A compilation of patient symptoms with rubric and its suggestive remedy

How to convert patient symptoms into rubrics….some good examples with most important remedies for speedy prescription.

Symptom: She had a headache which made her feel that her eyes were about to pop out of her head
Rubric: Eyes, pain, bursting
Remedy: Prunus Spinosa

Symptom: His feet would get freezing cold while he slept, so he always wore socks to bed.
Rubric: Extremities, coldness, foot, night, bed, in
Remedy: Calcarea Carbonica

Symptom: He questioned his wife closely whenever she spoke with another man
Rubric: Mind, jealousy
Remedy: Lachesis

Symptom: She said that she no longer loved her husband
Rubric: Mind, aversion, husband
Remedy: Sepia

Symptom: He told the doctor to go away, saying he didn’t need him
Rubric: Mind, delusions, well, thinks he is
Remedy: Arnica

Symptom: The child came down with a case of croup after playing outside on a hot summer day
Rubric: Larynx and Trachea, croup, heated, from being
Remedy: Bromium

Symptom: She said her back felt as if cold water were running down it
Rubric: Back, coldness, extending down back, as if cold water poured down the
Remedy: Pulsatilla

Symptom: He had a hiatal hernia and said it felt like a lump stuck in the pit of his stomach
Rubric: Stomach, lump, sensation of
Remedy: Abies Nigra

Symptom: He had the annoying habit of belching very loudly
Rubric: Stomach, eructations, loud
Remedy: Argentum Nitricum

Symptom: She was afraid of heights, not because she thought she would fall, but because she thought she would jump
Rubric: Mind, suicidal disposition, throwing himself from a height
Remedy: Aurum or Argentum Nitricum

Symptom: She had a fever and when the doctor questioned her, she would fall asleep when answering the question
Rubric: Sleep, falling asleep, answering when
Remedy: Baptisia

Symptom: During the interview he asked why God was punishing him with this illness
Rubric: Mind, delusions, vengance, thinks he is singled out for Divine
Remedy: Kali Bromatum

Symptom: She would have an attack of diarrhea immediately after drinking water
Rubric: Rectum, diarrhea, drinking water from, immediately after
Remedy: Croton Tiglium

Symptom: His fingernails had turned black
Rubric: Extremities, discoloration, fingers, nails, black
Remedy: Arsenicum album

Symptom: Even though she was revonously hungry and ate like a dire wolf, she never gained weight and was extremely thin
Rubric: Stomach, appetite, ravenous, emaciation, with
Remedy: Iodum

Symptom: The child’s lips were chapped, cracked, and bleeding and she was constantly biting them
Rubric: Face, chapped, lips
Remedy: Arum Triphyllum

Symptom: The child had eczema, which was especially bad in the bends of the joints of his fingers
Rubric: Extremities, erruptions, joints, bends of
Remedy: Graphites

Symptom: She was very afraid of the rain
Rubric: Mind, fear rain
Remedy: Elaps

Symptom: He had terrible migraine headaches, which made him vomit. He felt better after vomiting.
Rubric: Head, pain, vomiting amel.
Remedy: Sanguinaria

Symptom: His urine had a pungent odor, like a horse’s urine
Rubric: Urine, odor, horse’s urine, like
Remedy: Nitric acid

Symptom: The infant cried all night and slept all day
Rubric: Mind, weeping, sleep in, good during the day, sleepless and restless all night
Remedy: Jalapa

Symptom: She had a strong craving for bacon
Rubric: Stomach, desires, smoked things
Remedy: Causticum

Symptom: She was afraid of all animals, even the friendliest dog
Rubric: Mind, fear, animals, of
Remedy: China officinalis

Symptom: During the interview he occupied himself by breaking wooden matches into small pieces
Rubric: Mind, tears things
Remedy: Veratrum Album

Symptom: He lost his errection while having intercourse
Rubric: Genetalia, errections, incomplete, coition, during
Remedy: Graphites

Symptom: He had a headache at the same time in the morning every other day
Rubric: Head, pain, periodic headache, every other day
Remedy: Cedron

Symptom: Her entire mouth felt as if it were burnt inside
Rubric: Mouth, pain, burnt, as if
Remedy: Iris versicolor

Symptom: He could not stand it when people dawdled, and was always telling everyone to hurry up
Rubric: Mind, hurry, everyone must hurry
Remedy: Tarentula

Symptom: Her nose ran whenever she sat on the toilet to stool
Rubric: Nose, coryza, stool, during
Remedy: Thuja

Symptom: She was hard of hearing, but said she heard better whenever there was noise in the background
Rubric: Hearing impaired, noise amel.
Remedy: Graphites

Symptom: He complained that no one appreciated him or thanked him for all that he did
Rubric: Mind, longing, good opinion of others, for
Remedy: Palladium

Symptom: She slept fitfully and moaned and cried out in her sleep
Rubric: Mind, moaning, sleep, during
Remedy: Aurum

Symptom: He suffered from a slowly progressing paralysis of his right arm
Rubric: Generalities, paralyis, gradually appearing
Remedy: Causticum

Symptom: The baby would not stop crying unless it was carried
Rubric: Mind, carried, desires to be
Remedy: Chamomilla

Symptom: He had an excruciating pain in his testicles, which he said felt as if they were crushed
Rubric: Genetalia, pain, crushed testes
Remedy: Rhododendron or Argentum metallicum

Symptom: She had a cramping pain in her stomach which felt better after putting a heating pad on it.
Rubric: Stomach, pain, warm application amel.
Remedy: Magnesium Phosphorica

Symptom: He said he felt something moving in his belly
Rubric: Abdomen, movements
Remedy: Thuja or Crocus sativus

Symptom: The baby was teething and the only thing that would relieve the pain was biting a hard object
Rubric: Teeth, bite, wants to, on something hard that relieves pains, dentition
Remedy: Phytolacca

Symptom: She had a case of mastitis in her right breast. A stitching pain extended from the breast to her back.
Rubric: Chest, mammae, pain, extending to back
Remedy: Phellandrium

Symptom: She had a bad case of menstrual cramping and said the only thing that relieved the pain was drinking coffee.
Rubric: Abdomen, pain, coffee amel.
Remedy: Colocynthis

Symptom: He was very worried about his heart and said he felt as if it was about to stop beating
Rubric: Chest, cease, sensation as if heart would
Remedy: Lobelia

Symptom: He had the flu, but looking at his face you would have thought he was drunk.
Rubric: Face, expression, besotted
Remedy: Baptisia

Symptom: She had a case of cystitis and said each drop of urine burnt like fire
Rubric: Bladder, pain, urinating, during, after a few drops pass
Remedy: Cantharis

Symptom: The sweat on his scalp had a sweet smell to it.
Rubric: Head, perspiration, scalp, honey, smelling like
Remedy: Thuja

Symptom: She had a toothache that was worse whenever she drank coffee
Rubric: Teeth, pain, coffee, from
Remedy: Chamomilla

Symptom: He had an empty, hungry feeling every morning about 11.
Rubric: Stomach, emptiness, 11 AM
Remedy: Sulphur

Symptom: She was afraid that she would be caught outside in a storm and be struck by lightning.
Rubric: Mind, fear, thunderstorms, afraid of
Remedy: Phosphorus

Symptom: His back was weak and he noticed the problem especially after having sex with his wife
Rubric: Back, weakness, emissions, from
Remedy: Selenium

Symptom: She would start coughing whenever she laughed
Rubric: Cough, laughing
Remedy: China

Symptom: When the doctor asked him to stick out his tongue, it trembled
Rubric: Mouth, trembling, tongue
Remedy: Lachesis

Symptom: She said she had chills running up and down her spine
Rubric: Back, coldness, up and down the back
Remedy: Gelsemium

Symptom: He had the flu and did not drink very often, but when he did, he drank a great deal of water
Rubric: Stomach, thirst, large quantities, for, long intervals, at
Remedy: Bryonia

Symptom: She could not fall asleep as she recalled the circumstances of her divorce several years ago
Rubric: Sleep, sleeplessness, grief, from
Remedy: Natrum Muriaticum

Symptom: He had a constant urging to go, but could pass no stool
Rubric: Rectum, constipation, constant desire
Remedy: Nux Vomica

Symptom: She had nightmares whenever she slept on her back
Rubric: Sleep, dreams, nightmare, lying on the back
Remedy: Sulphur

Symptom: Ever since he hit his head in an accident, he had difficulty concentrating
Rubric: Mind, confusion, injury to head, after
Remedy: Natrum Sulphuricum

Symptom: The base of her tongue had a yellow coating
Rubric: Mouth, discoloration, tongue, base, golden yellow
Remedy: Natrum phosphoricum

Symptom: He had headaches that lasted for two or three days
Rubric: Head, pain, constant, continued, two or three days
Remedy: Ferrum metallicum

Symptom: Her headaches were better after she urinated
Rubric: Head, pain, urination, profuse, amel.
Remedy: Gelsemium

Symptom: He fainted in the warm, stuffy room
Rubric: Mind, unconsciousness, warm room
Remedy: Pulsatilla

Symptom: His urine was passed in two separate streams
Rubric: Bladder, urination, forked stream
Remedy: Thuja

Symptom: She did not like eating anything sweet
Rubric: Stomach, aversion, sweets
Remedy: Graphites or Causticum

Symptom: He was impotent and said his penis felt shrunken and cold
Rubric: Genetalia, errections, wanting, penis small and cold
Remedy: Agnus Castus

Symptom: She said that she could feel water sloshing back and forth in her stomach
Rubric: Stomach, water, sensation as if full of
Remedy: Oleum Animale

Symptom: He would take a dislike to other people for inconsequential reasons or even no reason at all
Rubric: Mind, aversion, persons, to certain
Remedy: Natrum Carbonicum

Symptom: His job was aboard a ship and he had asthma that was worse whenever he came ashore.
Rubric: Respiration, asthmatic, sailors as soon as they go ashore
Remedy: Bromium

Symptom: She had epilepsy and her convulsions occurred during her menses
Rubric: Generalities, convulsions, menses during
Remedy: Oenanthe

Symptom: She woke up every night from the force of her heartbeat
Rubric: Sleep, sleeplessness, palpitation, from
Remedy: Aurum Muriaticum

Symptom: He was heart broken ever since he broke up with his girlfriend and said could feel his heart beat loudly in his chest
Rubric: Chest, palpitation, grief, from
Remedy: Digitalis

Symptom: She sighed repeatedly as she told the unhappy story of her life
Rubric: Mind, sighing
Remedy: Ignatia

Symptom: He spoke with his dead parents as if they were still alive
Rubric: Mind, delusions, talking as with dead people
Remedy: Calcarea Silicata

Symptom: The children came down with diarrhea just before they were going to go to the movies
Rubric: Rectum, diarhea, excitement, as before theatre
Remedy: Argentum Nitricum

Symptom: She took off all her clothes and ran naked down the middle of the street
Rubric: Mind, naked, wants to be
Remedy: Hyoscyamus

Symptom: He had a red streak down the center of his tongue
Rubric: Mouth, discoloration, red, stripe down center
Remedy: Veratrum Veride

Symptom: Her throat was sore first on the left side, then the right, then back on the left
Rubric: Throat, pain, sore, alternating sides
Remedy: Lac Caninum

Symptom: He cared about other people’s problems, even if they were strangers
Rubric: Mind, sympathetic
Remedy: Phosphorus

Symptom: She slept on her stomach with her arms raised over her head
Rubric: Sleep,position, arms over head, on abdomen
Remedy: Pulsatilla

Symptom: She always came down with an attack of diarrhea before her menses
Rubric: Rectum, diarrhea, menses, before
Remedy: Bovista

Symptom: He didn’t want to settle down in a single place and hopped from job to job in different cities
Rubric: Mind, travel, desire to
Remedy: Tuberculinum

Symptom: He could only urinate when standing up
Rubric: Bladder, urine, can only pass urine while
Remedy: Sarsparilla

Symptom: When he passed some flatus, he had an immediate and sudden urge to stool
Rubric: Rectum, involuntary stool, flatus, on passing
Remedy: Aloe

Symptom: She said her bursitis bothered her the most at 9 PM
Rubric: Generalities, evening, 9 PM
Remedy: Bryonia

Symptom: She developed a case of cystitis shortly after her first intercourse.
Rubric: Bladder, urination, dysuria, married women, newly
Remedy: Staphysagria

Symptom: She wept as she described her illness to the doctor
Rubric: Mind, weeping, telling of her sickness, when
Remedy: Pulsatilla

Symptom: His hayfever was worse in the morning, after rising
Rubric: Nose, coryza, morning
Remedy: Nux Vomica

Symptom: She did not like eating rich or fatty foods
Rubric: Stomach, aversion, fats and rich foods
Remedy: Pulsatilla

Symptom: The pain of her cystitis was worst after she urinated
Rubric: Bladder, urination, dysuria, urination, after agg.
Remedy: Equisetum

Symptom: He had a sudden violent attack of coughing, which end with him retching a large mass of stringy mucus
Rubric: Cough, paroxsysmal, followed by copious mucus
Remedy: Coccus Cacti

Symptom: The doctor noticed that she had small growths in her eyelids
Rubric: Eye, tumors, nodules in the lids
Remedy: Staphysagria

Symptom: Whenever he came dow with an attack of colitis, he loosened his belt to ease the pain.
Rubric: Abdomen, pain, clothing agg.
Remedy: Lachesis

Symptom: She slipped on the ice and fell on her tail bone
Rubric: Back, concussion of spine
Remedy: Hypericum

Symptom: Her sore throat was better from cold drinks and worse from warm drinks
Rubric: Throat, pain, cold drinks amel.
Remedy: Phytolacca

Symptom: He would start sneezing whenever he was in an overheated room
Rubric: Nose, sneezing, warm room, in
Remedy: Allium Cepa or Pulsatilla

Symptom: She was delirious with fever and thought her body had fallen to pieces that she had to put back again
Rubric: Mind, delusions, body scattered about bed, tossed about to get the pieces together
Remedy: Baptisia

Symptom: After seeing a horror movie, the child became frightened that he was about to be possessed by the devil
Rubric: Mind, fear, devil, being taken by the, of
Remedy: Mancinella

Symptom: She suffered from leukorrhea which caused great itching and excoriation to her genetalia
Rubric: Genetalia, female, leucorrhea, acrid, excoriating
Remedy: Kreosotum

Symptom: She woke up with a migraine headache and with flickering before her eyes
Rubric: Vision, flickering, morning, headache, with
Remedy: Cyclamen

Symptom: He would perspire heavily after he woke up, but not when he was sleeping
Rubric: Perspiration, daytime, while awake
Remedy: Sambuccus Nigra

Symptom: The child was retarded and had the unfortunate habit of sitting in the closet and masturbating
Rubric: Genetalia, masturbation, solitude, seeks
Remedy: Bufo

Symptom: She had a strong craving for ice cream
Rubric: Stomach, desires, ice cream
Remedy: Phosphorus

Symptom: Her toes would swell up during her menstrual period
Rubric: Extremities, swelling, toes
Remedy: Graphites

Symptom: He didn’t care how he looked or dressed
Rubric: Mind, indifference, personal appearance
Remedy: Sulphur

Symptom: The child’s teeth seemed to decay as fast as they grew in
Rubric: Teeth, caries, premature, in children
Remedy: Kreosotum

Symptom: Whenever she swallowed, she felt a pain like a splinter in her throat
Rubric: Throat, pain, splinter, on swallowing
Remedy: Hepar Sulph

Symptom: He had a cold and his eyes were filled with tears, but the tears did not burn or smart his eyes
Rubric: Eyes, tears, bland
Remedy: Allium Cepa

Symptom: During her sleep she drooled on her pillow
Rubric: Mouth, salivation, sleep, during
Remedy: Mercurius

Symptom: He had a thick milky white coating on his tongue
Rubric: Mouth, discoloration, white, milky
Remedy: Antimonium Crudum

Symptom: She had coughing fits that were so severe that her nose started to bleed
Rubric: Nose, epistaxis, cough, with
Remedy: Drosera

Symptom: His cough was better when he drank something
Rubric: Cough, drinking, amel.
Remedy: Spongia

Symptom: Her labor was delayed because her cervix did not dilate
Rubric: Genetalia, female, rigidity of os during labor
Remedy: Caulophyllum

Symptom: His anxiety was better when he lay down in the evening in bed
Rubric: Mind, anxiety, evening, bed, in, amel.
Remedy: Magnesia Carbonica

Symptom: The child was shy and would hide behind the furniture when people came to visit
Rubric: Mind, hide, child thinks all visitors laugh at it and hides behind the furniture
Remedy: Baryta Carbonica

Symptom: He said there is a dark side of me that wants to do terrible things and a good side that holds me back
Rubric: Mind, will, two, feels as if he had two wills
Remedy: Anacardium

Symptom: She had a strong urging to urinate whenever she went outside on a cold day
Rubric: Bladder, urging, cold, from becoming
Remedy: Dulcamara

Symptom: After his operation, he suffered from trapped gas in the abdomen
Rubric: Abdomen, flatulence, obstructed
Remedy: Raphanus

Symptom: She had a constant urge to blow her nose, but there was no discharge
Rubric: Nose, dryness, blowing nose, compelled, but no discharge
Remedy: Sticta

Symptom: He would wake in the middle of the night in order to eat
Rubric: Sleep, waking, hunger, from
Remedy: Lycopodium

Symptom: She suffered from terrible nausea and the only thing that would relieve it was fresh air
Rubric: Stomach, nausea, air, in open, amel.
Remedy: Tabacum

Symptom: He had the sensation of worms crawling under his skin
Rubric: Generalities, worms, under the skin sensation
Remedy: Cocaine

Symptom: When she had her cold, she was constantly sipping a drink
Rubric: Stomach, thirst, small quantities, for, often
Remedy: Arsenicum Album

Symptom: His cough was worse when he undressed
Rubric: Cough, uncovering agg.
Remedy: Rumex Crispus

Symptom: While taking the case of a woman with arthritis, the symptom that stood out was her strong craving for apples
Rubric: Stomach, desires, apples
Remedy: Guaiacum

Symptom: He had a bad case of writer’s cramp
Rubric: Extremities, cramps, hand, writing
Remedy: Magnesium Phosphorica

Symptom: She liked to eat green and unripe fruit
Rubric: Stomach, desires, fruit, green
Remedy: Medorrhinum

Symptom: Whenever he drank anything cold it made his stomach feel like ice
Rubric: Stomach, coldness, ice like, after cold drinks
Remedy: Elaps

Symptom: The baby wasn’t gaining weight and had a discharge from the navel
Rubric: Abdomen, discharge from the umbilicus
Remedy: Abrotanum

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