IQ Materia Medica
for homeopathic remedies
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Ambra grisea
Ambergris is a waxy, aromatic substance excreted by the sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus), found floating in tropical oceans or washed ashore. It is a complex mixture of lipids, steroids, and... View remedy...
Apis mellifica
Apis mellifica is prepared from the whole live honeybee, including its venom, organs, and fluids, triturated and potentised in accordance with homeopathic pharmacy standards. The venom contains multiple biologically active... View remedy...
Aranea diadema
Aranea diadema is a large orb-weaving spider native to Europe, easily recognised by the white cross-shaped markings on its abdomen. In homeopathy, the remedy is prepared from the live spider,... View remedy...
Astacus fluviatilis
Astacus fluviatilis is a species of freshwater crustacean found in European rivers and lakes. The remedy is prepared from the entire animal, traditionally dried and triturated, sometimes roasted before trituration.... View remedy...
Asterias rubens
Asterias rubens is a marine echinoderm found in the North Atlantic and European coastal waters. The whole animal is macerated in alcohol to produce the tincture. It exerts a deep... View remedy...
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Babesia
Babesia are intra-erythrocytic protozoa (Apicomplexa) transmitted chiefly by ticks, producing a malaria-like febrile illness with haemolysis, jaundice, “air hunger,” sweats, splenic enlargement, and post-febrile exhaustion. The nosode is prepared by... View remedy...
Badiaga
Badiaga is prepared from a freshwater sponge that inhabits rivers and lakes, particularly in Russia and North America. The plant-animal organism is composed of a fibrous network embedded with siliceous... View remedy...
Bothrops lanceolatus
Prepared from the venom of the Bothrops lanceolatus, a highly venomous pit viper native to Martinique and nearby Caribbean islands. The snake’s venom contains potent procoagulant enzymes and tissue-destroying toxins,... View remedy...
Bufo rana
Prepared from the venom of the common European toad (Bufo vulgaris), secreted from the parotid and skin glands. The crude secretion contains bufotoxin, bufotenin, and other cardioactive compounds. In nature,... View remedy...
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Cantharis vesicatoria
Cantharis vesicatoria is a green metallic beetle of the Meloidae family, historically used in medicine and torture due to its violent vesicant properties. The active irritant is cantharidin, which causes... View remedy...
Castor equi
Castor equi is a small, flat, oblong‑oval, dark, horny excrescence growing on the inner side of the horse’s leg above the fetlock; its scales are triturated for the remedy. During... View remedy...
Castoreum canadense
Castoreum is the dried, resinous, musk-like secretion from the paired “castor sacs” (accessory scent glands) situated between the pelvis and tail of the beaver, near the anal glands. Traditional materia... View remedy...
Coccus cacti
Prepared from the dried female cochineal insect long used to produce the red dye carmine (anthraquinone carminic acid). Beyond its industrial use, crude cochineal is mildly irritant to mucous membranes... View remedy...
Culex musca
A small hematophagous dipteran; the female’s salivary secretion contains vasodilators, anticoagulants, and proteases causing the familiar wheal-and-flare, pruritus, and sometimes urticarial or angioedematous reactions ([Toxicology]). Homœopathic preparations are made from... View remedy...
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Formica rufa
Formica rufa is a large European ant whose sting yields a volatile acid (formic acid) and allied amines; triturations/tinctures were historically prepared from the living insects, expressing a vesicant, rubefacient... View remedy...
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Heloderma
Heloderma is prepared from the venom/saliva of the Gila monster, a venomous North American lizard. Physiologically the crude poison in animals depresses temperature and circulation, produces marked numbness and muscular... View remedy...
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Lac caninum
Lac caninum is the milk of a healthy, lactating female dog. Though originally used in folk traditions as an antidote to rabies, it gained prominence in homeopathy through the provings... View remedy...
Lachesis mutus
Lachesis mutus is a venomous snake native to Central and South America. Its venom is derived from the largest known species of pit viper, which can exceed 3 metres in... View remedy...
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Moschus
Prepared from the dried secretion of the preputial gland of the male musk deer (Moschus moschiferus), native to the mountainous regions of Central and South Asia. The substance is powerfully... View remedy...
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Sepia officinalis
Prepared from the inky secretion of the cuttlefish (Sepia officinalis), a cephalopod mollusc native to the Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea. The ink contains melanin, mucus, and amino acids, and... View remedy...
Spongia tosta
Prepared from the roasted marine sponge, a porous invertebrate composed mainly of silica, iodine, and organic materials. Roasting reduces the raw irritative properties and yields a remedy rich in iodine... View remedy...
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Tarentula hispanica
A potentised preparation made from the venom of the Lycosa tarentula, a spider native to southern Europe, particularly Spain and Italy. Historically linked to the phenomenon of “tarantism,” an affliction... View remedy...