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Homoeopathia 
Antihomotoxica 
Materia 
Medica
Hans-Heinrich
Reckeweg
4th completely revised edition
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Contents
Preface VI
Author’s Introduction VIII
Part I: Index of Symptoms and Modalities 1
Part II: A Selective Pharmacology 113
Index 613
FOREWORD to the Fourth Edition
The rapid increase in new developments in and knowledge of the field covered
by the Antihomotoxic Materia Medica that has occurred in recent years has made
a comprehensive revision of the contents of Hans-Heinrich Reckeweg’s
Homoeopathia Antihomotoxica an urgent necessity.
In addition, to simplify matters for the practising therapist, volume I (A Selective
Pharmacology) and volume II (Index of Symptoms and Modalities) have for the
first time been combined into a single work.
The Homoeopathia Antihomotoxica is now also available for the first time on
CD-ROM, allowing information to be retrieved rapidly and conveniently, so that the
user can browse backwards and forwards between the homoeopathic remedies
described in the first part and their characteristics in the second part.
The first part of the book assigns remedies to clinical indications, symptoms and
modalities. Shown here in bold under ‘Indication’ is the indication as defined by the
Monograph Preparation Commission D for the Homoeopathic Field of Therapy,
which in many cases is also the principal indication according to the Materia Medica
Antihomotoxica. Also listed are the main (secondary or tertiary) symptoms
established in clinical provings, which have been included in part II (A Selective
Pharmacology).
Since the clinical indications are listed in alphabetical order, the user can easily
gain a detailed picture of each of the substances listed and – taking account of the
cardinal symptoms and modalities – narrow them down to find the one best suited
to the patient. More detailed information about the profile of the individual remedies
is given in the Materia Medica in part II.
This contains, in alphabetical order, monographs on all the antihomotoxic
substances. Each monograph contains full definitions of raw materials, their names
as listed partly in the current official German Homoeopathic Pharmacopoeia and/or
the Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia US (HPUS), plus clinical information such as in-
dications, symptoms and modalities.
In addition to the already documented drug provings in the previous edition
comprehensive, homoeopathic remedy profiles have been produced for up to 40
antihomotoxic substances, the clinical indications and use of which have hitherto
been based exclusively on practical experience.
For greater ease of reference to part II (A Selective Pharmacology), an extensive
index has been compiled that includes the substance names used in the classic
homoeopathic literature (repertories), in the German Homoeopathic Pharmacopoeia
(2001) and in the titles of the corresponding Commission D monograph published
in the German Bundesanzeiger (German Federal Gazette). The index also includes
colloquial names.
Ingredients that are no longer used in homoeopathic antihomotoxic therapy have
been omitted from this text. This may, for example, be to protect endangered species
or – particularly in the case of certain nosodes – because the considerable difficulties
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involved in obtaining the raw materials make it impossible to guarantee a supply of
these substances in the quality and quantity required.
An overview of the ingredients contained in antihomotoxic products
(homoeopathic compound remedies) is included as a separate supplement.
We hope that the new, completely revised edition of the Homoeopathia
Antihomotoxica will also prove a useful reference work for those wishing to
familiarize themselves with the substances used in antihomotoxic medicine and
their therapeutic capabilities. This work allows the therapist to see at a glance the
characteristics of the substances contained in antihomotoxic combination remedies
and single-agent Injeels. Their classification by indication, symptoms and
modalities in part I also allows similars to be identified.
The author and the publishers always welcome readers’ suggestions, praise and
criticisms.
Baden-Baden, September 2002 Dr. Wilfried Stock
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AUTHOR’S Introduction
Now that homotoxicology has given scientific substance to the working principles
of the homoeopathic remedies through extensive literature on homotoxins, it has
become increasingly necessary to make these remedies accessible to physicians for
their therapeutic work by supplying a description of the chief individual
homoeopathic remedies used in treatment to effect antihomotoxic stimulation of the
body’s defensive systems.
Over the past 40 years, combination remedies have been developed, and these
exhaustively described in specialist literature. Descriptions also exist of numerous
individual homoeopathic remedies, among them the most commonly used
polychrests in homoeopathy. However, these descriptions are dispersed throughout
the relevant literature, and it is therefore highly necessary to collate them into one
volume.
This is all the more necessary since the range of individual substances used in
antihomotoxic therapy far exceeds that of the homoeopathic remedies in common
use and which are described in the homoeopathic materia medicas.
It has been made clear in the scientific explanation of the working principles 
of homoeopathy that homoeopathic preparations of whatever kind achieve 
their effect according to the Law of Similars of Hahnemann and the Reversal 
Effect of Arndt and Schulz. All the individual and combination remedies 
used in antihomotoxic therapy are derived from substances or compounds referred
to in the German Pharmacopoeia and of course in the Homoeopathic
Pharmacopoeia, including chemical compounds, plant-tinctures, poisons of animal
origin, etc.
Particularly in view of the many toxic aspects of civilisation, such as insecticides,
pesticides, and especially also in view of the increasing incidence of iatrogenic
damage by chemical drugs and other non-biological treatments, a number of
environmental toxic factors and toxic drugs in homoeopathic potency are also in
therapeutic use. Thus it may still be possible to compensate for some of the damage
which has been caused, by employing stimulative methods according to the Reversal
Effect and the Law of Similars.
Here, descriptions will be found of sarcodes (remedies from healthy organs and
tissues), intermediary catalysts (intermediate products playing a part in intermediary
metabolism), other factors in enzyme-activity such as vitamins (particularly in
combination remedies), and especially the so-called nosodes (i.e. morbid material
in homoeopathic potency), both morbid bodily exudates and also bacterial cultures,
isopathic excreta such as perspiration, discharges, pus, etc., and also, for example,
viral excreta or cultures (such as Coxsackie Virus A9 and B4). The result of this is a
substantially more comprehensive compendium of the remedies needed for the
treatment of patients in a homoeopathic, antihomotoxic way: remedies which have
since come into wide use in general therapeutic practice.
All substances which have an action on the body can be homoeopathically
potentized and used in a wide variety of medicaments to achieve antitoxic effects in
counterpoint.
In consequence of this, pratically every substance and every material in everyday
life, including foodstuffs, common medicines, bodily secretions etc. – in other
words, everything around us – can be used in an antihomotoxic way, i.e. in the form
of homoeopathic single remedies. These also include homoeopathic attenuations of
synthetic drugs, substances such as nitrosodiphenylamine, which do not otherwise
occur in nature, environmental toxins and factors which are isolated from them, as
well as quinones etc.
People often enquirewhy the sarcodes are obtained from organs and tissues of
the pig. The reason for this is the similarity between these and human tissues.
Because of this, the organs and tissues of the pig act like organ-specific nosodes,
the toxic effects of pork coming into their own as a result of homoeopathic
potentization, both according to the Reversal Effect and as homoeopathic Similars.
Thus they are ideal remedies to use in stimulative treatment where damage has
occurred to the organs and tissues in question: (mostly impregnation and
degeneration phases, but they may also be used experimentally in neoplasm 
phases).
Experiments carried out over a period of years have shown that the action of
homoeopathic remedies, whether single or in combinations, is in no way impaired
by adaption to the familiar dispensing methods of Galen. This applies not only in
the case of ampoules, but also in the case of suppositories, ointments, eye-drops,
nose-drops and ear-drops.
The recent investigations by Veith, Snell and others of the molecular combinations
which take place in aqueous solutions and in colloids have shown – along with
earlier investigations by Junker, Kolisko, Nebel, Cahis and others – 
that several stages of attenuation (potencies) of one and the same original 
substance may be combined within one remedy yet still retain their own individual
action.
As has been shown in experiments carried out on plant-shoots, certain
interferences are possible in this process. Whenever there are various stages of
attenuation, culminating points result. When several potencies of the same substance
are combined, these culminating points interfere with the intervals between one
potency and another.
One important outcome was the establishment of action – explainable in
molecular terms – of potencies above Avogadro’s number (6.02�1023).
The action of homoeopathic attenuations, triturations, powders etc. is not
impaired by their incorporation into ointments and suppository-bases, not even, for
example, by preservatives added to the ointments, but is maintained indepently.
This means that homoeopathically potentized antihomotoxics have had widespread
external use. In these cases the choice of a suitable base for the ointment 
is of importance. It must have an affinity for the skin, must penetrate it easily yet be
free of side-effects.
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So as not to present the antihomotoxic therapist with too confusing an array of
the extremely many-sided treatment methods involved in the use of individual
remedies, in this book we thought it important to offer a selective materia medica.
Of course, any other homoeopathic remedies which are recommended in other
materia medicas and which fit the symptomatology of the case may be used when
working along antihomotoxic lines. This is because the symptomatology
corresponds to a particular “toxic state”, which must be broken down by the
homoeopathic or antihomotoxic remedy by stimulating either the mechanisms
which create antidotes, the organs of the “Defensive System”, or the intracellular
detoxification mechanisms.
Much proof indicates that these mechanisms are brought into play by the
introduction of specific enzymes which have detoxifying action. In this process,
both the Law of Similars (along the lines of the Law of Matrices, which is generally
valid in biology: mirror-image effect) and the Reversal Effect are valid. The
Reversal Effect follows the basic biological law of Arndt and Schulz governing the
opposing action of large and small doses: small doses have a stimulative effect,
medium doses act indifferently, large doses inhibit, disable or kill. These
pharmacological points of view are likewise scientifically confirmed and established
by homotoxicology.
Of course it would be pointless to attempt to treat a case of arsenic poisoning
with higher attenuations of the same poison, i.e. Arsenicum 6�, or some similar
potency. The receptors of the relevant enzyme-systems are blocked or engaged by
the action of massive toxic doses, so that smaller doses can no longer get through.
However, it is possible to administer another homoeopathic preparation, and so
activate other similar defence-mechanisms (which are still held in reserve) by
creating a similar remedy-picture. According to Hahnemann’s theory, this would 
be a “second healing-illness”: according to homotoxicological theory, which 
sees illness as equal to the repelling of toxins, a second, reserve defence-mechanism
is being brought into action. From this it may be seen that arsenic poisoning 
may very well be susceptible to treatment with homoeopathic preparations of
substances which have a similar effect, e.g. with potentized aluminium tartrate, and
vice-versa.
In view of the operation of the Law of Matrices (Law of Similars) it is
understandable how even homoeopathic remedies which do not provide a 100%
identical match with the remedy-picture or disease-picture at hand may nevertheless
prove highly effective. In that case, usually, further remedies will be needed to 
clear up the case, until the point at which the simillimum (i.e the remedy providing
the closest match with the picture of the patient’s illness) brings about the final
healing.
It also follows that, where a mixture of states of illness is present, in which the
effects not only of the patient’s own intermediary toxins are evident, but also side-
effects of allopathic drugs (so-called “iatrogenic pathology”) and possibly the
burdens of environmental toxins as well (insecticides and others), then a mixture of
antidotal therapies must be applied.
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This provides the basis for the development of combination remedies, which are
also more suited to the treatment of a syndrome than to the symptomatology of a
single homoeopathic remedy, although the aim of the therapist should always be to
find the simillimum which gives an exact match with the picture of the patient’s
illness.
However, in a large number of cases this is not in fact possible. Thus, in such
cases, the use of a combination- or compound-remedy is required, especially in
degenerative phases to the right of the Biological Division. This sets the 
whole toxic state once more into motion, which is indicated by recurrence of
inflammation and other symptoms along the lines of a regressive vicariation.
There may be a recurrence of earlier illness which had apparently been cured,
such as fistulae, eczema, abscesses, etc. These now form channels of elimination
for the homotoxins which have been set in mobilized.
Thus it should be self-evident that such changes in a state of illness must be
correctly assessed in the light of homotoxicology. This means that these detoxifying
processes – and an inflammation must be understood as such (in other words,
nature’s self-healing tendency) – must not be curbed with antibiotics, chemical
drugs or other suppressive measures such as suppression of fevers or discharges,
use of anti-perspirants etc., at the first signs of a slight cold or sore thorat; only
when there are indications of vital significance are such measures justified.
Homoeopathic remedies, properly applied, are capable of rehabilitating blocked
enzyme-systems and thus re-stimulating the process of detoxification. This is
expressed by the restoration of detoxifying mechanisms (e.g. inflammations), which
should therefore only be welcomed by any therapist working along antihomotoxic
and biological lines.
If antihomotoxic biotherapists wish to steer a course of “accelerated natural
healing” (for this is the only way of understanding the action of homoeopathic
remedies), aware of the biological context and fully in control with antihomotoxic
methodology, then they must not only be fully conversant with the combination
remedies – thus easing substantially the work-load of the practice – but will also
find the single remedies of inestimable value.
It may be helpful to think of thetoxins as first being surrounded by an army (of
one or more combination remedies etc.). Other units (complex remedies etc.) may
be brought in to give support in the detoxification-battle for the cure of the disease.
Finally the last remaining basic homotoxin – the commander of the enemy troops,
as it were – is finished off by the “pistol shot” of the simillimum.
The physician working along antihomotoxic lines has need not only 
of combination- and complex-remedies in every medical form (drops,
triturations, powders, ampoules, ointments, suppositories, etc.), but also of single
remedies in both low and high potencies, in order to achieve the best therapeutic
results.
A knowledge of single-remedy methodology can be combined with general
biotherapy, not to mention other additional procedures such as Niehan’s therapy,
hydrotherapy, Felke mud-baths, ozone therapy, acupuncture, climatic treatments,
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massage etc. All this affords both a freedom of action conducive to true healing,
and a profound degree of professional satisfaction.
Baden-Baden, January 1977 Hans-Heinrich Reckeweg
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A Summary of the Basic Theory of Homotoxicology
Anyone who has come to grips with the subject of homoeopathy knows that its basic
law: “Similia similibus curantur” (like is cured by like) was born of Hahnemann’s
own experience. A large number of experiments has proved that it is possible to
influence symptoms and diseases with homoeopathic potencies of a medicinal
substance in a holistic way, i.e. on the physical functional, emotional and mental
levels of manifestation. Homoeopathy represents action through stimulation.
Through the smallest of impulses, the body is stimulated to react (the Law of the
Minimum Dose). Many of today’s diseases are distinguished by a plethora of
aspects and symptoms, as, for example, the multi-morbidity which accompanies
modern civilisation.
How then does the physician find the effective, stimulative homoeopathic remedy,
the simillimum, as it is called?
For this, the physician needs decades of experience. In this difficult search for a
particular simillimum, a great advantage can be gained by the use of complex
remedies, i.e. medicaments consisting of several homoeopathic components. These
mixtures cover a broad spectrum of possible precipitating causes and functional
disorders and also take into account both constitutional factors and environmental
influences.
It is to the German physician, Hans-Heinrich Reckeweg, that classical
homoeopathy owes the acquisition of a well-founded scientific background.
Presented below is an outline of the theory of homotoxicology which he developed,
and its consequences for the therapeutic practice.
The word “homotoxin” means “poison to humans”. Thus homotoxins are
substances which are poisonous to mankind, including metabolic products which
are not broken down and eliminated quickly enough. Homotoxicology proceeds
from the fundamental fact that all vital processes depend upon the conversion of
chemically identifiable agents. In the case of a disease, these chemical substances
are the pathogenic toxins. Such toxins, which are active within the diseased tissue,
may be detected in the secretions such as sweat and pus. Within the body they are
responsible for those processes to which we give the name of “illness”.
The Concept of Illness in Homotoxicology
For thousands of years, those concerned with healing have been seeking the causes
of and explanations for diseases. Whereas originally it was thought to be the gods,
or spirits which had attacked or possessed the sick person, as early as Babylonian,
Egyptian and Greek times it had been found that damage to, or a faulty combination
of, bodily “humours” might be responsible. From the 18th Century onwards, the
theory of toxic damage has diminished in significance. In the 19th Century Rudolf
Virchow developed his theory of cytology, and with it a theory of disease based on
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the assumption that the body is a “country peopled by cells”, with the individual cells
being mutually dependent upon and cooperating with each other. Thus it is in
disorders or pathological changes in the individual cells that we must look for the
cause of every disease.
As a result of this cellular pathology, scientific medicine had an extraordinarily
fruitful period spanning the second half of last century and into the present century.
However, areas of weakness occurred, making it necessary to supplement existing
theories or seek out other explanatory models for disease in medical science.
Reckeweg’s theory of homotoxicology represents a further development in
individual etiological research, with the aim of utilising an integral combination of
the various areas which have proved important in the diagnosis of disease.
Thus, according to Reckeweg, illnesses are agent-determined reactive processes in
which homotoxins can bring about an inflammation, for example. In the course of the
inflammatory process, these toxins are then rendered harmless and eliminated by the
body, which is capable of reacting to them.
The theory of homotoxicology proceeds from a completely new, dynamic concept
of disease. Illnesses are processes, images of the physical state, and symptoms which
show that the body is fighting with toxins, with the intention of rendering them
harmless and eliminating them. The logical consequence of this new view of the
disease-concept has to be a corresponding alteration in treatment-methods. Even such
modern concepts as the change of flow-equilibrium and cybernetic control processes
have found their way into Reckeweg’s theory of homotoxicology.
It is Reckeweg’s contention that therapeutic measures should introduce the absolute
minimum of noxious side-effects into the body, already damaged as it is. This
notwithstanding, they should achieve the optimum in healing or alleviation of
complaints. This may mean that, depending on the state of the illness, corrective
surgery may be called for or, after careful consideration of the patient’s holistic
situation, even chemotherapy or other measures such as radiotherapy may be
employed. To inhibit and suppress an illness, for example an inflammation, would
thus be to prevent the body from eliminating the homotoxins and poisons in a
physiological way. In treating patients with his antihomotoxic therapy, Reckeweg
employed single homoeopathic remedies for an extremely wide variety of complaints,
or else suitable combination remedies, which he called Homoeopathica Anti-
homotoxica. Substances of all kinds are used, according to homoeopathic principles.
These substances include preparations from plants, organs and tissues, morbid
material (nosodes), trace elements, intermediary agents, potentized allopathic drugs,
as well as attenuations of toxins and of chemical compounds of all kinds.
The Homotoxic Phases of Disease
According to Reckeweg, in the body’s defensive fight against homotoxins we can
differentiate among six separate antitoxic defence-phases of disease. In the case of
the first three, i.e. the excretion phase, the reaction phase and the deposition phase,
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the body’s defensive energy has dealt with the detoxified toxins by elimination or
deposition. These are designated “humoral phases”. There is no damage to either
organs or cells.
The first three phases of disease are separated from the next three, the cellular
phases, by what is known as the “Biological Division”. These three phases are called
the impregnation phase, the degeneration phase and the neoplasm phase. They
represent cellular impregnation, degeneration and neoplastic change or proliferation
(carcinogenic processes). From the fourth to the sixth phase, the body succumbs
increasingly to the deleterious action of the homotoxins. The body endeavours to
preserve the best possible level of life for as long as possible, although it can no longer
preventcell-damage, organic disorders and finally unbridled growth of the organism.
During the first three phases – the humoral phases – the principle of excretion holds
good, the enzymes remain intact, and the body’s tendency to heal itself is maintained.
In the last three phases, however, the prognosis is unfavourable. Here the enzymes
are damaged and the body’s flow equilibrium is upset. The tendency is towards
deterioration, and the prospects of recovery are doubtful.
The Body’s Own Greater Defensive System
So how does the body defend itself against the influence of the homotoxins?
Reckeweg’s view of the body’s counter-reaction is that of a Greater Defensive
System. This system consists of five subsidiary systems which are mutually
interlinked and render homotoxins harmless in the course of their defensive fight.
These subsidiary systems include, for example: antibody formation; defence through
the use of neuronal adaptation hormones; antitoxic defence by way of the nervous
system; detoxification via the liver; detoxification via the connective tissue, which
represents an extensive storage and drainage system taking up the waste material
which comes from the cells and transporting it away via the lymphatic system, or else
storing it.
If this system is affected, for example by the chemotherapeutic drugs, sul-
phonamides, antibiotics, immuno-suppressives, salicylates etc. which are in common
medical use nowadays, the intervention in the normal course of biological defence
may in part be extremely effective, but it will also be attended by tremendous danger.
However, if the Greater Defensive System can be influenced in a harmonic way,
then the progress of disease can be reversed bringing about a change of phase in the
direction of recovery. Thus, to give an example of what may occur, a duodenal ulcer
may regress into a carbuncle and, after this has healed, the pathology in the duodenal
area will also have disappeared. This process in a positive direction was termed
regressive vicariation by Reckeweg. The continued progression of a disease so that
the patient’s condition deteriorates Reckeweg called progressive vicariation.
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Homotoxicological Therapy
In homotoxicological treatment, it is therefore of great importance to administer
homoeopathic remedies in the appropriate homoeopathic attenuations, since
otherwise they would reinforce the body’s toxic state or exert a negative influence
upon it.
Building upon the foundation of Samuel Hahnemann’s homoeopathy, Reckeweg
has made a compilation of homoeopathic single and combination remedies for the
treatment of the various diseases from a homotoxicological point of view. An
extremely wide variety of therapeutic agents is employed. Homotoxicological
therapy has as its objective the stimulation and regulation of the body’s self-healing
powers. As an essential part of holistic medicine, this also includes a biologically
correct life-style, the avoidance of iatrogenic damage, which can be caused by the
use of excessively strong chemical drugs – among other things – and, finally, a
further aim of this mode of treatment is the achievement of self-help and motivation
by the patient. However, where extreme cases require them, it does not exclude the
employment of other therapeutic measures, of which familiar examples are
antibiotics and corrective surgery.
Bad Kissingen, Germany Claus-F. Claussen
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A Few Hints Regarding the use of Single Homoeopathic Remedies
The single homoeopathic remedies in common use are usually available in the form
of attenuations, triturations, powders and ampoules and there is normally no
difficulty in procuring them within the geographical area in which a physician
working along antihomotoxic, biological lines is prescribing. However, when
prescribing unusual single remedies there are sometimes difficulties which must be
resolved by the local pharmacist.
In general, the following rules apply:
The more violent the symptoms, the more frequent the dose.
When improvement sets in, reduce the frequency of the dose.
In case of aggravation (this is often a “healing reaction”), temporarily reduce or
completely discontinue the dosage for a period of hours or possibly days.
It is also possible to give several single remedies in succession. This is necessary
in cases in which recognition of the symptom picture of an indicated remedy is
insufficiently clear. One then uses two (or possibly even three or four) remedies in
succession, (or administers them simultaneously). Thus a particular area of
symptoms is eradicated. As Leimbach puts it, “the homotoxins are gradually
excavated”, rather in the same way that a buried monument is gradually exposed
during an archaeological dig.
If one then checks the symptom picture, in many cases it will be found that a clear
remedy picture has emerged. This new situation then requires a new simillimum to
match the new symptom picture in question.
Where a completely different symptom picture emerges, corresponding to a
different “toxic state”, then possibly a completely different single remedy is called
for, or in the case of a new syndrome, a matching combination or compound remedy.
From his position as the practitioner, it often appears to the physician as if “the
illness” (i.e. the toxin which is at the root of the defence-reaction) were being chased
around the body by the stimulative action of the remedy “like a hobgoblin”, until at
last it finds the appropriate exit, the correct elimination-route for the particular toxin
from which the whole disease process originated. This may be a suddenly-recurring
eczema, a fistula, an abscess, an apparent cold, usually a reaction phase associated
with secretions, and with its appearance, all the complaints usually finally disappear.
Without a knowledge of homotoxicology, particularly of the shifts which occur
from one homotoxic phase to another through the vicariation effect, such functions
remain shrouded in biological darkness. Otherwise – and this may be attended by
devastating consequences for the patient – they may be interpreted incorrectly, in
which case medicated creams, for example, may be applied, these days it is usually
cortisone, thus inactivating them by blocking the connective tissue, and so the
detoxification is halted.
In the early years of my practice in Berlin, a 60-year-old businessman came to me
for treatment. He had spent a fortune on medical treatment for his chronic
rheumatism with stiffness and swelling at the bones, and in spite of all the
hydrotherapy treatments he had undergone at spas he was sinking deeper and deeper
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into a state of chronic disease. His big toes were swollen and deformed and his
cervical vertebrae were almost immobilised due to exostoses. Following the
prescription of Mercurius praec. rub 4� to 6�, Hekla Lava 8�, Kali Iod. 4�,
Asafoetida 8� and other remedies, a severely itching eczema erupted on his back.
This was treated with Sulphur 30�, Lycopodium 30�, Hepar Sulph., Arsenicum
and other remedies. In the space of a few months, this patient, severely immobilised,
in great pain and in declining health, was fully cured. The result was that I was
almost inundated with patients flooding into my consulting room on the
recommendation of this man who had been “sick unto death”. So we may draw this
chapter to a close with the words of the great homoeopathic physician Dr. Gisevius:
“Excellent therapeutic results provide the best advocacy for homoeopathy.”
Hans-Heinrich Reckeweg
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Part I:
Index of Symptoms and 
Modalities
 
Indication* Modality/Cardinal symptom Remedy
 
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Abdominal pain
 
with vomiting and diarrhoea, poss. 
.............................................................................................................
 
with urinary tenesmus
 
Caltha Palustris
.............................................................................................................................................................................................
 
dull pain in the upper abdomen
................................................................................
 
Hepar Suis
.............................................................................................................
 
biliary dyskinesias
................................................................................
 
Manganum Phosphoricum
 
periodic
 
nausea, vomiting, intestinal colic
 
Cina
 
Abdominal spasms
 
diffuse
 
Ascarides Nosode
 
Abortion
 
habitual
 
Brucella Abortus Bang
 
Abscesses
 
‘homoeopathic lancet’
 
Myristica Sebifera
Accommodation 
 
difficulties
 
sweats
 
Jaborandi
 
Acne
.............................................................................................................
 
abscesses
................................................................................
 
Staphylococcus
.............................................................................................................
 
sycosis, weeping eczema
................................................................................
 
Sulphur Iodatum
.............................................................................................................
 
sensitivity to cold air
................................................................................
 
Silicea
.............................................................................................................
 
inflammations, diffuse
................................................................................
 
Streptococcus Haemolyticus
.............................................................................................................
 
inflammations, diffuse
................................................................................
 
Streptococcus Viridans
.............................................................................................................
 
poor diet
................................................................................
 
Sutoxol
.............................................................................................................
 
hydrophobia
................................................................................
 
Sulphur
.............................................................................................................
 
children, cradle cap
................................................................................
 
Viola Tricolor
 
children,
 
also after BCG vaccination
 
Tuberculinum 
 
(t. Residuum Koch Nosode)
Acne conglobata
 
fistulation
 
discharges yellow, thick, lumpy
 
Calcium Sulphuricum
 
Acne pustulosa
.............................................................................................................
 
itching, worse in heat
................................................................................
 
Ichthyolum
 
glands swollen
 
Mercurius Praecipitatus 
 
Ruber
 
Acne vulgaris
.............................................................................................................
 
worse at night and in damp weather
................................................................................
 
Asterias Rubens
.............................................................................................................
 
severe swelling and tension
................................................................................
 
Borax
 
made worse by excitement
.............................................................................................................
 
exhaustion
 
Picrinicum Acidum
................................................................................
.............................................................................................................
 
cravings
................................................................................
 
Iodum
 
melancholia
 
Kali Bromatum
Acne vulgaris
.............................................................................................................
 
tendency to suppuration, general
................................................................................
 
Hepar Sulphuris Calcareum
.............................................................................................................
 
poor diet
................................................................................
 
Adeps Suillus
.............................................................................................................
 
boils, all over
................................................................................
 
Bellis Perennis
 
odour, dirty
 
Psorinum
 
Adenitis
 
suppurative
.............................................................................................................
 
perspiration foul-smelling
 
Bufo
................................................................................
 
female internal sexual organs
.............................................................................................................
 
Aurum Muriaticum 
................................................................................
 
Natronatum
 
worse at night
 
made worse by bed warmth
 
Mercurius Solubilis 
 
Hahnemanni
 
Adenoids
 
secretion thin, tendency to dryness
 
Sanguinarinum Nitricum
 
Adenopathies
 
discharges foul-smelling
 
symptoms mainly on left side
 
Lachesis
 
Adenopathies
 
swellings
 
ulcers
 
Geranium Robertianum
 
* Bold = indication according to Commission D
 Normal print = established indication according to the literature
 
Indication* Modality/Cardinal symptom Remedy
 
4
 
Adiposity
.............................................................................................................
 
eczema
................................................................................
 
Graphites
.............................................................................................................
 
poor diet
................................................................................
 
Adeps Suillus
.............................................................................................................
 
metabolic blockades
................................................................................
 
Glandula Thyreoidea Suis
 
constipation, goitres
 
Fucus Vesiculosus
 
Adnexitis
 
adjuvant therapy
 
Fluor Albus Nosode
Ageing
 
‘old appearance’
stomach pains worse at night
skin oily
alternating attacks of rheumatism 
.............................................................................................................
 
and diarrhoea
 
Abrotanum
................................................................................
 
premature
 
women with hormonal disturbances
 
Corpus Luteum Suis
 
Ageing, premature
.............................................................................................................
 
after serious illness and grief
................................................................................
 
Ambra Grisea
 
worse at night
better in morning
 
craving for stimulants
 
Medorrhinum
 
Agoraphobiacongested feeling
 
Anacardium Orientale
 
Allergies
.............................................................................................................
 
respiratory tract
................................................................................
 
Aralia Racemosa
.............................................................................................................
 
skin
................................................................................
 
Galphimia
.............................................................................................................
 
mucous membranes
................................................................................
 
Galphimia
.............................................................................................................
 
homoeopathic ‘antihistamine’
................................................................................
 
Histamine
.............................................................................................................
 
oedema like bee sting
................................................................................
 
Apis Mellifica
.............................................................................................................
 
oedema like bee sting
................................................................................
 
Apisinum
 
pains
.............................................................................................................
 
rheumatism
 
Formica Rufa
................................................................................
 
to change the course of
 
Formicicum Acidum
Allergies
 
respiratory tract
.............................................................................................................
 
great sensitivity to draughts
 
Aralia Racemosa
................................................................................
 
exanthems, urticarial
.............................................................................................................
 
sun allergy
 
Urtica Urens
................................................................................
 
worse in cold conditions,
.............................................................................................................
 
worse in wet weather
 
Thuja
................................................................................
.............................................................................................................
 
sensitivity to cold
................................................................................
 
Psorinum
 
gastrointestinal
.............................................................................................................
 
hepatobiliary
 
Salmonella Paratyphi B
................................................................................
 
gastrointestinal
.............................................................................................................
 
hepatobiliary
 
Salmonella Typhi
................................................................................
.............................................................................................................
 
sinusitis, chronic
................................................................................
Sinusitis Nosode
.............................................................................................................
tonsillitis, chronic
................................................................................
Tonsillar Pus Nosode
.............................................................................................................
tonsillitis, chronic
................................................................................
Tonsillitis Nosode
.............................................................................................................
sensitivity to touch
................................................................................
Apis Mellifica
sensitivity to touch Apisinum
Alopecia night sweats
tremor
Thallium Sulphuricum
Alopecia
.............................................................................................................
eruptions with sticky liquid discharge
................................................................................
Graphites
to improve excretory functions, 
to stimulate regeneration
hair grey
Crinis Humanus
Alopecia areata vesiculation Fluoricum Acidum
Indication* Modality/Cardinal symptom Remedy
5
Amyotrophic lateral 
sclerosis
on a trial basis Medulla Spinalis Suis
Anaemia
.............................................................................................................
haemorrhages
................................................................................
Ferrum Muriaticum
.............................................................................................................
face intermittently hot and flushed
................................................................................
Ferrum Metallicum
.............................................................................................................
tiredness
................................................................................
China
tiredness
.............................................................................................................
debility
Chininum Arsenicosum
................................................................................
painfulness, general Manganum Aceticum
Anaemia fever
nervousness
.............................................................................................................
exhaustion
Ferrum Phosphoricum
................................................................................
.............................................................................................................
to promote haematopoiesis
................................................................................
Succinicum Acidum
leukaemia
agranulocytosis
.............................................................................................................
susceptibility to infections
Splen Suis
................................................................................
hypersensitivity
.............................................................................................................
weakness
Ferrum Metallicum
................................................................................
postinfectious
treatment side effects
Tetracycline
Anal eczema itching
after infections
Law of Similars
Oxyuris Nosode
Anal fissures haemorrhoids
ulcers
.............................................................................................................
itching
Paeonia Officinalis
................................................................................
.............................................................................................................
tears
................................................................................
Sedum Acre
worse in the evening, at night, in 
cold and hot weather
better when driving
Nitricum Acidum
Anal fistulas dyspepsia
meteorism
Calcium Phosphoricum
Anal pain like anal fissure Sedum Acre
Anger hurls objects around, stamps feet Bacterium Proteus
Anger outbursts ecstatic, violent, suspicious Hyoscyamus
Angina pectoris feeling of pressure in the heart region
.............................................................................................................radiating to the left arm
Spigelia
................................................................................
chills
worse in the morning
.............................................................................................................
overuse of stimulants
Nux Vomica
................................................................................
.............................................................................................................
feeling of constriction in the thorax
................................................................................
Adrenalin
cardialgia
.............................................................................................................
hypotension
Aurum
................................................................................
cardialgia
.............................................................................................................
hypotension
Aurum Colloidale
................................................................................
.............................................................................................................
palpitations up to the neck
................................................................................
Glonoinum
collapse
.............................................................................................................
sweats, cold
Tabacum
................................................................................
.............................................................................................................
with yelling and screaming
................................................................................
Latrodectus Mactans
.............................................................................................................
pain under the left collar bone
................................................................................
Crataegus
.............................................................................................................
feeling of heaviness in the legs
................................................................................
Vipera Berus
Indication* Modality/Cardinal symptom Remedy
6
Angina pectoris
.............................................................................................................
symptoms mainly on left side
................................................................................
Lachesis
restlessness
tremor
twitching
Tarantula Hispanica
Angina pectoris bed too hard
.............................................................................................................
alpha-Ketoglucaricum 
................................................................................
Acidum
bed covers too heavy
.............................................................................................................
alpha-Ketoglucaricum 
................................................................................
Acidum
made worse by driving
.............................................................................................................
alpha-Ketoglucaricum 
................................................................................
Acidum
windows must always be wide open
.............................................................................................................
alpha-Ketoglucaricum 
................................................................................
Acidum
cannot remain in closed rooms
.............................................................................................................
alpha-Ketoglucaricum 
................................................................................
Acidum
throbbing and pulsing through the 
entire body as if the chest were 
.............................................................................................................
about to burst
Glonoinum
................................................................................
.............................................................................................................
cramps
................................................................................
Cuprum Aceticum
.............................................................................................................
myocardial weakness with dyspnoea
................................................................................
DL-Malicum Acidum
nervous
dyspnoea and pains radiating to the 
arms, sensation of cold in the stomach 
.............................................................................................................
with violent stomach pains
Oxalicum Acidum
................................................................................
worse when sitting still
.............................................................................................................
alpha-Ketoglucaricum 
................................................................................
Acidum
tachycardia
.............................................................................................................
asthma
Strophanthinum
................................................................................
tachycardia
.............................................................................................................
asthma
Strophanthus
................................................................................
.............................................................................................................
vagotonia
................................................................................
Acetylcholine Chloride
.............................................................................................................
to improve cellular respiration
................................................................................
Asparagicum Acidum
constriction of the heart Cactus Grandiflorus
Angina tonsillaris suppuration
.............................................................................................................
breath foul-smelling
Mercurius Cyanatus
................................................................................
suppuration
breath foul-smelling
sweats
Mercurius Solubilis 
Hahnemanni
Anosmia odour, pus-like
.............................................................................................................
crusts
Lemna Minor
................................................................................
organotropism Nervus Olfactorius Suis
Anxiety/fear as if ice were running through the veins
.............................................................................................................
after a fright
Aconitum
................................................................................
worse in wet weather Rhus Toxicodendron
Anxiety/fear
.............................................................................................................
with headaches and dizziness
................................................................................
Geranium Robertianum
fear of black dogs
.............................................................................................................
Bacillinum (Tuberculinum 
................................................................................
Burnett Nosode)
.............................................................................................................
dyspnoea
................................................................................
Asthma Nosode
.............................................................................................................when coughing
................................................................................
Drosera
swollen glands
.............................................................................................................
catarrh
Veronica
................................................................................
Indication* Modality/Cardinal symptom Remedy
7
Anxiety/fear
.............................................................................................................
fears going mad
................................................................................
Chlorum
palpitations
.............................................................................................................
dyspnoea
Adonis Vernalis
................................................................................
.............................................................................................................
feeling cold in bed
................................................................................
Vitamin B6
.............................................................................................................
with yelling and screaming
................................................................................
Latrodectus Mactans
.............................................................................................................
sudden onset
................................................................................
Aconitum
of suffocation Latrodectus Mactans
Aortic conditions asthma
swollen glands
Spongia Tosta
Apathy mental
worse in cold conditions
.............................................................................................................
alleviated by warmth
Phosphoricum Acidum
................................................................................
indifference
.............................................................................................................
stress, toxic
Saponaria
................................................................................
weakness
.............................................................................................................
anaemia
Cobaltum Gluconicum
................................................................................
sluggishness
weakness
Helleborus
Aphthae
.............................................................................................................
base of ulcer slimy
................................................................................
Nasturtium Aquaticum
.............................................................................................................
for mucosal regeneration
................................................................................
Vitamin B1
.............................................................................................................
body odour, bad
................................................................................
Succinicum Acidum
.............................................................................................................
states of weakness
................................................................................
Veratrum Album
.............................................................................................................
secretion increased
................................................................................
Tartarus Stibiatus
worse in the evening, at night, in cold 
and hot weather, better when driving
Nitricum Acidum
Apical granuloma to improve excretory functions, focal 
toxicoses
Granuloma Dentis
Appetite disturbances craving for smoked foods
craving for food
Calcium Phosphoricum
Appetite disturbances food easily brought back up Calcium Phosphoricum
Apprehension cardialgia Strophanthus
Arms, hardly able to lift unable to stand without support Sulphuricum Acidum
Arrogance overly high opinion of own qualities, 
low opinion of fellow human beings, 
.............................................................................................................
prone to exaggeration
Platina
................................................................................
supercilious, condescending, 
arrogant behaviour
lack of consideration for others
Platina
Arterial disease inflammations
haemorrhages
Arnica
Arteriosclerosis tendency to high blood pressure, 
.............................................................................................................
restlessness, intolerance to warmth
Plumbum Iodatum
................................................................................
.............................................................................................................
angina pectoris
................................................................................
Cactus Grandiflorus
.............................................................................................................
alleviated by immersion in hot water
................................................................................
Strontium Carbonicum
.............................................................................................................
cardialgia
................................................................................
Aurum Iodatum
.............................................................................................................
patient weepy, anxious
................................................................................
Baryta Carbonica
pulse weak, small Plumbum Metallicum
Arthritic conditions itchy skin
.............................................................................................................
dizziness
Viscum Album
................................................................................
Indication* Modality/Cardinal symptom Remedy
8
Arthritic conditions pains intermittent, periodic when 
at rest
Benzoicum Acidum e resina
Arthritic conditions
.............................................................................................................
lumborenal pains
................................................................................
Lithium Benzoicum
feeling of tension in the neck and 
.............................................................................................................
lumbar musculature
Strontium Carbonicum
................................................................................
disturbances of calcium metabolism
.............................................................................................................
Glandula Parathyreoidea 
................................................................................
Suis
.............................................................................................................
worse in the morning
................................................................................
Cartilago Suis
for regeneration after cell damage Cartilago Suis
Arthritis
.............................................................................................................
alleviated by movement
................................................................................
Fluoricum Acidum
worse in wet weather
worse in cold conditions
.............................................................................................................
alleviated by dry warmth
Dulcamara
................................................................................
pains Belladonna
Arthritis sensitivity to cold air Silicea
Arthritis, of the 
shoulder jointsharp, shooting pains along nerves, 
sensitivity to cold
Magnesium Carbonicum
Arthritis, suppurative sensitivity to cold air Silicea
Arthropathies
.............................................................................................................
for regeneration after cell damage
................................................................................
Cartilago Suis
painful Aranea Diadema
Arthropathies, painful worse in damp cold Aranea Diadema
Ascites
.............................................................................................................
sensitivity to touch
................................................................................
Apis Mellifica
.............................................................................................................
sensitivity to touch
................................................................................
Apisinum
as adjuvant therapy cirrhosis
liver conditions
Carduus Marianus
Asthma worse in rainy weather Blatta Orientalis
Asthma allergies
.............................................................................................................
sinusitis, chronic
Coxsackie Virus Nosode
................................................................................
dyspnoea
.............................................................................................................
coughing attacks
Drosera
................................................................................
bed too hard
.............................................................................................................
alpha-Ketoglucaricum 
................................................................................
Acidum
bed covers too heavy
.............................................................................................................
alpha-Ketoglucaricum 
................................................................................
Acidum
made worse by driving
.............................................................................................................
alpha-Ketoglucaricum 
................................................................................
Acidum
windows must always be wide open
.............................................................................................................
alpha-Ketoglucaricum 
................................................................................
Acidum
cannot remain in closed rooms
.............................................................................................................
alpha-Ketoglucaricum 
................................................................................
Acidum
.............................................................................................................
cramps
................................................................................
Cuprum Aceticum
cramps
alleviated by cold and pressure
.............................................................................................................
worse in heat and at night
Cuprum
................................................................................
.............................................................................................................
sinusitis, chronic
................................................................................
Sinusitis Nosode
worse when sitting still alpha-Ketoglucaricum 
Acidum
Asthma attacks as if out of the blue cis-Aconiticum Acidum
Auditory canal, boils in eruptions, papular Picrinicum Acidum
Indication* Modality/Cardinal symptom Remedy
9
Auditory canal, eczema of for regeneration after cell damage Ductus auricularis externus 
Suis
Auditory canal, 
inflammations of
for regeneration after cell damage Ductus auricularis externus 
Suis
Auditory vertigo sudden onset, great sensitivity to 
noise, unsettled by deep tones
Chenopodium 
Anthelminthicum
Autonomic dysregulation sense of constriction in the middle 
of the chest, sudden faint feeling in 
the epigastrium with feeling of great 
wretchedness and great anxiety
Lobelia Inflata
Autonomic dysregulation with general inner unrest Melissa
Autonomic dystonia mental excitability and stimulation 
with general hypersensitivity
Ambra Grisea
Autonomic dystonia to stimulate cellular regeneration 
after damage to the autonomic 
.............................................................................................................
nervous system
Diencephalon Suis
................................................................................
for autonomic stimulation Sympathicus Suis
Aversion
.............................................................................................................
to meat
................................................................................
Nitricum Acidum
repelled by food Ammonium Muriaticum
Back pain
.............................................................................................................
worse in the morning
................................................................................
Coenzyme A
craves a hard surface to lie on
made worse by mental effort
made worse by exertion
Natrum Muriaticum
Balanitis swelling of the testicles Mezereum
Behavioural changes worse in warm rooms Bufo
Behavioural disturbances dreads all exertion due to exhaustion, 
apathetic towards all mental exertion, 
.............................................................................................................
lethargic, tired
Phosphorus
................................................................................
cannot tolerate the slightest argument, 
melancholic, sad, despondent, 
.............................................................................................................
unsociable
Lycopodium
................................................................................
in children
screaming during the night, tetchy, 
.............................................................................................................
weepy
Rheum
................................................................................
in children
throws belongings aside and screams 
.............................................................................................................
for new ones, dejected, despondent
Kreosotum
................................................................................
made worse by sleep
.............................................................................................................
symptoms mainly on left side
Lachesis
................................................................................
arrogance
.............................................................................................................
supercilious nature
Palladium
................................................................................
unkempt appearance
.............................................................................................................
hydrophobia
Sulphur
................................................................................
prone to uncontrollable violent 
outbursts, throws everything in the 
corner, rages, swears
Staphisagria
Behavioural disturbances fears becoming mad Chlorum
Behavioural eccentricities worse at night
better in morning
craving for stimulants
Medorrhinum
Indication* Modality/Cardinal symptom Remedy
10
Biliary colic periodic complaints with tendency 
.............................................................................................................
to fever
China................................................................................
gallstones Hydrastis Canadensis
Biliary colic pains
cramps
Atropinum Sulphuricum
Biliary colic dull pain in the liver region Hydrastis Canadensis
Biliary conditions
.............................................................................................................
jaundice
................................................................................
Carduus Marianus
.............................................................................................................
liver conditions
................................................................................
Taraxacum
with fever Eupatorium Perfoliatum
Biliary conditions diuretic Nasturtium Aquaticum
Biliary disorders
.............................................................................................................
loss of appetite
................................................................................
Lycopodium
.............................................................................................................
chronic
................................................................................
Cynara scolymus
chronic
alleviated by hot drinks
right foot cold
.............................................................................................................
left foot warm
Chelidonium
................................................................................
.............................................................................................................
diarrhoea, chronic
................................................................................
Natrum Sulphuricum
.............................................................................................................
pressure as if from a stone
................................................................................
Nux vomica
.............................................................................................................
must massage the liver region
................................................................................
Podophyllum
upper abdominal complaints Mandragora
Biliary disorders after poor diet
after anger
Chelidonium
Biliary disorders, 
cholestasis
to improve excretory functions, 
to stimulate regeneration
Cirrhosis hepatis Nosode
Bladder conditions for regeneration after cell damage Vesica Urinaria Suis
Bladder, atony of worse in cold air
.............................................................................................................
alleviated by warmth
Causticum
................................................................................
blond, fair, blue-eyed, shy, weepy
‘weeping bladder’
Pulsatilla
Bladder, problems in 
emptying
tenesmus, severe Populus Tremuloides
Bleeding, sequelae of fever Ferrum Phosphoricum
Bleeding, tendency to
.............................................................................................................
discharges, burning
................................................................................
Kreosotum
.............................................................................................................
from the nose and other bodily orifices
................................................................................
Vipera Berus
desire for cold Secale Cornutum
Bleeding, tendency to general Cinnamomum
Blepharitis great sensitivity to cold air Clematis
Blepharitis little pain, little or no photophobia Kali Bichromicum
Blocked reactions to activate blocked cellular functions para-Benzochinonum
Blood diseases haemorrhages easily Phosphorus
Blood poisoning general predisposition, possibly with 
haemorrhage
.............................................................................................................
pareses
Crotalus Horridus
................................................................................
bleeding dark and lumpy, with facial 
.............................................................................................................
coldness
China
................................................................................
sepsis
frailness
Ailanthus Glandulosa
Indication* Modality/Cardinal symptom Remedy
11
Blood pressure, 
disturbances of .............................................................................................................
feeling of bloatedness
................................................................................
Aranea Diadema
.............................................................................................................
heartbeat irregular
................................................................................
Crataegus
.............................................................................................................
hot flushes
................................................................................
Sulphur
cold sweats Lobelia Inflata
Body odour bad
sweats easily on slightest exertion
Succinicum Acidum
Body sweats at the back of the head
icy cold in and on the head, sweats 
a lot, soaks pillow, scratches head 
on awakening
Calcium Carbonicum 
Hahnemanni
Boils skin unhealthy
any minor wound develops pus
Hepar Sulphuris Calcareum
Boils
.............................................................................................................
ulcers, bleeding
................................................................................
Nitricum Acidum
to improve excretory functions, to 
.............................................................................................................
stimulate regeneration
Staphylococcus
................................................................................
to improve excretory functions, to 
.............................................................................................................
stimulate regeneration
Streptococcus haemolyticus
................................................................................
to improve excretory functions, to 
stimulate regeneration
Streptococcus viridans
Bone conditions disturbances of calcium metabolism Os Suis
Bone fractures
.............................................................................................................
fracture site sensitive
................................................................................
Symphytum
.............................................................................................................
for regeneration after cell damage
................................................................................
Os Suis
whole body feels worn out, as if 
beaten, made worse by movement 
and touch
Arnica
Bone injuries stabbing pain, feeling of soreness Symphytum
Bone marrow conditions with weakness and exhaustion, 
dizziness and drowsiness
Zincum Metallicum
Bones, suppuration from worse at night, in warm conditions, 
better outdoors, alleviated by 
.............................................................................................................
movement, pressure
Asa Foetida
................................................................................
sensitivity to cold air Silicea
Bowel movement 
disturbances
sensation of lumps in the upper 
abdomen
Agaricus
Bowel movements, 
disturbances of
in chronic intestinal catarrh with 
constipation, in autonomic 
dysregulation
Sulphur Iodatum
Bowel movements, 
incontinence of
diarrhoea watery and thin, with 
gelatinous mucus, with overwhelming 
urge, jet-like evacuation
Aloe