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Remedy to consider when patient's pulse rate is slow - slower than the heart.
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Digitalis
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Patient has a weak heart. Feels as if it would stop if he moved. Must hold breath and keep still.
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Digitalis
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Remedy to consider when old male with enlarged prostate. Dyspnea associated with heart problems. Deep sighing. Slow pulse. Craving for bitter foods.
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Digitalis
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Sensation of a sinking feeling at pit of stomach.
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Digitalis
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State: this remedy feels persecuted, deceived, trapped, choked, killed. Suspicious. Sankaran.
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Drosera
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Cough is a harassing, violent irritation. Tubercular remedy.
Bed feels too hard (Arn) |
Drosera
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Spasmodic, violent cough. Paroxyms follow each other rapidly. Choking, retching, vomit, expitaxis.
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Droscera
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Man presents with terrible cough. Happens as soon as head hits the pillow.
<after midnight, lying down, heat, after drinking/eating, talking, emotions. >open air After measles. |
Droscera
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Strong-willed, possessive and dominating with family. Focused on complaints. Wants to be appreciated. Critical. Talk about their family.
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Dulcamara
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Stout, chilly, bosomy, domineering.
<cold damp weather, humidity, chg of weather, cold food, cold drinks, draft, cold >warm, dry, motion |
Dulcamara
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Allergy to cats. Name 6 remedies.
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Dulcamara
Tub Sulph Kali-c Ars Puls |
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Ailments from suppressed discharges, eruptions. (eg neuralgia)Chilly, stout or obese. Desires sweets. <cold damp weather
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Dulcamara
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When they get chilled, they have to urinate. May even get diarrhea from the chill.
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Dulcamara
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Headache from suppression of sinusitis or facial eruptions. <cold damp weather and better by discharge, conversation.
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Dulcamara
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Warts on the FACE. Name 4 remedies.
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Dulcamara
Causticum Nit acid Thuja |
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Herpes about the lips. Name 4 remedies.
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Dulcamara
Natu-m Rhus-tox Sepia |
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Man presents with a stiff neck and back when he gets cold; his bones ache.
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Dulcamara
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Strong cravings for Ice, oranges, salads, buttermilk, yogurt
aversion meat |
Elaps
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Fear of rain, snakes, strokes, being left alone.
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Elaps
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A right sided remedy with hemorrhagic conditions with dark or black blood.
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Elaps
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Mod: Chilly, right sided
<cold wet weather, night, touch, dampness, approach of storms >walking, lying on abdomen, rest |
Elaps
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Sensation: cold sensation descending the esophagus and settling in the stomach.
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Elaps
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They complain about coldness in the chest or stomach after cold drinks adn fruit.
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Elaps
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Epitaxis, black blood
Metorrghia, black blood Hemorrhages, black blood Ears, black ear wax Black discharges |
Elaps
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State: Fear of falling down and losing their position, their image in society. Maintains a good image and value opinions of others. Loquacious. Multi-talented. Can put down others. Talk is animated and egotistic.
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Elaps
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Remedy to consider for enuresis when done out of habit, in children with dreams or night-mares when passing urine.
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Equisetum
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Remedy to consider for incontinence of old woman with involuntary stools
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Equisetum
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Woman presents with acute cystitis; more urging when bladder is nearly empty, fuller the bladder - less discomfort. Pain at end of urination.
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Equisetum
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Cystitis. Pain at end of urination. Name 3 remedies.
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Equisetum
Nat-carb Sarsparilla |
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Mod:
<at close of urination, pressure, motion, sitting down, >afternoon, lying |
Equisetum
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Remedy to consider with complaints related to bone pain. Pain in the bones, "as if broken." Aching in bones during influenza
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Eup-per
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The man complained of pain and needed to stay still; he was sweating freely. Remedy is______
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Bryonia
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Man was in pain and makes him restless. He only had scanty sweat. Remedy is________
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Eup-per
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The man has great thirst, soreness and aching of bones and then takes chill. Thirst for larg quantities of cold water before and during taking chill. They may vomit immediately after drinking
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Eup-per
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Influenza with high fever, chills, flush or even rigor with a huge thirst for cold drinks!! Intense aches and restless.
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Eup-per
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Profuse, runny nose. His eyes were tearing but the tears were acrid.
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Euphrasia
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Woman presents with eyes burning, irritated, blinks alot, chilly and must wear sunglasses. What remedy?
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Euphrasia
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The child's eyes were constantly irritated and tearing, worse when windy. Tears were acrid.
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Euphrasia
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Sensation of sand in her eyes, as if a hair was in the eye. Blinks alot.
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Euphrasia
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Great sensitivity to noise - even the rustling of paper can bother them. Irritable. Restlessness. Busy. Anxiety. Changeable moods.
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Ferrum met
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The little boy looked healthy. Actually, his health was very weak
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Ferrum met
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Mod: chilly,obese, weakness
<night, emotions, violent exertion, vital fluid losses, during menses >gentle motion, slight bleeding, leaning head on something Anemia |
Ferrum met
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Man presents with rheumatic pains in his arms (upper limbs), especially the shoulders. <rest, midnight, >slow motion, warmth
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Ferrum met
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Face is flushed or pale, with circumscribed redness.
Chilly, changeable moods, desire motion |
Ferrum met
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State: Concerned with performance and defense. Being compelled to do something against wishes. Guilt. Anxiety of conscience. Sankaran
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Ferrum met
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When sick - the child has a really high fever but no strong characteristic symptoms. Chilly.
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Ferrum phos
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Mod: Chilly
<rt side, exertion, 4-6am >gentle motion, cold applications |
Ferrum phos
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Better gentle motion. Name 3 remedies.
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Ferrum phos
Ferrum met Pulsatilla |
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Bright red hemorrhages. Name 4 remedies.
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Ferrum phos
Ferrum met Ipecac Phosphorus |
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Thirst for large quantitis. 2R
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Ferrum phos
Phosphorus |
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Colds causing deafness
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Ferrum phos
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Hemophysis, bright red blood. expectoration. (3R)
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Ferrum phos
Phos Ipecac |
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What 2 remedies to consider for RIGHT SIDED pneumonia in children?
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Ferrum phos
Lycopodium |
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State: A syphilitic remedy, part of Halogen family that has a feeling of betrayal and hurt - and reacts in a repulsive manner. Sankaran.
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Fluoricum acid
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Uncovers the feet at night. (4R)
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Fluoricum acid
Sulphur Med Pulsatilla |
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Distorted nails, weak, grow too fast. (5R)
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Fluoricum acid
Thuja Silicea Graphites Calc carb |
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HAIR FALLING IN SPOTS. Alopecia. Hair sticks together, dry, breaks off
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Fluoricum acid
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Generally materialistic, domineering and preoccupied with the fulfillment of his sexual cravings. Crude. Selfish. HURRIED.
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Fluoricum acid
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Generous on the materialistic plane, no deep feelings on emotional plane. No real contact. Indifferent to loved ones, family. Depression, isolation
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Fluoricum acid
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Mod: Very warm-blooded, Right sided
<HEAT, warm appl., warm drinks, summer >cold, cold bathing, open air |
Fluoricum acid
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Syphilitic and Sycotic remedy known for affecting bones, connective tissue, caries of bones, exostosis. Copious, watery coryza, "runs like a faucet"
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Fluoricum acid
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Excessive sexual desire, even in old people. Promiscuity, exhibitionism, perversions. Violent erections at night. Priapism
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Fluoricum acid
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Remedy to consider for GI complaints, ulcerative colitis or Crohn's. Sudden gushing burning diarrhea. Worse old people, hot weather
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Fluoricum acid
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Severe diarrhea in old people. Sudden gushing of stool. Can be yellow-greenish or even bloody.
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Gambogia
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Mod: Chilly, amel warmth, humid environment
<motion in open air, after, evening or night, most sxs while sitting >after stools, sxs better by motion, better open air |
Gambogia
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Acute gastro-enteritis, colitis, vomiting with diarrhea - with faintness (3R)
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Gambogia
Veratrum album Arsenicum |
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Sensation of cold in the teeth specifically. (2R)
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Gambogia
Elaps |
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Weakness leading to paralysis on all levels. Pervasive weakness.......
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Gelsemium
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Feeling of weakness, not being able to cope with life. Cowardice, needs support. Timidity. Anticipation ailments. Stage fright, fear of exams. Dullness
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Gelsemium
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Remedy best describes the Cowardly Lion (before he got his heart!)
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Gelsemium
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The man trembled with weakness, fear, and anticipation of the exam. He bolstered himself with alcohol ahead of time.
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Gelsemium
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The mother just received bad news about her aging parents. She immediately got diarrhea (emotional paralysis of the rectal sphincter)
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Gelsemium
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Sensation of feeling his heart would stop beating, if he did not keep in motion (2R)
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Gelsemium
Lobelia |
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The young man was sick. He complained his tongue was numb, thick, trembles - felt paralyzed. Speech thick. Eyelids droopy. Eyes dull. THIRSTLESS.
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Gelsemium
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A sycotic remedy with "ailments from anticipation". Gets apprehensive in the face of an ordeal. Feels lack of confidence. Sankaran
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Gelsemium
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Mod: weakness, trembling
<damp weather, summer >profuse urination |
Gelsemium
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Remedy to consider for sunstroke or hypertension. Symptoms come and go with the sun. CONGESTIONS, PULSATIONS.
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Glonoinum
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The woman's headache was really pulsating on the golfcourse. Bothered by the sun, heat, tight collar - and it was during her menses!
Felt better by uncovering, lying in the dark shelter on the course. |
Glonoinum
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Headache with red sclera, injection.
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Glonoinum
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Angina pectoris with violent, visible pulsation of the heart with throbbing carotids and heat of the face.
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Glonoinum
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He was confused. Cannot tell where he is. Gets lost in well known places (when waking up at night or after inhaling gas fumes when refilling the car)
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Glonoinum
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Generally slowness or blandness to the person. Timid and reserved. IRRESOLUTION in decisions. But, gets really irritable about trifles.
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Graphites
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This remedy gets excited from the smallest possible cause. Feels better weeping - an expression that makes them feel better. Even their sores "weep" and ooze honey-like, sticky fluid.
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Graphites
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Mod: Left sided
<COLD, drafts, light, suppression, fats, music >open air, eating, wrapping up, hot milk, riding in a carriage, eructations |
Graphites
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Known for excoriations, fissures, distorted nails, thick discharges and ailments from suppressed discharges
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Graphites
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Remedy to consider when patient gets stomach complaints after suppressed eruptions. Stomach disorders with rapid emaciation (ulcers or cancer)
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Graphites
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Weeping from music (2R)
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Graphites
Aurum |
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Sensation of a cobweb on face (2R)
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Alumina
Graphites |
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A great anti-psoric. Consider in cancers of ovaries, intestinal, uterus, breast.
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Graphites
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First remedy to consider in affections of the veins. (varicose veins, varicocele, hemorrhoids)
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Hamamelis
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Passive venous hemorrhages, dark and profuse. Veins distended. Bruised soreness of affected parts.
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Hamamelis
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Weakness out of proportion to the amount of blood lost, esp with hemorrhoids.
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Hamamelis
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The child's eyesight and hearing are fine - but he seems to not see or hear distinctly!
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Helleborus
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The young man answers slowly, reflects long, rubs forehead, forgets the question. Feels helpless. Has a strange aversion to hating apples.
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Helleborus
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3 remedies to consider for: meningitis, encephalitis
Rolling of head side to side, furrows, chewing motion of mouth, moves lips without speaking, bores head into pillow |
Helleborus - very slow acting
Apis - brain cry Zinc met |
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Mod: chilly
<4-8pm (Lyc), cold air, consolation, dentition >strong attention, distraction, open air |
Helleborus
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State: the outside world is so painful, unpleasant, horrifying and shocking that he completely shuts himself from the outside world. He remains completely absorbed. Sankaran
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Helleborus
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Coma state appropriate for what remedy? dullness, passivity, dullness of senses
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Helleborus
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State: has the feeling of being terribly offended by the ones that he depends on --> proceeds to violent revolution and sets things on fire, kills
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Hepar sulph
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He is very hurried, esp in speech, quarrelsome, very dissatisfied. Nothing pleases him. Great touchiness.
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Hepar sulph
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Vulnerable and sensitive on all levels.
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Hepar sulph
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Oversensitive to pain (3R)
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Hepar sulph
Coffea Chamomilla |
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Reacts abusive, angry, rude when they feel their security is threatened. Irritable.
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Hepar sulph
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Mod: chilly
<COLD, touching cold things, uncovering, draft, dry cold air >wet weather Splinter-like pains, stitching |
Hepar sulph
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Splinter-like pains, stitching (6R)
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Hepar sulph
Art-nit Kali-carb Nat-mur Nit-acid Silicea |
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Severly painful otitis media with stitching pains, >warmth
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Hepar sulph
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Croup. Felon, Raynaud's, abscesses, boils, fistulas, ulcers, warts, eczema. Dreams of fire.
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Hepar sulph
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Remedy for affinity to the mucous membranes. Infections with thick, ropey discharges (esp URI). Deep acting vs. Kali bic. Malignancy
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Hydrastis
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Thick, yellowish ropey discharges. (2R)
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Hydrastis
Kali-bic |
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Consider this remedy in cancer when the pain is the principal symptom. Degenerative states.
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Hydrastis
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Sinusitis. Thick, tenacious discharge from posterior nares. (5R)
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Hydrastis
Kali-bic Merc Silicea |
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Remedy to consider for cancer of the: lips, tongue, stomach, uterus, breast, skin. Cancer miasm
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Hydrastis
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Mod:
<AIR, slight bleeding, washing old age, night, warmth >rest, pressure, dry weather, warm covering. Constipation. Obstinate and chronic. Degenerative. |
Hydrastis
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Think "3 C's" for this remedy:
Catarrah Cancer Cachectic |
Hydrastis
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Terrible gastritis. Can retain only milk - everything else - he vomits!
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Hydrastis
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State: Of suddenly being let down, disappointed, betrayed, deserted by the person whom one is completely dependent. Then, acute fear and panic leading to reactions of loquacity, jesting, sexuality, violence, striking, killing. Fear of being alone to face the world.
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Hyoscyamus
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His reactions are acute and ridiculous, not cold or calculating like Lachesis
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Hyoscyamus
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They have strong emotions and become strongly attached. Leads to jealousy and suspicion. Cursing. Fighting. Loquacity. Shameless.
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Hyoscyamus
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Fear of water, being poisoned, being alone in the world. Ailments from disappointed love. Shuts off his emotions. Blocked.
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Hyoscyamus
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Mod: Polarity in the remedy
<EMOTIONS, TOUCH, lying, cold, sleep, menses, rest >sitting up, stooping Aversion to water |
Hyoscyamus
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Aversion to water (3R)
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Hyoscyamus
Stram Lyss |
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Restless hands, gestures, picking at bedclothes, spasms, jerking, twitching, convulsions. Paralysis
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Hyoscyamus
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Injuries to nerves and spine. Sharp, shooting quality of pain
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Hypericum
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Mental and emotional symptoms after injuries: depression, dullness, forgetfulness, hysteria <before thunderstorm
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Hypericum
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Injuries to rich part of nerves. Pain is shooting upward, along the nerve.
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Hypericum
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Prevents tetanue, (2R)
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Hypericum
Ledum |
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Convulsions after injury, esp to spine or head (2R)
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Hypericum
Nat sulph |
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Pain after dental procedures
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Hypericum
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Injury to Spine, coccyx. Pain shoots up the spine and the limbs
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Hypericum
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Mod:
<injury, exertion, chg weather, fogs,cold, COLD AIR >lying on abdomen, bending backward, lying quietyly |
Hypericum
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Dissatisfied with emotional life. Their ideal romantic life does not match the reality. Brooding. Silent grief. Sighing.
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Ignatia
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Anxious of health, fear of birds, claustrophobia, insanity,
Paradoxical symptoms |
Ignatia
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Paraoxysmal cough, worse from coughing. Coughing increases inclination to cough
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Ignatia
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Mod
<emotions, air, consolation, slight touch, winter, walking fast >position, profuse urination, alone, pressure, swallowing, sweets, coffee |
Ignatia
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State: Invests all of their emotional bank balance into one individual; sacrifices her dreams and desires. Disappointment. Suppresses, suffers silently. Squeaks out through spasms, choking, sighing, coughing.
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Ignatia
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State: Feeling of sudden threat or betrayal which needs rapid and intense activity to counteract it. Increased metabolism and huge hunger. Consumes all resources. Sankaran.
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Iodium
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A thin patient and has a voracious appetite, yet gets thing. Tubercular type. See in young boys or old people.
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Iodium
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Excessively restless, hurried, nervousness. Meaningless activity. Violent impulses if forced to sit still. Anxiety, better with eating.
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Iodium
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Hurried. Warm-blooded. Thin. Hungry. Always feel they have forgotten something. Fixed ideas. Compulsive neurosis. Anorexia nervous pt.
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Iodium
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Increased appetite with emaciation.
Enlarged glands with emaciation. |
Iodium
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Exophthalmus. Goitre. Warm-blooded. Hungry.
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Iodium
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Mod: Warm-blooded!!
<heat, exertion, fasting, night, >COLD, motion, eating, milk > |
Iodium
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Remedy picture closest to hyperthyroidism
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Iodium
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Remedy to consider in atrophy of testes, ovaries. Leucorrhea that is acrid, corroding thighs adn linen
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Iodium
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According to Sankaran, this remedy acts on the nerves of the stomach. Nausea with clean tongue, thirstlessness
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Ipecac
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Vomiting does not relieve the nausea!!
Nauseous but unable to vomit! |
Ipecac
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The woman's nausea was worse from the thought or smell of food. Worse from looking at moving objects. Clean tongue
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Ipecac
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Hemorrhages bright red. Thirstlessness. Periodicity. Sensitive to warm and cold.
Ailments from suppressed anger, eruptions, vexation. |
Ipecac
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Mentally, this remedy is impatient, restless and irritable. Morose with contempt for everything. Jealous. Angry. Ailments of mortification, with indignation. Silent grief. Sighing. Joyless
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Ipecac
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Respiratory complaints with nausea. Suffocative with mucus (Ant-t), in children (<7pm)
Asthmatic rattling, worse warm moist weather. Cough is suffocative with retching. Whooping cough with epistaxis and vomiting. Psora miasm. |
Ipecac
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Mod: Generally warm-blooded
<WARMTH, damp warmth, warm room, overeating, periodicity, >open air Profuse salivation during nausea Spasmodic respiratory ailments |
Ipecac
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Preeminently a right-sided, migraine remedy with marked nausea. Also neuralgia, GI and liver symptoms.
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Iris versicolor
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Artistic, thin, delicate and nervous; usually very charming people to meet. Weekly headaches, usually Sundays
Chronic indigestion of milk History of getting overtired. |
Iris versicolor
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Easily vexed. Censorious. Aversion company. Better when alone.
Discouraged, depressed, suicidal thoughts. Syphilitic remedy. |
Iris versicolor
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Burning of whole gastro-intestinal tract.
Periodicity. |
Iris versicolor
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Classic migraine. Some variations of pain but most common is pain above right eye and/or right temple. Gets visual disturbances before migriane.
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Iris versicolor
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Remedy to consider for RIGHT SIDED abdominal shingles. Typically, herpes zoster with GI symptoms. Worse right side
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Iris versicolor
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Conformists. Irritable. Gloomy. Narrow-minded. Conservative. Closed. Rigid. Proper. Materialistic. Rigid routines. Long-winded."A stick in the mud!"
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Kali-bic
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Chilly. Complaints of pain that is 1) wandering or 2) pain in small spots. Discharges are viscid, ropey, gluey, yellow
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Kali-bic
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He complains at the same hour every day!!
Periodicity. |
Kali-bic
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Sinusitis, chronic coryza. Thick, ropey, elastic yellow discharge. Pressive or burning pain at root of nose
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Kali-bic
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Sensation of a hair on the tongue (2R)
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Kali-bic
Silicea |
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GI complaints alternating with rheumatic or respiratory complaints.
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Kali-bic
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Mod: Chilly
<cold, 1-3am, summer, protruding tongue >heat, motion, cold weather |
Kali-bic
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State: Keep feelings to themselves. May have been hurt by a family member and bear it within and not showing a reaction. Inside, they feel sad after teh annoyance.
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Kali-bic
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The leading remedy for psoriasis
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Kali-brom
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Excessive religiousity. Feeling of moral deficiency. Religous depression. Delusion he has committed a crime.
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Kali-brom
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They have the delusion they have been selected for divine vengeance.
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Kali-brom
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Involuntary weeping. Sighing. Wringing of hands. Restlessness of hands. Must do something!! Helpless, insecure. Suspicion
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Kali-brom
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Very supportive of family, extremely duty conscious, helpful, busy. Anxious - as if somebody from their family will pounce on them - feel guilty of a crime. Watch constantly. Sankaran
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Kali-brom
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Mod: Warm-blooded. Obese
<night, 2AM, right side >mental or physical occupation Right sided |
Kali-brom
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