Remedy profiles
Homeopathic remedy profiles
One page per remedy: what it is made from, the picture homeopaths traditionally describe, what makes that picture better or worse, how it differs from its neighbours, and where it appears on our acute pages.
How to read these pages
Each picture is discussed in context on our acute question pages. For what the labels mean, start with potencies explained, reading Latin remedy names and what is in a homeopathic remedy.
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Aconitum napellus
Monkshood, wolfsbane · Acon. · plant
What homeopathic Aconite is made from, the sudden, fearful, after-a-cold-wind picture homeopaths describe, what changes it, potencies sold, and its limits.
Aesculus hippocastanum
Horse chestnut, conker tree · Aesc. · plant
What homeopathic Aesculus is made from, the aching, congested pile-and-low-back picture homeopaths describe, what changes it, potencies sold, and its limits.
Agaricus muscarius
Fly agaric, toadstool · Agar. · plant
What homeopathic Agaricus is made from, the burning, itching, frozen chilblain picture homeopaths describe, what changes it, potencies sold, and its limits.
Anacardium orientale
Marking nut, Malacca bean · Anac. · plant
What homeopathic Anacardium is made from, the burning, raw-skin and divided-mind picture homeopaths describe, what changes it, potencies sold, and its limits.
Antimonium crudum
Black sulphide of antimony, stibnite · Ant-c. · mineral
What homeopathic Antimonium crudum is made from, the overfull, white-tongued picture homeopaths describe, what changes it, potencies sold, and its limits.
Antimonium tartaricum
Tartar emetic (antimony potassium tartrate) · Ant-t. · mineral
What homeopathic Antimonium tartaricum is made from, the drowsy, rattling chest picture homeopaths describe, what changes it, potencies sold, and its limits.
Apis mellifica
Honeybee · Apis · animal
What homeopathic Apis mellifica is made from, the puffy, rosy, stinging picture homeopaths describe, what changes it, the potencies sold, and its limits.
Argentum metallicum
Metallic silver · Arg-m. · mineral
What homeopathic Argentum metallicum is made from, the worn-out speaker's voice picture homeopaths describe, what changes it, potencies sold, and its limits.
Argentum nitricum
Silver nitrate, lunar caustic · Arg-n. · mineral
What homeopathic Argentum nitricum is made from, the hurried, anticipatory picture homeopaths describe, what changes it, potencies sold, and its limits.
Arnica montana
Leopard's bane, mountain arnica · Arn. · plant
What homeopathic Arnica montana is made from, the bruised, 'I'm fine' picture homeopaths describe, what changes it, the potencies sold, and what it is not.
Arsenicum album
White arsenic (arsenic trioxide) · Ars. · mineral
What homeopathic Arsenicum album is made from, the anxious, restless, chilly picture homeopaths describe, what changes it, the potencies sold, and its limits.
Aurum metallicum
Metallic gold · Aur. · mineral
What homeopathic Aurum metallicum is made from, the dutiful, heavy-hearted picture homeopaths describe, what changes it, potencies sold, and its limits.
B
Baryta carbonica
Barium carbonate · Bar-c. · mineral
What homeopathic Baryta carbonica is made from, the shy, slow-to-mature, glandular picture homeopaths describe, what changes it, potencies sold, and its limits.
Belladonna
Deadly nightshade · Bell. · plant
What homeopathic Belladonna is made from, the sudden hot, red, throbbing picture homeopaths describe, what changes it, the potencies sold, and its limits.
Bellis perennis
Common daisy, bruisewort · Bell-p. · plant
What homeopathic Bellis perennis is made from, the deep, sore, bruised-trunk picture homeopaths describe, what changes it, potencies sold, and its limits.
Borax
Borax (sodium borate) · Bor. · mineral
What homeopathic Borax is made from, the hot mouth-ulcer and fear-of-falling picture homeopaths describe, what changes it, potencies sold, and its limits.
Bovista
Warted puffball · Bov. · plant
What homeopathic Bovista is made from, the puffy, clumsy, easily marked picture homeopaths describe, what changes it, potencies sold, and its limits.
Bryonia alba
White bryony, wild hops · Bry. · plant
What homeopathic Bryonia alba is made from, the dry, irritable, worse-from-motion picture homeopaths describe, what changes it, potencies sold, and its limits.
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Calcarea carbonica
Calcium carbonate from oyster shell (Calcarea ostrearum) · Calc. · mineral
What homeopathic Calcarea carbonica is made from, the chilly, sweaty, steady picture homeopaths describe, what changes it, potencies sold, and its limits.
Calcarea phosphorica
Calcium phosphate; tissue salt No. 2 · Calc-p. · mineral
What homeopathic Calcarea phosphorica is made from, the slow-teething, restless picture homeopaths describe, what changes it, potencies sold, and its limits.
Calendula officinalis
Pot marigold, garden marigold · Calen. · plant
What homeopathic Calendula is made from, the clean raw wound picture homeopaths describe, what changes it, the potencies and forms sold, and its limits.
Cantharis
Spanish fly, blister beetle · Canth. · animal
What homeopathic Cantharis is made from, the violent, raw, scalding burning picture homeopaths describe, what changes it, potencies sold, and its limits.
Capsicum annuum
Cayenne pepper, chilli pepper · Caps. · plant
What homeopathic Capsicum is made from, the burning, chilly, homesick picture homeopaths describe, what changes it, potencies sold, and its limits.
Carbo vegetabilis
Vegetable charcoal, wood charcoal · Carb-v. · mineral
What homeopathic Carbo vegetabilis is made from, the sluggish, bloated, air-hungry picture homeopaths describe, what changes it, potencies sold, and its limits.
Causticum
Hahnemann's causticum (Tinctura acris sine kali) · Caust. · mineral
What homeopathic Causticum is made from, the raw, weakening, sympathetic picture homeopaths describe, what changes it, the potencies sold, and its limits.
Chamomilla
German chamomile · Cham. · plant
What homeopathic Chamomilla is made from, the angry, inconsolable, pain-intolerant picture homeopaths describe, what changes it, potencies sold, and its limits.
China officinalis
Peruvian bark, Jesuits' bark, cinchona · Chin. · plant
What homeopathic China officinalis is made from, the drained, bloated, touchy picture homeopaths describe, what changes it, potencies sold, and its limits.
Chininum sulphuricum
Quinine sulphate · Chin-s. · mineral
What homeopathic Chininum sulphuricum is made from, the ringing, roaring, periodic picture homeopaths describe, what changes it, potencies sold, and its limits.
Cimicifuga racemosa
Black cohosh, black snakeroot, bugbane · Cimic. · plant
What homeopathic Cimicifuga is made from, the aching, gloomy, talkative picture homeopaths describe, what changes it, potencies sold, and its limits.
Cocculus indicus
Indian cockle, fishberry · Cocc. · plant
What homeopathic Cocculus indicus is made from, the sleepless, dizzy, travel-sick picture homeopaths describe, what changes it, potencies sold, and its limits.
Coffea cruda
Unroasted coffee · Coff. · plant
What homeopathic Coffea is made from, the wired, sleepless, racing-mind picture homeopaths describe, what changes it, the potencies sold, and its limits.
Colocynthis
Bitter apple, bitter cucumber, colocynth · Coloc. · plant
What homeopathic Colocynthis is made from, the violent cramping, bent-double picture homeopaths describe, what changes it, the potencies sold, and its limits.
Conium maculatum
Poison hemlock · Con. · plant
What homeopathic Conium maculatum is made from, the slow, heavy, positional picture homeopaths describe, what changes it, potencies sold, and its limits.
Cuprum metallicum
Metallic copper · Cupr. · mineral
What homeopathic Cuprum metallicum is made from, the violent cramping, spasmodic picture homeopaths describe, what changes it, potencies sold, and its limits.
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Gelsemium sempervirens
Yellow jessamine, Carolina jasmine · Gels. · plant
What homeopathic Gelsemium is made from, the heavy, droopy, trembling picture homeopaths describe, what changes it, the potencies sold, and what it is not.
Glonoinum
Nitroglycerin (glyceryl trinitrate) · Glon. · mineral
What homeopathic Glonoinum is made from, the surging, pounding heat-in-the-head picture homeopaths describe, what changes it, potencies sold, and its limits.
Graphites
Black lead, plumbago (graphite) · Graph. · mineral
What homeopathic Graphites is made from, the thick, cracked, sticky-oozing skin picture homeopaths describe, what changes it, potencies sold, and its limits.
H
Hamamelis virginiana
Witch hazel · Ham. · plant
What homeopathic Hamamelis virginiana is made from, the passive, bruised, venous picture homeopaths describe, what changes it, potencies sold, and its limits.
Hepar sulphuris
Hahnemann's calcium sulphide; Hepar sulphuris calcareum; Hepar sulph · Hep. · mineral
What homeopathic Hepar sulphuris is made from, the chilly, touchy, splinter-pain picture homeopaths describe, what changes it, potencies sold, and its limits.
Histaminum
Histamine; sold as Histaminum hydrochloricum · Hist. · mineral
What homeopathic Histaminum is made from, the full allergic-storm picture homeopaths describe, what changes it, the potencies sold, and its limits.
Hydrastis canadensis
Goldenseal, yellow root, orange root · Hydr. · plant
What homeopathic Hydrastis is made from, the thick, yellow, ropy mucus picture homeopaths describe, what changes it, potencies sold, and its limits.
Hypericum perforatum
St John's wort · Hyper. · plant
What homeopathic Hypericum is made from, the shooting, nerve-line injury picture homeopaths describe, what changes it, the potencies sold, and its limits.
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Ignatia amara
St Ignatius bean · Ign. · plant
What homeopathic Ignatia amara is made from, the sighing, emotional-shock picture homeopaths describe, what changes it, the potencies sold, and its limits.
Ipecacuanha
Ipecac root · Ip. · plant
What homeopathic Ipecacuanha is made from, the constant-nausea, clean-tongue picture homeopaths describe, what changes it, the potencies sold, and its limits.
K
Kali bichromicum
Potassium dichromate, bichromate of potash · Kali-bi. · mineral
What homeopathic Kali bichromicum is made from, the thick, stringy, pinpoint-pressure picture homeopaths describe, what changes it, potencies sold, and limits.
Kali carbonicum
Potassium carbonate; potash · Kali-c. · mineral
What homeopathic Kali carbonicum is made from, the weak, stitching, 3 a.m. picture homeopaths describe, what changes it, potencies sold, and its limits.
Kali muriaticum
Potassium chloride; tissue salt no. 4 (Kali mur) · Kali-m. · mineral
What homeopathic Kali muriaticum is made from, the thick-white-catarrh tissue-salt picture homeopaths describe, what changes it, potencies sold, and its limits.
Kali phosphoricum
Potassium phosphate; Kali phos tissue salt · Kali-p. · mineral
What homeopathic Kali phosphoricum is made from, the nerve-tired, overworked picture homeopaths describe, what changes it, the potencies sold, and its limits.
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Lac caninum
Dog's milk · Lac-c. · animal
What homeopathic Lac caninum is made from, the side-alternating, touch-sensitive picture homeopaths describe, what changes it, potencies sold, and its limits.
Lachesis muta
Bushmaster (snake venom) · Lach. · animal
What homeopathic Lachesis is made from, the intense, flushed, can't-bear-a-collar picture homeopaths describe, what changes it, potencies sold, and its limits.
Ledum palustre
Marsh tea, wild rosemary · Led. · plant
What homeopathic Ledum palustre is made from, the cold, puncture-wound picture homeopaths describe, what changes it, the potencies sold, and its limits.
Lycopodium clavatum
Club moss, stag's-horn clubmoss, wolf's claw · Lyc. · plant
What homeopathic Lycopodium is made from, the bloated, insecure, late-afternoon picture homeopaths describe, what changes it, potencies sold, and its limits.
M
Magnesia phosphorica
Phosphate of magnesia; Mag phos; tissue salt no. 8 · Mag-p. · mineral
What homeopathic Magnesia phosphorica is made from, the cramping, warmth-eased picture homeopaths describe, what changes it, potencies sold, and its limits.
Mercurius solubilis
Hahnemann's soluble mercury · Merc. · mineral
What homeopathic Mercurius solubilis is made from, the moist, offensive, night-worse picture homeopaths describe, what changes it, potencies sold, its limits.
N
Natrum muriaticum
Common salt (sodium chloride) · Nat-m. · mineral
What homeopathic Natrum muriaticum is made from, the reserved, salt-loving picture homeopaths describe, what changes it, potencies sold, and its limits.
Natrum sulphuricum
Sodium sulphate (Glauber's salt); tissue salt no. 10 (Nat sulph) · Nat-s. · mineral
What homeopathic Natrum sulphuricum is made from, the damp-weather, liverish picture homeopaths describe, what changes it, potencies sold, and its limits.
Nux vomica
Poison nut, Quaker buttons · Nux-v. · plant
What homeopathic Nux vomica is made from, the driven, irritable, overindulged picture homeopaths describe, what changes it, potencies sold, and its limits.
P
Petroleum
Rock oil, crude oil · Petr. · mineral
What homeopathic Petroleum is made from, the deep winter-crack and travel-sick picture homeopaths describe, what changes it, potencies sold, and its limits.
Phosphoricum acidum
Phosphoric acid · Ph-ac. · mineral
What homeopathic Phosphoricum acidum is made from, the flat, drained, indifferent picture homeopaths describe, what changes it, potencies sold, and its limits.
Phosphorus
Phosphorus (the element) · Phos. · mineral
What homeopathic Phosphorus is made from, the open, sensitive, easily bleeding picture homeopaths describe, what changes it, potencies sold, and its limits.
Plantago major
Greater plantain, broadleaf plantain, waybread · Plan. · plant
What homeopathic Plantago major is made from, the aching tooth-nerve picture homeopaths describe, what changes it, potencies sold, and its limits.
Podophyllum peltatum
May apple, American mandrake · Podo. · plant
What homeopathic Podophyllum is made from, the gushing, early-morning, exhausting picture homeopaths describe, what changes it, potencies sold, and its limits.
Pulsatilla
Pasque flower, meadow anemone, wind flower · Puls. · plant
What homeopathic Pulsatilla is made from, the gentle, weepy, changeable picture homeopaths describe, what changes it, the potencies sold, and its limits.
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Rhus toxicodendron
Poison ivy, poison oak · Rhus-t. · plant
What homeopathic Rhus toxicodendron is made from, the stiff, restless picture that limbers up with motion, what changes it, potencies sold, and its limits.
Robinia pseudacacia
Black locust, false acacia (yellow locust in older texts) · Rob. · plant
What homeopathic Robinia is made from, the intensely sour, night-time reflux picture homeopaths describe, what changes it, the potencies sold, and its limits.
Ruta graveolens
Rue, herb of grace · Ruta · plant
What homeopathic Ruta graveolens is made from, the bruised, lame tendon picture homeopaths describe, what changes it, potencies sold, and what it is not.
S
Sanguinaria canadensis
Bloodroot · Sang. · plant
What homeopathic Sanguinaria is made from, the right-sided, flushing, sun-headache picture homeopaths describe, what changes it, potencies sold, and its limits.
Sarsaparilla
Sarsaparilla, wild liquorice root · Sars. · plant
What homeopathic Sarsaparilla is made from, the burning-at-the-end urinary picture homeopaths describe, what changes it, potencies sold, and its limits.
Sepia officinalis
Cuttlefish ink · Sep. · animal
What homeopathic Sepia is made from, the worn-out, dragged-down, wants-to-be-alone picture homeopaths describe, what changes it, potencies sold, and its limits.
Silicea
Silica, pure flint (silicon dioxide) · Sil. · mineral
What homeopathic Silicea is made from, the chilly, slow-to-mend, low-stamina picture homeopaths describe, what changes it, potencies sold, and its limits.
Spigelia anthelmia
Pinkroot, Demerara pinkroot, worm grass · Spig. · plant
What homeopathic Spigelia is made from, the stitching, left-sided eye-pain picture homeopaths describe, what changes it, potencies sold, and its limits.
Spongia tosta
Roasted sea sponge · Spong. · animal
What homeopathic Spongia tosta is made from, the dry, sawing, croupy cough picture homeopaths describe, what changes it, the potencies sold, and its limits.
Staphysagria
Stavesacre, lousewort · Staph. · plant
What homeopathic Staphysagria is made from, the swallowed-indignation, recurring-stye picture homeopaths describe, what changes it, potencies sold, and limits.
Stramonium
Thorn apple, jimsonweed · Stram. · plant
What homeopathic Stramonium is made from, the terror-of-the-dark, night-fright picture homeopaths describe, what changes it, potencies sold, and its limits.
Sulphur
Sulphur, flowers of sulphur, brimstone · Sulph. · mineral
What homeopathic Sulphur is made from, the hot, burning, itchy picture homeopaths describe, what changes it, the potencies sold, and its limits.
Symphytum officinale
Comfrey, knitbone · Symph. · plant
What homeopathic Symphytum is made from, the bone-bruise and blow-to-the-eye picture homeopaths describe, what changes it, potencies sold, and its limits.
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Tabacum
Tobacco · Tab. · plant
What homeopathic Tabacum is made from, the deathly pale, cold-sweating nausea picture homeopaths describe, what changes it, potencies sold, and its limits.
Thuja occidentalis
Arborvitae, northern white cedar · Thuj. · plant
What homeopathic Thuja is made from, the warty, damp-sensitive, fixed-idea picture homeopaths describe, what changes it, the potencies sold, and its limits.