Canine hunger (excessive or ravenous appetite) based on repertory knowledge and materia medica.

🐾 Homeopathic Remedies for Canine Hunger (Ravenous Appetite)

Here are some remedies often indicated for canine or insatiable hunger, with their key indications:

1. Lycopodium- Ravenous hunger with bloating; eats a lot but loses weight; hunger worsens in the evening
2. Phosphorus-Intense hunger soon after eating; craving for cold food and drinks; emaciation despite eating
3. Sulphur- Voracious appetite; feels hungry even after meals; early morning hunger (5 a.m.)
4. Calcarea Carbonica- Craving for indigestible things (chalk, dirt); hunger with sluggish digestion
5. China officinalis- Hunger after loss of fluids (diarrhea, hemorrhage); weakness with craving
6. Iodum- Extreme hunger with rapid weight loss; eats constantly but remains thin
7. Anacardium- Hunger with irritability; feels better while eating; empty feeling in stomach
8. Nux Vomica- Hunger with digestive disturbances; irritable and oversensitive temperament

🔍 Suggested Rubrics (from general repertories)

If you’re using a repertory like Complete Dynamics, you might look under rubrics such as:

– Stomach – Appetite – Increased
– Stomach – Appetite – Ravenous
– Stomach – Appetite – Constant desire to eat
– Generalities – Emaciation – with good appetite
-Stomach; appetite; ravenous, canine, excessive; appetite, hunger, relish, without
-Stomach; appetite; ravenous, canine, excessive; eating; increasing hunger
-Stomach; appetite; ravenous, canine, excessive; hunger, fasting agg.

These rubrics will list remedies that match the symptom of canine hunger, and you can cross-reference them with modalities and concomitants for more precise selection.