INTRODUCTION
Why this book has been written
What is homoeopathy?
How to use this book
How to select the symptoms
The remedy
The dose
Continuing the dose
Potency
Important points to remember about homoeopathic remedies
ACCIDENTS AND FIRST AID
Animal bites
Burns and scalds
Eye injuries - blows to the eye
Eye injuries - foreign bodies
Fractures
Head injury
Insect bites and stings
Nosebleeds
Sprains and strains of joints, muscles and ligaments
Wounds - abrasions, scrapes and grazes
Wounds - cuts and lacerations
Wounds - infected
Wounds - punctured
PROBLEMS OF WOMEN
MENSTRUATION
Establishment of menstrual periods in adolescent girls
Heavy periods - flooding (Menorrhagia)
Late periods
Painful periods (Dysmenorrhoea)
Premenstrual syndrome (PMS)/ Premenstrual tension (PMT)
Scanty periods
Vaginal discharge (Leucorrhoea)
PREGNANCY
Threatened miscarriage
Morning sickness
Heartburn
Cravings
Night cramps
Urinary frequency
Backache
Breast pain
Emotional disturbances - before and after confinement
Coming up to confinement - from eight months
Coming up to confinement - last days
After the confinement
BREASTFEEDING PROBLEMS
Too little milk
Too much milk
Sore nipples
Inflammation of breasts (Mastitis)
BREASTS
Breast pain
Lumpy breast (Nodules)
MENOPAUSE ('CHANGE OF LIFE')
Hot flushes
Other problems associated with the menopause
CHILDREN'S PROBLEMS
THE NEWBORN BABY
After delivery
Soft tissue swelling of scalp
Hernia
Jaundice
Swollen breasts
Conjunctivitis ('Sticky eyes')
THE BABY
Feeding problems
Diarrhoea
Diarrhoea alternating with constipation
Nappy rash
Teething
The crying baby
Convulsions (Fits)
TODDLERS AND SCHOOL CHILDREN
Adenoids - large
Asthma in children
Bedwetting
Colds and influenza in children
Constipation in children
Cough in children
Croup
Earache
Ears - discharging
Fluid in the ears ('Glue ear')
Sleeplessness in children
Sore throat in children
FEVERS AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES IN GENERAL
Chickenpox
Glandular fever (Infectious mononucleosis)
Measles
Mumps
Scarlet fever
Whooping cough
Immunisation
GENERAL PROBLEMS
Acne Vulgaris
Anxiety (see also 'Fear')
Arthritis
Chilblains and poor circulation
Chronic fatigue syndrome
Common cold - early stages
Common cold - later stages
Constipation
Cough
Cystitis
Dental abscess (Gum boils)
Diarrhoea
Eczema
Fear
Fibrositis (Muscular rheumatism)
Hangover (Ill effects of alcohol)
Hay fever
Headache and migraine
Hoarseness and loss of voice
Indigestion (Dyspepsia)
Inflammation, boils and abscesses
Influenza
Irritable bowel syndrome
Mouth ulcers (Aphthous ulcers)
Nausea and vomiting
Nettle rash (Hives, Urticaria)
Operations
Pain
Perspiration - excessive
Piles (Haemorrhoids)
Psoriasis
Rosacea (Acne rosacea)
Shingles (Herpes zoster)
Shingles, pain after (Post-herpetic neuralgia)
Sinusitis and catarrh
Skin - oily or greasy
Sleeplessness
Sore throat (Infected tonsils, Tonsillitis, Pharyngitis)
Toothache
Travel sickness
Varicose ulcers
Warts (Verrucas)
A BASIC MATERIA MEDICA
THE MEDICINE CHEST
THE FIRST AID BOX
ORGANISATIONS CONCERNED WITH HOMOEOPATHY