16/04/2026
MODALITY What aggravates or ameliorates?
First, as to time. Are the symptoms worse in the morning? Remember
👉 Morning → Nux vomica, Nat mur, Podophyllum
👉 Forenoon → The same
👉 Afternoon → Belladonna, Lycopodium, Apis mellifica
👉 Evening → Aconite, Pulsatilla
👉 Night → Arsenicum , Mercury, Rhus tox
👉 After Midnight →
Arsenicum (1 to 3 A.M.)
Kali carbonicum (3 A.M.)
Rhus tox
🧠 Memory Trick:
👉 “Morning Nux → Afternoon Bella → Night Ars”
🚶 Movement
👉 Aggravation on movement → Bryonia, Nux vomica, Arsenicum
👉 Amelioration of movement → Rhus tox, Pulsatilla, Ferrum, Lycopodium
🪜 Position
👉 Aggravation on descending → Arsenicum, Calc ost
🌧️ Weather
👉 Wet weather → Dulcamara, Rhus tox, Natrum sulphuricum, Nux moschata, Rhododendron
👉 Dry weather → Hepar Sulphuris, Causticum, Nux vomica
🌡️ Temperature
👉 Better by hot → Arsenicum, Magnesium phosphoricum
👉 Better by cold → Apis mel, Pulsatilla
👉 Cold air worse → Hepar sulphuris, Arsenicum, Nux vomica, Silicea
👉 Warm air worse → Antimonium crudum, Bryonia, Pulsatilla
🍽️ Food
👉 After eating worse → Nux vomica, Bryonia, Pulsatilla, Arsenicum
👉 After eating better → Iodine, Chelidonium, Anacardium, Petroleum
👉 Fat food worse → Pulsatilla, Carbo vegetabilis
👉 Fat food desired → Nux vomica, Nitric acid
🚽 Diarrhoea
👉 Morning worse → Sulphur, Bryonia, Podophyllum, Natrum sulphuricum, Rumex
👉 Night → Arsenicum, China, Mercury, Psorinum
🫁 Chest
👉 Worse lying → Psorinum, Laurocerasus
👉 Better sitting → Arsenicum, Kali carb
⚠️ A**l Trouble
👉 Worse after stool → Aesculus, Aloe, Muriatic acid, Nitric acid, Sulphur
