Arnica montana

as Cyrus Maxwell Boger recorded it in A Synoptic Key of the Materia Medica, 1931

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Keynotes

A very painful and offensive remedy. Progressive weakness. Has absorbent action. Shock: mental or physical. VERY PAINFUL BRUISED, SORENESS; all over; after the pains; of the bleeding part (Fer.), etc. Crushing pain. BED FEELS HARD, or full of lumps. As of a lump back of stomach, etc. Suddenly shifting joint (Colch.) or paralytic pains. FOUL; breath, taste, flatus, stool, etc. Typhoid. Sepsis. HÆMORRHAGIC TENDENCY; epistaxis, etc. Involuntary evacuations. .................... Nervous, sanguine temperament. FEARS; being struck or approached; sickness; instant death; on awaking, etc. Morose, repellant mood. Physically restless, but mentally prostrate or apathetic; says nothing ails him (Op.); reverse (Ars.) answers slowly, with an effort. Feels well, in dangerous cases. Brain feels tired. Vertigo; of old age. Bloodshot eyes. Ruddy, congested face. Apoplexy. Fevers. Bright red, puffy fauces. Red stripe down center of tongue. Post-natal dropping. Catarrh of antrum. Eructations tasting of bad eggs. Anorexia by day, but canine hunger before midnight. Cramps from epigastrium down over bowels, then foul stools. Acrid, foamy, stools. Cutting in kidneys. Urine retained or dribbles; after labor. Must wait for urine to pass. After-pains; < suckling. Hoarseness; < exertion, colds, or getting wet. Coughs without waking, or cough causing cries. Heavy lower chest. Sore nipples. Arm pains, > hanging down. Heart-beat shakes whole body. Weakened heart muscle. Angina. Heart pains; left to right. Dusky, mottled skin. Every little hurt makes a black and blue spot. Petechiæ. Erysipelas. Symmetrical eruptions. Very sore acne or crops of small boils. Sopor; drops to sleep as he answers. Troublous or frightful dreams; awakes in terror. Coldness of part lain on. Thirst during chill. Hot head with cool body. Must uncover, but it chills him (reverse of Nux-v.).

Worse

INJURIES: BRUISES. Shocks. Jarring. Labor. Overexertion. Sprains. TOUCH. After sleep. Motion. Old age. Alcohol.

Better

Lying: Head low (Ver-v.). Outstretched.

Region

BLOOD. BLOOD-VESSELS. Nerves. Muscles. Digestive organs.

Relationships

Complementary: Calc-c. Nat-s. Sul-ac. Related: Bells. Echi. Hyper. Rhus-t.

What the other books say about Arnica montana

The same remedy read by a different author. They disagree, and the disagreements are where the remedy becomes recognisable.

Arnica montana in Boericke — The concise clinical Materia Medica that most Indian colleges teach from, in full.
Arnica montana in Allen's Keynotes — The few symptoms that, when genuinely present, point at one remedy and not its neighbours.
Arnica montana in Farrington — Lectures that teach remedies in families, by comparing them with each other.
Arnica montana in Kent — Kent teaching a class, one remedy at a time — fewer remedies, far more on each.

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Cite this page. Cyrus Maxwell Boger. A Synoptic Key of the Materia Medica. 1931. Arnica montana — Keynotes. HomeopathyWorld, https://homeopathyworld.in/materia-medica/books/boger/arnica-montana. Author died 1935: public domain in India. The catalogue records 1931; a 1931 edition is public domain in the US from 1 Jan 2027 at the latest — the edition this transcription follows is not stated in the file. Reproduced as the author wrote it; a historical reference for students and practitioners, not medical advice.