This book review is reprinted from the Volume 100, Number 4 Winter 2007 Edition, with permission from of American Journal of Homeopathic Medicine.
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Mat Med Cards [Packs 1 &2]

By Rachel Roberts, BSc, MCH, RSHom

Reviewed by George Guess, MD, DHt

Mat Med Cards are materia medica flashcards, one side of each card containing several characteristics of a remedy organized in any of five categories - modalities, foods, miasms, 'in a nutshell' (a one sentence summary), and 'top tips' (clinical hints, comparative materia medica, and remedy relationships); the other side containing 'minipictures' - abbreviated materia medica descriptions - of the remedy. The cards are divided into two packs, each containing 60 cards.

The cards contain only keynote and leading symptoms of each remedy; they are color coded, blue indicating chilly remedies, red, warm remedies, and black, those with no strong temperature sensitivity.

The remedy information seems accurate, though rather sparse. For students unfamiliar with basic material medica these cards can serve as useful study guides and self-test tools. Practitioners might use the cards to refresh their memories of basic materia medica. Used for these purposes, Mat Med Cards would be worth to purchase.

An example of one card (front) is shown on page - (answer/back of card shown on subsequent page) and in various issues of the journal they will continue to appear a small quizzes, courtesy of the author, Ms. Roberts.