A First Materia Medica for Homeopathy

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Key Features include

• Aims and objectives for each lesson
• Related remedies in lessons aid understanding and comparison
• Activities and self-testing throughout (with answers)
• Test cases and modality test with full answers
• Excellent line illustrations support the text and show the characteristics of each remedy source

Through this varied and stimulating approach the reader will be able to understand and learn some of the essential remedies.

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Details

A thorough knowledge of the remedies is the key to a successful homeopathic prescription.

Roy provides an invaluable resource for all students and readers coming to the subject the first time.

This book can be studied on its own or as a companion to Roy's The Principles of Homeopathic Philosophy.

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Contents

Introduction -- 1

Lesson 1 - The ABC Remedies
Aconite -- 8
Bell. -- 12
Cham. -- 16

Lesson 2 - First Aid Remedies -- 23
Arn. -- 24
Symph. -- 27
Calen. -- 29
Hyper. -- 30
Led. -- 32
Bell-p. -- 35

Lesson 3 - The Solanaceae - A Botanical Grouping
Hyos. -- 39
Stram. -- 43
Tab. -- 46
Dulc. -- 49

Lesson 4 - Four Irritable Remedies
Ars. -- 56
Apis -- 59
Rhus-t. -- 63
Hep. -- 65

Lesson 5 - Three Remedies of Suppressed Anger
Nux-v. -- 72
Ign. -- 75
Staph. -- 78

Lesson 6 - Different Levels of Response to the Exciting Cause
Euphr. -- 84
Bry. -- 87
Gels. -- 90
Bapt. -- 93

Lesson 7 - Three Major Polychrests
Lyc. -- 99
Sulph. -- 104
Calc. -- 108

Lesson 8 - Three "Women's" Remedies
Puls. -- 115
Nat-m. -- 120
Sepia -- 125

Lesson 9 - Three Nervous Remedies
Caust. -- 133
Phos. -- 138
Sil. -- 142

Lesson 10 - Three Remedies from Animal Sources
Lach. -- 150
Tarent. -- 155
Canth. -- 158

Lesson 11 - An Acute -- Constitutional and Pathological Remedy
All-c. -- 166
Arg-n. -- 168
Phyt. -- 172

Lesson 12 - The Antimoniums
Ant-c. -- 180
Ant-t. -- 183

Lesson 13 - Two Psoric Remedies
Bar-c. -- 190
Graph. -- 193

Lesson 14 - Two Major Miasmic Remedies
Thuja -- 199
Merc. -- 205

Answers and Test cases -- 211
Answers to Activities -- 211
Answers to Self-test Questions -- 234
Some Test cases to Try to Solve -- 240
Answers to Test cases -- 246
Modality Tests -- 247
Bibliography -- 249
Glossary of Terms -- 251
Index -- 253

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