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REMEDY
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MAIN SYMPTOMS
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BETTER/ WORSE
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OTHER
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Aconite
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Stomach flu in hot weather, especially
after drinking ice-cold drinks
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< touch, at night, lying on painful part
> open air, perspiring, sitting still.
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Anxious and restless.
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Arsenicum alb.
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Burning pains, retching and vomiting,
offensive diarrhea
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< 12 to 2 a.m.
> warm drinks, warmth
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Travel tummy. Food poisoning. Wants sips to
drink, anxious.
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Bryonia
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Pressure like a stone in stomach. Nausea
and faintness sitting up. Stomach sensitive to touch. Constipation. No desire.
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> lying on painful part, pressure, rest,
cold things
< the slightest movement.
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Irritable, wants to be left alone.
Lethargy, thirst for large amounts of water.
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Carbo veg.
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Bloating, heaviness, burping and wind. Pain
in pit of stomach. Pain right after eating or drinking.
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< fatty foods
> sitting up, burping
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Often the person feels very weak and wants
to be constantly fanned or have the window open.
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Chamomilla
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Tummy sensitive to touch, distended. No
relief from passing wind. Colic with teething.
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< 9 pm to midnight > Application of
heat, being carried or rocked.
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Children are inconsolable and very
irritable. Often comes on after tantrum.
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Colocynthis
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Serious, painful stomach cramps causing the
patient to bend double. Spluttery diarrhea.
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> hard pressure, bending forward, warmth.
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Angry and sensitive. Bitter taste in mouth.
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Ignatia
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Stomach upset after grief. Contradictory
symptoms. Nausea relieved by eating. Sensation of lump in throat and stomach.
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< colds, eating sweets, emotional upset,
strong odors > warmth, while eating, pressure, distraction.
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Ignatia patients sigh or yawn frequently
and are very nervous.
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Ipecac
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Nausea on an empty stomach, not relieved by
vomiting. Profuse salivation, disgust for food, perspiration, clean tongue. Thirstless.
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< noise, music, food, esp. veal or pork,
hot humid weather.
> rest with eyes closed.
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Anxiety and restlessness. Often indicated
when child gets ill after being punished.
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Mag. Phos.
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Like Colocynthis with restlessness and
burping which does not relieve.
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< night
> rubbing, bending double, warm
applications
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Good for premenstrual cramps. Not angry,
prefers quiet.
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Nux vomica
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Weight and pain in stomach 1 to 2 hours
after eating. After overeating. May want to vomit, but can’t.
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< alcohol, coffe, tobacco, on waking
> hot food or drink, after stool.
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Irritability and hypersensitivity to noise
and light.
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Pulsatilla
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Nausea on full stomach especially after
eating rich foods or becoming overheated. Lots of gas. Nervous diarrhea
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< stuffy rooms, evening
> fresh air, cold food and drink
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Thirstless, strange food cravings. Can be
caused by emotional upset.
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