A Guide to Medicines in the Protocols

First please note that the medicine suggestions in the protocols contained in this book do not necessarily contain the medicines that may be indicated by the patient’s objective signs (tongue, pulse, eye, urine, etc.), covered in the General Survey. In a protocol for a specific condition, selected medicines with a high likelihood of efficacy are listed, in both a botanical category and a Homeopathic category. These lists are by no means exhaustive; they have been chosen from the standpoint of streamlining the selection process for the provider and finding an agent that will most rapidly produce a change in the patient’s symptoms.

If a medicine indicated by a physical sign—tongue appearance, pulse quality, etc.—is also indicated for the patient’s chief complaint, there you will have the most effective prescription at that time. Therefore, use the General Survey outlined in Volume One (checking tongue, pulse, nails, eyes, stools, etc., for physical signs) to create a pool of possible medicines indicated systemically for the patient, and then cross-reference with medicines indicated by condition. At times there will be no clear commonality; at other times a particular medicine will jump out at you. At the worst, you will have reduced a vast number of potential agents down to a few. At best, you will find one that produces a spectacular improvement.

Oral medicines used in our methodology are by and large a combination of botanical and Homeopathic remedies. These are sometimes used independently and sometimes in the form of compound medicines.

KEY:  

Tr. = alcohol tincture, 20% herb strength
Fl. Ext. = fluid extract, a non-alcoholic solution
Inf. = infusion, a dried herb added to hot water, as in tea
Decoct. = decoction, an extract of water-soluble material by boiling or steeping
Co. or Comp. = compound
gt = drop
gtt = drops
dr = dram = 60 drops = 1 teaspoon
oz = ounce
mL = milliliter
mg = milligram
gr = grain
g = gram
QD = daily
q__h = every __hours
QID = 4 times daily TID = 3 times daily BID = twice daily
h.s. = at bedtime
⇲ = external use only
< > = manufacturer
△P =use with caution during pregnancy
⌦P = contraindicated during pregnancy (Class 2b)

⌦N = contraindicated during nursing (Class 2c)

△= dosage must be strictly observed to avoid toxic effects (Class 3) (Above in parenthesis are AHPA Botanical Safety Ratings)

✉️ = handout

NOTE:

⌲The European convention has been adopted for this document when referring to potencies of Homeopathic medicines. The reference “D” (for “decimal scale”) is used interchangeably with the more common American “X” to mean a potency of 1:9 dilution and succussion. Thus, a D1 is a 1/10 solution of the original alcohol-based tincture; a D6 is the same as a 6x. For the higher potencies, the conventional manufacturing approach is to dilute on the centesimal scale (1:100), designated by a “C”. Thus the higher potencies mentioned herein are referred to, as they typically are, as “200c”.

⌲Botanical medicines, given in material doses (tincture or dry herb), are listed in italics to differentiate them from the Homeopathic form of the same medicine.

Homeopathic medicines listed are rendered in upper case and use the Kentian abbreviations.