#1 Remedies Affinity

Certain parts of the body or conditions, have an afﬁnity with a particular remedy (or remedies). That is not to say, that others are not right, or better, but this is a place to begin looking. As always the symptoms need to match.

Head
Injury, also shock, bruises - ARNICA
Concussion (pressure headaches) - NATRUM SULPHURICUM Periosteum (bone surface) - RUTA

Eyes
Injury to the eye ball (also #1 for fractures) SYMPHYTUM “Arnica” of the eyes - ACONITE
Black eye - LEDUM

Nose
Sinuses -
KALI BICH #1 (pressure, stringy & sticky green mucous) Also when you can point exactly to the painful spot. PULSATILLA #2 (looser, yellow mucous)
Throat
Left side - LACHESIS Right side - MERC VIV

Ear
Red, hot, throbbing - BELLADONNA
Belladonna is part of the ABC of remedies for the nursery, Aconite (invasion of wind) & Chamomilla (pain driving you mad), being the other two.

Mouth
Hand, Foot, & Mouth - MERC VIV or MERC SOL (interchangeable)
The person can’t ﬁnd a comfortable temperature, excess saliva & painful to swallow, smelly breath.
Strep Throat, #1 MERC VIV or MERC SOL, #2 HEPAR SULPH Thrush (constitutional) BORAX
Cuts on the tongue - CALENDULA

Dental
Nerve Pain - HYPERICUM
Extraction ( speciﬁcally, dry socket) - RUTA Toothache - CHAMOMILLA

Skin
#1 Antiseptic - CALENDULA

Neck
Stiff neck, sleeping funny - CALCAREA CARBONICA

Chest
Pneumonia & post rib injury - BRYONIA
Whooping Cough - DROSERA
Croup - ACONITE, HEPAR SULPH, SPONGIA TOSTA

Digestive
Gastric Flu, with vomiting and diarrhea ARSENICUM
Food Poisoning:
ARSENICUM (meat); PULSATILLA (ﬁsh); LYCOPODIUM (shellﬁsh)
Other digestive:
NUX VOMICA (constipation, straining, inability to expell, irritable, nausea) VERATRUM (craving for cold, even ice chips)
LYCOPODIUM ( gassy & bloated)
CARBO VEGETABILIS (blueness around the mouth, can’t get enough air & needs fanning) ( also #1 for reviving an unconscious person)
Acid reﬂux (many, constitutional)

Anticipatory Anxiety
Stage Fright, public speaking - ARGENTUM NITRICUM (with diarrhea) or GELSEMIUM

Arms, Hands, Legs, Feet
Tennis Elbow, especially ligaments & repetitive overstrain - RUTA Fingernail blood build up - LEDUM
Nerve rich areas like toes - HYPERICUM
Palms of the hands, soles of the feet - LEDUM
Knee, swelling - RUTA, maybe APIS

Female Issues
Pre-period pain (pain ceases once the period begins) - LACHESIS
Menstrual cramps - MAGNESIA PHOSPHORICA (more effective in warm water)
Insides feel like they are dropping out - SEPIA
Mild mannered & emotional - PULSATILLA
Stoic & private (reserved in grief also) - NATRUM MURIATICUM

Grief
Emotional hysterical grief, with sighing - IGNATIA Stoic & private & reserved - NATRUM MURIATICUM

Urinary
Kidney area, radiating pain - BERBERIS VULGARIS Bladder - EQUISETUM (horse hair)
Burning cystitis - CANTHARIS
UTI, brought on by sex - STAPHYSAGRIA
Invasion of any oriﬁce (rape, surgery) or personal space - STAPHYSAGRIA

Injuries to Breast / Testicles
Testicles - CONIUM MACULATUM
Breast - CONIUM MACULATUM, BELLIS PERENNIS

Surgery
pre surgery - ARNICA, ACONITE (if panicy)
Abdominal including appendix & C-section — BELLIS PERENNIS (a deeper Arnica)

Wounds
Cuts and wounds - CALENDULA, #1 antiseptic Wounds - red, hot, throbbing stage BELLADONNA Wounds - pus no pain, SILICA
Wounds - pus & pain, HEPAR SULPH
Splinters - SILICA

Sprains, strains, muscles, bones, ligaments
Fractures - SYMPHYTUM
Sprain, strains of muscles - RHUS TOX
Serious injury of bone, muscle, tendon - BRYONIA Overstrain, ligaments - RUTA

Motion Sickness
Motion sickness - COCCULUS
Fear of the downward motion, of motion sickness - BORAX

Flu
Flu - GELSEMIUM, BRYONIA

Chicken pox & Shingles
Chicken pox & shingles - RHUS TOX