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Classical Remedies(347)

Sanguinaria canadensis
Plant

Sanguinaria canadensis

Sang.

Bloodroot

Right-sided remedy for migraine, hot flushes, and burning sensations. Sick headache beginning in occiput, settling over right eye, with vomiting of bile. Burning in palms and soles. Flushes of heat ascending.

Santoninum
Plant

Santoninum

Sant.

Santonin (from Wormwood)

Remedy of roundworm and color vision changes. Roundworms — the specific anthelmintic. Everything looks YELLOW — xanthopsia. Convulsions from worms. Itching nose and anus.

Saponaria officinalis
Plant

Saponaria officinalis

Sapon.

Soapwort

Remedy of sneezing and coryza. Violent sneezing. Coryza with redness of eyes. Facial herpes. Burning in stomach. Used as a laundry soap plant historically.

Sarracenia purpurea
Plant

Sarracenia purpurea

Sarr.

Pitcher Plant

Remedy of smallpox and vaccination effects. Used historically for smallpox. Bone pains. Pustular eruptions. Hunger with frontal headache. Irregular pulse. Lumbar and sacral pain.

Sarsaparilla officinalis
Plant

Sarsaparilla officinalis

Sars.

Sarsaparilla

Remedy of urinary complaints where pain occurs at the END of urination. Last drops cause excruciating pain. Renal colic with passage of gravel. Eczema in spring. Right-sided complaints.

Scrophularia nodosa
Plant

Scrophularia nodosa

Scroph-n.

Figwort / Knotted Figwort

Remedy of breast tumors and Hodgkin disease. Hard glandular swellings — breast, cervical, inguinal. Nodular tumors. Eczema of ears. Pain in breast tumors. Dissipates tumor growth.

Scutellaria laterifolia
Plant

Scutellaria laterifolia

Scut.

Skullcap

The nervous sedative remedy. Nervous exhaustion and restlessness. Night terrors. Twitching, trembling, and jerking. Headache from mental exertion. Hiccough. Sleeplessness from nervous excitement.

Secale cornutum
Plant

Secale cornutum

Sec.

Ergot of Rye

Remedy of burning as if sparks of fire on the skin, yet cannot bear to be covered. Passive hemorrhages of dark, thin blood. Gangrene. Tetanic spasms. Coldness with aversion to heat and covers.

Sempervivum tectorum
Plant

Sempervivum tectorum

Semp.

Houseleek / Hen and Chicks

Remedy of herpes and oral ulcers. Mouth ulcers — aphthae, painful. Herpes on lips and face. Cancer of tongue (palliative). Warts. Hemorrhoids. Used topically for burns and stings.

Senecio aureus
Plant

Senecio aureus

Senec.

Golden Ragwort

Remedy of suppressed menses with vicarious symptoms. When menses are suppressed, cough with bloody expectoration appears instead. Functional amenorrhea. Catarrhal conditions from suppressed menses. Prostatic congestion in old men.

Senega
Plant

Senega

Seneg.

Seneca Snakeroot

Remedy of chest catarrh in elderly with rattling and difficult expectoration. Old people with chronic bronchitis — chest full of mucus but cannot expectorate. Eyes sensitive. Promotes expectoration. Useful in emphysema.

Senna
Plant

Senna

Senn.

Senna Leaf

Remedy of infantile colic and exhaustion. Colic in infants with flatulence — the crying baby. Exhaustion. Sleeplessness from abdominal pain. Stools loose, greenish. Useful as an infant colic remedy.

Solidago virgaurea
Plant

Solidago virgaurea

Solid.

Goldenrod

The great kidney remedy. Pain in kidneys, dark, scanty, difficult urine with albumin and phosphates. Useful when well-indicated remedies fail in kidney disease. Prostatic hypertrophy. Hay fever from goldenrod.

Spigelia anthelmia
Plant

Spigelia anthelmia

Spig.

Pinkroot

Great left-sided remedy, especially for neuralgic headache and heart conditions. Violent stitching pains in the eye and head, worse from motion and touch. Heart palpitation visible through clothing.

Spiranthes autumnalis
Plant

Spiranthes autumnalis

Spiran.

Lady's Tresses Orchid

Remedy of skin eruptions and itching. Eczema with vesicles. Red blotches. Miliary eruptions. Intense itching. Psoriasis. Herpetic eruptions. Useful for stubborn skin conditions.

Spirea ulmaria
Plant

Spirea ulmaria

Spir.

Meadowsweet / Queen of the Meadow

Remedy of burning in the urinary tract and hydrocephaloid conditions. Burning along the whole urinary tract. Pressing in bladder region. Epileptoid attacks with cerebral irritation. Useful as anti-inflammatory — the plant that aspirin was derived from.

Squilla maritima
Plant

Squilla maritima

Squil.

Sea Onion / Sea Squill

Remedy of violent cough with involuntary spurting of urine. Cough so violent that urine escapes with every paroxysm. Sneezing with cough. Pleurisy. Cardiac dropsy with scanty urine. Profuse acrid nasal discharge.

Staphysagria
Plant

Staphysagria

Staph.

Stavesacre

Remedy of suppressed anger and indignation. Ailments from wounded dignity, sexual abuse, surgical incisions. Sweet, yielding person who bottles up anger until it explodes. Styes, cysts, and surgical wounds.

Sticta pulmonaria
Plant

Sticta pulmonaria

Stict.

Lungwort Lichen

Remedy of stuffed-up nose with dryness and pressure at root. Constant need to blow the nose but no discharge comes. Incessant sneezing. Dry hacking cough worse at night. Bursitis and rheumatic joints.

Stillingia silvatica
Plant

Stillingia silvatica

Still.

Queen's Root

Remedy of syphilitic bone pains and mercurial poisoning. Deep, boring periosteal pains worse at night. Chronic effects of mercury treatment. Scrofulous and syphilitic conditions. Chronic laryngitis. Skin eruptions.

Stramonium
Plant

Stramonium

Stram.

Thorn Apple

Remedy of violence, terror, and darkness. Wild, frightened state with desire for light and company. Violent convulsions, delirium, and hallucinations. Fear of water, dark, being alone, animals.

Strophanthus hispidus
Plant

Strophanthus hispidus

Stroph.

Kombe Seed

Heart remedy with diuretic action. Cardiac tonic without cumulative effects of Digitalis. Increases heart contraction. Useful in cardiac dropsy. Pulse becomes more regular and stronger. Reduces edema through cardiac improvement.

Symphoricarpus racemosus
Plant

Symphoricarpus racemosus

Symp.

Snowberry

Remedy of severe morning sickness. Persistent nausea and vomiting of pregnancy — the best-known indication. Nausea worse from any motion. Aversion to all food. Better from lying on back.

Symphytum officinale
Plant

Symphytum officinale

Symph.

Comfrey (Knit-Bone)

The great bone remedy — promotes healing of fractures. Pricking, stitching pains at the site of fracture. Injuries to periosteum from blows. Blunt trauma to the eye from ball or fist. Non-union of fractures. Also called 'knit-bone'.

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