Homeopathy Materia Medica and Repertory 3 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: Which remedy is chiefly indicated for right-sided complaints, worse from 4-8 p.m., with craving for sweets and much flatulence?
- Lycopodium (Correct answer)
- Lachesis
- Belladonna
- Sepia
Correct answer: Lycopodium
Lycopodium is right-sided, aggravated 4-8 p.m., craves sweets, and has marked digestive bloating.
Question 2: Lachesis is most characteristically worse from:
- Sleep and on waking (Correct answer)
- Cold applications
- Motion
- Eating
Correct answer: Sleep and on waking
Lachesis aggravates during and after sleep, so the patient dreads sleeping.
Question 3: A mild, weepy, changeable patient who is thirstless and craves open air best fits:
- Pulsatilla (Correct answer)
- Nux vomica
- Bryonia
- Aconite
Correct answer: Pulsatilla
Pulsatilla is gentle, tearful, thirstless, better in open air, with shifting symptoms.
Question 4: In materia medica, a 'keynote' symptom is best described as:
- A striking, characteristic symptom that points to the remedy (Correct answer)
- A symptom common to every remedy
- A symptom that appears only in provings
- The first symptom the patient reports
Correct answer: A striking, characteristic symptom that points to the remedy
A keynote is a peculiar, characteristic symptom strongly guiding to a particular remedy.
Question 5: Which remedy is the leading acute remedy for sudden, violent, high fever with red face, throbbing headache, and dilated pupils?
- Belladonna (Correct answer)
- Ferrum phosphoricum
- Bryonia
- Rhus toxicodendron
Correct answer: Belladonna
Belladonna produces sudden, intense congestion with heat, redness, throbbing, and dilated pupils.
Question 6: The rubric 'Mind; ailments from anger' would be found in which chapter of the repertory?
- Mind (Correct answer)
- Generalities
- Fever
- Face
Correct answer: Mind
Emotional causations and mental states are catalogued in the Mind chapter.
Question 7: A remedy classically indicated for injuries, bruising, and soreness as if beaten, with a claim of being well when clearly ill, is:
- Arnica montana (Correct answer)
- Hypericum
- Ruta graveolens
- Symphytum
Correct answer: Arnica montana
Arnica is the first remedy for trauma, bruised soreness, and denial of illness.
Homeopathy Materia Medica and Repertory 3
Which remedy is chiefly indicated for right-sided complaints, worse from 4-8 p.m., with craving for sweets and much flatulence?