Medical Therapeutics For Daily Reference | by Rudolph Frederick Rabe
his volume has been prepared, with the official approval of the American Institute of Homeopathy, in response to a demand for authoritative and concise information in regard to the principles and practice of Homeopathy, on the part of physicians who have not had the opportunity of acquiring this knowledge during their medical course. Every progressive physician to-day is endeavoring to add to his therapeutic armamentarium and is willing to accept and utilize any therapeutic measure which appeals to his judgment and which has stood the test of clinical experience. The wave of therapeutic iconoclasm, which reached its high-water mark a decade ago, is now rapidly receding. Its work has been accomplished and scientific medicine has been cleansed of the fallacies of polypharmacy and of the dangers of thoughtless and massive drugging...
| Title | Medical Therapeutics For Daily Reference |
| Author | Rudolph Frederick Rabe |
| Publisher | The American Institute of Homeopathy |
| Year | 1920 |
| Copyright | 1920, The American Institute of Homeopathy |
| Amazon | Medical Therapeutics for Daily Reference |
Edited By Rudolph Frederick Rabe, M. D
Preface- This volume has been prepared, with the official approval of the American Institute of Homeopathy, in response to a demand for authoritative and concise information in regard to the principles and pra...
- Homeopathic Pharmacy
- Homeopathic medicines are prepared according to the Homeopathic Pharmacopeia of the United States, which was adopted as the standard in 1897 by the American Institute of Homeopathy. This differs fro...
- Homeopathic Dosage
- In the chapter on pharmacy are given the directions for the preparation of remedies as they are made in accordance with the official pharmacopeia adopted by the American Institute of Homeopathy. Thes...
- Medical Therapeutics For Daily Reference. Remedies. Aconite
- This plant contains the very poisonous alkaloidal aconitin, which produces a primary stimulation of the end organs of the sensory, motor and secretory nerves, which is followed by paralysis. Locall...
- Antimonium Tartaricum
- A capillary poison producing vasodilatation of peripheral origin. The drug is toxic and irritates tissue cells. Its irritating effect upon the stomach results in nausea and vomiting. When applied to t...
- Arsenicum Album
- We probably have more positive and reliable information concerning the action of Arsenicum than of any other remedial agent. Our knowledge concerning its action and uses, comes from homeopathic provin...
- Arsenicum Album. Continued
- (6) The Liver It causes acute yellow atrophy of the liver, by severely injuring the liver cells without destroying the autolytic enzymes, so that the cells die and undergo a rapid autolysis. - Well...
- Baptisia
- The effects of Baptisia upon the human being are well known, yet the mechanisms involved in their production and the exact tissues affected remain to be determined. Judging from the symptoms obtained...
- Belladonna
- Belladonna owes its activity to the presence of atropin. No drug used in medicine has a more pronounced physiological action. From its local application there results anesthesia, because of a paralysi...
- Bryonia
- This remedy produces in the individual a group of symptoms so similar to the effects of common diseases, that it is one of the most frequently used remedies. Some prescribers would classify it as our ...
- Calcarea Carbonica
- This remedy, prepared by trituration of the middle layer of the oyster shell, and, therefore, known also as Calcarea os-trearum is pure carbonate of lime, hence should be of value in the diseases of i...
- Cantharides
- This drug has very irritating properties, is very poisonous, and exerts its action chiefly upon the mucous membranes of the genito-urinary tract and the skin. It contains cantharidin. The mucous surfa...
- Chamomilla
- The homeopathic preparation of this medicine is obtained from matricaria or German chamomile. It has been an important remedy in homeopathic practice since the time of its introduction by Hahnemann, i...
- China Officinalis Or Cinchona
- The physiological action of China is probably identical with that of its main alkaloid, quinin, and in this discussion the two will be considered to be identical. The finer differences between the two...
- Cimicifuga
- The pharmacological action of Cimicifuga has not been definitely determined. Through homeopathic provings we are acquainted with the effects of the drug, in a purely symptomatic way only; but the exac...
- Colocynth
- This drug belongs to the group of resinous anhydrides of the class of vegetable, drastic, or hydragogue cathartics. Its active principle is colocynthin, a resinous glucosid. Colocynth, in the form of ...
- Drosera
- Scarcely anything is known concerning the physiological action of this remedy, as its pharmacology has not been determined. All statements made in this respect are the result of crudely conducted expe...
- Eupatorium Perfoliatum
- Two varieties of this plant are used in homeopathy, the perfoliatum and the pur-pureum. Neither remedy has had its pharmacology determined with exactness, yet we are fairly well acquainted with the ti...
- Gelsemium
- The most important physiological effect of this drug is to produce more or less complete motor paralysis depending upon the size of the dose taken. Practically all of the symptomatology of Gelsemium m...
- Hepar Sulphuris Calcareum
- Hepar sulphur is an impure calcium sul-phid prepared by heating a mixture of calcined oyster shells and flowers of sulphur. Its physiological action is practically the same as that of the chemically p...
- Hydrastis Canadensis
- This plant contains as its active principle, hydrastin; berberin, canadin and hydrastinin are also present, the latter being a derivative of hydrastin. Hydrastin and hydrastinin cause vasoconstriction...
- Ignatia
- Ignatia contains as its chief active ingredient considerable amounts of strychnin, hence its physiological action resembles very closely that of Nux vomica and does not need to be restated. Yet Ignati...
- Ipecacuanha
- Ipecac: This drug contains emetin which is an expectorant, emetic, and protoplasmic poison. Ipecac affects the following tissues: mucous membrane of the alimentary and respiratory tracts. The stomac...
- Kali Bichromicum
- In the effects of this drug are combined the action of potassium with those of the acid radical of chromic acid. The former are manifested by depression of the central nervous system, and of all kinds...
- Mercurius
- There are two preparations of mercury used in homeopathy which are practically identical in their action. One of these is Mercurius vivus, the element itself, and the other is Mercurius solubilis Hahn...
- Mercurius Iodatus Ruber. Mercurius Iodatus Flavus
- The exact physiological action of the iodids of mercury has not received the same study and investigation as has been given to either the element itself, or to its salts of the mineral acids. It is kn...
- Nux Vomica
- This drug owes its activity to strychnin, a most toxic alkaloid. Practically the entire action of Nux vomica or of strychnin is exerted upon the nervous system: the irritability of the spinal cord and...
- Phosphorus
- Phosphorus can exist in the body in the form of a compound only; if elemental Phosphorus is taken, it is transformed into the acid. Phosphorus is toxic in very small amounts and belongs to the class o...
- Podophyllum Peltatum
- Podophyllum, or rather its resinoid, is classed as a drastic cathartic. Podophyllo-toxin, the active principle of Podopyllum, will cause catharsis when injected hypo-dermically but its irritant effect...
- Pulsatilla
- The physiological action of this drug is due to its active principle, anemonin. Large doses of the drug produce paralysis of the heart and respiratory center, accompanied by convulsions. The pupil is ...
- Rhus Toxicodendron
- Rhus toxicodendron, the poison ivy, owes its activity to a nonvolatile oil. Direct contact with the plant, is absolutely necessary for the production of ivy poisoning. Some authorities state that the ...
- Sepia
- The inky secretion of the cuttle fish, termed Sepia, is a preparation peculiar to homeopathy, finding no place in the therapy of other schools of medicine. All that is known concerning its action come...
- Spongia
- This medicine is prepared from roasted Turkey sponge. It may be used either in the form of the tincture or trituration. Chemical analysis of a reliable preparation should reveal the presence of small ...
- Sulphur
- It is quite possible for a medicine to possess marked therapeutic and curative properties and yet be devoid of a pronounced physiological action. This is true of Sulphur. The pure element is practica...
- Veratrum Album
- This drug possesses pronounced and characteristic physiological properties. It contains, as its essential constituent, proto-veratrin; there are also present jervin, rubijervin, and an acrid resin. V...
- The Inorganic Salts of the Human Body as Remedies
- Introduction In the Smithsonian Institution at Washington there is an exhibit showing the different constituents of the adult human body. In separate glass containers is shown the exact amount of eac...
- Calcarea Phosphorica
- This is our greatest remedy in defective assimilation in the developing child. In defective bone growth, tardy and imperfect dentition, there is no remedy equal to Calcarea phosphorica. It corresponds...
- Calcarea Fluorica
- This salt is a constituent of the surface of bone and enamel of the teeth. It is also a constituent of the elastic fibres and epidermis. Its special field of usefulness when ho-meopathically applied ...
- Calcarea Sulphurica
- Present only in the bile, and even here, not constant. It stands in close relation to suppuration, curing purulent discharges from mucous membranes. It is curative at that stage in which matter is dis...
- Ferrum Phosphoricum
- One of the most important of the inorganic constituents of the body and one with a wide range of application. It corresponds to the first stage of all inflammations, febrile disturbances at the onset...
- Kali Muriaticum
- It is important to note that this is the chlorid of potassium and not the chlorate. The remedy stands in relation to fibrinous exudations, corresponding to the exudates of diphtheria, croup, croupous ...
- Kali Phosphoricum
- A very important nerve tissue, and blood cell salt. Therapeutically, it corresponds to conditions arising from lack of nerve power such as prostration, depression of mind, and of nerves and muscles. T...
- Kali Sulphuricum
- Ailments accompanied by yellow mucous discharges from mucous membranes, or by diffuse desquamation of epidermis, are met by this remedy. Thus, ophthalmias, otorrhea, nasal catarrhs, bronchial catarrh...
- Magnesia Phosphorica
- This drug is purely antispasmodic. We have succeeded in curing many cases of spasmodic affections, with Magnesia phos-phorica, which have obstinately resisted all previous measures. It seems to be qui...
- Natrum Muriaticum
- An old homeopathic remedy the pathogenesis of which appears in Vol IV. of the Chronic Diseases. Its principal employment may be summed up as follows: cases of anemia, malnutrition and emaciation; nutr...
- Natrum Phosphoricum
- Hyperacidity is the keynote, for the employment of this inorganic constituent of the body. Excess of lactic acid in children, resulting from overfeeding with milk and sugar. The indications are a thin...
- Natrum Sulphuricum
- This is a valuable remedy with which to combat the numerous phases of what is commonly termed, the uric acid diathesis. It has in its pathogenesis, excessive secretion of bile, liver affections, grave...
- Silica
- This is an old Hahnemannian remedy, appearing in Vol. III. of the Chronic Diseases and one that has long been tested and verified in the homeopathic school. Its fields of usefulness are bone affectio...
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