magnesia)

Suits patients who are exhausted, tired, skinny as well as elderly patients; important remedy for cramps and neuralgia

• Stomach cramps and severe bloating (colic); with burping that does not provide relief; must loosen belt
• Cramp-like menstrual complaints
• Pain along the nerves are paroxysmal, shooting and stabbing
• Cramps while writing; spastic coughing; chest pain (Angina Pectoris)

- worsened at nights; in cold and draft
+ improved with heat and hot compresses; pressure

Info: Oftentimes a deficiency in magnesium can be determined by cramps in calves and toes during the night, in particular after physical exertion. This type of deficiency cannot be treated with homeopathic remedies!

Mercurius Solubilis (Mercury accord. To Hahnemann)

Suits patients who are very shy and introvert, distrustful, and are slow in answering.

• Important remedy for purulent infections (i.e. of the ear, nose or throat)
• Strong saliva formation, especially at night
• Halitosis with metallic taste in the mouth
• Swollen wet tongue with thick yellowish coating along with tooth imprints along the sides of the tongue
• Severe thirst even though the tongue is wet
• Ulcers and aphthae on the tongue or in the mouth and throat
• Tendency for wounds or ulcers that heal slowly, are pus-filled and foul-smelling
• Pain along the roots of the teeth, in particular at night
• Tremulous hands
• Greenish, slimy and blood-streaked secretions (ear, throat, nose, bowels)
• Skin is often oily-damp with tendency for foul-smelling sweat

- worsened through sweating; at night; in a warm bed or room; neither heat nor cold climate are well tolerated

Proven in: ulcers of the mouth, aching of the roots of the teeth and recurrent ear infections and tonsillitis with above listed symptoms
Note: Mercury that is not in homeopathic dosages is harmful. It is contained in amalgam fillings as well as in various vaccines.

 

Natrium chloratum (Sodium Chloride)

Suits patients who have been suffering long spouts of sorrow which have resulted in physical complications.

• Consequences of sorrow, grief and disappointments, with dislike of compassion and care
• Depressed and withdrawn, introverted and brooding over the past
• Desire to be alone to cry, or sudden burst into tears
• When feeling ignored can be irritable and unforgiving
• Craving for salty foods with an aversion to fatty food and bread
• Mostly hungry, sweat during eating; thirst for cold drinks can be unquenchable
• Cold with runny nose, sneezing attacks and sore nostrils
• Cold with runny nose, cracked corners of the mouth, fever blisters
• A feeling of exhaustion and weakness when waking up
• Migraine with impaired vision during the day
• Irregular menstruation with pain, often in conjunction with back pain
• Skin rash and acne, in particular along the hair line; oily skin and hair; also proven for sun allergy
• Back pain
+ improved when laying on a hard surface

- worsens in the mornings; with sounds, sunlight and heat; at the beach; through stress
+ improved in the fresh air; when lying on a hard surface; cool sponge baths
 

Nux Vomica (Strychnine Tree)

Suits mostly skinny, active and nervous patients who have a sedentary lifestyle and a stressful job. This often leads to misuse of nicotine and coffee. These patients usually love rich, heavy meals and alcohol. The consequences are an upset stomach and headache with the tendency to take too much medication. Consequently they become irritable, overly sensitive and short-tempered.

• Nervous and aggressive, choleric behavior
• Stomach problems along with heartburn and belching one to three hours after eating; heavy feeling in the stomach
• Indigestion after eating heavy rich foods; due to spoiled food; after high alcohol, coffee and/or nicotine consumption; due to misuse of medication
• Nausea and retching without being able to vomit
• Spasmodic constipation with unsuccessful bowel movements
• Hangover-like headaches
- worse in the mornings
• Following misuse of medications
• Hypersensitivity of all sensory organs
• Are cold and catch a cold easily in the cold and a draft
• Insomnia

- worsens in the mornings; after mental exertion; with alcohol, coffee and/or nicotine; with noise and bright lights; in the cold and draft
+ improves during the evening; during rest periods; with warmth

Proven in: Ailments from spoiled or rich and heavy foods; complaints due to coffee, alcohol and/or nicotine consumption; misuse of medications