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The following substances are commonly used in homeopathy

Homeopathy

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Homeopathic name	Substance	Common name	Claimed homeopathic use	Homeopathic potency
Aconite	Aconitum napellus Aconitum napellus Aconitum napellus is a species of Aconitum in the family Ranunculaceae, native and endemic to western and central Europe....	Monkshood, Monk's Blood, Fuzi, Wolf's Bane	shock, influenza and fevers	6c, 30c, 200c
Aesculus hippocastanum	Aesculus hippocastanum	Horse-chestnut	haemorrhoids and varicose veins	tincture as ointment, 3c, 6c
Anthracinum, Anthracinum bovum, Anthracinum suum	Anthrax Anthrax Anthrax is an acute disease caused by the bacterium Bacillus anthracis. Most forms of the disease are lethal, and it affects both humans and other animals... poison extracted from the spleen of affected sheep		All types of furuncles (like Acne Acne vulgaris Acne vulgaris is a common human skin disease, characterized by areas of skin with seborrhea , comedones , papules , pustules , Nodules and possibly scarring... , carbuncle Carbuncle A carbuncle is an abscess larger than a boil, usually with one or more openings draining pus onto the skin. It is usually caused by bacterial infection, most commonly Staphylococcus aureus. The infection is contagious and may spread to other areas of the body or other people... s, malignant pustules), septic wounds, grangrenous Gangrene Gangrene is a serious and potentially life-threatening condition that arises when a considerable mass of body tissue dies . This may occur after an injury or infection, or in people suffering from any chronic health problem affecting blood circulation. The primary cause of gangrene is reduced blood... degenerations, anthrax poisoning,	6X 30X
Allium cepa	Onion Onion The onion , also known as the bulb onion, common onion and garden onion, is the most widely cultivated species of the genus Allium. The genus Allium also contains a number of other species variously referred to as onions and cultivated for food, such as the Japanese bunching onion The onion...		itching eyes, lachrymation, allergies, hayfever	3x to 30c
Antimonium Arsenicate			Skin conditions, Minor lethargy	All potencies 6c to CM
Antimonium tartaricum	Antimony tartrate		Impetigo	6c to 200c
Argentum nitricum	Silver nitrate Silver nitrate Silver nitrate is an inorganic compound with chemical formula . This compound is a versatile precursor to many other silver compounds, such as those used in photography. It is far less sensitive to light than the halides...		Fear, anticipation, apprehension, nervous excitement, exam nerves	6c to 200c
Arnica	Arnica montana Arnica montana Arnica montana, known commonly as leopard's bane, wolf's bane, mountain tobacco and mountain arnica, is a European flowering plant with large yellow capitula....	Leopard's bane	shock and bruising	all potencies 6c to CM
Arsenicum album Arsenicum album Arsenicum album is a frequently-used homeopathic substance consisting of arsenic trioxide. It is used by homeopaths to treat a range of symptoms that include digestive disorders , insomnia, allergies, anxiety, depression, and obsessive–compulsive disorder, and it has been studied as a possible...	Arsenic trioxide Arsenic trioxide Arsenic trioxide is the inorganic compound with the formula As2O3. This commercially important oxide of arsenic is the main precursor to other arsenic compounds, including organoarsenic compounds. Approximately 50,000 tonnes are produced annually...	White arsenic	colds/flu, diarrhoea, food poisoning	all potencies 6c to CM
Baptisia	Baptisia tinctoria Baptisia tinctoria Baptisia tinctoria is a herbaceous perennial plant in the family Fabaceae. It is native to eastern North America.-Distribution:...	Wild Indigo; horseflyweed	fevers	all potencies 6c to CM
Belladonna	Atropa belladonna	Deadly nightshade Deadly nightshade Atropa belladonna or Atropa bella-donna, commonly known as Belladonna, Devil's Berries, Death Cherries or Deadly Nightshade, is a perennial herbaceous plant in the family Solanaceae, native to Europe, North Africa, and Western Asia. The foliage and berries are extremely toxic, containing tropane...	high fevers with redness & delirium	all potencies 6c to CM
Bellis perennis	Bellis perennis Bellis perennis Bellis perennis is a common European species of Daisy, often considered the archetypal species of that name. Many related plants also share the name "Daisy", so to distinguish this species from other daisies it is sometimes qualified as Common Daisy, Lawn Daisy or occasionally English daisy. It is...	Common Daisy	healing of cuts and wounds	6c to 200c
Bryonia	Bryonia alba	White bryony Bryony Bryonia is a genus of flowering plant in the cucumber family. Bryony is its most well-known common name. They are native to western Eurasia and adjacent regions, such as North Africa, the Canary Islands and South Asia.-Description and ecology:...	fevers, joint pains, coughs and pleurisy	all potencies 6c to CM
Calcarea carbonica	Oyster Oyster The word oyster is used as a common name for a number of distinct groups of bivalve molluscs which live in marine or brackish habitats. The valves are highly calcified.... shell	Calcium carbonate Calcium carbonate Calcium carbonate is a chemical compound with the formula CaCO3. It is a common substance found in rocks in all parts of the world, and is the main component of shells of marine organisms, snails, coal balls, pearls, and eggshells. Calcium carbonate is the active ingredient in agricultural lime,...	Indigestion, Acidity	all potencies 6c to CM
Calendula	Calendula officinalis Calendula officinalis Calendula officinalis is a plant in the genus Calendula , in the family Asteraceae. It is probably native to southern Europe though its long history of cultivation makes its precise origin unknown, and may possibly be of garden origin...	Marigold	healing of wounds	tincture, 3c, 6c
Chamomilla	Matricaria chamomilla	German Chamomile	teething in infants	3c, 6c, 30c
Camphor	Cinnamomum camphora		Cholera (used by Hahnemann Samuel Hahnemann Christian Friedrich Samuel Hahnemann was a German physician, known for creating an alternative form of medicine called homeopathy.- Early life :Christian Friedrich Samuel Hahnemann was born in Meissen, Saxony near Dresden... on a 1831 cholera outbreak on Central Europe, and by Dr. Quin in 1854 London's epidemic )
Colocynthis	Citrullus colocynthis	Squirting cucumber	Diarrhoea	6c to 200c
Cuprum metallicum	Copper Copper Copper is a chemical element with the symbol Cu and atomic number 29. It is a ductile metal with very high thermal and electrical conductivity. Pure copper is soft and malleable; an exposed surface has a reddish-orange tarnish...		Cholera, diarrhoea, griping in the guts	6c to 200c
Digitalis	Digitalis purpurea Digitalis purpurea Digitalis purpurea , is a flowering plant in the family Plantaginaceae , native to most of Europe.-Description:...	Foxglove	Heart conditions, angina	6c to 30c
Drosera	Drosera rotundifolia Drosera rotundifolia Drosera rotundifolia is a species of sundew, a carnivorous plant often found in bogs, marshes and fens...	Sundew	a cough remedy	6c, 30c
Dulcamara	Solanum dulcamara Solanum dulcamara Solanum dulcamara, also known as bittersweet, bittersweet nightshade, bitter nightshade, blue bindweed, Amara Dulcis, climbing nightshade, fellenwort, felonwood, poisonberry, poisonflower, scarlet berry, snakeberry, trailing bittersweet, trailing nightshade, violet bloom, or woody...	Woody nightshade	wide range of chronic ailments	all potencies 6c to CM
Ferrum phosphoricum	Iron phosphate	Ferr phos	haemorrhages and nosebleeds	3x, 6x, 6c, 30c
Gelsemium	Gelsemium sempervirens	Yellow jasmine Jasmine Jasminum , commonly known as jasmines, is a genus of shrubs and vines in the olive family . It contains around 200 species native to tropical and warm temperate regions of the Old World...	joint pains and fevers	all potencies 6c to CM
Glonoinum	Nitroglycerine		Facial neuralgias	all potencies 6c to CM
Graphites	Graphite Graphite The mineral graphite is one of the allotropes of carbon. It was named by Abraham Gottlob Werner in 1789 from the Ancient Greek γράφω , "to draw/write", for its use in pencils, where it is commonly called lead . Unlike diamond , graphite is an electrical conductor, a semimetal...		Itching cracked skin, eczema, psoriasis	all potencies 6c to CM
Hamamelis	Hamamelis viginiana	Witch-hazel	haemorrhoids, varicose veins	tincture and low potencies 3x, 3c, 6c
Hepar sulfuris calcareum	Calcium sulfide Calcium sulfide Calcium sulfide is the chemical compound with the formula CaS. This white material crystallizes in cubes like rock salt. CaS has been studied as a component in a process that would recycle gypsum, a product of flue gas desulfurization...	Hepar sulf	wide range of chronic ailments, boils, abscesses	all potencies 6c to CM
Ignatia amara	Strychnos ignatii	St. Ignatius Bean	recovery from grief	all potencies 6c to CM
Kalium bichromicum	Potassium dichromate	used in HeadOn HeadOn HeadOn is the brand name of a topical product claimed to relieve headaches. It achieved widespread notoriety in 2006 as a result of a repetitive commercial, consisting only of the tagline "HeadOn. Apply directly to the forehead," stated three times in succession. Originally sold as a homeopathic...	thick secretions from the mucous membranes of the sinuses and respiratory tract	all potencies 6c to CM
Lachesis	Lachesis Lachesis Lachesis can be:* Lachesis , one of the Moirae the personification of destiny in Greek mythology* Lachesis , or bushmasters, a group of venomous pitvipers found in Central and South America* 120 Lachesis, an asteroid* Lachesis, a... muta	Bushmaster snake	wide range of uses	all potencies 6c to CM
Ledum	Ledum palustre	Marsh Tea	bites, stings, punctured wounds	all potencies 6c to CM
Lycopodium	Lycopodium clavatum Lycopodium clavatum Lycopodium clavatum is the most widespread species in the genus Lycopodium of the clubmoss family Lycopodiaceae....	Wolf's foot, clubmoss	wide range of chronic use	all potencies 6c to CM
Mercurius vivus	Mercury (element) Mercury (element) Mercury is a chemical element with the symbol Hg and atomic number 80. It is also known as quicksilver or hydrargyrum...		wide range of chronic ailments	all potencies 6c to CM
Natrum muriaticum	Sodium chloride Sodium chloride Sodium chloride, also known as salt, common salt, table salt or halite, is an inorganic compound with the formula NaCl. Sodium chloride is the salt most responsible for the salinity of the ocean and of the extracellular fluid of many multicellular organisms...	Natrum mur; table salt	varied chronic uses; irritable, touchy, dislikes consolation	6c to 10M
Natrum sulphuricum	Sodium sulphate	Natrum sulph	asthma, headaches, worse for damp, warts	6c to 10M
Nux vomica	Strychnos nux-vomica	Strychnine tree Strychnine tree The Strychnine tree also known as Nux vomica, Poison Nut, Semen strychnos and Quaker Buttons, is a deciduous tree native to India, southeast Asia, a member of family Loganiaceae. It is a medium-size tree growing in open habitats...	nausea, hangovers, substance abuse & chronic ailments	all potencies 6c to CM
Oscillococcinum Oscillococcinum Oscillococcinum is a homeopathic alternative medicine marketed to relieve influenza-like symptoms. It is one of the most popular homeopathic preparations, particularly in France. Oscillococcinum is manufactured by a French company, Boiron, its sole manufacturer. There are, however, other...	Cairina moschata liver	Muscovy duck Muscovy Duck The Muscovy Duck is a large duck which is native to Mexico and Central and South America. A small wild population reaches into the United States in the lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas... liver	colds/flu;	generally 30c, 200c
Petroleum	Crude oil		Skin affections, eczema, psoriasis	all potencies 6c to CM
Phosphorus	Phosphorus Phosphorus Phosphorus is the chemical element that has the symbol P and atomic number 15. A multivalent nonmetal of the nitrogen group, phosphorus as a mineral is almost always present in its maximally oxidized state, as inorganic phosphate rocks...	Phos	wide range of chronic ailments	all potencies 6c to CM
Picricum acidum	Picric acid	Picric acid Picric acid Picric acid is the chemical compound formally called 2,4,6-trinitrophenol . This yellow crystalline solid is one of the most acidic phenols. Like other highly nitrated compounds such as TNT, picric acid is an explosive...	Water retention, Confusion	tincture to 200c
Pulsatilla	Pasque flower Pasque flower The genus Pulsatilla contains about 33 species of herbaceous perennials native to meadows and prairies of North America, Europe, and Asia. Common names include pasque flower , wind flower, prairie crocus, Easter Flower, and meadow anemone...	Wind flower	various childhood, menstrual and chronic ailments	all potencies 6c to CM
Rhus toxicodendron	Toxicodendron radicans	Poison ivy	joint pains and fevers	all potencies 6c to CM
Ruta	Ruta graveolens	Rue	trauma or sprain of the ligaments; conditions involving the tendons, fibrous tissue, or periosteum; joint stiffness, eye strain	4x to CM
Sepia	Cuttlefish Cuttlefish Cuttlefish are marine animals of the order Sepiida. They belong to the class Cephalopoda . Despite their name, cuttlefish are not fish but molluscs.... ink		many female problems	all potencies 6c to CM
Silicea	Flint Flint Flint is a hard, sedimentary cryptocrystalline form of the mineral quartz, categorized as a variety of chert. It occurs chiefly as nodules and masses in sedimentary rocks, such as chalks and limestones. Inside the nodule, flint is usually dark grey, black, green, white, or brown in colour, and...		Various chronic conditions, sensitivity to cold	all potencies 6c to CM
Sulphur	Sulfur Sulfur Sulfur or sulphur is the chemical element with atomic number 16. In the periodic table it is represented by the symbol S. It is an abundant, multivalent non-metal. Under normal conditions, sulfur atoms form cyclic octatomic molecules with chemical formula S8. Elemental sulfur is a bright yellow...		chronic ailments, skin complaints, general debility	all potencies 6c to CM
Thea Sinensis / Camellia Sinensis	leafs of tea plant Camellia sinensis Camellia sinensis is the species of plant whose leaves and leaf buds are used to produce Chinese tea. It is of the genus Camellia , a genus of flowering plants in the family Theaceae. White tea, green tea, oolong, pu-erh tea and black tea are all harvested from this species, but are processed...		neurologics (insomny, nightmares), digestives (dyspepsia Dyspepsia Dyspepsia , also known as upset stomach or indigestion, refers to a condition of impaired digestion. It is a medical condition characterized by chronic or recurrent pain in the upper abdomen, upper abdominal fullness and feeling full earlier than expected when eating... caused by drinking tea often)	5C to 15C
Thuja	Thuja occidentalis Thuja occidentalis Thuja occidentalis is an evergreen coniferous tree, in the cypress family Cupressaceae, which is widely cultivated for use as an ornamental plant known as American Arbor Vitae. The endemic occurrence of this species is a northeastern distribution in North America...		warts & chronic conditions	all potencies 6c to CM
Urtica urens	Stinging Nettle Stinging nettle Stinging nettle or common nettle, Urtica dioica, is a herbaceous perennial flowering plant, native to Europe, Asia, northern Africa, and North America, and is the best-known member of the nettle genus Urtica...		Bites and stings	mostly 3c, 6c, 30c

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Keynotes of Homeopathy Remedies H.C.Allen
Materia Medica Pura Samuel Hahnemann
Homeopathic Remedies A-Z
iHomeopathy Reference Application for Apple iPhone Michelle Hillis, ND
Homeopathic Remedies for Sleep
Materia Medica of Homeopathy Remedies J.T. Kent
Plants and fungi used in homeopathy London Natural History Museum
Natural History Museum
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Homeopathic Remedies: an illustrated guide presented by Médi-T
Regional Leaders in Homeopathic Therapeutics E. B. Nash
Questions and Answers About Homeopathy U.S. National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine
U.S. National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine
The National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine , formerly the Office of Alternative Medicine , is a United States government agency dedicated to exploring complementary and alternative medicine healing practices in the context of rigorous science, in training complementary and...
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