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Quest Health Library - Test Your Knowledge

HOMOEOPATHY - 5

For information, please refer to the Homoeopathy section of the Quest Health Library

Unless otherwise indicated, please write the name of the homoeopathic medicine whose 'remedy picture' matches as closely as possible to the 'symptom picture'.

Q1: First Aid: (5 marks)

1: Ignatia
a) For injury and bruising
b) After laying out in the sun, feeling shivery and aching
c) An injury that is very sensitive, and continues to be sensitive
d) Where a person is becoming 'hysterical' with fright
e) For shock and fear

2: Aconite
a) For injury and bruising
b) After laying out in the sun, feeling shivery and aching
c) An injury that is very sensitive, and continues to be sensitive
d) Where a person is becoming 'hysterical' with fright
e) For shock and fear

3: Hypericum
a) For injury and bruising
b) After laying out in the sun, feeling shivery and aching
c) An injury that is very sensitive, and continues to be sensitive
d) Where a person is becoming 'hysterical' with fright
e) For shock and fear

4: Arnica
a) For injury and bruising
b) After laying out in the sun, feeling shivery and aching
c) An injury that is very sensitive, and continues to be sensitive
d) Where a person is becoming 'hysterical' with fright
e) For shock and fear

5: Gelsemium
a) For injury and bruising
b) After laying out in the sun, feeling shivery and aching
c) An injury that is very sensitive, and continues to be sensitive
d) Where a person is becoming 'hysterical' with fright
e) For shock and fear

 
Q2: True or false of eye problems: (7 marks)
A very painful eye caused by a child scratching the eye with its fingernail - hypericum initially, followed by medical help True False
Belladonna for when a person's eye suddenly becomes very red True False
Rhus tox when the pain is worse for moving around True False
The eyes are watering profusely and smarting - Euphrasia True False
Silica for a person who has recurrent styes True False
An aggressive blow to the head involves an eye - Aconite followed by arnica followed by a medical check-up True False
Arsen alb for burning pain, worse for the application of cold True False
 
Q3: The following are true (or false) of an acute complaint. (4 marks)
a) One that has suddenly occurred True False
b) Is recent True False
c) Is a type of sharp pain True False
d) Of short duration True False
 
Q4: A chronic complaint may be described as follows. (4 marks)
a) Are longstanding such as a heart condition True False
b) May be deep seated True False
c) Becomes progressively worse True False
d) A chronic complaint may not be treated by OTC homoeopathy True False
 
Q5: Match the remedy picture to the symptom picture: (5 marks)

1: Silica
A person is prone to recurrent nosebleeds
A person with a longstanding complaint
Stiff legs, worse for damp conditions or immobility
When feeling confused or behaving stupidly after sunbathing
Where there is a foreign body in an eye, or a splinter in the flesh

2: Ferrum phos
A person is prone to recurrent nosebleeds
A person with a longstanding complaint
Stiff legs, worse for damp conditions or immobility
When feeling confused or behaving stupidly after sunbathing
Where there is a foreign body in an eye, or a splinter in the flesh

3: Aconite
A person is prone to recurrent nosebleeds
A person with a longstanding complaint
Stiff legs, worse for damp conditions or immobility
When feeling confused or behaving stupidly after sunbathing
Where there is a foreign body in an eye, or a splinter in the flesh

4: Rhus tox
A person is prone to recurrent nosebleeds
A person with a longstanding complaint
Stiff legs, worse for damp conditions or immobility
When feeling confused or behaving stupidly after sunbathing
Where there is a foreign body in an eye, or a splinter in the flesh

5: Medical advice
A person is prone to recurrent nosebleeds
A person with a longstanding complaint
Stiff legs, worse for damp conditions or immobility
When feeling confused or behaving stupidly after sunbathing
Where there is a foreign body in an eye, or a splinter in the flesh