Calcarea carbonica Lime is used in allopathic therapeutics: 1. As caustic lime in combination with caustic potash as an escharotic; it lessens the deliquescence of the potash and makes the

Bryonia alba The tincture of the root of BRYONIA ALBA, or dilutions made from it, were used by Hahnemann in his provings. The root of this vine, which grows in hedge-rows

Belladonna DEADLY NIGHTSHADE   The whole plant is used in medicine. It has always been known as a dangerous poison, classed among the “narcotics” or the “cerebral stimulants.” In the seventeenth

Arsenicum album METALLUM ALBUM. ARSENIOUS ACID   This substance is generally prepared by sublimation from the ores of cobalt, and is often found adulterating the ores of zinc. It is

Apium virus Apisinum Ophthalmia; angina ; erysipelas ; diarrhoea; dysentery; cholera infantum; urticaria; haematuria; dropsy; intermittent fever; hydrocephalus; each accompanied by the characteristic absence of thirst and by drowsiness.  

Aloe socotrina The ALOE SPICATA, the inspissated juice of the leaves of which is the part used in medicine. It has various names denoting the origin of the specimen.   1.

Allium cepa THE COMMON RED ONION   Why should not this peculiar and pungent vegetable, which contains notably phosphorus and sulphur, and of which the juice, even in the form