The kingdoms

ANIMAL 26 remedies

The creature's themes. Animal remedies carry the themes of survival: intensity, competition, cunning and strategy; sexuality and its dramas; the stalk, the sting, the bite; fear of being caught or attacked. In the old books the animal remedies run hot and passionate or cold and calculating — Lachesis talks and rivals, the spiders dance and scheme, the snakes strike and bleed, the insects sting and swarm. Themes of dominance and submission, of display and disguise, mark the chapter.

26 remedies in this library:

Ambra grisea, Apis mellifica, Aranea diadema, Asterias rubens, Blatta orientalis, Bothrops lanceolatus, Bufo rana, Cantharis vesicatoria, Carbo animalis, Cimex, Coccus cacti, Corallium rubrum, Crotalus horridus, Elaps corallinus, Formica rufa, Heloderma horridum, Lachesis muta, Mephitis, Murex purpurea, Naja tripudians, Sepia officinalis, Spongia tosta, Tarantula cubensis, Tarentula hispana, Theridion curassavicum, Vipera berus

VEGETABLE 215 remedies

The plant's themes. Plant remedies carry the themes of sensitivity and growth: impressionability, reactivity, the awkwardness of the growing thing. In the old books the plant remedies are the weather-vanes — worse for damp (Dulcamara), for storms (Rhododendron), for the sun's heat; oversensitive to every influence, reacting with changeable moods (Pulsatilla), irritable rootedness (Nux), or the climbing ambition of the vines. Sensitivity without armour is the plant's signature.

215 remedies in this library:

Abies canadensis, Abies nigra, Abrotanum, Absinthium, Acalypha indica, Aconitum napellus, Actaea spicata, Adonis vernalis, Aesculus glabra, Aesculus hippocastanum, Aethusa cynapium, Agaricus muscarius, Agnus castus, Ailanthus, Aletris farinosa, Allium cepa, Alnus rubra, Aloe socotrina, Anacardium orientale, Angustura, Apocynum androsaemifolium, Apocynum cannabinum, Aralia racemosa, Arctium lappa, Arnica montana, Asafoetida, Asarum, Asclepias tuberosa, Avena sativa, Balsamum peruvianum, Baptisia tinctoria, Belladonna, Bellis perennis, Berberis aquifolium, Berberis vulgaris, Bovista, Bryonia alba, Cactus grandiflorus, Caladium seguinum, Calendula officinalis, Camphora, Cannabis indica, Cannabis sativa, Capsicum annuum, Carbo vegetabilis, Carduus marianus, Cascara sagrada, Caulophyllum thalictroides, Ceanothus, Cedron, Chamomilla vulgaris, Chelidonium majus, Chimaphila umbellata, China officinalis, Chininum arsenicosum, Chininum sulphuricum, Chionanthus virginica, Chrysarobinum, Cicuta virosa, Cimicifuga racemosa, Cina maritima, Cistus canadensis, Clematis recta, Cocculus indicus, Cochlearia, Coffea cruda, Colchicum autumnale, Collinsonia canadensis, Colocynthis, Condurango, Conium maculatum, Convallaria majalis, Copaiva officinalis, Crataegus oxyacantha, Crocus sativus, Croton tiglium, Cubeba officinalis, Curare, Cyclamen, Cypripedium, Digitalis purpurea, Dioscorea villosa, Diospyros virginiana, Dolichos pruriens, Drosera rotundifolia, Dulcamara, Echinacea angustifolia, Equisetum hyemale, Erigeron canadense, Eupatorium perfoliatum, Euphrasia officinalis, Fagopyrum, Ferula glauca, Fraxinus americana, Galium, Gambogia, Gelsemium sempervirens, Ginseng, Gnaphalium polycephalum, Grindelia robusta, Guaiacum officinale, Hamamelis virginiana, Hedera helix, Helleborus niger, Helonias dioica, Hydrangea arborescens, Hydrastis canadensis, Hydrocotyle, Hyoscyamus niger, Hypericum perforatum, Iberis amara, Ignatia amara, Ipecacuanha, Iris versicolor, Jaborandi, Jacaranda, Juglans cinerea, Justicia adhatoda, Kalmia latifolia, Kreosotum, Laurocerasus, Ledum palustre, Leptandra virginica, Lilium tigrinum, Lobelia inflata, Lupulinum, Lycopodium clavatum, Mancinella, Mandragora, Melilotus officinalis, Menispermum, Mezereum, Millefolium, Morphinum, Nux moschata, Nux vomica, Ocimum canum, Oleander, Opium, Paeonia officinalis, Pareira brava, Passiflora incarnata, Petroselinum, Phytolacca decandra, Pinus sylvestris, Piper methysticum, Pix liquida, Plantago major, Podophyllum peltatum, Polygonum, Populus tremuloides, Prunus spinosa, Ptelea, Pulsatilla nigricans, Quassia amara, Ranunculus bulbosus, Ranunculus sceleratus, Raphanus, Ratanhia, Rauwolfia serpentina, Rhamnus frangula, Rheum, Rhododendron chrysanthemum, Rhus glabra, Rhus radicans, Rhus toxicodendron, Rhus venenata, Robinia pseudoacacia, Rumex crispus, Ruta graveolens, Sabadilla officinalis, Sabal serrulata, Sabina officinalis, Sambucus nigra, Sanguinaria canadensis, Sanicula, Saponaria, Sarothamnus scoparius, Sarracenia, Sarsaparilla officinalis, Scilla (Squilla), Scrophularia, Secale cornutum, Senecio aureus, Senega officinalis, Sinapis nigra, Solanum carolinense, Solidago virgaurea, Spigelia anthelmia, Staphysagria, Sticta pulmonaria, Stigmata maydis, Stramonium, Symphytum officinale, Tabacum, Tanacetum, Taraxacum officinale, Terebinthina, Teucrium marum verum, Thuja occidentalis, Trillium pendulum, Ulmus, Urtica urens, Ustilago maidis, Uva ursi, Valeriana officinalis, Veratrum album, Veratrum viride, Viburnum opulus, Viola odorata, Viola tricolor, Xanthoxylum, Xerophyllum, Yohimbinum, Zingiber

MINERAL 79 remedies

The mineral's themes. Mineral remedies carry the themes of structure and security: the framework of the body and the self — bones, glands, the very lattice of life; deficiency and excess; the terror of the structure failing. In the old books the mineral remedies are the constitutional builders and preservers — the calcium salts of bone and growth, the potassium salts of nerve and mucus, the iron of the blood, the mercury of the glands; orderly, periodic, structural. The periodic table's logic — row by row, deficiency by deficiency — is the mineral chapter's quiet map.

79 remedies in this library:

Acidum benzoicum, Acidum carbolicum, Acidum fluoricum, Acidum hydrocyanicum, Acidum lacticum, Acidum muriaticum, Acidum nitricum, Acidum phosphoricum, Acidum salicylicum, Acidum sulphuricum, Alumina, Ammonium carbonicum, Amyl nitrosum, Antimonium crudum, Antimonium tartaricum, Argentum nitricum, Arsenicum album, Arsenicum bromatum, Arsenicum iodatum, Arsenicum metallicum, Aurum metallicum, Baryta carbonica, Bismuthum subnitricum, Borax, Bromium, Cadmium sulphuratum, Calcarea carbonica, Calcarea fluorica, Calcarea phosphorica, Causticum, Cerium oxalicum, Cinnabaris, Cobaltum metallicum, Cuprum metallicum, Ferrum metallicum, Ferrum phosphoricum, Glonoinum, Graphites, Hecla lava, Hepar sulphuris, Iodum, K carbonicum, Kali bichromicum, Kali bromatum, Kali iodatum, Kali muriaticum, Kali nitricum, Kali phosphoricum, Kali sulphuricum, Lapis albus, Magnesia carbonica, Magnesia muriatica, Magnesia phosphorica, Manganum, Mercurius dulcis, Mercurius iodatus flavus, Mercurius iodatus ruber, Mercurius solubilis, Natrum carbonicum, Natrum muriaticum, Natrum phosphoricum, Natrum salicylicum, Natrum sulphuricum, Osmium metallicum, Paraffinum, Petroleum, Phosphorus, Platinum metallicum, Plumbum metallicum, Selenium metallicum, Silicea, Stannum metallicum, Sulphur, Sulphur iodatum, Tellurium metallicum, Thiosinaminum, Uranium nitricum, Vanadium metallicum, Zincum metallicum

SARCODES 6 remedies

The secretion's themes. Sarcodes — remedies from the body's own healthy secretions — carry the themes of supply and demand: the milk that nourishes (Lac caninum, Lac defloratum), the bile that digests (Fel tauri), the enzyme that unravels protein (Pepsinum), the hormone of alarm (Adrenalinum), the waste of protein burned (Urea). In the old books they serve the gland and the metabolism — what the body makes, in excess or deficiency, is the sarcode's portrait.

6 remedies in this library:

Lac caninum, Lac defloratum, Fel tauri, Pepsinum, Adrenalinum, Urea

NOSODES 10 remedies

The disease's themes. Nosodes — remedies prepared from disease itself — carry the themes of inheritance and periodicity: the family mark, the never-well-since, the complaint that returns on a clock (Pyrogenium, Cedron's kin); the suppressed and the inherited. In the old books they stand for the chronic dispositions — Psorinum the filthy and freezing, Medorrhinum the hot and hurried, Syphilinum the nightly destroyer, Tuberculinum and Bacillinum the family-marked chest — the portrait of the disease recorded as a remedy.

10 remedies in this library:

Psorinum, Tuberculinum bovinum, Bacillinum, Medorrhinum, Syphilinum, Carcinosin, Pyrogenium, Variolinum, Lyssin, Hippozaenium

IMPONDERABILIA 8 remedies

The force's themes. The imponderabilia — remedies made not from a weighable substance but from a physical force — carry the themes of power and opposition: light and dark, heat and cold, magnetism's pull, the shock of the current, the slow burn of radiation. Their portraits speak of suddenness, of powers acting at a distance, of rhythms and cycles.

• Sol — sunlight
• Luna — moonlight
• Electricitas — electricity
• X-Ray — Roentgen rays
• Magnetis poli ambo — the whole magnet
• Magnetis polus arcticus — the north pole
• Magnetis polus australis — the south pole
• Radium bromatum — radium bromide