ORNITHOGALUM UMBELLATUM

ORNITHOGALUM UMBELLATUM Star of Bethlehem To be considered in chronic gastric and other abdominal indurations, possibly cancer of intestinal tract, especially of stomach and Cćcum. Center of action is the…

ORIGANUM MAJORANA

ORIGANUM MAJORANA Sweet Marjoram (ORIGANUM) Acts on nervous system generally, and is effective in masturbation and excessively aroused sexual impulses. Affections of the breasts (Bufo). Desire for active exercise impelling her…

OREODAPHNE CALIFORNICA

OREODAPHNE CALIFORNICA California Laurel (OREODAPHNE) Neuralgic headache, cervico-occipital pain, cerebro-spinal meningitis, atonic diarrhśa, and intestinal colic. Head.--Dizziness; worse on stopping or moving. Head heavy, eyelids heavy, twitching. Intense aching, with pressure…

OPUNTIA FICUS

OPUNTIA FICUS Prickly Pear (OPUNTIA-FICUS INDICA) Diarrhœa, with nausea. Feels as if bowels were settled down in lower abdomen. Sick feeling in lower third of abdomen. Enteroptosis with loose and frequent…

OPERCULINA TURPENTHUM

OPERCULINA TURPENTHUM Nishope (OPERCULINA TURPETHUM) A remedy for plague, fevers, diarrhœa. Mind.--Delirium associated with restlessness, loquacity. Tendency to escape from bed; ravings, pains cause fainting. Abdomen.--Watery diarrhœa, profuse with sinking…

OPIUM

OPIUM Dried Latex of the Poppy (PAPAVER SOMNIFERUM) Hahnemann says that it is much more difficult to estimate the action of Opium than of almost any other drug. The effects…

ONOSMODIUM VIRGINIANUM

ONOSMODIUM VIRGINIANUM False Gromwell (ONOSMODIUM) Want of power of concentration and co-ordination. Vertigo, numbness and muscular prostration. Marked association of head and eye symptoms, with muscular tiredness and weariness. A…

ONISCUS ASELLUS

ONISCUS ASELLUS Wood-louse (MILLEPEDES) Has distinct diuretic properties; hence its use in dropsies. Asthmatic conditions, with bronchial catarrh. Head.--Boring pain behind right ear in mastoid process (Caps). Violent pulsation of…

OLEANDER

OLEANDER Rose-laurel (NERIUM ODORUM) Has a marked action on the skin, heart and nervous system, producing and curing paralytic conditions with cramp-like contractions of upper extremities. Hemiplegia. Difficult articulation. Mind.--Memory…

OLEUM SANTALI

OLEUM SANTALI Oil of Sandalwood The action in the urinary and sexual spheres is most utilizable, especially in gonorrhśa. It is also a stimulating, disinfectant expectorant. Two or three drops…

OLEUM JECORIS ASELLI

OLEUM JECORIS ASELLI Cod-liver Oil Internally, a nutrient and a hepatic and pancreatic remedy (Burnett). Emaciation, lassitude, scrofulous diseases, rheumatic affections. Atrophy of infants; emaciation with hot hands and head; restless…

OLEUM ANIMALE AETHEREUM

OLEUM ANIMALE AETHEREUM Dippel's Animal Oil (OLEUM ANIMALE) Acts on the nervous system, especially on pneumo-gastric region. Useful in migraine and neuralgia of spermatic cord. Burning pains and stitches. "Pulled…

OENANTHE CROCATA

OENANTHE CROCATA Water Dropwart Epileptiform convulsions; worse, during menstruation and pregnancy. Puerperal eclampsia; urćmic convulsions. Burning in throat and stomach, nausea and vomiting. Red spots in face. Convulsive facial twitching.…

OCIMUM CANUM

OCIMUM CANUM Brazilian Alfavaca Is to be remembered in diseases of the kidneys, bladder and urethra. Uric acid diathesis. Red sand in the urine is its chief characteristic, and frequently…

Abbreviation Used In Materia Medica “O”

OCI ------> OCIMUM CANUM OENA ------> OENANTHE CROCATA OL-AN ------> OLEUM ANIMALE AETHEREUM (OLEUM ANIMALE) OL-J ------> OLEUM JECORIS ASELLI OL-SANT ------> OLEUM SANTALI OLND ------> OLEANDER (NERIUM ODORUM) ONIS…